JOURNAL
OF
House of Representatives
OF THE -
STATE. OF GEORGIA
AT THK
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
At Atlanta, Wednesday, june 26, 1907
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JOURNAL.
ATLANTA, GA.,
June 26, 1907.
The House convened, pursuant to the laws of Georgia, at 10 o'clock a.m. this day; was called to order by Hon. Jno. T. Boifeuillet, Clerk of the last House, and opened with prayer by Hon. B. F. Thurman, of Walker county.
The roll of counties was called, and the following Representatives-elect came forward and were sworn in as members of the House, the oath of office being administered by Ron. W. H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, to wit :
From the county of :
Appling-}. B. Taylor. Baker-}. C. Odum. Baldwin-E. R. Hines. Banks-P. F. M. Furr.
Bartow-W. J. Neel, J. A. Price.
Berrien-C. E. Parrish. Bib~T. E. Ryals, B. J. Fowler, J. H. Hall. Br~ks-M. E. Pope. Bryan-W. F. Slater. Bulloch-}. J. E. Anderson, T. B. Thorne.
Burk~H. J. Fullbright, G. P. Lively.
Butts-S. H. Mays.

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Calhoun-E. L. Smith.
Camden-T. r.r. Godley.

,Campbell-C. C. Smith.

Carroll-l\1. D. Watkins, \V. F. Brmm.

Catoosa-\V. C. Hullender.

Charlton-A. }. Howard.

Chatham-Jos. :McCarthy (A. P. Adams, see Journal

of July 8), D. C. Barrow.

Chattahoochee-E. E. Coo\.

Chattooga-B. H. Edmondson.

Cherokee--R. M. Moore.

Clarke-}. J. C. McMahan.

Clay-E. R. Shaw.

Clayton-G. M. Huie.

Clinch-S. C. Townsend.

Co~l>-J. Z. Foster, J. D. Anderson.

Coffee--C. A. Ward.

Colquitt-W. A. Covington.

Columbia-W. W. Hamilton.

Coweta-1. N. Orr, M. H. Couch.

Crawford-R. L. Dickey.

Dade--L. Pope.

Dawson-Jno. R. Hubbard.

Decatur-W. D. Sheffield, E. M. Donalson.

DeKall>-C. M. Candler, Hooper Alexander.

Dodge--W. J. Williams.

Dooly-J. P. Heard, T. A. Adkins.

Dougherty-S. H. Tift.

Douglas-T. R. Whitley.

Early-W. A. Buchannan.

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Echols-T. G. Culbreth.

Effingham-C. T. Guyton.



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Elbert-W. B. Adams, L. H. 0. Martin.
Emanuel-B. L. Rountree, S. f Tyson.
Fannin-W m. Butt. Fayette~]. W. Wise. Floyd-SeabOm. Wright, L. A. Dean, R. L. Chamlee. Forsyth-Andrew E. Bond. Franklin-S. B. Swilling (see Journal of July 9th). Fulton-Jno. M. Slaton, Madison Bell, R. B. Blackbum. Gilmer-T. G. Simmons. Glascock-W. A. Gibson. Glynn-H. S. Lee. Gordon-0. Calbeck.
Greene-R. E. Davison.
Gwinnett-0. A. Nix, \V. \V. Wilson. Habersham-]. C. Edwards. Hall-H. H. Perry, H. H. Stephens. Hancock-\V. H. Burwell. Haralson-\V. T. Eaves. Harris-S. T. Ellison.
Hart-A. J. McMullan.
Heard-\V. S. Trent. Henry-S. C. MeWilliams. Houston-]. H. Davis, T.V. Fagan.
Irwin-E. J. Dorminy.
Jackson-]. N. Holder, A. M. Flanigan. Jasper-G. F. Johnson. Jefferson-R. N. Hardeman. Johnson-W. J. Flanders. Jones-J. B.-Jackson. Laurens-G. W. Williams, D. J. Clark.
Lee-J. P. Calloway.

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Liberty-Donald F~azer. Lincoln-\V. C. Powell. Lowndes-]. R. \Valker, C. R. Ashley. Lumpkin-W. S. Huff.. Macon-}. E. Reid. Madison-L. A. "White. Marion-E. H. McMichael. McDuffie-S. M. Haywood. Mcintosh-\V. H. Rogers. Merhvether-\V. R. Jones, G. J. Keith. Miller..:..._\Vm. I. Geer. Milton-G. B. Walker. . Mitchell-A. T. Jones. Monroe-Benj. F. Hill, G. 0. Persons. Montgomery-\:V. J. Peterson. Morgan-Paul M. Atkinson. Murray-}. \V. Austin.
Muscogee-Chas. R. Russell, J. J. Slade.
Newton-F. D. Ballard. Oconee-J. D. Price. Oglethorpe-Paul Brown. Paulding-Thos. B. Kendall. Pickens-J. W. Goode. Pierce-A. B. Estes. Pike-\V. A. Strickland. Polk-I. F. Mundy. Pulaski-S. A. Way. Putnam-A. S. Reid. Quitman-S. A. Crumley.
Rabun-R. E. Cannon.
Randolph-W. T. Rogers.

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Richmond-Boykin Wright, R. E. Allen, C. E. Dun-
bar. Rockdale-J. W. Cowan.
Schley-M. E. Collum.
Screven-H. S. White. Spalding-}. D. Boyd. Stewart-G. P. Lumsford.
Sumter-Jas. Taylor, W. W. Dykes, Jr. Talbot-W. M. Parker.
Taliaferro-J. R. Kendrick.
Tattnall-W. T. Burkhalter, W. G. \,Yarnell. Taylor-Walter C. Stewart. Telfair-Matt Cook.
Terrell-J. R. Mercer. Thomas-M. L. Cook, J. B. Stubbs, w. I. Mcintyre.
Towns-J. F. Johnson. Trotti>-W. T. Tuggle, R. M. Young. Twiggs-!. N. Maxwell. Union-T. N. Berry.
Upson-J. R. Atwater.
\Valker-B. F. Thurman.
\Valton-Hal. G. Nowell, N. L. Galloway. Ware-N. A. Frier. Warren-L. R. Massengale. Washington-C. I. Duggan, J. F. Walker.
Wayne-Jos. A. Morris.
Webster-C. C. Tracy.
White-J. R. Lumsden.
Whitfield-Ceo. G. Glenn. Wilcox-S. B. Reid. Wilkes-R. 0. Barksdale, S. A. Wootten.

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\Vilkinson-C. H. Adams. Vvorth-Claude Payton.

NEW COUNTIES.
Crisp-R. C. Harris. Grady-R. R. Terrell. Jeff Davis-L. W. Johnson. Jenkins-R. G. Daniel. Tift-E. P. Bowen. 'foombs-Peter Clifton. Turner-]. N. Sumner. Stephens-Fermor Barrett.

The first business in order being the election of a Speaker, Mr. Holder of Jackson placed in nomination Hon. Jno. M. Slaton, of the county of Fulton. Messrs. Davison and Anderson seconded the nomination.

There being no other nominations for Speaker, the roll was called and those voting for Mr. Slaton were as follows:

Adams of Elbert, Berry,

Clark,

Adams of Wilkinson, Blackburn,

Clifton,

Adkins,

Bond,

Collum,

Alexander,

Bowen,

Cook of Chafhoochee,

Allen,

Boyd,

Cook of Telfair,

Anderson of Bulloch, Brown of Carroll, Cooke of Thomas,

Anderson of Cobb, Brown of Oglethorpe, Covington,

Ashley,

Buchannon,

Couch,

Atkinson,

Burkhalter,

Cowan,

Atwater,

Burwell,

Crumbley,

Austin,

Butt,

Culbreth,

Ballard,

Calbeck,

Daniel,

Barksdale,

Callaway,

Davis,

Barrett,

Candler,

Davison,

Barrow,

Cannon,

Dean,

Bell;

Chamlee,

Dickey,

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Donalson,

Kendrick,

Sheffield,

Dunbar,

Lee,

Simmons,

Duggan,

Lively,

Slade,

Dykes,

Lumsden,

Slater,

Eaves,

Lunsford,.

Smith of Calhoun,

Edmondson,

McCarthy,

Smith of Campbell,

Edwards,

Mcintyre,

Stephens,

Ellison,

McMahan,

Stewart,

Estes,

McMichael,

Strickland,

Flanders,

McMullan,

Stubbs,

Flannil!an,

McWilliams,

Sumner,

Foster,

Martin,

Taylor of Appling,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Taylor of Sumter,

Fraser,

Mays,

Terrell,

Frier,

Mercer,

Thorne,

Fullbright,

Moore,

Thurman,

Furr,

Morris,

Tift,

Galloway,

Mundy,

Townsend,

Geer,

Nee!,

Tracy,

Gibson,

Nix,

Trent,

Glenn,

Nowell,

Tuggle,

Goode,

Odum,

Tyson,

Guyton,

Orr,

Walker of Lowndes,

Hall,

Parrish,

Walker of Milton,

Hamilton,

Payton,

Walker of Washington,

Hardeman,

Perry,

\Vard,

Harris,

Persons,

\Varnell,

Heard,

Pope of Brooks,

Watkins,

Hill,

Pope of Dade,

Way,

Hines,

Powell,

White of Madison,

Holder,

Price of Bartow, White of Screven,

Howard,

Price of Oconee,

Whitley,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Williams of Dodge,

Huie,

Reid of. Putnam, \Villiams of Laurens,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Wilson,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh, Wise,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph, Wootten,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Wright of Floyd,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Wright of Richmond,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Young,

Keith,

Shaw,

Tho"se not voting were Messr!.-

Adams of Chatham, Fagan,

Dorminy,

Godley,

Haywood, Hubbard,

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Hul:ender, Kendall, MaxNell,

Parker, Peterson,

Swilling, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 171, nays o.

Hon. Jno. M. Slaton, having received 171 votes, the entire number of votes cast, he was declared duly elected Speaker of the House for the ensuing term of two years.

Mr. \Villiams of Laurens, moved that a committee of three be appointed to escort the_Speaker to the Speaker's chair, which motion prevailed and the Clerk appointed Messrs. williams, Hall and Shaw.

The next business being the election of a Clerk, Mr. Alexander of DeKalb placed in nomination Hon. Jno. T. Boifeuillet of the county of Bibb, which nomination was seconded by Mr. Fowle_r of Bibb.

There being no other nominations the roll was called and those voting for ~Ir. Boifeuillet were as follows :

.'.dams of Elbert, Berry,

Clifton,

Adams of Wilkinson, Blackburn,

Collum,

1-.dkins,

Bond,

Cook of Chat'hoochee,

Alexander,

Bowen,

Cook of Telfair,

Allen,

r;oyJ,

Cooke of Thomas,

- Anderson of Bulloch, Brown of Carroll, Covington,

Anderson of Cobb, Brown of Oglethorpe, Couch,

Atkinson,

Buchannan,

Cowan,

Atwater,

Burkhalter,

Crumbley,

Austin,

Burwell,

Culbreth,

Ballard,

Butt,

Daniel,

Barksdale,

Calbeck,

Davis,

Barrett,

Callaway,

Davison,

Barrow,

Candler,

Dean,

I:ell,

Chamlee,

Dickey,

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Donalson,

Keith,

Dunbar,

KendaU,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Dykes,

Lee,

Eaves,

Lively,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

EUison,

McCarthy,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Flanders,

McMahan,

Flannigan,

McMichael,

Foster,

McMullan,

Fowler,

McWilliams,

Fraser,

Martin,

Frier,

Massengale,

FuUbright,

Maxwell,

Furr,

Mays,

_GaUoway,

Mercer,

Geer,

Moore,

'Glenn,

Morris,

Godley.

Mundy,

Goode,

Nee!,

Guyton,

Nix,

HaU,

Nowell,

Hamilton,

Odum,

Hardeman,

Orr,

Harris,

Parker,

Haywood,

Parrish,

Heard,

Payton,

Hill,

Perry,

Hines,

Peterson,

Holder,

Pope of Brooks,

Howard,

Pope of Dade,

Huff,

Powell,

Huie,

Price of Bartow,

Hullender,

Price of Oconee,

Jackson,

Reid of Macon,

T-:-hnson of Jasper, Reid of Putnam,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Wilcox,

Johnson of Towns, Re>gers of Mcintosh,

Jones of Meriwether, Rountree,

J opes of Mitchell, Russell,

Ryals, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slade, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Tuggle, Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Ward, Warnell, Watkins, Way, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Ashley,

Cannon,

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Clark, Dorminy, Fagan,

L-.bson, Hubbard, Persons,

Rogers of Randolph, Swilling, Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 171, nays o.

Mr. Boifeuillet having received 171 votes, the total number of votes cast, he was declared duly elected Clerk of the House for the ensuing term of two years.

Mr. Bell moved that a committee of three be appointed to escort the Clerk to his desk, which motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed Messrs. Bell, Tracey and Terrell.
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the Senate be notified that the House was duly organized and ready for the transaction of business. The motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced that the next business in order was the election of a Speaker pro tern.

Mr. Hall of Bibb made the point of order that the election of a Speaker pro tern. was a legislative Act and should not take place until the Senate had been duly notified of the organization of the House. The motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Hall the House took a recess subject to the call of the Speaker.
The Speaker again called the House to order.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof :

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Mr. Speaker:

I am directed by the Senate to inform this branch of the General Assembly that the Senate has organized and is ready for business, and has elected the following officers, to wit:'

President, Hon. John W. Akin, of 42d district; President pro tern., Hon. E. T. Steed, of 37th district; Secretary, Hon. Charles S. Northen; Messenger, Han. Flynn Hargett; Doorkeeper, Han. F. G. Grieve.

The Senate has adopted the following resolution m which the concurrence of the H;ouse is asked, to wit:

A resolution to appoint a joint committee to notify his Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly of Georgia is now organized and ready to receive any communication he may desire to make.

The committee on part of the Senate consists of Senators Overstreet,_ Taylor and Weaver.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the following Senate resolution was read and adopted, to wit :

A joint resolution providing that a committee of five from the House and three from the Senate be appointed to notify the Governor of the organization of the General Assembly.

The Speaker appointed as the committee on part of the House Messrs. Jones of Meriwether, Nix, Reid, Wise and Hall of Bibb.

Mr. Jones, as chairman of the House Committee, re, ported that they had conferred with th~ Governor, and


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that he would communicate with the General Assembly in writing.

By unanimous consent the following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Perry.....-
A resolution providing that the rules of the last House obtain until the adoption of new rules.

By Mr. Alexander-
A resolution providing for joint committee to arrangt. for inaugural ceremonies.
The Speaker appointed as the committee on part of the House to arrange for the inaugural ceremonies Messrs. Alexander, Shaw, Tyson.
The next business in order was the election. of a Speaker pro tern. Mr. Hall of Bibb placed in nomination Mr. Jackson of Jones.

Mr. Wright of Floyd placed in nomination Mr. McMichael of Marion.

There being no other nominations the roll was called.
On counting the votes cast it was found that Mr. Jackson had received 94 votes and Mr. McMichael So votes. Mr. Jackson having received a majority of all the votes cast he was declared duly elected Speaker pro tern. for the ensuing term of two years..

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Mr. McMichael moved that the election of Mr. Jackson be made unanimous, which motion prevailed.

The next business was the election of a Doorkeeper.

Mr. Hall of Bibb placed in nomination ~r. G. Houser of Clarke county.

Mr. Perry of Hall placed m nomination Mr. G. R. Cochran of Hall county.
Mr. Ballard placed in nomination Mr. J. C. Morgan
, of the county of Newton.
Mr. Parker of Talbot placed m nomination Mr. W. T. Morris of Tolbert county.
Mr. Wise of Fayette placed i.n nomination Mr. J. H.
Williford of Fayette county.

There being no other nominations the roll was called, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting for Mr. Houser were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Calbeck,

Adams of Wilkinson, Callaway,

Adkins,

Candler,

Allen,

Cannon,

Anderson of' Bulloch, Chamlee,

Atkinson,

Clark,

Barksdale,

Covington,

Barrow,

Daniel,

Bell,

D<rvis,

Bowen,

Davison,

Brown of Carroll, Dean,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Donalson,

Burkhalter,

Dunbar,

Duggan, Dykes, 'Edwards, Flanders, Fowler, Fraser, Fullbright, Furr, Geer, Gibson, Guyton, Hall, Hamilton,

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Hardeman, Harris, Haywood, Heard, Holder, Howard, Hullender,
K~ndall,
Kendrick, Lee, Lunsford, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMahan, McMullan, Martin, Maxwell, Mays, Nee!, Nix,

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Odum, Parrish, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Powell, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox, Rountree, Ryals, Sheffield, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Stewart, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter,

Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Tracy, Trent, Tyson, Walker of Washington, Ward, Warnell, Watkins, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Wilson, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

Those voting for Mr: Morris were Messri.-

Alexander,

Dickey,

Atwater,

Ellison,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, McMichael,

McWilliams, Parker, Russell,

Those voting for Mr. Cochran were Messrs.-

Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Barrett, Berry, Bond, Butt, Clifton, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Dorminy, Eaves, Edmondson, Fagan,

Flannigan, Foster, Frier, Glenn, Goode, Hubbard, Huff, Huie, Johnson of Towns, Lumsden, Mercer, Moore, Morris,

Mundy, Orr, Perry,
Shaw, Simmons,
Steph~ns,
Stubbs, Sumner, Terrell, Townsend, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Wootten,

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Those voting for Mr. Morgan were Messrs.-

Bal)ard, Blackburn,

Cowan,

Nowell,

Johnson of Jasper,

Those voting for Mr. \Villiford were Messrs.-

l~O) J, Buchannan. Burwell, Collum, Couch, Crumbley, Culbreth, Estes,
Godle~,

HiJI,

Rogers of Randolph,

Hines,

Slade,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Campbell,

Jones of Meriwether, Strickland,

Lively,

Tuggle,

Payton,

vVay,

Persons,

Williams of Laurens,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Wise,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adam~ of Chatham, Austin, Galloway,

Jackson, Jones of J\Iitchell, Keith,

J\fassengale, Swilling,

On counting the votes cast it was found that Mr. Houser had received 97 votes, Mr. Cochran 39 votes, Mr. Morgan 5 votes, Mr. Morris 9 votes, and Mr. Willi-
ford 25 votes.

Mr. Houser having received a majority of the votes cast he was declared duly elected Doorkeeper for the ensuing term of two years.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following joint resolution of the House, to wit:
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE. A resolution to appoint a committee to prepare for the inaugural ceremonies on Saturday, the 29th inst. Committee on part of Senate under this resolution : Overstreet of 17th, and Martin of 43d.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blackburn: Mr. S pcaker:
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing.


WEDNESDAY, JuNE 26, 1907.
MESSAGE.
STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA, GA., June 26, 1907.
To the General Assembly: It is my happy privilege, in this, my last message, to
be able to congra:tulate you, as I have your predecessors, on the prosperity of the State and the contentment of our people. Providence has blessed us. Our laws are just. The knowledge that person and property are secure. has l1elped to enhance values and stimulate new entefl}rises. -Georgia has a low tax rate, and her credit is high. Voluntary returns of the taxpayers continue to swell the -digest and make easy the gathering of funds needed for the expenses of government; nor has this led to ex: travagance, for the State departments and public institutions, though well supported, have been economically administered, and the people have not been burdened with heavy taxation.
The last four years, as shown by the voluntary returns Of the citizens, have been the most prosperous years within the State's history. Credit for this condition is due to no one man, nor tO' any one body of men. Our entire .country in the main has been prosperous, and that which

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has made Georgia forge ahead of other States is attributable more largely to her splendid citizenship than to any other cause. The fact that no legislation was enacted during the last five sessions of the General Assembly that had a tendency to retard the advance of that prosperity is a record of which your predecessors may feel justly proud. In 1902 the taxable values of the State as returned to the Comptroller-General and tax receivers were $467,310,646, and in 1906 they were $627,531,539, an increase of $16o,220,893 for the four years, or an average of over $4o,ooo,ooo per annum. The remarkable increase was not confined to any one class of property, but to all classes, as will appear from the followingfigures taken from the report of the Comptroller-General, showing the valuation of a number of the chief items of property:

Years-

. 1902.

Lands. . .............. $124,799,018

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . 23.494,373

Town and city property ... 122,672,195

Horses and cattle . . . . . . . . 25,102,836

Banking capital. . . . . . . . . . 15,442,458

Household furniture, etc... 16,6II,652

Merchandise . . . . . . . . . . . 24,104,341

Railroad, telegraph and tele-

phone companies, etc. . . s6,~93,466

1906. $159,455,040
29,817,251 154,775,636 37,520,24,5. 24,397,965 20,892,505 33,467,540

The largest percentage of increase appears in railroad

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property and banking capital. The former is due largely _to the franchise tax law of December 17, 1902, and the latter to the great number of new banks established in every section of the State.
With this growth in the property interests of the people there came a corresponding enlargement of the demands upon our public institutions. Notwithstanding these demands were fully met by increased appropriations for maintenance and new buildings, the tax rate has been reduced from $5.30 on the thousand in 1902 to $4.80 in 1906.
The returns for 1907 will not be fully completed for more than a month, but after conference with the Comptroller-General, who is in receipt of advices from various sections of the State, enabling him to make a comparison of the returns with those of 1906, I feel sure that the in- crease for 1907 will be fully as much as $4o,ooo,ooo, the average for the last four years.

FINANCE.
On account of the Act directing the transfer on April 1st of the sum of $400,000 from the general fund to the school fund, it has been necessary for a number of years for the Governor to borrow money to meet the required expenditures. But for the change in the time of meeting of the General Assembly this might not have been necessary in 1903, or any subsequent year.. In fixing the tax rate for 1906, the Governor and Comptroller-General

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considered this usual mid-summer deficit in the treasury. and were desirous of fixing a rate which would produce enough revenue, when added to the other receipts, to cover this deficit, and thereby end the necessity of making an annual loan. We advised with the Attorney-General as to the probability of collecting the taxes due by the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, and the Central of Georgia Railway Company, which the United States Supreme Court had adjudged they should pay, and as to probable collections on other pending tax cases, and concluded that there was little doubt of these taxes being collected during the past winter, or certainly during the following spring. We therefore fixed the rate at $4.80 on the thousand, which, together with the taxes referred to, would have raised sufficient revenue for all purposes and left a surplus of about $zoo,ooo in the treasury. We were, however, disappointed in not collecting these taxe6, as the United States Supreme Court, upon a motion to advance the cases, would not assign the same for a hearing earlier than next October. But we feel sure that these taxes will be collected during the next year. A full statement as to these cases is given in the report of the Attorney-General, which is herewith transmitted.
The revenue produced by the rate of $4.80 for 1906 leaves the treasury at this date in practically the same condition as in 1906, with the exception that the Governor has not made the usual loan, and the Treasurer ha!;

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not paid the teachers quite as much as was paid last year. To have paid the teachers as much as was paid them in 1906, would have necessitated the Governor's making a loan. I thought a short delay in their payment preferable to my borrowing money for my successor .to pay

TAXATION.
One of the most important questions that will demand consideration at your hands is that of taxation, and with it goes a question which I have several times presented to the General Assembly in my annual message, viz. : The equalization of tax returns. The Constitution requires that all taxation shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects and ad valorem on all property subject to be taxed. Our present laws upon the subject of tax returns are substantially what they were over a century ago, and do not afford as ample machinery for enforcing the ad valorem requirement" of the Constitution as the honest and conscientious taxpayer is entitled to receive from the State. In this connection I wish to repeat the following from my message of June 28, 1905: "The State has advanced in every other particular, but in the matter of valuing the mass of property for. taxation and in the machinery for its collection we adhere to this old law, which is unsuited to present conditions, and unjusi to every honest taxpayer. The General Assembly has from time to time wisely amended the law so as to cover new subjects for taxation, but left the valuation of the

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property a matter almost entirely in the discretion of the taxpayer. He is the judge and the jury upon this great question which is of interest to every citizen. The fairer he is, the more onerous his individual burden. This authority is not vested in the citizen upon any other question affecting his purse, whether it regards his dealing with the public, or with his fellow man. In all other cases he is disqualified, both as judge and juror."
I most heartily join the Comptroller-General in the recommendations he makes in his annual report, herewith transmitted, and urge your favorable consideration thereof.

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.

In accordance with the provisions of the Act of August r8, r9o6, establishing an Agricultural and Indus- trial School in each Congressional District, I appointed on the 22d day of September, r9o6, a board of trustees thereof in each district, and during the fall and winter . months, in connection with these boards in their respective districts, located all the schools and received in every instance donations which clearly demonstrate the enthusiasm and interest of the people in these schools. The locations and donations being as follows :
First District-Statesboro. Sixty thousand dollars in cash; 300 acres of land, electric lights, water and sewerage.
Second District-Near Tifton. Sixty thousand dol-

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Iars cash; 300 acres of land, electric lights, water and !'CWerage.
Third District-Americus. Forty thousand dollars cash; 300 acres of land, water and sewerage.
Fourth District-Carrollton. Thirty thousand dollars cash; 275 acres of land, lights and water.
Fifth District-Near Monroe. Thirty-one thousand dollars cash; 250 acres of land, lights and water.
Sixth District-Barnesville. Fifty-one thousand dollars cash; 300 acres of land, lights and water.
Seventh District-McLand, near Powder Springs, Cobb county. Academic building anq boys' dormitory, according to architect's plan, twenty-eight thousand dollars ; 240 acres of land. Eighth District-Madison. Forty thousand and five hundred dollars cash; 300 acres of land, lights and water.
Ninth District-Near Clarkesville. Twenty-five thousand dollars cash ; 300 acres of land.
Tenth District-Near Sparta. Forty-seven thousand dollars cash; 250 acres of land.
Eleventh District-Douglas. Forty-five thousand dollars cash; 300 acres of land, lights, water and sewerage.

The aggregate of the donations ,lS about $830,000, placing upon the lands and other property the market value.
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first annual message, November 8, 1902, I said that "The discussion of this matter in various sections of the State has convinced me that the several counties in which these schools may be located would donate sufficient lands and suitable buildings for that purpose."
The actual donations far exceeded this prophecy. In every district more land was donated than the minimum acreage prescribed by the law, and cash sufficient to er.ect the necessary school buildings, also one dormitory, and in several districts two dormitories and other buildings. Each board of trustees has contracted for the necessary buildings to begin the school operations, and in ever) district the school will open next January and in one OJ two instances before that time. Every school building and dormitory contracted for will be constructed of brick and will be of the latest and most improved design. While the location of these schools entailed far mor~ work upon the Governor than was first contemplated, yet it was a labor of real pleasure and joy to me, as I was made to realize to the fullest extent that the people of Georgia were aroused to the importance of agricultural and industrial education.
The Act providing for these schools is virtually a contract between them and the State to the effect that the net fees arising from the inspection of oils and fertilizers and other similar inspection fees, shall be applied to these schools equally. Under the appropriation Act for 1906 and 1907 about $20.000 of these fees are a,ppropriated

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to special purposes. These provisions should be elimin::tted from future appropriation Acts. In addition to the foregoing, I recommend that the net fees artsing from the Pure Food Inspection Law be likewise applied tet these schools. Should this be done, the fund for each scho~l will be from $7,000 to $8,ooo per annum, which will meet the immediate necessities as to equipment and salaries. However, should the schools open with students sufficient to fill the capacity of the academic. building. other sources of income will be necessary.

HIGH SCHOOLS.
The Constitution prescribes that the General Assembly may only appropriate money for educational purposes to the common schools and the .University. The common schools are restricted to the elementary branches of an English education only. The gap.between these schools and the University can not be supplied except by private schools or local systems. The same reasons which support the policy of the State in maintaining common schools and the University _exist in favor of aiding schools necessary for supplying this gap. Our present system is therefore incomplete, and can never be perfected until the Constitution is amended so as to authorize appropriations for high schools.
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erected in each county and supported at the general expense of the State." The Legislature was therefore free to enact such laws and make such appropriations looking to the education of the children of the State as were deemed wise and necessary. The Constitution of 1877, framed just one hundred years after our first Constit~tion, prohibits appropriations except to a "system of common schools for the education of children in the elementary branches of an English education only." The debates in the convention of 1877 between the advocates of the two views upon this question, discloses the fact that the arguments advanced by those favoring the view which prevailed are not applicable to the present conditions in Georgia. At that time the State was just recovering from the ravages of the Civil 'War, and the evils of Reconstruction. The State was poor, and her credit some- what impaired on account of persistent misrepresentations of those unfriendly to her progress and prosperity. All taxation was therefo.re grinding and burdensome. It was, no doubt, the wiser plan to show to her creditors and to the taxpayers that it was the policy of Georgia, as fixed by her Constitution, to be just to them before being generous even to her children. Conditions have changed. Georgia is no longer poor; she is not only prosperous, but her credit is second to none. The amendment placing a limitation upon the tax rate guarantees to the citizen that no oppressive rate can be levied. Hence the views which dominated the convention,



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and which were referred to in those debates by one of the ablest and most distinguished members thereof as "contracted notions," should no longer fix the policy of the State upon this important question. This amendment would place Georgia abreast of the other progressive States of the Union, and would make her fundamental law more completely harmonize with the true sentiments and best interests of the people. I will not say that no
other State in the Union has a: similar Constitutional
embargo upon education, but after diligent search I have been unable to find one with a like provision.
The necessity for such an amendment is urgent. Prior. to 1861, rural communities were considered the natural home of high schools, and they existed in nearly every county, and in many instances there were several in a county, but now in rural communities they are very scarce. In many of them the fact that such schools once existed is ancient history. Private enterprise is in search of an investment promising a speedier return than private schools in rural communities. Public interest in local taxation is so feeble that the most optimistic friends of education entertain only a slight hope that the smaller or less wealthy of our rural counties will ever adopt the provisions of the local tax law, unless an incentive in the form of additional aid is furnished by the State. The result is that in those counties and in those communities where high schools are most needed, none now exist,



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and none will likely exist until there is a change in our

system.

If the General Assembly should adhere to the present

policy of local systems as the proper means to supply

these high schools, then the authority to appropriate

funds to aid the same would be helpful towards securing

the establishment of the system in every county in the

State. If the General Assembly should, as I think more

advisable, provide for a general high school system, and

place the same under the educational department along

with the common schools, or ur..der a supervisory com-

mission, then this proposed amendment would be neces-

sary. This general system should not include the local sys-

tems now of force, but give to every county, city or town,

the option of entering the same: I therefore recommend

that the General Assembly submit to the people an

amendment under which appropriations may be made to

high schools.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
The Educational Conference of Business Men, which {'Onvened in the Senate Chamber May 24, 1907, and which was composed of fifty prominent business men selected by Hon. Samuel M. Inman, chairman of the Georgia Educational Business Men's Conference from the various congressional districts of the State, marked the commencement of a new era in the interest which the business men of the State "vill take in general educational

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affairs. The resolutions unanimously adopted by the conference after thorough discussion, cover the fundamental needs of our educational system and make the following recommendations, which I think are not only deserving the approval of business men, but of all the people, viz.:
1st. Larger funds. 2d. The securing of trained and efficient teachers, aud
the payment to them, regularly, of living salaries, at least. 3d. Better local and State supervision. 4th. Vital connection between our elementary schools
and our higher institutions. 5th. Proper support of the District Agricultural
Schools.
The last two propositions have been heretofore discussed approvingly in this message, and the first three I wish to commend most heartily to your favorable consideration.
The very foundation of our system is the common schools, hence these are deserving of, and should receive, your first consideration. Larger funds and living salaries to teachers are absolute essentials. Many counties acting wisely have taken advantage of the local tax law enacted by the last General Assembly, and are now giving their children longer terms, and the teachers better salaries, and their schools are having a much larger attendance than previously. These counties, as well as those which have not adopted the local tax law, should

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recetve sufficient funds from the State to operate the schools five months each year, and to enable them to pay the teachers fair salaries with the same regularity with which other officers are paid. In order to meet the increase in school population the first necessary step will be, commencing with 1908, to increase the appropriation to the common schopl fund at least $100,000 annually for two or three years. This can be done without raising the tax-rate, provided the tax returns of 1908 show approximately the same increase as for the last several years. The loss of the fertilizer and oil fees to the common school fund is an additional reason for this increased appropriation.

One of the great evils of our present system is the failure of the law to provide for the prompt payment of ' the teachers' salaries when the same have been earned and are due. Several solutions have been suggested, but as yet none has been enacted into law. One of two things is necessary to remedy this evil. A surplus must be accumulated in the treasury for the purpose of meeting the spring and summer payments, and that surplus secured to such use by Constitutional amendment forbidding its arplication otherwise, or, the scholastic year must be changed from the calendar year so that it shall hereafter extend from September 1st to August 31st. The latter plan has always appeared to me as more practicable, and more in harmony with what I consider the proper management of governmental affairs. The former, or any

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other plan that does not change the scholastic year, is objectionable, if for no other reason, on the ground that it is contrary to sound policy to create a surplus fund to be held perpetually. In presenting this question to yomrredecessors in my message of June 27, I9o6, I stated: "Such a change, after two years, would practically settle the question of paying the teachers their salaries when due. The first eight months of.next year might be made a special scholastic year, and have apportioned to it an equitable share of the fund set apart for 1907. In addition to accomplishing the desired result of enabling school officials to arrange for the prompt payment of salaries when due, the plan suggested will harmonize the common school- system with that of the local systems, and long-term schools and colleges throughout the State."
I recommend that the first eight months of next year be constituted a special school year, and that at least two and one-half months' schools be provided fo~ by appropriating to the support thereof the special taxes, convict hire and the \Vestern & Atlantic rental collected prior to September 1st, and in addition thereto such part of the property tax appropriation as may be necessary. Any dimin~tion in the school fund for the year commencing September 1, 1908, caused by appropriation of property tax for the special school year should then be compensated by appropriating thereto an equal amount of the, money colle~ted on the railroad tax ca~es now pending in the United States Supreme Court. The only objection

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to this plan is the possibility of these collections not being made by September, 1908. This objection should not be deemed controlling, in view of the fact that your b:xl: will again convene before that date, and should the collections not be made by the time of your meeting suitable legislation can be enacted to meet the conditions.
The plan for State and county supervision of our schools as proposed by the resolutions adopted by the State Educational Association, at its meeting in April, 1907, seems to be a well-considered plan, and one that will place Georgia in line with the most progressive States of the Union. The principal features of this plan are: rst. A professional State Board of Education in lieu of the present ex-officio one, composed of State-house officers. 2d. Efficient county supervision, and, 3d, a more complete and better correlated school system. These are both practicable and desirable. The resolutions of the Business Men's Conference and of the Georgia Teachers' Association are attached to the report of the State School Commissioner, which is herewith transmitted, and I commend them and the valuable suggestions and recommen dations of the Commissioner to your earnest consideration.

THE UNIVERSITY AND BRANCHES.

The University and all its branches have enjoyed a

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year of remarkable growth. No better investment has

ever been made by the State than the establishment of

these institutions and no wiser policy can be pursued than

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;'()ne of proper maintenance to enable them to keep pace with the advancement and progress of the State. After :a thorough investigation, in my message of June 27, 1906, I recommended the appropriation of $IOo,ooo to the University to be used in buildings and equipment necessary for the State College of Agriculture, also an appropriation to install a heating plant in the two dormitories then nearing completion at the State Normal .School; also an appropriation to construct a new dormitory to relieve the crowded condition at the Girl's Nor:mal and Industrial College; also an appropriation to the School of Technology to be used in equipping the new Lyman Hall Laboratory and in the purchase ..;f .about seven acres of land to enlarge the campus ; and .also an appropriation to the North Georgia Agricultural .College. The judgment of the General Assembly ac.corded with mine, and these appropriations were made. All these buildings are now in process of construction, .and most of them will be ready for use at the opening of the .next term.
This additional equipment will not only relieve the -crowded condition, but enlarge the sphere of usefulness {)f these great institutions. Their growth and general -expansion demands an increased maintenance fund. The establishment of the State College of Agriculture, along the lines. provided for in the Act of 1906 appropriating the $10o,ooo, will require at least $5o,ooo for its maintenance. A large share of this should be met by a trans-
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to the School of Agriculture, thereby requiring only $I s,ooo from the State. This loss to the funds of the University should be supplied and the growth of this great educational institution be fully met by increasing the present maintenance fund at least $35,000. The State Normal School stands in need of improved heating plans for, and repairs to, the old buildings, and additional equipment for all the buildings to the extent of $15,000
and an increased maintenance fund of $w,ooo to meet the growth of the school. For the same reason $w,ooo
should be added to the maintenance fund of the Girl's Normal and Industrial School and $I s,ooo for the equipment of the new buildings. The estimated budget ef expenditures of the School of Technology for the next year amounts to $92,300, and the income of the school for the last year, including the $ss,ooo appropriation by the State, was only $76,ooo. This income for the next year can only be met by an increased maintenance fund. The deficit can be prevented in two ways. One by reducing the faculty below the actual necessities of the school, or by an addition of $I s,ooo to the annual appropriation. The latter course is the only one in keeping with the best interests of the State. Our mountain school, the North Georgia Agricultural College, is as a city set upon a hill. Its continued growth in attendance and strength attests its usefulness, and demands for its urgent needs an increase of $5,000 to its maintenance fund. The Industrial School for "t\egroes, established and maintained by the State at SaYannah, is doing an iniportant work and de-

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serves liberal support at your hands for maintenance and {!evelopment.
After a full investigation into the conditions of these in'stitutions, and a careful consideration of their growth, and the enlargement of the faculties to meet the same, I feel that I would fall short of my duty to the State were l to fail to commend to you most earnestly these additional appropriations. They can be made without increasing the tax rate, should the increase in the tax returns of 1908 be one-half the average of the last four years, arid should there be no increase, then by a-levy within the constitutional limitation.

COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS.
I have frequently urged upon the General Assembly the submission of a constitutional amendment to the people, under which the Legislature would be authorized to relieve college endowments from taxation. Such a measure would be just and equitable. The institutions that would be benefited by this amendment are doing splendid work in the upbuilding of the State, and at least deserve this modicum of recognition at your hands..

MONUME~TS.
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soldier and statesman, Gen. John B. Gordon, has been completed and now stands within the shadow of the Capitol. A just and deserving tribute to him, and an honor to the State, it was joyously welcomed by the great heart of her people. A similar provision having been made to peryetuate the memory of Georgia's founder, prope; steps are being taken to erect a monument to James Oglethorpe upon the scenes of his labors.
Thus has been inaugurated a policy that surely should live. The memory of those who devoted their lives to their. country should not perish from the earth, but should live forever in the hearts of the people for whom they labored and lived. Many are 'the names of her sons that are entitled to a place in Georgia's "Hall of Fame." They were the peers of any of those her sister States have given to our country. Their images should live in imperishable bronze and marble, eloquently speaking the gratitude of those who come after them.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
The General Assembly at the last sesswn appropriated $2,ooo to be used in purchasing standards of weights and measures to be supplied to the new counties and such .!Jther counties as had never received them. I purchased fifteen sets at $roo each and furnished one set to each of the new counties and to Rockdale and Coffee. The remaining four sets I have deposited with the Secretary

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of State for distribution to such other counties as may h~reafter make proper showing to .obtain them.
Several months ~go the Secretary of Commerce and Labor called a convention of representatives from all the States to be named by the Governor for the purpose of considering the matter of weights and measures. Deem_ing this matter of sufficient importance, I appointed Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State, a delegate to the convention and here~ith transmit a copy of his report. I commend this report and its recommendations to your favorable consideration.

TRAINED NURSES.
Tqere will be presented to you a measure providing for a State Board for the examination of trained nurses. It is the policy of our State to have such boards for every profession. Efficient care of the sick by those specially trained for nursing has grown into a profession. Thepublic, as well as those engaged in this useful work who have been properly trained, should be protected against inefficient and incompetent persons who offer their services as trained nurses. I therefore commend this meas-
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ure as worthy of careful consideration and favorable action at your hands.
PENSIONS.
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to complete the payment for 1907 of the approved pen sion claims of file in his office. By far the greater part of this amount is due upon the claims of indigent soldiers who, by reason of poverty and old age, are entirely dependent upon the generosity of a grateful State, and irr behalf of these old heroes I ask that their claims, which I believe to be a sacred obligation of the State, receive your immediate attention.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The public institutions of the State, viz. : The State Sanitarium, the School for the Deaf, the Academy for the Blind, the Soldiers' Home, and the State Reformatory, are institutions in which every citizen of Georgia feels a pardonable pride. New buildings and substantial improvements have been made at all of them during the past four years, and it is necessary to continue the same liberal policy towards them in order that they may lx adequate to meet the demands of a growing and prosperous State.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
You will have before you the. following official r~ ports:
Secretary of State, Comptroller-General, State Treas. urer, Attorney-General, State School Commissioner, Ad

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jutant-General, Commissioner of Agriculture, State Board of Health, Ra,.ilroad Commission, Prison Commission, Pension Comn1issioner, Geologist, Librarian, Compiler of Records, Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, Roster Commission, and such other departments as are required by law to submit annual reports; also the reports of the public and educational institutions of the State, the report of the Board of Lady Visitors to the Girl's Normal and Industrial College, the reports of the Board of Visitors to the State University, the Academy for the Blind, and the School for the Deaf.
I have carefully examined most of these reports and find them to contain valuable information and recommendations which merit your attention. These reports attest the fact that the public servants in charge of these departments and institutions are efficient and faithful, and I trust that the recommendations contained therein will receive your favorable consideration.

LAWS ENACTED.
I deem it not inappropriate in this, my last message, to express my appreciation of the fact that your predecessors, in response to recommendations made in my previous messages, have enacted, among others, laws to tax the franchise of railroads, to limit the rate of taxation on property by constitutional amendment, to levy a specific business tax on corporations, to provide a better system of local taxation for common schools, extend-

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ing the same by constitutional amendment to militia districts; for the relief of the Supreme Court in the creation of the Court of Appeals; to create nine new counties; to develop the Agricultural College of the University of Georgia, by the appropriation of $wo,ooo for buildings and equipment, and to establish an Agricultural and Industrial High School in each Congressional District of the State.
In addition to the ordinary subjects of legislation which have heretofore received the attention of the General Assembly, your .immediate predecessors passed a number of important statutes intended to benefit and safeguard the public. These Acts seem to have given general satisfaction to the people, and the reports so far received indicate that they are accomplishing the good results intended without detriment to any legitimate right of person or property.
Among these laws are those which protect the interests of the children by limiting the age at which they can work in factories; those which guard the poverty of the borrower from the extortion of the lender ; those which are intended to prevent adulteration of food and medicine.
The law to prevent speculation in futures promises the happiest results, both to the individual and to the public at large, for this statute protects the speculator against himself and at the same time retains within the State thousands that once flowed into the coffers of foreign brokers without returning anything of value.

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For the confidence reposed in me by the people of Georgia in twice electing me to this high office, and fo: the cordial support which they have given me during the many years in which I have served my native State, l am profoundly grateful.
]. M. TERRELL, Governor.

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APPENDIX A.
In accordance with the requirements of section 5815 of the Code, I herewith submit report of all reprieves, commutations of sentences and pardons granted to June 20, 1907, the Prison Commission having in every case recommended the same.
PARDONS GRANTED.
G. T. SuLLIVAN.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Sumter county. May term, 1904; four years in penitentiary. Defendant developed tuberculosis. Granted January 12, 1906.
L. P. HANVEY.-Murder. Superior court of Fulton county, spring term, 1895; life imprisonment. Killed his wife in order to save the charader of his young daughter, whom she was alleged to misuse. Granted January 13, 1906.
J NO. N ORSWORTHY.-Larceny from the house. Superior court of Mcintosh county. December term, 1905; $roo and costs, or twelve months. Prevented a jail escape of desperate criminals. Granted January 13, 1906.
L. W. JAMES.-Burglary. Superior court of Bibb county, May term, 1904: two years in penitentiary. .Previous good character, and was drunk. No loss to owner of property. Granted January 13, 1906.
JoHN T. RusHIN.-Murder. Superior court of Thomas county, 1896; life imprisonment. Convicted under doubtful circumstances, and jury recommended. Garnted January 15, 19o6.

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J. A. HARRISON.-Adultery. City court of Atlanta,
1905; twelve months. Developed tuberculosis. Granted
February 17, H)06.

G. W. BARROW.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Sumter county, fall term, 1904; four year~ in penitentiary. Recommended on account of his age and good character. Granted March 17, 1906

BERT SPENCER.-Burglary. superior court of Fulton, fall term, 1904; four years in penitentiary. Only sixteen , years old, good conduct in prison. and prevented escape of convicts. Granted April 14, 1906.

MARY RowE.-Selling whisky. City court of Hartwell, August term. 1905: $wo in each of three cases, or twelve months in each. vVhite woman. feeble health, her husband's business. Granted April I 7, 1906.

ELBERT WILLIAMS.--Robbery. Superior 'court of Richmond county, fatt term, 1905: five years in pentitentiary. Judge and solic1tor think there is grave douht. of his guilt. New evidence. Granted May 9, Igo6.

THos. F. ALLEN.-Murder. Superior court of Bibh, November term. 1894: death -later commuted to life. Jurors, judge and citizens recommend, also prison officials, on account of exemplary conduct for nine years. Granted May 12, 1906.

JoHN DALTON.-Attempt to wreck train. Superior court of Gwinn.ett county, l\farch term. 1901 : six years in penitentiary. In danger of dying from tuberculosis, and convicted on circumstantial evidence. Granted July
3 1906.

WILL TAYLOR.-Murder. Superior court of Cherokee county. fall term. 1903: life imprisonment. Proved an

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.alibi, but was convicted by inflamed sentiment on the testimony of one under indictment, who afterwards fled the .country. Juries and relatives of deceased recommend. Granted July 13, 1906.
BRUCE PARISH.-Assault and battery. Superior c-ourt .of Chattooga county, March term, 1906; six months, or $50 fine. Too feeble to work, and too poor to pay. Granted July 28, 1906.
]ACK MEEKS.-Robbery. Superior court of Polk -county, August adjourned term, 1902; six years in penitentiary. Only sixteen years of age when. crime was committed, and relatives desire to take him and widowed mother to distant State: Many citizens recommend. Granted August 17, 1906.
JOSHUA CALLAWAY.-Stabbing. City criminal court of Atlanta, April term, 1906; eight months. Old man in feeble h~alth, and asked for by the judge and solicitor. Cranted August 7, 1906.
\VILL NANCE.-Seduction. Superior court of Gordon county, September term, 1905: two years in penitentiary. On account of new <Nidence, the judge and solicitor and a majority of the jury recommend. Granted August 16, 1906.
BISHOP BROWLEE.-Vagrancy. City criminal court of Atlanta; twelve months on chaingang. Consumption. Granted October IS. I9c6.
W. G. CuLLUM.-Assault. Superior court of Richmond, county. April term, 1906: twelve months. Cut a .negro who insulted him. Granted October 15, 1906.
]EFFIE \VASHINGTON.-Secluction. Superior Court of Butts county, August term. I<)OS: seven years in peni-

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tentiary. It seemed to have been a different case, as min-

isters and officials are now in favor of clemency. Granted

October 17, 1go6.



LEE TuGGLE.-Voluntary .manslaughter. Superior court of Jasper county, September term, I903; twelve years in penitentiary. Large number of citizens and members of jury recommend, on account of excessive sentence. Granted October I7, I906.

MINK BAILEY.-Carrying concealed weapons. Superior court of Heard county, September term, I90S; twelve months. Judge and solicitor request. Granted N ovember I7, I906.

SIDNEY H. REm.-Burglary. Superior court of Chatham county, August term, I906; one year in penitentiary. Quite a youth and under the influence of opium. Granted December I 2, 19o6.
T. H. HuGHES.-Vagrancy. City court of Atlanta,
1906; twelve months. Judge states he was not a vagrant. Granted December 15, I9o6.

CHARLEY SrMMONs.-Vagrancy. City court of Atlanta, ~eptember term, i9o6; twelve months. Plead guilty on account of igno~ance. Judge and solicitor Tecom-
mend. Granted December I 5, I906.

AztLIA GoDFREY.-Bigamy. Superior court of Pickens- county, fall term, I9o6; one year m .penitentiary. Enciente. Granted February 2, 1907.

CHARLES BROWN.-Simple larceny. Countv court of Macon. January term, 1907; $35, or six months. A boy nine or ten years, convicted for stealing two eels from another's string. and plead guilty on a fool's advice. Granted February r6. 1907.

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HowARD NEESE.-Larceny from the house. Superior court of Fulton _county, April term, 1906; two years. Sixteen years old at time of crime. Recommended by judge, solicitor and prosecutor. Granted February 16,
1907-
J. D. WoonwARD.-Bigamy. Superior court of Jackson county, August term, 1904; four years in penitentiary. Impaired health. Granted February 16 1907.
L. A. HunsoN.-Wife beating. City court of Bainbridge, February term, 1907; six months. Judge and solicitor now convinced he is innocent, and recommend. Granted in order that Georgia civilization may not be besmirched, February 28, 1907.
\V. C. McLA1N.-Abandoning minor child. Superior court of Fulton county, Spring term, 1907; six months in jail. Technical guilt. Charge made to confine him so - as to cure him of drunkenness, which was effected, so it is claimed by his good wife. She asks that he be released and restored to her and her request is granted, :\larch 4, 1907.
D. T. HARR1S.-Assault and battery. Superior court,
Paulding county. February term, 1906; fine. If' seems
that the witness on whose testimony he was convicted perjured himself. according to the judge. who was astounded at the verdict, which is now set aside forever. Granted -:\Iarch 16, 1907.
\V. L. BEAUDROT.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Chatham. Fall term. 1906; three years in penitentiary. The jury recommended that defendant be punished as for misdemeanor. The judge would not yield to the recommt_:ndation, which is now granted, April 9,
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LrzziE WILLIAMS.-Murder. Superior court of Appling, March term, 1907; life imprisonment. After ten years service judge, solicitor and citizens recommend on account of conviction on circumstantial evidence. She is a woman. Granted May I6, 1997~

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WILL CuNNINGHAM.-Murder. Superior court of Jefferson county, Fall term, 1905; death. Killed a mar. ried woman who furnished him, a boy nineteen years old, with liquor till he was intoxicated and became criminally related with her. Her husband, the judge, solicitor and jury recommend commutation to life imprisonment. Granted January II, 1906.
MELTON BROWN.-Murder. Superior court of Baker county, Fall term, 1905 ; death. Evidence as to mental responsibility causes majority of jurors and county officers ' to recommend life imprisonment. Granted January 11, 1900.
ANDERSON BROWN.-Misdemeanor. Superior court of Cobb county, August term, 1905; six months. Judge writes too ill to serve and recommends commutation to present service. Granted January 13, 1906.
VAN MALCOM.-Murder. Superior court of Walton county, August term, r883; life imprisonment. Convicted on circumstantial evidence and after twenty-three years imprisonment the surviving jurors and many good citizens recommend commutation to present service. Granted January 13, 1906.
JoHN Wr.LLTAMS.-Burglary. Superior court of Randolph county, November term, 1905; four years in the
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penitentiary. Tuberculosis and a mental imbecile. Com;Jmted to present service January IS, I906.

T. F. RoBERTs.-Misdemeanor. Superior court of Fulton county, January term, I903; three years in penitentiary. Borrowed .a second-hand suit of clothes while drunk and did not return them. Prosecutor and officials urge that he be commuted to present service. Granted January IS, I906.

M. A. BLACK.-Larceny from railroad car. Superior court of Fulton county, December term, I 90S; six months in jail, $2so fine or twelve months. Commuted to present service on account of his mother being at point of death, February 14, 1906.

RALPH MILNER.-Murder. Superior court of Spalding county, Fall term, I90S; death. A youth fifteen years of age and mentally weak. 'The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment February IS, 1906.

DAMON THOMPSON.-Rape. Superior court of Harris county, October adjourned term, 1904; ten years in penitentiary. Prosecutrix urges that he be commuted to present service, in which appeal she is joined by the judge and solicitor. Granted February IS., 1906.

JoE BROWN.-Burglary. Superior court of Tattnall county, October term, 1904; three years in the penitentiary. He was fifteen years old and judge, solicitor and both juries recommend commutation to present service. Granted February 17, 1906.

MARION Woon.-Selling whiskey. City court of Monroe, October term, 1905; twelve months on each of two cases. Jpr.m:able disease. Commuted to present service

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on recommendation of county authorities February 17, 1906.

WARTHEN PAcE.-Selling whiskey (three cases.) City -court of Sandersville, 1904; twelve months in each case. After one and one-half year's service judge, solidtor and others recommend commutation to present service, which was granted February 17, 19Q6.

JACK CASPER.-Selling whisky. City court of Carrollton, September term, 1905; twelve months, which was commuted to six months. On account of physical -condition, commutation to $25 fine was granted February 17, I9o6.

WILL HoRTON.-Murder. Superior court of Paulding -county, August term, 1904; life imprisonment. Defend ant defended his home against a drunken man, who tn suited and threatened him. Commutation to present service recommended by judge, solicitor and five hundred good citizens. Granted February 19, 1906.

JoSEPH ARNOLD.-Volunt::~ry manslaughter. Superior -c9urt of Coffee county, October term, 1901; eight years in penitentiary. Judge. solicitor, jurors, county officers and citizens recommend commutation to present service on account of grave doubt. Granted. February 19, 1906.

W. A. STUCKEY.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior <'ourt of Laurens. January term, 1892; twenty years in penitentiary. After eleven years of servitude he is commuted to present service February 19, 1906. on account of seriously impaired health.

ORVILLE: STEED.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior Court of Carroll county. April term, 1905; six years 'n penitentiary. Commutation of sentence to one year recommended hy judge. who now says that he is

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convinced that he should have followe<i the recommendation of the jury, to punis~1 as for a misdemeanor. Granted February 19, 19<X}.
}IM MoRAN.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior court of Crawford county, December term, 1903; five years in penitentiary. Crime committed under extreme provocation, and judge recommends commutation to present service. Granted February 19,. 1906.
JoHN WEST.-Burglary. Superior court of Cob!> county, November term, 1903; five years in penitentiary. On account 6 his youth, judge, both juries and good c1ttzens recommend commutation to present service. Granted February 19, 1906.
OLLIE McDowELL.-Burglary. Superior court of Cobb county, August term, 1905; twelve months or $100, (reduced to misdemeanor). After seven months service the judge recommended commutation to $50 fine, which was granted February 19, 1906.
}IM BLAKEMAN.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Floyd county, July term, 1904; three years in penitentiary. Defendant refused to plead guilty of shooting at another, on advice of solicitor, protesting his innocence, and now the judge and prosecuting officer recommend commutation to present service. Granted' February 19, 1906.
WILL INGRAM.-Murder. Superior court of Upson county, November term, 1902; life imprisonment. New evidence shows his innocence. and commutation to present service was granted February 19, 1906.
JIM CARTER.-Murder. Superior court of Bulloch county, October term, 1904; death. Commuted to life

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1mprisonment February 21, 1906, on recommendation of judge and large number of citizens.

A~EE LEE WINN.-Burglary. Superior court of Cobb county, November term, 1903; six years in two cases. Was a white boy seventeen years old whl!n convicted, and commuted to present service February 23, 1906, on account of being in a dying condition with consumption.

BuRRELL PATTERSON.-Murder. Superior court _of Heard county, March term, 1905; death. Commuted to
. life imprisonment March I 5, 19o6, in answer to a great
list of petitioners and a number of the trial jury, setting forth the fact that he was under the evil domination of his father, the most guilty, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.

JoHN WILLTAMS.-Simple larceny. Superior court of Ware county, November term, 1888; fifteen years in penitentiary. Defendant was only fifteen years of age at time of crime, and was instigated by his father. Judge, jury and citizens recommended commutation to present_ service. Granted March 17, 1906.

W. B. Pn:RcE.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Fannin county, Fall term, 1903; three years in penitentiary. Commuted to present service on account of good conduct. March 17, 1906.

ZACH GRIFFETH.-Selling, liquor. Superior court of Morgan county, August term. 1904; five years. Grand jury. judge ano solicitor recommend commutation. Granted March 17, 1906.

}EFF WRTTE.-Murder. Superior court of Jones c6unty. April term, 1894: life imprisonment. Under recommendation of the judge, solicitor and majority of

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jury, this sentence was commuted to present service March 17, 1906.

J. B. HENDRix.--Larceny. City criminal court ef Atlanta, July term, 1905; twelve months. Convicted on doubtful evidence and judge and solicitor recommended commutation to present service, which was p-ranted March 17, 1906.

CRoFF WILLIAMS.-Assault with intent to rape. Superior court of DeKalb, county, Spring term, 1904; four years in penitentiary. Negro boy of eleven years and negro girl of same age-presumption against the crime, and on recommendation of judge commutation to present service was granted March 17, 1906.

SAM TuRNER.-Larceny. Criminal court of Atlanta, January term, 1906; eight months. Commuted to present service April 7. 1906, on account of extreme youth. on recommendation of judge and solicitor.

"WILLIAM, alias CoBURN SouTHALL.-Burglary. Superior Court of Troup county, November term, 1905; one year. A boy, who claims that an older person committed the crime. Commutation to present service granted on petition of the prosecutor April 14, 1906.

OscAR Ros:e.-Assault with intent to rape. Superior court of Pike county, October term, 1905; twenty years in penitentiary. Later de'l'elopments show grave doubt as to hjs guilt in the minds of the jury, the judge and solicitor, who recommend commutation to present service. Granted April 16, 1906.

DoLPHIN McWILLIAMS.-Selling liquor. City court of Spalding. September term, 1905; $125 or . twelve months. Judge recommended commutation of sentence on payment of $60. Granted April 17, 1906.

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*'WILL MooRE.-Assault with intent to murder. Sup(;!rior court of Bibb, January term, 1906; two years in penitentiary. Judge and solicitor recommend commutation on payment of fine of $100, on ac..ount of it being a Christmas frolic when the alleged crime was committed which could not have been intended. Granted April 17, 1906.

}IM SwAYNE.-Superior court of Telfair county, April term, 1905; $ISO or twelve months. Commutation to present service granted April I7, I906, on account of the fact that the judge, solicitor and good citizens 'have convinced themselves that he was not guilty.

J. A. McCRARY.-Forgery in two cases. Superior court of Fulton county, Spring term, 1905 ;. three and two years in penitentiary. Commutation to present service granted April I7, 1906, in answer to the appeals of prosecutor and solicitor, on account of seriously impaired health.

MARIA CoBB.-Simple larceny. County co'urt of Baldwin, January term, I906; a negro only sixteen, with a child one month old. Granted April 17, rgo6.

HYDE TuDOR.-Attempt to murder. Superior court of Richmond county, April term, 1905; two years in
penitentiary. An epileptic, and therefore commuted to present service April 17, I906. G. H. CooK.-Murder, with recommendation. Su-

perior court of Chattahoochee county, March term, 1891; life imprisonment. On account of doubts of his guilt, judge, solicitor and juries recommended commutation to present service. Granted April 17, 'rgo6.

Km REYNOLDS.-Stabbing and robbery. Superior court of Cobb county, December term. 1905; twelve

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months in each case. Young boy, and the only supp~rt of widowed mother. Prosecutor, judge and soli~itor ask that he be commuted to present service. Granted April 28, I9Q().
JOHN BAILEY.-Carrying concealed weapon. Criminal court of Atlanta, December term, I905; $6o, or ten months. Commuted to fine of $30, on the request of the judge, solicitor and county officers April 30, I9Q6.
DocK CoRNETT.-Assault. City court of Fulton county, January term, I906; six months in jail. Made a trivial assault under influence of liquor, and person assaulted asks for his commutation to present service. Granted May I I, I906.
ToM Hri:.L.-Seduction. Superior court of Polk county, Spring term, I905; six years in penitentiary. Alleged victim has since married and judge, solicitor and citizens ask that he be commuted. Granted May I2, I906.
GEoRGE PETERSON.-Burglary. Superior court of Floyd county, January term, 1903; five years in penitentiary. Was a boy when convicted, and jury recommended he be punished as for a misdemeanor. Judge and solicitor now recommend commutation to present service. Granted May 12, I9o6.
WILL PEAVY.-Arson. Superior Court of Coweta county, September term, I892; life imprisonment. \Vas fourteen years of age at time of crime, and evidence was circumstantial. Commutation granted May I2, I906, on petition of judge, jury and citizens.
ANDY GRIER.-Vagrancy. City Court of Carrollton, February term, I9o6; twelve months. Defendant was ~ foreigner and a tramp. Was only technically guilty. Commuted May I I, H)OO, nn petition of citizens.

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ISAAC F1SH.-Selling liquor. City court of Hancock county, February term, 1906; twelve months, or fine of $500. Judge and solicitor recommend fine of $150, and commutation to present service. Granted May I2, 1900.

ORIN DuRSSE.-Bigamy. Superior court of Bibb coun-

ty, November term, 1904; two years in penitentiary.

Was drunk when he married second woman, who, since

his incarceration, has married again. His first wife has

remained true to him, and commutation is granted May

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solicitor.

CoLUMBUS ConY.-Murder. Superior court of Houston county, October term, 1905; death. It was at a negro gathering, and deceased had a gun, and his dangerous character is attested by good citizens, who recommend clemency for this negro. Commutati_on to life impri&onment granted May 17, 1900.

A. J. HARMAN.-Drunkenness on public highway. City criminal court of Atlanta, January term, 1900; $50, or eight months. Judge, soliCitor, sheriff and county physician recommend commutation to present service on account of enfeebled health. Granted May 22, 1906.

HENRY RoAN.-Robbery. Superior court of Fulton county, Fall term, 1905; eight years in penitentiary. Convicted, with another negro, of snatching a pocketbook from a negro girl. A mere boy without parents, but a near relative promises to care for him, and solicitor requests commutation to present service. Granted May
25, 1906.

JAMES S'toCK'tQN.-Two misdemeanors. Superior court of Cobb county, December term, 1905; twelve months in each case. Prosecutors and judge recommend .

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commutation to present service on account of mental weakness. Granted June 4, 1906.

ISAAC WILLIAMS.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior court of Cobb county, January term, 1901; ten years imprisonment. Doubt as to his guilt, and judge, jury, father and mother of defendant urge clemency. Commutation to present service granted June 15, 1906.

. WALTER BROWN.-Simple larceny. City criminal court of Atlanta, January term, 1906; $wo fine and six months, in default of fine, six months in jail. Judge and solicitor recommend commutation to present service on payment of $5o, or in default six months in jail. Granted June 16, 1906.

HoRACE HAMMOND.-Murder. Superior court of Dade county, September term, 1886; life imprisonment. Juries, on account of two reputable witnesses who were not present at trial, stating facts that might have made the offense justifiable, recommend clemency. Commutation to present service granted June 18, 1906.

FLoRENCE RIVERS.-Misdemeanor. Superior Court of Montgomery county, December term, 1906; nine months on chaingang. Nearly blind, and commuted to present service Jun~ 18, 1906.

FRANK AnAMS.;-Riot. Superior ~ourt of Dodge county, Fall term, 1882; life in penitentiary. Others connected with offense have been released, and they were equally guilty. Commuted to present service June 18, 1906.

WILLIE JoNES.-Vagrancy. City court of Columbus, October term, 1905; twelve months on chaingang. . Solicitor rec0mmends clemency on account of new evi-

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dence. Commutation to present service granted June 18, 1906.

LoN MARTIN.-Simple larceny in three cases. City court of Tifton, January term, 1905; twelve months in each case. Articles stolen were of small value. Judge and solicitor recommend. Commutation to present service granted June 18, 1906.

REuBEN KITCHENS.-Murder with recommendation. Superior court of Glascock county, 1894; life imprisor" ment. Judge, solicitor and jurors recommend clemency on account of his conviction on testimony of a perjured witness. Granted June 18, 1906.

ABE GoRMLEY.-Robbery. Superior court of Sumter county, Fall term, I 892; ten' years in penitentiary. After five years service defendant escaped and later gave himself up, asking to be returned, since which time he has nearly completed his sentence. Commutation to present service granted June 18, 1900.

CHARLES BROGDEN.-Larceny. Superior court of Fulton county, Spring term, 1904; five years in penitentiary. 'Tuberculosis. Commutation to present service, June 18, 1906.

1 WILL Jo~Es.-Murder. Superior court of Murray county, February term, 1900; death. Judge, solicitor and both juries recommend life imprisonment. Granted July 3, 1906.

JoHN A. JoiCE.-Larceny after trust. Superior court of Fulton county, April term, 1900; eight months in jail.
Strong probabilities of his innocence presented by judge
and solicitor. Commutation to present service granted
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CHARLES O'NEAL.-Simple larceny. City court of Bibb county, November term, 1905; $150 or twelve months. Rheumatism and one legged. Judge, solicitor and jury recommend commutation to present service. Granted July 16, 19o6.

SAM JoHNSON.-Assault and burglary, two cases. Superior court of Glynn county, Spring term, 1895; fifteen years in penitentiary. Burglarized the house of a negro woman, and committed rape, according to evidence not altogether satisfactory. Given allowance for good behavior, July 17, 1906.

JOHN HARRIS.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Fayette county, September term, 1902; five years in penitentiary. Was convicted on doubtful testimony, and judge and both juries and good people recommend commutation. Granted July 19, 19o6.

GEoRGE MooRE.-Selling liquor. Superior court of Cobb county, November term, 1905; twelve months. Served the entire term, well nigh, and physical condition became such as to incapacitate him. Commutation granted August 11, 1906.

JrM' CLARK.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Polk county, August adjourned term, 1898; ten years in penitentiary. Has served with good conduct, and commuted sixty days before sentence expires on account of failing health, August 17, 1906.

GRADY PHILUPS.-Cow stealing. Superior court of Cobb county, Spring term. 1906; twelve months. Mentally deficient. Judge, solicitor and sheriff recommend commutation. Granted September 22, 1906.

PEARL WINN.-Assault and battery. City Court of Bibb county, December term, 1905; $SO and costs, or

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six months. Judge who tried him recommends as an act of justice. Granted September 29, 19o6.

PEARL AMMONS.-Involuntary _manslaughter. Su~ perior court of Clayton county, August term, I 90S; .two years in penitentiary. Defendant, a young boy, killed his brother with no intention of taking his life. Judge, jury. and citizens recommend. Granted October 17, 1906.

]AMES PEEK.-Selling liquor. Ctty criminal court of Atlanta, June term, 1906; $7S or twelve months. Only sold one pint to a neighbor. Seventy years old and a Co~federate soldier. Granted Oct?ber 17, 1906.

HENRY PHINizY.-Larceny. City cnminal court of Atlanta, October term, 1906; four months. Negro boy, thirteen years old, and president of reformatory agrees to take him and try to reclaim. Granted October 17, I906.

J. H. MoNROE and W. F. SIMS.-Carrying concealed weapons. Superior court of Chatham, Spring term, Igo6; $2SO or twelve months. Were policemen who made arrest, preventing serious breach of the peace, while in plain clothes. Hence the fine, which is considered a hardship. C.ommuted to $so or twelve months, October I7, I gOO.

FRANK MILLER.-Vagrancy. City Court of Gwinnen. April term, I906; nine months. Judge and solicitor request release after six months service. Granted October
19, l9o6.

JoHNNIE WELLONS.-Stabbing. City Criminal court of Atlanta, September term, 1906; $so or twelve months. Negro boy, not vicious, only twelve years old. Recommended by judge and solicitor. Granted October I9,
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RAYMOND HARRIS.-Vagrancy and larceny. City .criminal court of Atlanta, February term, 1906; twelve months in each case. Convicted of stealing clothes fron:t .a delivery wagon, driven by another negro, who has since been convicted of theft. Prosecutor requests clemency, for the reason that he believes the other negro, who .charged him with the theft, swore falsely. Also solicitor. Granted October 19, 190(5.
LoNDON GoLPHIN.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Richmond county, January term, 1905; four years in the penitentiary. Fight among negroes. No .serious tnjury. Judge, solicitor and sheriff recommend. Granted October 26, 1906.
eLARENCE GREE.-Adultery and fornication. City .criminal court of Atlanta, September term, 19o6; $50 and costs, or twelve months. Negro boy, with Bright's -disease, and judge and solicitor recommend. Granted October 26, 1906.
J. WooDALL.-Attempt to murder. Superior court of Fulton county, Spring term, 1903; five years in penitentiary. Negro, who struck a negro woman without serious injury. On account of disease ordinary and other officials recommend. Granted October 27, 1906.
EARL VAUGHN.-Larceny. Superior court of Fulton -county, June term, 1906; eleven months. Judge recommends he be turned over to his father, an industrious negro, on account of his youth. Granted October. 27, 1906.
J. N. HILL.-Assault and battery. and drunkenness. Superior court of Newton county, Spring term, 1906; '$25 and costs, or six months. and $20 and costs or four months. A stranger of good reputation, has servedsev-eral months on a case that did not involve moral turpitude

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and request wa.s made to have sentence reduced to $55 or six months. Granted November 5, 1906.:
R. H. MAY.-Assault and battery in three cases. City court of Bainbridge, January term, 1906; six months in each ca.se. After serving ten months the camp physician certifies that defendant is in serious mental and physical condition. Granted November 10, 1906.
ANDREW DAVIS.-Larceny after trust. Superior court of Fulton, Spring term, 1906; two years. In dying condition. Granted November 14, 1906.
FRANK LuMPKIN.-Burglary. Superior court of Muscogee, Spring term, 1903; five years in penitentiary. County phys-ician says he has tuberculosis, and can not live.. Granted November 14, 1906.
C. E. SMITH.-Larceny from the person. Superior court of Glynn, June term, 1905; two years in penitentiary. Has served within four months of his sentence and judge recommends. Granted November 17, 1906.
JACK CAIN.-Selling whisky, three cases. City Coun of Sandersville, August term, 1904; ten months in each case. Served two terms and part of a third, when health broke down. Granted November 17, 1906.
JoHN MooDY.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Madison, Fall term, 1906 ;-' two years in penitentiary. County physician urges clemency on account of dying condition. Granted November 17, 1906.
EuGENE SMITH.-Cheating and swindling. City court of Athens, 1906; $25 or a term in chaingang. Judge recommends on account of new evidence showing no intention to commit crime. Granted November 17, 1906.
GEORGE ELLIS.-Burglary. Superior court of Fulton,

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.;ay term, 1906; three years in penitentiary. Boy four,een years old, of very low intellect and judge and solicitor recommend. Granted November 17, 19o6.
ELIJAH MINOR.-Murder. Superior court of Sumter, Spring term, 1897; life imprisonment. Defendant was a man of good character, while his victim was very violent. On account of newly discovered facts, prominent citizens, county officers and the trial jury recommend clemency. Granted November 17, 1906.
JAMES DAYTON.-Assault with intent to murder. Superior court of Chatham, February term, Igo6; ten years in penitentiary. A boy nineteen years of age, he had been arrested under a false charge, and seizing the billy of a policeman tried to effect his escape by assaulting him. He has lost one hand since his incarceration, from contact with machinery about which he had to work, and ten members of the trial jury have recommended clemency, in order that he may return to his parents in Michigan. Granted November 17, 1906.
AlzER J ACKSON.-Stealing ride on railway. County court of Henry, Fall term, 1906; $75 and costs, or eight months. He was without funds and stole a ride on the night of the riot in Atlanta. Commuted to $75 to include costs, December 7, 1906.
MILTON and }ESSE RAWLINS.-Murder. Superior court of Lowndes, July special term, 1905; death. These boys were aged eighteen and fifteen years at time of crime, and it was shown that they were under the influence of their father. who, with Alf Moore, a neg-ro, has already paid the death penalty for this crime. Five hundred citizens and State and county officers urged clemency. Granted commutation to life imprisonment Decemher 6, 1906.

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J. A. REEVES.-Murder. Superior court of Haralson county, October term, 1902; life imprisonment. Judge says he always had doubt of his guilt of murder, but thought the offense was voluntary manslaughter. Since his confinement defendant aided gwrds in preventing escape of desperate criminals. Commuted to present service December 11, 1906.
A. C. SuLLIVAN.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior court of Appling county, October term, 1903; seven years. Defendant was grievously provoked by frequent insults to himself and wife by deceased, who tried to seduce the latter. County officers, majority of both juries and citizens recommended commutation to present service. Granted December 14, 1906.
JACK SwEET.-Selling whisky. City court of Sparta, April term, 1906; eleven months. Judge and solicitor recommend on account of advanced age. Granted commutation December 15, 1906.
JoE WILEY.-Involuntary manslaughter. Superior court of Sumter, Spring term, I 90S; three years in penitentiary. Solicitor who prosecuted states he has doubts of his guilt of a greater crime than a misdemeanor. Commuted December IS, I9Q6.
ALEx. THOMAS, Jr.-Robbery. Superior court of Polk county, Fall term, 1903; six years in penitentiary. This young boy and another boy robbed an old negro of a small amount. His partner in crime has been released, and now county officials and citizens ask for the release of defendant. stating that his friends have secured for him good employment in a distant State. Granted December I 5, I9o6.
W. A. JoHNSON.-Assault and battery. Superior court of Webster county. April term. 1906; $750 fine. Eleven
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jurors and county officials recommend fine of $300. Granted January 18, 1907-

R. A. KEITH.-Murder. November term, 1901, of the Superior court of Fulton; life imprisonment. Has almost lost his eye-sight. Commutation to present service recommended by legislative committee that inspected camp where he was at work, solicitor who prosecuted him, and number of officials and prominent citizens. Granted January 18, 1907.

FRED ALBRIGHT.-Larceny. City court of Atlanta, July term, 1906; $so or eight months. Served within one month of his sentence and judge and city warden recommend release on account of his mother's need. Granted January 18, 1907.

]. M. DRAKE.-Drunk, disorderly. Superior court of Clarke county, October term, 1906; $100. Reduced to $so, on account of bad health. Recommended by solicitor and county officers, January 18, 1907.

DoN FLEMON.-Simple larceny. Superior court of Marion comity, October term, 1906; two years in three cases. Judge and county officers recommend that sentence be reduced to twelve months. Granted January 18,
1907-

RoBERT HARDAWAY.-Escape. City court of Columbus, January term, 1906; six months after expiration of sentence. Commuted on account of voluntary surrender and good conduct, February 16, 1907.

ANDREW BELL.-Murder. Superior court of Laurens January term, 19o6; death. Judge, solicitor and county officials recommend life imprisonment. Granted February 16, 1907.

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W. H. KELLY.-Using obscene language in presence <>f female. Superior court of Baker, March term, 1906; twelve months. Judge recommends $50 and costs and four months. Granted February 16, 1907.
BoLEY DANIEL.-Murder. Superior court of Sumter, December term, 1891; life imprisonment. Judge before whom he was tried now Chief Justice appeared in person before commission and said he had never been satisfied of the negro's guilt who was present at a general negro row. His conduct has been good and he has organic heart trouble. Commuted to present service February 16, 1907
LEROY DuvALL.-Assault with intent to murcter. Superior cort of Baldwin ~ounty, January term, I<)06; five years in penitentiary., Assault was made after defendant was knocked down. Prosecutor, judge, solicitor and dtizens recommend that he be commuted to present service. Granted March 15, 1907.
BARTOW N1x.-Murder. Superior court of Muscogee, May term, 1903; life imprisonment. Both juries, county <>fficers and universal sentiment of the people recommend <:ommutation to present service, on account of extreme youth of the defendant and new evidence. Granted March 13, 1907
E. M. McLELLAND.-Voluntary mansfaughter. Su-
perior court of Coffee county, March term, 1901; ten years in penitentiary. New evidence led solicitor, both juries and one thousand citizens to recommend commutation after five years of service. Granted March 15, 1907.
Lours NERo.-Burglary. Superior court of Bibb <:aunty, May term, 1906; five years in penitentiary. Defendant was arrested, having a pair of pants that had been taken from a burglarized store. The burglar esca!Jed,

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dUd he claimed that he had nothing to do with the crifne, but had bought the pants. Judge and solicitor reconJmend twelve months, on this statement. Granted March 16, 1907.

LoLLIE B. SIMS.-Simple larceny. City court of Baldwin county, September term, 1906, eight months. Released on account of pregnancy March I6, 1907.

FANNIE WHITE.-Vagrancy. City court of Atlanta, February term, 1907; twelve months. Dying with consumption. Commuted March 22, 1907.

PERRY J. MITCHEM.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior court of Morgan, September term, 1903; fifteen years in penitentiary. \Vas eighteen years old when convicted, and now judge, solicitor; jury and county officers. recommend commutation to present service.. Grante(.. April 15, 1907.

LEE REEDY.-Larceny from the house. City coun of Floyd county, September term, 1906; twelve months. Served six months and became almost totally blind. County commissioners request release. Granted April Is.
1907.

Gus WASHINGTON.-Cheating and swindling. City court of Hancock county, July term, 1906; twelve months. A matter of debt, which he has paid, and served nine months. Judge, solicitor and prosecutor request his release. Granted April 15, I907.

ISAAC ELLINGTON.-Voluntary manslaughter. Superior Court of Laurens, July term, I906; one year in penitentiary. Judge does not think him guilty. Solicitor also recommends. Commuted April 15, I907.

WILL MoNTGOMl<:RY.-Simple larceny. Superior court

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of Heard, September term, I9o5; twelve months. Commuted to present service on recommendation of judge and solicitor April IS, 1907.

OscAR SKELTON,_:_Voluntary manslaughter. Superior court of Dodge, fall term, I904; four years in penitentiary. Defendant has only few months of sentence not served, and on recommendation of judge, jury and citizens, and his own exemplary conduct, commutation to present service granted May Is. I907.

CHAS. PRESTON.-Vagrancy. City court of Atlanta, January term, I907; twelve months. Boy sixteen, widowed mother and sister, who say that they will care for him. Commuted to present service May I8, I907.
ALF SHELTON.--'-Burglary. Superior court of Floyd county, August term, I904; five years in penitentiary. After three years for an insignificant theft committed when defendant was eighteen, the prosecutor, judge, wlicitor, county officers and citizens recommend commutation. Granted May I8; I907.
CooPER SMITH.-Rape. Superior court of Muscogee county, May term, I892; life .imprisonment. The prosecutor, a negro. woman, her father. judge, solicitor and county officers recommend commutation to present service. Granted May 18, 1907.
Bun HARRIS.-Selling whisky. Superior court of Taylor, April term, 1907; twelve months, or $200. Defend~ ant blind and crippled, and the county being unable to hire defendant out, authorities recommend three months' jail sentence. Granted May 18, 1907.
Bun CoCGINS.-Selling whisky. City court of Griffin, December term, 19o6; twelve months or $300 and costs. Judge and solicitor recommend $150 fine after six months service. Granted May 18, 1907.

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AARON GARNER.~Drunk on public highway. City court of Atlanta, January term, I907; six months. Judge. and solicitor recommend commutation on account of defendant being unable to work. Granted May I8, I907.

JoHN WESLEY GooDwiN, LANDA GooDWIN, NEwToN GooDWIN.-Manslaughter as to first two, and misdemeanor as to third. Superior court of Spalding county. January term, I9<X}; eight years for first two, and one year for Newton. Defendants were followed from a dance by deceased, who opened fire. Landa and John Wesley were injured for life in the fusillade that ensued, and the circumstances of the fight led the judge, jury and several hundred citizens to recommend clemency. Discharged May 23, I907.

WM. G. LANSDALE.-Drunk and disorderly. City criminal court of Atlanta, February term, I907. Judge and solicitor recommend discharge on account of defendant being a cocaine fiend. Granted June IS, I907.

WILL SMITH.-Murder, with recommendation. Superior court of vValton county, February term, I9o6; life in penitentiary. Judge and solicitor join jury in recommendation of commutation to present service on account of former sentence being harsh. Granted June IS, I907.

LESTER \VALTERS.-Cheating and swindling. Superior court of Cobb county, April Term, I907; $so or si::ll months. Offense involved a board bill, which was settled. Judge recommends discharge. Granted June IS. I907.

JoE JoHNSON.-Vagrancy. City court of Atlanta. September term, 1906; twelv~ months on chaingang. Defendant addicted to cocaine and whisky and judge and solicitor recommend his commutation to present service.
Granted June IS, 1907.

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ADISON SNODGRASS.-Larceny from the house. Superior court of Fulton county, November term, IS)06; three years in penitentiary. Boy seventeen years of age, good family, and judge recommends ct>mmutation to present service. Granted June IS, I907

GEoRGE SMITH.-Burglary. Superior court of Walton county, Fall term, 1902; eight years in penitentiary. Developments since the trial have caused judge, jury, solicitor and citizens to recommend commutation. Granted June IS, I907.

AMos MARCHMAN.-Larceny. City court of Atlanta, December term, I906; twelve months on chaingang. Judge recommends commutation on account of defendant having tuberculosis. Granted June IS, 1907.

JoHN RAY.-Larceny from the house. Superior court of Chatham, October term, IS)06; six months in jail, twelve months on chaingang, or $I so fine. It was on defendant's testimony that three policemen were convicted of this crime. Solicitor and prosecutor recommend jail sentence of six months. Granted June IS, I907

FRANK JAMISON.-Superior court of Fulton county, March term, I907; robbery (plead guilty). Commuted to present service June 20, 1907. Defendant physically and mentally weak. Solicitor requested commutation on payment of fine of $100.

MAN, alias MARION UNDERWOOD.-Superior court of Meriwether county, February term, I897; voluntary manslaughter; fifteen years. Trial jurors, counsel associated with solicitor now dead, and citizens recommend. Commuted to present service June 20, 1907.

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REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.

THos. J. SHEFTALL.-Malpractice. Superior court of Chatham, June term, 1905; fine, with alternative imprisonment. County officers, two legislators and citizens recommend. Restored to citizenship January 13, 190(5.

J. C. CoNNELLY.-Forgery, recommended to punish as for misdemeanor. Superior court of Coweta county, September term, 1905; $125 fine. Judge, solicitor and county officers recommend. Restored to citizenship March 19, 1906.

JoHN LANDON.-Larceny from the person. Superior court of Whitfield county, October term, 1904; $10 and costs. Only technically guilty. Judge, solicitor and county officers recommend. Restored to citizenship April 12, 1906.

W. T. BROWN.-Hog stealing. Superior qmrt of Miller county, April term, 1901; fine $300. Judge, solicitor;representative, county officers recommend. Restored to citizenship April 17, 19o6.

ToMMIE BuRNS.-Burglary. Superior court of Fulton cou!lty, 1903; two years in penitentiary. Served sen tence with exemplary conduct, has been at work for a year, and is making a good citizen. Restored to citizenship April 17, 1906.

M. J. PATTERSON.-Larceny. City court of Sumter, November Term, 1904; $250 or twelve months. First offense, and has since conducted himself so as to gain this recommendation from county officers and good cit izens. Restored to citizenship April 19. 1906.

C. H. ScoTT.-Murder. Superior court of Floyd county, 1903; life imprisonment. Was commuted t(.

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present service one year ago, at1d on account of correct life gets endorsement from good citizens. Restorea to citizenship May 12, 1906.

B. C. GULLY.-Bigamy. Superior court of Decatur county, June term, 1902 ; four years. Served his term. and is now a good citizen. Vouched for by good citi zens. Restored to citizenship June 16, 1906.

L. J. MAJORS.-Larceny. Superior court of Marion county, April term, 1897; fine $150. Grand jury, solicitor, county officers and citizens recommend. Restored to citizenship June 18, 1906.
J. B. WooTEN.-Perjury. Superior court of Decatur county, May term, 1901; six years. Served his term and according to good people is making a good citizen. Restored to citizenship July 28, 1900.
ScREVEN A. DAVIS.-Simple larceny. Superior court of Bryan county, November term, 1899; three years in penitentiary. Judge and citizens recommend. Pardoned,. and restored to citizenship July 28, 1906.

M. W. JINKS.-Seduction. Superior court of Gwinnett county, Spring term, 1903; twenty years in penitentiary. After three years service it was learned that his conviction was a mistake, and he was commuted. County officers and citizens recommend him as a good citizen. Restored to citizenship August 9, 1906.
T. C. 0RR.-Larceny. Superior court of Catoosa county, August term, 1906; chaingang. Judge and so-
licitor and prominent citizens recommend. Restored to citizenship October 26, 1906.

WILL H. HATCHETT.-Larceny. County court of Colquitt, September term, 1904; $500 and costs. Doubt of

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his guilt in taking a pound of coffee. Prominent citizens recommend. Re:;tored to citizenship October 26, 19Q6.

0. FELKER.-Simple larceny. County court of Newton, October term, 19o6; fine of $25. Judge and solicitor recommend. Restored to citizenship November 16, 19<X).

M. J. R1CHARDSON.-Simple larceny. County court of Newton, October term, 1906; fine of $25. Judge and solicitor recommend. Restored to citizenship November I6, 1906.
W. F. 0L1VER.-Simple larceny. County court of Sumter, May term, 1900; fine of $25. Judge and solicitor recommend. Restored to citizenship November 17, 1906.

IsAAC R. NATHANS.-Malfeasance in office. Superior court of Chatham, October term, 1906; fine of $250. Senator and Representatives-elect recommend. Restored to citizenship November 17, 1906.

J. A. REEvEs.-Murder, with recommendation. Superior court of Haralson, spring term, 1903; life imprisonment. Since his commutation defendant has deported himself well, according to good citizens. Restored to citizenship June 15, 1907.

RESPITES GRANTED.
RAWLINGS. J. G., MILTON AND JESSE.-Murder. Su-
perior court of Lowndes county, special term, July 1905; to be executed January 5, 1906. Granted to give Supreme Court of the United States time to consider the writ of error; likewise AI Moore, an important witness. Again on May I, 1906, in all cases, to allow time for the mandate of the Supreme Court to issue. Again on July 10,

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1906, on acoount of an extraordinary motion for a new trial before the United States Circuit Court.

CROCKETT JoRDAN.-:-Seduction. Superior court of Marion county, October term, I906; five years. To give Prison Commission time to pass on application signed by Marion county, October term, 1903; fiv eyears. To give Prison Commission time to pass on application. Granted January IS, 1906.

EssiE JoHNSON.-Superior court of Terrell county, November term, I90S; to be executed January 17, 1900. To give Prison eommission time to pass on application signed by judge, solicitor and others. Granted January IS, 1906.
RALPH MILLER.-Murder. Superior court of Spalding county, August term, I90S. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted February 7, 19Q6.

LEM GREER.-Superior court of Spalding county, Au-
gust adjourned term, I90S; to be executed February 10, 1906. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted February 7, 1900.

WILL NANCE.-Seduction. Superior court of Gordon county, February term, 1906; two years. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted March I, 1900.

A. J. PI4UNKETT.-Selling liquor. Superior court of Butts county, February term, 1900; $1 ,ooo fine, or twenty-four months. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted March 6, 1906.

r.EoRGE BROUGHTON.-Superior court of Sumter county. November term, I90S; to be executed April 27, 19Q6.

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To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted April 19, 1906.
Russ GRANT.-Superior Court of Morgan county, September term, 1905; to be executed April 20, 1906. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted April 19, 1906.
JOHN GRAHAM.-Superior Court of Sumter county, November term, 1905; to be executed April 27, 1906. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted April 24, 1906.
CoLUMBUS ConY.-Superior court of Houston county, October term, 1905; to be executed May 1, 1900. To give Prison Commission and Governor time to consider application. Granted May 8, 1900.
RosA SPENCER.-Selling whisky. Superior court of Brooks county, November 'term, 1905; $6oo fine. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted May 19, 1906.
LEE WRIGHT.-Superior court of Bartow county, July term, I906; to be executed August IO, 1900. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Grante8 August 9, 1906.
MINUS DEVERAUX.-Superior court of Baldwin county, January term, I906: to be executed September 28, 1906. To give Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted September 25. 1906.
MILTON AND }ESSE RAWLINGs.-Murder. Superior court of Lowndes county, special term. July, 1905. To give the Governor and Prison Commission time to consider application. Granted September 29, 1906. Also

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to J. G. Rawlings, on account of writ of habeas corpus
in case of J. G. Rawlings, and in the case of Alf Moore,
for reason that he is an important witness. Granted again in the case of J. G. Rawlings, on account of a religious convocation assembling in Valdosta at the time fixed for the execution.

G. W. BuNDRICK.-Murder. Superior court of Crisp county, March term, 1go6. Judge, solicitor, county officers and citizens apply for suspension of sentence, in order to give time for new evidence in application. Granted October I 7, 1906. In meantime Bundrick escaped, but was said to have delivered himself voluntarily, and another suspension was granted June 7, 1907, for same purpose.

PEARL WINN.-Assault and battery. City court of
Macon, December term, I905. To give Prison Commis-
sion time to pass on the value of this Pearl. Granted September 14, I906.

GooDIN, JoHN W., LINDA AND NEwT.-Manslaughter. Superior court of Spalding county, January adjourned term, I906. On account of desperate wounds of defendants, and to give Prison Commission further time to consider application. Again on February I6, I907. Again on April I3, I907, on account of a full board of tht> Prison Commission not being present.

T. S. GLOVER.----'--Selling liquor. Superior court of Irwin comity, September term, I906. To give Prison Com-
mission time to consider application. Granted December I 5, 1906.
J. H. CoSBY.-Selling whisky. City court of Carroll-
ton, March term, 1907. Application of judge, due to physical condition of defendant, asks for continuance, in orrler that h, p~v nav fine. Granted March 23, 1907.

JouRNAL OF TH HousE. WILL JoHNSON.-Rape. Superior court of Fulton, county, November term, rgo6. To be executed May 24, I907 Prison Commission requested further time to consider application for clemency. Granted May r8, 1907.
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The following message was received -from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

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

A resolution that the Senate and House of Representatives meet in joint session to-morrow, June 27th, at . II o'clock a.m., to open, count and declare the result of the election of Governor and other State House officers.

The next business being the election of a Messenger, Mr. Candler of DeKalb placed in nomination Mr. T. H. Weaver of the county of DeKalb.

Mr. Glynn of Whitfield placed m nomination Mr. J.
M. Peeples.

Mr. Hall of Bibb placed in nomination Mr. J. H. Pitt-



man of Fulton county.

Mr. Donalson placed in nomination Mr. W. J. M. Smith of Decatur county.

There being no other nominations a ballot viva voce was had, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting for Mr. Pittman were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Ballard,

Adkins,

Barksdale,

Allen,

Barrett,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrow,

Ashley,

Bell,

Atkinson,

Berry,

Blackburn, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannon,



So
Burkhalter, Burwell, Callaway, Chamlee, Collum, Covington, Couch, Culbreth, Daniel. Davison, Dean, Dorminy, Dykes, Eaves, Ellison, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fowler, Furr, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hines, Huff,

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Johnson of Jasper, Ryals,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Shaw,

Johnson of Towns, Slade,

Jones of Meriwether, Slater,

Keith,

Smith of Campbell,

Lee,

Stewart,

McCarthy,

Stubbs,

McMullan,

Taylor of Appling,

Martin,

Tift,

Massengale,

Townsend,

Nix,

Trent,

Nowell,

Tuggle,

Orr,

Tyson,

Parrish,

Walker of Washington,

Payton,

Watkins,

Persons,

Way,

Pope of Brooks,

White of Madison,

Powell,

White of Screven,

Price of Oconee,

Whitley,

Reid of Macon,

Williams of Laurens,

Reid of Putnam, Wise,

Reid of Wilcox,

Wootten,

Rogers of Randolph, \Vright of Richmond,

Russell,

Young,

Those voting for Mr. Peeples were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Glenn,

Anderson of Cobb, Godley,

Austin,

Goode,

Butt,

Holder,

Cal beck,

Hubbard,

Clark,

Hullender,

Clifton,

Lumsden,

Cooke of Thomas, Lunsford,

Davis,

McMahan,

Edmondson,

:Moore,

Edwards,

,.>undy,

Galloway,

Nee!,

Perry,



Peterson,

Pope of Dade,

Price of Bartow,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Simmons,

Stephens,

Sumner,

Thorne,

Thurman,

Walker of Milton,

Those voting for Mr. Weaver were Messrs.-

Alexander, Atwater,

f'uvd, Candler,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Cook of Telfair,

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Cowan, Dickey, Duggan, - Estes,

Fagan, Fraser, Howard, Huie,

l\Ic Williams, Walker of Lowndes, Wilson,

Those voting for Mr. Smith were Messrs.-

Donalson, Dunbar, Frier, Fullbright, Guyton, Harris; Hill,

Jones of Mitchell, Kendall, Mcintyre, Mays, Mercer, Morris, Rountree,

Sheffield, Smith of Calhoun, Strickland, Tracy, Ward, Warnell,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Cannon, Crumbley, Geer, Gibson, Haywood, Heard,

Jackson, Kendrick, Lively, McMichael, Maxwell, Odum, Parker,

Swi:Iing, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Williams of Dodge, Wright of Floyd, Mr. Speaker.

On counting the votes cast it was found that Mr. Weaver had received 17 votes, Mr. Peeples 35 votes, Mr. Pittman 91 votes, Mr. Smith 20 votes.

Mr. Pittman having received a majority of all the votes cast was declared duly elected Messenger for the ensuing term of two years.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Holder of Jackson-

A resolution providing for a committee of three member:s of the House to select a Chaplain of the House for the ensuing two years.
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The Speaker appointed as the committee to select a Chaplain Messrs. Holder, Watkins and Martin.
The above committee conferred, and reported that they had appointed Rev. 'N. A. Parks of the county of Carroll.
The Speaker announced the appointment of Mrs. L. H. Ledsinger as Postmistress of the House for the ensuing two years.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the Representatives retired from the floor of the House for the purpose of drawing for their seats.
The following resolution was adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Barksdale-
Resolved, that on account of his long and distinguished
legislative services Hon. J. H. Hall of Bibb county be
allowed to select his seat without the formality of drawing for same.
A motion by Mr. Dunbar that all Confederate veterans be allo:wed to select their seats was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hall the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'Clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,

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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 of Elbert, Callaway,

- Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Ellison, Estes, Fagan,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Flanders,

Allen,

Clark,

Flann ivan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Foster,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

Fowler,

Ashley, Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fraser, ,.

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Cook of Telfair,

Frier,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

Austin,

Covington,

.t<urr,

Ballard,

Couch,

Galloway,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Gibson,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bell,

Daniel,

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davisot:~

Guyton,

Bond,

Dean,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Haywood,

Buchannan, Burkhalter, Burwell, Butt, C:tlbeck,

Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards,

Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder, Howard,

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Hubbard,

Nowell,

Stubbs,

Huff,

Odum,

Sumner,

Huie,

Orr,

Taylor of Appling,

Hullender,

Parker,

Taylor of Sumter,

Jackson,

Parrish,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

Thorne,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

Thurman,

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Tift,

Jones "of Meriwether, Peterson,

Townsend,

Tones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Kendall,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow, Tyson,

Lee,

Price of Oconee,

Walker of Lowndes,

Lively,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Washington.

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ward,

' McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh, ..Varnell,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph, Watkin~,

McMahan,

Rountree,

Way,

McMichael,

Russell,

White of Madison,

McMullan,

Ryals,

White of Screven,

McWilliams,

Shaw,

Whitley,

-

Martin,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

Massengale,

Simmons,

Williams of Laurens,

Maxwell,

Slade,

Wilson,

Mays,

Slater,

Wise,

Mercer,

Smith of Calhoun, Wootten,

Moore,

Smith of Campbell, Wright of Floyd,

Morris,

Stephens,

Wright of Richmond,

Mundy,

Stewart,

Young,

N eel,

Strickland,

Mr. Speaker.

Nix,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Swilling,
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read, and on motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the motion of Mr. 1\lcMichael, which sought to make the election of Mr: Jackson of Jones as Speaker pro tem. unanimous was stricken therefrom, as :Mr. McMichael's motion was not

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in accord with the rules of the House. The Journal was then confirmed.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the following Senate resolution was taken up, read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Howard-
A resolution providing that the General Assembly meet in joint session at 1 r o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 27th inst., for the purpose of counting and declaring the result of the election of Governor and other State House officers.
Mr. Hall of Bibb offered to amend by striking the words "other State House officers" and inserting in lien thereof the words "Treasurer, Comptroller-General and Secretary of State."
The resolution was adopted as amended.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. N orthen, Secretary thereof:
....
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate refuses to concur in House amendment to the following joint resolution, to wit:
A resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session on Thursday, July 27, 1907, for the purpose of counting and declaring the result in election for Governor and other State House officers.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the Govern~r's message was taken up and read.

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Mr. Hall then moved that the Senate resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly 'at 11 o'clock this morning be taken up. The motion prevailed. and on motion of Mr. H~ll the House receded from its amendment.

At the hour of I I. I 5 o'clock the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session convened for the purpose of counting and declaring the vote for tht> election of Governor and State House officers, was called to order by Hon. Jno. \V. Akin, President of the Senate.

The resolution providing for the joint session was then read.

Messrs. Felder, Fowler and Dunbar, who were appointed as a committee by the President to consolidate the vote for Governor and other officers, submitted the following report :

Mr. President:

Upon consolidating the vote for Governor it appears
that Hon. Hoke Smith of Fulton couhty had received
76,962 votes, J. B. Osburn of Fulton had received 148
votes .

.That for Secretary of State Hon. Philip Cook of Lee.

county had received 77, :r.82 votes, and G. H. Eberhem

of

county had received 49 votes.

That for Comptroller-General Hon. \V. A. \Vright oC Fulton county had received 77,072 votes, and Max: Week had received 46 votes.

That for Treasurer Hon. R. E. Park of Bibb county

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had received 77,000 votes, F. P. Branch had received 45 votes.
That for Attorney-General Hon. Jno. C. Hart had received 76,949 votes, and J. R. Mette had received 45
votes.
That for Commissioner of Agriculture the Han. T. G. Hudson had received 76,955 votes, and W. R. Newsom 44 votes.
That for State School Commissioner Hon. W. B. Merritt of Lowndes county had received 77,033 votes, and A. M. Thomas had received 45 votes.
That for Prison Commissioner Han. C. A. Evans had
received 77,008 votes, and J. A. Estes had received 31
votes.
That for Railroad Commissioner Hon. S. G. McLendon of Thomas county had received 73,899 votes, and Han. T. C. Cranshaw had received 2,356 votes.
Respectfully submitted.
T. S. FELDER, 22d Dist.,
C. E. DuNBAR, Richmond,
B. J. FowLER, Bibb.
The joint session was then dissolved, and the Senate retiring. the House was again called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Barksdale moved that the House adjourn.
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved to amend the motion by stating that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned

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until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. The amendment was adopted.

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

FRIDAY, June 28, 1907.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 oclock a.m. this day; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Hon. B. F. Thurman of the county of Walker.

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

Adams of Elbert, Bell,

Cannon,

Adams of Wilkinson, Berry,

Chamlee,

Adkins,

Blackburn,

Clark,

Alexander,

Bond,

Clifton,

Allen,

Eowen,

Collum,

Anderson of Bulloch, Boy<i,

Cook of Chat'hoochee,

Anderson of Cobb, Brown of Carroll, Cook of Telfair,

Ashley,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Cooke of Thomas,

Atkinson,

Buchannon,

Covington,

Atwater,

Burkhalter,

Couch,

Austin,

Burwell,

Cowan,

Ballard,

Butt,

Crumbley,

Barksdale,

Calbeck,

Culbreth,

Barrett,

Callaway,

Daniel,

Barrow,

Candlc;r,

r:avis,

Davison, Dean, Dickey, Donalson, Dorminy, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Ellison, Estes, Fagan, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fowler, Fraser, Frier, Fullbrig-ht, Furr, Galloway, Geer, Gibson, Glenn, Godley, Goode, Guyton, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Havwood, Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder, Howard, Hubbard, Huff, Huie, Hullender, Jackson,

Johnson of Jasper, Reid of \Vilcox,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Mcintosh

Johnson of Towns, Rogers of Randolph,

Jones of Meriwether, Rountree,

Jones of J\Iitchell, Russell,

Keith,

Ryals,

Kendall,

Shaw,

Kendrick,

Sheffield,

Lee,

Simmons,

Lively,

Slade,

Lumsden,

Slater,

Lunsford,

Smith of Calhoun.

McCarthy,

Smith of Campbell.

Mcintyre,

Stephens,

McMahan,

Stewart,

McMichael,

Strickland,

McMullan,

Stubbs,

McWilliams,

Sumner,

Martin,

Taylor of Appling,

Massengale,

Taylor of Sumter,

Jluaxwell,

Terrell,

Mays,

Thorne,

Mercer,

Thurman,

Moore,

Tift,

Morris,

Townsend,

Mundy,

Tracy,

Nee!,

Trent,

Nix,

Tuggle,

Nowell,

Tyson,

Odum,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Orr,

Walker of Milton,

Parker,

Walker of Washingt'ln.

Parrish,

Ward,

Payton,

\Varnell,

Perry,

Watkins,

Persons,

Way,

Peterson,

\Vhite of Madison,

Pope of Brooks, ' White of Screven,

Pope of Dade,

Whitley,

Powell,

Williams of Dodge,

Price of Bartow, Williams of Laurens,

Price of Oconee,

Wilson,

Reid of Macon,

Wise,

Reid of Putnam,

Wootten,

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Wright of Floyd, Young, Wright of Richmond,

l\J r. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Swilling,

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

::\1essrs. Alexander, Shaw and Tyson, committee on part of the House to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor, submitted their report, which was read, but before the report could be adopted Mr. Wright of Floyd asked unanimous consent that the same be withdrawn and action deferred for thirty minutes, which was granted.
Mr. Nowell of Monroe moved that the call of the rolf of counties for the introduction of new matter be dispensed with, and that members having bills to introduce be allowed to send the same to the Clerk's desk. The motion was voted down.
Ttie roll of counties was then called, and the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

By ::\fr. Taylor of Appling-

A bill to provide for the creation of the new county of Bleckley.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By :Messrs. \Vright of Floyd and Taylor of Applin_g- -
A bill to require all legislative counsel to register with the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb and Odum 6(Baker-
A bill to declare that it is the purpose and policy of this
State to extend the vV. & A. R. R. to the sea, and for
other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
Mr. Hall of Bibb stated that in view of the great importance of the above bill he asked the unanimous consent of the House that 300 copies of the same be printed for use of the House, which was granted.
By ~r. Odum of Baker-
A bill to fix the annual license fee for retailing or wholesaling liquors in the county of Baker, and for other purposes.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-
A bill to appropriate $25,000 to repair the buildings on the campus of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to appropriate $I 5,000 to build cottages for
treatment of patien.ts a[flicte~ with .tuberculosis.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Hines-

A bill to make penal the procuring of money upon a mortgage upon personalty, when said personalty shall have died, become lost, or destroyed, etc., without notice being given to holder of mortgage.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Hines-

A bill to amend section 671 of the Criminal Code, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hines-

A bill to- permit resident Confederate soldiers and widows to file with the Pension Commissioner proofs of such soldiers' service.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Hines-

A bill to amend section 672 of the Criminal Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hines-

A resolution to pay Mrs. 0. M. Case for dwellinghouse burned by convicts.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

93 By Mr. Furr of Banks-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquors in the State of Georgia, and f~r other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. Furr of Banks and Edwards of Habersham-

A bill to provide for the rotation of judges of the Superior Courts in this State, cmd for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Furr and Edwards-

A bill to amend section 1099 of the Code, so as to in-

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crease the salaries of solicitors-general.

Referres:l to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Furr of Banks-

A bill to prohibit smoking tobacco in the form of cigarettes in the State of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to prohibit railroad, express, telegraph, or telephone company, or any person exercising public franchise, from giving service to any one otherwise than extended to the general public.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to provide for the assessment of property of which the owners are required by law to make returns to the Comptroller-General.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to amend section 4334 of the Code of 1895. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bib~
A resolution providing for a joint committee to mvestigate certain corporations.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the salaries of stenographic reporters of all judicial circuits of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-

A bill to amend section 673, volume 3 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-

A bill providing for the appo_intment of a commissioner to codify the laws of Georgia passed since 1895.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-



A bill to provide for the codification of the laws of Georgia, to provide for the appointment of commissioners, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of BibbA bill to amend article 7, section 6 of the Constitution_

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to provide further restrictions upon the right of persons to register and vote in elections in this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to amend article 3, section 9 of the Constitution of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to repeal section 5331 of the Code and to restore the right of trial by jury, and for other purposes.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to amend article 2, section 2 of the Constitution
of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. N eel and Covington-
A bill to prohibit the sale or giving away to induce trade, etc., of any spirituous liquor~ in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to authorize boards of education to permit citizens of any age to attend public schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to levy a tax on pistols sold in Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to authorize boards of education to establish kindergartens in their respective counties.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to provide for the taxation of gifts, legacies, etc., and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Slater-

A bill to give the State the right of appeal in criminal cases, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to prohibit the use of pyrites and other substances, not plant food, in commercial fertilizers.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to provide that errors of law shall be announced by appellate courts; no verdict shall be set aside by them unless it shall appear that justice has been denied.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slater of Bryan, and Dykes of Sumter-

A bill to enlarge the powers of county commissioners, and for other purposes.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
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By Messrs. Slater and Dykes-

A bill to prescribe the duty of electric telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting messages.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Anderson of Bulloch and \Villiams of Laurens-

A bill to amend the Constitution by repealing section 1, article 2.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A bill to authorize the judges of the courts of record of this State to impose conditional sentences, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to relieve the State from the necessity to prove the venue in criminal cases, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slater and Dykes-

A bill to prevent forfeitures of policies of life insurance for non-payment at maturity of any note given for any premium, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Anderson of J?ulloch-

A bill to amend section 1, paragraph 2, article 11 of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Adams of Chatham-:-
A bill to provide for the establishment of children's courts as branches of superior courts, and for other putposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By ~1r. McMahan of Clarke-
A bill to make valid all contracts-of minors over the age of fifteen years.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Barrow and Adams of Chatham-

A bill to provide for payment and presentation for acceptance or payment of bills, checks or notes maturing on Sunday, or public holidays.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By ~1r. Huie-
A bill to repeal an Act relative to the changing of county lines lying within incorporated tow.ns and cities.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. McMahan-

A bill to prevent the theft of bales of cotton, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee o_n General Agriculture.

By Mr. McMahan-

A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the mayor and COUJ;lCil of Athens to create a dispensary.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Huie of Clayton-

A bill to amend section 396 of the Penal Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ward of Coffee (by request)-

A bill to propose an amendment to paragraph 2, section I, article I I of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Huie of Clayton-
A bill to authorize two or more municipal corporations to cooperate in the organization and maintenance of their work gangs.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Foster and Anderson of Cobb-

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and ' revenues for the county of Cobb.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Foster and Anderson-
A bill to increase the salary of the insurance clerk in the Comptroller-General's office.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. foster of Cobb-

A resolution to appropriate $10,000 for the purpose

of building a wall around the Resaca cemetery, and for

other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
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A bill to amend section I, of an Act to amend .section I, article 7, paragraph I of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to provide for the amendment of bills of indictment in the superior and other courts of this State.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to amend section 5130, volume 2 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
A bill to require the taking and noting of exceptions to all rulings, decisions and charges of the courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to amend section 2316, volume 2 of the Code of 1895
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Foster of Cobb and Wright of Floyd-
A bill to regulate certain primary elections in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Foster of CobbA bill to amend section 3828, volume 2 of the Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Huie of Clayton-

A resolution providing for the appointment of a joint

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committee to investigate relations existing between the railway companies of this State.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Covington of ColquittA bill ta require any person receiving liquor in a dry
county to register same in clerk's office, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. McMahan of ClarkeA bill to require the State Librarian t<:> furnish copies
of all publications issued by the State to the library of the State University.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Adams of Chatham~ - A bill to make it a misdemeanor to charge a greater rate of interest than 5 per cent. per month.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Barrow of Chatham and Taylor of Sumter-
A bill to amend section 1258 of the Code of 1895.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Covington of ColquittA bill to prohibit railroad or express companies from
carrying liquors from one county into another.
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By Mr. Adams of ChathamA bill to provide for fees and charges of magistrates
and constables in Chatham county in all criminal matters. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Adams of ChathamA bill to amend section 243 of the Penal Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to protect public bridges,, roads, culverts, etc., in Chatham county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Barrow of ChathamA bill to empower the mayor and aldermen of Savan-
nah to close certain lanes. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Barrow of ChathamA bill to amend an Act providing compensation for
deputy sheriffs and bailiffs of superior and city courts. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Burwell and DunbarA bill to provide for confirming all bonds issued by
counties or municipalities since the Constitution of 1877.

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Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Messrs. Burwell and Dunbar-

A bill to create a State institution to be known as the 'Georgia Sanitarium for Incipient Tuberculosis."

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to amend an A:ct to make it illegal to procure money and contract with intent to defraud.
Referred to General J u<;iiciary Committee.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to extend the powers of the Railroad Commission relative to regulating the charges by telephone companies.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

J3y Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to provide for the assessment of taxes on prop-erty required to be returned to the Comptroller-General.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to make it unlawful for railroad companies whose net earnings exceed $1,000 per mile to charge passengers more than 2 cents per mile.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-

A bill providing for a uniform law relating to negotiable instruments.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet again at IO o'clock to-morrow morning.

Mr. Wright of Floyd movedto amend the motion by making the hour of meeting 9 o'clock instead of IO o'clock.
The amendment was voted down, and Mr. Hall's motion was put and carried.

Mr. Alexander moved that the report of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies be taken up, which motion prevailed, and on motion of Mr. Alexander the same was adopted, and it was ordered that the Senate be immediately notified of the action of the House. The report of the committee is as follows :

REPORT BY JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL PROGRAM..

To the Speaker and the House of Representatives.
GENTLEMEN: In behalf of the joint committee raised by resolution of the House and Senate, adopted on June 26th, the undersigned, members of the committee on behalf of the House, beg leave to report the following program, as agreed on by the Joint Committee :
I. That at I I .30 a.m. on Saturday, the 29th inst., the General Assembly shall convene in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives.

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2. That the Governor, the judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts and the Court of Appeals, and the various State House officers and departmental officers be requested to assemble in the Governor's office at I I 45 a.m, together with the judges of the Circuit and District Courts
. of the United States, who shall be invited to participate.
3 That at I I o'clock the committee shall repair to the residence of the Governor-elect and escort P,im to the Capitol grounds, together with such of his immediate friends as shall be desired by him, and attended by such escort of citizen-soldiers or other military and civic organizations as may attend, and by all other citizens who may so desire.

4 That a platform be prepared in front of the Capitol building at such point as may be approved by the Governor, and that seats thereon be prepared for the family of the Governor-elect and his friends, and that they be admitted thereto.

5 That at 11.50 the Governor and party of officials in his office are requested to repair to the platform and . take seats thereon to be prepared for them.

6. That at the same hour the joint session of the Gen.,.

eral Assembly, preceded by the principal doorkeeper and

the sergeant-at-arms of both houses, shall proceed in

its organized capacity to the platform and be seated

thereon.

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7 That thereupon the committee shall bring forward the Governor-elect from t~e midst of the assembled people and present him to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House.
8. That thereupon the proceedings shall be opened by Bishop Warren A. Candler, who shall have previously been invited to render this service.

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9 That thereupon the President of the Senate shall in the presence and hearing of the people announce and declare the result of the canvass of votes for Governor and shall call upon the Chief Justice to administer to the Governor-elect the oath of office as prescribed by the Constitution, in the presence of the General Assembly and in the sight and hearing of the people.
IO. The Secretary of State shall attend with the Great Seai of the State and when the Governor shall have taken the oath, shall turn the same over to him and the Governor shall thereupon intrust the same into the custody of the Secretary of State with such charge as he may deem appropriate.
I I. The Governor shall thereupon address the General Assembly in the hearing of the people.
I2. Upon the conclusion of the Governor's address the benediction shall be pronounced by Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, who shall have been previously invited and requested to render such service.
I 3 The General Assembly shall then remain until the Governor, the late Governor and the other officials shall withdraw.
I4. The General Assembly shall thereupon rise and return in their organized capacity to the hall of the House in like order as they came from it and shall there take such further order as may seem proper.
HooPER ALEXANDER, I
EMMETT R. SHAW,
s. J. TYSON,
Committee on behalf the House.

FRIDAY, JuNE 28, I907 Bills for a first reading was continued, to wit:
By Mr. Perry of HallA bill requiring certain corporations to pay as an oc-
cupation tax two per centum on their gross receipts. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Perry of HallA bill to make it unlawful for railroad and street rail-
way companies to furnish passes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Edwards of HabershamA bill to amend section I I I6 of the Criminal Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Brown and 'vVatkins of CarrollA bill defining the word "poverty" as used in the sev-
eral pension laws. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Brown of CarrollA bill to amend section I, paragraph I, article 7 of the
Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

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By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A bill to amend article 7, section I, paragraph I of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By lVIr. Smith of CampbellA bill to authorize the Governor to grant reprieves and
pardons, and for other purposes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Brown of OglethorpeA bill to incorporate the town of Maxeys. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By ::\Ir. Daniels of Jenkins-
A bill to require passenger common carriers to carry baggage of 200 pounds weight free of charge.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By ::\Ir. \Vright of Richmond-
A bill to declare the buying or selling of votes to be bribery.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Wright of Richmond-

A bill to provide a method of taking depositions to be used in the trial of civil cases without commission.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wright of Richmond-
A bill to prohibit any unauthorized person from inter-
fering with the running of engines or trains.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to authorize the payment of Confederate widows when the same are now residents of the State..
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Candler of DeKalb--
A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By: Messrs. Hamilton of Columbia, and \Vright of Richmond-

A bill to prescribe when notes, etc., falling due on Sun-days or holidays shall be payable.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Townsend of Clinch-

A bill to amend section 4200, volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Wright of Floyd and Covington of Colquitt-
A bill to prohibit book-making and pool-selling, and prescribe a penalty.
Referre? to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the Constitution, approved August 22, 1905.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Blackburn-

A bill to appropriate money to pay salaries due Commissioner of Pensions and Commissioner of Agriculture, for part of years 19o6 and for 1907.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Blackburn-

A resolution to appropriate $43,000 to finish paying off pension rolls for 1907.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Blackburn-

A bill to authorize county commissioners to create boards of examiners of stationary engineers.

Referred. to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-

A bill to authorize cities and towns to purchase or construct plants for the manufacture of gas or electricity, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-

A bill to amend an Act to regulate the employment of children in factories, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Hapeville.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.





By Mr. Slaton of Fulton-

A bill to P-rovide for the codification of laws of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
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ATLANTA, GA., June 28, 1907.
The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Blackburn:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor, to deliver to the House of RepresentatiYes a communication in writing.
ExEcUTIVE' DEPARTMENT,
~-\TLANTA, June 28, 1907.
To the Members of the Gen(lral Assembly:
Since my annual message to you of the 26th inst., the following matters ha,e cleYeloped, which I deem of sufficient importance to call to your attention :
In Re of the Right of Way Over Lands of the Estate
of Sherman J. Sims.
The General Assembly by resolution approved August 2 I, 1906, directed the GoYernor to institute proceedings under the genral laws of this State for the condemnation of property for public uses in order to ascertain the value
of the land formerly belonging to Sherman J. Sims) which
had been taken and used by the Northeastern Railway Company for right of way. In pursuance of that resoln tion, condemnation proceedings were instituted and an award was duly made by the board of arbitration and certified to this office. I here\Yith attach as Exhibit A copy of the award, etc., the original proceedings being of file in the ExecntiYe Department. I refer this matter

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to you that you may make an appropriation under the resolution for the payment of the claim in accordance with the terms of the award.

II.

The General Assembly, by Act approved August 20,

1906, provided that, "\Vhereas, Three thousand Confed-

erate soldiers who lost their lives in defense of the Con-

federacy are buried in the Confederate cemetery at Mari-

etta, Ga.," which cemetery had been cared for by the La-

dies' Memorial Association of Marietta, which associa-

tion tendered to the State of Georgia the title to said

cemetery and proposed to execute a deed of conveyance

to said property to the State whereby it was "Resolved

by the House of Representatives of Georgia, the Senate

concurring, That the State accept said cemetery as its

property." The Ladies' :Memorial Association has duly

executed a deed to said property, which deed is hereto

attached marked Exhibit B.



III.

I herewith attach a communication from Hon. S. V./. Harris, Adjutant-Genral, marked Exhibit "C", calling attention to a deficiency in the appropriation for the Adjutant-General's Department, caused by reasons therein recited, and his recommendation in which I join him, "That an appropriation be made of $5,000 to meet th~ deficiency thus existing for the present year."

IV.

The General Assembly, by an Act approved August 18, 1906, establi"hed and organized an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal College in South Georgia, as a branch of the University of Georgia upon conditions named in

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the Act. On the sth clay of September, I9o6, I appointed a board of trustees, as therein provided, which board thereafter duly organized by electing Hon. \ V. S. \i\1est, chairman. Am in receipt of a telegram from Chairman \Vest, dated June 27, I907, to the effect that the trustees have secured an eligible site and $50,000 additional as donations from the city of Valdosta and citizens. I c:ommend this school to your favorable consideration.
J. ).1. TERRELL, Governor.

EXHIBIT "A."

l THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Proceedings to Condemn

vs.
J. C. SIMS et al.

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Right of Way, Jack-

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Upon the application of the State of Georgia to condemn certain lands formerly belonging to Sherman J. Sims, and which was taken and used by the )Jortheastern Railroad Company for right of way, the same being the distance of three thousand three hundred and fifty ( 3,350) feet in length and one hundred feet in width, said land situated in and contiguous to the town of l\lays-
ville in Jackson county, oYer which the Southern Railway now passes, being at said place, the roadbed and right of way of Southern Railway at present time, which said land is being condemned under a joint resolution of the General Assembly for the purpose of ascertaining the
value of said land at the time the said land \Yas originally appropriated by the l'\ortheastern Railroad for right of way, and interest on said amount from the time of the sale of said Xortheastern railroad by the State to the
Southern Railway, said assessment being made for the
benefit of the heirs of Slierman J. Sims, to wit: J. C.
Sims, S. B. Sims, R. B. Sims, :\Irs. Essie L. Mathews,
Mrs. l\lary Dunahoo, ~Irs. Lou J. Lord and Charlie H. J. Sims.

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The applicant appointed H. S~ }.Vest assessor. The said heirs at law of Sherman ]. Sims appointed ]. M. Eberhart as assessor and the two appointed \V. F. Morris as the third assessor, who, after being duly sworn and hearing the evidence, find and award for taking the said property sought to be condemned, described as above set out, to wit: the same being in Jackson county, situated in and cogtiguous to the town of :Maysville, being three thousand three hundred and fifty ( 3,3~) feet long and one hundred ( 100) feet in length 6n which the bed and right of way of the Southern Railway is located, the said State of Georgia shall pay to the heirs of Sherman J. Sims, to wit: ]. C. Sims, S. B. Sims, R. B. Sims, Mrs. Essie L. Mathews, Mrs. Mary Dunahoo, Mrs. Lou J. Lord and C. H. ]. Sims, the sum of seven hundred and sixty-nine ($769.00) dollars, to be paid to said Sherman ]. Sims estate, to be divided between the said 'heirs as the law provides, the said amount being the value of the said land when it was originally appropriated by the Northeastern Railroad for right of way, and the interest on same from the time of the sale of said Northeastern Railroad by the State to the Southern Railway. The amount_ of four hundred and six and 40/100 ($4o6.4o) dollars, the interest of our finding. The total sum of our finding being eleven hundred and seventy-five and 40/roo dollars.
H. S. WEsT,
]. M. EBERHART,
W. F. MoRRIS.

EXHIBIT "B."

STATE OF GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
In pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia, approved August the 20, 19o6, whereby the State of Georgia accepted as its property the

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Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Ga., the Ladies' 1\iemorial Association of Marietta, Georgia, in pursuance of a resolution adopted by said Association hereby sells. conveys, and grants unto Joseph i\f. Terrell, Governor of the State of Georgia. and his successors in office, a tract or parcel of land which is described as follows: Lying in the city of ~1arietta, Cobb county, Georgia, beginning at th' corner of Powder Springs ~nd Goss streets on the east side of Powder Springs street, running easterly along the south side of Goss street to a street which runs along the right of way of the \V. & A. R'y., thence southeasterly along said street to the Citizens' Cemetery, thence along the northern line of the Citizens' Cemetery to Powder Springs street, thence northeasterly along the east side of Powder Springs street to beginning point. Said tract of land containing seven acres, more or less, and is bounded north by Goss street, east by street which runs along west side of right of way of the \Vestern & Atlantic Railroad. south by Citizens' Cemetery orMarietta and west by Powder Springs street, being the entire property known as the Confederate Cemetery, as per plat which is hereto attached.
The said Ladies' ::\Iemorial Association hereby reserves the right to a board consisting in the mayor of :Marietta. Georgia, the ordinary of Cobb county, Georgia, the clerk of the superior court of Cobb county, Georgia, and the Executive Committee of the Ladies' 1'1emorial Association so long as said Association exists, and when it ceases to exist to the Executive Committee of the Daughters' of the Confederacy, to hold and conduct memorial services in said cemetery, and to decorate the graves of those buried therein, and to erect monuments therein.
To have and to hold said parcel of land to the said Governor of Georgia, and his successors in office, in fee simple.
The Ladies' Memorial Association hereby warrants the

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title to said lands against itself and those claiming under

it, with the reservations herein stated.



In witness whereof the Ladies' Memorial Association of Marietta, Georgia, has hereunto set its hand and affixed its seal this 26th day of April, 1907.

LADIEs' MEMORIAL AssociATION oF MARI-

ETTA, GEoRGIA.

[L. s.]

By MRs. R. L .NESBITT, President, .[L. s.J

KATHARYNE DYKERS, V.-Pres. [r.. s.]

AsENATH TowERS, Treasurer,

[ L. ~-]

MRs. A. S. CLAv, Sec.

[ r,. s.]

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of

E. P. GREEN, H. Y. CARYALL,
Notary Public, Cobb county, Georgia.

EXHIBIT "C."

ATLANTA, GA., June 26. r9n7.

H on. Jos. M. Terrell, Governor State of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.

SIR: '{'he annual appropriation for the Adjutant-Getieral's Department has heretofore been fixed at $23,000-which has been found to be approximately the amount necessary ..

The unprecedented expense incident to the riots in the cities of Atlanta and Macon during the fall of I9o6, amounting to something over $8,ooo, encroached so largely on the annual appropriation of $23,000 as to render it advisable that an appropriation be made of $5,000 to meet the deficiency thus existing-for the present year.

Respectfully,

s. w. HARRIS,
Adjutant-General.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has agreed to the report of the Joint Committee appointed for a program. for the inaugural ceremonies to-morrow.
Bills for a first ~earling were resumed, to wit:
By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
A bill to prohibit the shipping of liquors into counties where the sale of such liquors is prohibited by law or otherwise.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Candler-
A bill to fix the salary of the stenographer of the Attorney-General.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Martin of Elbert-

A joint resolution inviting Dr. Andrew M. Soule to address the General Assembly on the subject of agricultural education in Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Blackburn-

A bill to regulate the practice of optometry in Georgia. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to place the territory embraced within the incorporate limits of the city of Hapeville under the jurisdiction and control of the board of education of Fulton county for school purposes, etc.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-

A bill to make it unlawful in this State for a child under sixteen years of age to work in a factory more than eight hours in each day, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to create a system of public schools in Barnesville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. StricklandA bill to amend the charter of the city of Barnesville. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wright of Richmond-
A bill to require candidates in any election to file itemized statement of campaign expenses.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By :Messrs. \Vright and Allen of Richmond-
A bill to prohibit contributions by corporations or their agents to campaign funds.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :Mr. Mcintyre of Thomas (by request)-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 2, article 7 of the Constitution.
Referred Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By l\Ir. Stubbs of Thomas-
A bill to amend and consolidate all Acts to incorporate the town of Ochlochnee.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Mcintyre of ThomasA bill to amend section 492 .of the Penal Code.

Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By l\ir. Bowen of Tift-
A bill to create a board of commissioners for the county of Tift.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Thurman of walker-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Linwood in \Valker county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr, Nowell of \Valton-
A bill to make it unlawful to keep for sale intoxicating liquors in counties where the sale of such liquors are prohibited.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Messrs. Galloway and Nowell-
A bill to further amend section 1, article 7, paragraph 1 of the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Massengale of warrenA bill to regulate the delivery of telegraphic messages,
and prescribing penalty for violation. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
B);' Mr. MassengaleA bill to regulate telegraph companies and prescribe
liability. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Frier of WareA bill to amend an Act to create the city ~ourt of \Vay-
cross.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By :\Ir. Glenn of Whitfield-

:\ bill to appropriate $9,500 for an equestrian statue
of Gen. Jos. E. Johnson.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

lly ~Ir. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Dalton.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By :\Iessrs. Austin of Murray and Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to provide means by which persons, firms or corporations may acquire the right to flume for transport by ditch, canal or other waterways, logs, lumber, etc.
Referred to Committee on Mines and Mining.

By J\Iessrs. Glenn of Whitfield and Jackson of Jones-
A bill to fix the passenger rate to be charged by all railroads operating in Georgia.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By :\Ir. Wootten of Wilkes-
A bill to require circuses, etc., doing business in this State to give separate performances for whites and negroes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Wootten and Barksdale of wilkes-

A bill to provide that the payment of poll taxes shall be voluntary, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. \Vootten and Barksdale-
A bill to change the method of drawing juries in the superior courts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. WoottenA bill to regulate the carrying of pistols. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Payton of \Vorth-
A bill to repeal an Act to make it illegal for any person to procure money or other thing of value on contract t) perform services, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Payton of Worth-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to furnish money to laborer or employee under contract to perform services.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee. .

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By Mr. Wootten of Wilkes-

A bill to provide for additional judges of the several judicial ~ircuits of the st>perior courts.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. \Vootten of Wilkes-

A bill to make it unlawful to have carnal knowledge of an unmarried female u!lder the age of eighteen years.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Butt-

A bill to separate all pleas of lunacy, etc., from the plea to the merits, and provide how such pleas shall be made and tried.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-

A bill to make appropriation for the use of the Georgia Library Commission.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By l\Ir. Harris of CrispA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Cor-
dele. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.



FRIDAY, JuNE 28, 1907. By Mr. Orr of Coweta-

A bill to define the place o,f sale of intoxicating liquors in Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of }.!oreland.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Donalson of Decatur-

A bill to prohibit any person from carrying a pistol or rifle unless he has a license.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committ~e.

By Mr. Donalson of Decatur-

A bill to amend section 341 of the Penal Code.

.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb--

A bill to repeal the present laws for the incorporation of railroad companies, and substitute new laws therefor.

Referred to Committee on vVays and Means.

By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-A bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and sanitation.





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By :Mr. Candler-

A bill to create a State board and county boards of tax assessors and equalizers.
Referred to Committee on \Vays and Means.
By Mr. Candler-

A bill to create a board for the examination of accountants.
Refer~ed to Special Judiciary Committe~.

By l\Ir. Candler-

A bill to appropriate money to pay salaries incurred during I907 by the creation of the court of appeals.
R~ferred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Candler-
"
A bill to amend paragraph 2, sectioR I, article I I of the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By ~1r. Alexander of DeKalbA bill to amend section 3, article 7 of the Constitution. Referred to W. & A. R. R. Committee.

By Mr. Alexander of DeKalbA bill to repeal all ~utstanding railroad charters under

which there has been no organization or performance of its duty, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Alexander-
A bill to repeaJ sections 807 and 8o8 of the Code.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
.
By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to enlarge and extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
ByMr. Edwards-_
A bill to amend section 1o82 of the Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A bill to make it unlawful to remove timber or houses from mortgaged lands.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to amend section 431 of the Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-

A bill to amend section 98 of the Code of I895.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to investigate by what contract, agreement, or otherwise, the Southern Railw:w Company controls the Central of Georgia RaihYay Company.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Messrs. Daniels of Jenkins and Dunbar of Richmond-
A bill to provide that all property without a lawful o\\"ner shall belong to the State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By :\Iessrs. Jackson of Jones and Russell of :M:uscogee-
A bill to amend article 7 section I, paragraph I of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. \Villiams of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act prmiding for the acceptance of the Soldiers' Home by the State of Georgia.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

FRIDAY, JuNE 28, 1907. By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

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IJI

A bill to amend section 1 14, volume 3 of the Code.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. \Villiams of Laurens-

A bill to rearrange the Oconee and Ocmulgee circuits. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill regulating the taking of oysters from the waters of this State.
Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.
#
By l\{r. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to amend section 229, volume 3 of the Code. Referred to Committee on Special Agriculture.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to amend section 4193, volume 2 of the Code. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to prohibit the catching of shad or other fish with drift nets.

Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.

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By Messrs. Fraser of Liberty and Barrett of Stephens-

A bill to amend section 4732, volume 2 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fraser of -Liberty-

A bill to prevent the abatement of the right of action for damages in cases of deceit, homicide, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill to fix the liability of ra~lroad companies for killing live stock.

Referred to Special Jpdiciary Committee. -

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill to change the time of holding the superio-r court of Liberty county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. vValker and Ashley of Lowndes-
A bill to appropriate $75,000 to the Valdosta School of Agriculture and )Jormal College.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. White of Madison-
A bill to provide for the election of county school commissioners by the people.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. McMichael of Marion-

A bill requiring secret orders to be licensed by the ordinary or the county board of commissioners.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.-

By Mr. McMichae1-



A bill to abolish the fee system of Solicitors-General of the super~or court and prescribe how they shall be paid.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to modify and prescribe the duties of the clerk of the superior court.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to require all cottonseed meal sold in Georgia to be branded with its grade or quality.

Referred to Committte on General Agriculture.

By Mr. McMichaelA bill to protect the health of the traveling public, etc.

Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to modify and prescribe the duties of the judges of the superior courts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. McMichael of Marion-

A bill to add an additional judge of the superior court to the Chattahoochee circuit.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Jones of Meriwet~er-
A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission to regulate passenger schedules.
Referred to Gene_ral Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Jones of Meriwether-
A bill to give the Railroad Commission the power to locate and require the building of side-tracks.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Persons of ~Ionroe-
A bill to prohibit the receiving of liquors for transportation in any county of this State where the sale of such liquors is prohibited.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Slade of 1Iuscogee-

A bill to enable farmers to mortgage their crops before as well as after planting.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. SladeA bill to prohibit the bringing of action against non-

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resident railroads in Georgia when the causes or action transpire in another State.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. SladeA bill to amend ~he game and fish laws of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.

By Mr. Slade-
A bill to amend an Act granting exemptions from jury duty.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slade-
A bill to authorize county commtsstoners to appoint rural police.
.
- Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

. By Mr. Price of Oconee-

A bill to authorize the counties of this State to organize a county police force.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Estes of Pierce-

A bill to amend section 526, volume 1 of the Code.

. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

JouRNAL oF THE HousE. By Mr. Mays of Butts-
A bill to amend section I I I 5, volume 3 of the Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Harris of CrispA bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Crisp county. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to levy a tax on inheritances, legacies, etc.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to create a police patrol in the counties of this
State. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and BellA bill to make certain apprepriations to the trustees
of the State University. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and BellA bill to regulate fees of justices and constables in
counties of IIS,OOO population. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to amend sections 839, 840 and 842, Volume 1 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to amend section 264, volume 3 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Gwinnett-

A bill to incorporate the town of Annestown.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-

A bill to make it unlawful for any individual or corporation to give free service to any person in this State, Dr at a less rate than that charged the general public.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Burwell and Dunbar-
A bill to create a State institution to be known as the
Georgia Sanitarium for Incipient Tuberculosis.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-

A bill to amend section 3667 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Daniels of Jenkins-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Millen.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Daniels of Jenkins-
A bill to require trains to come to a full stop within 100 feet of the crossing of the Millen and Southwestern Railway and the Ogeechee bridge.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to prescribe duty of telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting messages, and prescribe penalty for violation thereof, etc.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Barnesville Male and Female High School.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
A bill to 'fix State license fee on bar-rooms. Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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139'

By Mr. Reid of Putnam-

A bill to amend an Act to revise and consolidate the laws of force for protection of game and fish.

Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A bill to appropriate $Io,ooo to establish a crude cottonseed oil refinery as a branch of the Technological School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Boyd-
A bill to require ordinaries of this State to appoint administrator where. the executor or administrator of a foreign will dies or is removed pending suit in any courts of this State in which the foreign estate is a party.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Taylor and Dykes of Sumter-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Americus.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Taylor of SumterA bill to amend section 1, article 5 of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.
By Mr. Taylor of Sumter-
A bill to amend section 231, volume 1 of the Code.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Messrs. \Vameli and Burkhalter of Tattnall-
A bill to prescribe duties of street railway companies; to provide for maintaining separate cars for white and colored passengers, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Messrs. \Vameli and Burkhalter of Tattnall-
A bill to provide for the distribution of revenues aris ing from the sale of intoxicating liquors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A resolution providing that Mrs. Eugene Jones be placed on the pension roll.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Dodge county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

FRIDAY, JuNE 28, 1907. By Mr. williams of Dodge-
A bill to confer upon prohibition counties the right to regulate the traffic in spirituous liquors.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Adkins of Dooly~ A bill to enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commis-
sion. Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Messrs. Heard and Adkins-
A bill to incorporate the town of Dooling. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Heard and AdkinsA bill to create a charter for the town of Lilly.
Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Douglasville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By :Mr. Whitley of DouglasA bill to provide the manner of selling or dispensing
opium, morphine, laudanum, etc. Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By.Mr. Whitley-

A bill defining indigent pensioners.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Buchannan of Early-

A bill to regulate the sessions of the superior court of Early county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By :~vir. Buchannan-
A bill to authorize the Governor to parole certain convicted persons.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By ~Iessrs. Adams and Martin-
A bill to provide for county or city court judges to hold court of ordinary when ordinary is sick or disqualified.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By l\Ir. Butt of Fannin-
A bill to regulate the granting of new trials in criminal cases.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By l\Ir. Butt-
A bill to amend section 4646, ,-olume 2 of the Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Wright of Floyd-

A bill to require certain corporations to charge no more for services than shall be fixed by ordinance.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-

A bill to require railroad companies to report injury of any person within thirty days of injury to Railroad >Commission.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A bill to create a bureau of labor and industrial statistics, etc.

Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Bell of Fulton-

A bill to provide that 12th day of February shall be -observed as "Georgia Day" in public schools.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Blackburn-

A bill to protect the manufacturers of bottled soda water, etc., from the loss of bottles and crates.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Calbeck of Gordon-

A bill to authorize the construction of a street crossing over the tracks of the \V. & A. R. R. in the town of Calhoun.

Referred toW. & A. R. R. Committee.

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to amend the Act to correct the description of Grady county.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Terrell-

A bill to place Grady county m the Albany judiciat circuit.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-

A bill to make the president of the trustees of the State Normal School an ex-officio member of the trustees of the Cniversity of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By ~Ir. \Villiams of Laurens-

A bill to prohibit requiring either road or street duty of minors.
Referred to Special J ucliciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend sections 24 and 27 of an Act to pro-
vide for tht; election of county school commissioners by the people.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend section 2349, volume 2 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend section 1097, volume 3 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend section 896, volume 3 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to repeal section 397, volume 3 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend section 385, volume 3 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Nix and wilsonA bill to amend section 380, volume 3 of the Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By l\Iessrs. ::\ix and WilsonA bill to amend paragraph I, section r, article 8 of the
Constitution. Referred to Committee on Constittitional Amendments.
By :Messrs. ::\ix and \VilsonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Grayson. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By 1\~essrs. Nix and \Vilson- A bill to provide for four terms of the Gwinnett superior court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. Nix and \Vilson-
A bill to amend an Act to create the board of county commissioners of Gwinnett county.
Referred to Comrnittee qn Corporations. By Messrs. Nix and \Vilson-
A bill to provide compensation for the district road commissioners of Gwinnett county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. ~ix and vVilsori-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr.----

. A resolution providing for a joint committee of the General Assembly to investigate the relations now existing between the Southern Railway and the Central of Georgia Railway Company.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

The following telegraphic communication from A. L. Richboney, secretary of the Methodist Conference, was read, to wit:

GoRDON, GA., June 27.
Georgia House of Rcprese11tathcs, Atlanta, Ga.
Methodist Conference, Macon district, unanimously petition passage of State prohibition bill.
Oscooo F. CooK, Presitlent. And A. L. RICHBONEY, Secretary.

Leave of absence was granted to :rviessrs. ~Varnell, Nowell.and Barrett.
A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
SATURDAY, June 29, 1907.
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. A. R. Holderby, of Atlanta.

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

Adams of Chatham, Burkhalter,

Dorminy,

Adams of Elbert, Burwell,

Dunbar,

Adams of Wilkinson, Butt,

Duggan,

1\dkins,

Calbeck,

Dykes,

Alexander,

Callaway,

Eaves,

Allen,

Candler,

Edmondson,

Anderson of Bulloch, Cannon,

Edwards,

Anderson of Cobb, Chamlee,

Ellison,

Ashley,

Clark,

Estes,

Atkinson,

Clifton,

Fagan,

Atwater,

Collum,

Flanders,

Austin,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Flannigan,

Ballard,

Cook of Telfair,

Foster,

Barksdale,

Cooke of Thomas, r'owler,

Barrett,

Covington,

Fraser,

Barrow,

Couch,

Frier,

Bell,

Cowan,

Fullbright.

Berry,

Crumbley,

Furr,

Blackburn,

Culbreth,

Galloway,

Bond,

Daniel,

Geer,

Bowen,

Davis,

Gibson,

Boyd,

Davison,

Glenn.

Brown of Carroll, Dean,

Godley,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dickey,

Buchannan,

Donalson,

Goode, Gnyt':ln,

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Hall,

1\Iays,

Stephens,

Hamilton,

l\Iercer,

Stewart,

Hardeman,

!\wore.

Strickland,

Harris,

Morris,

Stubbs,

Haywood,

Mundy,

Sumner,

Heard,

Nee!,

Swilling,

Hill,

Nix,

Taylor of Appling,

Hines,

Nowell,

Taylor of Sumter,

Holder,

Odum,

Terrell,

Howard,

Orr,

Thorne,

Hubbard,

Parker,

Thurman,

Huff,

Parrish,

Tift,

Huie,

Payton,

Townsend,

Hullender,

Perry,

Tracy,

Jackson,

Persons,

Trent.

Johnson of Jasper, Peterson,

Tuggle,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Pope of Brooks,

Tyson,

Johnson of Towns, Pope of Dade,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Jones of :.Ieriwether, Powell,

Walker of Milton,

Jones of Mitchell, Price of Bartow,

Walker of \Vashington,

Keith,

Price of Oconee,

Ward,

Kendall,

Reid of Macon,

Warnell,

Kendrick,

Reid of Putnam,

Watkins,

Lee.

Reid of Wilcox,

Way,

Lively,

Rogers of Mcintosh, \Vhite of l\Iadison,

Lumsden,

Rogers of Randolph, \Vhite of ScreYen,

Lunsford,

Rountree,

Whitley,

McCarthy,

Russell,

Williams of Dodge,

Mcintyre,

Ryals,

\Villiams of Laurens,

:'.Id'lahan,

Shaw,

\Vi! son,

McMichael,

Sheffield,

Wise,

McMullan,

Simmons,

Wootten,

McWilliams,

Slade,

Wright of Floyd,

Martin,

Slater,

Wright of Richmond,

l\Iassengale,

Smith of Calhoun, Young,

Maxwell,

Smith of Campbell, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

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On motion of ~Ir. \Vright of Floyd, the Governor's message, submitted on yesterday, was taken up and read.
:rvir. Hall of Bibb moved that that part of the message of the Governor, just read, in reference to the claim of the heirs of Sherman J. Sims against the Northeastern Railway Company be referred to a special committee of two. The motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed as the committee to consider the Go,/ernor's message ~iessrs. Hall of Bibb and Holder of Jackson.
Affidavits in the contested election of Geo. E. Atwood vs. W. H. Rogers, as Representative from :Mcintosh county, were received and, on motion of Mr. \Vright of Floyd, were ordered referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. Hall moved that as the Committee on Privileges and Elections had not been appointed that the Speaker be requested to announce such committee at once, which motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed Messrs. Russell of Muscogee, Chairman, Taylor of Sumter, Vice Chairman, Candler of DeKalb, \Vright of Richmond, Wright of Floyd, Hall of Bibb, Perry of Hall, Covington of Colquitt, Jackson of Jones, Adams of Elbert, Rountree of Emanuel, Wise of Fayette, Young of Troup, Edwards of Habersham, McMullan of Hart, Hill of Monroe, Collum of Schley, Boyd of Spalding, Taylor of Sumter, Brown of Carroll, Atwater of Upson, Reid oi MacOJ1, Heard of Dooly, Tift of Dougherty.

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The following memorial from the Legislature of New York was read, to vit:
STATE oF NEw YoRK, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
ALBANY, March 23, I906.
To the Holtorable the Legislature of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.
GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a concurrent resolution, adopted by the Legis'lature of the State of New York, dated March first, nineteen hundred and six.
Yours respectfully, JoHN F. O'BRIEN, Secretary of State.
STATE oF NEw YoRK, IN SENATE,
ALBANY, March 1, 1900.
\VHEREAS, It appears from the investigation recently made by the Senate of the United States, and. otherwise, that polygamy still exists in certain places in the United States notwithstanding prohibitory statutes enacted by the several States thereof, and
\VHEREAS, The practice of polygamy is generally condemned by the people of the United States and there is a demand for the more effectual prohibition thereof by placing the subject under Federal jurisdiction and cbtitrol, at the same time reserving to each State the right to make and enforce its own laws relating to marriage and divorce; now, therefore,
Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That application be and hereby is made to Congre~s, under the provisions

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of article five of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States whereby polygamy and polygamous coh_abitation shall be prohibited and Congress shall be given power to force such prohibition by appropriate legislation.

Resolved, That the Legislatures of all other States of the United States, now in session or when next convened, be and they are hereby respectfully requested to join in this application by the adoption of this or an equivalent resolution.
Resolved, further, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is directed to transmit copies of this application to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and to the several members of said body representing this State therein; also to transmit copies hereof to the Legislatures of all other Sta~es of the United States.
By order of
THE SENATE. LAFAYETTE B. GLEASON, Clerk.
In Assembly, :March 2, 19o6.
Concurred in without amendment. By order of the Assembly,
A. E. BAXTER, Clerk.

STATE oF NEw YoRK. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF

STATE.

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ss:

The foregoing is a true copy of a concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, filed in this office March 6, 1906.

Given under my hand and the Seal of Office of the

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Secretary of State, at the City of Albany, this twentieth

day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred

and six.

[SEAL.]

JOHN F. O'BRIEN,

. Secretary of State.

From the State of Kansas was received the follo\ving memorial:
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4
WHEREAS, There is a widespread and rapidly growing belief that the Constitution of the United States should be so amended as to provide for the election of the United States Senators by the direct vote of the people of the respective States, and
\VHEREAS, Other amendments to the United States Constitution are by many intelligent persons considered desirable and necessary, and,
WHEREAS, The Senate of the United States has so far neglected to take any action whatever upon the matter of changing the manner of electing United States Senators, although favorable action upon such proposed change has several times been unanimously taken by the House of Representatives; therefore, be it
Resolved, By the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the_ Senate concurring therein, That the Legislature of Kansas in accordance with the provisions of article 5 of the Constitution of the United States hereby apply to and request the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and
Resoh:ed, That we hereby request our Representatives in Congress and instruct our United States Senators to

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bring this matter to the attention of their respecti,e bodies and to try and induce favorable action thereon. and,,
Resolved, further, That the Secretary of the State of Kansas is hereby directed to forthwith transmit a certified copy o( these resolutions to the Vice-President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress, and to each of the Representati,es and Gnited States Senators in Congress from Kansas, and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of each State in which the Legislature is now or soon to be in sessiOn.

I hereby certify that the above concurrent resolution

originated in the House, and passed that body January

23, I907-

J. s. SIMMONS,

Speaker of the House.

D. Y. WILSON, Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate February 5, 1907.
vv. J. FITzGERALD,
President of the Senate.
\V. S. KRETSINGER, Secretary of the Senate.

Approyed February 6, 1907.

E. \V. HocH,
Governor.

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STATE OF KANSAS,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, C. E. Denton, Secretary of State of the State of
Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing

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is a correct copy of the original enrolled resolution now on file in my office.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my

name and affixed my official seal, this 9th clay of Feb-

ruary, I907

[SEAL.l

C. E. DENTON,

Secretary of State.

BY J. T. BoTKIN,

Assistant Secretary of State.

Tbe following memorial was received from the Legislature of Oregon, to wit:

STATE 01-' OREGON,
On'ICE oP THE SEcRETARY oP STATE,
SALEM, February 14, I907
SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a. copy of House Joint Memorial No. 2, adopted by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon January 28, 1907, and concurred in by the Senate February 4, 1907, relating to the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people, which kindly transmit to the Legislative Assembly of your State as therein provided.
Very respectfully,
F. w. BENSON,
Secretary of State.

The Honorable Secretary of State, Atlanta, Ga.
WHEREAS, there is a general demand by the people of the United States and of the State of Oregon for the

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election of "Gnited States Senators by the direct vote of the people; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Oregon, the Senate concurring, that it is the sense of the people of this State that United States Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people, and that the Congress of the United States is hereby memorialized to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing for the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people, and to submit the same to conYentions in the several States of the United States, called for the purpose, for ratification. Be it further

Resolved, That a copy of this memorial be sent to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gnited States, in Congress assembled, and to the Legislatures of the several States of the Union by the Secretary of State.

Adopted by the House, January 28, I907.
FRANK DAVEY,
Speaker of the House.

Concurred m by the Senate, February 4, I907.
E. w. HAINES,
President of the Senate.

(Endorsed. )

House Joint Memorial No. 2.

'vV. LAIR THOMPSON, Chief Clerk.

Filed February 5, 1907.

w: F.

BENSON,

Secretary of State.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF OREGON,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETATY OF STATE.
I, F. vV. Benson, Secretary of State of the State of
Oregon, and Custodian of the Seal of said State, do hereby certify that the annexed page contains a full, true and complete copy of House Joint Memorial No. 2, adopted by tl~e House of Representatives of the State of Oregon January 28, I907, and concurred in by the Senate of the State of Oregon February 4, I907, original of
. which Memorial was filed in this office February 5, I907. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed hereto the seal o! the State of Oregon.

Done at the Capitol at Salem, Oregon, this 5th day of

February, A. D. I907.

F. w. BENSON,

Secretary of State.

The following memorial was received from the State of Iowa, to wit:
STATE oF IowA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
DES MOINES, January 25, I907.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Atlanta, Georgia.
DEAR SIR: In accordance with the provision therein contained, I here,vith transmit to you a copy of the concurrent resolution adopted by the Thirty-first General Assembly of the State of Iowa, relative to the "calling of a convention to propose an amendement to the Constitution of the United States whereby polygamy and polygamous cohabitation shall be prohibited, and Congress shall

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be given power to force such prohibition by appropriate
legi~lation."

Yours respectfully,

\V. C. HAYWARD, Secretary of State.

Co~CVRRENT RESOLUTION.
Adopted by the Thirty-first General Assembly of Iowa.
Resolved b_v the S cnate, tlze House concurri11g,
\VHEREAS, It appears from th~ investigation recently made by the Senate of the United States, and otherwise, that polygamy still exists in certain places in the United States notwithstanding prohibitory statutes enacted by the se,eral States thereof, ancl
\VHEREAS, The practice of polygamy is generally condemned by the people of the United States and there is a demand for the more effectual prohibition 'thereof by placing the subject under the Federal jurisdiction and control, at the same time reserving to each State the right to make and enforce its own laws relating to marriage ancl divorce; now, therefore
Resof<ued, the House concurring, That application be and hereby is made to Congress under the provisions of article fiye of the Constitution of the C"nited States for the calling of a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the Cnited States whereby polygamy and polygamous cohabitation shall be prohibited and Congress shall be given power to force such prohibition by appropriate legislation.
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this application by the adoption of this or an equivalent resolution.
Resohcd further, That the Secretary of the State be, and he hereby is directed to transmit copies of this application to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. and to the se\eral 1:nembers of said Jncly representing this State. therein, also to transmit copies hereof to the Legislatures of all other States of the L'nited States.
Adopted April 3, I906.
The following memorial was received from the National Board of Trade :
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
SECRETARY's OFFICE, THE BoURSE. ROO).I zs8. PHILADELPHIA, February I I, I907.
Extracts from the Minutes of the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the National Board of Trade, held at \Vashington. D. C., January IS, I6, I7. I907:
PURE FOOD LAWS.
\VnEREAS, The conflicting food and drug laws of the respective States have seriously hampered interstate commerce in food and drug products and increased the labor and expense of conducting business; and
\VHEREAS, The commercial interests of the. country would be greatly subserved if the food and drug laws of the respective States were made uniform and 111 conformity with the Federal food and drug law;
Rcsohxd, That the National Board of Trade respect-

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fully recommends to the Legislatures of the respective States such modifications of their food and drtlg laws as will cause the definition of "adulteration" and "misbranding" to conform to such definitions in the Federal law.
Resolved further, That in cases of dispt1.te bet\Yeen importers and the.United States Department of Agriculture, importers be accorded the right of appeal as provided for under sections I4 and I 5 of the Customs Administration Act of June IO, I89o.
Rcsohcd further, That a copy of this preamble and resolution be mailed to the President of the fenate and Speaker of the House of Representatives ot each State of the Union.
[True Copy.]
FRANK D. LA LANNE,
President.
W. R. TucKER,
Secretary.

Hon. Clement A. Evans, chairman of the Georgia Roster Commission, submitted the following report:

REPORT oF THE GEoRGIA SoLDIER RosTER CoMMISSION, SuBMITTED To THE LEGISLATURE JuNE 28, I907

To the Gc11eral Assembly:
The Georgia Soldier Roster Commission respectfully refers to the reports made to the Legislatures of I905 and I906, which shmv the inception and progress of the work confided to this commission by the Act of August Is. I90J, upon which the commissioners entered actively in 1904, and now submit the following report to date:
Copies have been made and revised, either fully or in part, of the following organizations: The four "First"

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regiments of infantry; sixty regiments of infantry, numbered consecutively from the Second to the Sixty-sixth regiment, inclusive, except the Thirty-third, Fiftyeighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixty-fourth and one legion of infantry. In addition to these regiments copies have been made and revised of fifteen battalions of infantry, one cavalry legion, and seven artillery commands. These copies of regiments, battalions and legions contain over 700 companies averaging 100 men each, making a total of 70,000 names already considered with corrections made as far as it has been possible to obtain information. A considerable number of changes in the above-named organizations were made during the War between the States, and, consequently, there are repetitions of names, re-enlistments and consolidations of commands, but as all the rolls required careful revision this work demanded the copying, consideration and correcting of each' roll in order to give the full record of each soldier.
The rolls of the following organizations are entirely missing: The Thirty-third, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth regiments of infantry, Company A of the Sixty-first Georgia infantry; copies in part only of the Partisan Rangers, the Second battalion Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, C. S. A., and the Independent Georgia Confederate Volunteers are on file, but incomplete.
All the foregoing rolls have had revision as far as possible, but there remains yet a large number of rolls in the war office at Washington, D. C., of which the commissioners have not been able to secure copies. These rolls in the war office are chiefly of cavalry, artillery, and other Georgia organizations not included in the foregoing statement of rolls already revised. They comprise fif.teen regiments and twenty-one battalions of cavalry; sixty-one organizations of various kinds designated as Georgia Reserves, State Troops, State Line, Militia, Legions,
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State Guard, State Regiments, Battalions and Companies. But the commission has no copies of them and has not been able to get any information by which the rolls of these organizations could be made.
The commissioners have endeavored to discharge faithfully the duties assigned by the State, and voluntarily assumed by them because of their interest in the proper compilation of the records of the brave soldiers who went justly to \var, and served honorably on behalf of the St.ate. Their work has now advanced to the stage when the commission can respectfully repeat the recommendation of their last report that all the further \vork of collecting, correcting, compiling, and filing the roster of :all Georgians who were engaged in the military ancl naval service of either the Confederate States or the State of Georgia in the \ Var between the States, as provided for by the Act of August I 5, I903, be placed by the present Legislature in sole charge of the compiler of Colonial, Revolutionary and Confederate records, and that the Act of August 15, 1903, be repealed.
.Respectfully submitted,
CLEMENT A. EvANS, Chairman.
J. \V. LINDSEY, Secretary. J. M. TERRELL,
S. W. HARRIS.
By unanimous consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:
By Messrs. McMullan of Hart and Holder of Jackson--:-
A bill to regulate the running of automobiles. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

SATURDAY, JuNE 29, 1907
By Mr. Trent of HeardA bill to amend an Act to create the board of county
commissioners for Heard county.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall A bill to revise the superior court calendars of the various counties.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Barksdale of Wilkes-
A resolution providing for the payment of a pension to Mattie J. Combs.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Slade of MuscogeeA bill to amend an Act providing for a bureau of im-
migration.
Referred to Committee on Immigration.
By Mr. Barksdale of Wilkes-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Lucy B. Hugueley.
Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Messrs. Boyd, Donaldson, Tift, Bell, Blackburn, Ash- '
ley and McintyreA bill to amend paragraph 3, section 4, article 3 of the Constitution. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

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A bill to appropriate $15,000 to make repairs on the old college building of the State University.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Barksdale of Wilkes- ,
A joint resolution providing for the creation of a bureau of Insurance LegislatiYe Information.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Sumner of Turner-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquors in Turner.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Trent of HeardA bill to amend section 472, volume 1 of the Code. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Huie of ClaytonA bill to provide for the hiring out of municipal con
victs.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.
Mr. Butt of Fannin, moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning, which motion prevailed.

The business on the clerk's desk being completed, the House took a recess subject to the call of the Speaker.
The Speaker again called the House to order.

The following invitation to visit Carrollton was read and accepted, to wit :

CARROLLTON, GA., June 27, I907.

Hon. John M. Slaton, Sp_eaker House of Representatives, . Georgia Legislature.

DEAR SIR:. On behalf of the citizens of Carroll county you are respectfully invited and urgently requested to attend the exercises of laying the cornerstone of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the fourth district at Carrollton on the fourth of July Proximo. And through you \Ve wish to invite the members of the House individually and collectively.

Respectfully,

J. J. THOMASSON,
H. W. LoNG, ]. R. DoziER, L. P. MANDEVILLE,
L. c. MANDEVILLE,
J. D. HAMRICK, L. K. SMITH,
Committee of Arrangements.

Approved and endorsed on behalf of the board of trustees.
J.. A. MURRAH,
Chairman Executive Committee.

The hour of 1 I :30 o'clock having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session convened for th; purpose of forming and marching in a body to attend the inaugural ceremonies of Governor-

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elect Hoke Smith, was called to order by Hon. John W. Akin, President of the Senate.

That part of the report submitted by the committee on inaugural ceremonies which pertained to the convening of the General Assembly in joint session to-day was read by the secretary of the Senate on motion of Mr. Felder, Senator from the 22d district.

On motion of Mr. Felder of the 22d district the House took a recess subject to the call of the chair.

The joint assembly was again called to order.

At the hour of 12 o'clock m. the General Assembly formed and repaired to the Capitol lawn to attend the inaugural cermonies of the Governor.

After the address of Governor Smith the General Assembly re~urned to the hall of the House in the .order in which they left and was called to order by the President.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the joint assembly was dissolved and, the Senate retiring, the house was called to order by the Speaker.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Rogers of Mcln- . tosh.

On motion of Mr. Bell of Fulton, the Speaker announced the :W:ouse adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
MoNDAY, July I, I907
The House met pursuant to adjournment at IO 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 folowing members answered to their names.

Adams of Elbert, Callaway,

Ellison,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

estes,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Fagan,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

1' landers,

Allen,

Clark,

Flannigan,

.Anderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Foster,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

Fowler,

Ashley, .

Cook of Chat'hoochet:. Fraser,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

.hier,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

Austin,

Covington,

Furr,

Ballard,

. Couch,

Galloway,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Gibson,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn.

Bell,

Daniel,

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Guyton,

Bond,

Dean,

Hall,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Hamilton,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Hardeman,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Haywood,

Buchannon,

Duggan,

Heard,

Burkhalter,

Dvkes,

Hill,

Burwell,

Eaves,

Hines,

Butt,

Edmondson,

Holder,

Calbeck,

Edwards,

Howard,

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Hubbard, Huff, Huie,

Nowell, Odum, Orr,

Hullender,

Parker,

Jackson,

Parrish,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Jones of Meriwether, Peterson,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Kendall,

Powell,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow,

Lee,

Price of Oconee,

Lively,

Reid of Macon,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam,

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph,

McMahan,

Rountree,

McMichael,

Russell,

McMullan,

Ryals,

McWilliams,

Shaw,

Martin,

Sheffield,

Massengale,

Simmons,

Maxwell,

Slade,

Mays,

Slater,

Mercer,

Smith of Calhoun,

Moore.

Sm:th of Campbell,

Morris,

Stephens,

Mundv,

Stewart.

Nee!,

Strickland,

Nix,

Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Tuggle, Tvson, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washi"ngton, Ward, Warnell, Watkins, Way, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, \Villiams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, vVootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Swilling,

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

The roll of counties was called and the following bills were introduced, read the first time and appropriately referred, to wit:

MONDAY, }ULY I, I907.
By Mr. Massengale of WarrenA bill to amend an Act to revise and consolidate the
laws for the protection of game and fish.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Messrs. Burkhalter and Warnell of Tattnall-
A bill to prevent railroad companies from selling tickets for less than the regular cost.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to amend paragraphs 220 and 22 I of the criminal Code.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Messrs. Hill and Persons of Monroe-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Monroe.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Green of MillerA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Babcock.
Referred to Counties and County Matters. Committee.

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A bill to fix the license fee for selling liquors m th~ county of Mitchell.
Referred to Cotu1ties and County Matters Committee. By Messrs. Perry of Hall, and Holder of Jackson-
A bill to amend section 1351 of the Code of 1895. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Davison of GreeneA bill to abolish the board of county commissioners for the county of Greene. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Davison of GreeneA bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and
revenues for Greene county. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Messrs.. Flanagan and Holder of JacksonA bill to provide for the selection of a site and the
erection of a State institution for the feeble-minded and epileptic .
.Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Flanagan and HolderA resolution providing for the appointment of a com-

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mittee to select a site for the institution to be known as the State Institution for Feeble-minded.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Grady county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Terrell-

A

bill

to

amend

an

Act

to

-creat

e
'

a

charter

for

the

town

of Whigham.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By. Mr. Candler and Alexander of DeKalb, and Holder of Jackson-

A bill to amend article 8, section I of the State Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Townsend of ClinchA bill to amend section 4I93, volume 2 of the Code. Referred to Special Judiciary Corriin'ittee.

By Mr. Ryals of BibbA bill to amend an Act providing for four terms a
year of the - -
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By ::\'lr. Calbeck of Gordon-

A bill to amend article 9, section 4147 of the Civil Code.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Anderson and Thomas of Bulloch-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Statesboro.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-

A bill to authorize the re-recording of deeds, mortgages, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

There being no other business on the clerk's desk, Mr. Holder of Jackson, moved to adjourn. The rriotion prevailed and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until ro o'clock to-l!lorrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
TuESDAY, July 2, 1907.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Spaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.

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

Adams of Elbert, Candler,

Fao-an,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Flanders,

Adkins,

Chamlee,

Flannigan,

Alt xander,

Clark,

Foster,

Allen,

Clifton,

Fowler,

/,nderson of Bulloch, Collum,

Fraser,

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of ~hafhoochee, Frier,

Ashley,

Cook of Telfair,

Fullbright,

Atkinson,

Cooke of Thomas, Furr,

Atwater,

Covington,

Galloway,

Austin,

Couch,

Geer,

Ballard,

Cowan,

Gibson,

Barksdale,

Crumbley,

Glenn,

Barrett,

Culbreth,

Godley,

Barrow,

Daniel,

Goode,

Bell,

Davis,

Guyt~n,

Berry,

Davison,

Hall,

Blackburn,

Dean,

Hamilton,

Bond,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Bowen,

Donalson,

Harris,

Boyd,

Dorminy,

Haywood,

Brown of Carroll, Dunbar,

Heard,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Duggan,

Hill,

Buchannon,

Dykes,

Hines,

Burkhalter,

Eaves,

Holder,

Burwell,

Edmondson,

Howard,

Butt,

Edwards,

Hubbard,

Calbeck,

Ellison,

Huff,

Callaway,

Estes,

Huie,

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Hullender,

Orr,

Sumner,

Jackson,

Parker,

Taylor of Appling,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Taylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Terrell,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Thorne,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Thurman,

Jones of Mitchell, Peterson,

Tift,

Keith,

Pope of Brooks,

Townsend,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Tracy,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Trent,

Lee, Lively,

Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee,

Tuggle, Tyson.



Lumsden,

Reid of l\Iacon,

Walker of Lowndes,

Lunsford,

Reid of Putnam,

Walker of Milton,

McCarthy,

Reid of Wilcox,

\Valker of W ashimrtcm,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of 1\-!clntosh, Ward,

McMahan,

Rogers of Randolph, \Varnell,

McMichael,

Rountree,

Watkins,

McMullan,

Russell,

Way,

McWilliams;

Ryals,

White of Madison,

Martin,

'Shaw,

White of Screven,

Massengale,

Sheffield,

Whitley,

Maxwell,

Simmons,

Williams- of Dodge,

Mays,

Slade,

Williams of Laurens,-

Mercer,

Slater,

\Vilson,

Moore,

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Morris

Smith of Campbell, Wootten,

Mundy,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

Nee!,

Stewart,

Wright of Richmond,

Nix,

Strickland,

Young,

Nowell,

Stubbs,

l\1 r. Speaker.

Odum,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Swillin~.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

The following resolution was read, to wit:

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By Mr. Hanof Bibb-

A resolution providing that when the House adjourn on Wednesday it stand adjourned until ro o'clock Monday next.
On motion of Mr. Hall the above resolution was tabled.
The following invitation from the board of education. Rabun Gap Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M., and the citizens of Clayton was read and accepted, to wit:

CLAYTON, GA., June 29, 1907.
To the General AssenJJbly of Georgia:
The board of education of Rabun county, Rabun Gap Lodge, 1\o. 265, F. & A. M., and the citizens of Clayton, through its mayor and council respectfully invite your and each of your attendance at our educational rally ami Masonic festival to be held at this place on July 4th.
An exceJ!ent program, including an old-fashioned Georgia barbecue, two public addresses, a lively game of baseball between the local teams of Clayton and Cornelia and "plenty of refreshments" have beell' arranged.
You are expected to rest here on this famous national holiday from your arduous labors and be entertained while we do the work and serve you.
Your acceptance of this invitation and generous presence on that occasion will be most highly appreciated by
Your humble servants, W.]. GREEN,
President Board of Education, Rabun County.
J. C. DovER,
Worshipful l\f.aster Rabun Gap Lodge, No. 265, F. &
A.M. }. A. REYNOLDS, Mayor of Clayton.

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

By Mr. Nix of Gwinnett-
A resolution to refund the sum of $281 to W. E.
Pierce & Bro.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to provid~ for indexes in certain counties, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Holder of Jackson-

A bill requiring that all private roads in the State used in the location of free delivery routes be made public roads.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Orr of CowetaA bill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By" Mr. Godley of Camden-
A bill to require the payment of the sam~ compensation to jurors in justice courts as in superior courts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

TuESDAY, JuLY 2, 1907.
By_ Messrs. Martin and Adams of Elbert-
A bill to incorporate the city of Bowman m Elbert county.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Nix of Gwinnett-

A bill to provide for the payment of fees to clerks of the superior, city and county courts of this State for
making records for the Supreme and Appellate Courts in certain cases.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. McMahan of Clarke, and Holder and Flannigan of Jackson-

A bill to regulate the business of mutual, cooperative

and assessment fire insurance companies chartered under

the laws of Georgia.

,

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Butt of Fannin-
A bill to require the true owner of lands, sold for taxes under fi. fas. issued against such lands as unreturned wild lands, prior to January I, 1905, to pay to purchaser, his heirs, etc., within two years from the passage of this,Act the taxes paid by such purchaser.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
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jOURNAL OF THE HouSE.
By Mr. Butt of Fannin-
A bill to provide for the recording of certified copies of deeds in certain cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lumsden of WhiteA bill to increase the salaries of solicitors-general of
the superior courts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lumsden of WhiteA bill to declare all dogs in this State subject to tax-
ation. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Messrs. \Vhite of Screven and Fullbright of BurkeA bill to amend section 93 of the Penal Code of 1895,
relative to rape. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Price and Neel of BartowA bill to amend the charter of Adairsville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Holder and AlexanderA bill to create a bank bureau and provide for the ap-
pointment of a bank examiner. Ueferred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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By Mr. Couch of Coweta-

A bill to incorporate the town of Haralson.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-

A bill to make illegal the sale of spiritupus liquors, etc.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-

A bill to fix compensation of justice court jurors.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-

A bill to prescribe and fix the time of holding State and county and congressional primary elections.

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. Buchannon of Early-

A bill to create the office of reporter of the Court of Appeals.

Referred to Committee 0n General Judiciary. '
By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-

A bill to create a quarterly term for the trial of jury cases in justice courts.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
-
A bill to incorporate the town of Caldwell.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

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

Referred to Committee on Corpbrations.

By Mr. Dunbar-

A bill to regulate the traffic m seed cotton m the county of Richmond.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-

A bill to abolish the county court of Jenkins county and create the city court of Millen.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Russell of Muscogee-

A bill to create the office of railroad inspector.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

A bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Dexter.

Referred to Committee .on Corporations.

By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-

A bill to establish the city court of Millen.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ballard of Newton-

A bill to amend the charter of Newborn.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Russell of Muscogee-

A bill to amend section 1 14 of the Penal Code, which relates to the abandonment of the children by the father.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Buchannan of Early-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Blakely.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Buchannan of Early-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to establish a dispensary in the county of Early.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

182

JoURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

By Messrs. Adkins of Dooly and Tyson of Emanuel-

A bill to prohibit the publication of obscene matter in newspapers.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Furr of Banks-

A bill to prohibit the use of the automatic shotgun.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture. By Mr. Heard of Dooly-

A bill to appropriate $50,000 to pay off the pension rolls.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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

By Mr. Perry of Hall-

A resolution providing for the creation of certain new rules of the House.

On motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd, the following local bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Messrs. Heard and Adkins-

A bill to create a charter for the town of Lilly.

Tu:esoAY, JuLY 2, 1907.
By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to authorize the authorities of Savannah to close certain lanes.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Cobb county.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-

A bill to authorize Barnesville to establish a system

of public 'schools.



By Mr. Davison of Greene-

A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for Gre~ne county.

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A bill to amend the Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Grady county.
By Mr. Terrell of GradyA bill to amend the charter of the town of Whigham.

By Mr. Green of Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Babcock.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-
A bill to abolish theboard of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Greene.

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By Messrs. Hill and Persons of Monroe.

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Monroe.

By Messrs Heard and Adkins of DoolyA bill to incorporate the town of Dooling.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for Douglasville.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Hapeville.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-

A bill for the protection of roads, bridges and culverts along the public roads of Chatham county.

By Mr. Stubbs of Thomas-
A bill to amend and consolidate all Acts to incorporate the town of Ochlochnee.

By Mr. Trent of Heard-
A bill to amend an Act to provide .for a board of county commissioners for Heard county.

By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill wood.

to

create

a

new

charter for

the

town of Lin-
. . -Ll.1d

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185

By Messrs. Wilson and Nix of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula.

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A bill to repeal an Act to empower the mayor and council of Athens to create a dispensary.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Barnesville.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Gwinnett-

A bill to incorporate the town of Annestown. By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Grayson.

By Mr. Orr of CowetaA bill to amend the charter of the town of Moreland.

By Mr. Brown of OglethorpeA bill to incorporate the town of Maxeys-

By Mr. Bowen of Tift-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county ~f Tift.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Peterson of Montgomery.
Mr. Thurman of Walker, moved to adjourn and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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] OURN AL OF THE HOUSE.

ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 1907.
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 of Elbert, Calbeck,

Edmondson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Callaway,

Edwards,

Adkins,

Candler,

Ellison,

Alexander,

Cannon,

Estes,

Allen,

Chamlee,

Fagan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clark,

Flanders,

Anderson of Cobb, Clifton,

Flannigan,

Ashley,

Collum,

Foster,

Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fowler,

Atwater,

Cook of Telfair,

Fraser,

Austin,

Cooke of Thomas, Frier,

Ballard,

Covington,

Full~::i<Tht,

Barksdale,

Couch,

Furr,

Barrett,

Cowan,

Galloway,

Barrow,

Crumbley,

Geer,

Bell,

Culbreth,

Gibson,

Berry,

Daniel,

Glenn,

Blackburn,

Davis,

Godley,

Bond,

Davison,

Goode,

Bowen,

Dean,

Guvton,

Boyd,

Dickey,

Hall,

Brown of Carroll, Donalson,

Hamilton,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dorminy,

Hardeman,

Buchannon,

Dunbar,

Harris,

Burkhalter,

Duggan,

Haywood,

Burwell,

Dykes,

Heard,

Butt,

Eaves,

Hill,

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 3, 1907.

Hines,

Mundy,

Holder,

Nee!,

Howard,

Nix,

Hubbard,

Nowell,

Huff,

Odum,

Huie,

Orr,

Hullender,

Parker,

Jackson,

Parrish,

Johnson of Jasper, Paytorr,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Brooks,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Dade,

Keith,

Powell,

Kendall,

Price of Bartow,

Kendrick,

Price of Oconee,

Lee,

Reid of Macon,

Lively,

Reid of Putnam,

Lumsden,

Reid of Wilcox;

Lunsford,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Randolph,

Mcintyre,

Rountree,

McMahan,

Russell,

McMichael,

Ryals,

Mc1v1ullan,

Shaw,

McWilliams,

Sheffield,

Martin,

Simmons,

Massengale,

Slade,

Maxwell,

Slater,

Mays,

Smith of Calhoun,

Mercer,

Smith of Campbell,

Moore,

Stephens,

Morris,

Stewart,

Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Tnggle, Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Mitton, Walker of Washington, Ward, Warnell, Watkins, Way, White of Madison, \Vhite of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-
Adams of Chatham, Peterson,

Swi1ling,

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

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The following re;1olution was read, to wit:

By Mr. Perry of Hall-

A resolution, requesting the Speaker to appoint the Committee on Rules during to-day's session.
On motion of Mr. Flannigan the above resolution was tabled.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the following resolution was taken from the table and read, to wit:

By Mr. Hall-

A resolution providing that when the House adjourn to-day it stand adjourned until Monday next at 10 o'clock a.m.

Mr. Whitley proposed to amend by specifying that the
a intervening days, July 4th, sth, 6th and 7th, be declared
dies non judice and that like number of days be added to the end of the session.

Mr. Flanders moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Whitley by striking Sunday.
On the adoption of the amendment of Mr. Flanders, Mr. Alexander 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 of Elbert, Atkinson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Austin,

Adkins,

Ballard,

Anderson of Cobb, Barksdale,

Barrow, Bowen, Boyd, Brown of Oglethorpe,

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Burwell,

Howard,

Powell,

Chamlee,

Hubbard,

Price of Oconee,

Clark,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Collum,

Huie,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hullender,

Rountree,

Cooke of Thomas, Jackson,

Russell,

Cowan, ,

Johnson of Jasptr, Ryals,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Towns, Shaw,

Davis,

Jones of Meriwether, Simmons,

Dickey,

Keith,

Slade,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Slater,

Dykes,

Kendrick,

Smith of Calhoun,

Eaves,

Lee,

Stewart,

Estes,

Lively,

Strickland,

Fagan,

Lumsden,

Stubbs,

Flanders,

McCarthy,

Sumner,

Flannigan,

Mcintyre,

Taylor of Sumter,

Fowler,

McMichael,

Thorne,

Fraser,

McMullan,

Thurman,

Frier,

Martin,

Tift,

Fullbright,

Massengale,

Townsend,

Galloway,

Mays,

Trent,

Geer,

Morris,

Tuggle,

Gibson,

Nix,

Walker of Washington,

Glenn,

Nowell,

Ward,

Godley,

Odum,

Warnell,

Hall,

Orr,

Watkins,

Hamilton,

Parker,

White of Madison,

Heard,

Payton,

Wilson,

Hill,

Persons,

Wootten,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Young,

Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Those voting in th.e negative were Messrs.-

Alexander, Ashley, Bell, Berry, Blackburn, Bond, Brown of Carroll,
Buchannon, Burkhalter,

Butt, Cal beck, Callaway, Clifton, Cook of Telfair, Covington, Couch, Daniel, Davison,

Dorminy, Duggan, Edmondson, Edwards, Ellison, Foster, Furr, Goode, Guyton,

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Hardeman,

N eel,

Harris,

Parrish,

Haywood,

Perry,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Price of Bartow,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph,

Lunsford,

Sheffield,

McMahan,

Smith of Campbell,

McWilliams,

Stephens,

Maxwell,

Taylor of Appling,

Mundy,

Tracy,

Tyson, \Valker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Way, White of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wright of Floyd,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Crumbley,

Allen,

Dean,

Anderson of Bulloch, Donalson,

Atwater,

:Mercer,

Barrett,

Moore,

Candler,

Peterson,

Cannon,

Reid of Putnam,

Reid of Wilcox, Swilling, Terrell, Wise, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

The roll call was verified and, on counting the vote, it was found that the ayes were 107, nays s6.

The amendment was therefore adopted.

The amendment of Mr. Whitley as amended was put to the House and lost.

Mr. McMichael proposed to amend by making Friday and Saturday, the 5th and 6th inst., dies non.

The amendment was adopted by a vote of I 14 ayes to 7 nays.
The resolution of Mr. Hall was then put to the House and adopted as amended.

Mr. Russell, chairman of the Committee on Privilege~ and Elections, submitted the following report:

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To the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives:
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections, having had under consideration the contested election for seat in the House from Mcintosh county between George E. Atwood, contestant, and W. H. Rogers, contestee, having heard all of the evidence offered by contestant and argument had thereon, respectfully report that we find that the contest is based upon two grounds only:
I st. That the election at the I 5I sth precinct was illegal because one of the managers was not a freeholder and the vote of that precinct should be thrown out.
There is some question whether there is any satisfactory evidence that this manager was not a freeholder, but as it is not pretended that the other two managers were not freeholders under the decisions of the Supreme Court the election was not illegal.
The second ground is that the polls at Darien, the courthouse, were closed about twenty-four minutes before six o'clock.
It appears that the managers closed the polls by the 75th Meridian time, which was about twenty-four minutes before six by true sun time.
We are inclined to think this ground a good one, following the decision of the Supreme Court that the law recognizes only the sun time.
But even if the votes of this precinct are thrown out, the votes of the remaining precincts give Rogers 148 votes and Atwood roz, which would still leave 'vV. H. Rogers entitled to his seat.
There was no contention that there was any fraud or that the votes cast were not honestly counted, nor that

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any voter was prevented from casting his vote. We submit the contest and evidence presented to our committee.
Respectfully submitted, CHAS. R. RussELL, Chairman.
STATE oF GEoRGIA-MciNTOSH CouNTY.
Personally appeared George E. Atwood, contestant
in the contest of George E. Atwood against \V. H; Rog-
ers, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says : That F. H. MacFarland, chairman of the county commissioners and ex officio justice of the peace in and for the 271st district, G. M., of said county, is unable to preside at the contest of the said Atwood against \V. H. Rogers for Representative, by reason of the fact that he is a delegate to the congressional convention, first Georgia district, and is absent from the county, said convention being in session, including adjournment, for over a month.
GEO. E. ATWOOD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this October I I, I9o6.
E. G. CAIN, SR., N. P. and ex officio J. P., 27Ist District, G. M.
STATE oF GEoRGIA-MciNTOSH CouNTY.
To William H. Rogers.
You are hereby notified that on the I Ith day of October, 1906, at the courthouse in Darien, beginning at Io o'clock a.m. (city time), before F. H. McFarland, chairman county commissioners and ex officio justice of the peace in and for said county, I will proceed to contest the election for member of the Georgia H()use of Representatives, to which you were returned as

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elected at the October election held in Mcintosh county for State and county officers upon the following grounds, to wit: That the polls at the 1515th district, G. M., said county, were not opened and closed according to the law made and provided in such cases.
2d. That one of the managers, Charles N. Proudfoot, was not a freeholder, as the law provides managers of election shall be.
Further, that the election precinct in the 271st district, G. M., in said county was not opened and closed according to law, having closed twenty-five minutes before the time recognized by law.
G:eo. E. ATwooD.
Darien, Ga., October 5, 19<X}.

GEORG E. ATwooD, } Conte,st for Representative

vs.

from Mcintosh County, Geor-

WM. H. RoGERS. gia.

The contestee objected to Justice E. G. Cain's presid-
ing, on the ground that he was a manager of election for the 271st district, G. M., one of the precincts on which the contest is based.
After- hearing argument pro and con Justice Cain overruled the objection, on the ground that his services are purely ministerial.
Mr. P. W. Brewster being sworn, said that he, with Chas. Proudfoot and Robert Holmes, managed the election at the poll for the I 5I 5th district, G. M. That the polls were opened at 8.20 a.m. until 3 o'clock p.m., sun time, and that Wm. H. Rogers received 63 votes and Geo. E. Atwood received 1 5 votes.
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Mr Cyrus M. Tyson being sworn, testified that he,
with Messrs. E. G Cain, Sr., and Jas. L. Grant, man-
aged the election at the poll for the 27Ist district, G. M., and that Mr. Atwood received at Darien I64 votes, and that W. H. Rogers received 26o votes.
And that the vote of entire county for Representative, as shown by the consolidated returns, is as follows :

Geo. E. Atwood.
27 Ist district ........... I64 votes 22d district . . . . . . . . . . . I I votes I48oth district . . . . . . . . 23 votes I 5 I4th district . . . . . . . . 53 votes I 5I5th district . . . . . . . . I 5 votes

W. H. Rogers. 260 votes 75 votes .. votes IO votes 63 votes

Total county ...... 266 votes

408 votes

Contestee objects to the question of the consolidated vote of the county, on the ground that there were no charges made by the contestant that any illegal or fraudulent votes were cast or that fraud was used by the contestee in anywise, and as there were no such grounds set out in the contest the contestee objects to any question bearing on the number of votes cast.
Mr. Tyson further testified that the polls for the 27Ist district, G. M., were opened at or about 8 o'clock a.m., and that they were closed at 6 o'clock p.m., 75th meridian time. That he consulted his watch, which was approximately correct. That it did not occur to him at the time that he was doing anything irregular. That he had presided at elections before, but that no question had ever been raised as to this time being used for closing the polls.
CHAS. M. TYSON.

Mr. Warren Gardner being sworn, testified that he was a manager of election for the I 5I 4th district. That

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the poll opened at 8 o'clock a.m. and closed at 3 o'clock p.m., sun time. That W. H. Rogers received IO votes,
and Geo. E. Atwood received 53 votes.
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Contestee objected to the introduction of the above evidence on account of irrelevancy, no notice having been given him of any contest of results at this precinct, or of any irregularity there.
Mr. J. H. Fennell being sworn, testified that he was
one of the managers of election at the poll for the 22d district, G. M., and that the polls were op~ned and closed by sun time; and that W. H. Rogers received 75 votes, and Geo. E. Atwood received I I votes.
J. H. F~NN~LLJ
N. P. and ex officio J. P.
Contestee entered the same objection to this as to Mr. W. Gardner's testimony.
Mr. T. B. Blount being sworn, testified that he is sheriff, and that he closed the poll for the 271st district, at Darien, C. H., at 6 o'clock, 75th meridian time.
T. B. BLOUNT.
Simon Devreaux being sworn, testified that he was in Darien on October 3, 1906. That he went to the polls for the 271st district, G. M., and going met the sheriff, who told him the poll was closed, the time then being 555 p.m., 7S.th meridian time, by his watch. That he then visited the poll and found window closed.
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W. C. Wylly being sworn, testified that he has been tax collector since 1899. The tax digests being intro-

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duced, he showed therefrom that Chas. N. Proudfoot had not returned any real estate in that time.
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Mr. 0. Hopkins being sworn, testified that he knows Chas. N. Proudfoot, that he has known him since he was a boy. That he, Proudfoot, was one of the managers of election for the I 5I sth district, G. M., at the general election held October 3, I906. In a conversation he told me (Hopkins) that he did not own any real estate. This conversation was held October 3, I9<J6. The justice of the peace selected him. I do not know whether he swore to the fact that he was a freeholder.
I refuse to state what caused the conversation as to freeholdership. .(Question propounded by contestee.)
0. HoPKINS.
Contestee takes exception to the fact that Mr. Hopkins refused to answer the question as to what caused the conversation in which Mr. Proudfoot said he owned no real estate.
STATE oF GEoRGIA-MciNTOSH CouNTY.
I hereby certify that in the matter of George E. Atwood, contestant, and Wm. H. Rogers, contestee, that I presided at the hearing, at which both the contestant and contestee were present, and were both represented by counsel, and that the foregoing five pages contain the evidence produced at the hearing of the same.
E. G. CAINJ SR.J
N. P. and ex officio J. P., 27Ist Dist., G. M.
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the foregoing report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections be agreed to.
Mr. Sheffield of Decatur moved as a substitute that the report of the committee be disagreed to.

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Mr. Butt of Fannin called for the previous question, which call was sustained and the main question ordered.

On agreeing to the substitute that the House disagree to the report of the committee, the ayes were 37, nays 100; the substitute was therefore disagreed to.

The motion of Mr. Hall was then put to the House and carried.

Mr. Hall moved that the report and the evidence be spread upon the Journal, which motion prevailed.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following House resolution, as amended, to wit:

A resolution that the General Assembly take a recess from \Vednesday, July 3d, to Monday, July 8, 1907.

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

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend section 2801 of the Code relative to
notice of intention to claim liens, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Whitley and DavisonA bill to appropriate $10,000 to Dr. R. J. Massey. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. McMahan of ClarkeA bill to provide that $15,000 be appropriated for ad-
ditional steam heating in the State Normal School at Athens.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Nix and WilsonA resolution to pay pension due Wm. Otha to his
mece. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Martin of ElbertA bill to amend an Act to govern the inspection of
commercial fertilizers. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Mr. Cook of TelfairA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of
McRae.
Reterred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Adkins and Tyson-
A bill to prohibit betting on horse r-aces or baseball games.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Lee of Glynn-
A bill to make defendants in garnishment, etc., parties defendant to all garnishment suits.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to prevent fishing m the waters in Screven county on the Sabbath day.

Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Messrs. Furr and Holder-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. N. C. Prickett for 1907.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Williams of Henry-
A bill to provide a uniform method of aboli!ihing county courts.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Buchannon of Early_.._ A bill to amend the charter of the town of Jakin.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-
A resolution to pay pension of J. N. Parker to his widow.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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. By Messrs. Holder and Flanagan-

A bill to incorporate the town of Nicholson.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A bill to amend section 882 of the Penal Code relative to the issuance of warrant upon information under oath.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill requiring firms employing females to provide closets, etc.

Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Tuggle of Troup--

A bill to create a system of county police m the county of Troup.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Chamlee of Floyd- A bill to create a new charter for the city of Rome.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Covington of Colquitt -

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Eliza Broom.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. E. J. Burgess.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to require nominees in primary elections shall receive a majority of the votes cast to be entitled to the nomination.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mcintyre of Thomas-

A bill to make it a misdemeanor for conductor to collect fare from any passenger having no seat.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lee of Glynn-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Brunswick.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Cooke, Stubbs and Mcintyre-

A bill to authorize the trustees of the University t~

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transfer certain property to the board of education of Thomas county.

Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-

A bill to fix the compensation of justice court jurors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The following resolution was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit :
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution providing that when the House adjourn to-day it stand adjourned until Monday of next week, and Friday and Saturday, the 5th and 6th inst., be declared dies non.
The Senate proposed to amend by making Thursday, July 4th, also dies n.on.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Reid of Wilcox, Swilling, Reid of Putnam, Adams of Chatham, Crumley.

A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock next Monday morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
MoNDAY, Jt,tly 8, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Candler,

Flanders,

Adams of Elbert, Cannon,

Flannigan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Chamlee,

Foster,

Adkins,

Clark,

Fowler,

Alexander,

Clifton,

Fraser,

Allen,

Collum,

Frier,

Anderson of Bulloch, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fullbright,

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of Telfair,

Furr,

Ashley,

Cooke of Thomas, Galloway,

Atkinson,

Covington,

Geer,

Atwater,

Couch,

Gibson,

Austin,

Cowan,

Glenn,

Ballard,

Crumbley,

Godley,

Barksdale,

Culbreth,

Goode,

Barrett,

Daniel,

Guyton,

Barrow,

Davis,

Hall,

Bell,

Davison,

Hamilton,

Berry,

Dean,

Hardeman,

Blackburn,

Dickey,

Harris,

Bond,

Donalson,

Haywood,

Bowen,

Dorminv,

Heard,

Boyd,

Dunbar,

Hill,

Brown of Carroll, Duggan,

Hines,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dykes,

Holder,

Buchannan,

Eaves,

Howard,

Burkhalter,

Edmondson,

Hubbard,

Burwell,

Edwards,

Huff,

Butt,

Ellison,

Huie,

Calbeck,

Estec

Hullender,

Callaway,

Fagan.

Jackson,

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Johnson of Jasper, Parker,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Parrish,

Johnson of Towns, Payton,

Jones of Meriwether, Perry,

Jones of 1Iitchell, Persons,

Keith,

Peterson,

Kendall,

Pope of Brooks,

Kendrick,

Pope of Dade,

Lee.

Powell,

Lively,

Price of Bartow,

Lumsden,

Price of Oconee,

Lunsford,

Reid of Macon,

McCarthy,

Reid of Putnam,

Mcintyre,

Reid of Wilcox,

McMahan,

Rogers of l\Iclntosh,

1\kl\Iichael,

Rogers of Randolph,

McMullan,

Rountree,

l\IcWilliams,

Russell,

Martin,

Ryals,

Massengale,

Shaw,

Maxwell,

Sheffield,

::\Iays,

Simmons,

l\Iercer,

Slade,

l\loore,

Slater,

Morris,

Smith of Calhoun,

Mundy,

Smith of Campbell,

Nee!,

Stephens,

Nix,

Stewart,

Nowell,

Strickland,

Odum,

Stubbs,

Orr,

Sumner,

Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Tuggle, Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, W a!ker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Ward, Warnell, Watkin5, \"'ay, White of Madison, \Vhite of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Wilnams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Swilling,

The Journal of last vVednesday's proceedings was read and confirmed.

Hon. A. P. Adams, member-elect from the county of Chatham, came forward and was sworn in as a member of the House, the oath of office being administered by Justice B. D. Evans of the Supreme Court.

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The Speaker announced the following standing committees of the House, to wit:

STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE HOUSE
1907-1908

AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION.

PERRY, Chairman. WILLIAMS, of Laurens, Vice-Chairman.

Burwell, Slater, Anderson of Bulloch, Covington, Candler, Adams of Elbert, Rountree, Dean, Wise, Blackburn, McMullan, Hall, Jackson of Jones,

Walker of Lowndes, Estes, Dunbar, Macintyre, Nowell, -
Wtallker of Washington, Hardeman, Nix, Neel, Foster, Reid of Macon, Taylor of Sumter, Tuggle.

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APPROPRIATIONS.

CANDLER, of DeKalb, Chairman. ADAMS, of Elbert, Vice-Chairman.

Atwater, McMullan, Bell, Orr, Allen of Richmond, Hall, Holder, Hines, Covington, Buchannon,
Way, Perry, Huff, Barrow, Nowell, Ryals, Payton, Alexander, Wright of Floyd, McMahan, Maclntire,
Butt, Foster, Mays,

Edwards, Barrett, SladeJ Keith, Jones of Mitchell, -.Slater, Dykes, Davis, Harris, Culbreth,
Price of Oconee, Reid of Putnam, Morris, Davison, Tyson, Sheffield, Hamilton, Neel, Terrell, Lee, Atkinson, Persons, \Vise ex-officio, Ashley ex-officio.

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AUDITING.

BucHANNON, of Early, Chairman. WooTTEN, of Wilkes, Vice-Chairman.

Smith of Calhoun, Trent, Fraser, Young,

Tracey, Russell, McCarthy.

BANKS AND BANKING.

HEARD, of Dooly, Chairman. ATWATER, of Upson, Vice-Chairman.

Reid of Macon, Couch, Ashley, Barrow, Huie, Davis, Flanders, Burwell, Barksdale, Donalson, Moore of Cherokee, Daniel, Strickland, Morris,

Nowell, Williams of 4urens, Pope of Brooks, Russell, Whitley, Parrish, Jones of Mitchell, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Townsend, Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe, Cook of Telfair, Ryals, Frier.

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BLIND ASYLUM.

ORR, of Coweta, Chairman. ADAMS, of \Vilkinson, Vice-Chairman.

Rogers of Randolph, Kendrick, Powell, Howard, Maxwell, \Vootten, Stephens, Pope of Dade, Flannigan, Anderson of Cobb, Austin, Bell, Chamlee, Ellison,

Gibson, Huie, McMahan, Peterson, Price of Bartow, Ryals, Swilling, Tracy, Watkins,. White of Madison, White of Screven, Lively, Smith of Calhoun.

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CORPORATIOXS.



NowELL, of Walton, Chairman. PERSONS, of Monroe, Vice-Chairman.

Nix, Lumsden, Slater, Jackson of Jones, Trent, Thorne, Huie, Swilling, Russell, Smith of Calhoun, Atkinson, Rogers of Randolph, Adkins, Huff, Hubbard, Goode, Tyson, Massengale, Fowler, Price of Bartow, Adams of Wilkinson,
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Smith of Campbell, Calloway, Stephens, Collum, Wilson, Stewart, Pope of Dade, Chamlee, Way, Townsend, Cook of Chattahoochee, Parrish, Ballard, Mundy, .Thurman, Hullender, Cook of Telfair, Culbreth, Mercer, Austin, Frier,

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COUNTY AND COUNTY MATTERS.

DoNALSON, of Decatur, Chairman. DAVISON, of Greene, Vice-Chairman.

Collum, Adkins, Stephens, Flannigan,
Berry, Johnson of Towns, Morris, Cook of Telfair, Edmondson, Fagan, Howard, Adams of Wilkinson, Maxwell, Walker of Washington, White of Madison, Reid of Wilcox, Mercer, Godley, Daniel, Anderson of Cobb, Austin, Barrett, Buchannan,
Butt,
Calbeck, Cowan, Chamlee,

Clifton, Clark, Cook of Chattahoochee, Crumbley, Culbreth, Dickey, Dorminy, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Ellison, Gibson, Haywood, Hill, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Jones of Meriwether, Kendrick, Orr, Parker, Payton, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Ryals, Sumner, Taylor of ~ppling, Tuggle.

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EDUCATIO~.

McMICHAEL, of Marion, Chairman. McMuLLAN, of Hart. Vice-Chairman.'

Johnson of Towns, Holder, Trent, Lunsford, Barrow, Walker of Lowndes, Huie, Butt, Moore of Cherokee, Terrell, Massengale, McWilliams, Russell, Bond, Fullbright, Lumsden, Stubbs, Walker of Milton, Powell, Slade, Adkins, Parker, Williams of Dodge, Clark, Smith of Campbell, Anderson of Bulloch,

Price of Oconee; Ballard, Mundy, Cowan, Hill, Payton, Jones of Mitchell, Nix, Candler, Young, Dickey, Collum, White of ~adison, Huff, Macintyre, Tyson, Foster, Brown of Oglethorpe, Cook of Telfai::-, Cook of Chattahoochee, Morris, Sheffield, Edwards, Martin, Barrett.
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ENROLLMENT.

SHAw, of Clay, Chairman. PARKER, of Talbot, Vice-Chairman.

Stubbs, Anderson of Cobb, Peterson, Tift,

Tuggle, Walker of Milt~n, Way.

EXCUSE OF MEMBERS.

MuNDY, of Polk, Chairman. PETERSON, of Montgomery, Vice-Chairman.

Calbeck, Cl.amlee, Cook of 2hattahO(.'Chee, Dean Jackson,

Johnson of Jasper, P0well, Sumner, Adams, of Chatham, Parker.

GAME AND FISH.

MASSENGALE, Chairman. REm, of Putnam, Vice-Chairman.

l\lorris, E ... ves, Adams of Chatham, Austin, Butt, Chamlee, Clifton, Crumbley, Dickey,

Dorminy,. Dykes, Fraser, Frier, Furr, Godley, Lee, Mercer, Lumsden.

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GENERAL AGRICULTURE.
MARTIN, of Elbert, Chairman. RouNTREE, of Emanuel, Vice-Chairman.

\\Talker of Washington, Thorne, Mays, Adams of Wilkinson, Lumsden, Clark, Hamilton, Simmons, Stewart, Tracy, Parker, Cook of Thomas, Williams of Dade, Ballard, Me Williams, Mercer, Sumner, Cook of Chattahoochee, Cowan, Price of Oconee, Collum, Lunsford, Austin, Hubbard, McMichael, McMullan, Furr, Watkins, Wootten, Adams of Elbert, White of Madisor., Wilson, Couch, Kendall, Holder, Clifton,

Ruchannon, Galloway, Dickey, Moore of Cherokee, Barksdale, Bowen, Callaway, Cannon, Daniel, Davison, Duggan, Fagan, Gibson, Godley, Goode, Haywood, Howard, Burkhalter, Huie, Hullender, Keith, Kendrick, Lively, Odum, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Powell, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland,
Taylor of Appling.

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GE:t-JERAL .JUDICIARY.

WRIGHT, of Richmond, Chairman. . ANDI!RSON, of Bulloch, Vice-Chairl!lan.

AlexandeJ"~ Blackburn, Bell, Brown of Carroll,Burwell, Covington, Dean, Donalson, Dunbar, Edwards, Glenn, Hall, Hine3, Jackson, Nix, Nowell, Perry, Russell, Smith of Calhoun,. SwiUing, Taylor of Sumter, Ward, Williams of Laurens, Wise, Wright of Fioyd, Adams of Chatham, Barrett, Barrow, _Boyd, Brown of Oglethorpe, Burkhalter, Butt,

Chamlee,

Dykes,

Estes,

Foster,

Fowler,

Fullbright,

Geer,

Guyton,

Hardeman,

Huff, Johnson

of

JasJ.ler,

Jones of Meriwethe1.

Macintyre,

Massengale,

Morris-;

Mundy,

Neel,

Parrish,

Payton,

-Persons,

. Ryals,

Sheffield,

- Slater,

..

Smith of Campbell,

Terrell,

Townsend,

Tuggle,

Walker of Lowndes,

Walker of Milton,

Warnell,

White of Screven,

Young.

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR DEAF. _

WALKER, of Washington, Chairman. MoRRIS, of Wayne, Vice-Chairman.

Mundy, Collum, Kendrick, Wright of Floyd, Ballard, \Vilson, Barrett, Bowen, Buchannan, Burkhalter, Cannon, Clark, Clifton, Crumbley, Daniel,

Dorminy, Duggan, Edmondson, Fagan, Fullbright, Geer, Godley, Guyton, Hullender, McCarthy, Reid of Wilcox, Simmons, Thorne, Walker of Milton, Williams of Dodge.



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GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM.

HINES, of Baldwin, Chairman. MooRE, of Cherokee, Vice-Chairman.

Whitley, Adams of Wilkinson, Buchannan, Vvootten, Maxwell, Thorne, Fowler, Cowan, Swilling, Wilson, Simmons, Rountree, Clifton, "\\Talker of Washington, Flanders, Jackson, vVay, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Williams of Dodge, Pope of Brooks, Cook of Chattahoochee, Rogers ot Randolph, Jones of Mitchell, Young,

Adkins, Heard, Lumsden, Dorminy, Berry, Persons, Davison, Adams of Elbert, Johnson of Towns, Hubbard, Goode, Brown of Oglethorpe, Thurman, Howard, Glenn, Culbreth, Lively, Edwards, Stephens, Furr, Tift, Gallaway, Hamilton.



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HALLS AND ROOMS.

THURMAN, Chairman. STRICKLAND, Vice-Chairman.

Daniel, Fullbright, Thorne,

Tuggle, Haywood.

HYGIENE AND SANITATION.

WHITLEY, of Douglas, Chairman. FRIER, of Ware, Vice-Chairman.

Crumbley, Trent, Reid oi Macon, Johnson of Towns, Dorminy, Flanders,

Frier, Berry, Moore of Cherokee, Rogers of Randolph, Way.

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IMMIGRATION.

BARKSDALE, of Wilkes, Chairman. THORNE, of Bulloch, Vice-Chairman.

Powell, Stewart, Cook of Thomas, Adkins, Hubbard, Couch, Rountree, Shaw, Duggan,
Lee,
McCarthy, Dunbar, Culbreth,

Goode, Flanders, Brown of Oglethorpe, Atkinson, Candler, Harris, Daniel, Barrett, Chamlee, Eaves, Tift, Holder.

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INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.

Nix, of Gwinnett, Chairman. ToWNSEND, of Clinch, Vice-Chairman. _

Allen, Ashley,Austin, Blackburn, Bowen, Burwell, Clark, Collum, Gooke of Thomas, Covington, Crumbley, Dickey, Dorminy, Dykes, Ellison, Fagan, Furr,

Harris, Hill, Kendall, Lee, Lunsford, McCarthy, McMichael, Mercer, , Pope of Brooks, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam, Simmons, Strickland, Taylor of Appling, Tracy, Watkins.

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INVALID PENSIONERS.

WARNELL, of Tattnall, Chairman. AusTIN, of Murray, Vice-Chairman.

Godley, Pope of Dade, Bell, Fagan, Gallaway, Gibson, Hill, Hullender, Lunsford, McMahan, Mays,

Odum, Orr, Parrish, Stewart, Strickland, Sumner, Terrell, Tuggle, Wilson, Taylor of Appling.

JOURNALS.

MciNTYRE, of Thomas, Chairman. SuMNER, of Turner, Vice-Chairman.

Duggan, Flanders, Fullbright,

Smith of Calhoun~ Morris.

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.LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS.

BELL, of Fulton, Cha,irman. McCARTHY, of Chatham, Vice-Chairman.

Macintyre, Young, Ryals, Shaw, Perry, Payton, Harris, Massengale, Haywood, Hardeman, Dunbar, Cal beck,

Candler, Martin,. Nowell, Chamlee, Cook of Thomas, Whitley, Foster, .Boyd, Ballard,
Russell, Fowler, Parrish.

MANUFACTURES.

HARRIS, of Tift, Chairman. JoHNSON,of Jeff:Davis, Vice-Chairman.

Atkinson, Candler, Couch, Culbreth, Daniel, Davis, McCarthy, Howard,
Johnson of Jeff Davis.
Atwater, Berry,

Boyd, Clifton, Foster, Geer. Guyton, Kendall, McMahan, McMichael. Persons, Simmons, Fowler.

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MILITARY AFFAiRS.

BARROW, of Chatham, Chairman. CRUMBLEY, of Quitman, Vice~Cha1i-man.

Atwater, Guyton, Boyd, Adams of Elbert, Dunbar, Dykes, Foster, Fowler, Gallaway, Fraser, Lee, Persons,

Reid of Putnam, Shaw, Sheffield, Slade, Thorne. Tift, Townsentl, \Vard, Wilson, Bell. 'Smith of Campbell.

MINES AND MINING.

LuMSDEN, of White, Chairman. STEWART, of Taylor, Vice-Chairman.

Austin, Brown of Oglethorpe, Cannon, Eaves, Edmondson, Berry, Goode, Haywood, Hubbard,

Lunsford, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Simmons, Slade, Swilling, White of Madison, Wright of Richmond. Stewart.

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PENITENTIARY.

HoLDER, of Jackson, Chairman. SLATER, of Bryan, Vice-Chairman.

Edwards,

Callaway,

Lumsden,

McMichael,

Adams of Wilkinson,

Edmondson,

Wootten,

Swilling,

Cowan,

Glenn,

Anderson of Bulloch,

Boyd,

Adkins,

Blackburn,

Huie,

Furr,

Fagan,

Fowler,

Powell,

Ashley,



Johnson of Jeff Davis,

Wilson,

Johnson of Jasper,

Jones of Meriwether.

Sumner,

Rountree,

Massengale,

Simmons,

Cook of Chattahoochee, Atwater,

Young,

Ellison,

Bond,

Hamilton,

Me Williams,

Bowen,

White,

Cooke of Thomas,

Butt,

Davis,

Hubbard,

Davison,

Adams of Elbert, .

Dunbar,

Adams of Chatham,

McCarthy,

Flanders,

Orr,

Payton,

Reid of Macon,

Townsend,

Smith of Calhoun,

Dean,

Smith of Campbell,

Donalson,

Strickland,

Howard,

Watkins,

Maxwell,

Rogers of Mcintosh.

Kendrick,

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PENSIONS.

FosTER, of Cobb, Chairman. GALLOWAY, of Walton, Vice-Chairman.

Huff,

Johnson of Towns,

Bond,

Pope of Brooks,

Pope of Dade,

Shaw,

Trent,

Mays,



Thurman,

Lumsden,

Clark,

Cook of Thomas,

Davis, Dickey, Duggan, Ellison, Furr, Godley, McMahan, Orr, '=>eterson, fhorne, Payton.

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS.

RusSELL, of Muscogee, Chairman. TAYLOR, of Sumter, Vice-Chairman.

Candler, \ Vright of Richmond, \Vright of Floyd, Hall, Perry,
Covington, Jackson of Jones, Adams of Elbert, Rountree, Wise,
Young)

Edwards, McMullan, Hill, Collum, Boyd, Brown of Carroll, Atwater, Reid of Macon, Heard, Tift.

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PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.

CLIFTON, of Toombs, Chairman. EAVES, of Haralson, Vice-Chairman.

Cook of Thomas, Couch, Dean, Keith,

Lunsford, Walker of Milton, Vvamell.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

FRASER, of Liberty, Chairman. CoLLUM, of Schley, Vice-Chairman.

Couch, Dorminy, Eaves, Frier, Estes,
Geer,

Guyton, McMichael, Mundy; Parker, Rogers of Randolph, Stubbs.

PUBLIC PRINTING.

TYSON, of Emanuel, Chairman. ADKINS, of Dooly, Vice-Chairman.

Dean, Fraser, Gibson, Guyton, Hardeman,
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Holder, McCarthy, McMichael, Stubbs, Wilson.

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PUBLIC PROPERTY.

BURWELL, of Hancock, Chairman. FULLBRIGHT, of Burke, Vice-Chairman.

Dorminy, Anderson of Cobb, Ballard, Brown of Oglethorpe, Burkhalter, Butt, Cal beck, Canr.on, Chamlee, Cook of Telfair, Crumbley, Davis,

Dykes,

Flanigan,

Fraser,

Jones of Meriwether,

Kendall,

McMahan,

Odum,

Terrell,

Tracy,

Walker of Lowndes,

\Vatkins,

Ellison.

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RAILROADS.

CoviNGTON, of Colquitt, Chairman. DEAN, of Floyd, Vice-Chairman.

Estes,

Donalson,

Anderson of Bulloch,

Payton,

Neel,

Hines,

Slater,

Whitley,

Williams of Laurens,

Allen,

Huie,

Walker of Lowndes,

Russell,

Atwater,

Shaw,

Barksdale,

Alexander,

Boyd,

Trent,

Brown of Campbell,

Stewart,

Perry,

Heard,

Butt,

Huff,

Crumbley,

Adams of Chatham,

Cook of Thomas,

Furr,

Daniel,

Hall,

Martin,

Walker of Washington, Harris,

Tuggle,

Lumsden,

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Tift, Frier, Atkinson,

Burwell,

Reid of Macon,
Rountree,
Taylor of Sumter.
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RO.-\DS AND BRIDGES.

Bovn, of Spalding, Chairman. TERRELL, of Grady, Vice-Chairman.

Stephens, Godley, Dunbar, Lively, Cook of Telfair, Cook of Thomas, Davis,

Duggan, Eaves, Edmondson, Rogers of Randolph, Terrell, \Valker of \VashingtcJ'I

COl\LVIITTEE ON RULES.

SLATON, of Fulton, ex-officio Chairman. HALI., of Bibb, Vice-Chairman.

Whitley, Martin of Elbert, Candler, \Vise,

Covington, Holder, \Vright of Richmond. Hines.

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SPECIAL AGRICULTUI<E.

MAYS, of Butts, Chairman. DrcKEY, of Crawford, Vice-Chairman.

Joht.son of Jeff Davis, Goode, Stephens, Jones of Mitchell, Hullender, Hamilton, Me Williams, Mays, Bond, Bowen, Ballard, Cal beck, Cannon, Clark, Collum, Cook of Chattahoochee, Cook of Thomas, Culbreth,

Davis, Davison, Dickey, Ellison, Fagan, Flanigan, Gibson, Haywood, Keith, Kendall, Lively, Lunsford, Reid of Wilcox, Strickland, Taylor of Appling, Tracy, White of Madison.

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SPECIAL JUDICIARY.

BLACKBURN, of Fulton, Chairman. \VALKER, of Lowndes, Vice-Chairman.

Allen, Dean, Flanders, Cook of Telfair, Estes, Townsend, Edmondson, Maxwell, \Valker of Milton, Clifton, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Stewart of Taylor, Williams of Dodge, Ballard, Barrett, Ward, Bond, Bowen, 11oyd, Burkhalter, Cal beck, Callaway, Chamlee, Clark, Cowan, Young, Davis, Dickey,

Dykes, Eaves, Haywood, Fraser, Fullbright, Geer, Guyton, Hill, Hullender, Johnson of Jasper, Keith, Lee, Kendall, Lunsford, Lively, Oclum, Persons, Peterson, Reid of wilcox, Slade, Strickland, Stubbs, Tift, Tuggle, \Varnell, Watkins, \Vhite of Screven. Donalson,

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STATE OF THE REPUBLIC.
,.
EowARDS, of Habersham, Chairman.
WILLIAMS, of Dodge, Vice-Chairman.

Barrow, Berry, Buchannon, Barrett, Candler, Dunbar, Flanigan,

Holder, Jackson, Martin, Neel, Wright of Richmond, Williams of Dodge, Rogers of Mcintosh.

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TEMPERANCE.

WRIGHT, of Floyd, Chairman. SLADE, of Muscogee, Vice-Chairman.

Shaw, Bond, Blackburn, Fowler, Williams of Dodge, Candler, Smith of Campbell, Covington, McWilliams, Barrow, Flanigan, Adkins, Burkhalter, Glenn, Allen, Atkinson, Cowan, Neel, Jones of Mitchell, Hines, Goode, Slater, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Wootten, Mays, Persons, Tyson, Culbreth, Wise,

Duggan, Clark, McMahan, Mundy, Taylor of Appling, Sheffield, Jones of Meriwether, Whitley, Martin, Callaway, Maxwell, Buchannon, Way, Odum, Galloway, Hamilton, Hardeman, Collum, Brown of Carroll, Ballard, Anderson of Cobb, Lively, Perry, Lunsford, Tuggle, Ashley, Johnson of Jeff Davis,
Lee,
Payton.

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND I'l'S BRANCHES.

McMAHAN, of Clark, Chairman. WARD, of Coffee, Vice-Chairman.

Anderson of Bulloch, Price of Oconee, Davison, Barrow, Huff, Johnson of Towns, Brown of Oglethorpe, Glenn, Warnell,. McMullan, Alexander, Candler, Donalson, Hall, Hines,

Walker of Lowndes. Edwards, Russell, Taylor of Sumter. Boyd, Barksdale, Bell, Frier, Fullbright, Holder, Ward, Young, Tuggle, Foster.

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WAYS AND MEANS.

WisE, of Fayette, Chairman. AsHLEY, of Lowndes, Vice-Chairman.

Barksdale,

Blackburn,

Callaway,

Dunbar,

Donalson,

Martin,

Taylor,

Russell,

Jones of Meriwether,

Whitley,



Fowler of Bibb,

Heard,

Adams of Chatham,

. Anderson of Bulloch,

Foster,

Nix,

Reid of Macon,

Rountree,

Swilling, Flanigan, Dean, Peterson, Estes, Couch, Boyd, Brown of Carroll, Bunvell, Daniel, Hardeman, Hill, Johnson of Jasper, Moore, Smith of Campbell, Candler of DeKKalb, ex-
officio, Adams of Elbert, ex-officio.

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WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

ALEXANDER, of DeKalb, Chairman. NEEL, G. Bartow, Vice-Chairman.

Reid of Putnam, Macintyre, Burkhalter, Thurman, Frier, Heard, Anderson of Cobb, Huff, Flanigan, Davison, Adams of Chatham, Adams of Elbert, Lee, Tyson, Flanders, Townsend, . Brown of Oglethorpe, Hall, Glenn, Nowell, Wootten, Atkinson,

Anderson of Bulloch, Moore, Hines, Rountree, vVhite of Screven, Adkins, Slater, Allen, Ashley, Slade, Barksdale, Davis, Harris, Foster, Sheffield, Couch, Whitley, Williams of Laurens, Calloway, Brown of Carroll, Orr, Edwards.

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WILD LA~DS.

SMITH, of Calhoun, Chairman. FuRR, of Banks, Vice-Chairman.

Ashley, Berry, Cal beck, Butt, Cannon, Clark, Clifton, Covington, Crumbley, Daniel, Donalson, Dorminy, Dyke, Estes, Foster,

Fraser,

Frier,

Geer,

Howard,

Hubbard,

Keith,

Martin,

Parrish,

Sheffield,

Taylor of Appling,

Tracy,

White of Madison,

\Vhite of Screven,

Wise.

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Mr. Alexander moved that the rules of the House be suspended, and that House bill No. 88 be read a second time.

Messrs. Hall of Bibb and Perry of Hall moved to amend the motion of Mr. Alexander by adding certain other bills for a second reading. The amendments were lost.

The motion was then put to the House and lost. By unanimous consent the following resolution was read, to wit:

By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb----
A resolution requesting the Committee on Ways and Means to report House bill No. 88 back to the House by to-morrow morning.

The previous question was called and sustained and the main question ordered.
The resolution was then put to the House and adopted.

The roll of counties was called, and the following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Hall of Bibb--
A bill to appropriate $ro,ooo to the trustees of the State University for repairs on the old college building.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Watkins and Brown of Carroll-.
A bill to amend section rs6r, volume I of the Code, so as to increase fees for the inspection of cottonseed meal.
tieferred to Committee on General Agriculture.

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A bill to make it unlawful for any person to order liquor in the name of a third person.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. Brown and \Vatkins-

A bill to amend section I 554, volume I of the Code,

prescribing minimum percentum of ammonia cottonseed

meal shall contain.



Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Adams of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act to define the boundaries of militia districts in Chatham county outside of Savannah.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Townsend of ClinchA resolution to pay pension due Mrs. Celia Holt. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A bill t.o authorize the city authorities of Athens to issue bonds.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Orr of Coweta-

A bill to amend an Act to create a prison commission for Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Sheffield of Decatur-

A bill to propose an amendement to article 1, section I of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. Thurman, Hullender, Pope-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act giving commissioners of roads and revenues the authority to lay out and work public roads.
Referred to Committee on Roads and Bridges.

By Messrs. Sheffield and DonalsonA bill to incorporate the town of Diffee. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Eastman.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

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Dormeny of Irwin, Reid of Wilcox-
A bill to revise the superior court calendar of the Cordele circuit.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Eastman.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Williams of DodgeA bill to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Sheffield of DecaturA bill to amend an Act to authorize the corporation
of the city of Bainbridge to establish public schools.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Iron City.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

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By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to create a new ,charter for the city of Albany.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Al bany.
Referred to Special Judiciarj Committee.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend paragraph I, section 9, article 3 of the Constitution to increase compensation of members.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the present charter of Albany.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A bill to provide for the investigation of the causes of fires.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Trent of HeardA resolution to pay Mrs. Amanda Early. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Edwards of HabershamA bill to require registration of the names of persons
doing business under fictitious names. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. McMichaelA bill to amend section 5522 of the Civil Code re-
. lating to salaries of stenographers of the Supreme Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Flanders of JohnsonA bill to fix freight rates where two connecting rail-
roads are operated under the same management. Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Flanders-A bill to amend section 2426 of the Code, which pr<r
scribes grounds for total divorce. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Holder of Jackson-

A bill to provide for the hire of the labor of certain felony convicts, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Slade of Muscogee-

A bill to amend an Act to protect dealers and pur<:hasers from short weights.

Referred to Committee on Special Agriculture.

By Mr. Ballard of NewtonA bill to amend the charter of the city of Covington.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Slade of Muscogee-

A bill to confirm the closing of certain streets in Columbus.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Camilla.
'
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A bill to amend an Act to create the Agricultural College.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

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By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to provide for the removal of the E~periment Station from Griffin to Athens.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Mr. BoydA bill to authorize the commiSSioners of Spalding
county to use certain moneys on roads and bridges.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend an Act to amend section 388 of the Code so as to make the wife competent to testify against the husband in certain cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee..
B' Mr. Boyd-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Griffin.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to repeal an Act to regulate the sale of liquors. in the county of Screven.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By Mr. White of Screven-

A bill to prescribe the manner of granting liquor' licenses in Screven county.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to repeal an Act prescribing the manner of granting license to sell liquors in Screven county.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Massengale of Warren-
A bill to abolish the board of commissioners of Warren county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Messrs. Candler, Holder, Nowell, McMichaelA bill to revise the school laws of Georg~a.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Clifton of Toombs- '
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of , Lyons.

Referre<f to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Clifton of ToombsA bill to incorporate the county of Toombs. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Mcintyre of ThomasA bill to incorporate the town ~f Patten.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Burkhalter and WarnellA bill relative to the grant of letters of administration
upon the estates of persons presumed to be dead, etc. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Brown and SumnerA bill to create a new judicial circuit.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Lumsden of WhiteA bill to prohibit the dumping of sawdust, etc., into
the running streams of this State.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Messrs. Tracy and PaytonA bill to amend sections 1254 and 1255 of the Code
relative to the payment of pensions.
Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond- -
A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in Richmond county.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Payton of Worth-

A bill to regulate the practice of the occupation of a barber in--this State.

Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Messrs. Wootten and Barksdale-

A bill to incorporate the town of Tignall.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Payton of Worth-

A bill to provide for the distribution of funds arising from the hire of convicts.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Payton of Worth-

A bill to amend section 4o82, volume 2 of the Code, disqualifying city court judges.

Referred .to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Young of Troup--
A bill to provide that the dispensary question be submitted to the voters of LaGrange.

Referred to Committee on Temperance..

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-

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A resolution to pay back pension due Lewis McCultough.

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The folowing resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution requiring the Secretary of State to furnish pure drinking water for the House.
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A resolution providing for a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to investigate the books of Statehouse officers.
The Speaker appointed as the cQllU11ittee under the above resolution Messrs. Wise of Fayette, Dunbar of Richmond, Atwater.
The following resolution was read and ordered to lay on the table one day, to wit:
By Messrs. Nix, McMahan and_ Holder-
A resolution recommending the adoption of an apparatus for the prevention of collisions of railroad trains.
The following communication was read, to wit :
July 8, 1907. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Repre- sentatives:
For five years it has been my custom to present to the House of Representatives on occasions of the recurring sessions of the General Assembly a sufficient number of carnations to adorn the larel of each member, including

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the officers of your body, newspaper reporters and lady stenographers.
At this time, when I have retired from the position that brought me into such pleasant association with you gentlemen, personally and officially, it occurred to me that to make the presentation after my retirement from office would cause the gift to carry with it more the strength of personal regard, since it would suggest : though separated from you I still hold you in kindly recollection.
Next to my official separation from the kindliest gentleman and one of the truest men I ever knew in public place, I regret that my pleasant contact with you gentlemen will not be so. frequent. However, it is a real pleasure I feel in surrendering the office, since it will give me opportunity to mingle again with my friends as a citIzen.
With undiminished confidence in the integrity of Georgia, assuring you of my continued esteem,
Yours faithfully,
BENJAMIN M. BLACKBURN.

The following memorial was received from the Savannah Clearing Association:
To the Legislature of Georgia,, Atlanta, Ga.
GENTLEMEN : The Savannah CleaTing Association respectfully represents that in its opinion the enactment at this time of a general prohibition law would be unwise.
. Experience has shown that such a law can only be enforced where public sentiment is overwhelmingly in sympathy with the law.
The knowledge of this fact brought about in this State,

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local option, which has proven in practice, the best means yet devised for restricting the liquor traffic.
The application of a prohibiton law in communities where public sentiment opposes it, is impracticable. Whatever evils follow the sale of liquor, are magnified by its unauthorized sale, which no laws, however stringent, have been able to prevent in such communities.
The loss of the revenue now received for liquor licenses would be seriously felt here, and would result in a material increase of direct taxation, which is already sufficiently burdensome.
We would call your attention to the fact that south of Maine there is no seaport on the Atlantic or the Gulf Coast where the sale of liquor is prohibited. It is therefore obvious that a general prohibition law would result in serious injury to the shipping interests of Brunswick and Savannah.
This association of the banks of this city, representing the views of the large number of business men and others who are stockholders, ,appeal to the Legislature to continue in force the present local option law, which experience has shown so efficacious, and not to enact a general prohibition law to be enforced in communities against the wishes of its people.
Let the democratic doctrine of home rule be applied, under which counties not desiring the sale of liquor can vote it out.
Tm~ SAVANNAH CLEARING AssociATION.
Resolved, That a copy of this memorial be sent to the Representatives from this county in the General Assembly, to the Senator from the First Senatorial District, to the President of the Senate, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and to the Governor of the State.

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The following memorial 1from the :McRae District Conference of the M. E. Church, South, was re~d, to wit:
HAGAN, GA., July 5, 1907.
Hon. Matt Cook, Lttmber City, Ga.
In DEAR SIR: compliance with the enciosed copies of
temperance resolutions I beg to transmit these papers for your information and use.
With regards and good wishes. Yours truly,
W. M. BLITCH, Secretary.
Resolutions on Temperance adopted by the McRae District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in session at Lyons, Ga., June 26-29, 1907.,
((Resolved, 3 That this District Conference, with uncompromtsmg determination demand of the Legislature of Georgia, now in session the passing of a State prohibitory law.
Resolved 4 That, not wattmg for such enactment, we demand, as anti-jug laws, a statute prohibiting the transpOrtation by common carriers into any dry county of any class of intoxicants. . And also one making the place of delivery the place of sale.
Resolved 5 That the Hon. Matt Cook, Representative from Telfair county, be furnished by our secretary with a certified copy of resolutions 3. 4 and 5 with the request
that he see that these resolutions are properly placed be-
fore the Committee on Temperance of both the Senate and the Bouse. And that he be also requested, unless

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others shall come forth readily and do so, to have bills prepared covering the requests made in resolution 4."
J. W. WESTON,
J. W. H. HuNTER,
D. C. McEACHEN,
W. J. THOMPSON,
MILLARD 0GDON, }. L. JoNES,
Committee.
I certify that these are correct copies of resolutions adopted by the McRae District Conference M. E. Church, . South, at Lyons, Ca., June 29, 1907.
W. M. BLITCH, Secretary. Hagan, Ga., July 5, I907
The follOIWing memorial was received from the Savannah District Conference :
SAVANNAH, GA., July 2, 1907.
Mr. John T. Boifeu.illet, Atlarn.ta, Ga.
DEAR SIR: I enclose you a resolution, which was passed at the Savannah District Conference of the Methodist church, which I was instructed to forward to the House of Representatives of our Georgia Legislature, which I request you to communicate to the same. Thanking you for the favor, I am very truly.
ISAAC P. TYSON, Secretary of the Conference.
Resolutions favoring State prohibition passed by the Savannah District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, which met at Statesboro, Ga., June 2729, 1907
Believing that the hour for action has come, we call upon our State Legislature, now in session, ifor the enactment of a State prohibition law that we may by

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legal enactment brand the liquor traffic with what it has ever been both by nature and practice, an outlaw and a vagabond upon the face of the earth, with the same dishonored standing in law that it has in morals.
ISAAC P. TYSON, Secretary of the Conference.
The following memorial was received from the Chamber of Commerce of Augusta:
CHAMBER OF CO.. MMERCE OF AUGUSTA.
WHEREAS, The directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Augusta are convinced that the proposed legislation - favoring State prohibition will result injuriously to the business and moral welfare of Augusta, take away a considerable portion of its revenue, and reduce the funds now available for the education of the children of the State; and
WHEREAS, It has been proven by the experience of other States that such laws do not prohibit the sale of liquor, but simply result in its sale without the advantage of police regulations; therefore be it
Resolved, By the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Augusta, T~at this body is opposed to State prohibition.
Resolved further, That we favor legislation looking to the regulation and control of the jug trade with "dry" counties.
Resolved further, That we feel that the counties of the State opposed to the enactment of a State prohibition law should be given an opportunity to present their views before any restrictive legislation is attempted.
Resolved further, That these resolutions, signed by the secretary, be transmitted to his Excellency, Governor

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SmithJ the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senator from this district, and the Representatives of Richmond county in the House of Representatives.
W. J. MooRE, Secretary.
Augusta, July 5, 1907.

On motion of Mr. Flanders of Johnson the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, July 9, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Bond,

Cooke of Thomas,

Adams of Elbert; Bowen,

Covington,

Adams of Wilkinson, Boyd,

Couch,

Adkins,

Brown of Carroll, Cowan,

Alexander1 Allen,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Crumbley,

Buchannan.

Culbreth,

Anderson of Bulloch, Burkhalter,

Daniel,

Anderson of Cobb, Burwell,

Davis,

Ashley,

Butt,

Davison,

Atkinson,

Calbeck,

Dean,

Atwater,

Callaway,

Dickey,

Austin,

Candler,

Donalson,

Ballard,

Cannon,

Dorminy,

Barksdale,

Chamlee,

Dunbar,

Barrett,

Clark,

Duggan,

Barrow,

Clifton,

Dykes,

Bell,

Collum,

Eaves,

Berry,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Edmondson.

Blackburn,

Cook of Telfair,

Edwards,

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Ellison,

Lively,

Sheffield,

Estes,

Lumsden,

Simmons,

Fagan,

Lunsford,

Slade,

Flanders,

McCarthy,

Slater,

Flannigan,

Mcintyre,

Smith of Calhoun,

Foster,

McMahan,

Smith of Campbell,

Fowler,

McMichael,

Stephens,

Fraser,

McMullan,

Stewart,

Frier,

McWilliams,

Strickland,

Fullbright,

Martin,

Stubbs,

Furr,

Massengale,

Sumner,

Galloway,

Maxwell,

Swilling,

Geer,

Mays,

Taylor of Appling,

Gibson,

Mercer,

Taylor of Sumter,

Glenn,

Moore,

Terrell,

Godley,

Morris,

Thorne,

Goode,

Mundy,

Thurman,

Guyton,

N eel,

Tift,

'Hall,

Nix,

Townsend,

Hamilton,

Now ell,

Tracy,

Hardeman,

Odum,

Trent,

Harris,

Orr,

Tuggle,

Haywood,

Parker,

Tyson,

Heard,

Parrish,

Walker of Lowndes,

Hill,

Payton,

Walker of Milton,

Hines,

Perry,

Walker of Washington,

Holder,

Person~

Ward,

Howard,

Peterson;

Warnell,

Hubbard,

Pope of Brooks,

Watkins,

Huff,

Pope of Dade,

Way,

Huie,

. Powell,

White of Madison,

Hullender,

Price of Bartow, White of Screven,

Jackson,

Price of Oconee,

Whitley,

Johnson of Jasper, Reid of Macon,

Williams of Dodge,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Putnam, Williams of Laurens,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

Wilson,

Jones of Meriwether, Rogers ol Mcintosh, Wise,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph, Wootten,

Keith,

Rountree,

Wright of Floyd,

Kendall,

Russell,

Wright of Richmond,

Kendrick,

Ryals,

Young,

Lee,

Shaw,

Mr. Speaker.

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

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Mr. Hall of Bibb asked permission to withdraw House bill No. 345 ; which request was granted.
Hon. S. B. Swilling, member-elect from the county of Franklin, came forward and was sworn in as a member of the House, the oath of office being administered by Hon. Andrew J. Cobb, presiding Justice of the Supreme Court.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit :
By Mr. Slade of MuscogeeA bill to confirm and. ratify the closing of certain
streets in the city of Columbus.
:Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the House proceed to the election of a United States Senator to-day at I I o'clock, in accordance with law. The motion prevailed.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of BibbA resolution to invite Hon. A. 0. Bacon to address
the General Assembly \Vednesday at IO o'clock, immediately after the result of the Senatorial election had been declared.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Mundy of PolkA bill to amend an Act to authorize the city of Cedar-
town to create a system of public schools.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. Mundy and Parrish-

A bill to fix the compensation of justice court jurors.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ellison of Harris-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court -of the city of Hamilton.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Duggan and Walker of Washington-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sandersville.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Duggan of Washington-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Sandersville.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Sheffield of Decatur-
A bill to appropriate money to pay for publishing the reports of the decisions of the Court of Appeals for 1907.
Referred to Committee -on Appropriations.
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A bill to provide compensation for deputy jailers and jail guards in certain counties.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Taylor of SumterA bill to amend section 2573, volume 2 of the Code of
1895 Referred to Committee on State Sanitarium.
By Mr. Wise of FayetteA bill to increase the salaries of the Justices of the
Supreme Court. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Davison of GreeneA resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Bruce. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Wise of Fayette A bill to fix the salaries of the judges of the Court of
Appeals. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Huie of ClaytonA bill to regulate the issuing of money orders by ex-
press companies.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-
A bill to amend an Act to amend section 2035 of the Code relative to municipal bonds, etc.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. Dean of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 2o6o of the Code of 1895.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Dean of Floyd-:..
A bill to amend section 2026 of the Code defining character of investments.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Alexander and CandlerA bill to amend the charter of the tqwn of LithJnia. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Dean and Wright of FloydA bill to provide for the creation of a State institution
for the feeble-minded.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By :\1essrs. Payton and Duggan-

A bill to provide for county depositories.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Hill of MonroeA bill to incorporate the town of Eleanor.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Calbeck of Gordon-
A bill to amend an Act to amend article 5, section 5404, volume 2 of the Code by increasing the compensation of constables.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb---

A resolution to pay the pension of B. F. McGehee.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-

A resolution to pay pension due Mrs. M. E. McLane to her daughter.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Ashley and W a~ker of Lowndes-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system Of public

schools in Valdosta.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

TuESDAY, JuLY 9; 1907.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Jackson of Jones-
A resolution thanking Hon. B. M. Blackburn for flowers.
upon the request of the authors House bills NOS. IsS and 163 were taken from the General Judiciary Committee and referred to Committee on Railroads; House bill No. 160 from General Judiciary to the Committee on Ways and Means.'
House bill No. 121 was taken from the Committee on Counties and County Matters and reerred :to Committee on General Agriculture.
House bill No. 190 was taken from the Special Judiciary and referred to the Committee on General Agriculture.
House bill No. 337 was taken from the Special Judiciary and referred to the Committee on Corporations.
House bill No. 299 was taken from the General Judi- dary and referred to the Special J udi<;iary Committee.
House bills Nos. 61 and 63 were taken from the General Judiciary and referred to the Committee on Corporations.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Messrs. Wright of Floyd and Taylor of Appling-
A bill to require legislative counsel to register with the Secretary of State.

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By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the Legislature to add one or more judges of the superior court to any judicial circuit.
On motion of Mr. Edwards of Habersham House bill No. 11 was placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
The follawing message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit :
A resolution requesting the Hon. A. 0. Bacon, United States Senator from Georgia, to address the General Assembly in joint session wednesday, July 1oth, immediately after the vote on United States Senator is declared.
Mr. Brown of Carroll, chairman pro tern. of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bill, and report the same back to the House with the recommendation that ,:same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to prohibit lobbying.

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Also the following House bill, with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to add an additional judge of Atlanta superior court.

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

A bill to provide for rotation of superior court judges.

Also the following House bills, with the recommendation that same be re-referred to Committee on Railroads, to wit :

A bill known as anti-pass bill.

A bill relative to giving of franks, etc., by corporations.

Respectfully submitted.

w. F. BROWN,
Chairman pro tern.

The following bill was read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-

A bill to provide for the rotation of the judges of the superior courts.

The unfavorable report of the committee on the above bill was agreed to, and the bill l9st.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

A resolution providing that the Special Judiciary Com-

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mittee retire and immediately report on House bill No.
320.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the

second time, to wit :



By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
The hour of I I o'clock having arrived, the House proceeded to the election of a United States Senator.
Mr. Ryals. of Bibb placed in nomination Ron. A. 0. Bacon of the county of Bibb, seconded by Mr. Loving of Troup and Slater of Bryan.
There being no other nominations a ballot vtva voce was taken, which was as follows

Adams of Chatham, Buchannon,

Adams of Elbert, Burkhalter,

Adams of Wilkinson, Burwell,

Alexander,

Butt,

Allen,

Calbeck,

Anderson of Cobb, Callaway,

Ashley,

Candler,

Atkinson,

Cannon,

Atwater,

Chamlee,

Austin,

Clifton,

Ballard,

Collum,

Barksdale,

Cook of Telfair,

Barrow,

Cooke of Thomas,

Bell,

Covington,

Berry,

Couch,

Blackburn,

Cowan,

Bond,

Culbreth,

Bowen,

Daniel,

Boyd,

Dean,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dickey,

Donalson, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Ellison, Estes, Fagan, Flanders, Flannig-an, Foster, Fowler, Frase<, Frier, Fullbright, Furr, \-alloway. Geer,

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01-)son,

McMullan,

Slade,

Glenn,

McWilliams,

Slater,

Codley,

Martin,

Smith of Campbell,

Guyton,

Massengale,

Stephens,

Hall,

M axNell,

Stewart,

Hamilton,

Mays,

Sumner,

Hardeman,

Moore,

Taylor of Appling,

Harris,

Morris,

Terrell,

Haywood,

Mundy,

Thorne,

Heard,

N eel,

Thurman,

Hill,

Nix,

Tift,

Hines,

Nowell,

Townsend,

Holder,

Odum,

Tracy,

Howard,

Orr,

Trent,

Hubbard,

Parrish,

Tuggle,

Huff,

Payton,

Tyson,

Huie,

Perry,

Walker of Lowndes,

Hullender,

Persons,

Walker of Milton,

Jackson,

Feterson,

Walker of Washington,

Johnson of Jasper, Pope of Dade,

Ward,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Powell, '

Warnell,

Johnson of Towns, Price of Bartow,

Watkins,

Jones of Meriwether, Price of Oconee,

Way,

Jones of Mitchell, Reid of Macon,

White of Madison,

Keith,

Reid of Putnam,

White of Screven,

Kendall,

Reid of Wilcox,

Whitley,

Kendrick,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Williams of Laurens,

Lee,

Rogers of Randolph, Wilson,

Lively,

Rountree,

Wise,

Lumsden,

Ryals,

Wootten,

Lunsford,

Shaw,

Wright of Floyd,

McCarthy,

Sheffield,

Young,

Mcintyre,

Simmons,

Mr. Speaker.

McMahan,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Davison,

Anderson of Bulloch, Dorminy,

Barrett,

Goode,

Brown of Carroll, McMichael,

Clark,

Mercer,

Cook of Chafhoochee, Parker,

Crumbley,

Pope of Brooks,

Davis,

Russell,

Smith of Calhoun, Strickland, Stubbs, Swilling, Taylor of Sumter, Williams of Dodge, Wright of Richmond,

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Upon counting the votes cast it was found that Hon. A. 0. Bacon had received 160 votes, the entire number of votes cast for United States Senator.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was taken from the table, read and adopted, to wit:

By .Messrs. Nix, McMahan and Holder-
A resolution recommending a -device for the prevention of collisions of railroad trains.
A communication was received from Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State, stating that in compliance with the resolution adopted on yesterday that he furnish the House with pure drinking water, he had made arrangement to have the House supplied with Lithia water daily.
The following memorial was read from citizens of Statesboro :

STATESBORO, GA., July 8, 1907.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga.

DEAR SIR: Enclosed you will find a copy of prohibition resolutions adopted on yesterday afternoon by a large meeting of our people in the county court-house. The resolutions speak for themselves.

Yours truly,

H. BooTH.

WHEREAS, A great prohibition movement is sweeping over Georgia, demanding State prohibition; and

WHEREAS, The liquor traffic is the greatest enemy to God and man, and the greatest curse to the home, the State and the church; and

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WHEREAS, It corrupts the negro, debauches the white man, disorganizes labor, imposes heavy financial burdens, aggravates the race problem, and produces crime, paupensm, widowhood, orphanage, sufferiiJ.g and death; and
WHEREAS, It invades the sanctity of our homes, destroys our boys and young men and invites attacks of the most brutal and vicious character upon every Georgia woman, especially- those m the rural districts; be it therefore
Resolved, By the ctttzens of Statesboro and Bulloch county, in mass meeting assembled, That we most heartily approve and endorse the Hardeman-Covington bill for State prohibition, now pending in both houses of the Legislature.
Resolved_, That our Senator and Representatives vote and work for the passage of the said bill during !he present session of the Legislature.
Resolved, That we request every member of the General Assembly to aid in the passage of the said bill, and to secure the passage of such other legislation as sha!J protect our State from the manufacture, sale and importation of intoxicating liquors.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House~ and to our own Senator and Representatives.
Resolved further, That they be published in our county papers and in the Atlanta papers.
The following memorial was received from the grand jury of Bartow county:
RESOLUTIONS BY THE GRAND JURY OF BARTOW COUNTY WHEREAS, The sentiment of the people of Bartow
county, as expressed in our recent election, is overwhelm-

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ingly in favor of prohibition, and also the suppression of the liquor traffic throughout the State, and
WHeRE.AS, Thete is now pending in the General Assembly bills for general prohibition in the State of Georgia, and believing that the morals, general welfare and prosperity of our State and its people demand the enactment of laws providing for absolute prohibition. It ts therefore
Resolved, By the grand jury of Bartow county for July term, 1907, Bartow superior court, That our members in the House of RepresentatiYes and our Senator be, and they are; hereby earnestly requested to vote and use their influence and best effort to secure the passage of a general prohibition bill at the present session of the General Assembly. Be it further
Resolved, That the foreman and clerk of this body furnish copies hereof to our Representatives and Senator.

Unanimously adopted this the 8th clay of July. I907.

}ERE E. FieLD, Foreman. SAMUEL F. MILAN, Cl'k. DANIEL F. BRADFORD, H. T. BRADLEY, ]NO. C. HILLBURN, M. C. NELSON,
W. T. BuRTON, M. L. UPSHAW,
SAMUEL vv. BRADFORD, w M. D. TRIPPE,
M. F. Lewis,
]. M. ELROD,

WM. M. YouNG, RoBERT F. KINCANNON, ]No. P. ANDeRsoN, G-eo. M. JAcKSON, ELBERT M. UPsHAw, }AMES A. MADDeN, ]No. R. LEACHMAN, J No. R. TRIPPE, ]No. A. MoNTFORT, F. R. "WALKER,
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TuESDAY, JuLY g, 1907.
The following memorial was received from citizens of Savannah:
THE SAVANNAH CHAMBER oF CoMMERCE,
SAVANNAH, GA., July 8, 1907.
The Honorable Speaker of the House, Atlanta, Ga. DEAR SIR : I enclose herewith copy of resolutions
adopted at a general mass-meeting of the citizens of Savannah held this afternoon, concerning State prohibition.
Yours very truly, W. }. DONLAN.
WHEREAS, An effort is being. made to pass at the present session of the General Assembly of Georgia a State prohibition law, to be operative in every county of the State, and thus depart from the wise and democratic principle of local option; and
WHEREAS, The Savannah Chamber of Commerce, the
Savannah Board of Trade, the Savannah Cotton Ex--
change, the Savannah Clearing House Association, the Trades and Labor Assembly of Savannah, the citizens. of Savannah in general, in mass-meeting assembled, feel it to be their duty to enter a protest to the General Assembly of Georgia against the proposed State prohibition legislati~m ; therefore be it
Resolved, By said bodies and citizens, in mass meeting assembled,
1. That we are opposed to State prohibition.
2, That State prohibition would affect most injuriously the welfare of this community arid of the State of Georgia, both from a moral and a financial standpoint.
3 That State prohibition would deprive this city of a large part of its revenue, leave much property unten'anted, and stagnate our commercial interests as a sea'-port.

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4 That State prohibition would not lessen the evils of intemperance, but, on the contrary, would cause spir,itnous liquors to be sold in our community without police protection, and thus increase the evils of intemperance .to our community. A vast majority of our people are heartily and conscientiously opposed to such legislation, :and will earnestly resist its being forced upon them. The result will be that the attempted enforcement in this community of this law, lacking, as it will, the support of public sentiment, will be impracticable. Drinking will 110t decrease, and liquor will be sold, but without a license -or regulation, and thus produce a spirit of lawlessness extremely pernicious and far-reaching in its influences.
S The State prohibition is violative of the wise and
democratic principle of home rule, heretofore in force in Georgia, permitting to each county the right to determine its course under the sanction of local option laws.
6. The State prohibition would take away from the -common school fund, used exclusively for the education <:>f the children of Georgia, hundreds of thousands of (lollars. This amount would have to be made up by direct taxation, or the children of this State would be deprived of that amount toward their education. The revenue of the public schools of Georgia can not be cut <:>ff and the schools be maintained at their present high state of efficiency.
7 The State prohibition will not prohibit the sale of 1iquor nearly so effectively as will local option. It will simply cause spirituous liquors to be sold without the traffic being conducted under police regulations, and with-out the State IJeing permitted to derive any revenue from the traffic. This has been demonstrated in all of the States which have State prohibition laws.
Resolved, further, That we favor all legal aid and assistance possible being given to those communities in which public sentiment demands the enforcement of local

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option laws, and to that end, we favor the enactment of wise and just laws to regulate and control the jug trade of Georgia, and thus aid those communities in which local option prevails to restrict the use of liquor.
Resolved, further, That we request that full opportunity be given by the General Assembly of Georgia to committees and delegations from such counties in Georgia as are opposed to the passage of a State prohibition law to present their side of the question. The matter of State prohibtion is too great a question to be acted upon hastily, and all communities in the State that desire to be heard should be given an opportunity to present their views.
Resolved urther, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to His Excellency, Governor Hoke Smith, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Senator from this district and the Representatives of Chatham county in the House and to the.chainnan of the Temperance Committee of both the House and Senate.
The following memorial was received from the Savannah Chamber of Commerce:

THE SAVANNAH CHAMBER o:F CoMMERCE,
SAVANNAH, GA., July 6, 1907.
The Honorable Spea.ker of the House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga.
DEAR SIR : I enclose herewith, under instructions of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, resolutions opposing State prohibition, but favoring a law regulating the jug trade.
We respectfully ask th<~;t we be given a full hearing

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on the prohibition bill before the honorable committee of the House.
'yours very truly,
W. J. DONLAN, Secretary.
\VHEREAS, It is the firm belief of the members of the Chamber of Commerce of Savannah, that State prohibition would affect most injuriously the welfare of this community, and of the State of Georgia, both from a moral and financial standpoint; and
WHEREAS, State prohibition would take away from this city a large part of its revenue, leave much property untenanted, and stagnate our commercial interests as a seaport, besides take away from the common school fund, used exclusively for the education of the children of Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars, which amount would have to be made up by direct taxation, or the children of this State would be deprived of that amount toward their education; and
wHEREAS, It has been demonstrated in all of the States that have State prohibition that it does not prohibit, but simply permits the sale of spirtuous liquors, without the traffic being conducted under police regulations, and without the State being permitted to derive any benefit from the traffic; therefore be it
Resolved, By the Chamber of Commerce of Savannah. That this organization be opposed to State prohibition.
REGULATE JUG TRADE.
Resolved further, That we favor the enactment of wise and just laws, which will regulate and control the jug trade in Georgia, and thus aid those counties in which local option prevails to restrict the use of liquor in the counties.

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Resolved further, That in the opinion of this body, full opportunity should be given to such counties in Georgia as are opposed to the passage of a State prohibition bill to present their side of the question. The mcrtter of State prohibition is too great a question to be acted upon hastily, and all communities in the State that desire to be heard should be given an opportunity to present their views.
Resolved further, That these resolutions be communicated to all trades bodies in Savannah and other communities opposed to State prohibition, and that they be requested to take action similar to this, or to join with this body in requesting a full hearing on the prohibition bill.
Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to His Excellency Governor Hoke Smith, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senator from this district and the Representatives of Chatham county in the House.
The following memorial was re~eived from the Georgia-Carolina Fair Association:

THE GEoRGIA-CAROLINA FAIR AssociATION,
AuGUSTA, GA., July 8, I907 Han. John M. Slaton, Atlanta, Ga.
DEAR SIR : In accordance with instructions, I hand yo~ herewith copy of resolutions adopted by the direc- . tors of the Georgia-Carolina Fair Association.
Respectfully yours,
FRANK E. BEANE,
Secretary.

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THE GEoRGIA-CAROLINA FAIR AssociATION,
AuGUSTA, GA., July 3, I907.
At a meeting of the directors held this date the following resolutions were adopted :
WHEREAS, There has been introduced in the Legislature of Georgia a bill seeking to change the present local option law, under which the whisky, wine and beer business of this State has been, and is still being satisfactorily regulated through local control, and substituting therefor a law absolutely prohibiting the carrying on of such business, and
\VHEREAS, Such legislation has been presented without :warning to the people at large and particularly without according to the people of this and similar communities the right to say for themselves whether or not such a system is best adapted to their own local interests and conditions, and
\VHEREAS, The board of directors of the Georgia-Carolina Fair Association are especially concerned in the moral, commercial and industrial welfare of this city and section and are devoting their best efforts to the development thereof; therefore be it
Resolved, That we urgently and unanimously request our immediate Representatives and Senator in the present General Assembly to use all of their power and influence to defeat this effort to override the ptesent local option law, which will have the effect of confl.scating many large local commercial and industrial enterprises without warning to them and without beneficial results to this community; but, on the contrary, will not only deprive this municipality of approximately $5o,ooo annual revenue, and cause nearly one hundred business houses and, perhaps, more than double the number of residences to be vacated, thereby affecting business and

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property values generally, but will also force upon this community a system, which in its inevitable application can but prove extremely hurtful to its moral, commercial and industrial interests.

Resolved,. further, That we memorialize the General Assembly of Georgia as a whole against this unjust and arbitrary attempt to take from this community the right to regulate its local affairs, so long as they do not interfere with the rights of the State in general.
Respectfully submitted,

P. H. RICE, ]No. J. EvANS,
w. T. FIELD,
THoMAS W. LoYI..Ess, C. B. GARRETT, Committee on Resolutions.
JAMES U. JACKSON, President. FRANK E. BEANE, Secretary.

The following memorial was received from the Mulbe:ry Baptist Association :

DACULA, GA., July 6, I907
To the Secretarry of State Legislature, Atlanta, Ga.
DEAR SIR: The Baptist people of this section wish to express their approval of the prohibition movement now on foot in Georgia in the following way :
Resolved, That the general meeting of the third district of Mulberry Baptist .Association, urge and insist that the Georgia Legislature and Senate, now in session, pass the prohibition bill, as introduced by Ron. L. G.

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Hardman, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to both of the legislative bodies.
H. N. RAINEY, Moderator. Enw. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Pope of Brooks.
On motion of Mr. Holder of Jackson, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
\VEDNESDAY, July 10, 1907.
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. \V. \V. Landrum, of At.:. lanta.

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

Adams of Chatham, Atkinson,

Adams of Elbert, Atwater,

Adams of Wilkinson, Austin,

f.dkins,

Ballard,

Alexander,

Barksdale,

Allen,

Barrett,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrow,

Anderson of Cobb, I:eU,

Ashley,

Berry,

Blackburn, Bond, Bowen, r;oyJ,
Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Burwell,

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Butt,

Godley.

Nix,

Cal beck,

Goode,

Nowell,

Callaway,

Guyton,

Odum,

Candler,

Hall,

Orr,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Chamlee,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Clark,

Harris,

Payton,

Clifton,

Haywood,

Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

T~hnson of Jasper, Re>gers of Mcintosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick;

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Slater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Smith of Calhoun,

/

Edwards,

Lu~sford,

Smith of Campbell,

Ellison, .

McCarthy,

Stephens,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Stewart,

Fagan,

McMahan,

Strickland,

Flanders,

McMichael,

Stubbs,

Flannigan,

. McMullan,

Sumner,

Foster, F~wler,

McWilliams, Martin,

Swilling, Taylor of Appling,

Fraser,

Massengale,

Taylor of Sumter,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Terrell,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Thorne,

Furr,

Mercer,

Thurman,

Galloway,

Moore,

Tift,

Geer,

Morris,

Townsend,

1...bson,

Mundy,

Tracy,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Trent,

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Tuggle,

Watkins,

Wilson,

Tyson,

\Vay,

Wise,

Walker of Lowndes, White of Madison, Wootten,

Walker of Milton, White of Screven, Wright of Floyd,

Vvalker of Washington, Whitley,

Wright of Richmond,

Ward,

Williams of Dodge, Young,

\Varnell,

Williams of Laurens, Mr. Speaker.

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

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

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

A resolution providing for a joint committee to exam ine the books of State House officers.

The Senate has adopted the following resolution, in which the con~urrence of the House is respectfully asked, to wit:

A resolution providing for a joint committee of four from the Senate and five from the House to inquire into and report a practicable method whereby able-bodied felony convicts can be worked upon the public roads.

Mr. Bell, chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics has had under consideration the following bills of the House and instruct me as their chairman, to report the same

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back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to provide for a bureau of labor and industrial statistics.

Also the following bill do pass as amended, to wit:

. A bill to regulate the practice and operation of barber shops.
Respectfully submitted,
MADISON BELL,
Chairman.

Mr. Whitley, cha:irman of Committee on Hygiene and Sanitatiop, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
.
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following House bills, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 492 of Penal Code.
A bill to require section foremen of railroads to bury carcasses of animals killed by rai!roads.
A bill to protect health and provide comfort for traveling public.
Also following House bill with the recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit :

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A bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing.
Respectfully submitted,
T. R. WHITLEY,
Chairman.
Mr. Nowell, chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House bills and report same back with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Moreland.
An Act to establish a charter for the town of Lilly.
An Act to amend an Act creating new charter. for the town of Douglasville.
An Act to incorporate the town of Annestown.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Grayson.
An Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Gwinnett county.
An Act to provide for compensation for the commissioners of Gwinnett county.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Dacula.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Millen.

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.Ari Act to incorporate the town of Maxeys.

_An Act to incorporate the town of Cadwell.

.An Act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.

.A bill to incorporate city of Bowman.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Mullis.

An act to amend the charter of the town of Newborn.

An act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dexter.

An Act to regulate traffic in seed cotton in the county

-of Richmond.



An Act to amend the charter of the town of Jakin.

An Act to incorporate the town of Nicholson.

An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Lyons.

An Act to incorporate the city of Lyons.

An Act to incorporate the town of Tignall.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Covington.

An Act to amend an Act to authorize the town of Cedartown to maintain and establish a system of public :Schools.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Lithonia.

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An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in Valdosta. -
Mr. Mays, chairman of the Committee on Special Agriculture, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Agriculture have had" under consideration the following House bill, and instruct me- as their chairman to report the same back with: the recommendation that do pass as amended, to wit:
House bill No. 181.
Respectfully submitted,
S. H. MAYS, Chairman. '
Mr. \Vise, chairman of the Committee on Ways and: Means, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee-on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bill, and instruct meas their chairman to report the same back with the rec-ommendation that do pass, to wit:
House bill No. 400.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. WISE, Chairman.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 10, 1907.
Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Committee on Special Judicary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bills and, as its chairman, I am directed to report the same back as follows, to wit:
An Act entitled an Act to ame'nd an Act to establish city court of Americus. Do pass.
An Act to change the time for holding superior court of Dodge county. Do pass.
An, Act to provide for two weeks' session of Early superior court. Do pass as amended.
An Act to change time of holding the superior court of Liberty county. Do pass.
An Act to abolish county court of Jenkins. Do pass.
An Act to amend Act creating dispensary of. Early county. Do pass as amended. All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURNJ Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Nowell of Walton asked that House bill No. 230 be taken from the Committee on Constit_utional Amendments and rereferred to the Committee on Pensions. Objection was raised and the request was not granted.

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Upon request of Mr. Slater of Bryan, House bill No. 31 was taken from the Ways and Means Committee and rereferred to the General Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Dunbar of Richmond, asked unanimous consent to have House Bill No. 367 withdrawn from the Special Judiciary and rereferred to the Committee on General Judiciary, which request was granted.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has refused to concur in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolutioa convening the General Assembly in joint session Wednesday, July 10th, at 12 o'clock m.
By unanimous consent 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. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend section 5182 of the Civil Code so that the provisions of said section shall apply to farmers and lawyers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Messr~. Chamlee, Dean and \Vright of Floyd-
A bill to appropriate $so,ooo to the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Cowan of RockdaleA resolution to pay pension due R. T. Cowan. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Messrs. Dean, vVright and ChamleeA resolution to provide for certain urgent repairs upon
the building of the Georgia School for Deaf. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Calbeck of GordonA bill to provide for the qualification of school teachers. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to create a board of county commissioners for
the county of Bryan. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Messrs. Young and Tuggle of TroupA bill to authorize the authorities of LaGrange to
close and sell Tanyard street. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Edward of HabershamA bill to amend an Act relative to corporations con-
trolling water-pmver for generating electricity, etc., and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Wright, Chamlee and Dean of FloydA resolution to pay W. L. Michael $572.05 principal
and $8o interest.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Payton of \Vorth-

A bill to amend section 461 I, volume 2 of the Code relative to property levied upo~ under execution.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

A resolution to defray the expenses of the committee to investigate the Soldiers' Home;
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

.By Mr. Mays of ButtsA bill to create the city court of Flovilla. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Mays of Butts-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Flovilla.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Neel of BartowA bill to make uniform the fees of solicitors-general.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Smith of Campbell-
A bill to declare certain rules of liability against masters for injuries.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Payton of Worth-
A bill to provide manner of issuing subprena for nonresident witnesses in criminal cases pending in city and county courts.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Payton of worthA bill to amend section I I 16 of the Criminal Code in
regard to non-resident witnesses. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Messrs. Burkhalter and W ameliA bill to repeal an Act to amend section 5462 of the
Code. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Mays of ButtsA bill to appropriate $3,000 to improve Indian Spring. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Walker and AshleyA bill to protect hotel~keepers, etc., from fraud.
Referred to Special J udicary Committee.

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By Mr. Frier of Ware-
A bill to establish a sanitarium for the treatment o:f tuberculosis.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Law.
By Messrs. Smith of Campbell, Parrish of Berrien, Mun-dy of Polk-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 2, article 7 or the Constitution so as to exempt from taxation certain colleges, etc.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend an Act to tax franchises so as to include certain newspapers.
Referred to Committee on \:Vays and Means.
Mr. Massengale, chairman of Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Committee on Game and Fish having under consideration House bills Nos. r8o, r83, 213 do recommend that~ same pass.
MASSENGALE, Chiarman..
The following memorial was received from the Co-lumbus Board of Trade :
WHEREAS, Several bills known as prohibition bills,_

'WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1907.
have been introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia and it is apparent that the supporters of such measures will attempt to secure the immediate passage of legislation of this character; and
WHEREAS, In the opinion of this body, such a biU would seriously injure the business interests of the people of the city of Columbus, would reduce its revenues and deprive many of its citizens of their means of live-
. lihood; and
WHEREAS, It is the opinion of this body that full opportunity should be accorded to every interest, to present its views on this question to the legislative committee to whom this bill has been referred, the same being a departure from the declared policy of the State in dealing with questions under what is known as the local option law; now therefore be it
Resolved, By the Columbus Board of Trade, That the committee to which the prohibition bill has been referred be requested to give the representatives from this and other bodies full oppor~unity to present their views and arguments to said committees.
Resolved further, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Representatives from this county in the General Assembly, to the Senator from the twenty-fourth Senatorial district, to the President of the Senate, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Governor of the State.
A true extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Columbus Board of Trade, held on July 8, 1907.
L. B. WooDRUFF,
Secretary Columbus Board of Trade.
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The following resolution was re-introduced, read and adopted and immediately transmitted to the Senate, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution pro~iding that the General Assembly meet in joint session at 12 o'clock m. to-day for the purpose of electing a U. S. Senator and publishing the result.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following joint resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session to-day at 12 o'clock m. for the purpose of publishing and declaring the vote taken in the Senate and House on Tuesday, July 9th, for a Senator to represent the State of Georgia in the Senate of the United States.
Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under_ consideration House bill No. 320, entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta and, as its chairman, I am requested to report the same back with a recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN' Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY IO, 1907.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :
By Messrs Taylor of Appling and Wright of Floyd-
A bill to require legislative counsel to register with the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that 300 copies of the above bill and the pending amendments be printed for the use of the house which motion prevailed.
The hour of 12 o'clock m. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint ses;Sion convened for the purpose of declaring and publishing the result of the election of a United States Senator held in the Senate and House of Representatives on yesterday, was called to order by Hon. John W. Akin, President of the Senate.
The resolution providing for the joint session was read.
By direction of the President of the Senate the secretary then read the proceedings of the Senate from Tuesday's Journal, <1\PPert{aining to the election of a United States Senator and the clerk of the House read that part of the J oumal of the House of Tuesday's proceedings in regard to the same question.
The President of the Senate then announced that Hon. A. 0. Bacon, of the county of Bibb, having received a majority vote of all the members of the Senate and a majority of the votes of the members of the House for United States Senator, is hereby declared elected United States Senator from Georgia for the term of stx years beginning on the fourth day of- March, 1907.

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Mr. Hall of Bibb, moved that a committee be appointed to notify Hon. A. 0. Bacon of his election and escort him to the Speaker's stand, which motion prevailed and the President appointed from the House Messrs. Hall, \Vise and Neel, anq from the Senate Messrs. --, --,
After the address of Senator Bacon the joint session was dissolved and, the Senate retiring, the House was again called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Donaldson moved to adjourn and Mr. Hall moved as a substitute that when the House adjourn it adjourn until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, which motion prevailed and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.

ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, July I I, I907.

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 Hon. B. F. Thurman of Walker

county.

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

Adams of Chatham, Alexander,

Ashley,

Adams of Elbert, Allen,

Atkinson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Anderson of Bulloch, Atwater,

Adkins,

Anderson of Cobb, Austin,

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293

Ballard,

Ellison. -

McCarthy,

Barksdale,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Barrett,

Fagan,

McMahan,

Barrow,

Flanders,

McMichael,

Bell,

Flannigan,

McMullan,

Berry,

Foster,

McWilliams,

Blackburn,

Fowler,

Martin,

Bond,

Fraser,

Massengale,

Bowen,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Boyd,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Mercer,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Galloway,

1\ioore,

Buchannan,

Geer,

Morris,

Burkhalter,

Gibson,

Mundy,

Burwell,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Butt,

Godley,

Nix,

Cal beck,

Goode,

Nowell,

Callaway,

Guyton,

Odum,

Candler,

Hall,

Orr,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Chamlee,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Clark,

Harris,

Payton,

Clifton,

Haywood,

Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,.

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel.

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

Johnson of J'aspt::r, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

DeaR,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Tones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Slater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Smith of Calhoun,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Smith of Campbell,

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Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift,

Townsend,

White of Madison,

Tracy,

White of Screven,

Trent,

Whitley,

Tuggle,

Williams of Dodge,

Tvson,

Williams of Laurens,

Walker of Lowndes, Wilson,

Walker of Milton, Wise,

Walker of \Vashington, Wootten,

Ward,

Wright of Floyd,

Warnell,

Wright of Richmond,

\Vatkins,

Young,

\Vay,

Mr. Speaker.

On motion of Mr. Moore of Cherokee, the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following Senate resolution was read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Felder of 22d District-
A resolution providing for a joint committee to enquire into and report a practicable method whereby ablebodied felony convicts can be worked upon the public roads.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bills and instructed me as their vice-chairman to report same back to House with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to amend section 4336, Code 1895, relative to trial by jury.

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A bill to repeal section 533 I relative to trial by jury.
Also the following House bills with recommendatioa that same be re-referred to Committee on Railroads.

A bill to authorize municipalities to purchase or construct light and heat plants.

A bill to allow municipalities to fix by ordinance price of gas or electricty for lighting and heating purposes.

A bill to extend powers of Railroad Commissioners so as to give them authority to regulate charges for transmission of telephone messages in this State.
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. ANDERSON,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Martin,. chairman of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following House bill and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to subject all dogs in State to taxation.
Also the following House bill with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:
A bill to make obligatory upon all circuses, etc., m

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this State to give separate exhibitions on different days for white and colored people.
Respectfully submitted, MARTIN, Chairman.

Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations having had before it for consideration House bill No. 228, beg to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended by the committee.
PERSONS OF MONROE, Vice-Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen. secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution asking an investigation of certain rail road safety devices invented by Dr. M. A. Born.

Upon recommendation of the General Judiciary Committee House bills Nos. 114, 116 and 161 were taken from the General Judiciary and re-referred to the Committee on Railroads.

The following bill, which was up for passage on yesterday and which was brought over as unfinished business, was taken up for further consideration, to wit:

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By Messrs. Taylor of Appling, and Wright of Floyd-
A bill to require paid legislative counsel to register with the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.
The following amendments offered by the committee were agreed to, to wit :
To amend section 1 by adding the words "or the regularly retained counsel of such person, firm or corporation or association who desires to appear" after the word "association" and before the word "to" in line two thereof.
Also to amend by adding after the words "an officer or agent thereof" and before the words "showing in" in line thirty-seven the following: "such affidavit to be made by the agent or officer of said firm or corporation resident of this State and conversant with the facts" provided there be such agent or officer resident in the State.
Also to amend caption by striking out the words at end of caption "an emergency clause" and substitute therefor the words "and for other purposes."
Also to amend section 3 by striking out all after the word "thereof" and insert in lieu thereof the words "and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor."
The follmving amendment was offered by Mr. Dunbar of Richmond. To amend section 2 by striking the words from "or to speak" to the end of the section.
Mr. Butt called the previous question on the bill and pending amendments which call was sustained and the main question ordered.

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On the adoption of the amendment offered by Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Hall of Bibb 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 of Elbert, Edmondson,

Allen,

Edwards,

Barrett,

Fraser,

Blackburn,

Prier,

BJJ cl,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Heard,

Butt,

Huff,

Dunbar,

Martin, :\Iorris, Nowell, Orr, Price of Oconee, Slater, Townsend,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Clifton,

Furr,

Adams of Wilkinson, Collum,

Geer,

Adkins,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Gibson,

Alexander,

Cook of Telfair,

Glenn,

Anderson of Bulloch, Cooke of Thomas, Godley,

Anderson of Cobb, Covington,

Goode,

Ashley,

Couch,

Guyton,

Atkinson,

Cowan,

Hall,

Austin,

Culbreth,

Hardeman,

Ballard,

Daniel,

Haywood,

Barksdale,

Davis,

Hill,

Barrow,

Dean,

Hines,

Berry,

Dickey,

Holder,

Bond,

Duggan,

Hubbard,

Bowen,

Dykes,

Huie,

Brown of Carroll, Eaves,

Hullender,

Burkhalter,

Ellison,

Jackson,

Burwell,

Estes,

Tohnson of Jasper,

Cal beck,

Fagan,

Johnson of Jeff Davis,

Callaway,

Flanders,

.Tohnson of Towns,

Candler,

Flannigan,

Tones of l'v!eriwether,

Cannon,

Foster,

Jones of Mitchell,

Chamlee,

Fowler,

Kendall,

Clark,

Fullbright,

Kendrick,

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Lee,

Pope of Dade,

Thorne,

Lively,

Powell,

Thurman,

Lumsden,

Price of Bartow, Tift,

Lunsford,

Reid of Macon,

Tracy,

McCarthy,

Reid of Putnam, Trent,

Mcintyre,

Reid of Wilcox,

Tuggle,

McMahan,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Tyson,

McMichael,

Rogers of Randolph, Walker of Lowndes.

McMullan,

Rountree,

Walker of Milton.

McWilliams,

Russell.

Walker of Washington.

Massengale,

Ryals,

Ward,

I

Maxwell,

Shaw,

Watkins,

Mays,

Simmons,

Way,

Moore,

Slade,

White of Madison,

Mundy,

Smith of Calhoun, White of Screven,

Nee!,

Smith of Campbell, Whitley,

Nix,

Stephens,

Williams of Dodge,

Odum,

Stewart,

Williams of Laurens,

Parker,

Stubbs,

Wilson,

Parrish,

Sumner,

Wise,

Payton,

Swilling,

Wootten,

Perry,

Taylor of Appling, Wright of Floyd,

Persons,

Taylor of Sumter, Young,

Peterson,

Terrell,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Atwater, Bell, Buchannon, Crumbley, Davison, Donalson,

Dorminy. Galloway, Hamilton, .. Howard, Keith,
~Iercer,

Pope of Brooks, Sheffield, Strickland, Warnell, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker,

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

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 22, nays I43; the amendment was therefore lost.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the. bill as amended, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 159, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Upon request of Mr. Nix House bill No. 148 was taken from the Special Judiciary and re-referred to the Committee on Corporations.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the -city of Atlanta.
The committee proposed to amend by adding a new section, to wit: "Section 7 That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of !he bill as amended, was agreed to.
On. the passage of the bill the aye5 were 129, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the Constitution providing for additional judges.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the_ bill, was agreed to..

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were I29, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Moreland.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to. the passage of the biH, was agreed to. '
On the passage of the bill the ayes were I29, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to amend an Act to cr~ate a new charter for thetown of Douglassville. _
The report of the committee, which was favorable tothe passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were I29, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional: majority was passed.
By Messrs. Heard and Adkins of Dooly-

A bill to establish a charter for the town of Lilly.

An amendment offered by the author providing for a. repealing clause was adopted.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pas~age of the bill, was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 129, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

On motion of Mr. Nix of Gwinnett, House bill No. I 38 was tabled.
By Messrs. Nixand Wilson-

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

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 129, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula.

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

, On the passage of the bin the ayes were 129, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Brown of OglethorpeA bill to incorporate the town of Makeys.

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The ~eport of the committee, which was favorable to
the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 129, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Thurman of Walker-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Linwood.
The committee proposed to amend by striking the caption and substituting therefor a new caption.
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 129, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. BlackburnA bill to provide for good time allowance on sentence
of State prisoners.
Referr<:d to Committee on Penitentiary.
By Messrs. Russell and Slade-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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A bill to make more effective the laws against the illegal sale of liquor.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Adams of Chatham-
A bill to authorize the authorities of Savannah to grant a certain strip of land to the Citizens' and Southern Bank.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wise of FayetteA bill to repeal section 5272 of volume 2 of the Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Barrett of StephensA resolution to pay pension due F. M. Rice. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. SwillingA bill to incorporate the Martin School district. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Barrett of StephensA bill to require the Comptroller-General to furnish a
copy of certain returns to tax collectors. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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A resolution to pay pension due I. W. Carter, Sr., to his daughter.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Clifton of ToombsA bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so
as to designate Lyons as a State depository. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs.- Flannigan, Martin and HolderA bill to increase the salary of the State Entomologist
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture. By Messrs. Ashley and Vvalker~
A bill to provide for county and State boards of tax arbitrators.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. Way of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the appointment of a solicitor of Pulaski county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committ~e.
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A bill to change the time of holding the Pulaski superior court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Austin of Murray-
A resolution to provide a pension for F. W. Sloan.
Referred to Committee on Pensions. The following resolution was read and ordered to lay on the table one day, to wit:
By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A resolution inviting Governor Smith to address the General Assembly on the question of immigration at some date to suit his convenience.
The following resolution was read and ordered to lay on the table for one day, to wit :
By Messrs. Martin, Holder, Price, Adams and \ViseA resolution to discourage immigration in the State
of Georgia.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Dunbar-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.

THURSDAY, JULY II, 1907. By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to provide compensation for road commissioners of Gwinnett county. By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Millen.
By Mr. CliftonA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate Lyons.
By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-
A bill to incorporate the town of Nicholson.
By Mr. Bell-
.
A bill to provide for a Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics.
By Mr. Buchannan-
A bill to proviqe for a two weeks' session of the superior court of Early county.
By Mr. Ballard-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Newborn. By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.

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By Mr. BuchannanA bill to amend the charter of Jakin.
By Mr. DunbarA bill to regulate the traffic m seed cotton m Rich-
mond county. By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dexter. By 11essrs. Martin and Adams-
A bill to incorporate the city of Bowman. By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the town of Cedartown.
By ::\Ir. CovingtonA resolution to pay pension due Mrs. Eliza Broom.
By :Messrs. Furr and Hold.erA resolution to pay pension to Mrs. N. C. Prickett.
By Mr. CandlerA bill to regulate the practice of professional nurs-
ing.

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By Mr. Williams of Dodge-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Dodge county.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-

A bill to amend an Act to create a board of county commissioners of Gwinnett county.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to regulate the taking of oysters from the waters

of this State.'



By Mr. FraserA bill to amend section 229, volume 3 of the Code.

By Mr. Fraser-
A bill to prohibit the catching of shad or other fish with drift-nets.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Liberty county.

By Mr. McMichael-

A bill to protect the health and provide for the comfort of the traveling publi<;.
By Messrs. Taylor and Dykes-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Americus.

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By Mr. Mcintyre of Thomas-

A bill to amend section 492 of the Penal Code.

By Mr. Mcintyre-

A bill to require section foremen to bury carcasses of animals killed by trains.

By Mr. Reid of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to revise and consolidate the laws for the protection of game and fish.

By Mr. LumsdenA bill to declare all dogs subject to taxation.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

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

By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-

A bill to abolish the county court of Jenkins county.

By Mr. Buchannon-

A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the town of Blakely.

By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-

A bill to incorporate the city of Lyons.

By Mr. Peyton of Worth-

A bill to regulate the practice of barbers in Georgia.

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By Mr. Ballard of Newton-

A bill to amend the charter of Covington.

By Messrs. Wootten and Barksdale-

A bill to incorporate the town of_ Tigq.all.

By Messrs. Alexander and Candler-

A bill to amend the charter of Lithonia.

By Mr. Candler-

A bill to amend an Act to amend section 2035 of the Code.

By Messrs. Ashley and Walker of Lowndes-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of schools in Valdosta.

A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
FRIDAY, July 12, 1907.

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 folowing members answered to their names :

Adams of Chatham, Candler,

Flanders,

Adams of Elbert, Cannon,

Flannivan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Chamlee,

Foster,

Adkins,

Clark,

Fowler,

Alexander,

Clifton,

Fraser,

Allen,

Collum,

Frier,

Anderson of Bulloch, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fullbright,

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of Telfair,

.t<urr,

Ashley,

Cooke of Thomas, G;:.lloway,

Atkinson,

Covington,

Geer,

Atwater,

Couch,

Gibson,

Austin,

Cowan,

Glenn,

Ballard,

Crumbley,

Godley,

Barksdale,

Culbreth,

Goode,

Barrett,

Daniel,

Guyton,

:Barrow,

Davis,

Hall,

Bell,

Davison,

Hamilton,

Berry,

Dean,

Hardeman,

Blackburn,

Dickey,

Harris,

Bond,

Donalson,

Haywood,

Bowen,

Dorminy,

Heard,

Boyd,

Dunbar,

Hill,

Brown of Carroll, Duggan,

Hines,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dykes,

Holder,

Buchannon,

Eaves,

Howard,

Burkhalter,

Edmondson,

Hubbard,

Burwell,

Edwards,

Huff,

Butt,

Ellison,

Huie,

Calbeck,

Estes.

Hullender,

Callaway,

Fagan,

Jackson,

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Johnson of Jasper, Parker,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Parrish,

Johnson of Towns, Payton,

Jones of Meriwether, Perry,

Jones of Mitchell, Pt!rsons,

Keith,

Peterson,

Kendall,

Pope of Brooks,

Kendrick,

Pope of Dade,

Lee,

Powell,

Lively,

Price of Bartow,

Lumsden,

Price of Oconee,

Lunsford,

Reid of Macon,

McCarthy,

Reid of Putnam,

Mcintyre,

Reid of wilcox,

McMahan,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

McMichael,

Rogers of Randolph,

McMullan,

Rountree,

McWilliams,

Russell.

Martin, /

Ryals,

Massengale,

Shaw,

Maxwell,

Sheffield,

Mays,

Simmons,

Mercer,

Slade,

Moore,

Slater,

Morris,

Smith of Calhoun,

Mundy,

Smith of Campbell,

Nee!,

Stephens,

Nix,

Stewart,

Nowell,

Strickland,

Odum,

Stubbs,

Orr,

Sumner,

Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Tuggle, Tyson, \Valker of Lowndes, walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, \Yard, vVarnell,
\Vatkin~,
Way, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley. Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

The reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was begun but, on motion of Mr. Nix of Gwinnett, the further reading of same was dispensed with.

On motion of ]\ir. Boyd of Spalding, House bill No. 131 was recommitted to the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

Upon request of Mr. Persons of Monroe, House bill No. 256 was taken from the Committee on Counties and

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County Matters and re-referred to the Committee on CoiJ>Orations.

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

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-

A resolution providing that until further ordered the House shall meet at 9 o'clock each morning.

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

Mr. Speaker:

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

A resolution inv1tmg Dr. A. M. Soule, Dean of the School of Agriculture at the University of Georgia, to address the General Assembly in joint session July 18, 1907, at 8:30 o'clock p. m.

The following invitation to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the Agricultural College at Clarkesville on July 18th was received, to wit:

CLARKESVILLE, GA., July I I, 1907.
To the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia:
The laying of the cornerstone of the main building of the ninth district Industrial and Agricultural School, with _appropriate exercises, will take place at Clarke~:: ville, Ga., Thursday, July 18, 1907. The board of trus-

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tees and the people of Habersham county extend the

House of Representatives a cordial invitation to be present on that occasion as their gue~ts, and earnestly ask an

acceptance of this invitation.

s. w. ERWIN,

Chairman Executive Committee Board of Trustees.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A resolution providing for the acceptance of' the invitation to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the ninth district Agricultural College at Clarkesville on July 18th inst.

Upon request of Mr. Brown of Carroll, House bill No. 339 was taken from the General Agricultural Committee and referred to the Special Agricultural Committee.

Mr. Peyton of Worth, asked that House bills Nos. 161, 163, 164 be taken from the Special Judiciary and referred to the Committee onCounties and County Matters. The request was not granted.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Orr of CowetaA bill to provide punishment for safe crackers. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Blackburn .chairtnan of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills and, as its chairman, I am directed to report same back with the recommendation that the same do pass, as follows :
.An Act to provide fees and charges of magistrates and constables in Chatham county. Do pass.
An Act providing for compensation for deputy-sheriffs and bailiffs of superior and city courts in certain counties. Do pass.
An Act authorizing the city council of Savannah to dose certain streets, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to protect the highways and public roads of Chatham county, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to establish a State board of exammers for accountants, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to create board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Cobb county. Do pass as amended.
An Act entitled an Act to reorganize Oconee and Ocmulgee circuits, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act amending an Act creating city court of Dalton. Do pass.
An Act to define and make plain the bounds and limits of the militia districts of Chatham county. Do pass.
An Act to incorporate the town of Eleanor in Monroe county, and for other purposes. Do pass.

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Providing for compensation of deputy jailers and guards in certain counties in this State, and for other purposes. Do pass.

To authorize the mayor and council of Savannah to sell property to Citizens' and Southern Bank. Do pass.

An Act to amend section 4193 of the Code, which I am directed to report with the recommendation that it do not pass.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

This July 13, 1907.

.

R. B. BLACKBURN'

Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Donalson, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following reports:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bills and, as its chairman, I am requested to report same back as follows; to wit :

To fix the annual license tax for retailing or wholesaling, bartering or giving away spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, and for other purposes. Do pass as amended.
To amend an Act approved August 21, 1906, entitled an Act to amend an Act of the Legislature of 1900 incorporating the town of Iron City, approved December 20, 1900, and for other purposes. Do pass.

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To incorporate the town of Diffee, and for. other purposes. Do pass as amended.

To proyide for county depositories, and for other P.Urposes. Do pass.

To enlarge the powers of county commissioners, ordinanes or other county officers, and for other purposes. Do pass.

All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bills and, as its chairman, I am requested to report same back as follows, to wit :

To abolish the board of county commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the county of Greene, and for other purposes. Do pass.
To create the office of commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the county of Greene, etc. Do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman.

Mr. Wright of Floyd, chairman of Committee on Tern perance, submitted the following report :

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907. Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following House bill, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute, to wit:

A_ bill to provide the manner of selling or dispensing opium, etc., or any compound extract alkaloids, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
SEABORN \VRIGHT, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

ATLANTA, GA., July 12, 1907.

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bills, and instruct me as its chairman to report that the same do pass, to wit:

House bill No. I 30. by Bell of Fulton, being an Act to provide that the 12th day of February in each year shall be observed in the public schools of this State, etc.

Also House bill No. 137, by Davison of Greene, being an Act to make the president of the board of trustees of the S.tate Normal School an ex officio member of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia.

Also House bill Ko. 265. by Perry of Hall and Holder of Jackson, being an Act to amend section 1351 of the

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Code of I895 so as to change the salary of the clerk to the State School Commissioner of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitted.

McMICHAEL, Chairman.

Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations has had before it for consideration following House bills: Nos. 4I5, 103, 353 and 226, which it reports back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass.

Also House bills Nos. I48, 29I and 282, which it reports back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass as amended by the committee.

July I2, I907.

PERSONS of Monroe, Vice-Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Commitee on Banks and Banking report that House bill No. 5I do pass as amended.
J. P. HEARD, Chairman.
~Ir. Martin, chain11an of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:

Your. Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following House bill, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to require all cottonseed meal to be branded.

Also the following House bills with recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to require secret societies to be bonded.

A bill to regulate carrying of pistols.

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

A bill to prohibit use of automatic shotgun in hunting. Respectfully submitted.
L. H. 0. l\iARTIN, Chairman.

The following memorial was received from the council

of the city of Darien:

'

RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY OF DARIEN BY ITS COUNCIL.
vVHEREASJ There has been introduced in the General Assembly of Georgia bills looking to State prohibition as to the .sale of liquors; and
vVHEREASJ The passing of such a measure would materially injure this city's interests by depriving it of at
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least one-eighth of its entire income, and m depressing the business and property values; and
W HERBAS, We consider that such a measure is ttot only unwise, but a denial of home rule and the right to govern our own community by those rules which are best for us : be it therefore
Resolved, That the city of Darien, by its mayor and aldermen in council assembled, do protest against the p~ssage of such a law, which is so harmful to our interests.
Resolved further, That we earnestly urge that the General Assembly of Georgia will not inflict this wrong upon us.
Resolved further, That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the proper parties in the Senate and House urging their cooperation in our behalf.
Resolved further, That the General Assembly be memorialized and urged to abstain from the passage of a general prohibition law, and respectfully requested to stand by local option, where each community, knowing what is best for itself, will goyern theniselves in conformity thereto.
.The above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the resolutions passed by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Darien at their meeting .held on the 5th day of July, 1907.
THos. A. BAILEY, Mayor.
Attest:
J. G. tEQUIE.
Clerk Bd. Com. City of Darien, Ga.

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3Z3

Mr. Bell of Fulton moved that the House reconsider its action in recommitting to the .Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics House bill No. I 3I. Before the motion could be put Mr. Bell asked permission to withdraw same, which was granted.

Upon recommendatidn of the Committee on Special Judiciary House bill No. 266 was recommitted to that committee.

. By unanimous consent the call of the roll of counties was dispensed with, and the following bills read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Alexander-
A resolution to request the appointment of one or more deaf mutes on the board of trustees of Deaf and Dumb Asylum.

Referred to Committee on Georgia School for Deaf.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A resolution to pay Vv. A. McAlister $54.16 for ar-
mory rent.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter of East Point.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Whitley of Douglas...:...

A bill to amend section 2695, volume 2 of the Code relative to debtors, etc.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
A bill to provide for a factory inspector, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Messrs. Walker of Milton and Perry of Hall-
A bill to amend latter clause of article 7, section I, paragraph I of the Constitution relative to pensions.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Ameadments.

By Mr. White of ScrevenA bill to prevent fishing on the Sabbath day. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By" Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners for Mitchell county.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.


FRIDAY, JuLY 12, 1907. By Mr: Reed of Macon-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ideal m Macon county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Adkins of Dooly-
A bill to authorize judges of the superior courts fo' grant charters to corporations in term time or during vacation.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
Bi Mr. Neel of Bartow-
A bill to amend an Act to revise the la,vs for the protection of game and fish.
Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.
By Mr. Moore of CherokeeA ~solution to provide for payment of pension of
Lawson Bohannon.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Bond of ForsythA bill to amend an Act to provide for the registration
of voters in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Ward of Coffee .(by request)-
A bill to propose to the voters of this State an .amendment to paragraph 2, section I, article 11 of the Constitution.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amenoments.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a commission to make roster of soldiers, sailors and marines of Ge6rgia.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens

A resolution endorsing the measure introduced in

Congress to return $I I ,ooo,ooo to the citizens of Geor-

gia.



Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Davison of Greene-
A bill to authorize the Commissioner of Pensions fo pay certain pensions, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A resolution to pay part of the pension due J os. Rawls. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

FRIDAY, JuLY 12, 1907.

By Mr. McWilliams of Henry-

A bill to further define perjury.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wootten of \Vilkes-
A bill to compel parents of deaf, dumb and blind children to place them in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Wright and Allen of RichmondA bill to divide the village of Summerville into four
wards, and for other purposes. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Reed of Putnam-.

A bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquors in Putnam county.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Messrs. vVright and Allen-
A bill to authorize the village of Summerville to hold special elections to fill certain vacancies.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to amend section 3828 <;>f the ~de, relative tq

recovery jn cases of homicide.



Referredto Committee on Railroads-

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A bill to fix the lien of suits and judgments for damages against railroads for personal injuries, etc.
Referred to Committee on RailroadsBy Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to amend secti011! 2323 of the Code relative to the recovery for damages for injury by railroads.
Referred to Committee on Railroads-
By Mr. Hill of MonroeA bill to tax all public utility corporations, etc.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to prohibit the employment of inexperienced' persons as engineers.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hill of Monroe-
A bill to require railroads to run on schedule time.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Hill of Monroe~
A bill to autaorize public utility corporations to reduce their capital stock.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to make it a misdemeanor for engineers to be-come intoxicated.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

"By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to prescribe the duties and powers of the commissioners of Ben Hill county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

Dy Mr. Estes of Pierce-

A bill to exempt all Confederate soldiers from special taxes.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb--:-

A bill to secure uniformity concerning defaults in city -courts.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.



By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to require railroad companies to equip locomotives with sufficient headlights.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. McMichael-

A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Marion county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-

A bill to create the city court of Barnesville in Pike county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Barnesville.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-

A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government, and for other purposes.

ReferreQ. to Committee on Appropriations.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Cannon, Haywood, Burwell, Huff, Cowan.

Mr. Swilling moved to adjourn, whi.ch was carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-lllerrow morning.

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The House met pursuant to adjournment at IO o'clock a.m. this day, was called t6 order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the folowing members answered to_their names :

Adams of Chatham, Calbeck,

Edwards,

Adams of Elbert, Callaway,

Ellison,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Estes,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Fagan,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Flanders,

Allen,

Clark,

Flannigan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Foster,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

f'owl~r,

Ashley,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fraser,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Frier,

Atwat~r.

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

AustiJ.s;.

Covington,

Furr,

Ballard,

Couch,

Galloway,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Gibson,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bell,

Daniel,

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Guyton,

Bond,

Dean,

Hall,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Hamilton,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Hardeman,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Haywood,

Buchannon,

Duggan,

Heard,

-Burldtalter,

Dykes,

Hill,

Burwell,

Eaves,

Hines,

Butt,

Edmondson,

Holder,

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Howard.

Nix,

Stubbs,

Hubbard,

Nowell,

Sumner,

Huff,

Odum,

Swilling,

Huie,

Orr,

Taylor of Appling,

Hullender,

Parker,

Taylor of Sumter,

Jackson,

Parrish,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

Thorne,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

Thurman,

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Tift,

Jones of Meriwether, Peterson,

Townsend,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Trent.

Kendall,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow, Tyson,

Lee.

Price of Oconee,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Liv~y,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam, \Valker of Washington,

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ward,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Warnell,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph, Watkins,

McMahan,

Rountree,

Way,

McMichael,

Russell,

White of Madison,

McMullan,

Ryals,

White of Screven,

McWilliams,

Shaw,

Whitley,

Martin,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

Massengale,

Simmons,

Williams of Laurens,

Maxwell,

Slade,

Wilson,

Mays,

Slater,

Wise,

Mercer,

Smith of Calhoun, \Vootten,

l\1oore,

Smith of Campbell, Wright of Floyd,

Morris,

Stephens,

Wright of Richmond,

Mundy,

Stewart,

Young,

Neel,

Strickland,

l\Ir. Speaker.

Mr. Slade of Muscogee gave notice that he would move, at the proper time, to reconsider the action of the House in adopting the resolution to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the 9th district Agricultural College at Clarkesville on July 18th.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

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Mr. Slade then moved to reconsider the action of the House in adopting the resolution to visit Clarkesville on the 18th day of July, which motion was carried-ayes 6o, nays 41.

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

By Mr. :McMichael of Marion-

A reselution sympathizing with Ron. J. W. Cowan in the death of his father.

Mr: Lumsden, chairman of the Committee on Mines. and Mining, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Mines and Mining has had under consideration House bill No. 200, by Mr. Austin of Murray and Mr. Glenn of Whitfield.
I am instructed by the committee to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do. _pass.
LuMSDEN, Chairman.

Mr. Anderson, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bills, and instructed me as their vice-chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass,. to wit:

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A bill to regulate salaries of stenographic reporters of judicial circuits in certain counties.

A bill to amend section 243 of Penal Code of Georgia relative to uttering any forged writing.

Respectfully submitted.

r J. E. ANDERSON,
Vice-Chairman.

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

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to prescribe the hours of work of all train dispatchers in Georgia.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Odum of Baker and Geer of MillerA bill to exempt rural mail carriers from jury duty.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Barrett-
A bill to provide for removal of obstructions from the .streams of Stephens county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Messrs. Orr and Couch of CowetaA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Haralson
school district. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A bill to amend an Act to reorganize the military forces of this State.
Referred to Committee on Military.

By Mr. Townsend-

A bill to amend section I I I 5 of the Code providing for the payment of witness fees.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Morris of vVayne-

A bill to incorporate the-town of Screven.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the county court of Clay county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-



A bill to incorporate the city of Fort Gaines.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-

A bill to create the city court of Fort Gaines.

Referred to_ Counties and County Matters Committee.

\
JOURNAL OF THE HouSE. By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit : By Mr. Dean of FloydA bill to amend section 2026 of the Code. By Mr. StricklandA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Barnesville Male and Female High Scpool. By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and BellA bill to regulate the fees of justices and constables i111 certain counties.
By Mr. Dean of FloydA bill to amend section 2o6o of the Code.
By Mr. Daniel of JenkinsA bill to create the city court of Jenkins. The following bills were read the third time and put
upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Barrow of ChathamA bill to authorize the city of Savannah to close cer-
tain lanes. The report of the committee, which wa:s favorable to
the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays- o_

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

By :Mr. Barrow of Chatham~

A bill to protect public roads, bridges, etc., of Chatham 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 109, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Foster and Anderson of Cobb--

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Cobb county.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Heard and Adkins of Dooly-

A bill to incorporate the town of Dooling.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays o.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Nix and \Vilson-
A bill to amend an Act creating a board of county commissioners for Gwinnett 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 107, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to provide compensation for district road commissioners of Gwinnett 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 107, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Millen.
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 115, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

A bill to in'Corporate the town of Caldwell.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

. By Mr. Ballard of NewtonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Newborn.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays o.
The bill havmg received the requisite cons_titutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Stubbs of Thomas-
A bill to amend Acts to incorporate the town of Ochlochnee.

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 I ro, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By :Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dexter.
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 I 10, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By 1\Ir. Davison of Greene--
A bill to abolish the board of county commissioners for the county of Greene.
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 I 10, nays o.
The biil having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Davison of Greene--
A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Greene.
'fhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional rnajority was passed.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend the charter of Augusta.
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 r ro, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Martin and Adams-
A bill to incorporate the city of Bowman:
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 I 10, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Mullis.

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

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

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to regulate the sale of seed cotton in Richmond 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 105, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Buchannan of Early-

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

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :i\1essrs. Holder and FlanniganA bill to incorporate thetown of Nicholson.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

SATUIU>AY, }ULY IJ, 1907

By Mr. Buchannon-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create a dispensary in Early county.

The committee proposed to :~nd by substituting section 6 for section 5, and number remaining sections accordingly.
The ~port of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

On the pas~age of the bill the ayes were 107, nays o.

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

. By Mr. Clifton of Toombs -

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Lyons.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Alexander of DeKalh-

A bill to amend the charter of Lithonia.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.

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JouRNAL ol" THE HousE.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Ashley and \Valker-
, A bill to amend an Act to create a system of schools in Valdosta.
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 103, nays o.
. The bill having received the requisite constitutional , majority was passed.

By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-

A bill to incorporate the city of Lyons, m Toombs 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 103, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Wootten and Barksdale of Wilkes-
A bill to incorporate the town of Tignall.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Ballard of Newton-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Covington.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.
' The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
A bill to authorize the city of Cedartown to establish :a system of public schools.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Bowen of Tift-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Tift.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.

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The bill having received. the requisite constitutional majority was passed..
By Mr. Geer of Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Babcock.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Grady.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On- the passage of the bill the ayei:i were 104, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority 'w<~;s passed.
The following resolutions were read, to wit:
By Mr. White of Screven-
A resolution to provide for a committee to examine into and have printed 300 copies of important bills.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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By Mr. Lumsden of White-

A resolution granting leave of absence to the members of the House from the 9th congressional district to visit Gainesville on July I8.
Adopted.

Upon request of Mr. Foster of Cobb resolution No. 4 was taken from Appropriations Committee and referred to Committee on Pensions.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Messrs. Martin, Holder, Price, Adams and Wise-

A resolution to discourage immigration.
By r. Glenn of Whitfield-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Dalton.
By Mr. Trent of Heard-

A bill to amend section 472, volume I of the Code prescribing fees of county treasurers.

By Mr. Payton of Worth- -

A bill to amend section 46I I of volume 2 of the Code relative to claims to property levied upon under execution.

By Mr. Payton-

A bill to provide for county depositories.

JouRNAL oP TH~ HousE. By Mr. Mays of Butts-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for town of Flovilla.
By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to provide compensation for deputy jailers and jail guards. By Messrs. Price and N eel-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Adairsville.
By Messrs. Perry of Hall and Holder of Jackson-
A bill to amend section I 35 I of the Code so as to change the salary of the clerk to the State School Commissioner.
By Mr. Mcintyre of Thomas-
A bill to incorporate the town of Patten.
By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to irrcorporate the town of Diffee.
By Mr. Adams of Chatham-
A bill to authorize the authorities of Savannah t.o grant a certain piece of property to the Citizens' and Southern Bank.
By Mr. Adams of ChathamA bill to amend section 243 of the Penal Code.

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34~

By Messrs. Hall, Ryals and Fowler-

A bill to amend an Act to regulate the salaries of ~tenographic reporters of the superior courts in certain coup ties.

By Mr. Williams of LaurensA bill to rearrange the Oconee and Ocmulgee circuits.

By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Iron City.

By Messrs. Austin and Glenn-
A bill to provide means by which persons, firms or corporations may acquire the right to flume .for transport by canal, or otherwise, logs, lumber, etc.

By Mr. Adams of Chatham-

A bill to define the bounds of the militia districts of Chatham county.

By Mr. Odum of Baker_:_ A bill to fix fee for selling liquors in county of Baker.

By Mr. Adams of Chatham-
A bill to provide for fees and charges of magistrates of Chatham county.

By Messrs. Barrow and Adams-
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A bill to provide for payment,of bills or checks maturing on Sun'Ciay, etc.

JOURNAL OF THE House.
By Mr. Dykes of Sumter-
A bill to enlarge the powers of county commissioners.
By Mr. Hill of Monroe-
A bill to incorporate the town of Eleanor.
By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
.
A bill to amend an Act to provide compensation for deputy sheriffs and bailiffs of superior and city courts.
By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to provide manner of selling and dispensing opium.
By Mr. Candler-
A bill to create a board for the examination of accountants.
By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A bill providing that the 12th day of February of each year shall be observed as a holiday in the public schools of Georgia.
By Mr. Davison-
A bill to make the president of .the board of trustees of the N.ormal School ex-officio member of the board of trustees of the State University.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the superior court of Gwinnett county.
By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to require secret societies to be bonded and licensed.
By Messrs. McMichael and Watkins and Brown of Carroll-
A bill to require all cottonseed meal to be branded according to g~ade or quality.
By Mr. Wootten of Wilkes-
>A bill to regulate the carrying of pistols.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
- A bill to fix the annual license fee for selling liquors in the _county of Mitchell.
By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Gibson of Glascock.
A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned untif IO o'clock Monday morning.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
MoNDAY, July 15, 1907
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 of Chatham, Butt,

Eaves,

Adams of Elbert, Calbeck,

Edmondson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Callaway,

Edwards,

Adkins,

Candler,

Ellison,

Alexander,

Cannon,

Estes,

Allen,

Chamlee,

Fagan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clark,

Flanders,

Anderson of Cobb, Clifton,

Flannigan,

Ashley,

Collum,

Foster,

Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fowler,

Atwater,

Cook of Telfair,

Fraser,

Austin,

Cooke of Thomas, Frier,

Ballard,

Covington,

Full~right,

Barksdale,

Couch,

Furr,

Barrett,

Cowan,

Galloway,

Barrow,

Crumbley,

Geer,

Bell,

Culbreth,

Gibson,

Berry,

Daniel,

Glenn,

Blackburn,

[::~vis,

Godley,

Bond,

DaYison,

Goode,

Rowen,

Dean,

Guyton,

Boy<i,

Dickey,

Hall,

Brown of Carroll, Donalson,

Hamilton,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Dorminy,

H ardemarr,.

Buchannan,

D11nbar,

Harris,

Burkhalter,

Duggan,

Havwoodr

Burwell,

Dykes,

Heard,

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Hill,

Mundy,

Stricklan.d,

Hines,

N eel,

Stubbs,

Holder,

.Nix,

Sumner,

Howard,

Nowell,

Swilling,

Hubbard,

Odum,

Taylor of Appling,

Huff,

Orr,

Taylor of Sumter,

Huie,

Parker,

Terrell,

Hullender,

Parrish,

Thorne,

Jackson,

Payton,

Thurman.

Johnson of Jasper, Perry, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Persons,

Tift,



Townsend,

Johnson of Towns, Peterson,

Tracy,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Brooks,

Trent,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Dade,

Tuggle,

Keith,

Powell,

Tyson,

Kendall,

Price of Bartow,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Kendrick,

Price of Oconee,

\Valker of Milton,

Lee,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Washington,

Lively,

Reid of Putnam,

\Vard.

Lumsden,

Reid of Wilcox,

\Varnell,

Lunsford,

Rogers of Mcintosh Watkins,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Randolph_ \Vay,

Mcintyre,

Rountree,

white of Madison,

:McMahan,

Russell,

\Vhite of Screven,

McMichael,

Ryals,

Whitley,

McMullan,

Shaw,

Williams of Dodge,'

McWilliams,

Sheffield,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Martin,

Simmons,

Wilson,

Massengale,

Slade,

\Vise,

~.axwe!l,

Slater,

\Vootten,

Mays,

Smith of Calhoun. \Vright of Floyd,

Mercer,

Smith of Cam!'bell, Wright of Richmond,

Moore,

Stephens,

Young,

Morris,

Stewart,

:\Ir. Speaker.

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

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

By Mr. Adams of Chatham~

A bill to provide for fees and charges of magistrates and constables m Chatham county in criminal cases.
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The report of the committee, \vhich was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act providing compensation for deputy sheriffs and bailiffs of superior and city courts in cet;tain counties.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays o.

The bill having recei,ed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to provide compensation for deputy sheriffs and jail guards in certain counties.

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 ros, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.



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By Mr. Adams of Chatham-

A bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah to grant a certain strip of property to the Citizens' and Southern Bank.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional. majority was passed.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by a reqms1te constitutional majority the. following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors in the State of Georgia.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the House is respectfu11y asked, to wit:

A resolution endorsing the bill introduced in Congress
by Ron. J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, demanding the
return of cotton tax money.


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::VIr. Foster, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following resolutions, and instruct me as their chairman to report same back with the recommendation that same do pass.

A resolution for the protection of the graves of Confederate dead at l\Iarietta, Ga.

A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. Amanda Early to Elkane Early of Heard county.

Respectfully submitted.

J. Z. FosTER, Chairman.

::\Ir. Boyd of Spalding, chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Roads and Bridges have had tmder consideration the following bill of the House, and instruct me as their chairman to report same back with the recommendation that it do pass :
A bill to amend Act of August 3, 1903, giving commissioners of roads and revenues the right to lay out and work public roads.
Respectfully submitted. J os. D. Bovn, Chairman.

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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. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Carrollton.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Butt of Fannin-

A bill to fix the qualifications of members of county boards of education, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Dykes of Sumter-
A bill to create a State board of veterinary examiners in Georgia.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-
A bill to amend section 982 of the Code so as to make Effingham County Bank a State depository.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act so as to give the city of Dublin the right of domain to extend the corporate limits of said city.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Geer of MillerA bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the
city of Cuthbert.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Parrish of BerrienA bill to amend section 526o of the Code providing
for the amount of witness fees.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Perry of HallA bill to amend an Act to create a board of commis-
sioners of roads and revenues for Hall county. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. \Vise of FayetteA bill to pay off and retire valid bonds of the State as
they mature, etc. Referred to Committee on vVays and Means.
By Mr. Hill of MonroeA bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of
Forsyth. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Atkinson of Morgan-

A bill to amend section I 366, volume I of the Code, changing qualifications of applicants foc the office of county school commissioner.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Mundy of PolkA bill to place E. M. Parham on the pension roll, etc. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Sumner of Turner-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Turner.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Calbeck of GordonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Calhoun. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Payton of Worth-
A bill to amend an Act to change the time of meeting of the General Assembly.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

JouRNAL oF THI<: HousJt. By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A bill to provide for a self-supporting board of electrical examiners, etc.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
By Mr. McWilliams of Henry-
A bill to require yearly itemized statements of county school commissioners.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Hall of BibbA bill to regulate pleadings in regard to the manner
in which negligence may be alleged in certain cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Wise of FayetteA bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the
State government and institutions, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on \Vays and Means.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to repeal all laws to incorporate the city of Manchester.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

MoNDAY, JuLY 15, 1907.

By Mr. Payton of \Vorth-

A bill to amend section 846 of the Code relative to -special charges by the judges of the superior courts to -grand juries.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Payton of \Vorth-
A resolution to appropriate money to reimburse T. J.
Pinson for unexpired term of Lester \Valters, convict.

Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Payton of \Vorth-
A resolution to reimburse T. J. Pinson for unexpired
term of \Vill Montgomery, convict.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Winder.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

. .By Messrs. Covington and Mcintyre-

A bill to refund the Downing Company one thousand

dollars.



Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to require the proper assessment of taxes against banks and other like corporations.

Referred to Committee on vVays and Means-

By Messrs. Flanders, Tyson and Rountree-
A bill to incorporate Tom school district in Emanuel and Johnson counties.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to require railroad companies operating in Georgia to become incorporated under the laws of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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

By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-
A bill to prohibit the sale and manufacture of liquors in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Hardman-

A resolution inviting Dr. A. M. Soule to address the

General Assembly on the subject of agricultural educa-

tion in Georgia on: the 18th day of July at 8.30 o'clock

p.m.

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The above resolution was tabled.

MONDAY, }ULY .15, 1907'-
By Mr. Henderson of 39th district-
A resolution endorsing the bill introduced in Congress demanding the return of cotton tax money.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

Upon request of Mr. Nix of Gwirmett, House bill No. 138 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. Furr and Holder-

A resolution to pay Mrs. N. C. Prickett a pension for 1907.

An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved

the House into a Committee of the Whole and desig-

nated as chairman Mr. Williams of Laurens.

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After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

The favorable 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 voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Adkins, Alexander,

Anderson of Bulloch, Atkinson,

Anderson of Cobb, Austin,

Ashley,

Ballard,

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Barksdale,

Fullbright,

Payton,

Barrett,

Furr,

Perry,

Barrow,

Geer,

Persons,

Bell,

Glenn,

Pope of Brooks,

Berry,

Godley,

Pope of Dade,

Blackburn,

Goode,

Powell,

Bowen,

liuytcm,

Price of Bartow,

Bv:vd,

Hamilton,

Price .of Oconee,

Brown of Carroll, Hardeman,

Reid of !\lacon,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Harris,

Reid of Putnam,

Buchannan,

Haywood,

Reid of Wilcox,

Burkhalter,

Heard,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Butt,

Hill,

Rogers of Randolph,

Calbeck,

Hines,

Rountree,

Callaway,

Holder,

Russell,

Chamlee,

Hubbard,

Ryals,

Clark,

Huff,

Shaw,

Clifton,

Huie,

Slade,

Collum,

Hullender,

Smith of Calhoun,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, .Tones of Meriwether, Smith of Campbell,

Cooke of Thomas, Jones of Mitchell, Stewart,

Couch,

Keith,

Sumner,

Davis,

.

Davison, Dean,

Dickey,

Kendrick, Lee, Lumsden, Lunsford,

Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne,

Donalson,

l\lc~lahan,

Thurman,

Dorminy,

McMichael,

Tift,

Dunbar,

Me \ \ ' i l l i a m s ,

Tracy,

Duggan,

Martin,

Tuggle,

Dykes,

l\Iasseno-ale,

Tyson,

Eaves,

:\Iaxwell,

Walker of Milton,

Edmondson,

Mays,

Walker of Washington,

Edwards,

1\'Ioore,

Ward,

Estes,

.Morris,

\\'atkins,

Fagan,

i.lundy,

'White of Madison,

Flanders,

Nee!,

Whitley,

Flannigan,

Nix,

\"'illiams of Dodge,

Foster,

Nowell,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Fowler,

Odum,

Wilson,

Fraser,-

Parker,

Wright of Floyd,

Frier,

Parrish,

Young,

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Gibson,

Simmons,

Adams of Wilkinson, Hall,

Slater,

Allen,



Howard,

Stephens,

Atwater,

Jackson,

Strickland,

Bond,

Tohnson of Jasper, Stubbs,

Burwell,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Swilling,

Candler,

Johnson of Towns, Townsend,

Cannon,

Kendall,

Trent,

Cook of Telfair,

Lively,

Walker of Lowndes.

Covington,

l\IcCarthy,

Warnell,

Cowan,

:\Iclntyre,

Way,

Crumbley,

McMullan,

White of Screven,

Culllreth,

Mercer,

\Vise,

Daniel.

Orr,

\Vootten, ,

Ellison,

Peterson,

\Vright of Richmond,

Galloway,

Sheffield,

ML Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolutiQn the ayes were 135. nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutio'nal majority was passed.

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
A resolution to pay pension due Mrs. Eliza Broom.
The committee proposed to amend by striking ~'1906,. and inserting "1907" wherever the same occurs.
Adopted.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole, and designated as chairman Mr. Dunbar of Richmond.

JouRNAL ol" TH:e Houst.
After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Dickey,

Adkins,

Donalson,

Alexander,

Dunbar,

i\nderson of Bulloch, Duggan,

Anderson of Cobb, Eaves,

Atkinson,

Edmondson,

Austin,

Edwards,

Ballard,

Estes,

Barksdale,

Fagan,

Barrett,

Flanders,

Barrow,

Flan11igan,

Berry.

Fowler,

Blackburn,

Fraser,

Bowen,

Frier, '

Boyd,

Fullbrivht,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Galloway,

Buchannan,

Glenn,

Burkhalter,

Godley,

Burwell,

Guvton,

Cal beck,

Harris,

Callaway,

Heard,

Chamlee,

Hill,

Clark,

Hines,

Collum,

Holder,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Culbreth,

Huff,

Davis,

Huie,

Dmison,

Hullender,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns,

Jones of Mitchell, Keith, Kendall. Lee, Lively. Lumsden, tuns ford, McCarthy, l\lc::\lahan, Mcl\Iichael. 1lcWilliams, l\lartin, Massengale, l\lays, :Moore, l\lorris, :\lundy, Nee!, 1\ix, Nowell, Odum, Parrish, Payton, Perry, Persons, Peterson, Pope of Dade, Powell, Price of Bartow, Reid of ::\lacon, Reid of Putnam,

MoNDAY, JuLY 15, 1907.

Reid of Wilcox, Rogers of Mcintosh, Rogers of Randolph, Rountree, Russell, Ryals, Shaw, Slade, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stewart,

Strickland, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tracy, Trent. Tnggle, Tyson,

Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Ward, Watkins, White of Madison, Williams of Dodge, \Villiams of Laurens, Wilson, \Vright of Floyd, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Hall,

Those IIDt voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Ellison,

Pope of Brooks,

Adams of \Vilkinson, Foster,

Price of Oconee,

Allen,

Geer,

Sheffield,

Ashley,

Gibson,

Simmons,

Atwater,

Goode,

Slater,

Bell,

Hamilton,

Stephens,

Bond,

Hardeman,

Stubbs,

Butt,

Haywood,

Swilling,

Candler,

.T ackson,

Tift,

Cannon,

Johnson of Jasper, Townsend,

Clifton,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, \Varnell,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Jones of Meriwether,_ \Vay,

Cook of Telfair,

Kendrick,

\Vhite of Screven,

Couch,

Mcintyre,

\Vhitley,

Cowan,

l\Ic.11 ullan,

\Vise,

Crumbley,

l\Iaxwell,

\Vootten,

Daniel.

Mercer,

\Vright of Richmond,

Dorminy,

Orr,

Mr. Speaker.

Dykes,

Parker,

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 126, nays I.



JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionat majority was passed.
The Speaker asked if there was objection to having Mr. Smith of Campbell added to the Committee on Military Affairs. There was none, and ~Ir. Smith's namewas added to the committee.
By unanimous consent ~Ir. Foster was allowed to withdraw House resolution No._ 4 from the Committee on Corporations and rerefer the same to Committee on Pensions.
Mr. Glenn of \Vhitfield moved to adjourn, and theSpeaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clo~k to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, July r6, 1907.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clocka.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 :

Arlams of Chatham, Alexander,

Ashley,

Adams of Elbert, Allen,

Atkinson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Anderson of Bulloch, Atwater,

Adkins,

Anderson of Cobb, Austin,



TuESDAY, Jm.v 16, 1907.

Ballard,

Estes,

McMahan,

Barksdale,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Barrett,

Flanders,

McMullan,

:Carrow,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Bell,

Foster,

Martin,

Berry,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Blackburn,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Bond,

Frier,

Mays,

Bowen,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Boyd,

Furr,

Moore,

Brown of Carroll, Galloway,

Morris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Mundy,

Buchannan,

Gibson,

Nee!,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Nix,

Burwell,

Godley,

Nowell:

Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Cal beck,

Guyton,

Or;,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

./

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price of Oco11ee,

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel,

Johnson of Tasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns, Russell,

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Slade,

Duggan,

Lee,

Slater,

Dykes,

Lively,

Smith of Calhoun,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Smith of Campbell,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Edwards,

l.IcCarthy,

Stewart,

Ellison,

1Iclntyre,

Strickland,

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy,

Trent,

white of Screven,

Tuggle,

Whitley,

Tyson,

Williams of Dodge,

\Valker of Lowndes, \Villiams of Laurens,

Walker of Milton, Wilson,

Walker of Washington, Wise,

\V ard,

Wootten,

Warnell,

Wright of Floyd,

Watkins,

Wright of Richmond,

\Vay,

.Young,

White of Madison, Mr. Speaker.

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

By unanimous consent :Mr. Alexander was allowed to withdraw House bill No. 91 from the Committee on Ways and Means and rerefer the same to the Committee on Railroads.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr: Fraser of Libef"ty-
A bill to provide penalty for persons hunting on private lands.
Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill to amend an Act to prohibit drunkenness m public places.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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37 1

By Mr. Lee of Glynn-

A bill to regulate the taking of fish from the waters of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.

By Mr. Kendrick of Taliaferro-

A resolution for the relief of J. VV. Hixon.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

On motion of Mr. Holder of Jackson the following was made the order of business for Thursday, July 18:

1st. House bills for first and second reading.

2d. Local bills and general bills, with local application, for third reading, including amendments to city court bills.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by a reqmsrte constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Franklin.
A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Franklin.

Mr. Anderson, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bill. and instructed me as their vice-chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to. wit:

A bill to prescribe duties of telegraph compames m receiving and transmitting messages.

A bill to prevent forfeitures of policies of life msurance for non-payment at maturity.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. E. ANDERSON,
Vice-Chairman.

~Ir. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

ATL.~NTA, GA., July 16, 1907.

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bill ~o. 368, and instructs me as its chairman to report that the same "do pass" as amended.
Respectfully submitted. Md1ICHAEL, Chairman.

Mr. Massengale, chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report :

ilfr. Speaker:
The Committee on Game and Fish having had under consideration house bills Xos. 375 and 438, respectfully recommend that same do pass.
MASSENGALE, Chairman.

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ATLANTA, GA., July 16, 1907.
The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor, through his sec,.etary, Mr. Carter:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by his Excellency the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing.
STATE OF GEORGIA, ExEcuTivE MANSION, ATLANTA, July 16, 1907.
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
Permit me to bring to your attention the action of the judges of the super.ior courts in a convention held on July 5th in the city of Atlanta.
Their suggestions have been transmitted to me that I may ?ring them to your attention as the law requires.
Without disparaging any of the other recommenda~ tions, I wish especially to urge the adoption of legislation which will carry into effect that OQe of the recommendations which applies to a change of practice with reference to noting exceptions in the trials of cases both in the city and superior courts. The change suggested will require exceptions noted to the charge of the court as soon as the jury retires. The object of this change of practice is to give the trial judge an opportunity to correct any error which he may have made through inadvertence, and thereby prevent the granting of new trials on immaterial questions, or upon questions where the charge of the court was erroneous through inadvertence.

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The practice in all the States of the Union, with which I am familiar, requires exceptions to be noted as to all matters which arise during the trial where the counsel desires to make the action of the court the basis of carrying the case to the Supreme Court.

I believe very thoroughly in this practice, and I cordially commend legislation on this line. The beneficial effects of the legislation will be to lessen the number of new trials based upon questions which would not have affected the verdict of th_e jury. It will lessen the burden of work upon the appellate court. It will help to terminate litigation, both criminal and civil.

Respectfully submitted. HoKE SMITH, Governor.

Report of the Committee on Legislation, Judge Horace lVI. Holden, chairman :

To his Exccllenc;, Hoke Smith.
In accordance with the provisions of law requiring the judges of the superior courts to make a special report to the Governor of the State, to be submitted by him to the Legislature of needed legislation, we submit the following report, to wit :
I. \Ve recommend that a law be passed providing for an amendment to the Constitution of the State permitting charters to be granted by judges of the superior courts in vacation, at any time or place, and that that provision of the Constitution requiring a special term of the court to grant such charters be repealed.

2. \Ve recommend that a law be passed requmng stenographers of the different circuits of the State to at.tend and report the trial of all cases, civil and criminal,

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and for each day's attendance and work be paid the sum of $10.00 per day; and that for transcribing his notes in felony cases he be paid the sum of $15.00 per day.

3 We recommend the passage of the following law:

After the retirement of the jury in ariy case counsel shall

have the right to have any and all exceptions he may

have to the charge of the judge noted, and to do this reasonable time sh~ll be given before the jury is brought

into court ; such requests for noting shall be made in

writing and after being presented filed; or they may be

inade orally, and taken down by the stenographer and

afterwards filed. The judge shall have the right to bring

in the jury, if he sees proper, and make any addition or

correction to his charge.

...,

No exception to the charge of the judge shall be urged unless noted under this rule.

4 We recommend the repeal of section 1010 of the Penal Code of this State, regarding the right of the prisoner in criminal cases to make a statement, and recommend that a law be passed providing that the defendant in any criminal case shall have the right to be sworn as a witness with the right of cross examination by the State, with the privilege on the part of the prisoner tG refuse to answer any question, the answer to which may tend to incriminate him.

Mr. vValker, vice-chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, and as its chairman I am directed to report the same back as follows :

JoURNAL OF THE HouSE.
House bill I 76, entitled an Act to amend an Act approved I9, I900, providing for the acceptance by the State of Georgia of the property known as the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, and for other purposes, do pass as amended.
House resolution No. I3, joint resolution to create a Bureau of Insurance, and for other purposes, do pass by substitute.
All of which is submitted.
J. R. \VALKER, Vice-Chairman.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Odum of Baker-
A bill to fix the annual license fee for selling liquors in the county of Baker.
The committee proposed the following amendment, which was adopted, to wit :
To amend by endorsing the caption of the bill on the
back of same.
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 I I2, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following resolution was read and ordered to lay on the table for one day, to wit :

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377

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A resolution requesting the Committee on Ways and Means to report to the House if, in their opinion, the passage of the prohibition bill will not require a reduction of certain direct appropriations.
The following bill was read the third time, to wit:

By Mr. whitley of Douglas-
A bill to provide the manner of selling or dispensing <>pium, laudanum, morphine, or any other compound extracts, alkaloids, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the substitute for the above bill offered by the committee, and the original bill, was tabled, and 300 copies of the substitute, with the amendments thereto, were ordered printed.

On motion of Mr. Covington of Colquitt, 300 copies <>f House bills Nos. 91 and 95 were ordered printed.

By Messrs. Taylor and Dykes of Sumter-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Americus.
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 I 12, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.
By Messrs. Nix and Wilson' "~! <II>
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the superior court of Gwinnett county, etc.
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 I I2, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent House bill l\o. 3I 7 was taken from the Committee on Public Property and rereferred to the Committee on University of Georgia.
By Messrs. Barrow and Adams of Chatham-
A bill to provide for payment and presentation for acceptance or payment of bills or checks and notes maturing on Sunday and public holidays or presentable for acceptance or payment on those days, and for other purposes.
The following amendments offered by the committee were adopted, to wit:
To amend the caption by striking the word "and" at the end of line 2 of caption, and inserting after the word "notes" "and other evidences of debt." Also,
To amend section I by striking "and" in line 2 and adding after the word "notes" the words' "and other evidences of debt;" also
To amend section I by striking word "and" in line 4 and adding after word "notes" the words "and other evidences of debt."

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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 106, nays o.

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

By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Iron City.

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 r 12, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Slater and Dykes-

A bill to extend the powers of county commissioners of roads and revenues, etc.

On motion of Mr. Dykes the above bill was tabled.

Upon request of the authors House bill No. 159 was taken from the General Judiciary Committee and rereferred to the Committee on 'Labor and Labor Statistics.
House bill No. 193 was taken from the General Judiciary and referred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
House bill No. 487 was taken from the Committee on Pensions and rereferred to the Committee on Indigent Pensions.

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.
By Mr. Adams of Chatham-
A bill to amend section 243 of the Penal Code prescribing the punishment for forgery.
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 o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Dalton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Upon request of the author House bill No. 287 was taken from the General Judiciary Committee and referred to the Committee on \Vild Lands.
Mr. Heard, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report :
Committee on Banks and Banking having had under consideration House bill No. 166, report on said bill by

.WEDNESDAY, ]ULY 17, 1907.
substitute and recommend that said bill do pass by substitute.
J. P. HEARD, Chairman.
Leave of absence was granted ?vir. Swilling of Franklin.
Mr. Bell of Fulton moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until IO o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, July 17, 1907.

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 follmving members answered to their names :

Adams of Chatham, Atkinson,

Adams of Elbert, Atwater,

Adams of Wilkinson, Austin,

Adkins,

Ballard,

Alexander,

Barksdale,

Allen,

Barrett,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrow,

Anderson of Cobb, Bell,

Ashley,

Berry,

Blackburn, Bond, Bowen, Boyd, Brown .of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannan, Burkhalter, Burwell,

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Butt, Cal\)eck, Callaway, Candler, Cannon, Chamlee, ClaFk, Clifton,

Godley, Goode, Guyton, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Haywood,

Nix, Kowell, Odum, Orr, Parker, Parrish, Payton, Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Slater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Smith of Calhoun,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Smith of Campbell,

Ellison,

:rvicCarthy,

Stephens,

,J:!,stes,

Mcintyre,

Stewart,

Fagan,

:tlfdfahan,

Strickland,

r landers,

McMichael,

Stubbs,

Flannigan,

McMullan,

Sumner,

Foster,

McWilliams,

Swilling,

Fowler,

Martin,

Taylor of Appling,

Fraser,

Masseng-ale,

Taylor of Sumter,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Terrell,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Thorne,

Furr,

Mercer,

Thurman,

Galloway,

Moore.

Tift,

Geer, _Gibson,

Morris, Mundy,

Townsend, Tracy,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Trent,

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Tuggle,

Watkins,

Wilson,

Tyson,

Way,

Wise,

Walker of Lowndes, White of Madison, Wootten,

Walker of Milton, White of Screven, Wright of Floyd,

Walker of Washington,Whitley,

Wright of Richmond,

Ward,

Williams of Dodge, Young,

Warnell,

Williams of Laurens, Mr. Speaker.

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

The Governor's message, received on yesterday, was read on motion of Mr. Candler of DeKalb.

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

Mr: Speaker:
. The Senate has passed by a requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Thomasville.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend section 2181 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.

A bill to amend the Act approyed December 29, 1888, providing for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station and farm.

A bill to amend section I of an Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Roswell.

A bill to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners for the county of :Meriwether.

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A bill to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools in the town of Thomson.
:Mr. Martin, chairman of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the foliO\Ying House bills, and in- structed me as their chairman to report same back to theHouse with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to increase salary of State Entomologist.
A bill to authorize landlords in certain cases to take charge ,of land in hands of tenants.
Respectfully submitted. L. H. 0. l'vlARTIN, Chairman.
Mr. ~owell, chairman of Committee on Corporations submitted the foflowing report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the follO\Ying House bills, and direct me as their chairman to report same back with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :
An Act to create a board of comtmsswners of roads and revenues for the county of :Monroe.
An Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus.

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An Act to incorporate the towrr of Ideal m Macon county.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Winder.

An Act to amend the charter of tpe town of Calhoun.

An Act to create a new charter for the city of Ca milia, as amended by the committee.

The committee requests that House bill 'No. 416, a bill

to create a city court for Flovilla, be withdrawn from

their consideration, and that the same be referred to the

Committee on Special Judiciary.



Respectfully submitted. H. G. NOWELLJ Chairman.

Mr. wright of Floyd, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, to wit :
A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquors in the State of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted.
SEABORN WRIGHT, Chairman.
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Mr. Massengale, chairman of the Committee on Game

and Fish, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your ~ommittee on Game and Fish having under con-
sideration House bill No. 5ro, respectfully recommend
that the same do pass. 1\!L<\SSENGALE, Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary ,Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, and as its chairman I am requested to report the same back with the recommendation as follows, to wit :
House bill 120, entitled an Act to regulate the practice of optometry, and for other purposes, do pass.
House bill 86, entitled an Act to regulate the carrying of rifles, revolvers and similar arms, and for other purposes, do pass as amended.
House bill No. 266, entitled an Act to amend section 4193 ofthe Code, and for other purposes, do pass.
House bill ro9, entitled an Act to authorize the Gove nor to pardon persons convicted of crime, and for other pnposes. do pass as amended.
House bill 302, entitled an Act to amend an Act to create city court of Blakely, and for other purposes, do pass as amended.

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House bill 404, entitled an Act to authorize the city of La Grange to close up and dispose of certain street, anJ for other purposes, do pass.
House bill No. 371, entitled an Act to authorize the closing of a certain street in the city of Columbus, Ga., and for other purposes, do pass as amended.
All of which is respectfully submitted. R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman.

Mr. Barrow, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

ATLANTA, GA., July 16, 1907.

Your Committee on Military Affairs having had before it for consideration House bill No. 477, providing for increasing the salary of Adjutant-General, State of Georgia, from $2,000 to $3,000, has requested me to report that such bill do pass.
DAVID C. BARROW, Chairman.

Mr. Covington, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Railroads having had under consideration House bill No. 18, beg Jeaye to report the same back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
Vv. H. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Committee on Banks and Banking having had under consideration House bill No. 303, instruct .me to report that said bill do pass by substitute.
HEARD, Chairman.
The following invitation was read and unanimously accepted by a rising vote :

Mr. Speaker:
I desire to cordially invite the House of Representa:tives, its officers and members of the press reporting its proceedings, to a barbecue next Tuesday afternoon.

Cars will leave the ~Iitchell street entrance to the Capitol at two o'clock p.m.

Very respectfully,

JoHN M. SLATON.

ATLANTA, GA., July 17, 1907.
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Carter:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliYer to the House of Representatives a communication in writing:

WEDNESDAY, }ULY !7, I907.

STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA, July I6, I907.

To the General Assembly of Georgia::

I have the honor to bring to your attention the failure of the State to collect from transportation and public

utility companies taxes equal to the value of their prop-

erty. and to suggest, certain difficulties that surround the present efforts of your executive officers to compel them to pay taxes upon the true values of their properties.

The fact that transportation companies do not pay the

taxes which they justly owe the State can well be illustrated by calling attention to the Southern Railway Com-

pany and the Central of Georgia Railway Company.

Last year the Central of Georgia Railway Company paid taxes on tangible property and franchise amount-

ing to $I6,35I,688. The Southern Railway Company paid ta,xes on tangible property and franchise for the

same year amounting to $14,277,500.

This year the Central of Georgia Railway Company returned its tangible property and franchise at $I6,823,85o. The Southern Railway Company returned its tan-

gible property and franchi.se at $14,884,923.

Each of these railroad companies has filed a bill in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia, to enjoin certain freight reductions made by

the Railroad Commission. Each of these companies

stated in its bill the value of its tangible property, pre-

senting the value as a basis for taxing the people of

Georgia with freight and passenger rates. Mr. Vv. A.

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Winburn, as Second Vice-President, swore to the bill
filed by the Central of Georgia Railway Company. Mr.
J. M. Culp, as Third Vice-President, swore to the bill

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of the Southern Railway Company. Mr. \Vinburn swore to the bill containing this statement:

"Your orator avers that the cost of reproducing its

lines, and therefore the preset'lt actual minimum value of

its said lines of railway in Georgia, and equipping the

same, is $33.666.999."

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See printed copy of the bill. page 3-+

Mr. Culp swore to the bill containing this statement:

"Your orator avers that the cost of reproducing at this

time. and therefore the present actual minimum value of its said line~; of railway in Georgia, and of equipping

the same. is not less than $48. I so,ooo.

"And this dnes not include the value of the franchise

incident to said lines.''

See printed copy of the bill. page 33

\\"e have. therefore. the Central Railway Company

S\vearing. through its Vice-President, that its tangible

property, located in Georgia. exclusin of. its franchise,

\\"as \Yorth $33.666.999 as a basis for taxing the people of Georgia with freight and passenger rates. while it only paid tax to the State on its tangible property and

franchise included at the estimated value of $I6.JSI,688. This same company is now resisting an assessment made by the Comptroller-General upon its tangible property

and franchise at $29.968.I20. The Southern Railway Company, swearing through

its Third Vice-President, that its property, located in

Georgia. exclusi,e of its franchise was worth $48, I so.ooo

as a basis of taxing the people of Georgia with freight and passenger rates, only paid tax to the State on its

tangible property and franchise included at the estimate.cl value of $I4,277,500. It is now resisting an assessment

made by the Comptroller-General upon its tangible property and franchise at $26,soo,ooo.

The law of our State provides that where the Comptroller-General is dissatisfied with the return of a rail-

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road company for taxation he can assess the property. If the railroad company is dissatisfied \Yith his assessment the railroad company names an arbitrator.. The railroad can select anybody it pleases as arbitrator. It can employ a man trained to the work, and furnish him full information to represent its side. The Comptroller General is required to select a Railroad Commissioner. If the t\vo do not agree, they select a third arbitrator, or umpire. The arbitrator representing the 'railmacl comp:my has the benefit of the fullest consultation with the officers of the railroad company. and the aiel of their machinery to pick the third man. The Railroad Commis~ioner, acting as an incident to his office, largely by hims:.-lf. has JDt advantages equal with those of the railroad arbitrators in selecting the third man.
I find no provision of'law which requires the arbitratcrrs to take any oath t() fix the true value of the property, and none which allows them to swear witnesses. If the arbitrators were required by law to fix the true value of the property, ami if they hac! the right to swear witnesses, the State could call before the arbitrators the officers of the company, the property of \Yhich is to be taxecL .\11 the officers \vho \Ymtld he autho:ize~l to S\vear to a bill filed to enjoin a freight or passenger reduction, could he put upon the stand, and the railroad company could be fc!ced to take the same basis of ,alue for its property ''hen it pays tax that it sets up in a bill before a court when it seeks to maintain a valuation as a basis of taxing, through freight and passenger rates, the people of the State.
Let me refer again to the Southern Railway Company. It paid taxes last year to the State upon its tangible property and franchise at only $14,277.500. At the very same , time it was litigating with the State or Railroad Commission of the State, seeking to enjoin the reduction of freight rates, claiming in that litigation that its tangible property exclusive of franchise, was worth $48, I 50,000.

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I do not believe that the property of the Southern

Railway in Georgia is worth any such sum, but I do in-

sist that the railway company should pay tax to the State

at the same valuation of its property which it is permitted

to sustain before the courts as a basis for taxing, through

freight and passenger rates, the people of the State.

I have not before brought this matter to your atten-

tion because I had hoped that an Act would be passed on this subject in time to meet the arbitrations about to take

place. Such legislation would have been remedial in

nature and clearly legal. It is now imposssible to broaden

the scope of the seletcion by the Comptroller-General of

an arbitrator, but still it might be provided that the arbi-

trators should be required, under oath, to find the true

value of the property assessed, and they could also be given for their present hearings the power to swear wit-

nesses.

I am aware that there is objection to the entire plan

of arbitration; that many believe boards of assessors

should exist as to all properties, clothed with the authority of hearing and determining the true value of property

to be taxed. It may be that such legislation will be passed at the present session. It is hardly necessary for

me to suggest that such legislation, to be free from Constitutional objection, must provide for a hearing on the

part of those the value of whose property is to be fixed for taxation. In any event, until such legislation may

become effective, I respectfully urge the necessity of

amending the present machinery used by your executive officers to fix the value of the property for taxation

which the law requires returned to the Comptroller-Gen-

eral.

HoKE SMITH, Governor.

Upon the request of the author House bills Nos. 2ro and 211 were withdrawn from the further consideration of the House.

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House resolution No. 27 was taken from the Committee on Appropriations and rereferred to the Committee on Pensions.
Upon- the request of the Committee on Corporations House bill No. 416 was taken from the Committee on -corporations and rereferred to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
House bill No. 37 was recommitted to the General Judiciary Committee on request of the author.
By unanimous consent the follO\Ving bills were read 1:he first time, to wit :
~y Mr. Nowell of \Valton-
A bill to prevent the enforcement of contracts which may be under the ban of the law, or contrary to the -public policy of the State.
Referred to Committee 011 Temperanc~.
By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-
A bill to provide for the creation of a system of public schools in the town of Lyons.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Dobbs of 35th districtTo amend an Act to establish a system of public
schools in the town of Roswell.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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

By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-

A bill to abolish the county court of Jenkins 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 I I2, nays o.

The bill having 1=eceived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ::\Ir. \Villiams of Laurens-

A bill to rearrange the Oconee and Ocmulgee circuits by taking from the Ocmulgee circuit the county of Laurens.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I I 2, nays o.

The bill having- received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Liberty county in the Atlantic judicial circuit.

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 I IS, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :\Ir. Williams of Dodge-

A hill to change the time of holding the superior court of Dodge 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 I I 5, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :\Iessrs. ~ix and \Vilson-
I
A bill to incorporate the town of Annestown in Gvvinnett county.

::\Ir. Kix of G\vinnett proposed the following amendment. \Yhich was adopted, to wit:

To amend by adding the following sections m their numerical order, to wit:
StcTio~ I 2. Be it further enacted, That the town council shall have power ancl authority to levy and collect annually, in addition to that already provided for in this charter, a tax not exceeding one-half o~ one per cent. on all taxable property of said town for the purpose of maintaining and establishing a system of public schools in said town, said fund not to be used for any other purposes; but before said public school system shall be adopted it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town, for which purpose the town council

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are authorized, whenever they deem it expedient, to or, der an election, of which thirty days' notice sha:ll be
given by three notices being posted in three public places in said town, which election shall be held as provided for all elections held under this charter. Those favoring a public school system shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For public schools," those opposed to public schools shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against public schools," and if two-thirds of the ballots cast in such election be for public schools, this section and those following on the same subject shall immediately become operative in said town. Should the election provided for in this section be against public schools the tmYn council shall not call another election for the same purpose until a year has elapsed, but said council may call another election, and as many elections as necessary, such elections being at least one year apart, until this section is adopted.
SEc. 13. Be it further enacted, That should-a system of public schools be established in said town, as provided for in the preceding section, the town council shall elect five citizens of said town, to constitute a board of education of said town. The mayor or any councilman shall be eligible as a member of the board of education. The board of education shall be elected annually on the first meeting of the town council after its election in December of each year, and shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified, except that the said board of education may, at their first election, be elected as soon after the adoption of a system of public schools as practicable, said board of education to hold office until the succeeding first meeting in December, as above provided.
SEc. 14 Be it further enacted, That said board of education, provided for in the preceding section, shall have power to design and adopt a system of public

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schools for said town; to appoint or elect a superintendent, and select teachers for the same; to suspend or remove such superintendent or teachers; to fix compensation for superintendent and teachers; to provide schoolhouses by rent, building, purchase or otherwise, but the title to all school property shall be and remain in the town of Annestmvn; to make rules and regulations for the government of themselves and said schools as they may see proper, and not in conflict with the laws of this State; said board shall establish separate schools for white children and colored children. All children who are entitled to the benefit of public schools under the laws of this State, and whose parents, guardians or natural protectors bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town, shall be admitted in these schools upon payment of such incidental fee only as the board may deem necessary. Children of non-residents, and such others as may be entitled to the benefits of these schools, shall be admitted upon such terms as may be prescribed by said board of education, not in conflict \vith the laws of this State.
SEc. 1 S Be it further enacted, That when said public school system is adopted the board of education of said town shall determine what amount of money it will be necessary to raise by taxation to defray the expenses of said school for the ensuing year and shall lay the same before the town council, who shall be required to levy and collect the same, and the amount so levied and collected shall be used for no other purpose, and shall be paid only on the order of said board of education.
SEc. 16. Be it further enacted, That after said public school system shall have been adopted by the town of Annestown, the board of education of Gwinnett county shall not contract with any person or persons to teach any other school of any character in said town, nor shall any of the State school fund be paid to any school in said

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town other than the public school contemplated m this Act, after it shall have been adopted.
Also amend by striking the figures 12 m repealing clause and numbering the same "Sec. 19."
Also to amend section 2 by adding thereto the followwords: "Provided, that said corporate limits shall include the present site of the schoolhouse and school grounds as now laid out in said town."
The report of the committee. \Yhich was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-
A bill to provide a board for the examination of accountants; to provide for the granting of certificates to accountants, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee. which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were ro8, nays 12.
The bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following bills \Yere read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Way of Pulaski-
A bill to change the time of holding the Pulaski superior court.

399 By Mr. Way-

A bill to amend the Act providing for the appointment of a county solicitor of Pulaski county.

The following bill was read the second time by unanimous consent, to wit:

By Messrs. Russell and Slade-



A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for Columbus.

By unanimous consent the call of the roll of counties was dispensed with and the following bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to authorize the town of Temple to establish a system of public schools.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill making defendant testifying in his own behalf subject to examination as witnesses.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Hall county..
Referred to Counties and County Matters Com_mittee.

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By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to amend section 982 of volume 1 of the Code so as to add the town of Pembroke as a State depository.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dean of Floyd-
A resolution asking for information from principar officer and physician in charge of the Academy for Blind,. Georgia School for Deaf, and State Sanitarium.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Way of Pulaski-

A bill to reguire mutual fire insurance companies, etc.,. doing business in this State to make deposit with theInsurance Commissioner.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Flanders of Johnson-

A bill to regulate the running of automobiles, etc., in: Johnson county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ryals of Bibb-

A bill to provide or the probate of wills when executed outside of this State, and for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Flanders of JohnsonA bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of
Wrightsville. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Flanders of JohnsonA bill to amend the charter of Wrightsville. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Flanders of JohnsonA bill to prohibit corporations from holding stock in
any other corporation. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to amend sedion IOIO of the Code so as to per-
mit priso~ers in criminal cases to be sworn. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Chamlee of FloydA bill to amend section I I i 5 of the Penal Code rela-
tive to the payment of witnesses in criminal cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
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A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Wrightsville school district.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Orr of CowetaA bill to amend section I, article 7 of the Constitution
so as to allow the payment of pensions to widows married prior to IB7S
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Ward of ,Coffee (by request)-
A bill to propose an amendment to paragraph 2, section I, article I I of the Constitution.
Referred to Committee_ on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Reid of MaconA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Montezuma. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Kendall of PauldingA bill to amend Act to amend the charter of Dallas. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Hill of Monroe-
A bill to provide a syste~ of examining books of State officials, etc.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Mundy <;>f Polk- -

A bill to provide the manner of taking fish from the

waters of this State.



Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.

By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to change the county site of Irwin county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Messrs. Jones of Meriwether and Ellison of Harris-
A bill to amend an Act to create a local school system for the town of Chipley.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Barrow, McCarthy and Adams of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act to prevent the adulteration of spirits of turpentine and naval stores.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee:

By Messrs. Tyson and RountreeA bill to incorporate the town of Norristown. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Geer of Miller-
A bill to amend section 388,.volume 3 of the Code providing for the stopping of prosecutions for seduction by marnage.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Adams of \Vilkinson-
A resolution to place the name of ~Irs. Lucy Lockhart on the pension roll.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
:Mr. Wright of Floyd moved-that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet again at three o'clock this afternoon, which motion was lost.
Mr. \Vise of Fayette moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet again at 10 o'clock Friday morning, which motion preVailed.
Mr. Nix then moved that the session be extended until the order of business fixed for to-morrow's session could be disposed of, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Price of Oconee moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed.
The Spea~er then announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Friday morning.

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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, July 19, 1907.
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 of Chatham, Burwell,

Duggan,

Adams of Elbert, Butt,

Dykes,

Adams of Wilkinson, Calbeck,

Eaves,

Adkins,

Callaway,

Edmondson,

Altxander,

Candler,

Edwards,

Allen,

Cannon,

Ellison,

/',nderson of Bulloch, Chamlee,

Estes,

Anderson of Cobb, Clark,

Facran,

Ashley,

Clifton,

Flanders,

Atkinson,

Collum,

Flannigan,

Atwater,

Cook of ..:hat'hoochee, Foster,

Austin,

Cook of Telfair,

Fowler,

Ballard,

Cooke of Thomas, Fraser,

Barksdale,

Covington,

Frier,

Barrett,

Couch,

Fullbri~rht.

Barrow,

Cowan,

Furr,

Bell,

Crumbley,

Galloway,

Berry,

Culbreth,

Geer,

Blackburn,

Daniel,

Gibson,

Bond,

Davis,

Glenn,

Bowen,

Davison,

Godley,

Boyd,

Dean,

Goode,

Brown of Carroll, Dickey,

Guyton,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Donalson,

Hall,

Buchannon,

Dorminy,

Hamilton,

Burkhalter,

Dunbar,

Hardeman,

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Harris, Haywood, Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder, Howard,

l\Ioore, Morris, Mundy, Nee!, Nix, Nowell, Odum,

Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swillinrr. Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter,

Hubbard;

Orr,

Terrell,

Huff,

Parker,

Thorne,

Huie,

Parrish,

Thurman,

Hullender,

Payton,

Tift,

Jackson,

Perry,

Townsend,

Johnson of Jasper, Persons,

Tracy,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Peterson,

Trent,

Johnson of Towns, Pope of Brooks,

Tuggle,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Dade,

Tyson,

Jones of Mitchell, Powell,

Walker of Lowndes,

Keith,

Price of Bartow,

Walker of Milton,

Kendall,

Price of Oconee,

Walker of Washington,

Kendrick,

Reid of Macon,

\Vard,

Lee,

Reid of Putnam,

Warnell,

Lively,

Reid of Wilcox,

Watkins,

Lumsden,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Way,

Lunsford,

Rogers of Randolph, White of Madison,

McCarthy,

Rountree,

White of Screven,

Mcintyre,

Russell,

Whitley,

McMahan,

Ryals,

Williams of Dodge,

McMichael,

Shaw,

Williams of Laurens,

McMullan,

Sheffield,

Wilson,

McWilliams,

Simmons,

Wise,

Martin,

Slade,

Wootten,

:Massengale,

Slater,

Wright of Floyd,

Maxwell,

Smith of Calhoun, Wright of Richmond,

Mays,

Smith of Campbell, Young,

Mercer,

Stephens,

Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker:

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


FRIDAY, JuLY 19, 1907.
A resolution inviting Dr. A. M. Soule, dean of the Agricultural College at Athens, to address the General Assembly in joint session next Monday night at 8.30 o'clock.
The Senate has passed by a reqms1te constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved July 21, 18, appropriating $10o,ooo to the University of Georgia.
Also,
A bill to regulate and control the running of automobiles and like vehicles.
Also,
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Alapaha.
Also,
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Sparks.
The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution in. which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to wit :
A resolution leaving it to the discretion of the Attorney-General when a decree shall be taken in the case of the State of Georgia versus Tennessee Copper Company et al.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :



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Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed, as amended, by a requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:

A bill to provide for an additional judge of the superior court of the Atlanta circuit.
The following message was received fr~m the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution

in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully

asked, to wit:



A resolution to authorize sub-committees from the Penitentiary Committees . of the Senate and House to visit convict camps during the recess of the General Assembly.

The Senate has passed by a requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the to\vn of Mt. Airy.

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

The following Senate resolutions were read, to wit:

By Messrs. weaver of 4rst, Henderson of 39th, Lashley of 40th-
A resolution allowing the Attorney-General to proceed at his discretion in regard to the Tennessee Copper Company at Ducktown and Isabella, Tenn.
Adopted.

FRIDAY, }ULY 19, 1907.
The following resolution was read and ordered to lay <On the table for one day, to wit:

l3y Mr. Ryals of Bibb-
A resolution inviting Dr. A. M. Soule to address the General Assembly at 12 o'clock m. to-day on the subject of agriculture.
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the call of the roll ,of counties be dispensed with and that all members having bills to introduce be allowed to send the same to the 'Clerk's desk for first reading, which motion prevailed and the following bills were introduced and read the first -time, to wit:
l3y Messrs. Heard and Adkins of Dooly-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Vienna.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Callaway of Lee-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of <;ommis-sioners of roads, etc., for Lee county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Callaway-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and
revenues for the county of Lee.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A bill to incorporate the "Governor's i.ight Artillery."

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Johnson of JasperA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of
Monticello. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Pelham.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro.

Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Adams and Martin of Elbert-
A bill to amend section 1250 of the Code relative to pensions.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

FRIDAY, }ULY 19, 1907.
By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-A bill for the relief of the Comptroller-General's office.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Swainsboro.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Tyson of EmanuelA bill to allow females to be admitted to the practice
of law.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A resolution providing for the payment of a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham.
Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Messrs. Barrow and Adams of Chatham (by re-
quest)A bill to make uniform the law of warehouse receipts, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Adams of Chatham (by request)-

A bill toprovide for the amendment of indictments in matters of form.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Geer of Miller and Peyton of \Vorth-
A bill to amend article 2, section 2, paragraph I of the Constitution of this State relative to who shall be entitled to vote and hold office.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A bill to authorize settlements in cases of personal injuries to minors to be made under the approval of the ordinary, guardian or next of friend.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
At the hour of I o'clock p. m. 1vir. Blackburn made the point of order that the hour of adjournment had arrived.

Mr. Holder of Jackson, who was presiding at the time overruled the point of order, stating that there was no fixed hour for adjournment.

Mr. Blackburn then appealed from the decision of the chair.
The previous question was called and the main question ordered.

On bejng put to the house the decision of the -:hair was sustained by a vote of ayes 107, nays 12.
A motion to adjourn was made and Mr. Wright of Floyd moved as a substitute that the House adjourn for two minutes.
The previous question was called and sustained and the main question ordered.

.The motion to adjourn together with the substitutewas put to the house and lost.

The ifading of bills for a first time was resumed and the following bills were read the first iime, to wit:

By Messrs. Dunbar and Slade-
A bill to make uniform the law relating to the sale of goods, and _for other purposes.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Candler of DeKalb moved that the rules of theHouse be suspended for the purpose of reading Senate bill No. 1, known as the prohibition bill, a second time, and, on that motion~ called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

J.dkins, Alexander, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Austin, Ballard,

Barrett,

Burwell,

Lell,

Butt,

Bond,

Calbeck,

Bowen,

Callaway,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Candler,

Buchannon,

Clark,

Burkhalter,

Cook of Chat'hoochee,..

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Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Covington, Couch, Cowan, Culbreth, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Dean, Dickey, Duggan, Dykes; Eaves, Edwards, Ellison, Fagan, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Frier, Fullbright, Furr, Galloway, Godley. Goode, Guyton, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Hill,

Holder, Huie, Hullender, Jackson, Jones of Mitchell, Keith, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Mcintyre, McMahan, McMichael, McWilliams, Martin, Massengale, Mundy, Nee!, Nix,
~dum,
Orr, Parker, Parrish, Payton, Perry, Persons, Peterson, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam,

Rogers of Randolph, Ryals,

Shaw,

Sheffield,

Simmons,

Smith of Calhoun,

Smith of Campbell, Strickland,

Stubbs,

Sumner,

Swilling,

Taylor of Appling,

Terrell,

Thorne, Thurman,

Tracy,

Trent,

Tyson,



Walker of Lowndes,

\Valker of Milton,

Y{alker of Washington,

\Vatkins,

White of Madison,

\Vhite of Screven,

Whitley, Williams of Dodge,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Wilson,

wootten,

Wright of Floyd,

Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Estes,

Allen,

Fowler,

Anderson of Bulloch, Geer,

Barksdale,

Glenn,

Barrow,

Heard,

Berry,

Hines,

Blackburn,

Howard,

Chamlee,

Huff,

Donalson,

T~hnson of Jasper,

Dunbar,

McCarthy,

Powell, Rcgers of Mcintosh, Russell, Slade, Slater, Taylor of Sumter, Tift, Tuggle. \Varnell, Way,

FRIDAY, }ULY I9, I907

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Ha:wood,

Morris,

Adams of Wilkinson, Hubbard,

Nowell,

Atwater,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Pope of Brooks,

I.oyJ,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

Brown of Carroll, Jones of Meriwether, Rountree,

Cannon,

Lee,

Stephens,

Clifton,

Lumsden,

Stewart,

Collum,

Lunsford,

Townsend,

Crumbley,

McMullJ.n,

Ward,

Dorminy,

Maxwell,

Wise,

Edmondson,

Mays,

Wright of Richmond.

Fraser,

Mercer,

Mr. Speaker.

Gibson,

Moore,

The roll call was verified and it was found that the ayes were I I 5, nays 30.

Three-fourths of the members having voted for the motion, Senate bill No. I, which is as follows, was read the second time, to wit :

By Messrs. Hardman of 33d District-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquors in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
On lllJ)tion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, 300 copies of the above bill and amendments were ordered printed for the use of the House.

Leave of absence \vas granted Messrs. Eaves, Culbreth, Brown of Carroll, Fullbright, Duggan, Lee,. Burwell.

Mr. Candler moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until IO o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, July 20, 1907.
TheHouse met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clocka.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and'
opened with prayer by Rev. M. J. Cofer.
By unanimous consent the roll caJ] and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was: read, to wit:
By Mr. Nee! of Bartow-
A resolution authorizing the State Librarian to distribute the Charlton and Dudley Reports and GeorgiaDecisions to the several counties of this State.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee..
Upon request of Mr. McMahan of Clarke, the Committee on State University was granted leave of absence for Monday next.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit :
By Mr. Johnson of JasperA bill to create the city court of Monticello..

SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1907. Upon reqnest of the author House bills Nos. 430 and 440 and resolution No. 49 were taken from General Judiciary Committee and rereferred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were introduced and read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Adams of Chatham (by request)-
A bill to amend section 974 of the Penal Code relating to peremptory challenges of jurors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Boyd of SpaldingA bill to amend the charter of th~ city of Griffin.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Jones of MitchellA bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of
Camilla. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Ballard of NewtonA bill to create the city court of Covington. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Adams of Chatham (by request)-
A bill to amend section 857 of the Penal Code relative to peremptory challenges in certain cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Walker of Washington-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harrison.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Jones and Keith of MeriwetherA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Haralson
school district. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Barrow of ChathamA bill to increase the board of public education for
Savannah. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Jackson, Flannigan and FurrA bill to amend the charter of Maysville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By ::VIr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act to create a permanent board of education for Savannah.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

S~TURDAY, JULY 20, I9Q].
By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Jasper county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to amend section I496, volume I of the Code relative to pharmacists.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to prohibit the use of tobacco among minors.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-
A bill to establish a city court for the city of Milledgeville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Huie of Clayton-
A bill to amend paragraph I, section 2, article 3 of the Constitution so as to provide for an increase in the Senatorial districts.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
Upon request of Mr. Slade House bills Nos. I89 and 26I were placed on the calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the committee.

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Mr. \Villiams of Laurens, vice-chairman of Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following House bin and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass. to wit:
4o, A bill, No. to amend the Constitution of the State
of Georgia by repealing section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of this State and Inserting in lieu thereof a new section consisting of nine paragraphs prescribing the qualification for electors providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
\\'ILLIAMS OF LAURENS,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Committee .on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills and, as its chairman, I am requested to report the same back with the recommendation as follows :

An Act to revise the superior court calendar for counties composing Cordele circuit, and for other purposes. Do pass.

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An Act to amend section 2026 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act to amend section 206q of the Code 1895, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act to prohibit the employment of inexperienced persons as engineers, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act entitled an Act to require all railway companies to equip certain locomotives with sufficient headlights: and for other purposes. Do pass as amended.

An Act making it unlawful for railway engineers to be intoxicated while on duty, and for other purposes. Do pass as amended.

An Act to repeal an Act creating city court of Hamilton in Harris county. Do pass.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman Special Judiciary.

Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration' the following House bill and instructed me as their vice-chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to regulate pleadings in regard to the manner

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in which negligence may be alleged in cases where presumption arises upon proof of given facts or circumstances, and for other purposes.

Respectfully submitt~d.

J. J. E. ANDERSON,
Vice-Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House bills and direct me as their chairman, to report same back with recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

An Act to amend section 982 of volume I of the Code of Georgia.

An Act to establish a system of public schools in the

city of Lyons.

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An Act to amend section 982 of volume I of the ebde of Georgia.

An Act to authorize the town of Temple to establish a system of public schools.

An Act to regulate the running of automobiles, etc., in Johnson county.

An Act to incorporate the town of Norristown.
An Act to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads; etc., for the county of Lee.

SATURDAY, JuLY 20, 1907.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues, etc., for the county of Lee.
An Act to create the city court of Swainsboro.
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro.
Respectfully submitted. H. G. NOWELL, Chairman.

Mr. Massengale, chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker~

Your Committee on Game and Fish having under con-

sideration House bill No. 261 respectfully recommend

that same do not pass.

-

MASSENGALE, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bill No. 189, being an Act to elect county school comm~ssioners by the electors of .each (county and instruct me as its chairman to report that the same do not pass.
Respectfully,
McMICHAEL, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read ' the first time :

JoURNAL OF TH HOUSE.
By Mes~s. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to authorize the commissioners _of roads apd revenues of Fulton county to sell $3oo,ooo of bonds.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to fix the salaries of county treasurers in certain counties.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the third ~ime and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Russell and Slade-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite con,stitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Mays of Butts-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Flovilla.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1907.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr: Hill of Monroe-
A bill to incorporate the town of Eleanor.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Mcintyre of ThomasA bill to incorporate the town of Patten.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.
The. bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Adams of ChathamA bill to define and make plain the bounds and limits
<>f militia districts in Chatham county. The report of the committee; which was favorable -to
the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On th~ passage of the bill the ayes were 94,_ nays O;

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Hill and Persons of Monrcx:-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Monroe county.
The report of the_ committee, which was favorable t() the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having -Teceived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to ratify and confirm the closing of certain streets in the city of Columbus.
The committee proposed to amend by adding the word "south" after the word "church" in line 8, section
2.
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 o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Diffee in the county of Decatur.

SATURDAY, Ju:r.Y ~0, 1907
The committee proposed to amend by adding after the caption the words "and for other purposes."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Price and Neel of Bartow-
.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Adairsville.
The committee proposes to amend by adding a new section to be known as section 26.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to )he passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite. constitutiona) majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.
The committee proposed to amend by adding before the repealing clause the following, to wit: The said charter of the city of Newnan approved December 8, 1893, be further ame11ded as follows : "The municipal authorities of said city are hereby expressly authorized to close

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up, vacate or abandon that part of Madison street, that lies between the eastern and western boundaries of the right of way of the Atlanta and \iVest Point railroad, where the said Monroe street is crossed by the said right of way."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bjll to fix the annual license fee for selling liquors in Mitchell county.
The committee proposed to amend by endorsing the caption on the back of the bill.
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 94, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Messrs. Burwell and Dunbar-
A bill to confirm and validate all county bonds issued since 1877.

SATURDAY, }ULY 20, 1907.
By Mr." Tift-

A bill to require locomotives to be equipped with sufficient headlight.

By Mr. Tift-

A bill to make it a misdemeanor for locomotive engineers to become intoxicated while operating engines.

By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro.

By Mr. BlackburnA bill to regulate the practice of optometry.

By ::\Ir. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to authorize the town of Temple to create public schools.

By Mr. Ellison of Harris-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Ham-

ilton.

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By lVIessrs. Thurman, Hullender and Pope-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to give com-missioners of roads and revenues the power to lay out and work public roads.
By Mr. Callaway-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenue, etc., for Lee county.

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By Mr. White of Screven-

A bill to prevent fishing on the Sabbath day.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to authorize landlords to take charge of land rented tenants in certain cases, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Campbell-
A bill to amend an Act to reorganize the military forces of this State.

By Messrs. Harris, Heard and Adkins, Reid and Dorminy-
A bill to revise the superior court calendar for counties composing the Cordele judicial circuit.

By Mr. Camden of DeKalb-
A bill to provide for payment of salaries and other expenses incurred during 1907 in the Court of Appeals.

By Mr. Reid of Macon-

A bill to incorporate the town of Ideal.

By Mr. OrrA resolution to pay pension due ~rs. M. E. McLane.
By Messrs. Flannigan, Martin and HolderA bill to increase the salary of State Entomologist.

SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1907.

431

By Messrs. Young and Tuggle-

A bill to. authorize the city of LaGrange to close up

Tanyard street.



By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree-

A bill to incorporate the town of Norristown.

By Mr. Buchannon of Early-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Early.

By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-

A bill to create a system of public schools in the city of Lyons.

By Messrs. Holder and Alexander-

A bill to create a bank bureau and provide for bank examiner.

By Mr. Townsend of Clinch-

A bill to amend section 4193, volume 2 of the Code prescribing jurisdiction of county courts.

By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Swainsboro.
By Mr. Callaway-
A bill to create a board of commissiOners of roads and revenue, etc., for the county of Lee.

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By Mr. Barksdale-

A bill to create a bureau of industrial legislative information.

By Mr. Blackburn-

A resolution to appropriate $43,000 to pay off pension rolls for 1907.

By Mr. Trent-



A resolution to pay Mrs. Amanda Eady a pension.

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to prohibit r_ailroads and like corporations from giving favors, sttch as passes, etc.

By Messrs. Slater and Dykes-

A bill to prevent forfeitures of life insurance policies. for non-payment of premiums at maturity.

By Messrs. Anderson of Bulloch and Williams of L~m rens-

A bill to repeal section 1, article 2 of the Constit).ltioa prescribing the qualification of electors.

By Mr. Donalson of DecaturA bill requiring persons carrying pistols or rifles to-
take out license. By Mr. Buchannan-
A bill to authorize the GoYernor to parole convicts.

SA'rURDAY, Ju;r_y 20, 1907. By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the acceptance of the Soldiers' Home.
By Mr. Jones of MitchellA ~ill to create a new charter for Camilla.
By Mr. DunbarA bill to amend an Act to regulate public instru~tion
in Richmond county.
By Mr. Lumsden-
A bill to prevent sawdust being dumped in streams of this State.
By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-
A bill to amend section 982 of the Code so as to des ignate Lyons as a State depository. By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
. A bill to prohibit the employment of inexperienced
persons as engineers.
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to regulate pleadings in certain cases. By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-
A qill to amend the charter of the city of Winder.
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By Mr. Calbeck-

.A bill to amend the charter of Calhoun.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so

as to make Pembroke a State depository.



By Mr. Flanders-
A. bill to regulate the running of automobiles in John-
son county.

A motion to adjourn 'vas made, which was carried and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, July 22, 1907.
'.l'he house met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a.m. this day, was called to order by the Speaker and opened 'vith prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names :

Adams of Chatham, fJexander,

Ashley,

Adams of Elbert, Allen,

Atkinson,

Adams of wilkinson, Anderson of Bulloch, Atwater,

Adkins,

Anderson of Cobb, Austin,

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435

Ballard,

Ellison,

McCarthy,

Barksdale,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Barrett,

Fagan,

Md1ahan,

Barrow,

Flanders,

McMichael,

I: ell,

Flannigan.

McMullan,

Berry,

Foster,

l\lc Williams,

Blackburn,

Fowler.

l\Iartin,

Bond,

Fraser,

Massengale,

Bowen,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Boyd,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Mercer,

Brown. of Oglethorpe, Galloway,

l\Ioore,

Buchannon,

Geer,

Morris,

Burkhalter,

Gibson,

Mundy,

Burwell,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Butt,

Godley,

Nix,

Cal beck,

Goode,

Nowell,

Callaway,

Guyto.n

Odum,

Candler,

Hall,

Orr,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Chamlee,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Clark,

Harris,

Payton,

Clifton,

Haywood,

Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,

Huff.

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilco>-,

Davis,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Tones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith;

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Slater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Smith of Calhoun,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Smith of Campbell,

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Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift,

Townsend,

White of Madison,

Tracy,

'White of Screven,

Trent,

\Vhitley,

Tuggle,

Williams of Dodge,

Tyson,

\Villiams of Laurens,

\Valker of Lowndes, \:Vilson,

Walker of l\'iilton, \Vise,

Walker of Washington, Wootten,

Ward,

Wright of Floyd,

\Varnell,

_\Vright of Richmond,

\Vatkins,

Young,

Way,

~lr. Speaker.

The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
By unanimous consent the following Senate resolution was taken up, read and concurred in, to wit :
By Mr. Hardman of the 33d District-
A resolution inviting Dr. A. M. Soule to address the General Assembly at 8 :30 p. m. to-day on the subject of agriculture.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Burwell and Dunbar-
A bill to provide for confirming and validating bonds. issued by counties and municipalities since 1877.

Mr. Hall proposed to amenq the substitute offered by the committee as follows:
To amend by adding at end of section 9 the words: "But no bonds shall be allowed validated hereunder that haYe been issued for a bonded debt created since the Constitution of 1877."
The substitute was then adopted as amended.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were IOO, nays o.

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

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to provide an additional judge for the Atlanta circuit, and for other purposes.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by a reqUisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to wit:

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

Also,

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Norman Park.

Also,

A bill to authorize the laying off of the city of Conyers

into three wards.



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Also,
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Conyers.
The Senate has passed by a requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula.
Also,
A bill to abolish the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Greene.
Also,
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Grayson.
The Senate has passed as amended, by a requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
By unanimous conseQt the following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Candler of DeKall>--
A bill to make appropriations for the payment of salaries and other expenses incurred for the year 1907 for the Court of Appea_ls.
The committee proposed to amend by adding a repealing clause to be known as "section 2," which was adopted

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An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Adams of Chatham.

After considering the bill the committee arose, and through its chairman reported the s~me back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The repc)rt of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, which were as. follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Adams ofElbert, Adkins, Alexander, Allen, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Atwater, Austin, Berry. Blackburn, Bond, Brown of Carroll, Burkhalter, Burwell, Butt, Callaway, Candler, Chamlee, Clark, Clifton, Collum, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas,

Covington, Couch, Culbreth, Donalson, Dorminy. Dunbar, Dykes, Eaves, Estes, Fagan, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fraser, Frier, Fullbright, Furr, Galloway, Geer, Gibson, Glenn, Godley, Goode, Guyton, Hall,

Hamilton, Harris, Heard, Hill, Hines, Howard, Hubbard, Huie, Hullender, Jackson, Tohnson of Jasper, Tohnson of Towns, Tones of Meriwether. Keith, Kendall, Lee, Lively, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMichael, l\lc:\Iullan, Martin, Massengale, Mays, Moore,

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Mundy, Nix,,
Nowell, Orr, Parker, Parrish, J>ayton, Perry, Peterson, Persons, Pope of Dade, Powell, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam,

Reid of Wilcox,

Tift,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Townsend,

Rogers of Randolph, Tracy,

Ryals,

Trent,

Sha,v,

Tyson,

Sheffield,

Walker of Milton,

Simmons,

Watkim,

Slade,

\Yay,

Slater,

White of l\1adison.

Smith of Campbell, Williams of Laurens,

Stephens,

Wilson,

Taylor of Appling. Wise,

Thurman,

Wright of Floyd,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Edwards,

Russell.

Anderson of Bulloch, Ellison,

Smith of Calhoun,

Ballard,

Fowler,

Stewart,

Barksdale,

Hardeman,

Strickland,

Barrett,

Haywood,

Stubbs,

Barrow,

Holder,

Sumner,

Bell,

Huff,

Swilling.

Bowen,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Taylor of Sumter,

BoJil,

Jones of 1Iitchell, Terrell,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Kendrick,

Thorne,

Buchannon,

Lumsden,

Tuggle,

Calbeck,

Lunsford,

Walker of Lowndes.

Cannon,

McMahan,

\'/alker of \Vashington,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, MeWilliams,

Ward,

Cowan,

Maxwell,

\Yarnell,

Crumbley,

Mercer,

\Vhite of Screven,

Daniel,

Morris,

Whitley,

Davis,

Nee!,

Williams of Dodge,

Davison,

Odum,

\Vootten,

Dean,

Pope of Brooks,

\Vright of Richmot1<1,

Dickey,

Price of Bartow, Young,

Duggan,

Price of Oconee,

Mr. Speaker.

Edmondson,

Rountree,

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

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On the passage 'of the bill the ayes were IIS, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following bill '~'as taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit :
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
Mr. Donal'son, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, and as its chairman I am instructed to report said bills back as follows, to wit :
To prescribe the duties and powers of the commissioners of roads and revenues in and for Ben Hill county, and for other purposes, do pass.
\
To incorporate the town of Screven in Wayne county, and for other purposes, do pass.
To amend an Act entitled an Act to create the city court of Sandersville, in and for the county of Washington, do pass.
To provide for the removal of all obstructions of all kinds, other than dams, from creeks and other running streams in the county of Stephens, do pass.

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To permit the commissioners of roads and revenues of Spalding county to use the money in the county treasury, which was obtained from taxes in the year 1905, and levied for court-house purposes, and for other purposes, do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoN;\LSON, Chairman.

1\Ir. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education has had under con-

sideration House bill No: 139, and instruct me as its

chairman to report that the same "do not pass."

,

Respectfully submitt_ed.

MclVhcHAEL, Chairman.

::\1r. \Vise, chairman of the Committee on \Vays and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration the 'following bills, and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that do pass, to wit :

House bill No. 490.

Also following bill, that do pass as amended by substi-

tute, to wit:



House bill No. 88.

Respectfully submitted.

J. \V. WISE, Chairman.

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The following memorial from the Fulton County Medical Society was read:

ATLANTA, GA., July 20, 1907.
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
The undersigned, constituting the Legislation Committee of the Fulton County Medical Society, have been instructed by a unanimous vote at a regular meeting of the said society to present, and in accordance with said instructions do hereby present, to your honorable body the following memorial :
The Fulton County Medical Society is an incorporated body numbering approximately one hundred and fifty of the regular physicians of Fulton county, Georgia, of unimpeachable personal and professional standing. It is in no sense a political body, and under no circumstances does it undertake to control or direct the political or economic views of its members.
At the said meeting of the Fulton County Medical Society, held in the city of Atlanta on July 18, 1907, the undersigned, constituting the Legislation Committee of said society, submitted a report on the effect that the bill now pending before the General Assembly providing for State prohibition (commonly known as the Hardman-Covington bill) would have upon the physicians of the State, so far as it relates to the use of alcohol in its various forms in the practice of medicine. This report was adopted, and your petitioners were unanimously instructed to memorialize the General Assembly, in behalf of The Fulton County Medical Society, not to pass the bill in its present shape. A copy of the report of the .committee adopted by the society, setting forth the reasons upon which the action of the society was based, is hereto attached, and it is unnecessary to do more than refer to this report in order to set before your honorable body the objectionable features which the society finds in the present bill.

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\Ve wish to reiterate that the Fulton County Medical Society, as an incorporate body, takes no side upon the question of prohibition as a political or moral issue. So far, however, as the present bill hampers the regular physicians of the State in the proper practice of their profession, we are vitally interested. \ Ve call attention to the fact that in the opinion of a large majority of the reputable physicians of the country, alcohol in its various forms-brandy, whisky, vinous and malt liquors, any and .all-have a distinct place in medical practice which renders their use as medicine desirable, and often indispen -sable. \Ve beg further to call your attention to the fact that many, if not most, cases in which stimulants are required are urgent, and that when the physician is called upon to meet an emergency in which human life is involved, he will find hims(lf, under the operation of the proposed law, deprived of the use of his ordinary resources, and his professional efforts hampered by restrictive legislation. vVe are, as a body, law-abiding men, and we earnestly protest against the enactment of a measure which in many instances may force us into un welcome antagonism to a law which prevents the full discharge of our duties to our patients.
\Ve apprehend that the advocates of this measure do not fully appreciate the difference between "pure alcohol" and alcoholic preparations, and the fact that alcohol is not and can not be made a substitute for such preparations as are usually employed as remedial agents. Practical experience proves that without regard to the mere physiological effect, the actual employment of "pure alcohol" internally as a substitute for brandy, whisky, wines and malt liquors, in the treatment of disease, is utterly impracticable, and the attempt upon the part of any physician to use it in this manner would be in the highest degree reprehensible.
In view of the foregoing, and of the attached report, which sets out in detail the specific objections to the pres-

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ent so-called Hardman-Covington bill, the undersigned~

on behalf of the Fulton County Medical Society, re!!pect-

fully and earnestly petition the General Assembly of

Georgia to so amend the bill in question that in the event

of its passage it will not ham'per or obstruct physicians

in the practice of their profession, and will not be open to

the objections which are set forth in the report before re-

ferred to, a copy of which is hereto attached.



J. Ross SIMPSON, M.D., Chairman. JAMES B. BAIRD, M.D.,
L. B. CLARKE, M.D.,

Legislation Committee Fulton County Medical Socity.

Report of the Legislation Committee of the Fulton - Cou_nty :Medical Society, submitted to a meeting of said
Society July I8, 1907:

ATLANTA, GA., July 18, 1907.
To the Fulton County Medical Society, Atlanta, Ga.
GENTLEMEN : 'vVe, your Legislation Committee, having thoroughly investigated and carefully considered the . medical aspect of the general prohibition bill now pending before the General Assembly of Georgia, desire to report as follows :
First. That. this report has nothing to do with the question of prohibition itself, for we do not see that thiSsociety has anything to do with the main issue, nor can it be here discussed.
It is, however, our purpose to point out to you those phases of the bill that affect the physician, demonstrate how seriously they do so, and show that the physician can not continue an upright, law-abiding citizen and at the same time obtain and employ in his practice such_ alcoholic preparations as are of recognized necessit~ and~

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in keeping with the most modern knowledge in medicine .and surgery.
\Ve call your attention to the fact that, as proposed by this law, only "pure alcohol" may be prescribed by the physician with the knowledge that his prescription can be legally filled by the druggist; and that "pure alcohol" does not mean anything except pure alcohol of 92.3 per cent., as prescribed in the United States Pharmacopoeia, in substantiation of which fact we refer you to a decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the case of Bradley ~'S. State, 121 Ga. 201. This decision debars those of us who believe in the efficacy of whisky, brandy, or weaker alcoholics, in certain ailments, from obtaining any or all of them legally upon our prescription. Surely, no physician will deliberately prescribe "pure alcohol" for internal administration.
We are reliably informed that in the original bill the words "pure alcohol" had been intended to cover all the
U. S. P. preparations, "alcoholics of purity" being the in-
tention. Such, how.ever, is not the result.
Regarding obtaining alcohol itself, we call your attention to the following facts :
That under the proposed law you can not obtain even alcohol on your prescription for a married man, nor for a widow, nor for the unmarried son or daughter who are of age, in any family, nor. for any person, man or woman, living alo1;1e, nor for a visitor, if any of these so enumerated be too sick to go himself to obtain it, unless the physician himself goes to the druggist and has it filled.
To go further into this perplexity, we can not see that under the law the physician can carry a little alcohol in his grip, ready for the many little uses to which he applies it. Its ready availability for the purposes incident to both minor and capital surgery, are made very difficult, inasmuch as the physician is required to prescribe it for some

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specific patient; and we all recognize its value .for cleansing skin surfaces, instruments, hands, as applications, etc., to say nothing of its use in connection with applica-. tions of carbolic acid, and as an antidote to carbolic acid poisoning. In the latter emergency we must consider not alone the time lost in writing, filling and numbering a prescription to be used for such poisoning, but that after all this, if the physician can not go for it, or must remain with the patient, the druggist can not deliver the medicine legally to any but prescribed persons.
We hold that under the proposed law the physician can not legally keep alcohol in his office, for two reasons :
(I) The caption, and section I of sai<;l bill prohibit the keeping on hand of alcohol at places of business;
( 2) Section I prescribes that it is obtainable only for a specifically named patient, under care, and who has been examined. Hence, it can not be purchased for general use.
We find that certain U. S. P.' preparations in common
daily use will undoubtedly have a questionable standing under the proposed law, due to their alcoholic strength. A few of the preparations and their strengths are herein enumerated :

Preparation.

Percentage of Alcohol.

Tincture of ginger ................... 90~'0

Spirits of nitre ...................... 95%

Spirits of chloroform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 5-'o (about)

Spirits of camphor ................... 90%

Essence of peppermint ................ 90%

Hoffman's Anodyne .................. 66%

Tincture gentian compound ............ so%

And many others of various alcoholic strength. One person drunk, on any of these preparations, will settle their standing.

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In conclusion, you will see that the restrictions with which it is now sought to surround alcohol and its ~repa rations, for medicinal use, are of a severely drastic nature, taken singly. Summed altogether, they amount to an appalling array of legal impossibilities that will serve, if enacted, to effectually impede the cause of science and prevent the physician from doing his full duty to humanity in his everyday work of relief and succor.

These facts are submitted for your consideration.

(Signed)

J. Ross SIMPSON, Chairman. JA~IES B. BAIRD, L. B. CLARKE,
Legislation Committee.

The following communication was read :
CoLUMBUS, GA., July 20, I907.
Representatives Slade and Russell, Atlanta, Ga.
GENTS: Have section two ( 2) of prohibition bill amended so as to allow retail druggists to purchase alcohol from local jobbers.
\Vheat Drug Co., Morgan & Meadows, Robt. Carter,
Hicks & Johnson, J. J. Evans, Jordan City Pharmacy,
Waverly Pharmacy, Rose Hill Pharmacy, North Highlands Pharmacy, People's Drug Store, Queen City Drug
Store, Henry Gann, M. J. Blackmon & Co., Blackmon's Pharmacy, Shackelford's Drug Store, G. C. S., J. F.
Niels, Thomas Drug Co., R. ~I. Stanley, Reid's Pharmacy.
Mr. Donalson, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bill, and as its chairman I am instructed to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass:
No. 408. To create a board of county commissioners for the county of Bryan, and for other purposes.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman.

The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :
By Messrs. Thurman, Hullender and ~ope-

A bill to amend an Act to give the commissioners of roads and revenues the authority to lay out and work the public roads, and for other purposes.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays I.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to amend section 982, volume I of the Code so as to designate the town of Pembroke as a State depository.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution providing that House bill No. 40 be recommitted to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, and instructing said committee to report all bills on the subject of disfranchisement at one time.

By unanimous c:msent the following bill was read the second time, to wit :

By Mr. Martin of Elbert-

A bill to amend section 4 of an Act which provides for inspection of commercial fertilizers.

The above bill was recommitted.

By Mr. Alexander-

A bill to repeal sections 807 and 8o8 of the Code.

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

By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-
A bill to amend an Act to create the Lithonia school district.

Referred to Committee on Education.

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451

By Mr. White of Madison-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hull.

Referred to Committee oh Corporations.

By .Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A resolution to pay the pension due Harris Fuller.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Roopville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. GuytonA bill to create the city court of Springfield. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Guyton-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Effingham county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. GuytonA bill to abolish the county court of Effingham county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Messrs. Brown and Watkins of Carroll-

A bill to authorize the town of Whitesburg to establish a system of public schools.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McCarthy-
A bill to prohibit the State, counties, etc., from employing laborers for more than eight hours per day.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A bill to appropriate $10,000 annually for the support of the Georgia Experiment Station.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Brown and \Vatkins of Carroll-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Carroll.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to increase the number of terms of the superior court of Hall county.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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453

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

. A bill to empower the mayor and council of Carrollton to exercise police protection over grounds of 4th district Agricultunil College.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-

A resolution to pay pension of E. P. Ford.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-

A bill to refund Nussbaum Bros. $53.90.

Referred to Comrriittee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Guyton-

A resolution to pay pension due Peter Gordy.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-

A bill to incorporate the town of Brinson.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to change the school year so that same shall begin September 1 and close August 31.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Berry of Union-

A bill to be entitled an Act to make the offense of libel or slander a misdemeanor.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Atkinson of Morgan-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Madison.

Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond (by request)-
A bill to create the office of solicitor of the county court of Quitman county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Bryan.
By Mr. MassengaleA bill to regulate the delivery of telegraph messages.
Recommitted.

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A bill to regulate telegraph companies and provide liability.
Recommitted. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Orr of Coweta. A motion to adjourn was made and carried, and_ the Speaker announced the House adjourned until IO o'clock to-morrow.

ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, July 23, I907

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

The roll w,as called and the following 'members answered to their names :

Adams of Chatham, Anderson of Cobb, _ Barrett,

Adams of Elbert, Ashley,

Barrow,

Adams of Wilkinson, Atkinson,

Bell,

Adkins,

Atwater,

Berry,

Alexander,

Austin,

Blackburn,

Allen,

Ballard,

Bond,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barksdale,

Bowen,

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Brown of Carroll, Galloway,

Morris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Mundy,

Buchannan,

Gibson,

Neel,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Nix,

Burwell,

Godley,

Nowell,

Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Orr,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price. of Oconee,

Cuuch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel,

Johnson of Jaspt:r, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns, Russell,

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Tones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Slade,

Duggan,

Lee,

Slater,

Dykes,

Lively,

Smith of Calhoun,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Smith of Campbell,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Stewart,

Ellison.

Mcintyre,

Strickland,

Estes,

McMahan,

Stubbs,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Sumner,

Flanders,

McMullan;

Swilling,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Taylor of Appling,

Foster,

Martin,

Taylor of Sumter,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Terrell,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Thorne,

Frier,

Mays,

Thurman,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Tift;

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457

Townsend,

Ward,

Tracy,

W ameli,

Trent,

Watkins,

Tuggle,

Way,

'Tyson,

White of Madison,

Walker of Lowndes, White of Screven,

Walker of Milton, Whitley,

Walker of Washington, Williams of Dodge,

Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Anderson of Bulloch arose in his seat and stated
that Hon. S. J. Tyson, Representative from Emanuel
county, had recently stood examination and been ad-
mitted to the bar, and requested that Mr. Tyson be added
to General Judiciary Committee, which request the
Speaker granted, there being no objection.

Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that when the House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet again at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Whitley of Douglas House bill No. 106 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporatins have had under consideration the following House bills, and direct me as their chairman to report same back with recommendation that they do pass as amended :

An Act to authorize two or more municipal corporations to co-operate in the organization and maintenance <>f work gangs. Amended by the committee.

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

An Act to amend the charter of Griffin. D0 pass.

Respectfully submitted.

July 23, 1907.

H. G. NowELL, Chairman.

Mr. \Vhitley, 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 me to report same back with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:

A bill to create an institution for the treatment of tuberculosis in Georgia.
Respectfully submitted. T. R. WHITLEY, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and Coqnty Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, and as its chairman I am instructed to report the same back to the House as follows, to wit:

To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish and maintain in town of Colquitt a dispensary, and for other purposes," do pass.

An Act to amend the Act creating a board of county commissioners for ~Titchell county, etc., do pass.

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459

To amend an Act incorporating the city of Sandersville, do pass.

To amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Marion county, etc., do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON) Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance having had under consideration House bill No. 258, beg leave to return the same to the House with recommendation that same do pass as amended.
WRIGHT of Floyd, Chairman.

Mr. Mundy of Pqlk, acting chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee has had under consideration the following bills of the House, and instruct me to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend section I 115, Penal Code.
A bill to prescribe duties of telegraph companies.
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to charge more than 5 per cent. interest per month.

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
A bill to amend section 3828, volume 2, Code 1895.
A bill to amend section 2316, volume 2, Code 1895.
Also the following House bills, with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to provide for amepdment qf bills of indictment.
A bill to amend section 5130, volume 2, Code 1895.
Also the following House bill, with recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend Act to provide for holding four terms of superior court of Bibb county.
Also the following House bill, with recommendation that same be read the second time and recommitted :
A bill to regulate certain primary elections. Respectfully submitted.
I. F. MuNDY, Acting Chairman.
Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bills, and instruct me to report that the same "do not pass," to wit: Nos. 28, 30 and 406.

TuESDAY, JuLY 23, 1907.

They further instruct me to report that House bill No. 530 "do pass."

Respectfully,

McMICHAEL, Chai1man.

Mr. Martin, chairman of the Committee on Generah Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee. on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following Senate resolution, and instructed me to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :

A resolution endorsing the bill introduced by Congressman Heflin, of Alabama, in Congress.
Respectfully submitted. L. H. 0. MARTIN, Chairman.

The following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to regulate certain primary elections m this. State, and for other purposes.

The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A resolution, instructing the Secretary of State to furnish electric fans for the House.

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
By :Mr. Martin of Elbert-
A resolution tendering the hall .of the House to the State Farmers' Union this afternoon or some afternoon this week when the House is not in session.
By unanimous'consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, t_o wit:
By Mr. Ellison of Harris-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Hamilton, in Harris 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 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Reid of Macon-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ideal, 111 Macon -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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. QJ;r of CowetaA resolution to pay pension due Mrs. M. E. McLane.

: TuESDAY, JuLY 23, 1907.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated as chairman Mr. Hill of Monroe.

After considering the resolution the committee arose ancf, through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The committee proposed to insert the word "unmarried" between the words "a" and "dependent" in line 10, which was adopted.
The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Candler,

Edmondson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Edwards,

Adkins;

Chamlee,

Ellison,

Alexander,

Clifton,

Fagan,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

Flanders,

Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Foster,

Austin,

Cook of Telfair,

Fowler,

Ballard,

Cooke of Thomas, Fraser,

Barksdale,

Covington,

Frier,

Barrett,

Couch,

Fullbright,

Barrow,

Cowan,

Galloway,

Bell,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bond,

Daniel,

Godley,

Bowen,

Davis,

Goode,

Boyd,

Davison,

Guyton,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dean,

Hamilton,

Burkhalter,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Burwell,

Donalson,

Harris,

Butt,

Duggan,

Hill,

C:1lbeck,

Dykes,

Holder,

Callaway,

Eaves,

Howard,

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Hubbard,

Nix,

Sumner,

Huff,

Nowell,

Swilling,

Huie,

Odum,

Taylor of Appling,

Hullender,

Orr,

Taylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Thurman,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Tift,

Jones of Meriwether, Peterson,

Townsend,

Tones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Tyson,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Walker of Lowndes,

Lively,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Washington,

Lunsford,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Ward,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph, Warnell,

McMahan,

Rountree,

Watkin~,

McMichael,

Ryals,

White of Screven,

McMullan,

Shaw,

Whitley,

McWilliams,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

Massengale,

Slade,

Wilson,

Maxwell,

Slater,

Wise,

Moore,

Smith of Campbell, Wootten,

Mundy,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

Nee!,

Strickland,

Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Hall,

Stewart,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, .turr,

Allen,

Geer,

Anderson of Bulloch, , bson,

Ashley,

Haywood.

Atwater,

Heard,

Berry,

Hines,

Blackburn,

Jackson,

Brown of Carroll, Keith,

Buchannan,

' McCarthy,

Clark,

Martin,

Crumbley,

Mays,

Dorminy,

Mercer,

Dunbar,

Morris,

Estes,

Parker,

Flannivan,

Persons, Price of Oconee, Reid of Wilcox, Russell, Simmons, Smith of Calhoun, Stubbs, Thorne, Tuggle, Way, White of Madison, Williams of Laurens, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

TuESDAY~ JuLY'23, 1907.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 139,.
~Jays 2.

The resolution having received the reqmstte constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-

A bill to amend section 982 of the Code so as to designate Lyons as a State depository.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-

A bill to create a system of public schools in the city

of Lyons.



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 110, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit :
30 hj

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By Mr. Taylor of 36th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Meriwether.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee. By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit: By Messrs. Nix and \Vilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Lawrenceville.
_:_1
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hubbard of Dawson-
A resolution to pay pension due John N. Brown to his widow.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Hubbard of DawsonA resolution to pay a pension to J olm M. Pirkle.
Rtierred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. McMahan-
A bill to amend section 4106 of the Code, which provides the changing of the place of holding justice courts.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

TuESDAY, JuLY 23, 1907.
By Mr. McMahan-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Citizens Bank of Athens.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Messrs. Taylor and Martin-
A bill to amend an Act to prevent the adulteration, misbranding, etc., of foods for man and beast, etc.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Wooten of Wilkes-

A resolution providing that no further orders tfor lithia water be given for use of House.

The above resolution was ordered to lay on table for

one day.



By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to provide for the establishment of chaingangs upon works of individuals, firms or corporations, etc..
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to -wit:

By Mr. Blackburn-
A resolution to appropriate $43,000 to pay off pension rolls for 1907.

JouRNAL or- THE: HousE;.
An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated as chairman Mr. Dykes of Sumter.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the. recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The committee proposed to amend by adding the following proviso:
"Provided, however, that prefer~nce shall be given by the Commissioner of Pensions in paying said fund to those pensioners who were on the roll and entitled to draw pensions prior to October I, 1905."

The amendment was adopted.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was then agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered and, on taking the ballot viva voce, the vqte was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Atwater,

Adams of Elbert, Austin,

Adams of Wilkinson, Barksdale,

Adkins,

Barrett,

Alexander,

Barrow,

Allen,

Bell,

Anderson of Bulloch, Berry,

Anderson of Cobb, Blackburn,

Ashley,

Bond,

Atkinson,

Bowen,

Boyd, Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Butt, Callaway, Candler, Cannon, Chamlee,

Clark,

Haywood,

Price of Oconee,

Clifton,

Heard,

Reid of Macon,

Collum,

Hill,

Reid of Putnam,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Reid of Wilcox,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Rogers of Randolph,

Couch,

HubbarJ,

Russell,

Cowan,

Huff,

Ryals,

Culbreth,

Huie,

Shaw,

Daniel,

Hullender,

Sheffield,

Davis,

Jackson,

Simmons,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Slade,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Slater,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Smith of Calhoun,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Smith of Campbell,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Stephens,

Duggan, Dykes,

Kendrick, Lee,

Sumner, Swilling,

'

Eaves,

Lively,

Taylor of Appling,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Taylor of Sumter,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Terrell,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Thurman,

Estes,

McMahan,

Tracy,

Fagan,

McMkhael,

Trent,

Flanders,

Mc~vlullan,

Tyson,

Foster,

McWilliams,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Fowler,

Massengale,

\Valker of Milton,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Walker of Washington,

Full'_ ~iP"ht,

Moore,

Ward,

Furr,

Morris,

\Varnell,

Galloway,

Nix,

Watkins,

Gee<,

Nowell,

White of Screven,

Glenn,

Odum,

Whitley,

Godley,

Orr,

Williams of Dodge,

Goode,-

Parrish,

Williams of Laurens,

Guvton,

Persons,

Wilson,

Hall,

Pope of Brooks,

Wise,

Hamilton,

Pope of Dade,

Wootten,

Hardeman,

Powell,

Wright of Floyd,

-Harris,

Price of Bartow, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Ballard, Burwell,

Cal beck, Covington,

Crumbley, Dunbar,

470

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Flannigan, Fraser, Gibson, Johnson of Jasper, Kendall, McCarthy, Martin, Mays, Mercer,

Mundy, Nee!, Parker, Payton, Perry, Peterson, Rountree, Stewart, Strickland,

Stubbs, Thorne, Tift, Townsend, Tnggle, Way, White of Madison, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 1 so,
nays o.

The resolution having received the reqmstte constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

Mr. Parker, vice-chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enroliment report as properly en- rolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to p'rovide for an additional judge of the superior court of the Atlanta judicial circuit.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Grayson, in Gwinnett county.

Also an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula.

TuESDAY, JuLY 23, 1907

471

Also an Act to abolish the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of the county of Greene.

Respectfully submitted. 'vV. M. PARKER, Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was taken up, read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Barksdale of 'vVilkes-

A resolution to provide -for the creation of a bureau of insurance legislative information.

The substitute offered by the committee was amended as follows : To amend by making section 2 section 3, and so that section 2 shall read as follows: "Section 2. The . committee appointed under this resolution shall meet at State Capitol and confine their investigation to insurance companies doing business in this State ; provided, they may have authority to investigate the insurance laws of all the States."

The substitute as amended was adopted.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 85, nays 43

The resolution having received the requisite majority was adopted by substitute as amended.

By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb--

A bill to repeal sections 807 and 8o8 of the Code relative to the arbitration of tax values.

472

JoURNAL OF THE HousE.

The substitute offered by the committee was agreed to.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays o.

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

On motion of Mr. Alexander the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Nix of Gwinnett, moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 1907
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o1clock 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 of Chatham, Anderson of Bulloch, Ballard,

Adams of Elbert, Anderson of Cobb, Barksdale,

Adams of Wilkinson, Ashley,

Barrett,

Adkins,

Atkinson,

Barrow,

Alexander,

Atwater,

Bell,

Allen,

Austin,

Berry,

WEDNESDAY, }ULY 24, 1907.

473

Blac' kburn,

Fullbright,

Mer:er,

Bond,

Furr,

l\1oore,

Bowen,

Galloway,

Morris,

Boyd,

Geer,

Mundy,

Brown of Carroll, Gibson,

N eel,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Glenn,

Nix,

Buchannon,

Godley,

Nowell,

Burkhalter,

Goode,

Odum,

Burwell,

Guyton,

Orr,

Butt,

Hall,

Parker,

Calbeck,'

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Callaway,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Candler,

Harris,

Perry,

Chamlee,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clark,

Heard,

Peterson,

Clifton,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Collum,

Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Holder,

Powell,

Cook of Telfair,

Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Cooke of Thomas, Hubbard,

Price of Oc0'Iee,

Covington,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Couch,

Huie

Reid of Putna.m,

Cowan,

Hullender,

Reid of 'Vilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Dan!el,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns, Russell,

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Slade,

Duggan,

Lee.

Smith of Calhoun,

Dykes,

Lively.

Smith of Campbell,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Stephens,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stewart,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Strickland,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Stubbs,

Estes,

Mc11ahan,

Sumner,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Swilling,

Flanders,

McMullan,

Taylor of Appling,

Flannigan,

McV.'illiams,

Taylor of Sumter,

Foster,

Martin,

Terrell,

J:o'owl~r,

Massengale,

Thorne,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Thurman,

Frier,

Mays,

Tift,

474

JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.

Townsend,

\Vard,

Tracy,

\Varnell,

Trent, -

\Vatkins,

Tuggle,

\Vay,

Tyson,

\Yhite of l\l:adison,

\Valker of Lowndes, \Vhite of Screven,

Walker of l\Iilton, Whitley,

Walker of Washington, Williams of Dodge,

\Villiams of Laurens, \Vilson, Wise, \Vootten, Wright of Floyd, Young, l\Ir_ Speaker_

Those absent were Messrs.-

Cannon, Crumbley,

Slater, Wright of Richmond,

:Mr_ Dunbar gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in adopting, on yesterday, House Resolution No_ 17-to appropriate $43,000 for payment of deficiencies of pension rolls for 1907.
Mr_ Adams of Chatham gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House of yesterday in passing House Bill No_ 443, being a bill to incorporate the town of Ideal.
Mr. Hines gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 388, and also Resolution No. 37
Mr_ Barrow of Chatham gave notice that at the proper time he would move _to reconsider the .action of the House in passing House Resolution No. 13, being a resolution to create a B_ureau of Insurance Legislative Information.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed_

ATLANTA, GA., July 24, 1907.
The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Carter:

WEDNESDAY, }ULY 24. 1907.

475

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to provide for an additional judge of the suf)erior court of the Atlanta judicial circuit and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Grayson, in Gwinnett county.

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Dacula.
An Act to abolish the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the c9unty of Greene.
Mr. Hines of Baldwin moved, in accordance with his notice, to reconsider the action of the House in passing House bill No. 388.

Mr. Nix of Gwinnett ca)led the previous question and -on that call Mr. Dunbar called for the ayes and nays which call was sustained and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

The call of the roll was begun arid when the name of Mr. Adams of Chatham was reached he arose in his seat to explain his vote. At the expiration of the three minutes allowed him in which to ~xplain his vote Mr. Barrow of Chatham moved that the rules of the House be suspended and that Mr. Adams' time be extended for ten minutes; and on that motion called for ayes and nays. The roll call was sustained and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

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The call of the roll was begun, and when the name of Mr. Adams of Chatham was reached, he arose to explain his vote.
Mr. Candler made the point of order that inasmuch as the gentleman was personally interested he had no right to explain his vote or to vote on the question, which point was sustained by the Speaker.
The call of the roll was continued, and when the name of Mr. Barrow was reached, he arose in his seat to explain his vote. After speaking for three minutes, Mr. Adams of Chatham moved that the rules of the House be suspended and Mr. Barrow's time be extended for ten minutes, and on that motion Mr. Dunbar called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained. On taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:
When the name of Mr. Chamlee was reached he arose to explain his vote. At the expiration of the time allotted him, Mr. Slade moved that the rules of the House be sus. pended, and Mr. Chamlee's time be extended ten minutes. On the motion to extend the time of Mr. Chamlee, Mr. Russell called for the ayes and nays. The call was sustainecl.
l\1 r. \Vright of Floyd made the point of order that under Rule 65 the motion of Mr. Slade was out of order.
The Speaker sustained the point of order.
The Clerk proceeded with the roll call, which was as follows:

477

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fowler,

'Adams of Wilkinson, Geer,

Allen,

Glenn,

Anderson of Bulloch, Heard,

Berry,

Hines,

Blackburn,

Howard,

Chamlee,

Hubbard,

Donalson,

Huff,

Dunbar,

Lee,

Estes,

McCarthy,

Moore, Powell, Rogers of Mcintosh, Russell, Slade, Stephens, Stewart, Taylor of Sumter, Tift, Tuggle,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Covington,

Adkins,

Couch,

Alexander,

Cowan,

Anderson of Cobb, Culbret)l,

Ashley,

Daniel.

Atkinson,

Davis,

Atwater,

Davison,

Austin,

Dean,

Ballard,

Dorminy,

Barksdale,

Duggan,

Barrett,

Dykes,

Bell,

Eaves,

Bond,

Edmondson,

Bowen,

Edwards,

Pvyd,

Ellison,

Brown of Carroll, Fagan,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Flanders,

Buchannon,

Flannigan,

Burkhalter,

Foster,

Butt,

Frier,

Cal beck,

Fullbright,

Callaway,

Furr,

Candler,

Galloway,

Clark,

Gibson,

Clifton,

Godley,

Collum,

Goode,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Guyton,

Cook of Telfair,

Hall,

Cooke of Thomas, Hamilton,

Hardeman,

Harris,

Haywood,

Hill,

Holder,

Huie,

Hullender,

Jackson,



Johnson of Jasper,

Johnson of Jeff Davis,

Johnson of Towns,

Jones of Mitchell,

Kendall,

Kendrick,

Lively, Lumsd~n,

Lunsford,

Mcintyre,

McMahan,

McMichael,

McMullan,

McWilliams,

Martin,

Massengale,

Maxwell,

Mays,

Mercer,

. ~undy,

Nee!,



JOURNAL OF' THE HoUSE.

Nix, Nowell, Odum, Orr, Parker, Parrish, Payton, Perry, Persons, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, R.eid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox, Rogers of Randolph,

Rountree, Ryals, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Townsend, Tracy,

Trent, Tyson, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, ward,
Watkins, Way, White of Madison, \Vhite of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barrow, Burwell, Cannon,
Crumbley, Dickey,

Fraser,

Walker of Lowndes,

Jones of Meriwether, Warnell,

Keith,

Wright of Richmond,

:\I o r r i s ,

Mr. Speaker.

Slater,

The roll call was verified and the vote was ayes 30, nays, 139.

Three-fow;ths of the House not having so voted, the motion to extend the time of Mr. Barrow was lost.

On the motion to extend the time of Mr. Adams of Chatham for ten minutes, in order that he might more fully explain his vote, and on which the aye and nay vote was begun, was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of \Vilkinson, Anderson of Bulloch, Blackburn,

Allen,

Berry,

Chamlee,

WEDNESDAY, }ULY 24, 1907.

479

Donalson, Dunbar, Estes, Fowler, Fraser, Geer, Glenn, Heard, Hines,

Howard, Hubbard, Huff, Keith, Lee, McCarthy, Moore, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Russell. Slade. Stephens, Ste\\"art, riit. Townsend, Tuggle, \\'ay,

Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Dean,

Kendrick.

-\dkins,

Dickey,

Linly.

Alexander,

Dorminy,

Lumscen,

Anderson of Cobb, Duggan,

Lunsford,

Ashley,

Dykes,

Jl1clntyre,

Atkinson,

Eaves,

l\1c:\1ahan,

Atwater,

Edmondson,

1\IC:\Iichael,

Austin,

Edwards,

1\lcMullan,

Ballard,

Fagan,

l\lc\\'illiams.

Barksdale,

Flanders,

l\lartin,

Barrett,

Flannig-an,

l\Iasseng-al~.

Bell,

Foster.

Mercer.

Bond,

Frier,

1\'lundy,

Bowen,

Fullbright,

Nee!,

Boyd,

Furr,

Kix,

Brown of Carroll, Galloway,

Nowell,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Gibson,

Odum,

Buchannan,

Godley,

Orr,

Burkhalter,

Goode,

Parker,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Parrish,

Callaway,

Ham.ilton,

Payton,

Candler,

Hardeman,

Perrv,

Clark,

Harris,

Persons,

Collum,

Haywood,

Peterson.

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Holder.

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie,

Pope of Dade,

Cooke of Thomas, Hullender,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Jackson,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Johnson of Tasper, Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph,

Davison,

Kendall,

Rountree,

}OURNAL OF THE HousE;.

Sheffield, Simmons, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Terrell,

Thorne,

White of Screven,

Thurman,

\Vhitley,

Tracy,

Williams of Dodge,

Trent,

vVilliams of Laurens,

Tyson,

\Vilson,

Walker of Washington, Wise,

\Vard,

vVootten,

Watkins,

Wright of Floyd,

White of Madison, Young,.

.... -

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham,
~arrow,
Burwell, Butt, Cannon, Clifton, Crumbley, Culbreth, Ellison,

Hall,

Shaw,

Hill,

Slater,

Jones of Meriwether, Taylor of Sumter,

Maxwell,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Mays,

Walker of Milton,

Morris,

\Varnell,

Powell,

Wright of Richmond,

Ryals,

Mr. Speaker.-

-The roll call was verified and on counting the vote it was found that the ayes were JI; nays, 127. The motion to extend Mr. Adams of Chatham's time ten minutes in which to explain his vote on the call for the previous question was therefore lost.

On the call for the previous question on the motion to reconsider House bill No. 388, the ayes and nays were ordered.

The Clerk resumed the call and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Adkins, Alexander, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley,

Atkinson, Atwater, Austin, Ballard, Barksdale,

Barrett, Bell, Bond, lloyd, Brown of Carroll,

WEDNESDAY, }ULY 24, 1907

Brown of Oglethorpe, Goode,

Pope 6f Brooks,

Buchannan,

Guyton,

Pope of Dade,

Burkhalter,

Hall,

Price of Bartow,

Cal~ck,

Hamilton,

Price of Oconee,

Callaway,

Hardeman,

Reid of Macon,

Candler,

Harris,

Reid of Putnam,

Chamlee,

Haywood,

Reid of Wilcox,

Clark,

Hill,

Rogers of Randolph,

Clifton,

Holder,

Rountree,

Collum,

Hubbard,

Ryals,

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Huie,

Shaw,

Cook of Telfair,

Hullender,

Sheffield,

Cooke of Thomas, Jackson,

Simmons,

Covington,

Johnson of Jasper, Smith of Calhoun,

Couch,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Campbelt,

Cowan,

Johnson of Towns, Strickland,

Culbreth,

Jones of Mitchell, Stubbs,

Daniel,

Kendall,

Sumner,

Davis,

Kendrick,

Swilling,

Davison,

Lively,

Taylor of Appling,

Dean,

Lunsford,

Terrell,

Dickey,

Mcintyre,

Thorne,

Donalson,

McMahan,

Thurman,

Dorminy,

l\kMichael,

Tracy,

Duggan,

McMull:m,

Trent,

Dvkes,

Mc\Villiams,

Tyson,

Eaves,

Martin,

Walker of Milton,

Edmondson,

Massengale,

Walker of Washington,

Edwards,

Mercer,

Ward,

Ellison,

l\lundv,

Watkins,

Fagan,

N eel,

White of Madison,

.1:' landers,

Nix,

White of Screven,

Flannigan,

Nowell,

Whitley,

Foster,

Odum,

Williams of Dodge,

Frier,

Orr,

Williams Qf Laurens,

Fullbright,

Parker,

Wilson,

Furr,

Parrish,

Wise,

Galloway,

Payton,

\Vootten,

Gibson,

Persons,

Wright of Floyd,

Godley,

Peterson,

Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Allen,

Barrow,

Adams of Wilkinson, "'.nderson of Bulloch, Berry,

31 h j

JoURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

Blackburn, Dunbar, estes, Fowler, J.'raser, Geer, Glenn, Heard, Hines,

Howard,

Russell,

Huff,

Slade,

Jones of Meriwether, Stephens,

Lee,

Stewart,

McCarthy,

'I'aylor of Sumter,

Jl.loore.

Tift,

1\klrris,

Townsend,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Way,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bowen, Burwell, Butt, Cannon, Crumbley,

Keith, Lumsden, l\Iaxwell, Mays, Perry,

Slater, \Valker of Lowndes, \Varnell, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

The roll call was verified, and on counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 135; nays, 33 The call for the previous question was therefore sustained.

As to whether the main question should be put, Mr. Dunbar of Richmond called for the ayes and nays, which call \Vas sustained, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Adkins, Alexander, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Atwater, Austin, Barksdale, Barrett, Bell, Bond, Bowen, Boyd, Brown of Carroll,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Cowan,

Buchannon,

Culbreth,

Burkhalter,

Daniel,

Burwell,

Davis,

Butt,

DaYison,

Callaway,

Dean,

Candler,

Dickey,

Chamlee,

Donalson,

Clifton,

Dorminy,

Collum,

Duggan.

Cook of Chafhoochee, Dykes,

Cook of Telfair,

ayes,

Cooke of Thomas, Edmondson,

CO\ington,

Edwards,

Couch,

l<.llison,

Fagan,

McMahan,

Simmons,

Flanders,

McMichael,

Smith of Calhoun.

Flannil!'lln,

McMullan,

Smith of Campbell,

Foster,

McWilliams,

Strickland,

Frier,

Martin,

Stubbs,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Sumner,

Furr,

Mundy,

Swilling,

Galloway,

Nee!,

Taylor of Appling,-

G;~son,

Nix,

Taylor of Sumter,

Godley,

Nowel1,

Terrell,

Goode.

Odum,

Thorne,

Guyton,

Orr,

Thurman,

Hall,

Parker,

Tracy,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Trent,

Harris,

Payton,

Tyson,

Haywood,

Persons,

vValker of Milton,

Hill,

Peterson,

Walker of Washington,

Holder,

Pope of Brooks,

Ward,

Huie,

Pope of Dade,

Watkins,

Hullender,

Price of Bartow, White of Madison,

Jackson,

Price of Oconee,

\Vhite of Screven,

Johnson of Jasper, Reid of Macon,

Whitley,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Putnam, Williams of Dodge,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph, \Vilson,

Keith,

Rountree,

Wise,

Kendall,

Russell,

Wootten,

Kendrick,

Ryals,

Wright of Floyd,

Lunsford,

Shaw,

Young,

Mcintyre,

Sheffield,

'

Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Frase>,

Adams of Wilkinson, Geer,

Allen,

Glenn,

Anderson of Bulloch, Heard,

Barrow~

Hines.

Berry,

Howard,

Blackburn,

Hubbard,

Dunbar,

Huff,

Estes,

Lee,

Fowler,

l\IcCarthy,

~Ioore,
Powell, Rogers of Mcintosh, Slade, Stephens, Stewart, Tift, Townsend, Tuggle, \Vay,



JouRNAL o~ THE Hous:e.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Ballard,

Lively,

Cal beck,

Lumsden,

Cannon,

Massengale,

Clark, -

Maxwell,

Crumbley,

l\Iays,

Hamilton,

Morris

Jones of Meriwether,

Perry, Slater, Walker of Lowndes, Warnell, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker. '

T-he roll call was verified, and it was found that the ayes were 134, nays 30. The main question was therefore ordered.

Mr. Blackburn moved that the House reconsider it& action in ordering the previous question:

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

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fraser,

Adams of Wilkinson, Geer,

Allen,

Glenn,

Barrow,

Heard,

Berry,

Hines,

Blackburn,

Howard,

Chamlee,

Huff,

Dunbar,

Lee,

Estes,

Lumsden,

Fowler,

McCarthy,

~foore, Powell, Rogers of Mcintosh. Russell, Slade, Stephens, Stewart, Tift, Townsend, Tuggle,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Adkins, Alexander, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Atwater, Austin,

Ballard, Barksdale, Barrett, Bell, Bond, Bowen,
Bny<i,
Brown of Carroll,

Brown of Oglethorpe,. Buchannan, Burkhalter, Butt, Cal beck, Callaway, Candler, Clark,

WEDNESDAY, }ULY 24, 1907.

Clifton,

Haywood,

Reid of Macon,

Collum,

Hill,

Reid of Putnam,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Holder,

Reid of Wilcox,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie,

Rogers of Randolph.

Cooke of Thomas, Hullender,

Rountree,

Covington,

.Jackson,

Ryals,

Couch,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Shaw,

Cowan,

Johnson of Towns, Sheffield,

Culbreth,

Jones of Mitchell, Simmons,

Daniel,

Keith,

Smith of Calhou~1.

:Cavis,

Kendall,

Smith of Campbell.

Davison,

Kendrick,

. Strickland,

Dean,

Lively,

Stubbs,

Dickey,

Lunsford,

Sumner,

Donalson,

Mcintyre,

Swilling,

Dorminy,

McMahan,

Taylor of Appling,

Duggan,

McMichael,

Terrell,

Dykes,

McMullan,

Thorne,

Eaves,

McWilliams,

Thurman,

Edmondson,

Martin,

Tracy,

Edwards,

Massengale,

Trent,

Ellison,

Morris,

Tyson,

Fagan,

Mundy,

Walker of Milton,

Flanders,

Nee!,

Walker of Washington,

Foster,

Nix,

Ward,

Frier,

Nowell,

Watkins,

Fullbright,

Odum,

Way,

Furr,

Orr,

\Vhite of Madison,

Galloway,

Parrish,

White of Screven,

Gibson,

Payton,

Whitley,

Godley,

Persons,

Williams of Dodge,

Goode,

Peterson,

Wilson,

Guyton,

Pope of Brooks,

vVise,

Hall,

Pope of Dade,

Wootten,

Hamilton,

Price of Bartow, Wright of Floyd,

Hardeman,

Price of Oconee,

Young,

Harris,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Anderson of Bulloch, Jones of Meriwether, Ta,-lor of Sumter.

Burwell,

l'uaxwe!l,

Walker of Lowndes,

Cannon,

Mays,

Warnell,

Crumbley,

Mercer,

Williams of Laurens,

Flannigan,

Parker,

Wright of Richmon-1,

Hubbard,

Perry,

Mr. Speaker.

Johnson of Jasper, Slater,

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

The roll call was verified, and on counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 30; nays, 133 The motion to reconsider was therefore lost.
On the motion to reconsider the act-ion of the House had on yesterday, in passing House bill No. 388, Mr. Dunbar of Richmond 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.-

Allen,

Hines,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Candler,

Flannigan,

Adams of Elbert, Chamlee,

Foster,

Adams of Wilkinson, Clark,

Fowler,

Adkins,

Clifton,

Frier,

Altxander,

Collum,

Fullbright.

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of '-'hat'hoochee, Furr,

Ashley,

Cook of Telfair,

Galloway,

Atkinson,

Cooke of Thomas, Gibson,

Atwater,

Covington,

Glenn,

Austin,

Couch,

Godley,

Ballard,

Cowan,

Goode,

Barksdale,

Culbreth,

Guyton,

Barrett,

Daniel,

Hall,

Barrow,

Davis,

Hamilton,

Bell,

Dean,

Hardeman,

Berry,

Donalson,

Harris,

Blackburn,

Dorminy,

Heard,

Bond,

Dunbar,

Hill,

Boyd,

Duggan,

Holder,

Brown of Carroll, Dykes,

Howard,

Brown of Oglethor~, Eaves,

Hubbard,

Buchannon,

Edmondson,

Huff,

Burkhalter,

Edwards,

Huie,

Burwell,

Ellison,

Hullender,

Butt,

Estes,

Jackson,

Calbeck,

Faa-an,

Johnson of Jaspt:r,

Callaway,

Flanders,

Johnson of Jeff Davis,

Johnson of Towns, Parrish,

Swillin,.,

Jones of Meriwether, Payton,

Taylor of Appling,

Jones of Mitchell, Perry,

Taylor of Sumter,

Keith,

Persons,

Terrell,

Kendall,

Peterson,

Thorne,

Kendrick,

Pope of Brooks,

Thurman,

Lee,

Pope of Dade,

Tift,

Lively,

Powell,

Townsend,

Lumsden,

Price of Bartow, Tracy,

Lunsford,

Reid of Macon,

Trent,

McCarthy,

Reid of Putnam, Tuggle,

Mcintyre,

Reid of Wilcox,

Walker of Milton,

McMahan,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Walker of Washington,

McMichael,

Rogers of Randolph, Ward,

McMullan,

Rountree,

Warnell,

McWilliams,

Russell,

Watkins,

l\Iartin,

Ryals,

\Vay,

l\lassengale,

Shaw,

White of Madison,

Mays,

Sheffield,

\Vhite of Screven,

Mercer,

Simmons,

Whitley,

l\loore,

Slade,

Williams of Dodge,

Mundv,

Smith of Calhoun, \Villiams of Laurens,

Nee!,

Smith of Campbell, Wilson,

Nix,

Stephens,

\Vise,

Nowell,

Stewart,

\Vootten,

Odum,

Strickland,

Wright of Floyd,

Orr,

Sumner,

Young,

Parker,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

.t.nderson of Bulloch, Fraser,

Bowen,

Geer,

Cannon,

Havwood,

Crumbley,

Maxwell,

Davison,

Morris,

Dickey,

Price of Oconee,

Slater, Stubbs, Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes cast, it was found that the ayes were 2; nays, 163. The . motion to reconsider did not, therefore, prevail.

Mr. Whitley moved that the rules of the House be suspended and that Senate bill No. 1, known as the "Prohibition Bill" be taken up and read the third time.

JouRNAL oF THE House.

Mr. Hall of Bibb made the point of order that the motion of Mr. Whitley was out of order.

The Speaker rul~d the point of order well taken under the provisions of Rule No. 40.

From the foregoing ruling of the chair Mr. Wright of Floyd took an appeal and immediately called the previous question.

Mr. Dunbar made the point of order that Mr. Wright could not call the previous question, having just concluded his remarks.

The Speaker overruled the point of order.

Mr. Russell moved that the House adjourn until I I o'clock to-morrow morning.

Mr. Blackburn moved to amend above motion by adjourning until I I :30 a. m. to-morrow.

There were other motions to amend, making the hour 12 o'clock m., I2 :30 o'clock p.m., I o'clock p.m. and I :os o'clock p.m. to-morrow.

Mr. Wright of Floyd called for the previous question on the motion to adjourn.

Mr. Adams of Chatham called for the ayes and nays on sustaining the call for the previous question, which call was sustained, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins, Alexander,

Anderson of Cobb, Atkinson,

Ashley,

Atwater,

WEDNESDAY, }ULY 24, 1907.

Austin,

Frier,

Ballard,

Fullbright,

Barksdale,

Furr, .

Barrett,

Galloway,

I:ell,

Gibson,

Bond,

Godley.

Bowen,

Goode,

I.oy..t,

Hamilton,

Brown of Carroll, Hardeman,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Harris,

Buchannon,

Ha~wood,

Burkhalter,

Hill,

"Burwell,

Holder,

Calbeck,

Huie,

Callaway,

Hullender,

Candler,

Jackson,

Clark,

" hnson of Jasper,

Collum,

Johnson of Towns,

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Jones of Mitchell,

Cook of Telfair,

Kendall,



Cooke of. Thomas, Kendrick,

Covington,

Lively,

Couch,

Lunsford,

Cowan,

Mcintyre,

Culbreth,

McMahan,

Daniel,

McMichael,

Davis,

McMulhn,

Davison,

McWilliams,

Dean,

Martin,

Dickey,

Massengale,

Donalson,

Mays,

Duggan,

Mundy,

Dykes,

N eel,

Eaves,

Nix,

Edwards,

N owe!:,

Ellison,

Odum,

Fagan,

Orr,

Flanders,

Parker,

Flannigan,

Parrish,

Foster,

Payton, Perry, Persons, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox,. Rogers of Randolph, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tracy, Trent, Tyson, '.\'alker of Milton, Yl'alker of Washington, Ward, Watkins, White of Madison, \Vhite of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, \Villiams of Laurens, Wilson, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Adams of Wilkinson, Anderson of Bulloch.

Adams of Elbert, 1\ lien,

Darrow.

490

JouRNAL ol? THE HousJt.

Berry, Blackburn, Chamlee, Clifton, Danbar, Fowler, Fraser, Geer, Glenn, Guyton, Hall, Heard,

Hines,

Rountree,

Howard,

Russell,

Hubbard,

Ryals,

Huff,

Slade,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Stephens,

Lee,

Stewart,

Lumsden,

Taylor of Appling,

:l\IcCarthy,

Taylor of Sumter,

::\foore,

Tift,

Peterson,

Townsend,

Powell,

.

\Varnell,

Regers of Mcintosh, Way,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Butt, Cannon, Crumbley, Dorminy, Edmondson, Estes,

Jones of Meriwether, Tuggle,

Keith,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Maxwell,

\Vise,

Mercer,

Wright of Richmond,

:\Iorris,

Mr. Speaker.

Slater,

The roll-call was verified, and it was found on counting the votes that the ayes were I 24; nays, 42. The can for the previous question on the motion to adjourn,. therefore, prevailed.

On the question as to whether the main question should be ordered, Mr. Blackburn called for the ayes and nays,. which call was sustained.
Mr. Wright of Floyd arose to a question of parliamentary inquiry, and asked the Speaker that in case the appeal from the decision of the chair were still pending when the House adjourned to-night, would the same be taken over as unfinished business, and would Senate bill No. I be in order for a third reading to-morrow morning if the Speaker were reversed in his decision.

The Speaker stated in reply that the same would be in

491.

order as unfinished business tct-morrow morning, when that order of business was reached.
On taking the ballot viva voce on t4e call for the previous question on the motion to adjourn, the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Couch,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cowan,

Adkins,

Culbreth,

Alexander,

Daniel,

Allen,

Davis,

Anderson of Bulloch, Davison,

Anderson of Cobb, Dean,

Ashley,

Dickey,

Atkinson,

Donalson,

Atwater,

Dorminy,

Austin,

Dunbar,

Ballard,

Duggan,

Barksdale,

Dykes,

Barrett,

Eaves,

Barrow,

Edmondson,

!:ell,

Edwards,

Berry,

Lllison,

Blackburn,

Estes,

Bond,

Flanders,

Bowen,

lannigan,

Boyd,

Foster,

Brown of Carroll, Fowler.

Brown of Oglethorpe, Fraser,

Buchannon,

Frier,

Burkhalter,

Fullbright,

Candler,

Furr,

Chamlee,

Galloway,

Clark,

Geer,

Clifton,

Gibson,

CoUum,

Glenn,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Godley,

. Cook of Telfair,

Goode,

Cooke of Thomas, Guyton.

Covington,

Hardeman,

Harr:s,
Haywood, Heard, Hill, Holder, Howard, Hubbard, Huff, Huie, Hullender, Jackson, Johnson of Jasper, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Johnson of Towns, Jones of Meriwether, .Tones of Mitchell, Keith, Kendrick, Lee, Lively, Lunsford, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMahan, McMichael, McMullan, McWilliams, Massengale, Mays, Moore, Morris, Mundy, Nee!, Nix,

492

JoURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Nowell,

Sheffield,

Odum,

Simmons,

'Orr,

Slade,

Parrish,

Smith of Calhoun,

Payton,

Smith of Campbell,

Perry,

Stephens,

Peterson,

Strickland,

Pope of Brooks,

Stubbs,

Pope of Dade,

Sumner,

Price of Bartow, Swilling,

Price of Oconee,

Taylor of Appling,

'Reid of Macon,

Taylor of Sumter,

Reid of Putnam, Terrell,

Reid of WilcoA,

Thorne,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Thurman,

Rogers of Randolph, Tift,

Russell,

Townsend,

Ryals,

Trent,

Shaw,

Tuggle, Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Warnell, Watkins, Way, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, \Vootten, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Hines, Lumsden,

Stewart, Ward,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Burwell, Butt, Cal beck, Callaway, Cannon, Crumbley, Fagan,

Hall, Hamilton, Kendall, Marti11, Maxwell, Mercer, Parker,

Persons, Powell, Rountree, Slater, Tracy,
Wright of Richmond, l\fr. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 157; nays, 4 The call for the previous question, therefore, prevailed.

Mr. Blackburn of Fulton moved that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question; and on that

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motion Mr. Dunbar called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

The call of the roll was begun, but before its completion there was disturbance among the spectators in the gallery. The Speaker immediately ordered the gallery cleared and the doors locked.

Mr. Candler then arose in his seat and asked unanimous consent that, on account of the recent disturbance and the lateness of the hour, unanimous consent that the House adjourn,. which was granted, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, July 25, 1907.
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 Ron. B. F. Thurman of the county of Walker. '

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

Adams of Chatham, Allen,

Atwater,

Adams of Elbert, Anderson of Bulloch, Austin,

Adams of Wilkinson, Anderson of Cobb, Ballard,

Adkins,

Ashley,

Barksdale,

Alexander,

Atkinson,

Barrett,

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Barro\

Flanders,

:McMichael,

Bell,

Flannigan,

McMullan,

Berry,

Foster,

McWilliam3,

Blackburn.

Fowler,

Martin,

Bond,

Fraser,

Massengale,

Bowen,

Frier,

Maxwell,

flo) tl,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Mercer,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Galloway,

Moore,

Buchannan,

Geer,

Morris,

Burkhalter,

Gibson,

Mundy,

Burwell,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Butt,

Godley,

Nix,

Calbeck,

Goode,

Nowell,

Callaway,

Guyton,

Odum,

Candler,

Hall,

Orr,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Chamlee,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Clark,

Harris,

Payton,

Clifton,

Haywood,

Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

Tohnson of Jasper, Rogers of :1\Ic!ntosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Kt>ith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Slater,

Edmondson,

Lums<;len,

Smith of Calhoun,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Smith of Campbell,

Ellison,

McCarthy,

Stephens,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Stewart,

Fagan,

1\Ic::\Iahan,

Strickland,"

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Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, - Tracy,

Trent,

White of Screven,

Tuggle,

Whitley,

Tyson,

Williams of Dodge,

Walker of Lown9es. Williams of Laurens,

Walker of Milton, Wilson,

Walker of Washington, Wise,

\V ard,

Wootten,

Warnell,

Wright of Floyd,

Watkins,

Young,

Way,

Mr. Speaker.

White of Madison,

Those absent were Messrs.-
Wright of Richmond,

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

Mr. Candler submitted a resolution and asked the unanimous consent of the House that it be adopted.
Before it could be acted on, however, Mr. Dunbar asked Mr. Candler to withdraw his reque~t, and asked that the House take a recess for fifteen minutes and consider the resolution of Mr. Candler immediately after, which was granted.
At the expiration of the recess the House was again called to order by the Speaker.

The following resolution offered by Mr. Candler of DeKalb was unanimously adopted, tQ wit:

A resolution providing that Senate bill No. I be made the continuing special order for Tuesday, J ~ly 30, imme-
diately after the reading of the Journal.
Mr. Wright of Floyd asked unanimous consent to withdraw his appeal from the decision of the chair, taken last night, which was granted.

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Mr. Whitley of Douglas also withdrew his motion for a suspension of the rules, which was pending when the House adjourned last night.

There were also pending several notices of reconsideration, having been given on yesterday by Messrs. Adams of Chatham, Barrow, Hines and Dunbar, which were withdrawn by unanimous consent.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and unanimously adopted by a rising vote, to wit:

By Mr. Persons of Monroe-

Be it resolved by the House, That we, tbe members
thereof, do hereby commend our honored Speaker, the Hon. Jno. M. Slaton, for the eminently fair and impartial manner in which he presided over the House during the procedure of the House on 'vVednesday, the 24th inst.

The following resolution was also unanimously adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, the hour of adjournment of this House shall be at 1 o'clock p. m.

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

Mr. Speaker:

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The Senate has passed by a requisite constitutional ma-

jority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to prohibit the giving of passes and franks by corporations in this State, and for other purposes.

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By unanimous consent the call of the roll of counties was dispensed with and the following bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in Geor-

gia, and for other purposes.



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The above bill was tabled.

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to incorpo~ate the town of Pretoria.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Edmondson of Chattooga-

A bill to incorporate the Chelsea school district.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Reed of Wilcox-

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Pineview school district.
Referred to the Committee on Education. By Mr. Reid of wilcox-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pineview. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

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A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Emanuel.
Referred to the Cormnittee on -corporations. By Messrs. Barksdale and Wootten-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Washington. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Atwater of UpsonA bill to authorize the city council of Thomaston to issue bonds. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Huff of LumpkinA bill to increase the efficiency of the military department of the University. Referred to Committee on UniYersity of Georgia. By Messrs. Barksdale and \VoottenA bill to incorporate the town of Ficklen. Referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Bowen of TiftA bill to authorize the mayor and council of Tifton to elect commissioners. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Peterson-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Ailey.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Payton of Worth-

.A bill to provide for financial auditors in the counties of this State.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Staten.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Mays of !3utts-

A bill to protect live stock from infectious diseases.

Referred to Special Agricultural Committee.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-

A bill to increase the efficiency of the military of the State University.

. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Clifton of ToombsA bill to incorporate the town of Ohoopee. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Bowen of Tift-

A bill to regulate the sale of liquors in Tift county.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of certain counties to maintain home for indigent old women.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Hullender-

A bill to incorporate the town of Boynton.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bowen of TiftA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of ~ifton~

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Kendall and Mundy-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Bras-. well.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Edmondson of Chattooga-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Trion.

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By Messrs. Adams and Martin of Elbert-

A bill to incorporate the town of Beverly.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Edmondson-
A resolution to pay pension due J. B. White.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

Ey Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A resolution to appropriate money to pay for pure drinking water.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, House bill No. 18, of which he was the author, was tabled.
The following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Deen of the 5th district-

A bill to amend section 2181, volume 2 of the Code, relative to street railway companies furnishing heat, etc.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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

By Mr. Ryals of Bibb-

A bill to amend an-Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the superior court of Bibb county.

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By Mr. Frier-

A bill to establish a sanitarium for treatment of tuberculosis.

By Mr. Barrett-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from the streams of Stephens county.

By Mr. Geer of Miller-

A bill to amend an Act to create a dispensary in the city of Colquitt.
By Mr. Wise-

A bill to pay off and retire valid bonds of the State as they mature.

By Mr. Huie of Clayton-

A bill to authorize municipal corporations to co-operate in working municipal convicts on the streets, etc.

By Mr. Barksdale-
A resolution to pay pension to Mattie J. Combs.
By Messrs. Duggan and Walker of Washington-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sandersville.

By Mr. Duggan-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Sandersville.

By Mr. Chamlee of FloydA bill to amend section I I I 5 of the Penal Code.
By Mr. BarrettA resolution to pay pension due F. M. Rice.
By Mr. BarksdaleA resolution for the benefit of Mrs. Lucy B. Huguley.
By Mr. Alexander of DeKalb-A resolution to pay pension to B. F. McGehee.
By Mr. Hill of MonroeA bill to extend the corporate limits of Forsyth.
By Mr. Blackburn-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. E. J. Burgess.
By Messrs. Slater and Dykes, A bill to prescribe the duties of electric telegraph companies in receiving and transmitting messages.
By Mr. Adams of ChathamA bill to make it misdemeanor to charge more than five
per cent. per month interest.
By Messrs. Barrow and TaylorA bill to amend section I258 of the Code relating to.
ordinary's cost in pension cases.

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By Mr. Foster-

A bill to amend section 3828, volume 2 of the Code.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb,-

A bill to amend section 2316, volume 2 of the Code. By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-

A bill to ~it commissioners of roads and revenues of Spalding county to use certain money in treasury for jmprovement of roads and bridges.

By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-

A bill to amend an Act to create board of commissioners of Mitchell county.

By Messrs. Jones of Meriwether and Ellison of Harris--

A bill to amend an Act to create a local school system for the town of Chipley.

By Mr. Boyd of SpaldingA bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.

By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners for Marion county.

By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to prescribe the duties and powers of commi~-

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.By Mr. Morris of Wayne-

A bill to incorporate the town of Screven.

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

By Mr. Dean of Floyd-

A resolution to make House bill No. 392 a special or

<ier for, Friday, July 26th.

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Mr. Donalson moved that when the reading of bill for a seeond time shall have been concluded that the House stand adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr. Alexander proposed to amend by substi tuting 9 o'clock for 10 o'clock.

The motion prevailed as amended.

Leave of absence wa_s granted Mr. Lively of Burke, Mr. Reid and Mr. Jackson of Jones.

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



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ATLANTA, GA.;
FRIDAY, July 26, 1907
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 Rev. Mr. Overby.

The mll was called and the following members answ:eredto their names:

Adams of <;hatham, Calbeck,

Edwards,

Adams oJ Elbert, Callaway,

Ellison.

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Estes,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Fagan,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Flanders,

Allen,

Clark,

Flannigan,

:\nderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Foster,

Anderson- of -Cobb, Colluirt,

Fowler,

Ashley.

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fraser,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair.

Frier,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

Austin,

Covington,

Furr,

Ballard,

Couch,

Galloway,

Barksdale.

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Gibson,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bell,

Daniel.

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Guytcm,

Bond,

Dean,

Hall,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Hamilton,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Hardeman,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Haywood,

Buchannon,

Duggan,

Heard,

Burkhalter,

Dykes,

Hill,

Bur\\ e~!,

Caves,

Hines,

Butt,

Edmondson,

Holder.



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Howard,

Nix,

Stubbs,

Hubbard,

Nowell,

Sumner,

Huff,

Odum,

Swilling,

Huie,

Orr,

Taylor of Appling,

Hullender,

Parker,

Taylor of Sumter,

Jackson,

Parrish,

Johnson of Jaspt:r, Payton,



Terrell, Thorne,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

Thurman,

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Tift,

Jones of Merfwether, Peterson,

Townsend,

Tones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Kendall,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow,

Tyson,

Lee,

Price of Oconee,

Walket of Lowndes,

Lively,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Washington,

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ward,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Warnell,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph, Watkins,

.McMahan,

Rountree,

Way,

McMichael,

Russell,

White of Madison,

McMullan,

Ryals,

White of Screven,

McWilliams,

Shaw,

Whitley,

Martin,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

:Massengale,

Simmons,

Williams of Laurens,

Maxwell,

Slade,

Wilson,

Mays,

Slater,

Wise,

Mercer,

Smith of Calhoun, Wootten,

Moore,

Smith of Campbell, Wright of Floyd,

Morris,

Stephens,

Young,

Mundy,

Stewart,

Mr. Speaker.

N eel,

Strickland,

Those absent were Messrs.-

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

Mr. Martin, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker: The Committee on General Agriculture has had under
consideration the following bills, and instruct me as their chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass as ap1ended:
House bills Nos. 312 and 381.
L. H. 0. MARTIN, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:



Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has

had under consideration House bill No. 507, which is a

bill providing for a board of commissioners of roads and

revenues in and for the county of Turner, and for other

purposes, and as the chairman of said committee I am

instructed to report said bill back to the House with a

recommendation that it do pass as amended.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman.

Mr. Perry of Hall, chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Constitutional Amendments makes the following report :

After consideration of the same the committee directs that House bill No. 39 by Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, be reported back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass as amended by the committee.
Respectfully submitted. H. H. PERRY, Chairman.

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Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations having' had under consideration the following bills reports the satl}e back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass:
Senate Bill No. 6o, creating a board of commissioners for Meriwether county.
House bill No. 572, amending an Act incorporating the town of Hull.
House bill No. 577, amending an Act incorporating town of Roopville.
House bill No. 578, creating a board of commissioners for the county of Carroll.
House bill No. 579, authorizing the town of Whitesburg to establish system of public schools.
House bill No. 582, authorizing the city of Carrollton to exercise police control over the Agricultural and Industrial College grounds of the fourth Congressional district.
House bill No. 590, amending the charter of the city of Lawrenceville.
House bill No. 607 incorporating the town of Ficklen.
House bill No. 6ro amending the charter of the city of \Vashington.

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House bill No. 596 incorporating the town of Ohoopee.

House bill No. 002, amending charter of town of Pineville.

House bill No. 604, amending Act creating board of commissioners for county of Emanuel.

House bill No. 6o6, incorporating the town of Statham.

House bill No. 009, authorizing the city of Thomaston to issue school bonds.

House bill No. 612, amending Act incorporating town of Braswell.

House bill No. 614, incorporating town of Beverly.

Respectfully submitted. PERSONS, Vice-Chairman.

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. Eaves of HaralsonA bill to amend the charter of Bremen.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Swilling of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Royston.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Ward of Coffee-
A bill to create a charter for the town of Bushnell.
Referred to Committee on Co~porations.
By Mr. Cook of ChattahoocheeA bill to prohibit unfair commercial discrimination be-
tween different sections, communities or localities or unfair competition, providing penalties therefor, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Pope of Brooks. A bill to empower the Railroad Commission to employ three inspectors of agencies.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Smith of CampbellA bill to conform State militia to Acts of Congress.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Huff_ A bill to provide for the construction of macadamized roads between county sites.
Referred to Committee on Roads and Bridges.
By Messrs. Holder and FlanniganA bill to amend an Act creating the board of commis-
sioners of roads and revenues for Jackson county.

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Referred to Counties and County Matters Committ~. By Messrs. Wright and Allen of Richmo~d-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Richmond county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Wright and Allen of Richmond-
A bill to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the city court of Richmond county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Allen of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in Richmond county.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Clifton of ToombsA bill to create a local public road law for the county
of Toombs. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Lee of GlynnA bill to simplify proceeding m the appointment of
guardians, etc. Referred to General 'Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Eaves of HaralsonA bill to amend the charter of the city of Tallapoosa. Referred to Counties aiHl County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Eaves of Haralson-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of schools
for the city of Tallapoosa.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to secure and place in the capitol a portrait of Hugh McCall.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A resolution for relief of James R. Atwater. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Dean of Floyd-
A resolution to make House bill No. 393 a special order.
Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson, asked to be allowed to withdraw House bills Nos. 168 and 169, which was granted.
Upon request of the authors House bills Nos. 184, 187 and 278 were taken from the General Judiciary Committee and rereferred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
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By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to-change the countysite of Irwin county.
By Mr. Price of Oconee-
A bill to carry out the Act of Congress of March 2, 1887, in reference to the- establishment of experimental stations.
The following bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Messrs. Martin and Adams- . A bill to incorporate the town of Beverly.
Upon request of Mr. Nix of Gwinnett, House bills Nos. 145, 144, 143, 142, 140, 141 were taken from the General Judiciary and rereferred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
Upon request of the author, House bills Nos. 559 and 568 were taken from the Special Judiciary Committee and rereferred to the Committee on Education.
The following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit :
By Mr: Davison of Green-
A bill to authorize the Commissioner of Pensions to pay pensions of certain Confederate soldiers, etc.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Atwater of Upson-
A bill to authorize the city council of Thomaston to issue bonds.

FRIDAY, }ULY 26, 1907.
The following bill was read the second time and rereferred to General Judiciary Committee, to wit :
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to levy a tax on pistols sold in Georgia, etc.
House bill No. 410 was taken from the General Judiciary Committee and rereferred to the Special Judiciary Committee.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Ryals of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for four terms a year of the superior court of Bibb county.
The committee proposed to amend by striking the word "submitted" in line 4, section 1, and inserting the word "entitled."
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 109, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to create a board of county commissioners for the county of Bryan.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ~yes were 1 10, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Harris of Crisp, Heard and Adkins of Dooly, Dorminy of Irwin, and Reid of Wilcox~
A bill to revise the superior court calendar for the counties composing the Cordele judicial circuit.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Fraser of LibertyA bill to amend section 229, volume 3 of the Code~
relating to the firing of woods, lands and marshes, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite .constitutional majority was passed.
By :Messrs. Duggan and Walker of \Vashington-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sandersville.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Austin and Glenn-

A bill to provide means by which persons may acquire the right to flume for transport, and for other purposes.
The report of the co~mittee, which was favorable to passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill lost.

The following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to~it:

By Messrs. Candler, Holder, Jackson of Jones, and McMichael-
A bill to revise the school laws of this State, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree of Emanuel-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Swainsboro.
The report of the commi~tee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Dean of Floyd-
A bill to amend section 2026 of the Code relative to investments to be made by life insurance companies doing business in this State.
The committee proposed to amend section I by adding after figures "I895" in line 3 the words "which section provides how insurance companies organized under the laws of this State may invest their money."
Mr. Alexander proposed to amend section I by adding "provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall authorize any such companies to invest. in any other than this State, more than the legal reserve value of policies held in such other States respectively. Provided further, that all such investments shall first be approved by the Insurance Commissio'ner of Georgia, ~xcept in case of loans on policies of the company not exceeding the reserve of the policy at the time of the loan."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 2 .
.The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree-
A bill to incorporate the town of Norristown.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Trent of Heard-
A resolution to pay Mrs. Amanda Eady, of Heard county, a pension.

An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated ,as chairman Mr. Adams of Chatham.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Berry,

Cooke of Thomas,

Adams of Wilkinson, Bond,

Couch,

Adkins,

Bowen,

Cowan,

Allen,

Boyd,

Culbreth,

Anderson of Bulloch, Brown of Carroll, Daniel,

Anderson of Cobb, Brown of Oglethorpe, Davison,

Ashley,

Burkhalter,

Dickey,

I',

Atkinson,

Butt,

Donalson,

Atwater,

C:1lbeck,

Dunbar,

Austin,

Callaway,

Duggan,

Ballard,

Clark,

Eaves,

Barksdale,

Clifton,

Edmondson,

Barrett, Ba.rrow,

Collum,

Estes,

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Cook of Chat'hoochee, Flanders,

Bell,

Cook of Telfair,

Foster,

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Fowler,

Lunsford,

Slade,

Fraser,

McCarthy,

Slater,

Fullbright,

McMahan,

Smith of Campbell,

.iurr,

McMichael,

Stephens,

Galloway,

McMullan,

Sumner,

Glenn,

McWilliams,

Swilling,

Godley,

Martin,

Terrell,

Goode,

l\Iassengale,

Thorne,

Guyton,

Maxwell,

Tift,

Hamilton,

Moore,

Townsend,

Harris,

Morris,

Tracy,

Haywood,

Nix,

Trent,

Heard,

Nowell,

Tuggle,

Hill,

Odum,

Tyson,

Hines,

Orr,

Walker of Lowndes,

Holder,

Parker,

Walker of Washington,

Hubbard,

Parrish,

Ward,

Huie,

Pope of Brooks,

\Varnell,

Hullender,

Pope of Dade,

Watkins,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Macon,

White 'of Madison,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

White of Screven,

Jones of Meriwether, Rogers of Mcintosh, Williams of Dodge,

Keith,

Rou~tree,

\Vi! son,

Kendall,

Russell,

Wootten,

Kendrick,

Ryals,

Wright of Floyd,

Lee,

Sheffield,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Alexander, Blackburn, Buchannon, Burwell, Candler, Cannon, Chamlee, Covington, Crumbley, Davis, Dean, Dorminy, Dykes,

Edwards, Ellison, Fagan,
Flanni~ran,
Frier, Geer, G''-lson, Hall, Hardeman, Howard, Huff, Jackson. Johnson of Jasper, .Tones of Mitchell,

Lively, Lumsden, Mcintyre, l\Iays, Mercer, Mundy, Nee!, Payton, Perry, Persons, Peterson, Powell, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee,

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Reid of Putn~m.

Strickland,

Rogers of Randolph; Stubbs,

Shaw,

Taylor of Appling,

Simmons,

Taylor of Sumter,

Smith of Calhoun, Thurman,

Stewart,

Walker of Milt,on,

Way, Whitley. \Villiams of Laurens, Wise, Wright of Richmond, 1\lr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 123, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-

A bill to prohibit the catching of shad or other fish with drift nets.
The report of the ' committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 3

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Frier.

The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m., Saturday.

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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.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
Mr. Barrow, chairman of Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Military Affairs having had under
consideration the following bills and resolutions, I am directed as its chairman to report the same back with the following recommendations, to wit:
House resolution No. 84, for relief of James R. Atwater. Do pass.
House bill No. 626, to conform the organization and discipline of the organized militia of this State to the requirements of the Act of Congress entitled, "an Act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes, approved January 21, 1903." Do pass.
House bill ~o. 6oo, to increase the efficiency of the military department of the University of Georgia and its branches. Do pass.

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House bill No. 542, ~o incorporate the Governor's Light Artillery. Do pass.

July 26, 1907.

DAVID C. BARROW, Chairman.

Mr. Anderson, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bills and instructed me as its vice-chairman to report same back to.the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to amend Act creating Grady county.

A bill to transfer Grady county to Albany judicial circuit.
A bill to amend section 264, ~volume 3, Code 1895, relative to taxpayers' oath.
A bill to increase salaries of justices of Supreme Court.

A bill to fix salaries of judges of Court of Appeals.
A bill to amend section 4200, Volume 2, Code 1895.
Also the following House bills with recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit:

A bill to provide for further restrictions upon registering and voting, etc.

. A bill to amend sections 839; 840 and 842, volume 1, Code I8gs, relative to assessment of taxes:

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A bill to authorize the re~ecording of deeds, mortgages and other liens in certain cases.
A bill relating to the grant of letters of administration.
A bill to amend Act creating city court of Tifton.
Also the following House bill with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to provide for punishment of safe crackers. Respectfully submitted.
J. J. E. ANDERSON, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under con-
sideration the following bills which it reports back to the House with the recommendation that they do pass :
House bill No. 292.
House bill No. 472.
House bill No. 561.
Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following reports:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under
consideration the following House bills and, as its chair-

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man, I am directed to report the same back with recommendation, as follows, to wit :
An Act to amend an Act to establish the city court of Cordele. Do pass.
An Act to abolish fee system of solicitors-general, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to modify and prescribe the duties of the judges of the superior courts, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to modify and prescribe the duties of the clerk of the superior court, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to amend charter of Wrightsville, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to amend section I q, volume 3 of the Code of 1895. Do not pass.
An Act to repeal an Act to establish the city court of \ vVrightsville, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to increase the salary of the insurance clerk of the Comptroller, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to prohibit requiring either road or street duty of minors, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to amend section I I I 5 of the Code of I895, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to abolish the county court of Effingham, and for other purposes. Do pass.

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An Act to change the time of holding the superior court of Effingham county, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act to amend section 1039 of the Code of Georgia

authorizing judges of criminal court to sentence women

convicted of misdemeanors to the woman's prison at the

State farm. Do pass.

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An Act to establish the city court of Flovilla in the county of Butts. Do pass.

An Act to amend an Act relating to intoxicants m public places. Do pass.
An Act to amend an Act to establish the city court of Albany. Do pass.
An Act to am.end section 4193 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act to authorize corpmissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton county to issue $3oo,ooo of the bonds of said county, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act to provide for fixing the salaries of county treasurers of counties having a population of 75,000 or over, and for other purposes. Do pass.

An Act to ame~d an Act to provide a new charter for the town of East Point, in Fulton county, and for other purposes.. Do pass.

An Act to regulate the fees of justices and constables in counties containing a population of I 1 s,ooo or more. Do pass.

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An Act to fix liability of railroad companies for killing or injuring of lin stock,- and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to establish the city court of McRae, in the county of Telfair, and for other purposes. Do pass as amended.
An Act to amend an Act to establish city court of Vienna. Do pass.
An Act to amend section I 14, Penal Code, and for other purposes. Do pass.
An Act to amend an Act creating the public school district in Wrightsville, Johnson county, and for other purposes. Do pass as amended.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the follmving House bills and, as its chairman, I am directed to report the same back with the recommendation as follows :
An Act to establish the city court of Barnesville. Do pass.
To establish the city court of Millen. Do pass.
An Act to protect hotel-keepers. Do pass.
An Act to authorize city of Athens to issue bonds. Do pass.

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An Act creating the town of Ailey. Do pass. Ari Act to repeal an Act establishing city court of Barnesville. Do pass.
An Act to fix the time of holding superior court of the Oconee circuit. Do pass by substitute.
An Act to create city court of Springfield. Do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted. R. B. BLACKBURN'
Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
By unanimous consent the follo\ving bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to amend section 1642, volume 1 of the Code relative to disabled or indigent soldiers. ,
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Barrow-
A bill to regulate the compensation of certain justices of peace and constables.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Barrow-
A bill to license and regulate the business of private detectives.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee_

By Mr. Burwell of HancockA resolution to amend the rules of the House.
Referred to Committee on Rules. By Mr. Ward of Coffee-
To require all railroads m this State to fence their road beds.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By .Mr. vVard of CoffeeA bill to amend an Act to establish an agricultural ex-
periment station. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Mr. Geer of MillerA bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Miller
county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Geer of Miller- A bill to create the city court of Miller county. Referred to Special Judiciary committee.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time, to wit :
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By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-

A bill to permit the commissioners of roads and revenues of. Spalding county to use certain funds in the county treasury for the improvement of roads, etc.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Duggan of \Vashington-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sandersville.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.

The biii having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Young of Troup--
A bill to authorize the city of LaGrange to close up and sell Tanyard street.
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 103, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. -

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By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-

A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners for Mitchell 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 92, nays o.

The bill having rec~ived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Morris of \Vayne-
A bill to incorporate the town of Screven m \Vayne
~ounty.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from the streams of Stephens county.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to prescribe the powers and duties of the commissioners of roads and revenues of Irwin county.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-

A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Marion 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 93, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Calbeck of Gordon-
A bill to amegd the charter of the town of Calhoun.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.



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By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of th~ bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Callaway of Lee-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads, etc., for Lee county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable tc the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Holder and FlanniganA bill to amend the charter of the city of \Vinder.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The .bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.



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By Messrs. Jones of l\Ieriwether and Ellison of Harris-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of local schools in the town of Chipley.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By ::\Iessrs. Adams and ::\Iartin-
~-\ bill to incorporate the town of Beverly.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, \vas a~reed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.
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 107, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutiona1 majority was passed.

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By Mr. Geer of Miller-

A bill to amend an Act to establish a dispensary in the city of Colquitt.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Callaway of Lee-

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues, etc., for Lee 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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Flanders of Johnson-

A bill to regulate the running of automobiles i11 Jo~n son county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
99, On the passage of the bill the ayes were nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Brown of Carr_?ll-
A bill to authorize the town of Temple to establish a system of public schools.
The report of the committee, ''"hich was fa\'orable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were ros, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Atwater of Upson-
A bill to authorize the city of Thomaston to iss11e bonds.
The report of the committee, which was favo.rable tl) the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were ror, nay.;; c.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Camilla.
The committee proposed to amend by adding to <;ection 3 the 'vords "the center of the court-house where it now stands, being the center of the circle enclosing the boundaries of the territory of the city of Camilla."
The repbrt of the committee, which was favorable t(J the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.

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

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A bill to amend tpe charter of the town of \Vhigham.
To amend caption by striking word "repeal'' and :nsert word "amend."

To amend section 5, to amend by striking all of the words before the word "striking" in line 2 and all of lines 3 and 4, and by striking after word "by."

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 94, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionalmajority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in Richmond county.

The committee proposed to amend section 1 hy striking all from word "for" to word "month," in line r I, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "to be fixed by said board and."

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

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On_the passage of the bill the ayes were I03, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By }fr..-\nclerson of Bulloch-

.-\ bill to amend paragraph 2, section I, article I I of the Constitution relating to creation of new counties.

By Mr. Townsend-

A bill to amend section 4200, volume 2 of Code.

By }fessrs. Foster and Anderson of Cobb--

.-\ bill to increase. the salary of the insurance clerk in

Comptroller-General's office.

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By }fr. Harris of Crisp--
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Cordele.

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to amend an Act to correct the description of Grady county.

By :Mr. Terrell-
A bill to attach the county of Grady to the Albany judicial circuit.

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By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to amend sections 839, 840 and 842, volume I of

the Code.



By ?vir. Terrell-

A bill to amend section 264, volume 3 of the Code. By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

A bill to prohibit requiring either road or street duty of minors.

By Mr. Fraser-

A bill to amend section 4193 of volume 2 of the Code.

By Mr. Fraser--
A bill to fix liability of railroad companies for killinglive stock.

By Mr. McMichael-

A bill to abolish the fee system of solicitors-general.

By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-

A resolution to pay pension due Robert T. Cowan.

,By Mr. McMichael-

A bill to modify and prescribe the duties of clerk of the superior court.

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By Mr. ,McMichael-
A bill to modify and prescribe the duties of judge of the superior court. By Mr. Fowler-
A bill to authorize the rerecording of deeds. By Mr. Couch-
A bill to incorporate the town of Haralson. By Mr. Russell of Muscogee-
A bill to amend section I 14 of the Penal Code. By Mr. Cook of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of McRae.
By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Albany. By Mr. McMahan-
A bill to authorize the city of Athens to issue bonds.
By Messrs. Burkhalter and \VarnellA bill relating to the grant of letters of administration
-upon estates of persons presumed to be dead.

SATURDAY, JuLY 27, 1907. By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to increase the salaries of the justices of the Supreme Court. By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to fix the salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeals. By Messrs. Walker and Ashley-
A bill to protect hotel keepers, etc. By Mr. Mays of Butts-
A bill to establish the city court of Flovilla. By Mr. Hall of Bibl:r-
A bill to provide further restrictions upon persons en titled to register and vote. By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A resolution for relief of Jas. R. Atwater.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackbqrn and BellA bill to amend an Act to provide a new charter for tht-
town of East Point. By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
A bill to amend section 1039 of the Code.

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By .:\Ir. Strickland of Pike-

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the city court of Barnesville.

By 1\Iessrs. Orr arid Couch-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Haralson school district.

By 11r. Townsend-

A bill to amend section I r I 5 of the Code.

By Mr. Dykes of Sumter-

A bill to create a State board of veterinary examineri'.

By Mr. Sumner of Turner-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads of Turner county.
By ::vir. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill to amend an Act relating to intoxication in pub. lie places.

By l\Ir. Flanders of Johnson-
A bill to amend law to create the \Vrightsville school district.

By :Mr. Flanders-
A bill to amend the charter of Vvrightsville.

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By Mr. Flanders-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Wrightsville.

By Messrs. Heard and Adkins-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Vienna.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A bill to incorporate the Governor's Light Artillery.

By Mr. \Valker of Washington-

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harrison.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to fix the salaries of coun~y treasurer in certain counties.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and ~ell-
A bill to authorize the commissioners of Fulton county to sell $3oo,ooo of bonds.

By Mr. White of Madison-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hull.

By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-

A bill to abolish the county court of ,Effingham county.

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By Mr. Guyton-

A bill to create the city court of Springfield.

By Mr. Guyton-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Effingham county.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Roopville.

By Messrs. Brown and watkins of Carroll-

A bill to create board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Carroll county.
By Messrs. Brown and \Vatkins of Carroll-

A bill to provide for a system of public schools m Whitesburg.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to empower the authorities of Carrollton to enforce police regulations.
By Messrs. Nix and \Vilson-
A bill to amend the charter of Lawrenceville.

By Mr. Clifton of ToombsA bill to incorporate the town of Ohoopee.

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By Mr. Peterson of Montgomery~

A bill to amend an Act to create the town of Ailey.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to increase the efficiency of the military department of the State University.

By Mr. Reid of WilcoxA bill to amend the charter of the town of Pineview.
By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree-

A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Emanuel county.

By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan---,
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Statham.
By Messrs. Barksdale and vVootten-

A bill to incorporate the town of Ficklin.

By Messrs. Barksdale and Wootten-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Washington.
By Messrs. Kendall and Mundy-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Braswell.
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By Mr. Bowen of Tift-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Tifton.

By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A bill to conform the organization and discipline of

the military forces of this State to the requirements of

an Act of Congress.



The following bills were read the second time and rereferred, to wit :

By Mr. Orr-

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham.

By Mr. Holder-

A bill to provide that all priva:te roads used as free delivery routes be made public roads.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to require nominees in primary elections to receive a majority of votes to receive nomination in certain cities.

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

By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-
A bill to amend an Act to establish an agricultural college at Athens.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Born of J4thdistrict-

A bill to prohibit the giving of franks and passes by

corporations.



Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Camp of JISt district-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in Franklin county.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Camp of JISt district-

A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and
revenues in Franklin county.
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Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Felder of 22d districtA bill to regulate the running of automobiles.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Knight of the 6th district-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alapaha.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. \Vilkes of 7th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Thomasville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Knight of the 6th district-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Sparks.

Referred to Committee ,on Corporations.

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By l\Ir. Deen of 5th district-

A bill to amend an Act to establish an agricultural experiment station.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Camp of 5th district-
A bill to amend all Acts to create a charter for Mount Airy.
Referred to Com111ittee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hays of 13th districtA bill to amend the charter of the town of Oglethorpe.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Farmer of 29th districtA bill to authorize the creation of system of public
schools in the town of Thomson.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By ~Ir. Wilkes of 29th district-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of N annan Park.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

SATURDAY, JuLY 27, 1907.

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By Mr. Turner of 27th district-

A bill to authorize the laying off of the city of Conyers into three wards.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By ).1r. Turner of 27th district-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Conyers.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Brock of 44th district-

A resolution to authorize sub-convict committee to visit convict camps during vacation.

Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

The following Senate bill \Yas read the second time, to wit :

By Mr. Taylor of 36th district-

A bill to amend an Act to create board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Meriwether county.
A ~otion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

550

JouRNAL OF THE HouSE.

ATLANTA, GA.,
:MONDAY, July 29, 1907.

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

Adams of Chatham, Butt,

Eaves,

Adams of Elbert, Calbeck,

Edmondson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Callaway,

Edwards,

:\dkins,

Candler,

Ellison,

Alexander,

Cannon,

Estes,

Allen,

Chamlee,

Fagan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clark,

Flanders,

Anderson of Cobb, Clifton,

Flanni~an,

Ashley, .

Collum,

Foster,

Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, r'owl:r,

Atwater,

Cook of Telfair,

Fraser,

Austin,

Cooke of Thomas, Frier,

Ballard,

Covington,

Fullbright,

Barksdale,

Couch,

Furr,

Barrett,

Cowan,

Galloway,

Barr::~w,

Crumbley,

Geer,

Bell,

Culbreth,

Gibson,

Berry,

Dan!el,

Glenn,

Blackburn,

Davis,

Godley,

Bond,

Davison,

Goode,

Bowen,

Dean,

Guyton,

Boyd,

Dickey,

Hall,

Brown of Carroll, Donalson,

Hamilton,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dorminy,

Hardeman,

Buchannan,

Dunbar,

Earris,

Burkhalter,

Dug-ga:1,

Haywood,

Burwell,

Dykes,

Heard,

MONDAY; }ULY 29, 1907.

55 1

Hill,

Mundy,

Strickland,

Hines,

Nee!,

Stubbs,

Holder,

Nix,

Sun:ner,

Howard, Hubbard,

Nowell, Odum,

Swilling, Taylor of Appling,

Huff,

Orr,

Taylor of Sumter,

Huie

Parker,

Terrell,

Hullender,

Parrish,

Thorne,

Jackson,

Payton,

Thurman,

Johnson of Jasper, Perry,

Tift,

Jojlnson of Jeff Davis, Persons,

Townsend,

Johnson of Towns, Peterson,

Tracy,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Brooks,

Trent,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Dade,

Tuggle,

Keith,

Powell,

Tyson,

Kendall,

Price of Bartow,

Walker of Lowndes,

Kendrick,

Price of Oc0nee,

Walker of Milton,

Lee.

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Washington,

Lively,

Reid of Putnam,

Ward,

Lumsden,

Reid of Wilcox,

\Varnell,

Lunsford,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Watkins,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Randolph, Way,

Mcintyre,

Rountree,

White of Madison,

McMahan,

Russell,

White of Screven,

McMichael,

Ryals,

Whitley,

McMullan,

Shaw,

Williams of Dodg~,

McWilliams,

Sheffield,

\Villiams of Laurens,

lVIartin,

Simmons,

\Vilson,

Massen!!;ale,

Slade,

Wise,

Maxwell,

Slater,

Wootten,

Mays,

Smith' of Calhoun, Wright of Floyd,

Mer:er,

Smith of Campbell, Young,

:r-.wore,

Stephens,

Mr. Speaker.

Morris,

Stewart,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Wright of Richmond,

The reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings was begun, but on motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd its further reading was dispensed with and the same was confirmed.

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JouRNAL oF rnE HousE.

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

By Messrs. Martin and Adams-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the city of Elberton.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following message was received fro"m the Senate through Mr. N orthen, Secretary thereof :

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions, in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to wit:
A resolution memorializing Congress to extend industrial education to certain classes.
A resolution providing for a joint committee to suggest a plan to equalize the labors of the several judges of the superior courts in this State,

A resolution memoralizing Congress to pass the bill of Hon. Cha,rles Littlefield regulating interstate commerce, so as to prohibit the transportation of intoxi. eating liquors into States, Territories and counties \Yhere the sale thereof is prohibited by law.

The Senate has passed by a requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of Lyons.

MONDAY, }ULY 29, 1907.

553

A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues of Greene county.

A bill to amend the charter of city of Americus.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.
A bill to amend an Act establishing a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Grady county.
A bill to amend the charter of city of Millen.
A bill to provide for compensation of district road overseers of Gwinnett county.

A bill to amend an Act creating the board of county commissioners of Gwinnett county.

A bill to provide for fees and. charges of magistrates and constables in Chatham county.

A bill to amend the charter of Dexter, in the county of Laurens.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Mullis, Laurens county.
By unanimous consent the following bills were taken up, read the third time and put upon their passage, _to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to regulate pleading in regard to the manner in which negligence may be alleged in cases where a presumption- arises upon proof of given facts or Circumstances, and for other purposes.

554

JouR~iAL oF THE HousE.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority. was passed, and on motion of Mr. Hall the same was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By :\ir. Peterson of Montgomery-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Ailey and creating a charter therefor.

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 I 10, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutionat majority was passed.

By ~fr. Reid of Putnam-

.-\_ bill to amend the Acts to revise and consolidate the laws of force for the protection of game and fish.

,The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional _ majority was passed.

By Mr. Daniel of JenkinsA bill to establish the city court of Millen.

555 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 106, nays 9
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Walker of \Vashington-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harrison.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. -
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutionat majority was passed.
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to authorize the rerecording of deeds in certain counties.
The committee proposed to amend by adding a repealing clause. ,
The report o 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 104, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Harris of Crisp-

A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Cordele.

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 I04, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-

A bill to create the city court of Springfield in Effingham county.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes \Yere 95, nays o.

The bill having receiv.ed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Holder, Alexander and Heard---.

A bill to create in the treasury department of this State a branch bureau and provide for a bank examiner and assistant bank examiner, and for other purposes.

The committee offered a substitute, which was amended as follows :

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By Mr. Heard of Dooly-
To amend by striking out top paragraph on page 7
and insert in lieu thereof the words:
"If the assets of the bank are insufficient to pay all of its liabilities the receiver shall, in his own name, bring suit against the stockholders for the recovery from each of his proportionate share thereof according to his sub-scription, no stockholder being liable to pay more than his contract or charter liability. Should the receiver .fail or neglect on request so to do, any creditor may institute such suit and use the receiver's name for that purpose."
By Mr. Edwards-
To amend by adding in section 10, line 13, after the word "newspaper" and before the word "published," the word "printed."
By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
To amend by striking the words "nearest thereto" in section ro, and inserting in lieu thereof th! words, "in the county, provided that if there is no newspaper in such county then in the newspaper nearest thereto."
By Mr. Heard of Dooly-
To amend paragraph 4, page 6, by striking out after the word "administrators" the balance of the section.
The report. of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

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

By Mr. Townsend of Clinch-

A bill to amend section 4200, volume 2 of the Code, which prescribes the mode of trial in county courts.

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

On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the bill was tabled for the purpose of perfecting the same.

By Mr. Barksdale of Wilkes-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Mattie J. Combs.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole, and desig.:. .nated as chain:llan of the committee Mr. Dykes of Sumter.

After considering the resolution the committee arose, and througlt" its chairman reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were called, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Adams of Elbert, Adkins, Alexander,

Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Austin,

Ballard, Barksdale.
:'arro\Y, Bell,

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559

Blackburn,

Galloway,

Orr,

Bond,

Geer,

Parrish,

Bowen,

Glenn,

Persons,

Brown of Carroll, Godiey,

PetE'rson,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Goode,

Pope of Brooks,

Buchannon,

Guyton,

Pope of Dade,

Burkhalter,

Harris,

Reid of Macon,

Butt,

Heard,

Reid of. Putnam,

Calbeck,

Hines,

Reid of Wilcox,

Callaway,,

Holder,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Chamlee,

Huie,

Rogers of Randolph,

Clark,

Jackson,

Russell,

Clifton,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Ryals,

Collum,

Johnson of Towns, Slade,

Cook of Telfair,

Jones of Meriwether, Smith of Campbell,

Cooke of Thomas, Jones of Mitchell, Stewart,

Couch,

Keith,

Stubbs,

Cowan,

Kendall,

Sumner,

Culbreth,

Kendrick,

Taylor of Sumter,

Daniel,

Lee,

Terrell,

Davis,

Lumsden,

Thorne,

Davison,

Lunsford,

Thurman,

Dickey,

McCarthy,

Tracy,

Dorminy,

Jllclntyre,

Trent,

Dunbar,

Ivlcl\iahan,

Tyson,

Duggan,

Mci\lichael.

\Valker of Lowndes,

Dykes,

1\lcWilliams.

\ Valker of Milton,

Eaves,

l\Iartin,

\Valker of Washington,

Edwards,

l\IassengalE',

\Vard,

Ellison,

1\Ioore,

\Varnell,

Estes,

Morris

\Vatkins,

Fagan,

Mundy,

White of Madison,

Flanders,

N eel,

\\'hite of Scr!'ven,

Foster.

Nix,

Williams of Dodge,

Fowler,

Nowell,

Wilson.

Fraser,

Odum,

Wright of Floyd,

Furr,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Barrett,

Allen,

Berry,

Anderson of Bulloch, Boyd,

Atwater,

Burwell.

Cantller, Cannon. Cook of Chat'hoochee, Co\ington.

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Crumbley, Dean, Donalson, Edmondson, Flannigan, Frier, Fullbright, Gibson, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Haywood, Hill, Howard, Hubbard, Huff, Hullender,

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Johnson of Tasper, Lively, l\Idiullan, l\Iaxwell, l\Iays, l\Iercer, Parker, Payton, Perrv, Powell, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, R'mntree, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slater,

Smith of Calhoun, Stephens, Strickland, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Tift, Townsend, Tuggle, \Vay, Whitley, \Yilliams of Laurens, \Vise, \Vootten, Wright of Richmond, Young, :Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes 'vere 120. nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the follmving bill was read the first tirpe, to wit :

By Mr. Johnson of Jeff Davis-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hazlehurst.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
On motion of Mr. \'Vise of Fayette, House bill No. 503 was tabled.

MONDAY, }ULY 29, 1907
By Mr. Trent of Heard-
A bill to amend section 472, volume I of the Code, prescribing the fees of county treasurers.
The favorable report of the committee was disagreed to and the bill lost.
By Mr. Russell of Muscogee-
A bill to amend section I I4 of the Penal Code, relating !o desertion of the children by the father.
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 I09, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hardeman of Jef. ferson and Mr. Slater.
A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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JOURNAL 01" THE HouSE.

ATLANTA, GA.,
TuESDAY, July 30, 1907.

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

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

Adams of Chatham, Calbeck,

Ellison,

Adams of Elbert, Callaway,

Estes,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Fagan,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Flanders,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Flannigan,

Allen,

Clark.

Foster,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clif~on,

Fowler,

.Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

1' raser,

Ashley,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Frier,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Fullbright,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Furr,

Austin,

Covington,

Galloway,

Ballard,

Couch,

Gee;,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Gibson,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Glenn.

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Godley,

Bell,

Daniel.

Goode,

Berry,

Davis,

Guyt::>n,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Hall,

Bond,

Dean,

Hamilton,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Boyd,

Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Carroll, Dunbar,

Haywood,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Duggan,

Heard.

Buchannon,

Dykes,

Hill,

Burkhalter,

Eaves,

Hines,

Burwell,

Edmondson,

Holder,

Butt,

Edwards,

Howard,

TuESDAY, JuLY 30, 1907

HubbarJ,

Nix,

Stubbs,

Huff,

Nowell,

Sumner,

Huie,

Odum,

Swilling,

Hullender,

Orr,

Taylor of Appling,

Jackson,

Parker,

Taylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Thorne,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Thurman,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Tift,

Jones of Mitchell, Peterson,

Townsend,

Keith,

Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Tnggle,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Tyson,

Lively,

Price of Oconee,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Lumsden,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lunsford,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Washington,

McCarthy,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ward,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Warnell,

McMahan,

Rogers of Randolph, Watkins,

McMichael,

Rountree,

Way,

Mclvlullan,

Russell,

White of Madison,

McWilliams,

Ryals,

\Vhite of Screven,

Martin,

Shaw,

Whitley,

Massengale,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

Maxwell,

Simmons,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Mays,

Slade,

Wilson,

Mercer,'

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Moore,

Smith of Campbell, \Vootten,

Morris,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

Mundy,

Stewart,

Young,

Nee!,

Strickland,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Donalson,

Slater,

Wright of Richmond,

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

The following Senate bill, which was made the special order for to-day, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :

JOURNAL 01" THE HoUSE.
By Mr. Hardman of the 33d district-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous and malt liquors in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon.

2 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 of Chatham, Bowen,

Couch,

Adams of Elbert, Boyd,

Cowan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Brown of Carroll, Crumbley,

Adkins,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Culbre_th,

Alexander,

Buchannan,

Daniel.

Allen,

Burkhalter,

Davis,

Anderson of Bulloch, Burwell,

Davison,

Anderson of Cobb, Butt,

Dean,

Ashley,

Calbeck,

Dickey,

Atkinson,

Callaway,

Dorminy,

Atwater,

Candler,

Dunbar,

Austin,

Cannon,

Duggan,

Ballard,

Chamlee,

Dykes,

Barksdale,

Clark,

Eaves,

Barrett,

Clifton,

Edmondson,

Barrow,

Collum,

Edwards,

Bell,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Ellison,

Berry,

Cook of Telfair,

Estes,

Blackburn,

Cooke of Thomas, Fagan,

Bond,

Covington,

Flanders,

TuESDAY, JuLY 30, 1907.

Flannigan,

'Lunsford,

Sheffield,

Foster,

McCarthy,

Simmons,

Fowler,

Mcintyre,

Slade,

Fraser,

McMahan,

Smith of Calhoun,

Frier,

McMichael,

Smith of Campbell,

Fullbright,

McMullan,

Stephens,

Furr,

McWilliams,

Stewart,

Gallov:ay,

Martin,

Strickland,

Geer,

Massengale,

Stubbs,

Gibson,

Maxwell,

Sumner,

Glenn,

Mays,

Swilling,

Godley,

Mercer,

Taylor of Appling,

Goode,

Moore,

Taylor of Sumter,

{;.uyton,

Morris,

Terrell,

Hall,

Mundy,

Thorne,

Hamilton,

Nee!,

Thurman,

Hardeman,

Nix,

Tift,

Harris,

Nowell,

Townsend,

Haywood,

Odum,

Tracy,

Heard,

Orr,

Trent,

Hill,

Parker,

Tuggle,

Hines,

Parrish,

Tyson,

Holder,

Payton,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Howard,

Perry,

Walker of Milton,

Hubbard,

I'ersons,

Walker of \Vashington,

Huff,

Peterson,

Ward,

Huie,

Pope of Brooks,

\Varnell,

Hullender,

Pope of Dade,

\Vatkins,

Jackson,

Powell,

Way,

,Tohnson of Jasper, Price of Bartow,

\Vhite of Madison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Price of Oconee,

\\'bite of Screven,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Macon,

Whitley,

Jones of Meriwether, Reid of Putnam,

Williams of Dodge.

Jones of Mitchell, Reid of Wilcox,

Wilfiams of Laurens,

Keith,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Wilson,

Kendall,

Rogers of Randolph, Wise,

Kendrick,

Rountree,

Wootten,

Lee,

Russell,

Wright of Floyd,

Lively,

Ryals,

Young,

Lumsden,

Shaw,

Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Donalson,

Slater,

Wright of Richmond,

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Senate bill No. I, known as the prohibition bill, was again taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Hardman of the 33d district-

A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State of Georgia.

The following amendments were offered by the committee and adopted, to wit:

Amend by adding at the end of section I the following:
Provided, that licensed druggists may sell and furnish pure alcohol, for medicinal purposes only, upon written prescription of a regular practicing physician of this State, in the manner herein prescribed, to w'it: Before any physician shall issue any such prescription, he shall make an actual examination of the person for whom the prescription is granted. The prescription shall be sub:stantially in the following form: "Georgia, ......... . county. I, .............. , a regular practicing physician under the laws of said State, do hereby prescribe for the use of .............. , a patient in my charge, whom I have personally examined, . . . . . . . . . . of pure alcohol, and do certify in my opinion that the same is necessary in the alleviation or cure of illness from which said patient is suffering. This [date]. [Signed by the physician.]" No prescription shall be filled hereunder except upon the day upon which it is dated and issued, or upon the following day. Within ten days after the same is filled by the druggist he shall file said prescription for record with the ordinary of the county in which filled, who shall cause the same to be recorded in his office, and a certified copy of the same, or the original prescription, showing it has been recorded, shall be primary evidence in any court in this State. The record

TuESDAY, JuLY 30, 1907.
1 COntaining SUCh prescriptiOn!l shall be Open tO public inspection. A recording fee of five cents for each prescription so recorded shall be paid by such druggist to the ordinary. Upon any prosecution under this Act the burden of proving the defense that the sale was of pure alcohol under prescription, as herein provided for, shall be upon the defendant. Provided, further, no druggist who is also a practicing physician shall fill his own prescriptions hereunder, nor shall they be filled at any drug store in which said physician is financially_ interested, and no prescription shall be refilled; nor shall more than one pint be furnished on any one prescription. The delivery of the alcohol under such prescription shall be tnade only directly to the person for whom such prescription is issued or to the physician; or in case of a minor, to his parent or guardian for him; or in case of a married woman, to her husband for her.
Mr. vVright of Floyd proposed to amend the above committee amendment by adding the following proviso:
Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent wholesale druggists from selling or furnishing alcohol in wholesale quantities to regular licensed retail druggists or public or charity hospitals or to medical or pharmaceutical colleges.
Be it further provided, that all wholesale druggists shall be required to keep a complete record of all their sales of alcohol, which record shall at all times be open for inspection to regular authorities of such counties or cities in which such wholesale stores are located.-
The amendment was adopted as amended.
.Also by the committee, to wit:
To amend the caption by striking the same; as it now appears, and substituting the following:

.,o;,:

56s

JouRNAl. OF THE HousE.

An Act to pr-ohibit the manufacture, sale, barter, giv. ing away to induce trade, or keeping or furnishing at
public places, or keeping on hand at places of business of any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquor~ or intoxicating bitters, or other drinks, which if drunk to excess will produce intoxication; to except sales o alcohol in certain cases, upon certain conditions; to pr.ovide certain rules of evidence in connection with the enforcement her~of; to prescribe penalties, and for other purposes.

To amend the second section by striking the same, as it now appears, and substituting the following:

Section 2. Be it further enacted by the same authority, That any person, firm or corporation who shall violate this Act in any respect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: any physician who shall issue a prescription hereunder containing any false statement, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any druggist ''"ho shall fill any prescription for alcohol in any\Yise other than herein allowed, or shall fail to file a prescription filled by him hereunder with the ordinary within. the time prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any person who shall obtain alcohol for another in accordance with the terms hereof, and who shall convert the same to any other use, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

To amend the first section by inserting between the words "or" and "furnish," "in the 8th line thereof, the words "keep, or."
The following amendment to bill was adopted, to wit:

By Mr. \Vise of FayetteTo amend section 1, line 5, by striking out after the

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~UESDAY, }ULY 30, 1907

word "manufacture" in said line the words "for the purpose of sale."

~ . The following amendments were offered in the House, to wit:

By }.llr, Geer of Miller-

To amend by inserting a new section to read as follows:

Be it further enacted that nothing in this Act shall ~- prevent any licensed physician of said State who is in
actual practice from administering any kind of intox- icants to his patients and any licensed physician in actual practice can keep on hand and have filled from his own stock any of the intoxicants mentioned in this Act for his patients.

On the adoption of the above amendment Mr. Wright of Floyd, called for the ayes and nays. The call was ..sustained, a:nd the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.Adams of Chatham, Cannon,

Adams of Elbert, Chamlee,

.Adams of Wilkinson, Clifton,

Allen;

Crumbley;

Anderson of Bulloch, Dunbar,

~arksdale,

Estes,

Barrow,

Fowler.

Tell,

fraser,

Berry,

l.eer,

Blackburn,

Glenn,

"Bond.

Hall.

Boyd;

Heard,

"Brown pf Oglethorpe. Hines,

Eutt,

Howard,

Hubbard, Huff. Johnson of Towns, Tones of Meriwether, Keith, Lee, Lumsden, McCarthy, l'vld1ichael, Maxwell, Mays, 1\Iercer, 1\Toore, Perry,

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Peterson,' Powell, Reid of Wilcox, Russell, Ryals,

Slade, Stephens, Stewart, Taylor of Sumter, Tift,

Townsend,. Trent, Tuggle, Warnell,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Edmondson,

iviartin,

Alexander,

Edwards,

Massengale~

Anderson of Cobb, JJlison,

Morris,

Ashley,

Fagan,

Mundy,

Atkinson,

Flanders,

Nee!,

Atwater,

t<lannigan,

Nix,

Austin,

Foster,

Nowell,

Ballard,

Frier,

Odum,

Barrett,

Fullbright,

Orr,

Bowen,

Furr,

Parker,

Brown of Carroll, Galloway,

Parrish, \

Buchannan,

Gibson,

Payton,

Burkhalter,

Godley,

Persons,

Burwell,

Goode,

Pope of Brooks,

Calbeck,

Guyton

Pope of Dade,

Callaway,

Hamilton,

Price of Bartow,.

Candler,

Hardeman,

Price of Oconee,

Clark,

Barr's,

Reid of Macon,

Collum,

Haywood,

Reid of Putnam,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Rogers of Randolph,

Cooke of Thomas, Huie,

Rountree,

Covington,

Hullender,

Shaw,

Couch,

Jackson,

Sheffield,

Cowan,

Johnson of Jasper, Simmons,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Calhoun,

Daniel,

Tones of Mitchell, Smith of Campbell,

Davis,

Kendall,

Strickland,

Davison,

Kendrick,

Stubbs,

Dean,

Lively,

Sumner,

Dickey,

Lunsford,

Swilling,

Dorminy,

Mcintyre,

Taylor of Appling~

Duggan,

:VIcMahan,

Terrell,

Dykes,

:'vkMullan,

Thorne,

Eaves,

McWilliams,

Thurman,

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57 I

'rracy,

\Vatkins,

Tyson,

Way,

Walker of Lowndes, \Vhite of Madison.

Walker of Milton, \Vhite of Screven,

Walker of Washington, Whitley,

Ward,

Williams of Dodge,

Williams of Laurens, V\!ilson, \Vise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those not voting were Mfssrs.-

Donalson; Slater.

Wright of Richmond, 1\Jr. Speaker.

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

On counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 56, nays I23. The amendment \vas therefore lost.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
Amend by inserting in the caption of substitute before the words "and for other purposes" or at the end of those words do not occur, the words "to fix a license tax for the year I908." Also to amend such substitute by adding another section to be appropriately numbered and to read as follmvs :
Section - - Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the year I908 there shall be levied and imposed upon every dealer in alcoholic, vinous, malt, or spirituous liquors or beverages which, if drunk to excess will produce intoxication, a license tax of $I,ooo.''
Also to amend by striking from such substitute the date "January I, I908," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "January I, I909."

By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
Amend Senate bill No. I by inserting the following section to be known as section - - .

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Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the manufacture and sale of domestic wines made from grapes grown within this State, \vhen said wines are manufactured by the grower.

By Reid of Macon, and Dykes of Sumter-
Amend Senate bill No. I, by adding to section I of said bill as follows :
Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent licensed druggists from selling or furnishing, for medical purposes only, such medicated preparations as are defined in the United States PharmaCopreia, exclusive of wines, whisky and brandy.

By .:VIr. \Vilson of Gwinnett-

l\Ioves to amend original bill by adding the following at the end of the section of the bill next preceding the repealing section :

Prmided, however, That this Act shall not go into effect unless and until it is ratified by a majority vote of the electors of this State in the following m 1nner :
The Governor is hereby authorized and instructed to cause this Act to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional district in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the general election in October, I908; at which time this Act shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State, in the several election districts of this State, at which election any person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the Gen-.

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573

eral Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of ratifying the Act-shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For State Prohibition Bill," and all persons opposed to the ratification of said Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "Against the Prohibition Bill." The Governor is hereby authorized and instructed to provide for the submission of this Act to a vote of the people as required above, and, if ratified, the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the secretary of State, to whom the return shall be referred, in the manner as in the case of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing the results, and declaring the Act ratified.

On agreemg to the above amendment Mr. Dunbar called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fowler,

Adams of \Vilkinson, Glenn,

Allen,

Guyton,

Anderson of Bulloch. Heard,

Barrow,

Hines,

Bell,

Howard,

Berry,

Hubbard,

Blackburn,

Huff,

Cannon,

Lee,

Chamlee,

Lumsden,

Dunbar,

McCarthy,

Estes,

Maxwell,

l'dercer, Moore, Powell, Russell, . Ryals,
~!ade,
Stephens, Stewart, Townsend, Tuggle, Way, Wilson,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, /.dkins, Alexander,

Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson,

Atwater, Austin, Ballard,

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Barksdale,

Gibson,

Pope of Brooks,

Barrett,

Godley.

Pope of Dade,

Bond,

Goode,

Price of Bartow,

Bowen,

Hall,

Price of Oconee,

I;oy-t,

Hamilton,

Reid of Macon,

Brown of Carroll, Hardeman,

Reid of Putnam,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Harris,

Reid of Wilcox,

Buchannon,

Haywood,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Burkhalter,

Hill,

Rogers of Randolph,

Burwell,

Holder,

Rountree,

Butt,

Huie,

Shaw,

Callaway,

Hullender,

Sheffield,

Candler,

Jackson,

Simmons,

Clark,

Johnson of Tasper, Smith of Calhoun,

Clifton,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Campbell,

Collum,

Johnson of Towns, Strickland,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Jones of Meriwether, Stubbs,

Cook of Telfair,

Jones of Mitchell, Sumner,

Cooke of Thomas, Keith,

Swilling,

Covington,

Kendall,

Taylor of Appling,

Couch,

Kendrick,

Taylor of Sumter,

Cowan,

LiYely,

Terrell,

Crumbley,

Lunsford,

Thorne,

Culbreth,

l'viclntyre,

Thurman,

Daniel. .

l\Icl\Iahan,

Tift,

Davis,

l\Tdiichael,

Tracy,

Davison,

).!dlfulhn,

Tyson,

Dean,

McWilliams,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Dickey,

Martin,

'.Valker of Milton,

. Dorminy,

l\Iassengale,

walker of \Vashingtcm,

Duggan,

Mays,

Ward,

Dykes,

l\Iundy,

Warnell,

Eaves,

Nee!.

Watkins,

Edwards,

Nix,

White of l\Iadison,

Ellison,

Nowell,

\Vhite of ScreYen,

ragan,

Odum,

Whitley.

Flanders,

Orr,

Williams of Dodge,

Flannigan,

Parker,

vVilliams of Laurens,

Foster,

Parrish,

Wise,

Frier,

Payton,

\\'ootten.

Fullbright,

Perry,

Wright of Floyd,

Furr,

Persons,

Young.

Calloway,

Peterson,

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Calbeck, Donalson, Edmondson, Fraser,

Geer, Morris, Slater,

Trent, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call

was dispensed with and, on counting the votes, it was -

found that the ayes were 36, nays 137.

The amendment was therefore lost.

Mr. Perry of Hall, offered the following substitute:
A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, barter, giving away to induce trade, or keeping or furnishing at places of business or other public place, of any alcoholic, spirituous, malt, or intoxicating liquors or intoxicating bitters or other drinks, which, if drunk to excess, will produce intoxication; to make it unlawful for intoxicating liquors to be sold in dispensaries; to except sales of the same for medicinal purposes only in certain cases, upon certain conditions; to provide certain rules of evidence in connection with the enforcement hereof, to prescribe penalties, and for other purposes.
Section r. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January next after the passage of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person 'vithin the limits of this State to manufacture, sell or barter for valuable consideration either directly or indirectly or give away to induce trade, or keep or furnish at any place of business or other public place, any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or intoxicating bitters, or other drinks which, if drunk to excess, will produce intoxication.

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Nor, shall it be lawful in the limits of said State for intoxicating liquors to be sold in dispensaries either by private persons or by the State, its officers or agents, or ' by any county or municipality or the officers or agents of any county or municipality.
Prov.ided, That except in counties and incorporated cities in which the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited or may hereafter be prohibited by law, licensed druggists (as hereinafter provided) may sell and furnish any of the articles, the sale of which is prohibited in this Act for medicinal purposes only, upon written prescription of a regular practicing physician of this State in the manner herein prescribed, to wit:
Before any physician shall issue any such prescription he shall make an actual examination of the person for whom the prescription is granted. The prescription shall be substantially in the following form:
"Georgia, . . . . . . . . . . . . County. I, ............ , a regular practicing physician under the laws of this State, do hereby prescribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for the use of .. : . ........ , a patient in my charge, whom I have personally examined, and do certify in my opinion that the same is necessary in the alleviation or cure of illness for which said patient is suffering. This . . . . . . (date). (Signed by the physician.)" The blanks to be filled so as to show county, name of physicians, article prescribed and name of patient. No prescription shall be filled hereunder except within three days from the time it is dated and issued. On the first day of each month or within ten days thereafter, the druggist shall file all prescriptions filled during the previous month for record with the ordinary of the county in which filled, who shall cause the same to be recorded in his office, and a certified copy of the same or the original prescription showing it has been recorded shall be primary evidence in any court in this State.

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577

The record cont<!ining such prescriptions shall be open to public inspection. A recording fee or five cents for each prescription so recorded shall be paid by such druggists to the ordinary. Upon any prosecution under this Act, the burden of proving the defense that the sale was under prescription as herein proviP,ed for shall be upon the defendant. Provided further, no druggist who is also a practicing physician shall fill his own prescrip~ions hereunder, nor shall they be filled at any drug store in which said physician is financially interested and no prescription shall be refilled, nor shall more than one quart be furnished on any one prescription, and no article furnished hereunder shall be opened or drank on the premises where sold or be sold or furnished to a minor.
Provided further, That no physician shall prescribe and no druggist shall sell or dispense any of the aforesaid articles hereunder except such as may be designated by order of the judge of the superior court of the county in ~vhich said druggist does business, and said judge is hereby authorized to designate one or more of such physicians and druggists in any county in which under this Act such articles may be dispensed;, and no druggist shall sell or dispense any of said articles unless upon the prescription of a physician so designated, or until he shall have filed in the office of the ordinary of the county in which he does business, a bond payable to the Governor in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to be approved by said ordinary, conditioned to conform to the provisions and regulations of this Act and upon the conviction of said druggist for a violation of any of the provisions of this Act, in addition to any other punishment herein provided, a judgment shall be entered upon said bond in favor of the State as judgments are entered upon supersedeas bonds for the full amount of said bond, the amount of the recovery to be paid into the Treasury of the State, and upon said conviction the authority of said druggist to further dispense said articles shall cease.
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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall prohibit the sale by licensed druggists of wood or denatured alcohol for art, scientific, or mechanical purposes or grain alcohol for bactertologists who are actually engaged in that class of work for scientific purposes only.
Sec. 3 Be it further enacted by the same authority as aforesaid, That any person, firm or corporation who shall violate this Act in any respect, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any physician who shall issue a prescription hereunder containing any false statement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 1039 of the Penal Code of the State of Georgia; any druggist who shall fill any prescription in anywise other than herein allowed, or unless issued by an authorized physician, or shall fail to file a prescription filled by him hereunder with the ordinary within the time prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any person who shall obtain any article for another in accordaMCe with the terms hereof, and who shall convert the same to any other use shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and punished as provided in section 1039 of the Penal Code of Georgia.
Sec. 4 Be it further enacted by_ the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
By Blackburn of Fulton-
Amend Perry substitute by adding to appropriate section as follows :
Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent licensed druggists from selling or furnishing, for medical purposes only, such medicated preparations as are defined in the United States Pharmacopceia, exclusive of wines, whisky and brandy.

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579

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham~

Amend by inserting in the caption of said bill, .as amended, before the words "and for other purposes" the words "to fix a license tax for the year I908." Also to amend section I of said bill by inserting after the word "same" the following: "That for the year I908 there shall be levied and imposed upon every dealer in alcoholic, vinous, malt or spirituous liquors or beverages which, if drank to excess, will produce intoxication, a license tax of $I,ooo."

Also to amend by striking from section I the date

"January I, I go8" and inserting in lieu thereof the words

"January I, I909."



On the adoption of the three foregoing amendments Mr. Dunbar of Richmond, called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained, and the Yote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fowler,

l\Iaxwell,

Adams of Elbert, Fraser, Adams of \Vilkinson, Geer,

Mays, l\[oore,

Allen,

Glenn,

Powell,

.t,nderson of Bulloch, Guyton,

Russell,

Barrow,

Hall,

Ryals,

Bell, Berry,

Heard, Hines,

Slade, Stephens,

Blackburn.

Howard,

Stewart,

Boyd,

Hubbard,

Taylor of Sumter,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Huff,

Tift.

Cannon,

Jones of Meriwether, Townsend,

Chamlee,

Keith,

Trent,

Crumbley,

Lee,

Tuggle,

. Culbreth,

Lumsden,

\Varnell,

Dunbar,

McCarthy,

\Vay,

Estes,

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adkins, Altxander, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Atwater, Austin, Ballard,

Frier, Fullbrig-ht, Furr, Galloway, Gibson, Godley, Goode, Hamilton,

Persons, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam,

Barrett, Bond, Bowen,

Hardeman, Harris, Haywood,

Reid of Wilcox, ~ogers of Mcintosh,
Rogers of Randolph,

Brown of Carroll, Hill,

Rountree,

Buchannan,

Holder,

Shaw,

Burkhalter,

Huie,

Sheffield,

Burwell,

Hullender,

Simmons,

Butt,

Jackson,

Smith of Calhoun,

Calbeck,

Johnson of Jaspt:r, Smith of Campbell,

Callaway,

Johnson, of Jeff Davis, Strickland,

Candler, Clark,

Johnson of Towns, Stubbs1 Jones of Mitchell, Sumner,

Clifton,

Kendall,

. Swillin"".

Collum,

Kendrick,

Taylor of Appling,

Cook of ~hat'hoochee, Lively,

Terrell,

Cook of Telfair,

Lunsford,

Thorne,

Cooke of Thomas, Mcintyre,

Thurman,

Covington,

Mc~Iahan,

Tracy,

Couch,

1\.IcMichael,

Tyson,

Cowan,

McMullan,

Walker of Lowndes,

Daniel,

:Me Williams,

Walker of Milton,

Davis,

1\.Iartin,

Walker of Washington,

Davison,

Massengale,

Ward,

Dean,

:l\Iercer,

Watkins,

Dickey,

1\forris,

White of Madison,

Dorminy,

Mundy,

'\\-'hite of Screven,

Duggan,

~Jeel,

Whitley,

Dykes,

Nix,

Williams of Dodge,

Eaves,

1'\owell,

Williams of Laurens,

Edwards,

Odum,

Wilson,

ElliS(ltl,

Orr,

Wise,

Fan-an,

Parker,

Wootten,

Flander3, Flannigan, Foster,

Parrish, Payton, Perry,

Wright of Floyd, Young,

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barksdale, Donalson,

Edmondson, Slater,

\Vright of Richmond,

Mr. Speaker.

.

The roll call was verified and it was found that the ayes were 49, nays 128. The amendments were there fore lost.

Messrs. Barrow, Dunbar and Blackburn offered the following substitute :

An Act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, barter, giving away to induce trade, or keeping or furnishing at public places, or keeping on hand at places of business of any alcoholic, spirituous, malt,' or intoxicating liquors, or intoxicating bitters, or.other drinks which, if drunk to excess, will produce intoxication; to except sales of alcohol in certain cases upon certain conditions; to provide rules of evidence in connection with the enforcement thereof; to except from this Act certain counties in the State of Georgia; to impose a tax for the manufacture or sale of said liquors in certain counties; to prohibit the shipping or carrying from counties where the manufacture and sale is authorized into the counties where the manufacture and sale is prohibited; to provide for the enforcement of this Act in counties which may hereafter, by local election, prohibit the manufacture and sale, to prescribe penalties, and for other purposes :
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Asse111bly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January next after the passage of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person within the limits of this State to sell or barter for valuable consideration, either directly or indir~ctly, or give away to induce trade at any place of business, or keep or furnish at any other public places,

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or manufacture for the purpose of sale, or keep on hand at their place of business any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors, or intoxicating bitters, or other drinks which, if drunk to excess will produce intoxication, and any person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as prescribed in section 1039 of the Penal Code of Georgia. Nor shall it be lawful in the limits of the said State for intoxicating liquors to be sold in dispensaries, and the sale of intoxicating liquors in said State shall be prohibited to private persons and to the State, its officers and agents.
Provided, That licensed druggists may sell and furnish pure alcohol, for medicinal purposes only, upon written prescription of a regular practicing physician of this State, in the manner herein prescribed, to wit : Before any physician shall issue any such prescription he shall make an a~tual examination of the person. for whom the prescription is granted. The prescription shall be substantially in the following form : "Georgia, ............. . county. I, .............. , a regular practicing physician under the laws of said State do hereby prescribe for the use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a patient in my charge, whom I have examined . . . . . . . . . . of pure alcohol, and do certify in my opinion that the same is necessary in the alleviation or cure of illness from which said patient is suffering. This (elate). (Signed by the physician.) No prescription shall be filled hereunder except upon the clay upon which it is elated and issued, or upon the following day. \Vithin ten clays after the same is filled by the dr).lggist he shall file said prescription for record with the ordinary of the county in which filled, who shall cause the same to be recorded in his office and a certified copy of the same, or the original prescription showing it has been recorded, shall be primary evidence in any court in this State. The record containing such prescriptions shall be open to public inspection. A recording fee of five cents for each prescription so recorded shall be paid

TUESDAY, }ULY 30, 1907.
by such druggist to the ordinary. Upon any prosecution under this Act the burden of proving the defense that the sale was of pure alcohol under prescription as herein provided for shall be upon the defendant. Provided further, no druggist who is also a practicing physician shall fill his own prescriptions hereunder, nor shall they be filled at any drug store in which said physician is financially interested and no prescription shall be refilled; nor shall more than one pint be furnished on any one pre~cription. The delivery of the alcohol under such pre, scription shall be made only directory to the person for whom such prescription is issued or to the physician; or in case of a minor to his parent or guardian for him, or in case of a married woman to her husband for her.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the same authority, That any persoJ?, firm or corporation .who shall violate this Act in any respect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any physician who shall issue a prescription hereunder containing ~my false statement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any druggist who shall fill any prescription for alcohol in any wise other than herein allowed, or who shall fail to file a prescription filled by him hereunder with the ordinary within the time prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; any person who shall obtain alcohol for another in accordance with the terms hereof and who shall convert the same to any other use shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 3 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall prohibit the sale by licensed druggists of wood or denatured alcohol for art, scientific or mechanical purposes, or grain alcohol for bacteriologists who are actually engaged in that class of work for scientific purPoses only.
Sec. 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the foregoing terms of this Act shall not apply in those counties wherein the manufacture or sale

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of said liquors and beverages is now authorized and allowed by law and that in those counties wherein manufacture ,or sale is now allowed by law, there shall be levied and enforced upon each dealer therein for each place of business, from and after the first day of January, 1908, a license tax of one thousand dollars.
Sec. S Be it further enacted by the authority afore-. said, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to ship by express, railroad, common carrier, or otherwise, from any county in this State wherein the manufacture and sale of such spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors is now allowed by law into any county in this State wherein the manufacture and sale of such liquors is prohibited by this Act.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever by a local election any county in which the manufacture and sale of such liquors is now allm\ed by law prohibits the manufacture and sale of such liquors, then all of the terms of this Act shall apply and become of force in such county.
Sec. 7 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.
On the adoption of the foregoing substitute Mr. Dunbar called for the ayes and nays. The call was sustained and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Berry,

Adams of Wilkinson, Blackburn,

Allen,

Cannon,

Anderson of Bulloch, Chamlee,

Barksdale,

Crumbley,

Barrow,

Dunbar,

Bell,

Estes,

Fowler, Fraser, Geer, Glenn, Guyton, Hall, Heard.

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Hines, Howard,

Ihaxwell, Moore,

Stewart, Taylor of Sumter,

'

Hubbard,

Powell,

Tift,

Huff,

Russell,

Trent,

Lee,

Ryals,

Tuggle,

Lumsden,

Slade,

Warnell,

McCarthy,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Dean,

Kendall,

Adkins,

Dickey,

Kendrick,

Alexander,

Dorminy,

Lively,

Anderson of Cobb, Duggan,

Lunsford,

Ashley,

Dykes,

Mcintyre,

Atkinson,

Eaves,

lVIcMahan,

Atwater,

Edmondson,

McMichael,

Austin,

Edwards,

McMullan,

Ballard,

Ellison,

Me Williams,

Barrett,

Fagan,

Martin,

Bond,

Flanders,

Massengale,

Bowen,

Flannigan,

Mercer,

.Boyei,

Foster,

Morris,

Brown of Carroll, Frier,

Mundy,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Fullbright,

N eel,

Buchannan,

Furr,

Nix,

Burkhalter,

Galloway,

Nowell,

Burwell,

Gibson,

Odum,

Butt,

Godley,

Orr,

Calbeck,

Goode,

Parker,

Callaway,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Candler,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Clark,

Harris,

Perry,

Clifton,

Havwood,

Persons,

Collum,

Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Holder,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie,

Pope of Dade,

-Cooke of Thomas, Hullender,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Jackson,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Johnson of Jasper, Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Putnam,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

Daniel,

Jones of Meriwether, Rogers of Mcintosh.

Bavis,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph,

Davison,

Keith,

Rountree,

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Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Smith of Calhoun. Smith of Campbell. Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling. Taylor of Appling,

Terrell,

\Vhite of Madison,

Thorne,

\Vhite of Screven,

Thurman.

\Vhitley,

To,,nsend,

\Villiams of Dodge,

Tracy,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Tyson,

\Vilson,

\Yalker of Lowndes, \Vise,

\Valker of ::\Iilton, \Vootten,

Walker of Washington, Wright of Floyd,

\Vatkins,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Donalson, 1\fa,s, Slater,

Stephens, Ward, \Vay,

Wright of Richmon-1, :\Ir. Speaker.

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

On counting the vote on the substitute it was found that the ayes were 40, nays 1 35 The substitute was therefore lost.

Anderson of Bulloch, moves to amend by adding the following at the end of the section of the bill next preceding the repealing section of the Perry substitute:

Provided, hmvever, That this Act shall not go into effect unless and until it is ratified by a majority vote of the electors of this State in the following manner:

The Governor is hereby authorized and instructed to cause this Act to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional district in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the general election in October, 1908; at which time this Act shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State, in the several election districts of this State, at which election any person shall be qualified

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to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of ratifying the Act shall have written or _printed on their ballots the words, "For State Prohibition Bill," and all persons opposed to the ratification of said Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the Prohibition Bill." The Governor is hereby authorized and instructed to provide for the submission of this Act to a vote of the people as required above, and, if ratified, _the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the return shall be referred, in the manner as in the case of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing the results, and declaring the Act ratified.
:Mr. Hall of Bibb, offered the following substitute:
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt and intoxicating liquors within the limits of the State of. Georga; to prescribe penalties for violation of this Act, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January, 1909, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep or have for sale or to sell, barter or give away in any public place or for purposes of inducing trade any spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall after the first day of January, 1909, desire to engage in the sale of liquors mentioned in section 1 of this Act, he shall file an application for that purpose with the Commissioner of Agriculture;

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that the application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the town or ci!y, street in said city or town by name and the number of the house on the street, or if the house is not numbered it shall be described in such way as it will clearly designate the place in which said applicant desires to carry on the sale of the liquors described in said first section. That the said application shall be accompanied by a petition of 200 freeholders and taxpayers, whose names appear on the tax books of the county in which said applicant desires to sell, endorsing said application and requesting that the license issue to said applicant. Upon the filing of said petition with the Commissioner of Agriculture it shall be his duty to carefully examine said application and the names of the freeholders signed thereto for the purpose of ascertaining if the names are genuine and if they possess the necessary requisites required by this Act.

Sec. 3 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon compliance with the provisions of section 2 the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to issue such person license for the sale of liquors herein described and said license shall specify the name of the per!?on, the city or town, the street and house in which the business is to be carried on. The said license shall also specify that the person therein named is authorized to sell liquors described in this Act in quantities not less than one pint or greater than one gallon to the same person in the same day.

The further conditions that before the applicant is au-

..

thorized to commence business under said license, he shall pay into the treasury of the city or town in which he pro-

poses to carry on bu~iness the sum of two thousand

( $2 ,ooo) dollars and shall take a receipt therefor and file

the same with the Commissioner of Agriculture.

Sec. 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before said license shall issue the said applicant

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shall file with said Commissioner of Agriculture a bond in the penal sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars payable to the Governor of Georgia and his successors in office, the condition of which bond shall be for the faithful observance on the part of the said applicant of all the laws in this State regulating the sale of liquors and also for the compliance with the provisions of t~is Act, and no security shall be accepted upon said bond except the guaranty and security company signing bonds for security and who are authorized to do business in the Stateof Georgia and who have complied with the requirements of the law as to filing security with the Comptroller-General of Georgia.

Sec. 5 Be it further enacted by the authority afore-

said, That any person selling liquors under the provision

of this Act shall do so between the hours of 6 a. m. and

6 p. m. and shall not keep open house where said liquors

are stored for the purpose of sale at any other hours.

That the said place for sale of liquors shall be closed

on all election days, on all legal holidays and on Sun-

days.

.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority afore-

said, That it shall not be lawful under the provisions of

this Act to permit any liquor sold to be drunk on the

premises; nor shall any sale be made of any such liquors

to any person in quantities of less than one pint or greater

than three gallons on the same day, nor shall any deliv-

ery of liquors sold under this Act be made at any place

than the place of sale or to any other person than the

purchaser, and all sales of liquors made hereunder must

be for cash, and any sale on credit shall be in violation

of the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 7 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person who shall receive said license to sell liquors under the provisions of this Act shall keep

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a record of all sales made showing the name of the person to whom made, the quantities sold, the character of the liquor and the price paid.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the conviction of the person who has received a license to sell under this Act of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act or of any of the laws in this State against the sale of liquor, that in addition to the punishment now prescribed by law for the violation of any of the liquor laws of this State the license to sell liquor by said person and by any other person of said place shall be forfeited and a judgment shall be entered upon said bond in favor of the State of Georgia and against the principal and security thereon as judgments are now entered upon supersedeas bonds.
Sec. 9 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no license shall issue to any person under the provisions of this Act to sell at any place except in incorporated cities or towns.
Sec. ro. Be it further enacted by the authority aforer,aicl. That nothing in this Act shall authorize the sale of liquors at any place where it is now prohibited by law.
Sec. I I. 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.

By Trent of Heard-

Move to amend section 3 by adding the following words: "Provided, That this law shall not prohibit the keeping on hand, or the use of alcohol in the practice of, or mechanical use in their profession by regular authorized dentists under the laws of the State of Georgia. And this law shall not prohibit the sale of alcohol by retarl or wholesale druggists direct to dentists within this State."

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Mr. Fowler of Bibb, moves to amend by inserting the following section, to be known as section 4 :
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That alcohol hereinbefore authorized to be sold by druggists may be manufactured and distilled by distilleries in this State, but that said product when so made and distilled shall be sold and furnished within this State to wholesale druggists only.

By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
Amend the caption by first striking out the word "malt" and inserting the following words, to wit: "Malt beverages that contain more than two and one-hqlf per cent. alcohol."
Amend section 1 by inserting after the words "or manufacture for the purpose of sale," in line 5, the following words, to wit: "Malt beverages that contain more than two and one-half per cent. alcohol."
Amend section I by striking out the word "malt," in line 6,'and inserting the words "malt beverages that contain more than two and one-half per cent. alcohol."
To add after the words "for purposes only," in section 3, line four, the following words: "or breweries in the State of Georgia to manufacture for sale lager beer that shall contain not more than two and one-half per cent. alcohol."
By Way of Pulaski-
Amend Senate bill No. I by providing that the operation of the .provisions of said Act shall in so far as the same relates to manufacturers of malt and spirituous liquors, not go into effect until January I, I909"

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Mr. Geer of Miller, moved to amend House amendment on bottom line after word "him" in said line and insert after "him" following: "or in case he has no parent or guardian, then to be delivered to any one that the physician in charge may direct."

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

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Cooke of Thomas,

Adkins,

Covington,

Alexander,

Couch,

J>,nderson of Cobb, Cowan,

Ashley,

Culbreth,

Atkinson,

Daniel,

Atwater,

Davis,

Austin,

Davison,

Ballard,

Dean,

Barrett,

Dickey,

Bond,

Dorminy,

Bowen,

Duggan,

Boyd,

Dykes,

Brown of Carroll, Eaves,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Edmondson,

Buchannan,

Edwards,

Burkhalter,

Ellison,

Burwell,

Fagan,

Butt,

Flanders,

Calbeck,

Flannig-an,

Callaway,

Foster,

Candler,

Frier,

Clark,

Fullbright,

Clifton,

Furr,

Collum,

Galloway,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, '-- .bson,

Cook of Telfair,

Godley,

Goode. Guyton, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Haywood, Hill, Holder, Huie, Hullender, Jackson, Johnson of Jasper, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Johnson of Towns, Jones of Meriwether, Jones of Mitchell, Keith, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Lunsford, Mcintyre, McMahan, McMichael, McMullan, l\IcWilliams, Martin,

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Massengale, 1\Iays, Mercer, Morris Mundy, Nee!, Nix, Nowell, Odum, Orr, Parker, Parrish, Payton, Persons, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon,

Reid of Putnam, Tracy,

Reid of Wilcox,

Tyson,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Walker of Lowndes,

Rogers of Randolph, Walker of Milton,

Rountree,

Walker of W as~ington,

Ryals,

Ward,

Shaw,

Warnell,

Sheffield,

Watkins,

Simmons,

Way,

Smith of Calhoun, White of Madison,

Smith of Campbell, White of Screven,

Strickland,

Whitley,

Stubbs,

Williams of Dodge,

Sumner,

Williams of Laurens,

Swilling,

wilson,

Taylor of Appling, Wise,

Terrell,

Vvootten,

Thorne,

Wright of Floyd,

Thurman,

Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Estes,

l\IcCarthy,

Adams of Wilkinson, Fowler,

]\fax well,

Allen,

Frase.-,

l\Ioore,

Anderson of Bulloch, Geer,

...... Perry,

Barksdale,

Glenn,

I po;en,

Barrow,

Hall,

Russell,

/

Bell.

Heard,

Slade,

Berry, .

Hines,

Stephens,

Blackburn,

Howard,

Taylor of Sumter,

Cannon,

Hubbard,

Tift,

Chamlee,

Huff,

Townsend,

Crumbley,

Lee,

Trent,

Dunbar,

Lumsden,

Tuggle,

Those not -voting were Messrs.-

Donalson, Slater,

Stewart,

Mr. Speaker.

wright of Richmond,

The roll call was verified and, on counting the vote, it was found that the ayes were 139, nays 39
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was pa.ssed as amended.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Donalson.

Mr. Hall of Bibb moved to adjourn, which -motion prevailed and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
\VEDNESDAY, July 31, 1907

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 of Chatham, Ballard,

Buchannan,

Adams of Elbert, Barksdale,

Burkhalter,

Adams of Wilkinson, Barrett,

Burwell,

Adkins,

BarroY

Butt,

Alexander,

Bell,

Calbeck,

Allen,

Berry,

Callaway,

Anderson of Bulloch, Blackburn.

Candler,

Anderson of Cobb, Bond,

Cannon,

Ashley,

Bowen,

Chamlee,

Atkinson,

Bolcl,

Clark,

Atwater,

Brown of Carroll, Clifton,

Austin,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Collum,

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595

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Powell,

Covington,

Hubbi!.rd,

Price of Bartow,

Couch,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Daniel,

Tohnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Roger.s of Randolph,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dean,

_Tones of Meriwether, Russell,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Smith of Calhoun,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Smith of Campbell,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Ellison,

McCarthy,

Stewart,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Strickland,

Fagan,

McMahan,

Stubbs,

Flanders,

McMichael,

Sumner,

Flannigan,

McMullan,

Swilling,

Foster,

McWilliams,

Taylor of Appling,

Fowler,

Martin,

Taylor of Sumter,

Fraser,.

Massengale,

Terrell,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Thorne,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Thurman,

Furr,

Mercer,

Tift,

Galloway,

Moore,

Townsend,

Geer,

Morris,

Tracy,

Gibson,

.Mundy,

Trent,

Glenn,

N eel,

Tuggle,

Godley,

Nix,

Tyson,

Goode,

Nowell,

Walker of Lowndes,

Guyton,

Odum,

Walker of Milton,

Hall,

Orr,

Walker of Washington,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Ward,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

W ameli,

Harris,

Payton,

Watkins,

Haywood,

Perry,

Way,

Heard,

Persons,

White of Madison,

Hill,

Peterson,

White of Screven,

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Whitley,

'.Vilson,

Williams of Dodge, Wise,

Williams of Laurens, \Vootten,

Wright of Floyd, Young, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Donalson,

Slater,

. \Vright of Richmontl,

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent Mr. Trent of Heard was allowed to give notice th'!-t at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing House bill No. 253 on Monday last.
The following message was received from the Senate through ~ir. Xorthen, Secretary thereof.

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked to wit:
A resolution accepting the tender of the Ladies' Memorial Association of the Confederate cemetery at Resaca.

The Senate has passed by the requtstte constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission, to prescribe the qualifications for membership, to authorize the designation of a chairman, and for other purposes.

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Also a bill to repeal sections 4170 to 4217 of the Code of 1895, in so far as the same relates to the county of Macon.

Also a bill to establish the city court of Og1'.!thorpe, in the county. of Macon.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

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

Also a bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to grant to the Citizens and Southern Bank a strip of land.

Also a bill to provide compensation for deputy jailers and jail guards in certain counties.

Also a bill to incorporate the town of Dooling.

Also a bill to incorporate the town of Lilly.

Also a bill to protect bridges, culverts, trees, etc., on public roads of Chatham county.

Also a bill to fix the fee for selling liquors in the county of Baker.
Also a bill to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Savannah to close certain lanes.
Mr. Trent moved that the action of the House be reconsidered in passing House bill No. 253 on Monday, July 29th, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Foster, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following resolutions and instruct me to report same back with the following recommendations :

No. 64, to pay pension of Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham.

No. 74, to pay pension of John U. Brown.

No. 68, to pay pension of Harris Fuller:

No. 537, to amend section 1250 of the Code by striking out the words "one hundred and fifty" and inserting "two hundred" between the words "legs" and "dollars." Do pass.

No. 447, to authorize the Commissioner of Pensions to pay pensions of Confederate soldiers enrolled under existing laws and who die before January Ist, following upon conditions to be prescribed.

No. 44, to pay pension of J. W. Carter, Sr.

No. 52, to pay pension of Lawson Bohannon.
No. 79, to pay pension of vV. H. Luckie.

No. 73, topay pension of John M. Perkel.

No. 77, to pay pension of J. B. White.

No. 432, to pay pension of F. W. Sloan.

No. 23, to pay pension of William Atha.

Do not pass.

J. Z. FosTER, Chairman.

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Mr. Covington, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

. The Committte on Railroads has had under consideration House bill No. 95, which is a bill entitled "An Act to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia; to prescribe the qualifications for membership; to authorize the designation of a chairman there-
of by the Governor; to prescribe his duties and compen-
sation; to revise, enlarge and more clearly define the powers, duties and rights of said commission, etc., and for other purposes," and I am directed as its chairman to report said bill to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
Very respectfully,
\V. A. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker:
. Your Committee on Railroads having had under consideration House bill No. 305, beg leave to return the same to the House with recommendation that the same do pass.
\V. A. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

Mr. Brown, chairman pro tern. of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, and instructed

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me as its chairman pro tern. to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to fix salary of stenographer of the Attorney-. General.

A bill to amend section 4646, Code 1895, relative to time when writs of certiorari shall be filed.

Also the following House bills, with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to. regulate granting of new trials m certain criminal cases.

A bill to enable planters, farmers, crop-growers, and other persons, to execute mortgages upon crops of current year.

A bill to amend Act granting exemptions from jury duty.
Respectfully submitted.
Vv. T. BROWN, Chairman Pro Tern.

Mr. Covington, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committtee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House bills, and recommend that they be read a second time and rereferred, to wit:
A bill authorizing cities and towns to purchase or construct plants for the manufacture of gas or electricity, etc.

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A bill requiring firms and corporations operating tele' phone companies, etc., or companies. furnishing gas or
electricity, to charge no more for services than shall be fixed by ordinance.

Respectfully submitted. \V. A. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

Mr. Shaw, 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 amend the charter of Americus, Sumter ~ounty, affecting the city court thereof.

An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
EMMETT R. SHAW, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bills l'\os. 482, 495, 573 and 586, and instruct me as its chairman to report that the same "do pass." Also House bill 601 "do pass as amended."
Respectfully submitted.
McMICHAEL, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:

ATLANTA, GA., July 31, 1907.

Your Committee on Banks and Banking having had under consideration House bills Nos. 505 and 592, have instructed me to' report that the same do pass.

Respectfully submitted.

HEARD, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Commmittee on Corporations have had under consideration the fol-lowing Senate bills, and direct me as their chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
An Act to amend an Act incorporatin&" the town of Alapaha.
An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the town of Sparks.
An Act to amend section 2181 of volume 2 of the Code of 1895.
An Act to amend the charter of Mount Airy.
- An Act to amend the charter of the town of Oglethorpe.

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An Act to amend the charter of the town of Norman Park.

The following House bills with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :

An Act to extend the corporate limits of the city of Carrollton.
An Act to amend section 33 of an Act incorporating the city of Rovston.

An Act to create a local public road law for the county of Toombs.
An Act to establish a charter for the town of Bushnell.
Also the following' House bill with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit:

An Act to amend an Act so as to give the city of Dublin the right of eminent domain, etc.

Respectfully submitted.

July 30, 1907.

vV. G. NowELL, Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Special Judiciary having had under consideration the following House bills, as its chairman I am directed to report the same back with the recommendations, as follows :

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House bill No. 414, entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to amend section 5462 of the Code. Do pass.
House bill 123, entitled an Act to protect manufacturers, bottlers and dealers in ginger ale and other beverages. Do pass.
House bill 314, entitled an Act to provide a uniform method of abolishing county courts, and for other purposes. Do pass.
House bill No. 599, entitled an Act regulating the sale of spirituous liquors in the county of Tift. Do pass.
House bill 611, entitled an Act to authorize mayor and council of Tifton to elect commissioners. Do pass.
House bill 356, entitled an Act to amend an Act creating city court of Eastman. Do pass.
House bill No. 528, entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend the charter of the town of Dallas, and for other purposes. Do pass.
House bill 613, entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Trion. Do pass.
House bill 554, entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the city court of Camilla, and for other purposes. Do pass.
House bill 336, entitled an Act to amend an Act creating city court of Griffin. Do pass.
House bill 409, entitled an Act to amend Act approved December 7, 1897, so as to give the right of condemnation of waterways for certain purposes. Do pass.

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House bill No. 597, entitled an Act to incorporate Chelsea school district in Chattooga county. Do pass.
House bill 551, entitled an Act to amend an Act creating city court of Pelham. Do pass.
House bill 318, entitled an Act to amend Act, and amendatory Acts, establishing city court_ of Brunswick. Do pass as amended.
All of which is respectfully sub~itted. R. B. BLACKBURN,
Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Holder, chairman of Committee on Penitentiary,_ submitted the follmving report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary has had under consideration the following House bill, and instructed me as its chairman to report same back to the House with. recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit:
A bill to provide for hiring out of municipal convicts.
Also the following Senate resolution with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A resolution to authorize sub-committees of Penitentiary Committees of House and Senate to. visit convict camps during vacation.
Respectfully submitted. J. N. HoLDER, Chairman.
Mr. Bell, chairman of the Committee on Labor and: Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:


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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House, and instruct me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute, to wit:
A bill to require corporations, etc., who employ fe-
males to furnish suitable toilet rooms.
Respectfully submitted.
MADISON BELL, Chairman.

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

By Mr. Butt of Fannin-

A bill to fix the qualifications of members of county boards of education.

The following bill was read the second time and re- . committed:

By Mr. Chamlee.of Floyd-

A bill to create a new charter for the city of Rome.
The following resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules:

By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A resolution to fix House bill No. 626 as a special order.



WEDNESDAY, }ULY 31, 1907 By unanimous consent tqe following bills were read the first time, to wit : By Mr. Wilson of Gwinnett et al.-
A bill to appropriate $4,000 for a granite base for the monument to be erected on Johnson's Island, Ohio.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Buchannan. of Early-
A bill to incorporate the Kestler and Damascus school districts.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-.. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the city of Fitz-
gerald.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Burkhalter of TattnallA bill to authorize the commissioners of Tattnall
county to pay G. L. Adams $15,000 for building courthouse.
Referred to Co~nties and County Matters Committee.

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By Mr. Way of Pulaski- .

A resolution for relief of Carroll Daniel.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Newnan.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fagan of Houston-

A bill to amend Act to incorporate Fort Valley.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Trent of Heard-

A resolution to pay pension due Peter Currans.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Gibson of Glascock-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Glascock county.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Geer of Miller-
A bill to make the sale of seed cotton in Georgia illegal.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. DorminyA bill to repeal an Act to establish the city court of
Fitzgerald.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Smith of CalhounA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of
Edison.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Austin of MurrayA bill to incorporate the town of Crandall. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Geer of MillerA bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so
as to make Colquitt a State depository. Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Gibson of GlascockA bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and
revenues for Glascock county.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. MercerA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of
Dawson. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
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By Mr. Johnson of Jeff Davis-
A bill to amend section 982, volume r of the Code so as to add the town of Hazelhurst to list of State depositories.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Williams of Henry-

A bill to amend Acts to incorporate the town of Hampton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-

A bill to amend an Act to repeal an Act to create the city court of Clarkesville.
Ref~rred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Cooke of Thomas-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to mcorporate the town of Boston.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Cooke of Thomas-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Atwater of Upson-

A bill to require the connection of the tracks of railroad companies passing through same town.

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Referr~. to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to establish the city court of Fitzgerald. Referred to Committee on Corporations. .By Mr. Strickland of PikeA bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create a .board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the ~ouqty of Pike. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Morris of WayneA bill to incorporate the town of Odom. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Pope of Brooks (by request)A bill to amend the charter of the town of Morven. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Pope of BrooksA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Bar-
wick. Referred to Committee on Corporations. On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb House resolution No.
4 was recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

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

By Mr. Barksdale of Wilkes-

A resolution to pay Mrs. Lucy B. Huguley a pension.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole, and designated as chairman Mr. Bell of Fulton.

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

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Buchannan,

Davison,

Adams of Elbert, Burkhalter,

Dickey,

Adams of Wilkinson, Burwell,

Dorminy,

Adkins,

Butt,

Dunbar,

Alexander,

Calbeck,

Duggan,

Anderson of Cobb, Callaway,

Edmondson,

Atkinson,

Candler,

Edwards,

Atwater,

Cannon,

estes,

Austin,

Chamlee,

Fagan,

Barrett,

Clark,

1' landers,

Barrow,

Clifton,

Flannigan,

Bell,

Collum,

Foster,

Berry,

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Fraser,

Blackburn,

Cook of Telfair,

trier,

Bond,

Cooke of Thomas, Furr,

Bowen,

Covington,

Galloway,

Brown of Carroll, Couch,

Geer,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Daniel,

Glenn,

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Godley,

McMahan,

Sheffield,

Goode,

McMullan,

Simmons,

Guyton,

McWilliams,

Smith of Calhoun,

Hamilton,

Martin,

Smith of Campbelt,

Hardeman,

MassenR'llle,

Stephens,

Harris,

Mays,

Stewart,

Haywood,

Moore.

Strickland,

Hill,

Morris,

Sumner,

Holder,

Mundv,

Swilling,

Howard,

Nee!,

Taylor of Appling,

Hubbard,

Nix,

Terrell,

Huie,

Nowell,

Thorne,

Hullender,

Orr,

Thurman,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Tvson,

Johnson of Towns, Pope of Brooks,

Walker of Washington,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Dade,

Ward,

Jones of Mitchell, Price of Bartow, Watkins,

Keith,

Price of Oconee,

Way,

Kendall,

Reid of Macon,

White of Madison,

Kendrick,

Reid of Putnam, Whitley,

Lee,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Williams of Dodge,

Lively,

Rogers of Randolph, Wilson,

Lumsden,

Rountree,

Wootten,

Lunsford,

Russell,

Wright of Floyd,

Mcintyre,

Ryals,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Fowler,

Payton,

Anderson of Bulloch, FullbriJ;:"ht,

Perry,

Ashley,

Gibson,

Persons,

Ballard,

Hall,

Peterson,

Barksdale,

Heard,

Powell,

Boyd,

Hines,

.,.

Reid of Wilcox,

Cowan,

Huff,

Shaw,

Crumbley,

Jackson,

Slade,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Slater,

Davis,

McCarthy,

Stubbs,

Dean,

McMichael,

Taylor of Sumter,

Donalson,

Maxwell,

Tift,

Dykes,

Mercer,

Townsend,

Eaves,

Odum,

Tracy,

,.."lison,

Parker,

Trent,

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Tuggle, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Warnell,

White of Screven, Williams of Laurens, Wise,

Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 128, nays o.
The resolution having received the requisite constitu.,. tiona! majo:rity was passed.

By Mr. Alexander of DeKall>---

A resolution to pay pension due B. T. McGehee.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole, and designated as chairman Mr. Burwell of Hancock.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The committee amended by striking the date 1907 _and

inserting the date 1897.



The report of the committee as amended was agree? 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 of Chatham, Adams of Wilkinson, Alexander,

Adams of Elbert, Adkins,

Ashley,



Atkinson,

Foster,

Nee!,

Atwater,

Fowler,

Nix,

Austin,

Fraser,

Nowell,

Barrett,

Frier,

Orr,

Barrow,

Galloway,

Parrish,

Bell,

Geer,

Perry,

Berry,

Gibson,

Pope of Brooks,

Blackburn,

Glenn,

Pope of Dade,

Bond,

Goode,

Price of Oconee,

Bowen,

Guyton,

Reid of Macon,

Brown of Carroll, Hall,

Reid of Putnam,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Hamilton,

Rogers of Randolph,

Buchannan,

Hardeman,

Rountree,

Burkhalter,

Harris,

Ryals,

Burwell,

Haywood,

Sheffield,

Butt,

Holder.

Simmons,

Calbeck,

Howard,

Smith of Calhoun,

Callaway,

Hubbard,

Smith of Campbell,

Cannon,

Huie, _

Stephens,

Chamlee,

Hullender,

Stewart,

Clark,

Johnson of Jaspt:r, Sumner,

Collum,

Johnson of Towns, Swilling,

Cook of Telfair,

Jones of Meriwether, Taylor of Appling,

Cooke of Thomas, Kendall,

Thorne,

Couch,

Lee,

Thurman,

Cowan,

Lively,

Townsend,

Daniel.

Lumsden,

Tyson,

Davis,

Lunsford,

Walker of Lowndes,

Davison,

l\IcCarthy,

Walker of Milton,

. Dean,

Mcintyre,

Walker of Wa'shington,

Dickey,

McMahan,

Ward,

Dunbar,

McMichael,

Warnell,

Duggan;

Md1ullan,

Watkins,

Dykes;

Mc\ViiJiams,

Way,

Eaves,

Martin,

White of Madison,

Edmondson,

Mays,

\Vhite of Screven,

Edwards,

Moore,

Wiiiiams of Dodge,

Estes,

Morris,

\Vi! son,

Flanders,

Mundy,

Wootten,

. Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Ballard,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barksdale,

Anderson of Cobb, Boyd,

Candler, Clifton, Cook of Chat'hoochee,

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Covington,

Jones of Mitchell, Slade,

Crumbley,

Keith,

Slater,

Culbreth,

Kendrick,

Strickland,

Donalson,

Massengale,

Stubbs,

Dorminy,

Maxwell,

Taylor of Sumter,

Ellison.

Mercer,

Terrell,

Fagan,

Odum,

Tift,

Flannigan,

Parker,

Tracy,

Fullbright,

Payton,

Trent,

Furr,

Persons,

Tuggle,

Godley,

Peterson,

Whitley,

Heard,

Powell,

williams of Laurens,

Hill,

Price of Bartow, Wise,

Hines,

Reid of Wilcox,

Wright of Floyd,

Huff,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Wright of Richmond,

Jackson,

Russell,

Young,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Shaw,

Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 123, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Sheffield of Decatur moved that 300 copies of House bill No. r8 be printed at once for the use of the House, and that the same be made the special and continuing order for Tuesday next immediately after the
reading of the Joumal, which motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent House bill No. 428 was withdrawn.
Upon request of the authors House bills Nos. 64 and 503 were taken from the table and placed on the calendar.

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617

By Mr. To~nsen~ of Clinch-

A bill to amend section 4200, volume 2 of the Code, which prescribes the mode of trial in county courts.

The House reconsidered its action in agreeing to the report of the committee on July 29, on motion of Mr. Townsend, who then offered the following amendment, . to wit:

"Amend section 1 of said bill by inserting in line 8, . after the word 'strikes,' the words 'when demanded by either party ten days before trial term,' and after word 'same" in said line the word 'as' and in line 13 after word 'strikes' the words 'when demanded by either party ten days before trial term,' and in line 14 after the word same the word 'as.' "
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage o.f the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. White.of Screven-
A bill to prevent fishing on the Sabbath day.
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 103, nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional. majority was passed.

618
By Mr. Davison of Greene-
A bill to make the president of the board of trustees of the State Normal School an ex-officio member of the' board of trustees of the State University.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
Dn the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mt. Butt of Fannin-
A bill to amend section 4646, volume 2 of the Code, which relates to the time ,vhen answers to certiorari shall be filed.
By Mr. Swilling of Franklin~
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Royston.
The following bills were read the second time and rereferred, to wit :
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
. A bill to authorize cities and towns to buy or construct plants for lighting purposes.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to require certain corporations to charge fixed price for services.
The following bill was read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Russell of Muscogee-
A bill to create an inspector of railroads.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Persons of Monroe-
A bill to provide a rule of evidence in trials for violation of liquor laws.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Payton-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sylvester.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee:
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Kendall.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morn-: ing.

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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, August I, r907.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at ro 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 :

Adams of Chatham, C:tlbeck,

Edwards,

Adams of Elbert, Callaway,

Ellison,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Estes,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Fagan,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Flanders,

Allen,

Clark,

FlanniP"an,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Foster,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

Fowler,

Ashley,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fraser,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Frier,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

Austin,

Covington,

.t'urr,

"Ballard,

Couch,

Galloway,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Gil-,son,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bell,

Daniel,

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Guyton,

Bond,

Dean,

Hall,

Bowen,

Dicke~.

Hamilton,

Boyd,

Dona:,")n,

Hardeman,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Haywood,

Buchannan,

Duggan,

Heard,

Burkhalter,

Dykes,

Hill,

Burwell,

Eaves,

Hines.

Butt.

Edmondson,

Holder,

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Howard,

Nix,

Stubbs;

Hubbard,

Nowell,

Sumner,

Huff,

Odum,

Swilling,

Huie,

Orr,

Taylor of Appling,

Hullender,

Parker,

Taylor of Sumter,

Jackson,

Parrish,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

Thorne,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

Thurman,.

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Tift,

Jones of Meriwether, Peterson,

Townsend,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Kendall,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow, Tyson,

Lee,

Price of Oconee,

Walker of Lowndes,

Lively,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Washington,.

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ward,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Warnell,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph, Watkins,

McMahan,

Rountree,

Way,

McMichael,

Russell,

White of Madison,

McMullan,

Ryals,

White of Screven,

McWilliams,

Shaw,

Whitley,

Martin,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

Massengale,

Simmons,

Williams of Laurens,.

Maxwell,

Slade,

Wilson,

Mays,

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Mercer,

Smith of Campbell, Wootten,

Moore,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

Morris,

Stewart,

Young,

Mundy,

Strickland,

Mr. Speaker.

Nee!,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Slater,

Wright of Richmond,

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

ATLANTA, GA., August I, I907.
The following message was received from his Excel~ lency the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Carter:

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Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor, has approved and signed the following Act, to wit:
An Act to amend an Act creating the city court of Americus.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia by repealing section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of this State, and inserting in lieu thereof a new section, consisting of nine paragraphs, prescribing the qualifications for electors; providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.
Also a bill to establish a system of public schools m town of Warrenton.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Temperance Committee have had under considerathe following House bills, and report the same back with a recommendation that they do pass.
House bill No. 57, by McMahan of Clark, to repeal an .Act establishing a dispensary in the city of Athens. Do pass as amended.

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House bill II9, by Wright of Floyd and Covington of Colquitt, to prohibit book-making and pool-selling.
House bill 273, by Mundy of Polk, to make the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in Georgia a felony.
House bill No. 670, by Persons of Monroe, to prove rules of evidence in cases of violation of prohibition laws of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted. WRIGHT oF FLOYD, Chairman.
Mr. \Vright of Floyd, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance having had under consideration House bills Nos. 352, 359, 360 and 378, as its chairman instructs .me to report same back to the House, that they do pass.
WRIGHT oF Fr,__oYD, Chairman.
Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following bills, and as its chairman I am directed to report the same back with the recommendation as follows :
House bill 557, entitled an Act to abolish county court of Newton. Do pass.

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House bill 433, entitled an Act to make more effective the laws against drunkenness, and for other purposes. Do pass by substitute.

House bill 125, entitled an Act to amend charter of Hapeville. Do pass.

House bill No. 129, entitled an Act to place the territory within the limits of Hapeville in Fulton county under jurisdiction county board of education. Do pass.

House bill 290, entitled an Act to provide for indexing in certain counties. Do pass.
House bill 616, entitled an Act authorizing county commissioners in certain counties to maintain a home for indigent women, and for other purposes. Do pass.
Also House bill 589, entitled an Act to create office of solicitor of county court of Quitman. Do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Edu.: cation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bills, and instruct me as its chairman to report as follows :

House bill No. 380. "Do pass by substitute."

No. 56o. "Do pass." Respectfully submitted.

McMICHAEL, Chairman.

THURSDAY, AUGUST I, I907.
Mr. Nowell, chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr: Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House bill, and direct me as their chairman to report same back with recommendation that same do pass as_ amended, to wit :
An Act to create a new charter for the city of Rome.
Respectfully submitted.
I
H. G. N OW~LL, Chairman. August I, I907.
Mr. Walker, vice-chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following bills, and as its chairman I am directed to report the same back with the recommendation as follows:
House bill No. 640, entitled an Act to repeal an Act to establish the city court of Miller county. Do pass.
House bill No. I87, entitled an Act to amend section 4732 of volume 2 of the Code of I89S Do pass.
House bill No. 367, entitled an Act to amend section 5522 of the Civil Code. Do pass.
House bill No. 64I, entitled an Act to establish the city court of Miller ~ounty. Do pass.
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House bill No. 603, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Pretoria. Do pass.
House bill No. 617, entitled an Act to incorporate "the town of Boynton. Do pass.
House bill No. 558, entitled an Act to create the city court of Covington. Do pass.

Also Senate bill Xo. 32, entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish the city court of Thomasville. Do pass.

August I, 190;-.

J. R. \VALKER, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

~Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bills, and instructed me as its chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to make penal procuring of money, etc., upon personalty in certain cases.

A bill to amend section 671, Code I 895.

A bill to amend section 672, Code 1895

A bill to amend section98. Code 1895 A bill to provide for probate of wills.

Also a House bill, with recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit:

THURSDAY, AuGusT I, I907.
A bill to separate pleas of idiocy, lunacy or insanity from plea to merits in criminal cases.
Respectfully submitted.
J. J. E. ANDERSON, Vice-Chairman.
Mr Covington, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Railroads having had under consideration Senate bill No. 3, beg leave to report the same to the House with recommendation that the same do pass.
vV. A. CoVINGTON, Chairman. August I, I907.
Mr. Wise, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration the following House bill, and instructs me as its chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass, to wit:
House bill No. 544

Respectfully submitted.

J. W. WISE, Chairman.

Mr. Martin, chairman of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the follmYing report :

JouRNAL ov rnE Hous~.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture has had under consideration the following House bill, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do 'pass, to wit:
A bill to make all private roads on rural mail routes public roads.
Also the following House bills, with recommendation that same do pass as amendedJ to wit:
A bill to establish rural police patrol.
Aiso the following House bills, with recommendation that same do not pass, to wit :
A bill to prevent theft of bales of cotton by certain means.
A bill to authorize several counties to organize a rural police force.
Respectfully submitted. L. H. 0. MARTIN, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Cook of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of McRae.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

THuRSDAY, AucusT I, I907.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I IO, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional

majority was passed.

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By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A bill to authorize the city of Athens to issue bonds.

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 110, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional

majority was passed.

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By Mr. Couch of Coweta-
A bill to incorporate the town of Haralson, in Coweta and Meriwether counties.,
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

pn the passage of the bill the ayes were I IO, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to provide for the protection of the health and comfort of the traveling public.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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on the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays 21.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Hall of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing the above bill.
By Mr. Chamlee of Floyd-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Rome.
The substitute offered by Messrs. Wright and Dean was adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bil~ by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, na:ys o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Roopville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On t.he passage of the bill the ayes were r ro, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Orr and Couch-
. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Haralson school district.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Sumner of Turner-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Turner county.
The committee proposed to amend by striking all of section 2 after the "\vord"enacted" in line 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following, "that said board of commissioners shall consist of three citizens, who are freeholders of said county of Turner and qualified voters of said county, who shall constitute the first board of commissioners under this Act, with authority to organize and enter upon the discharge of their duties il11fl1ediately upon the ratification of this Act, as hereinafter provided, and to serve until their successors are elected and quali-fied." Also
To amend section 3 by striking all the words in said ~ection between the word "enacted" in line 1 thereof, and the word "qualified" in 19th line thereof, and inserting in lien thereof the following words : "That one member of said board shall, at the regular election in 1908, be elected for a term of two years, and two members of said board shall be elected for a term of four years, and so

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on, alternating thereafter, making the term of office for each of said members for four years, after the first election herein provided, so there will be elected either one or two members of said board every two years, as their respective terms of office expire. The members of said board shall be elected at the same time and place and in the same manner as is now provided by law for the election of all other county officers of said county of Tur- ner. The terms of office of said board shall begin on the first day of January after his election." To amend further by striking all of last four lines of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, "and filed in the office of the ordinary of said county of Turner." Also,
To amend section 6 by striking all the words between word "prescribe" in line 5 and including the word "succeed" in line 7 Also,
To amend by creating section 14, to read as follows:
"Be it further enacted, That no part of this Act shall be of force and become operative until ratified by a majority vote of the voters of Turner county, who were qualified to vote in the last general election next preceding the election for the ratification of this Act. The re turns of said election shall be made in the same manner and to the same authorities as returns of elections of county officers in said county are made. The ordinary of said county of Turner shall any time within sixty days after the approval and publication of this Act order an election to be held in said county of Turner for the purpose of voting to either ratify or refuse to ratify this Act, which election shall be held in all the precincts of said county, and held and conducted in the same manner as elections are held for the election of county officers thereof. The tickets to be used in said election shall

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have printed thereon the words "For county commissioners," and the words "Against county commiS!Sioners," the voter to strike the one he desires to vote against and leave on his ticket the one he desires to vote in favor of. Should a majority of the votes cast at said election have on them "For co~mty commissioners" fhis Act shall, as soon thereafter as the result of such election can can be declared, become law and operative. Should a majority of the votes cast at said election have on them "Against county commissioners" this Act shall, as soon thereafter as the result of such election can be declared, be null and void. At the same time and place the election for the ratification of this Act, as hereinbefore stated, is held, the people voting therein shall also vote for the three members who shall constitute such board. The election of such members to go into effect when the result of the election to ratify this Act is declared, provided the Act is ratified, as hereinbefore stated; should this Act not be so ratified, then the election of such members shall be null and void. The persons so elected shall, among themselves, determine by lot which of the terms each shall have.
To amend the last section of said Act, which is the repealing section, by striking figures "I4" and inserting
"Is."
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 IOI, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Flanders of Johnson-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Wrightsville school district.

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The committee proposed to amend by inserting word "section" between words "that" and "eight" in line 3 of section 4 .

Also amend by inserting the word "Assembly" between the \vords "General" and "of" in line 7, section 1 ; also by inserting word "years" between words "two" and "from" in line 3, paragraph 3, section 2; also by inserting the word "sections" between the words "that" and "eight"' in line 3, section 4; also by inserting the word "sections" between words "of" and "eight" in line 5, section 5 ; also by inserting the words "an Act incorporating the" between the words "amend" and public as the same appears in the caption.

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

By :Messrs. Barksdale and Wootten-

A bill to incorporate the town of Ficklin.

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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Brown and Watkins-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Carroll.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were I IO, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Emanuel county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to

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the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I IO, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Lawrenceville.

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 I 10, nays o.

The bill having received _the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
-A bill to authorize the city of Carrollton to exercise police protection over the grounds of the Agricultural College at Carrollton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable tothe passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ohoopee.
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 ror, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Brown and \Vatkins-
, A bill to authorize the town of Whitesburg to establish a system of public schools.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Barksdale and Wootten-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Washington. 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 o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Swilling of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Royston.
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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues to sell $300,000 of bonds for the county of Fulton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reid of Wilcox-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pineview.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. White of Madison-
A bill to amend Act to incorporate the town of Hull.
The report of the committee, "hich was favorable to the passage of the bill, \Yas agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.
The bill having recehed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Statham.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Kendall and ~Iundy-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Bras\vell.
The report of the committee, \Yhich \Yas favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutioml majority was passed.
By Mr. Mays of Butts-
A bill to create the city court of Flovilla.
The report of the committee, which \vas favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Foster and Anderson-
A bill to increase the salary of the Insurance Clerk of the Comptroller-General's office.
On motion of Mr. Foster the above bill was recommitted.
By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A resolution for the relief of Jas. R. Atwater.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker res.olved the House into a Committee of the \Vhole, and designated as chairman :Yir. Taylor of Sumter.
After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

JouRNAL OF THE HousE. The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, which were as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Estes, .

Nix,

Adams of Elbert, Fagan,

Orr,

Adkins,

Flanders,

Parker,

Alexander,

Flannigan,

Perry,

Allen,

Fraser,

Persons,

Anderson of Bulloch, Frier,

Pope of Dade,

Atkinson,

Furr,

Price of Bartow,

J\twater,

Galloway,

Price of Oconee,

Austin,

Geer,

Reid of Macon,

Ballard,

Gibson,

Reid of Putnam,

Barksdale,

Godley,

Ryals,

Barrett,

Guyton,

Shaw,

Barr::>w,

Hamilton,

Sheffield,

Blackburn,

Hardeman,

Simmons,

Bowen,

Harris,

Smith of Campbell,

Boyd,

-; [_ Haywood,

Stewart,

Brown o! Carroll, Heard,

Strickland,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Huff,

Sumner,

Buchannon,

Huie

Taylor of Appling,

Burkhalter,

Hullender,

Taylor of Sumter,

Butt,

Jackson,

Terrell,

Calbeck,

Jones of Meriwether, Thorne,

Cannon,

Keith,

Tracy,

Chamlee,

Kendall,

Tuggle,

Clifton,

Kendrick,

Tyson,

Cook of Telfair,

Lee,

Walker of Lowndes,

Cooke of Thomas, Lumsden,

Walker of Washington,

Couch,.

Lunsford,

Warnell,

Daniel,

McCarthy,

Watkins,

Davis,

McMahan,

White of Madison,

Dean,

McMichael,

White of Screven,

Dunbar,

McMullan,

Williams of Dodge,

Duggan,

McWilliams,

Williams of Laurens,

Dykes,

Massengale,

Wilson,

Eaves,

Mundy,

Wootten,

Edmondson,

N eel,

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Those not vo~ing were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Goode,

Powell,

Anderson of Cobb, Hall,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ashley,

Hill,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Bell,

Hines,

Rogers of Randolph,

Berry,

Holder,

Rountree,

Bond,

Howard.

Russell,

Burwell,

Hubbard,

Slade,

Callaway,

Johnson of Jasper, Slater,

Candler,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Calhoun,

Clark,

Johnson of Towns, Stephens,

Collum,

Jones o.f Mitchell, Stubbs,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Lively,

Swilling,

Covington,

Mcintyre,

Thurman,

Cowan,

Martin,

Tift,

Crumbley,

Maxwell,

Townsend,

Culbreth,

Mays,

Trent,

Davison,

Mercer,

Walker of Milton,

Dickey,

l\10ore,

Ward,

Donalson,

Morris,

Way,

Dorminy,

Nowell,

Whitley,

Edwards,

Odum,

Wise,

Ellison,

Parrish,

Wright of Floyd,

Foster,

Payton,

Wright of Richmond,

Fowl~r,

Peterson,

Young,

Fullbright,

Pope of Brooks,

Mr. Speaker.

Glenn,.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 107, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was pa~sed.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A resolution to appropriate money to pay Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham a pension.
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An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole, and designated as chairman Mr. Stewart of Taylor.
After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolbtion the ayes and nays were called, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Mes.>rs.-

Adams of Elbert, Duggan,

Kendrici<:,

Adams of Wilkinson, Dykes,

Lee,

Adkins,

Eaves,

Lumsde'l,

Alexander,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Allen,

Estes,

McCarthy,

Anderson of Cobb, Fagan,

Mc~lahan,

Atkinson,

Flanders,

1\Icl\Iichael,

Atwater,

Flannigan,

Mc\Villiams.

Austin.

Foster.

1\Iartin,

Ballard,

Fraser,

1\lassengale,

Barrett,

Fullbright,

Mays.

:::arrow,

Furr,

~1und::,

Boyd,

Galloway,

Nee!.

Brown of Carroll, Gibson,

Nix,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Godley,

Orr,

Buchannan,

Guyton,

Parker,

Burkhalter,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Butt,

Harris,

Persons, .

Chamlee,

Heard,

Pope of Dade,

Clark,

Holder,

Price of Bartow,

Clifton,

Huff,

Price oi Oconee,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Cooke of Thomas, Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Rya!E.

Davis,

Jones of l\Ieriwether, Sheffield.

Dean,

Keith,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Stewart,

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Strickland, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman,

Tracy,

Whitley,

Tuggle,

Williams of Dodge~

\Valker of Lowndes, Wilson,

Walker of Washington, Wise,

Warnell,

Wootten,

Watkins,

Wright of Floyd,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Frier,

Powell,

Anderson of Bulloch, Geer,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ashley,

Glenn,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Barksdale,

Goode,

Rogers of Randolph,

Bell,

Hall,

Rountree,

Berry,

Hardeman,

Russell,

Blackburn,

Haywood,

Shaw,

Bond,

Hill,

Slade,

Bowen,

Hines,

Slater,

Burwell,

Howard,

Smith of Calhoun,

Calbeck,

Hubbard,

Smith of Campbell,

Callaway,

Johnson of Jasper, Stephens,

Candler,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Stubbs,

Cannon,

Johnson of Towns, Swilling,

Collum,

Jones of Mitchell, Tift,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Lively,

Townsend,

Covington,

Jvl:clntyre,

Trent,

Couch,

McMullan,

Tyson,

Cowan,

Maxwell,

\Valker of Milton,

Crumbley,

Mercer,

\Vard,

Culbreth,

Moore,

\Vay,

Davison,

Morris,

White of Madison,

Dickey,

Nowell,

White of Screven,

Donalson,

Odum,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Dorminy;

Payton,

Wright of Richmond,

Edwards,

Perrv,

Young,

Ellison,

Peterson,

Mr. Speaker.

Fowler,

Pope of Broo"ks,

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 100, nays o.

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The resolution having received the requisite constitu. tional majority was passed.
The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By :\Ir. Smith of Campbell-
A resolution to make House bill No. 626 a special order.
By Mr. Whitley-
A resolution- to make House bill No. ro6 the special order for August 6.
By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A resolution to make Hot~e bills Nos. 133, 134, 135 and r36 special orders.
On motion of Mr. Dykes of Sumter, House bil( No. 503 was tabled.
The following resolutions were read and adopted, to wit:
By Messrs. Boyd of Spalding and Atwater of Upson-
Resolutions sympathizing with Ron. J. J. Slade of
Muscogee for injuries received in accident on yesterday, and hoping for an early recovery to good health.
The following resolution was read and referred to Committee on Rules; to wit :

THURSDAY, AucusT r, 1907By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-
A resolution to make House bill No. 95 the special continuing order for Wednesday, August 7
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Berry of Union,A bill to repeal an Act to protect the taking of fish
from Notla river in Union county. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. \Vise of Fayette-
A bill to repeal Act to protect fish in Flynt river.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Calbeck of Gordon and Price of Bartow-
A bill to amend section 420 of the Code relative to refrigerator cars.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Smith of CampbellA bill to create and declare certain rules of liability
against masters for injuries to servants. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Parker of TalbotA bill to create a system of public schools in Talbot-
ton.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Ballard of NewtonA bill to incorporate the town of Covington Mills.
Referred to <;ommittee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Nix and WilsonA bill to amend the charter of Auburn.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Reid of WilcoxA bill to amend .section 61, volume - , relative to
time and place of voting. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. \Vise of FayetteA resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow
money to supply casual deficiencies.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Candler of DeKalbA bill to make additional appropriations for 1907 to
.supply deficiencies in appropriation for expenses of government.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Messrs. Nix and WilsonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Lawson. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Holder and FlanniganA resolution to pay W. L. Williamson one hundred
dollars.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-

A resolution to pay J. L. Martin one hundred dollars.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By unanimous consent the following House resolution was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:

By _Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-

A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a

committee to investigate and determine by what right,

contract or agreement, or other source, the Southern

Railway Company controls the Central of Georgia Rail-

road Company.



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

By Mr. Cook of Thomas-

A bill to amend Acts incorporating town of Boston, and for other purpos~s.

JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.

By Mr. Cook of ThomarA bill to amend charter of town of Boston.

By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to repeal Act incorporating city of Fitzgerald in Irwin county.

By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald in the coun-

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.

By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to repeal Act establishing city court of Fitzgerald, Irwin county.
By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-

A bill to establish city court of Fitzgerald, in and. for the county of Ben Hill.

Mr. Hall, chairman pro tern. of the Committee on Rules, reported that the committee recommended that House bill No. 626 be made the special order for Tuesday morning immediately after the confirmation of the
Journal, and House bill No. 106 be made the special or-
der to immediately follow House bill No. 626. Mr. Hall also reported that House bills Nos. 133, 134, 135 and I 36 be made the special orders to follow House bill No. 106, to come in the order in which named.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:

THURSDAY, AuGusT 1, 1907 By Messrs. Burkhalter and W amell-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend section 5462 of the Code, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Edwards of HabershamA bill to amend Acts relative to granting water rights.
By Messrs. Blackburn of Fulton and Price of Oconee-
A bill to establish a police patrol in each militia district of Georgia-
By Mr. Hardeman of JeffersonA bill to amend section 98 of the Code.
By Messrs. Fraser and BarrettA bill to amend section 4732, volume 2 of the Code.
By Mr. Mundy of PolkA bill prescribing punishment for illegal sale of liquors.
By Mr. McCarthy of ChathamA bill requiring corporations employing females to
furnish suitable toilet rooms. By Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Eastman.

]ouRN AL oF 'I' HE .HousE. By Mr. McWilliams of Henry-
A bill to require yearly itemized statements of county school commissioners.
By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-
A bill to amend section 982 of the Code so as to add the Effingham County Bank to the list of State depositories.
By Messrs. Martin and Adams of Elbert-
A bill to amend section 1250 of the Code.
By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-
A bill for the relief of the Comptroller-General's office.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Pelham.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Camilla.
By Mr. Ballard-
. A bill to create the city court of Covington.
By Messrs. Candler and Alexander-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Lithonia school district.

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By.Mr. Edmondson- .

A bill to incorporate the Chelsea school district.

By Mr. Bowen of Tift-

A bill authorizing mayor and council of Tifton to elect commissioners.

By Mr. Hullender-

A bill to incorporate the town of Boynton.

By Mr. Geer of Miller-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Miller county.

By Mr., Geer-

A ~ill to create the city court of Miller county. By Mr. Brown of Carroll-

A resolution to pay pension of Harris Fuller.

By Mr. Hubbard-

A resolution to pay pension due Jno. N. Brown.

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-

A bill making it penal to procure money upon a mortgage upon personalty in certain cases.

By Mr. Hines of BaldwinA bill to amend section 672 of the Criminal Code.

JouRNAL oF' THE HousE.

- By Mr. Blackburn-



A bill to protect bottlers from loss of bottlefi and boxes.

By Mr. ).IcWilliams-
A bill to provide a uniform method of abolishing <:ounty courts.

By l\lr. Boyd-

A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Griffin.
By Mr. ).1cMichael-
A bill to amend section 5522 of the Civil Code.

By l\Ir. Brown of Carroll-

A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Carrollton.

By Mr. Ryals-
A bill to provide for the probate of wills m certain <:ases.

By ~lr. Kendall-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Dallas.

By :Mr. Ward of CoffeeA bill to establish a charter for the town of Bushnell.

'fHURSDAY, Aucusr r, 1907. By Mr. Tift-
A bill to incorporate the town of Pretoria.
By Mr. HinesA bill to am-end section 671 of the Criminal Code.
By Mr. Candler of DeKalb--A bill to fix the salary of the stenographer of the Attor-
ney-GeneraL
By Mr. Candler of DeKalb--A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad
Commission. By Mr. Butt-
A bill providing for separation of pleas of insanity, etc., from plea to the merits, etc.
By Messrs. Wright and CovingtonA bill to prohibit book-making and pool-selling.
By Mr. Huie of ClaytonA bill to provide for the hiring out of municipal con-
victs.
By Mr. Lee of GlynnA bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts establish-
ing city court of Brunswick.

JoURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
By Messrs. Jones and Keith-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Haralson school district.
By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to change the school year so that same will begin September 1 and close August 31 of each year.
By Mr. McMahan-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Citizen's Bank of Athens.
By Mr. Bowen of Tift-
A bill to regulate sale of liquors in Tift county.
By Mr. Reid of Wilcox-
A bill to repeal the Act to incorporate the Pineview school district.
By Mr. Edmondson-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Trion.
By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-
A bill to create a public road law for Toombs county.
By Mr. Persons of Monroe-
A bill to provide rule of evidence in trial of persons charged with selling liquor.

THURSDAY, -AUGUST I, I907

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The following, Senate bill was read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of 22d district-

A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia by repealing section I, article 2 of the Constitution, and inserting a new section relative to registration of voters.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

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

By Mr. Taylor of 36th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of commismissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Meriwether.
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 Ioo, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution of the Senate was taken up and concurred in, to wit :

By Mr. Brock of 44th district-
A bill to authorize sub-committee from Penitentiary Committee to visit convict camps during vacation.

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The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Born of 34th district-
A bill to prohibit the giving of passes and franks by corporations.
-By Mr. Knight of 6th district-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alapaha.
By Mr. Wilkes of 7th districtA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of
Thomasville.
By Mr. Knight of 6th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Sparks.
By Mr. Deen of 5th district-
A bill to amend section 2181, volume 2 of the Code.
By Mr. Camp of 31st district-
A bill to amend all Acts to create the charter of Mount Airy.
.By Mr. Hays of I 3th district-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Oglethorpe.

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657

By Mr. \Vilkes of 7th district-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Norman Park.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Callaway, Duggan, Collum, and Committee on Georgia School for Deaf.

The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker

aronwnomunocrendm. tgh.e

House '

adjourned

until

10

o'clock

to-mor-

ATLANTA) GA.J FRIDAY) August 2, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Atkinson,

Adams of Elbert, Atwater,

Adan.s of Wilkinson, Austin,

Adkins,

Ballard,

Alexander,

Barksdale,

Allen,

Barrett,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrow,

Anderson of Cobb, Bell,

Ashley,

Berry,

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Blackburn, Bond, Bowen, Boyd, Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorp~, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Burwell,

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Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Orr,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

HubbarJ,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

H uie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

.T ackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns,. Russell,

Dean,

Jones of lVIeriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar, Duggan,

Kendrick, L~e,

Slade, Smith of Calhoun,

Dykes,

Lively,

Smith of Campbell,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Stephens,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stewart,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Strickland,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Stubbs,

Estes,

Mc~Iahan,

Sumner,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Swilling,

Flanders,

Mc.vlUIIan,

Taylor of Appling,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Taylor of Sumter,

Foster,

Martin,

Terrell,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Thorne,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Thurman,

Frier,

l\Iays,

Tift,

Fullbright,

:Mercer,

Townsend,

Furr,

Moore,

Tracy,

Galloway,

Morris,

Trent,

Geer,

Mundy,

Tnggle,

Gibson,

N eel,

Tyson,

Glenn,

Nix,

Walker of Lowndes,

Godley,

Nowell,

Walker of Milton,

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Walker of Washington, White of Screven, Wise,

Ward,

Whitley,

Wootten,

Warnell,

Williams of Dodge, Wright of Floyd,

watkins,

Williams of Laurens, Young,

Way,

Wilson,

Mr. Speaker.

White of Madison,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Slater,

Wright of Richmond,

Mr. Orr of Coweta gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing on yesterday House bill No. 472.

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

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

By Mr. Wootten of Wilkes-

A resolution to make House bill No. 239 a special ord.er.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was taken up and.the Senate amendment to the amendment by the House was concurred in, to wit :
By Mr. ~ardman of 33d district-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquors in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

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Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has concurrd in all the House amendments, except amendment No. r8, which is concurred in as amended to the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State of Georgia.

-The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to require railroad companies to furnish proper and necessary cars for the transportation of peaches, cantaloupes, etc., and for other purposes.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to make appropriations for the payment of salaries and other expenses incurred and to be incurred for and during the year r907.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:
- A bill to amend the charter of the town of Iron City.

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Mr. Martin, chairman of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture has had under consideration the following House bill, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass, to wit :
A bill to amend Act to prevent the adulteration of food.
Respectfully submitted.
L. H. D. MARTIN, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations ha,e had under consideration the following bills, and direct me as their chairman to report the same back with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :

House bill 651, a bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Boston in Thomas county.

House bill 652, to amend the charter of the town of Boston.

House bill 666, to repeal an Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.

House bill 677, to amend the charter of the town of Auburn.

House bill 667, to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.

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House bill 656 to amend an Act incorporating town of Barwick.

House bill 668 to repeal an Act establishing city court of Fitzgerald.

House bill 669 to establish city court of Fitzgerald.

House bill 654 to extend the corporate limits of Hampton.

House bill 675 to incorporate the town of Covington Mills.

House bill 663 to amend Act creating charter of Edi5on.

House bill 642 to amend charter of Elberton.

House bill 679 to amend charter of Lawson.

House bill 647 to amend charter of Fort Valley.

House bill 650 to create board of roads and revenues of Glascock county.

House bill 649 to repeal an Act creating board of roads and revenues of Glascock county.
House bill 63 to repeal an Act approved August 7, 1907.
House bill 659 to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Pike do pass as amended.
All of \vhich is respectfully submitted.
HAL. G. NowELL, Chairman.

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Mr. Massengale, chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish having under consideration House bills 203, 532, 454, recommend that bills 203, 454 do pass, and bill 532 do pass as amended.

And further recommend that House bills 272, 308, 508 do not pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
::\IASSENGALE, Chairman.

The following bills, which were made the special order for this morning, \vere read the third time and put upon
theirpassage, to wit :
. By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A bill to provide for conforming and disciplining of the organized militia of this State to the Act of Congress in regard to same, and for other purposes.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. whitley of Douglas-
A bill to provide the manner of selling or dispensing opium, etc., and other narcotic drugs.

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The substitute, bill and amendments were tabled on motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd.
On motion of Mr. Terrell of Grady, House bills Nos. 133 and 134 were tabled.
By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A bill to amend sections 839, 840, 842, volume I of the Code relative to tax assessors, and for other purposes.
The committee proposed to amend by adding a repealing clause, which was 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 92, nays o.
The bill having recei,ed the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A bill to amend section 264, volume 3 of the Code relative to tax returns.
The report of the committee, \Yhich was favorable to the passage of the bill, \vas agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 92, nays I.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:

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:By Mr. Dobbs of 38th district-

A bill to require railroad companies to furnish cars for the shipment of fruit promptly, and for other pur:poses.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By l\Ir. Overstreet of 17th district-
A bill to create the membership of the Railroad Commisswn.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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

By Mr. McMichael-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act providing for creation of local tax district schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. \Vright, Dean and Chamlee of Floyd-

A bill to require Floyd county to maintain a hospital.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

;By Mr. Massengale of \VarrenA bill to amend the charter of the city of Warrenton.

-Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Messrs. 'vVright, Dean and Chamlee of Floyd-

A ,bill to authorize Rome to maintain a hospital.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. BlackburnA resolution to pay pension due 'vV. R. Tidwell. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By 1Ir. Perry of Hall-
A bill to provide for the correction of returns for taxation of property, gross receipts, etc., of corporations.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Ward of CoffeeA resolution to pay pension due Jno. M. Surrency.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Lee of GlynnA bill to amend the charter of Brunswick. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Johnson of JasperA resolution to pay pension due Mrs. Louisa L. Hodge. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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By Mr. Barrett-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act for creation of local tax district schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
A bill to amend Act to incorporate the town of Kennesaw.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. McMichaelA resolution to pay pension due Newton Harris. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Peyton and Russell-

A bill to amend an Act making it unlawful for any

person to contract with as tenant any person under con-

tract with another.



Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Pope of Dade-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Mary J. Sells.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Tyson of Emanuel-

A biB/ to encourage education, reduce illiteracy. etc.

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Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Tyson-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Adrian.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

On motion of Mr. Dykes of Sumter, House bill No. 503 \Yas tabled.

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

By :\fr. l\kMichael-

A resolution to make House bill 380 special order.

By ::\fr. RussellA resolution making House bill 305 special order.
_The following communication \Vas read:

Ron. ]no. M. Slaton, Speakcr.House of Representatives, Capitol.
DEAR MR. SLATON: The Georgia Anti-Tuberculosis League will give a fine musical entertainment at the Grand Opera House at 2.30 Sunday afternoon.
Speeches on the subject of tuberculosis will be made by Hon. Jno. Temple Graves, Col. Reuben Arnold, and Dr.

FRIDAY, AuGUST 2, 1907.

W. H. Mayfield of St. Louis, Mo. Seats have been provided on the. stage for members of the Senate and Ho~tse, and I write to ask you to invite the members of these bodies to ~ present.
\Ve request them to come to the stage- entrance, and have seats provided for them.

Respectfully,

GEORGE BROWN) M.D.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to place Hapeville under jurisdiction of Fulton

county board of education.

'

By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to repeal an Act prescribing manner of granting licenses to sell liquors in Screven county.

By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to repeal an Act to regulate the sale of liquors in Screven county.

By Mr. White of Screven-

A bill to prescribe manner of granting license to sell

spirituous liquors in Screven county.

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By Mr. Dunbar (by request)-

A bill to create office of solicitor of county court of Quitman.

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By Messrs. Adams and MartinA bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Elber-
ton.
By Mr. Gibson-
A bill to repeal an. Act to create a board of commisSlOners of roads and revenues for the county of Glascock.
By Mr. Gibson-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Glascock county.
By Mr. McWilliams of Henry-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of Hampton.
By Mr. Pope of Brooks-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Barwick.
By Mr. StricklandA bill to amend an Act to create board of commission-
ers of roads and revenues for Pike county.
By Mr. Smith of Calhoun-
A bill to create the city of Edison in county of Calhoun.
By Mr. Ballard-
A bill to incorporate the town of Covington Mills.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907 By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Auburn. By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Lawson. By Mr. Fagan- .
A bill to amend all Acts to incorporate town of Fort Valley.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Lumpkin, Clark of Laurens, Couch, Eaves, Brown of Carroll.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Sepeaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow mornmg.
ATLANTA,"GA., SATURDAY, August 3, 1907. 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-call and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. In pursuance of his former notice Mr. Orr of Coweta, moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing

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House local bill No. 472, which motion prevailed. Mr. Orr was then allowed to withdraw the same from the further consideration of the House.

By 1.111animous consent the following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a dispensary in thecity of Athens.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. \Vise, chairman of Committee on \Vays and Means, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:



0

Your Committee on \Vays and Means have had under

consideration House bill No. 484, and instruct me as

their chairman to report the same back with the recom-

mendation that it do pass as amended :

House bill No. 484.

Respectfully submitted.

J. \V. \VISE, Chairman.

The following bill was read the second time by unanii. mons consent, to wit:

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By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the_ State government, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette 300 copies of the above bill were ordered printed.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the

first time, to wit :



By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the town of Oakland.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-

A bill to create a board of education for .the city of Monticello.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Trent of HeardA bill to amend section 2573 of the Code of 1895

Referred to General Judiciary Committee:

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Marietta.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Trent of Heard-

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. S. F. Crain.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.
On motion of Mr. Chamlee of Floyd, House local bill No. 324 was withdrawn from the Committee on Enrollment.

Mr. Chamlee then moved that the House reconsider its action in passing House bill No. 324, which motion prevailed.

The following bills were read the third time and put

upon their passage, to wit:



By Mr. Pope of Brooks-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Barwick.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Nix and WilsonA bill to amend the charter of the town of Auburn.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Gibson of Glascock-

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Glascock.

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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. White of Screven-

A bill to prescribe the manner of granting license to sell liquors within the county of Screven.

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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn, Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hapeville.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Carrollton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Adams and Martin of Elbert-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Elberton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Gibson of Glascock-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissiOners of roads and revenues for the county of Glascock.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the r~quisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Nix and Wilson-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Lawson.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Ballard of Newton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Covington Mills.
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 roo, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Smith of CalhounA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Edison. The report of the committee, which was favorable to
the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald, in the county of Ben Hill.
Mr. Dorminy proposed to amend section 82 by striking out all of said section after the word "ordinance" in line 19 of said section.
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 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Pike.
The committee proposed to amend by adding the following section :
Section 2. Be it further enacted that all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are~ hereby repealed.
The report of the committee! which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Jones and Keith of Meriwether-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Haralson school district.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Kendall of Paufding-

A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the town of Dallas.

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 103, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bowen of Tift-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Tifton to elect commissioners to invest sinking fund, etc.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the ~assage of the bill the ayes were roo, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reid of \Vilcox-

A bill to repeal all Acts to incorporate the Pineview school district.

The committee proposed to amend by striking the word "should" in line 3 of section 2 and inserting the word "shall."
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite ctmstitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Candler and Alexander-

A bill to amend an Act to create the Lithonia school district.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Ectmonds.on of ChattoogaA bill to incorporate the Chelsea school district.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bowen of Tift-

A bill regulating the sale of spirituous liquors in the county of Tift.

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 roo, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Edmondson of Chattooga-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Trion.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority_ was passed.
By Mr. Hullender of Catoosa-

A bill to incorporate the town of Boynton.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Flanders of Johnson-
A bill to amend the charter of Wrightsville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fagan of Houston-

A bill to amend all Acts to incorporate the town of Fort Valley.

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

On the passage. of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. \Vard of CoffeeA bill to create a charter for the town of Bushnell.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3. 1907.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to incorporate the town of Pretoria.
The committee proposed to amend section 20, by striking out the words "and upon franchises and .incomes" which appear after the word "town" in lines 7 and 8.
Also to amend section 20 by striking the word "regulate," which appears after the word "and" and before the word "the" in line 8 of said section.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Cooke of Thomas-
A bill to amend th~ charter of the town of Boston.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-
A bill to create a local public road law for the county of Toombs.
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 100, nays o. -
The bill ha,ing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By I\ir. Cooke of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an A<;t to incorporate the town of Boston.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, \Yas agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of East Point.
The committee proposed to amend as follows :
"Provided, however, That before this provision for the levying and collecting of an emergency tax shall be enforced for any purpose other than as allowed by law without a vote of the p-eople the question as to levying and collecting such tax shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of said town; and it shall be necessary that at such election the same shall be authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters of said town, as provided by law." To amend further by providing the emergency tax sought to be levied shall be one-fourth of one per cent. instead of one-half of one per cent.
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 o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Hill of Monroe-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Forsyth.
The committee proposed to amend by adding:
"Provided, however, That before this provision for

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levying and collecting of an emergency tax shall be enforced for any purpose other than as allowed by law without a vote of the people the question as to levying and collecting such tax shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of said town, and it shall be necessary that at such election the same shall be authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters, as provided by law."

To amend further by providing that the emergency tax sought to be levied shall be one-fourth of one per cent. instead of one-half of one per cent.

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 IOO, nays o.

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

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.

By Mr. Huie of Clayton-
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the change of county lines lying within the limits of incorporated towns.

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
A bill to amend an Act to amend section I, article 7, paragraph I of the Constitution.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907 By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to add an additional judge to the superior court of the Chattahoochee circuit. By Mr. Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to amend game and fish laws.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and BellA bill to provide for indexes in certain counties.
By Mr. Williams of DodgeA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of
Eastman.
By Mr. Williams of DodgeA bill to create a new charter for city of Eastman.
By Mr. Cook of TelfairA bill to make more effective the laws against the ille-
gal sale of liquors.
By Mr. Neel of Bartow-
A bill to a:mend an Act to revise law for protection of game and fish.
By Mr. Mundy of PolkA bill to regulate the manner of taking fish from the
waters of this State.

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By Mr. Hill of Monroe-

A bill to provide a system of auditing and examining of books of State departments.

By Mr. Ballard of Newton-

A bill to abolish the county court of Newton county.

By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-

A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Jasper county.

By Messrs. Taylor and Martin-
A bill to amend an Act to more thoroughly carry into effect a law for the prevention of the misbranding of foods for man and beast.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to authorize commissioners of roads and revenues in certain counties to appropriate money for maintenance of home for indigent old women.

By Mr. Johnson of Jeff Davis-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Jeff Davis.

By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Newnan.

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By Mr. Johnson of Jeff Davis-
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so as to add Hazlehurst to list of State depositories.
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to repeal an Act for protection of game and fish.
By Mr. Calbeck of Gordon-
A bill to amend section 420 of the Code.
The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By' Mr. \Vright of Richmond-
A bill to require candidates for office to publish itemized statement of campaign expenses.
By Messrs. Allen and Wright of Richmond-
A bill to prohibit contributions by corporations to campaign funds.
By 1\:fessrs. Anderson and Thorn-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Statesboro.
By Mr. Smith of Campbell-
A bill to create certain rules of liability against masters for injuries to servants.
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By Mr. BarrettA bill to require the Comptroller-General to furnish
copy of returns made by corporations, etc. By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act to create board of commissioners for the county of Hall. By Mr. Perry of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Hall county.
By Mr. Reid of MaconA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Mon-
tezuma .
. By Mr. Hines of BaldwinA bill to create the city court of Milledgeville.
By Messrs. Holder, Flannigan and FurrA bill to amend the charter of Maysville.
By Mr. PerryA bill to increase number of terms of superior court
of Hall county. By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Brinson.

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By Messrs. Wright-and Allen-
A bill to provide for election of judge and solicitor of the city court of Richmond county.
By Messrs. Wright and Allen-
A bill to create commissioners of roads and revenues for Richmond county.
By Mr. Burkhalter-
A bill to authorize county commtsstoners of Tattnall county to pay $rs,ooo to George L. Adams.
By Mr. Mercer-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend Act creating city court of Dawson.
On motion of Mr. Terrell of Grady, House bills Nos. 133, 134 were taken from table and placed on the calendar.
Upon request of the authors, House bills Nos. 85 and 325 were withdrawn.
The following resolutions by Mr. Cook and Mr. \Villiams of Laurens, and Burwell of Hancock, were referred to Committee on Rules, to wit:
Resolutions seeking to make House resolution No. 9. House bill No. 433 and Senate bill No. 70 special orders.
Mr. Dean, vice-chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Rajlroads makes the following report:

The committee reports back to the House resolution No. 9, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended August 2, 1907.
DEAN, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Perry, chairman of Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Constitutional Amendments makes the following report :

The committee reports back to the House Senate bill Ko. 70, with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended and, that House bill No. 69, by Mr. Fosterof Cobb, do pass as amended.

August 2, 1907.

H. H. PERRY, Chairman.

:\Ir. \Vise, chairman of Committee on Ways and: Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on \Vays and Means have had under consideration the following House resolution and instruct me, as their chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass: House resolution No. 91.

Respectfully submitted.

J. 'vV. WISE, Chairman.

SATURDAY; AUGUST 3, 1907
Mr. Davison, acting chairman of Counties and County Matters Committee, submitted the following report :
The Counties and County Matters Committee submits the following report, with the recommendation that the following bills do pass:
Bills Nos. 643, 355, 354, 645, 655. R. E. DAVISON, Acting Chairman.
August 3d. ..,,
Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had undtr consideration the following bills and, as its chairman, I am directed to report the same back with the recommendation as follows :
An Act to increase salary of insurance clerk. Do pass.
An Act to provide that nominees in certain primary elections shall receive a majority of the vote cast. Do pass.
An Act to repeal an Act to protect the fish and provide for the manner of fishing in Flynt river, in Fayette county. Do pass.
An Act to amend charter of East Point. Do pass a.;; amended.
An Act to provide for quarterly terms for justice's court. Do not pass.

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An Act to fix compensation of justice court jurors. Do not pass.
An Act to amend section 420 of the Code. Do pass.
An Act to change time of holding court for Jasper county. Do pass.
An Act to amend Act creating city court of Monticello. Do pass.
An Act to amend Act creating city court of Newnan. Do pass as amended.
An Act to provide for the compensation of justice's court jurors. Do not pass.
An Act to extend limits of the city of Forsyth. Do pass as amended.
An Act creating State auditor, and for other purposes. Do pass by substitute.
All of which is respectfully submitted. R. B. BLACKBURN,
Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
l\Ir. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following House bill and instructed me,

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as its chairman, to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to add an additional judge to the Chattahoochee judicial circuit.
Respectfully submitted.
J. J. E. ANDERSON, Vice-Chairman.
The following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Felts of 19th district-
A bill to create public schools in the town of Warrenton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hardman of 33d districtA resolution memorializing Congress to extend indus-
trial education to certain classes and endorsing the Davis bill.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By lVIr. Martin of 43d districtA resolution in relation to the Confederate cemetery
at Resaca.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By :Mr. Hays of 13th district-
A bill to create the city court of Oglethorpe. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-

A resolution endorsing a bill of Congress to prohibit transportation of liquors under interstate commerce regulations.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-

A resolution providing for joint committee on readjustment of judicial circuits.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Hays of the 13th district-

A bill to repeal sections 41 70 to 42 17 of the Code so far as the same relates to the county of Macon.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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

By Mr. Camp of 31st district-

A bill to create office of commissioner of roads and revenues in Franklin county.
By Mr. Camp of 31st district-
A bill to repeal an Act to create board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Franklin county.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907. By Mr. Felder of 22d district-
A bill to amend the Constitution of this State by repealing section 1, article 2, relative to qualification of electors.
By unanimous consent 'the following bills were read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Goode of Pickens-
A bill to provide a system of schools for the town of Nelson.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Goode of PickensA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Nelson. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Edwards of HabershamA bill to prohibit putting sawdust m the streams of
Pickens county.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

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A bill to foster military education and military schools. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. By Messrs. Keith and Jones of Meriweth~rA bill to incorporate the town of Gay. Referred to Committee on Corporations. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Swilling. The Speaker then announced the House adjourned wntil 10 o'clock Monday morning.

ATLANTA, GA., MoNDAY, August 5, 1907.

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. M. J. Cofer.

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

Adams of Chatham, Alexander,

Ashley,

Adams of Elbert, Allen,

Atkinson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Anderson of Bulloch, Atwater,

Adkins,

Anderson of C'obly, Austin,

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Ballard,

Estes,

McMahan,

Barksdale,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Barrett,

Flanders,

McMullan,

Barrow,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Bell,

Foster,

Martin,

Berry,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Blackburn,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Bond,

Frier,

Mays,

Bowen,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Boyd,

Furr,

Moore,

Brown of Carroll, Galloway,

Morris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Mundy,

Buchannon,

Gibson,

Nee!,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Nix,

Burwell,

Godley,

Nowell,

Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Orr,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

H uie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,_

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel.

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns, Russell.

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Slade,

Duggan,

Lee,

Slater,

Dykes, Eaves,

Lively, Lumsden,

Smith of Calhoun,



Smith of Campbell,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Stewart,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Strickland,

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Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Tracy,

Trent,

\Vhite of Screven,

Tuggle,

Whitley,

Tyson,

Williams of Dodge,

Walker of Lowndes, \\'illiams of Laurens,

Walker of Milton, Wilson,

Walker of Washington, Wise,

Ward,

\Vootten,

Warnell,

Wright of Floyd,

Watkins,

Young,

Way,

Mr. Speaker.

White of Madison,

Those absent were Messrs.-
Wright of Richmond,

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings was di,pensed with.

The following resolutions were read, to wit:

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A resolution to fix the time of meeting of the House and providing for two sessions per day, the morning session to be from 9 o'clock a.m. to I o'clock p.m., and the afternoon session from 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock.

Mr. Blackburn moved to amend by making the afternoon session from 3 o'clock to five o'clock.

The resolution was then adopted as amended.

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

By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Mon-
ticello.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~1r. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior courts ,of Jasper county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were g8, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional n~aj ority \Yas passed.

The following resolution was read by unanimous consent, to wit :

By Mr. Atwater of Upson-
A resolution providing for a JOmt committee to look into the advisability of allowing a street to be cut through the State's property in the city of Chattanooga.

The above resolution was ordered to lay on the table one clay.

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



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By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

A bill to pay off and retire valid bonds of this State as they mature, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the ~1 the ayes were 103, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. \Vise of Fayette-

A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agr~d to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 94, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional m~jority was passed.

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

By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Bainbridge.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

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



MoNDAY, AuGusT 5, 1907.
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to \vit:
A bill to amend an Act providing compensation for deputy sheriffs and bailiffs of superior courts in certain counties.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Douglasville.
- Also a bill to incorporate the town of Annestown.
Also a bill to change the time of holding Liberty county superior court.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Maxeys.
Also a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Tift.
Also a bill to create a new charter for the town of Linwood.
Also a bill to amend an Act affecting the city court of Dalton.
Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Newborn.
Also a bill to abolish the county court of Jenkins county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Jakin.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Nicholson.
Also a bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Lyons.

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Also a bill to amend the charte; of the city of Covington.
Also a bill to incorporate the tmm of Tignall.
Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Lithonia.
Also a bill to amend the charter of the town of Flovilla.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of ::\Iontezuma to establish a system of public schools.
Also a bill to amend sedon 342 of the Penal Code of I895
Also a bill to provide how penswns due Confederate soldiers shall be paid.
The following bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the execqtive, judicial and legislative departments of the State government, etc., and for other purposes.
Mr. Holder of Jackson, proposed to amend section I by striking the words " ( r 70- roo) one and seventy one hundredths," line 6, and inserting the words "one and eighty one hundredths (I 8o-10o.)''

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On the adoption of the foregoing amendment the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

f.dkins,

Foster,

Mundy,

Alexander,

Fraser,

Nee!,

Anderson of Cobb, Frier,

Nix,

Austin,

Furr,

Orr,

Ballard,

Geer,

Parker,

Barrett,

Glenn,

Parrish,

Berry,

Godley.

Payton,

Bond,

Goode,

Pope of Dade,

Brown of Carroll, Hamilton,

Price of Oconee,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Harris,

Rogers of Randolph,

Buchannon,

Holder,

Shaw,

Burkhalter,

Huff,

Sheffield,

Butt,

Huie,

Simmons,

Calbeck,

Jackson,

Slater,

Candler,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Calhoun,

Cannon,

Johnson of Towns, Smith of Campbell,

Chamlee,

Keith,

Stephens,

Clifton,

Kendall,

Strickland,

Cook 'of Chat'hoochee, Kendrick,

Sumner,

Cook of Telfair,

Lively,

Taylor of Sumter,

Cooke of Thomas, Lumsden,

Terrell,

Couch,

Lunsford,

Thurman,

Cowan,

McCarthy,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Davis, Davison, Dickey, Dorminy,

Mcintyre, 1VIcl\fahan, 1\IcMichael, ).fcl\Iullan,

Walker of Milton, Ward, Watkins, \Vay,

Eaves,

l\Ic Williams,

Whitley,

Edwards, Ellison, Flanders,

Massengale, Mays, Morris,

Williams of Dodge, \Villiams of Laurens, Wilson,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs:-

Adams of Elbert, Atkinson,

.t~llen,

Barrow.

Anderson of Bulloch. Bell,

Ashley,

Blackburn,

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Burwell, Callaway, Donalson,. !;unbar,

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Dykes, Edmondson, Estes, Fagan, Fowler, Fullbright, Galloway, Guyton, Hall, Heard, Hill,

Hines, Howard, Johnson of Tasper, Lee, Moore, Perry, Persons, Peterson, Powell,. Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Rountree, Ryals, [!ade, Stewart, Townsend, Tuggle, Wise, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Hardeman,

Stubbs,

Adams of Wilkinson, Haywood,

Swilling,

Atwater,

Hubbard,

Taylor of Appling,

Barksdale,

Hullender,

Thorne,

Bowen,

Jones of Meriwether, Tift,

I.oy..t,

Jones of Mitchell, Tracy,

Clark,

Martin,

Trent,

Collum,

Maxwell,

Tyson,

Covington,

Mercer,

Walker of Washington,

Crumbley,

Nowell,

Warnell,

Culbreth,

Odum,

White of Madison,

Daniel,

Pope of Brooks,

White of Screven,

Dean,

Price of Bartow, Wootten,

Duggan,

Reid of Wilcox,

Wright of Richmond,

Flannigan,

Russell,

Mr. Speaker.

Gibson,

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

On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 93, nays 44
The amendment was therefore adopted.

A motion to adjourn was put and carried, and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1907.

3 O'CLOCK P. M.
'l'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 of Chatham, Clark,

Fullbright,

Adams of Elbert, Clifton,

Furr,

Adams of Wilkinson, Collum,

Galloway,

Adkins,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Geer,

Alexander,

Cook of Telfair,

Gibson,

Allen,

Cooke of Thomas, Glenn,

Anderson of Bulloch, Covington,

Godley,

Anderson of Cobb, Couch,

Goode,

Ashley,

Cowan,

Guyton,

Atkinson,

Crumbley,

Hall,

Atwater,

Culbreth,

Hamilton,

Austin,

Daniel,

Hardeman,

Ballard,

Davis,

Harris,

Barksdale,

Davison,

Haywood,

Barrett,

Dean,

Heard,

Barro,-

Dickey,

Hill,

Bell,

Donalson,

Hines,

Berry,

Dorminy,

Holder,

Blackburn,

Dunbar,

Howard,

Bond,

Du'ggan,

Hubbard,

Bowen,

Dykes,

Huff,

.Bolt!,

Eaves,

Huie,

Brown of Carroll, Edmondson,

Hullender,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Edwards,

Jackson,

Buchannon,

Ellison,

Tohnson of Jasper,

Burkhalter,

Estes,

Johnson of Jeff Davis,

13urwell,

Fagan,

Johnson of Towns,

Butt,

Flanders,

Jones of Meriwether,

Calbeck,

Flannigan,

Jones of Mitchell,

Callaway,

Foster,

Keith,

Candler,

Fowler,

Kendali,-

Cannon,
~hamJee,

Fraser, Frier,

Kendrick, Lee,

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Lively, Lumsden, Lunsford, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMahan, Mcl\fichael, l\Ic1I ullan, 1IcWilliam3, Martin, Massengale, :Maxwell, Mays, Mercer, :\Ioore, :Morris, l\Iundy, Nee!, Nix, Nowell, Odum, Orr, Parker, Parrish, Payton, Perry, Persons, Peterson,

Pope of Brooks, Terrell,

Pope of Dade,

Thorne,

Powell,

Thurman,

Price of Bartow, Tift,

Price of Oconee,

Townsend,

Reid of Macon,

Tracy,

Reid of Putnam, Trent,

Reid of Wilcox,

Tuggle,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Tyson,

Rogers of Randolph, Walker of Lowndes.

Rountree,

Walker of Milton,

Russell,

Walker of Washington,

Ryals,

\Vard,

Shaw,

Warnell,

Sheffield,

\Vatkins,

Simmons,

\Vay,

Slade,

White of Madison,

Slater,

white of Screven,

Smith of Calhoun, Whitley,

Smith of Campbell, Williams of Dodge,

Stephens,

williams of Laurens,

Stewart,

Wilson,

Strickland,

\Vise,

Stubbs,

\Vootten,

Sumner,

Wright of Floyd,

Swilling,

Young,

Taylor of Appling, l\Ir. Speaker.

Taylor of Sumter,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Wright of Richmond,
By unanimous consent the following bill, which was reconsidered on yesterday, was again taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

By -:\Ir. Chamlee of Floyd-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Rome.
The substitute offered by the committee was proposed t,) Ite amended as follows :

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To amend section I by striking the word "beginning" in line 6 and the following four lines thereafter and the words "I 38" in lirie I I and inserting in lieu thereof the following: To amend further by striking from the end of said section all words after word "northern" and inserting in lieu thereof the following "Southern side of Shorter avenue, thence to the starting point."
The substitute as amended was agreed to.
The report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were .... , nays ..
T:.c bill having received the requisite constitutional
majority was passed by substitute as amended.
Mr. Donalson, chairman of the Counties and County Matters Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Counties and County Matters Committee has had under consideration House bill No. 703, which is a bill amending an Act creating the city court of Bainbridge as amended by an Act for that purpose and, as the chairman of said committee, I am instructed to report said bill back to the House with a recommendation that the same do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman. This August 5, I907.
J3y unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

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By Mr. Geer of Miller-

A bill to establish a city court of the county of Miller.

The report of the committee, which W?-S favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Geer of Miller-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a city court for the county of Miller.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to regulate the fees of justices of the peace and constables in certain counties.

The report of the committee, which wa~ iavorable to the passage of the bill, was agreeu. to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed

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By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Foster of Cobl:r--
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Marietta.
On motion of Mr. \iVhitley House bill No. ro6 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit :
By Mr. Foster of Cobl:r--
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Kennesaw.
The following bill known as the General Tax Act was again taken up, to wit :
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the executive, judicial and legislative departments of the State government.
By unanimous consent the session was extended fifteen minutes for consideration of local matter and general bills with local application.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Heard and AdkinsA bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Vi-
enna.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to create the city court of Barnesville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Dorminy of Irwin-
A bill to create the city court of Fitzgerald. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the city court of Barnesville..

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

The bill having reecived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
B-y Mr. Guyton of Effingh~m-

A bill to abolish the county court of Effingham 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 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

.By Mr. Guyton- . A bill to abolish the county court of Effingham 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 101, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Flanders-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of W-rightsville.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were I 10, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to fix the salaries of county treasurers in certain counties.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Dunbar (by request)-
A bill to create the office of solicitor of the county court of Quitman 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 100, nays o. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Dorminy of IrwinA bill to repeal an Act to create the city court of Fitz-
gerald:

MoNDAY, AuGusT 5, 1907.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Ballard of Newton-
A bill to abolish the county court of Newton 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 100, nays o. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Boyd-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Griffin.
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 100, nays o. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
"1y Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having recei,ed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Ballard of XewtonA bill to create the city court of Newton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having rt!ceived fhe requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to repeal an Act to protect fish in Flynt river.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to permit the commissioners of roads and revenues of certain counties to appropriate money for maintenance of home for indigent old women.

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The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By :Mr. Guyton of Effingham-
A bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Effingham 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 roo, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By ?vir. Buchannan of Early-
.-\ bill to provide for two weeks' sess10n of the superior court of Early county.
The committee proposed to amend by inserting words "superior court" before word "Early" and "county" after word "Early" in caption on back of bill.
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 roo, nays o.
The bill havi'ng received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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By Mr. Lee of Glynn-
A bill to amend all Acts creating the city court of Brunswick.
To amend by striking words in line 9 after "however" and all words in 1oth, I Ith, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th lines.
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 o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Newnan.
To amend by endorsing a caption on the back of the bill.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit:

MONDAY, i\UGUS'l' 5, 1~>7.
By Mr. Bond of ForsythA resolution to pay pension to W. ]. Stanford.
Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Thurman of Walker-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section. 7, article 6 of the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to create the office of State inspector of weights and measures.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Estes of Pierce-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Offerman. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hill of MonroeA bill to amend section 531 of the Penal Code relative
to sleeping-cars.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Richmond county and define powers, etc.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond-

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Richmond county, provide their choice and election, etc.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By 'Mr. White of Madison-

A bill authorizing the town of Carlton to issue bonds.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Guyton of EffinghamA bill to incorporate the city of Springfield.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By ::\1r. Hardman of Jefferson-

A bill to repeal sections 2 and 3 of an Act to create a system of public schools for town of Louisville.

Referred to Committee on Education.

Ry Mr. Townsend of Clinch-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Homerville.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Furr and Henderson-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. M. L. Hughes...
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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

By Mr. Overstreet of 17th district-:-

A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission.

By Mr. Felts of 19th district-

A bill to create a system of public schools m Warrenton.

By Mr. Dobbs of 35th district~

A bill to require railroad companies to furnish proper cars for transportation of peaches, etc.

The following House bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit :

By Mr. Parker of Talbot-

A bill to create a system of public schools in Talbotton.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker

announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-mor-

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ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, August 6, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Callaway,

Estes,

Adams of Elbert, Candler,

Fagan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Flanders,

Adkins,

Chamlee,

Flannivan,

Alexander,

Clark,

Foster,

Allen,

Clifton.

Fowler,

Anderson of Bulloch, Collum,

Fraser,

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Frier,

Ashley,

Cook of Telfair,

Fullbright,

Atkinson,

Cooke of Thomas, .t'urr,

Atwater,

Covington,

G;:llo-way,

Austin,

Couch,

Geer,

Ballard,

Cowan,

C-.'1-,son,

Barksdale,

Crumbley,

Glenn.

Barrett,

Culbreth,

Godley,

Barrow,

Daniel,

Goode,

Bell,

Davis,

Guyton,

Be.-y,

Davison,

Hall,

Blackburn,

Dean,

Hamilton,

Bond,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Bowen,

Donalson,

Harris,

Boyd,

Dorminy,

Haywood.

Brown of Carroll, Dunbar,

Heard,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Duggan,

Hill.

Buchannon,

Dykes,

Hines.

Burkhalter,

Eaves.

Hnlcler.

Burwell,

Edmondson.

I '!"owarcf.

Tlutt.

Ecfwarcfs,

Ht1hbard,

C:lbeck.

Ellison.

Huff,

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Huie,

Odum,

Sumner,

Hullender,

Orr,

Swilling,

Jackson,

Parker,

Jolm$on of Jasper,. Parrish,

TaJ~;lor of Appling, T~ylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Terrell,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Thorne,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Thurman,

Jones of Mitchell, Peterson,

Tift,

Keith,

Pope of Brooks,

Townsend,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Tracy,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Trent,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Tuggle,

Lively,

Price of Oconee,

Tyson,

Lumsden,

Reid of Macon,

.Walker of Lowndes,

Lunsford,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Milton,

McCarthy,

Reid of Wilcox,

Walker of Washington,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Ward,

McMahan,

Rogers of Randolph, Warnell,

McMichael,

Rountree,

Watkins,

McMullan,

Russell,

Way,

McWilliams,

Ryals,

White of Madison,

Martin,

Shaw,

White of Screven,

Massengale, Maxwell,

Sheffield, Sim~ons,

Whitley,



Williams of Dodge,

Mays,

Slade,

Williams of Laurens,

Mercer,

Slater,

Wilson,

Moore,

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Morris,

Smith of Campbell, Wootten,

Mundy,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

"Nee!,

Stewart,

Wright of Richmond,

Nix,

Strickland,

Young,

Nowell,

Stubbs,

Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent reading of the Journal ef yes~ terday's proceedings was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following bill was introduced and read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code,

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so as to designate the Bank of Rockdale as a State depository.

Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

Mr. Mays of Butts, was allowed to withdraw House bill No. 41, by unanimous consent.

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

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Citizens Bank of Athens, and for other purposes.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to
. the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to wit:

A resolution to appropriate $43,000 to finish paying off pension rolls for 1907.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

TuESDAY..\t;cusT 6, 1907.
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Cobb county.

Also a bill to amend the laws relative to the arbitration

of values in tax returns made to the Comptroller-Gen-

eral.



Also a bill to change the time of holding the superior

court of Dodge county.

Also a bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the superior court of Gwinnett county.

Also a bill to consolidate and supersede all former Acts incorporating the town of Ochlochnee.

Also a bill to amend the charter of the town of Babcock.
Also a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Monroe.
Also a bill to amend the charter of the town of \\'higham.

Also a bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.

Also a bill to incorporate the tom1 of Bowman. Also a bill to amend the charter of Adairsville.

Also a bill to establish the city court of l\fillen.
Also a bill to regulate the traffic in seed cotton in the -county of Richmond.

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Also a bill to define the limits of certain militia districts in Chatham county.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Diffee.
Also a bill to create a new charter for the city of Camilla.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Patten.
Also a bill to regulate public instruction in the county of Richmond.
Also a bill to confirm closing the street between First Baptist and St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal churches, in the city of Columbus.
Also a bill to amend an Act authorizing the town of Cedartown to establish a system of public schools.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Eleanor.
Also a bill to amend an Act establishing public schools in Valdosta.
Also a bill to authorize the city of LaGrange to close up Tanyard street.
Also a bill to amend the charter of the city of Columbus.
Also a bill to amend an Act creating a board of county commissioners for l\fitchell county.
Also a bill to amend an Act creating a board of .:ommissioners of revenues and roads of Marion county.

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Also a bill to provide for the removal of obstructions from streams of Stephens county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of \Vinder.
Also a bill to amend the charter of the town of Calhoun.
Also a bill to amend an Act establishing a local school system in the town of Chipley.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House as amended, to wit:
A bill to increase compensation of stenographic reporters in certain counties.
Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary has had under consideration the following bills and instructed me as the vice-chairman, to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to increase number of. terms of superior court of Hall county.
A bill to amend Act creating city court of Waycross.
Also the following House bill, with recommendation that same do pass by substitute, to wit:

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A bill to regulate compensation of elective justices of the peace and constables in certain counties.
Respectfully submitted.
J. J. E. ANDERSON, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bill No. 688 and instruct me, as its chairman, to report that the same do pass.
They have also considered Senate resolution No. 21, and report that it do pass.
Respectfully submitted. McMICHAEL, Chairman.
Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special J udicary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Special Judiciary recommend that the following bills do pass :
House bills Nos. 692 and 695. Respectfully,
R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman.
The follmving bill, which was made the special order for this morning, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :

TuESDAY, AuGusT 6, 1907.
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to prohibit any railroad, express, telegraph or telephone company or any person exercising any public franchise in this State from giving service to any one otherwise than extended to the general public, and for other purposes.
The committee offered the following amendments, which were lost, to wit:
Amendment to House bill No. r8, proposed by Mr. Perry of Hall :
Amend sectian r by inserting in fourteenth line after the word "convention" the words "or to any other person not excepted in this Act."
Amend section 6 by adding "or to employees of common carriers and their immediate families of former employees seeking work in same line of business."
Amend caption by inserting after the word "persons," in tenth line, the words "or to any other person not excepted in this Act."
The following amendments were adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Nowell-
To amend by adding the following sections in their numerical order: "vVitnesses before the grand jury, summoned to give evidence of any violation of this law, may be required to answer generally as to any such offense within their knowledge, committed within twelve months next preceding, without being specially interrogated as to any particular offense as to which he testifies before the grand jury, and any member of the grand jury may be a witness to prove the fact."

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"Any person who is summoned to go before the grand jury to answer as to the violation of any law prohibiting free passes within his knowledge, and who fails and refuses to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without a good excuse, to be determined by the court. is guilty of contempt of court, and also a misdemeanor and. on conviction of such misdemeanor shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $2,000, or imprisonment in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months, one or both, at the discretion of the court or jury trying the same."

The committee proposed to amend section 6 by adding the following: "Or to any person or persons or to the families of any such person or persons that were in the regular b01ta fide employ as attorney-at-law, physician or surgeon, or otherwise regularly employed by any railroad, express, telegraph or telephone company or any person or public corporation exercising any public franchise in this State, whether said corporation is incorporated under the laws of this State or of any other State, at the time of their nomination, or if no nomination at the time of their election, to the public office or officers herein referred to, during the continuance of such employment."

The following amendment to the above amendment was adopted, to wit: To amend by adding at end of the abow amendment the folowing: "PrO\ided, this exception shall not apply to any such person or persons after they have been elected to any public office in this State, unless said persons are traveling on business for said companies so employing him."

The above amendment was adopted as amended.
The committee proposed to amend section 1 by striking the following words: "from and after the passage

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of this bill'' and insert in lieu thereof the words: "from and after the first day of January, 1908."

Mr. Harris offered the following amendment to amend the above amendment by striking "1908" and inserting "1909,'' which was adopted.

Mr. Alexander of DeKalb, moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting the above amendment to committee amendment and, on that motion, the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Dean,

Tones of Mitchell,

Adkins,

Dickey,

Keith,

Alexander.

Donalson,

Kendall,

Anderson of Bulloch, Dorminy,

Lee,

Atkinson,

Duggan,

Lunsford,

Atwater,

Dykes,

:.Iclntyre,

Austin,

Eaves,

~IC:.Iullan,

Barksdale.

Edwards,

:\Ic\Villiams,

Barrow,

Estes,

l\Iassengale,

Blackburn,

Flanders,

l\f undy,

Bond,

Foster,

Nee!,

Bowen,

Fraser,

Orr,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Parrish,

Buchannan,

Galloway,

Perry,

Burkhalter,

Geer,

Persons,

Burwell,

Gibson,

Peterson,

Butt,

Godley,

Pope of Brooks,

Cal beck,

Guyton,

Pope of Dade,

Callaway,

Hall,

Price of Bartow,

Candler,

Hardeman,

Reid of Putnam,

Chamlee,

Hill,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Clark,

Hines,

Rogers of Randolph,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Russell,

Cooke of Thomas, Huie,

Ryals,

Covington,

Hullender,

Shaw,

Couch,

Jackson,

Sheffield,

Cowan,

Johnson of Towns, Slade,

Crumbley,

Jonn ,,f Meriwether. Slater,

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Smith of Cu11pbell, Stephens, Strickland, Stubbs, Swilling, Taylor of Sumter, Thorne, Thurman, Tracy,

Trent,

\Vhite of Screven.

Tuggle,

Whitley,

Tyson,

Williams of Dodge,

\Valker of Lowndes, \Villiams of Laurens,

Walker of Milton, Wise,

Walker of Washington, Vvootten,

Ward,

Wrig-ht of Floyd.

Watkins,

Wright of Richmond,

White of Madison, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Glenn,

l\Ioore,

Allen,

Goode,

Nix,

Anderson of Cobb, Hamilton,

Odum,

Ashley.

Harris,

Parker,

Ballard,

Haywood,

Payton,

Berry,

Heard,

Reid of Macon,

Boyd,

Howard,

Rountree,

Cannon,

Hubbard,

Stewart,

Cook of Chat'hoochee.Johnson of Jaspt:r, Sumner,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Taylor of Appling,

Davis,

Kendrick,

Terrell,

Davison,

Lively,

Tift,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Townsend,

Fagan,

McCarthy,

\Varnell,

Frier,

l\IcMahan,

\Vay,

Fullbright,

l\1 artin,

\Vii son,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Ellison.

Barrett,

Flannigan,

Bell,

Fowler,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Huff.

Clifton,

1\IC:.Iichael,

Collum,

l\Iaxwell,

Daniel.

Mays,

Dunbar,

Mercer.

Morris, Nowell, Powell, Price of Oconee, Reid of Wilcox, Simmons, Smith of Calhoun, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call \\'as dispensed with.

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On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 111, nays 48. The motion therefore prevailed.

The above committee amendment was then put to the House and adopted.

The committee proposed to amend further by adding after word "same" in said section, the words "guilty of a misdemeanor and."

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 of Chatham, Bond,

Cooke of Thomas,

Adams of Elbert, Bowen,

Covington,

Adams of Wilkinson, Boyd,

Couch,

Adkins,

Brown of Carroll, Cowan,

Alexander,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Crumbley,

Allen,

Buchannon,

Culbreth,

Anderson of Bulloch, Burkhalter,

Daniel,

Anderson of Cobb, Burwell,

Davis,

Ashley,

Butt,

Davison,

Atkinson,

Calbeck,

Dean,

Atwater,

Callaway,

Dickey,

Austin,

Candler,

Donalson,

Ballard,

Cannon,

Dorminy,

Barksdale,

Chamlee,

Dunbar,

Barrett,

Clark,

Duggan,

Barrow,

Clifton,

Dykes,

Bell,

Collum,

Eaves,

Berry,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Edmondson,

Blackburn,

Cook of Telfair,

.Edwards,

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~llison,

Lively,

Sheffield,

Estes,

Lumsden,

Simmons,

Fagan,

Lunsford,

Slade,

Flanders,

1\IcCarthy,

Slater,

Flannig-an,

Mcintyre,

Smith of Calhoun,

Foster,

McMahan,

Smith of Campbell,

Fowler,

McMichael,

Stephens,

Frase\',

McMullan,

Stewart,

Frier,

l\IcWilliams,

Strickland,

Fullbright,

Martin,

Stubbs,

Furr,

Massengale,

Sumner,

CCalloway,

.l\Tax well,

Swilling,

Geer,

l\Iays,

Taylor of Appling,

'-- .bson,

Mercer,

Taylor of Sumter,

Glenn,

Moore,

Terrell,

Godley,

Morris

Thorne,

Goode,

Mundy,

Thurman,

Guyton,

N eel,

Tift,

Hall,

Nix,

Townsend,

Hamilton,

Nowell,

Tracy,

Hardeman,

Odum,

Trent,

Harris,

Orr,

Tuggle,

Haywood,

Parker,

Tyson,

Heard,

Parrish,

Walker of Lowndes,

Hill,

Payton,

Walker of Milton,

Hines,

Perry,

Walker of Washington,

Holder,

Persons,

Ward,

Howard,

Feterson,

Warnell,

Hubbard,

Pope of Brooks,

Watkins,

Huff,

Pope of Dade,

Way,

Huie,

Powell,

White of Madison,

Hullender,

Price of Bartow, White of Screven,

Jackson,

Price of Oconee,

Whitley,

Johnson of Jasper, Reid of Macon,

Williams of Dodge,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Putnam, Williams of Laurens,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

Wilson,

Jones of Meriwether, Rogers of Mcintosh, Wise,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph, Wootten,

Keith.

Rountree,

Wright of Floyd,

Kendall,

Russell,

Wright of Richmond,

Kendrick,

Ryals,

Young,

Lee,

Shaw,

Mr. Speaker.

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

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735

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Kennesaw, in Cobb 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 roo, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
.
By Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new chat ter for the city of Marietta.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were roo, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Perry of Hall-

A bill to increase the number of terms of the superior court of Hall county.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By ~Ir. Johnson of Jeff Davis-

A bill to amend section 982, volume 1, of the Code, so as to add the town of Hazlehurst 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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Johnson of Jeff Davis-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hazlehurst.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Persons, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your committee has had before it for consideration House bill No. 697, and has authorized me as its chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

PERSONS oF MoNROE,

l.

Vice-Chairman.

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

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

A bill to amend the tax Act for years I 906 and I 907 and authorizing a levy of five mills.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Galloway-
A bill to repeal the charter of Bethlehem.

Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to authorize the Trustees of Soldiers' Home to convey certain property.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.
By Messrs. Taylor and MorrisA bill to amend an Act amendatory of an Act to create
the city court of Baxley. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Anderson, Thorne et al.-

A bill to amend an Act providing for the creation of an agricultural college.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
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By Mr. Galloway of \Valton---,
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethlehem.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Martin and Peterson-
A resolution to make House bill No. 312 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.
By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to amend an Act to cr.eate the city court of Bainbridge.
On motion of Mr. Wise the following bill, which was up for passage when the House adjourned this morning. "a8 again taken up, to wit :
By Mr. Hall of Bibb~.-\ bill to prohibit railroad, express and telegraph com-
panies, etc., from giving service to any one otherwise than extended to the general public.
The committee proposed to strike out sections 2, 3 and 5 and insert new sections. The amendment was adopted.

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739

Mr. Hall of Bibb, proposed to amend by adding after word "convention" the words "or candidates for any of above described offices." The above amendment was adopted.

Mr. Huie of Clayton, proposed to amend as follo\\S, which was lost:

To amend by adding:
I?rovided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the railroads from exchanging transportation for advertising space in newspapers in this State.

The following amendments, offered to the Perry and Jackson substitute, were read and lost, to wit:
Dykes of Sumter, moves to amend section I of ,substitute by striking the words "January I, I908," between the words "after" and "no" in the second line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the passage of this Act."

Adams of Chatham, and Burwell of Hancock, move to amend minority substitute for House bill No. I8 by adding at the end of section I the following :
Provided further, That none of the foregoing exceptions shall apply or be. of force while the person otherwise coming within the excepted classes, shall hold any public office in this State either State, county, municipal or national, except when engaged in the business of the said corporation, association, partnership or person carrying on the business_ therein referred to.
By adding at the end of section 2 the same proviso.

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Adams of Chatham, moves to amend minority substitute by adding in the fifth line of section 2 after the word "person" the following:

Nor shall any other public service corporation give any free service, rebate, discount or preference to any specially favored person.

By adding after the words "express companies," in the sixth line, the words "any other public service corporation."

:Mr. Brown of Oglethorpe, moves to amend the minority substitute for House bill No. 18 by adding at the end of section 1 the following proviso:

ProYided. however, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prohibit the right of contract between 1ailroad corporations and newspapers desiring to enter into such for the purpose of exchanging mileage on the same for advertising space.

\Valker of

, amends section 2 of said sub-

stitute by striking therefrom in line three after the word

"any" and before the word "person" the following: "spe-

d ally favored."

Amends section further in line 5 by striking out after 1he word any and before person, "specially favored."

Amends section further in line seven after the word ''employees" by striking out the following: "and to the immediate families of said excepted classes."

Also amends section further by striking out all of lines 1o, I I and I 2 in said section.

T.uESDAY, AucusT 6., I907.
Mr. Swilling of Franklin, moves to amend the substitute bill"just offered by Messrs. Perry of Hall, and Jackson of Jones, by striking section 5 thereof.
Moore of Cherokee, moves to amend substitute offered by Mr. Perry of Hall, and Jackson of Jones: Provided the provisions of this Act will not prevent newspapers exchanging advertising space for transportation on railroads.
vValker of Milton, proposes to amend substitute to House bill No. I8, as follows:
Amends section I of said substitute by striking out in the ninth line immediately after the word "employees" the following: "and to members of immediate famiHes of said excepted classes."
Also amends said section further- by striking out the following: "and their families," as contained in line 26 of said section.
Wright of Floyd, moves to amend by adding between the words "person" and "except" in the second section the words : "nor shall any person or public corporation exercising any public franchise in this State, whether said corporation is incorporated under the laws of this State or of any other State, make to any public officer or servant in this State, either State, county or municipal, or to any member of the families thereof, or to any other persons at the request of said officials or servants any gift or grant of any character whatsoever or perform for any of said class of persons anyservice of any character on any terms other than those granted to the public generally.
Mr. Barrow of Chatham, moves to amend section I

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of House bill No. 18, by adding after the word "generally," in line 12, the following:
"Excepting officers and enlisted men of the organized militia of the State of Georgia traveling on duty or by authority of the Governor."
The following amendment was up for consideration when the hour of adjournment arrived, to wit:

By Mr. Howard of Charlton-
To amend Perry substitute by adding the words "provided, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prohibit newspaper men from exchanging newspaper space for transportation.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 8:55 o'clock tomorrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, August 7, 1907.
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 of Chatham, Adkins, Adams of Elbert, Alexander, Adams of Wilkinson, Allen,

/.nderson of Bulloch, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley,

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743

Atkinson,

Eaves,

Lively,

Atwater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Austin,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Ballard,

Ellison,

McCarthy,

Barksdale,

tstes,

1'..-Iclntyre,

Barrett,

Fagan,

McMahan,

Barrow,

.1:' landers,

McMichael,

Bell,

Flannigan,

McMul!m,

Berry,

Foster,

Me Williams,

Blackburn,

Fowler,

Martin,

Bond,

Fraser,

Massengale,

Bowen,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Boyd,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Mercer,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Galloway,

Moore.

Buchannon,

Geer,

Morris,

Burkhalter,

Gibson,

l\Iundv,

Burwell,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Butt,

Godley,

Nix,

Cal~eck,

Goode,

Nowell,

Callaway,

Guyton,

Odum,

Candler,

Hall,

Orr,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Chamlee,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Clark,

Harris,

Payton,

Clifton,

Haywood,

Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

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Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne,

Thurman,

Way,

Tift,

White of Madison,

Townsend,

'White of Screven,

Tracy,

Whitley,

Trent,

Williams of Dodge,

Tuggle,

Williams of Laurens,

Tvson,

Wilson,

Walker of Lowndes, Wise,

Walker of Milton, Wootten,

Walker of Washington, Wright of Floyd,

Ward,

Wright of Richmond,

Warnell,

Young,

Watkins,

Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

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

By Mr. Foster of Cobb-
A bill to incorporate Machinery City, and for other purposes.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-
A resolution to pay pension due B. F. Powell. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations has had under consideration the following bills, which it reports back to the House with the following recommendations:

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Do pass : House bills Nos. 682, 684, 690, 700, 704 and 712, Senate bill No. 64.

Do pass as amended by committee substitute: House bills Nos. 632, 633, 699 and 698.

Do not pass : House bill No. 526.

Also that House bill No. 520 be referred to the Gen-

eral Judiciary.

PERSONS o:F MoNROE,

Vice-Chairman.

August 7, 1907.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

By Mr. Camp of 31st district-
A bill to amend all Acts to create a charter for Mt. Airy.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Felts of 19th district-
A bill to create a system of public schools in the town of Warrenton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues and public buildings and public property and finances for the county of Lee.
Also a bill to repeal an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and public buildings and public property and finances for the county of Lee.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution and bills of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution to relieve sureties on the bond of M. T. Paulk.
Also a bill to add Ocilla, m Irwin county, to list of State depositories.
Also a bill to acknowledge and quiet the title of the Wesleyan Female College to certain property.

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Also a bill to incorporate the town of Fairfax, in the county of 'vVare.

Also a bill to incorporate the town of Riverside, in the county of Colquitt.

Also a bill to empower the mayor and council of Waycross to close up and deed to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. a portion of Screven street.

Also a bill to amend an Act creating the city court of Nashville.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instruct me, as their chairman, to report same back with the recommendation that they do pass.
By Mr. Hines-
A resolution to pay certain money to Mrs. 0. M. Case.

By Mr. Blackburn-
A resolution to appropriate funds to pay salaries due Commissioner of Pensions and Commissioner of Agriculture.

Also the following, with the recommendation that they do pass as amended :

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By Mr. Candler-
To make additional appropriations for the year 1907.
.By Mr. Hall-
To pay for pure drinking water used by the Assembly.
Also the following, with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute:
By Mr. Candler-
To make appropriations for the expenses of the legislative, executive and other branches of the State gov~ ernment, for the instruction of children in the elementary branches of an English education only, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted. C. M. CANDLER, Chairman.
ATLANTA, GA., August 7, 1907. The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Carter:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by his Excellency the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing:

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749

STATE 01" GEORGIA,
ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
AuGusT 7, I907.
To the General Assembly of the State of Georgia:
Permit rrie to bring to your attention certain facts connected with raisng revenue for the State.
I. The Constitution permits a tax levy of five mills. The Tax Act for I907 provides for one mill.and 70/IOO to be levied for school purposes, three mills and 8/Ioo to be levied for general purposes and so much in addition thereto as may be necessary to meet the $wo,ooo which we are required to pay by January I, I909; upon the public debt. The total of these sums will not exhaust the five mills permitted by the Constitution. The full levy of five mills will raise nearly $so,ooo in addition to the amount covered by the Tax Act of I907. In view of the condition of the treasury I suggest that the Tax Act for 1907 be so amended as to permit a levy of the full sum of five mills.
2. I suggest also that an occupation or license tax be placed upon the transportation companies and street-car companies of Georgia to an amount of not less than one per cent. of their gross earnings. The gross earnings of the railroad companies of Georgia for the year ending June 30, 1907, were over $37,000,000. Their net earnings were over $w,ooo,ooo. These are their figures as shown by their reports to the Georgia Railroad Commission. I urge this tax as especially proper in view of the fact that for years past the railroad companies and the street-car companies have not paid an ad yalorem tax in any way in proportion to their true market value. I see no prospect to obtain from them tax based on the true market value of their property for the present year. Merchants, lawyers, doctors and even those conducting penny shows pay 'ln occupation or license tax in this

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State. My information is that an occupation or license tax is levied in many States upon transportation and street-car companies. I believe that tax is just and it should raise nearly $4oo,ooo during the next year. I suggest that it be levied, payable monthly or bi-monthly, so that the money will be received during the course of the year. I attach copy of a letter from the ComptrollerGeneral showing that his assessments of railroad and street-car companies do not include an occupation tax.
3 There is pending before the Legislature a bill to increase the fertilizer tax from ten cents to twenty-five cents per ton, the money thus raised to be used for the. support of the eleven State agricultural schools and the State agricultural college. As a general proposition it \vould be preferable that the money raised for the support of these institutions should be placed upon the same basis as the money raised for other institutions and that they should not depend upon a special tax for their support, but I see no prospect to obtain the necessary funds for them next year unless the course suggested is pursued. South Carolina and Alabama fix a fertilizer tag tax of thirty cents and twenty-five cents per ton. I understand that the price of fertilizers in these States is the same as the price in Georgia, and to raise the fertilizer tax in Georgia to twenty-five cents will not increase the price of fertilizer in this State. As the matter now stands, the fertilizer companies are charging the same for fertilizers here as in Alabama and South Carolina and the farmers do not obtain the benefit of the reduced cost of fertilizer tags.
- 4 I suggest also that power be given to the Governor to use any money not otherwise appropriated in the treasury to pay during the early portion of 1908 a portion of the amount appropriated to the common or elementary schools of the State for 1908. Under the present system the direct tax levied by the State for schools for t9o8

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will not be collected until December. This leaves the schools to be operated without receiving the amount provided by the State until nearly twelve months after most of the teachers' work has been performed.
The payments also have been irregular and local school boards have not been able to know when funds will be received from the State. I am very desirous to change this situation so that we may send, in about five installments, the amount which the State is to pay to the common or elementary schools. I believe it desirable to send the money at about the end of January, February and . March and at about the end of November and December, distributing it as nearly as practicable into five equal payments. Legislation upon the line I have suggested will give an elasticity to the administration of the finances of the State and may permit the Governor in the course of a few years to bring about the situation so much to be desired, namely, the payment in regular installments of the school fund to the county boards that teachers in turn may be paid regularly at the time they do their work.
HoKE SMITH, Governor.

CoMPTROLLER-GENERAL's OFFICE, TAx DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA, August 6, I907.
Han. Hoke Smith, Governor, the Capitol:
DEAR SIR: In reply to your request for information relative to the basis upon which adjustments of the tax assessments made by me of the property of telephone and express companies were made, I beg to say that the Supreme Court of Georgia having ;-endered a decision to the effect that the contingent occupation tax provided by the Tax Act of I905 upon a percentage of gross earn-

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ings of such corporations was unconstitutional, I made my assessments upon the properties of such corporations at what I considered the full, fair market value of said properties, and the ~ssessments thus made were accepted by the corporations referred to with the understanding that I \vould recommend that no percentage tax based upon gross earnings of these companies should be imposed, in view of the fact that the taxes derived from these properties on an ad valorem basis would exceed the amount formerly received under the Act which was held by our court to be unconstitutional.
The telegraph companies declined to accept my assessments under such conditions, and they will be arbitrated.
There being no tax on gross receipts of railroad companies, the foregoing rule was not applied nor considered in taxing such properties, but they were assessed at what I considered their true market value.

Yours very truly,
(Signed) vVM. A. WRIGHT, Comptroller-General.

The following bill was taken up as unfinished business and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A bill to prohibit corporations from granting franks, passes, etc.
The amendment relative to allowing newspapers to exchange advertising space for passes, which was up for consideration when the House adjourned yesterday afternoon was ruled out of order.

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753

The following substitute was offered by Messrs. Perry of Hall, and Mr. Jackson of Jones-
Amendment to House bill No. r8, by Mr: Perry of Hall, and Mr. Jackson of Jones.

I. Amend caption by substituting the following m place of present caption :

"A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the giving, issuing, receiving or using free passes, rebates, reduction or discounts for transportation by common carriers of passengers and to further prohibit discrimination of free service or services at reduced rates "by telephone, telegraph or express companies, or persons or companies supplying light, heat, power, elecfricity, water or gas to the public; to provide punishment therefor; to provide certain exceptions and to prohibit the acceptance and use of such forbidden services, and for other purposes.

2. Amend bill by striking out all after enacting clause and substituting the following:

SECTION 1. That from and after January I, rgo8, no common carrier, whether a corporation, association, partnership or person carrying on the business of a common carrier within this State, nor any agent, officer, servant or employee thereof, shall give, procure for or deliver to any person, nor shall any person accept or use any free pass, ticket or free or reduced transportation for passengers between points within this State, nor shall any such person or corporation give, make or allow or receive any rebate, discount or reduction from the regular rates between points within this State, except as are offered or given to the public at large, except that said
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common carriers may grant to its officers, agents, and bona fide employees, passes, franks or free transportation.

S:ec. 2. Be it further enacted, That no person or company engaged in the business of operating telephone or telegraph lines for the public service, or supplying heat, light, power, electricity or water or gas to the public, shall give free service over such lines or any rebate or discount from the charges required to be paid by the public at large to any person, unless herein excepted, nor shall any express company transport express matter free or give any rebate or discount on the rates for such service required to be paid by the public at large to any person, unless herein excepted, except that such telephone, telegraph and express companies may render free services of the kind herein prohibited to their officers, agents and bona fide- employees. And no person shall receive or use any service or rebates or discount forbidden by this section.

SEc. 3 .Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person, corporation. employe or agent of any corporation or individual violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon c'onviction, shall be punished as provided by section 1039 of the Code of this State.

SEc. 4 Be it further enacted by the authority afore!Said, that satisfactory proof of the grant, issuance or acceptance or use of any such pass, rebate, reduction, discount or free or reduced service as is mentioned in the foregoing sections shall be presumptive evidence of the violation of the provisions of this Act, and the burden of proving that the grant. issuance or acceptance or use of said pass, rebate, reduction, discount or free, or reduced service was 'vithin the exceptions above enumerated shall then be upon the defendant so charged.

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SEc. S Be it further enacted, That all exceptions in this Act as to agents or employes in first and second sections thereof shall not apply to or jnclude attorneysat-law, or any person holding any State, county, or mu. nicipal office in this State, or to candidates for such offices or delegates to political conventions or any person whose principal occupation is not in the service of the person or company furnishing such pass, frank, or free or reduced carriage or service.

SEc. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with .this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

On the adoption of the above substitute the ayes and nays were ordered, which were as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Adkins, Alexander, Bond, Cal beck, Covington, Estes, Flanders, Furr, Hill,

Holder, Hubbard, Huie, Jackson, Johnson of Towns, l\Iartin, Mundy, Perry, Price of Oconee,

Sheffield, Slade, Swilling, Trent, Walker of Milton, \Vhite of Scre\en, \Vise, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Ballard,

Adams of Wilkinson, Barksdale,

Allen,

Barrett,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrow,
Anderson of Cobb, r ell,

Ashley,

Blackburn,

Atkinson,

Bowen,

Atwater,

l~o) .l,

Austin,

Brown of Carroll,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Burwell, Butt, Callaway, Candler, Cannon, Chamlee,

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Clark,

Hardeman,

Peterson,

Clifton,

Harr:s,

Pope of Brooks,

Collum,

Haywood,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Heard,

Powell,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Price of Bartow,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Reid of Macon,

Co~~

Hu~

Reid of Putnam,

Cowan,

Hullender,

Roge~:~ of Mcintosh,

Crumbley,

Johnson of Jasper, Rountree,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Russell,

Daniel,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Davis,

Tones of Mitchell, Simmons,

Davison,

Keith,

Slate!,

Dean,

Kendal!,

Smith of Calhoun,

Dickey,

Kendrick,

Smith uf Campbell,

Donalson,

Lee,

Stephens,

Dorminy,

Li\ely,

Stubbs,

Duggan,

Lumsden,

Sumne,

Dykes,

Lunsford,

Taylor of Appling,

Eaves,

McCarthy,

Taylor of Sumter,

Edmondson,

11clntyre,

Terrell,

Edwards,

.Mc).lahan,

Thorne, .

Fagan, flannigan,

~ldlichael,
~icMullan,

Townsend, Tracy,

Fowler,

~Ic\Villiams,

Tuggle,

Fraser,

~Iaxwell,

Tyson,

Frier,

l\lays,

Walker of Lowndes,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Walker of Washington,

Galloway,

l\Ioore,

Warnell,

Geer,

Morris,

Watkins,

Gibson,

Nee!,

vVay,

Glenn,

~ix,

White of Madison,

Godley,

Odum,

Whitley,

Goode,

Parker,

WilJiams of Dodge,

Guyton,

Parrish,

WilJiams of Laurens,

Hall,

Payton,

Wilson,

Hamilton,

Persons,

vVootten,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Berry, Dunbar, Ellison, Foster, Massengale, Nowell,

Orr, Reid of Wilco:ll., Rogers of Randolph, Shaw, Stewart, Strickland,

Thurman, Tift, Ward, Wright of Richmond. Mr. Speaker.

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

On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 28, nays I 38. The substitute was therefore lost.
The following minority substitute was offered by the committee, to wit:
The followin-g substitute was offered by the committee for the "anti-pass" bill, to wit:

MINORITY SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 18.

A bill to be entitled an Act to define and prohibit the unlawful giving, issuing, receiving or using, free passes, rebates, reduction or discounts for transportation by common carriers of passengers, and to further prohibit discrimination or free services by telephone, telegraph or express companies, to provide punishment therefor, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of . Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and aft~r January I, 1908, no common carrier, whether a corporation, association, partnership, or person carrying on the business of a common carrier within this State, nor any agent, officer, servant or employe thereof shall give, procure for, or deliver to any person, nor shall any person accept or use any free pass, ticket or free transportation for passengers between points within this State, nor shall any such person give, make or allow any rebate, discount, or reduction from such rates between points within this State as are offered or given to the public at large, except to its officers, agents. surgeons, physicians, attorneys-at-law, bona fide employes, and to the members of the immediate families of

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said excepted classes; except further, to persons who usually work for railroad companies for wages, and who, being out of employment, are seeking railroad work; excepting further, to ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of Young Men's Christian. Associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions, and persons exclusively eQgaged in charitable and eleemosynary work; excepting further1 to indigent, destitute and homeless persons and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals and the necessary agents employed in such transportation; excepting further, to inmates of the national home or State homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, ansJ. of soldiers and sailors' homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge, and boards of managers of such homes; excepting further, to necessary caretakers of live stock, poultry and fruit in course of transportation, to employes on sleeping-cars and express cars, to linemen of telegraph and telephone companies, to railroad mail service employes, post-office inspectors, newsboys on trains, baggage agents, witnesses attending any legal investigation in which the common carrier is interested, persons injured in wrecks or by the running of trains, and physicians, attendants and nurses attending such persons. Provided, however, that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange between common carriers of passes for the transportation of the officers, agents, employes and attorneys-at-law of such common carriers and their families, and witnesses attending legal investigations in which either of such common carriers is interested, nor prohibit any common carrier from transporting passengers free with the object of providing relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence or other calamitous visitation.
SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That no person or company engaged in the business of operating telephone or telegraph lines for the public service shall give free serv-


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ice over such lines or any rebate or discount from the usual charges thereon to any specially favored person, nor shall any express company transport express matter free or give any rebate or discount on the usual rates for such service to any specially favored person; except that such telephone, telegraph and express companies may render free services of the kind herein prohibited to their officers, agents, attorneys-at-law and other employes and to the immediate families of said excepted classes. But nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prevent the rendition of such free service to any public governmental offic~ connected with the Sfate or any county or municipal government, nor shall this prohibition be construed to prevent reduced rates to individuals or corporations using a large number of telephones nor other special rates where the general public would be entitled under like circumstances to like reduction.
SEc. 3 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person, corporation, employe or agent of any corporation or individual, violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prbvided by section 1039 of the Code of this State.
SEc. 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That satisfactory proof of the issuance or acceptance of any such pass, rebate, reduction, discount or free service as is prohibited in the foregoing sections shall be presumptive ~viden'ce of the violations of the provisions of this Act, and the burden of proving that the issuance or acceptance of said pass, rebate, re.duction, discount or free service was within the exceptions above enumerated shall then be upon the defendant so charged.
SEc. 5 Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

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By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
To amend section 1 of the substitute by adding at end thereof the words, "Provided further, that this bill does not prohibit policemen and firemen and other like officers from riding free on street or electric cars in cities."
The following amendments \Yere lost, to wit :

By Mr. Martin-

The provisions of this Act shall not apply to trans-

portation hereafter furnished to any p~rson by a public

carrier in compliance with any contract or agreement

heretofore made, and based upon a valuable considera-

tion received by said carrier.



Howard of Charlton moves to amend substitute for House bill No. 18: "Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prohibit newspaper men from exchanging newspaper space for transportation."
Green of Miller moves to amend "minority substitute for House bill No. 18," as printed in line two (2), section 1, and strike following figures, "1908," and also strike following words from line two (2), section one (I), following words, "January 1st," and insert in lieu thereof in said line the following words and figures, "August 21, 1908."
Substitute bill 18, amended by Burkhalter, by striking from section 1, line 2, the words, "January 1, 1908," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "The passage of this Act."

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Mr. Manly moves to amend substitute by adding after the words "attorneys-at-law," in line 8, the words, "not "holding office."
"Not holding an office."
By Mr. Donalson of Decatur-
Amend section 2 of the minority substitute for House bill No. I8, by inserting between the words "telephones" and "nor," in the eleventh line of said section the follow-ing, "or whose business requires the sending or receiving of a large number of telegrams, or the sending or receiving of a large number of shipments by express."
"By Mr. Hill of Monroe-
Amend substitute for House Bill No. I8-
1. By striking out the words, "attorneys-at-law," m line 8 of section I.
2. By striking out the words, "attorneys-at-law," in line 2 5 of section I.
3 By striking auf the words, "attorneys-at-law," in line 7 of section 2.
4 By adding the following as section 3 and the remaining sections to be numbered accordingly :
"SEc. 3 It is further enacted, That the exceptions in -sections I and 2 of this Act as to officers, agents or employees shall not apply and shall not be construed to apply to or include attorneys-at-law or any person holding any State, county or municipal office in this State or any candidate for such offices or delegates to any nominating

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convention for such offices nor to any one whose main and principal occupation is not that of employee of the person or company furnishing the pass, frank or free or reduced carriage."

' Mr. Barrow of Chatham moves to amend minority substitute for House bill 18, by adding after the word "persons," in line 23 of section one ( 1) the following: "Excepting further, to officers and enlisted men of the organized militia of the State of Georgia traveling on duty or by authority of the Governor."

On the adoption of the substitute as amended the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins, Alexander, Atkinson, Barrett, Brown of Carroll, Burkhalter, Burwell, Cal beck, Candler, Clark, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Covington, Cowan, Dan!el, Dean, Donalson, Duggan, Edmondsc.1,
Edwards, Estes, Flanders, Foster,

Furr, Gibson, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hines, Huie Hullender, Jackson, Keith, Lee. Mcintyre, McMichael, "McWilliams, Massengale, Mer-er, Mundy, Nee!. Perry, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam, Rountree, Shaw,

Sheffield, Slade, Smith of Campbell, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Swilling. Taylor of Sumter, Townsend, Tracy, Tullllle. Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Watkins, \Vhite of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Laurens. \Vootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young,

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 7, 1907. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.~

Adams of Chatham, Fagan,

Mays,

Adams of Elbert, Flannigan,

1-loore,

Adams of Wilkinson, Fowl~r,

Morris,

Allen,

Fraser,

Nix,

Anderson of Bulloch, Frier,

Odum,

Anderson of Cobb, Fullbright,

Orr,

Ashley,

Galloway,

Parker,

Atwater,

Geer,

Parrish,

Austin,

Glenn,

Payton,

Ballard,

Godley,

Persons,

Barksdale,

Goode,

Peterson,

. Barr:>w,

Guyton,

Pope of Brooks,

Bell,

Hall,

Pope of Dade,

Berry,

Harris,

Powell,

Blackburn,

Haywood,

Reid of Macon,

Bond,

Heard,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Bowen,

Hill,

Russell,

Boyd,

Holder,

Ryals,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Howard.

Simmons,

Buchannon,

Hubbard,

Slater,

Butt,

Huff,

Smith of Calhoun,

Callaway,

Johnson of Jasper, Stephens,

Cannon,

Johnson of Jeff Davi~ Sumner,

Chamlee,

Johnson of Towns, Taylor of Appling,

Clifton,

Jones of Meriwether, Terrell,

Collum,

Jones of Mitchell, Thorne,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Kendall,

Tift,

Couch,

Kendrick,

Trent,

Crumbley,

Lively,

Walker of Washington,

Culbreth,

Lumsden,

Ward,

Davis,

Lunsford,

Warnell,

bavison,

McCarthy,

Way,

Dickey,

McMahan,

White of Madison,

Dorminy,

McMullan,

\Villiams of Dodge,

Dykes,

Martin,

Wilson,

Eaves,

Maxwell,

Wise,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Dunbar, Ellison, Nowell,

Price of Oconee,

Thurman,

Reid of Wilcox,

Mr. Speaker.

Rogers of Randolph,

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 67, nays 108. The substitute was therefore lost.
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 164, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Wright and Allen-
A bill to provide for the election of the judge and solicitor of the city court of Richmond county.
The committee proposed to amend by striking the last sentence of section I, of the bill, and substituting the following: "All voters of Richmond county qualified to vote for county officers shall be entitled to vote at all elections hereunder."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as an:ended.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :

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By Messrs. Wright and Allen-

A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Richmond county.

The committee proposed to amend by striking the last sentence of section 1 of the bill and substituting in lieu thereof the following, "All .voters of R;ichmond county qualified to vote for county officers shall be entitled to vote at all elections hereunder."
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 124, nays o.

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

On motion of Mr. Perry of Hall, the House adjourned until 2 :30 o'clock this afternoon.

2:30 o'CLOCK P. M.
The house reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit~
By Mr. Eaves of Haralson-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Bremen.

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A bill to incorporate the town of Gay.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall-
A bill to authorize the county commissioners of Tattnall county to pay Geo. L. Adams fifteen thousand dollars for construction of court house.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Orr of Coweta-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan. 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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to incorporate the town of Brinson.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to
the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Sheffield and Donalson-
A bill to amend an Act creating the city court of
Bainbridge.
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 103, nays. o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Parker of Talbot-
A bill to provide for the creation of a system of public schools in the town of Talbotton.
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 100, nays o. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Jones of MitchellA bill to amend an Act to ~reate the city court of Perham.

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The report of the committee; which was favorable tothe passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were IOI, nays O~
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Jones of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Camilla.
The report of the committee, which was favorable tothe passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional: majority was passed.
Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bills Nos. 673 and 711, and instruct me, as its chairman, to report that the same "do pass.',.
Also, Senate bill No. 65, and that it "do pass asamended."
Respectfully submitted. McMICHAEL, Chairman.
Mr. Donalson, chairman of the Counties and County Matters Committee, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following House bills, and as its chairman I am instructed to report the same back to the House, recommending that the same do pass :

No. 645-By Mr. Burkhalter of Tatnall county.

No. 672-By Mr. Berry of Union county.

No. 621-~y Mr. Eaves of Haralson county.

No. 658-By Mr. Morris of Wayne county.

No. 671-By Mr. Payton of Worth county.

No. 585-By Messrs. Sheffield a.nd Donalson of Decatur county.

No. 25o-By ~fr. Trent of Heard county.

No. 478-By :Mr. Shaw of Clay county. No. 479-By 1\Ir. Shaw of Clay county. No. 48o-By :Mr. Shaw of Clay county. No. 634-By Mr. Allen of Richmond county. No. 465-By Messrs. Wright and Allen of Richmond county.

No. 451-By Messrs. Wright and Allen of Richmond county.

Also, Senate bills as follows are recommended that they do pass:
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No. 4-By Mr. Camp of the 31st district.
No. 5-By Mr. Camp of the 31st district.
All of which is respectfully submitted. ERL M. DoNALSON, Chairman.
Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the follmving report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations has had under consideration House bill No. 543, and reports the same back to the House with recommendation that it do pass as amended by the committee.
PERSONS of Monroe, Vice-Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit :
By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A bill providing for the preservation, propagation and protection of game animals, birds and fish in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Fish and Game.
By Messrs. Warnell and Burkhalter-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate .the city of Glennville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A resolution providing for the meeting of the Committee on University of Georgia during vacation.

Referred to Committee on University and Branches.

On motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette the following bill, known as the General Tax Act, was again taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government.

By unanimous consent individual speeches on the General Tax Act were limited to five minutes.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Tax Act was displaced and by unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Camp of the 31st district-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Franklin 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 105, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Camp of the 31st district-

A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues in Franklin 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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. vVarnell of Tattnall gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing House local bill No. 645.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Knight of the 6th district-

A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the town of Sparks.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Knight of the 6th district-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alapaha.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I.oo, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit:

By Mr. Farmer of the 29th district-
A bill to authorize the creation of public schools m the town of Thomson.
The following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of the 22d district-
A bill to acknowledge and quiet the title of \Vesleyan Female College to certain property.

Ref.erre<l to Committee on Corporations.

The following bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit :

By Messrs. Adams and Martin-
A bill to provide for county or city court judges to hold court of ordinary in certain cases.
By Mr. Berry-

A bill making libel or slander misdemeanor.

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By Mr. Hill of Monroe-

A bill to amend section 531 of the Penal Code.

The following bills were read the second time, to wit:

By Messrs. Wright and Allenof Richmond-

A bill to divide the village of Summerville into four wards.

By Messrs. Wright and Allen of Richmond-

A bill to require Summerville to hold special elections to fill vacancies in office of commissioners, etc.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-

A bill to establish the city court of Fort Gaines.

By Mr. Shaw of Clay-

A bill to repeal an Act to create county court of Clay county.

By Mr. Shaw of ClayA bill to incorporate the city of Fort Gaines.

By Mr. Allen of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in Richmond county.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to regulate the compensation of elective justices of the peace in certain militia districts.

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By Mr. Payton of Worth-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sylvester.

By Mr. Massengale of \Varren-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Warrenton.

By Mr. Goode of Pickens-

A bill to provide for a system of public schools in the town of Nelson.

By Mr. GQode of Pickens-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Nelson.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Huff of Lumpkin.

The Speaker then anounced the House adjourned until 90'clock to-morrow morning.

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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 of Chatham, C :!beck

EdwardSJ"

Adams of Elbert, Callaway,

Ellison,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Este::.

Adkins, .

Cannon,

Fagan.

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Flanders,

Allen,

Clark,

FlanniP"an,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Fnster,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

Fnwler,

Ashley,

Cook of Chafhoochee, Fraser,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Frier,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

Austin,

CoYington,

rurr,

Ballard,

Couch,

G~.lloway,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

(','!,son,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bell,

Daniel,

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Guyton,

Bond,

Dean,

Hall,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Hamilton,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Hardeman,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Haywood.

Buchannan, Burkhalter, Burwell, Butt,

Duggan, Dykes, EaYes. Edmondson.

Heard, Hill, Hines, !!older,

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1Ioward,

Nix,

Hubbard,

Kowell.

Huff,

Odum,

Huie,

Orr,

Hullender,

Parker,

T'lch,on.

Parrish,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

.Johnson of Jeff Davis, Perry,

_Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Jones of Meriwether, Peterson.

Tones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Kendall,

Powell,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow,

Lee.

Price of Oconee,

Lively,

Reid of Macon,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam,

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph,

McMahan,

Rountree,

McMichael,

Russell.

McMullan,

Ryals.

McWilliams,

Shaw,

Martin,

Sheffield,

1\fasseng-ale,

Simmons,

Maxwell,

Slade,

Mays,

Slater.

1\Iercer,

Smith of Calhoun,

Moore,

Smith of Campbell,

Morris,

Stephens,

1\fundy,

Stewart,

Nee!,

Strickland,

Stubbs,
Stnnner,
Swilling. Taylor of Appling. Taylor of Sumte1, Terrell, Thorne. Thurman, Tift, To\Ynsend, Tracy. Trent. Tuggle, Tyson, walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Vvalker of Washington, Ward. \Varnell,
\Yatkin~.
Way, White of Madison. \Vhite of Screven, Whitley. Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd, Wright of Richmond, Young, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent, the reading of the Journal <>f yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

Mr. Warnell of Tattnall moved that the House reconsider its action in passing House bill No. 645 on yester<lay, which motion prevailed and the same was recommitted to the Committee on Counties and County Matters <>n motion of Mr. Warnell.


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By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Frier of Ware-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Waycross.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Williams of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Eastman.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon so as to authorize the mayor and council to appropriate certain fixed sums of money for the support of a night school.
The committee proposed to amend section 2 by striking the word "100" in lines 1 and 7 and insert the word "soo." Also, by striking the word "white" in line 5, section 3, and line 12, section 6. To amend section 3 by inserting in line 6, after the word "apply," and before
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good moral character and over twelve years of age.'' Also, to amend section 6 by inserting in line 13, after "day school," the following, "and who otherwise fall within the provisions of this Act."

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.

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

By Mr. Eaves of Haralson-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Bremen.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Goode of Pickens-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the tov'.'n of Nelson, in Cherokee and Pickens counties.

The committee proposed to amend by striking section 2 of the bill and numbering the remaining &ections accordingly.

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

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 9~, nays o.

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

By Mr. Goode of Pickens-

A bill to provide for. a system of public schools in the town of Nelson, in the counties of Pickens and Cherokee.

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.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

Mr. Hall of Bibb, chairman of the Committee on Rules, su~mitted the following reports :

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Rules has had under consideration the following resolution and recommend that Senate bill No. 70 be made the special order to immediately follow the Appropriation bill.
Respectfully subn,itted.
Jos. H. HALL, Chairman.
Adopted.
Mr. Speaker:
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the following resolution and recommend that House hilt No. 317 be made a special order to follow the General Tax bill.
Respectfully submitted.
Jos. H. HALL, Chairman.
Adopted.
The following message was received from the Senate,. through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of theHouse to the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Mount Airy.
The following resolutions were read and adopted, thesame having been favorably reported by the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Messrs. Martin, Peterson and Watson-
A resolution to make House bill No. 312 a special order.
By Mr. \Villiams of Laurens-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 70 a special order.
The following resolution was read and unanimously- adopted, to wit :

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By Messrs. Geer and Glenn-
A resolution sympathizing with Hon. W. S. Huff in the death -of his father.
Mr. Shaw, 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 delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit :
House resolution to appropriate $43,000 to finish paying off pension rolls for 1907.
House bill providing compensation for deputy sheriffs and bailiffs of superior courts.
EMMETT R. SHAW, Chairman Enrollment 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 majority as amended, the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to require all legislative counsel and agents to register with the Secretary of State, and for other purposes.

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Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment report as examined, and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready fordelivery to the Governor, the following Act:

An Act to amend the laws relative to the arbitration of values in tax returns made to the Comptroller-General.

Respectfully submitted.

SHAw, Chairman.

Mr. Martin, chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following House bill and instructed me, as their chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act making it unlawful for any person to employ or contract with a tenant or cropper of another person.
Respectfully submitted.
L. H. 0. MARTIN, Chairman.

Oa motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette the General Tax . Act was again taken up, to wit:

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By Mr. Wise-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for support of State government.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 O'CLOCK P.M.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to provide for a system of indexes for deeds and mortgages in certain counties.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the county court of Clay county.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A bill to incorporate the city of Fort Gaines.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A bill to create the city court of Fort Gaines.
Mr. Shaw proposed to amend section 2, line 4, by striking the word "four," and insert the word "two." Also to amend section 2, line 7, by striking the words, "of at least three years experience." Also to amend section 2, line 10, by striking "$soo," and insert "$420." Also to amend section 3, line 16, by striking "$7.50," and insert "$Io."
The report of the committee, !vhich was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 9~, nays o.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Allen of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in Richmond 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 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Holden. Flannigan and Furr-
A bill to amend the charter of Maysville.
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 g8. nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Massengale of \Varren-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of 'vVarrenton. 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 g8, nays o. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Wright and Allen-

A bill to require the village of Summerville to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of intendent and commissioners of said village.

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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Keith and Jones-
A bill to incorporate the town of Gay.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes Were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Barrow of Chatham-
A bill to regulate the compensation of elective justices of the peace and constables in certain militia districts.
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 the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

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

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-

A bill to ratify and confirm conveyances, leases and contracts of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Milledgeville.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to authorize the city of Barnesville to establish a system of public schools.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-
A resolution providing that the trustees of the State Sanitarium be allowed to permit the employees of said institution the same privileges of purchase from the storehouses of the institution as enjoyed by officers thereof.

Referred to Committee on State Sanitarium.

By 11r. Hines of Baldwin-

A resolution to pay a pension to the widow of W. R. Cook.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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A resolution providing that the county of Terrell be relieved from paying taxes on dispensaries for 1907.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. White of Screven-
A resolution authorizing the Committee on Blind Asylum to meet during vacation.
Referred to Committee on Blind Asylum. By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to repeal sections 2 and 3 of an Act to establish a sys~em of public schools.
By Mr. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to create a board of education for the city of Monticello.
By Messrs. Warnell and BurkhalterA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of
Glennville.
The above bill was recommitted.
The following resolutions were read, to wit:

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By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A resolution to make House bill No. 133 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.-
By Mr. Nix of Gwinnett-
A resolution sympathizing with Hon. Hal G. Noweii in his illness.
Adopted.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Hayes of the 13th district--'-
A bill to repeal sections 4170 to 4217 of the Code so far as same relates to Macon county.
By ~1r. Hayes of the 13th districtA bill to create the city court of Oglethorpe.
By unanimous consent House bills Nos. 619 and 620 were withdrawn by the author.
By unanimous consent House bill No. 520 was rereferred to the General J ugiciary Committee.
::VIr. Wright of Richmond, chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under

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consideration the following House bills and instructed me, as their chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to prohibit any unauthorized person from interfering with the running or movement of railroad locomotive engines or trains.

A bill to provide a method of taking depositions to be used in the trial of cases without commission.

A bill to declare the buying, selling, etc., of votes in this State to be bribery.

A bill to require all candidates in any election for office or for nomination to file with certain officials an itemized statement of campaign expenses.
A bill to prohibit contributions by corporations, etc., to campaign funds.
Respectfully submitted.
BOYKIN \VRIGHT, Chairman.

Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following House bill and instructed me, as their vice-chairman, to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass by substitute, to wit:

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A bill to provide that county judge, city court judge . or clerk of superior court shall hold court of ordinary in cases where ordinary is unable to exercise functions of his office.

Respectfully submitted.
J. J. E. ANDERSON, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following bills and as its chairman I am requested to report the same back with the follo\ving recommendations :

House bill No. 693, entitled an Act to amend charter of Oakland, do pass.

House bill No. 683, entitled an act to authorize the county of Floyd to maintain a hospital, do pass.

House bill No. 269, entitled an Act establishing city court of Statesboro, do pass.

House bill No. 429, entitled an Act providing for appointment of county solicitor of Pulaski county, do pass.

House bill No. 527, entitled an Act amending charter of Montezuma, do pass.

House bill No. 566, amending the charter of Maysville, do pass.

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House bill No. 410, entitled an Act to create and provide certain rules for liability against masters of vessels, do not pass.

House bill No. 696, entitled an Act to create a board
of education for Monticello, do pass.

Also, Senate resolution No. 20, providing for turning over to the State the Confederate cemetery at Resaca, do pass.
Senate bill No. 85, entitled an Act to abolish the county court of Macon, do pass.
Senate bill No. 86, entitled an Act to establish city ~ourt of Oglethorpe, do pass.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Covington, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following reports :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Railroads, having had under con-sideration House bill No. 629, beg leave to return the -same to the House with recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

August 8, 1907.

W. H. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Railroads, having had under con-

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sideration Senate bill No. 49, beg leave to return the same to the House with recommendation that the same do pa~s as amended.

August 8, I907.

\V. H. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

Mr. :McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bill No. 689 and instruct me, as its chairman, to report that the same "do pass as amended."
:YicMICHAEL, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette the following bill. known as the General Tax Act, was again taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill providing for the levying of a tax for the support of the executive, judicial and legislative departments of State government.

Mr. Perry of Hall and Jackson of Jones proposed to amend as follows: To amend section IO by striking out of lines I I, I2 and I3 the words, "and a tax of 20 per cent. is hereby levied upon the gross receipts of said named companies in addition to the tax aforesaid," and substituting the following, "and all the said named companies and persons shall, in addition to their property tax, pay to the State, as hereinafter provided as an annual occupation tax, an amount equal to two per cent. upon the gross receipts received from said business of said respective companies or persons within this State in

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any year, said tax to be collected in quarterly install ments as hereinafter provided ; none of said companies or their agents shall pay or be required to pay the license or occupation tax provided to be paid by domeStic corporations or agents of foreign corporations in paragraphs 41 and 42 of section 2 of this Act."

Mr. Candler of DeKalb proposed to amend the above amendment by striking the word "two" and insert in lieu thereof the word "one."

The previous question was ordered on the paragraph and pending amendments.

The following amendments were lost:

Mr. Adams of Chatham-

To amend the amendment of Messrs. Perry of Hall and Jackson of Jones, by striking the words "two per cent. of the gross recipts," wherever they occur, and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "two per cent. (2 per cent.) of the net receipts."

By Mr. Nix of Gwinnett-
Amend the amendment of Mr. Perry of Hall and Mr. Jackson of Jones, by striking the words, "two per cent." wherever they occur, and insert in lieu thereof the words, "one and one-half per cent."

Mr. Mcintyre offers to amend amendment of Perry of Hall, and Jackson of Jones, by inserting between the words "persons" in first line and "shall" in second line the words: "except roads in course of actual construction."

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On the adoption of the Candler amendment 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.-

Adkins,

Poster,

Perry,

Altxander,

Frier,

Persons,

Atkinson,

Furr,

Price of Bartow,

Atwater,

Gibson,

Reid of Putnam,

Bell,

Glenn,

Rountree,

Berry,

Goode,

Shaw,

Bond,

Guyton,

Sheffield,

Brown of Carroll, Hamilton,

Strickland,

Burkhalter,

Hines,

Stubbs,

Burwell,

Holder.

Sumner,

Butt,

Hubbard,

Swillin..-.

Cal beck,

H uie,

Taylor of Appling,

Candler,

Hullender,

Taylor of Sumter,

Clark,

Jackson,

Terrell,

Collum,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Townsend,

Cook of ~hat'hoochee, Kendrick,

Tracy,

Cook of Telfair,

Lee,

Tyson,

Cooke of Thomas, Lively,

Walker of Milton,

Covington,

Lunsford,

Walker of Washington,

Cowan,

Mcintyre,

Ward,

Daniel,

McMichael,

Watkins,

Davison,

McMullan,

White of Madison,

Dean,

McWilliams,

White of Screven,

Dorminy,

Massengale,

\Villiams of Dodge,

Duggan,

Mays,

Williams of Laurens,

Dykes,

1\lundy,

Wright of Floyd,

FlanderJ,

Nee!,

Young,

Flannigan,

Nix,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of .Chatham, Au~tin,

Adams of Elbert, Barksdale,

Adams of Wilkinson, Barrett,

Allen,

Barrow,

Anderson of Bulloch, Blackburn,

Anderson of Cobb, Bowen,

Ashley,

Boyd,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchan non, Callaway, Cannon, Chamlee, Clifton, Couch.

Crumbley, Culbreth, Davis,
Do~talson,
Dunbar, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Estes, Fa<>an, Fowler, Fraser, Fullbri(("ht. Galloway, Geer, Godley, Hall, Harris, Havwood, Heard, Hill,

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Howard,

Reid of Macon,

Huff,

Reid of Wilcox,

Johnson of ]aspt:r, Rogers of Mcintosh,

]ones of Meriwether, Rogers of Randolph,

]ones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Keith,

Simmons,

Lumsden,

Slade,

McCarthy,

Slater,

McMahan,

Smith of Calhoun,

Martin,

Smith of Campbell,

Moore,

Stephens,

:\I o r r i s ,

Stewart,

Odum,

Thorne,

Orr,

Thurman,

Parker,

Trent,

Parrish,

Tuggle,

Payton,

Walker of Lowndes,

Peterson,

\Varnell,

Pope of Brooks,

Wilson,

Pope of Dade,

Wise,

Powell,

Wootten,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Ballard, Dickey, Ellison, Hardeman, Johnson of Towns, Kendall,

1\Iaxwell, .:\Iercer, Nowell, Price of Oconee, Russell,

Tift, Way, Whitley, \Vright of Richmond, :\I r. Speaker.

The roll call was verified and, on coimting the vote, it was found that the ayes were 83, nays 84.

The amendment to Mr. Perry's amendment was therefore lost.

The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow mornmg.

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ATLANTA, GA.,
FRIDAY, August 9, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Callaway,

Estes,

Adams of Elbert, Candler,

Fagan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Flanders,

Adkins,

Chamlee,

Flannirran,

Alexander,

Clark,

Foster,

Allen,

Clifton,

Fowler,

Anderson of Bulloch, Collum,

Frase;,

.Anderson of Cobb, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Frier,

Ashley,

Cook of Telfair,

Fullbright,

Atkinson,

Cooke of Thomas, Furr,

Atwater,

Covington,

Galloway,

Austin,

Couch,

Geer;

Ballard,

Cowan,

L..bson,

Barksdale,

Crumbley,

Glenn,

Barrett,

Culbreth,

Godley,

Barrow,

Daniel,

Goode.

Bell,

Davis,

Guyt::>n,

Berry,

Davison,

Hall,

Blackburn,

Dean,

Hamilton,

Bond,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Bowen,

Donalson,

Harris,

Boyd,

Dorminy,

Haywood,

Brown of Carroll, Dunbar,

Heard,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Duggan,

Hill,

Buchannan,

Dykes,

Hines,

Burkhalter,

Eaves,

Holder,

Burwell,

Edmondson,

Howard,

Butt,

Edwards,

Hubbard,

Calbeck,

Ellison,

Huff,

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Huie,

Odum,

Sumner,

Hullender,

Orr,

Swilling,

Jackson,

Parker,

Taylor of Appling,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Taylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Terrell,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Thorne,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Thurman,

Jol'les of Mitchell, Feterson.

Tift,

Keith.

Pope of Brooks,

Townsend,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Tracy,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Trent,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Tuggle,

Lively,

Price of Oconee,

Tyson,

Lumsden,

Reid of Macon,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Lunsford,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Milton,

McCarthy,

Reid of Wilcox,

\Valker of Washington,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Mcintosh, \Vard,

McMahan,

Rogers of Randolph, Warnell,

McMichael,

Rountree,

Watkins,

McMullan,

.Russell,

Way,

McWilliams,

Ryals,

White of Madison,

Martin,

Shaw,

White of Screven,

Massengale,

Sheffield,

Whitley,

Maxnell,

Simmons,

Williams of Dodge,

~lays,

Slade,

Williams of Laurens,

Mercer,

Slater,

Wilson,

Moore,

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Morris

Smith of Campbell, Wootten,

Mundy,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

Nee!,

Stewart,

Young,

Nix,

Strickland,

Mr. Speaker.

Nowell,

Stubbs, .

Those absent were Messrs.-
Wright of Richmond,
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read an<1 confirmed.

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

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By Mr. White of Madison-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. McMichael and Barrett-

A bill to provide for creation of local tax district schools, etc.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Jones of Mitchell, Williams of Dodge, and McMichael of Marion-

A bill to pay county school boards interest on the balance of school funds carried over from 1906 in State treasury.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
A bill to create a system of public schools for the town of Funston.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By unanimous consent the author was allowed to withdraw House resolution I\'o. 59

By unanimous consent the follmYing resolutions and bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit :

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By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-

A resolution to pay pension due B. F. Powell.

By Mr. McMahan-

A resolution providing that the Committee on University and Branches meet during vacation.

By Mr. Foster of cobb-

A bill to incorporate Machinery City, in the county of Cobb.

By Mr. Guyton of EffinghamA bill to incorporate the city of Springfield.

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

By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A bill to prohibit putting sawdust in streams of Ha~ ersham county.

By Mr. Edwards-
A bill to amend Act to repeal Act to create city court of Clarkesville.

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

By Mr. Frier of Ware-
A bill to amend an Act creating the city court of Waycross.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Payton of Worth-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sylvester.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Hayes of 13th district-
A bill to repeal sections 4170 to 4217 of the Code, so far as the same relates to the county of Macon.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having receiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Hayes of 13th district-
A bill to create the city _court of Oglethorpe, m the <:ounty of Macon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The Speaket: asked, and obtained, the unanimous consent of the House, that to-morrow being Saturday, the same order of busif.iess obtain as on any other day of the week, and then announced that general bills would be in order on to-morrow.
Mr. Donalson, chairman of Counties and County Matters Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Counties and County Matters Committee has had under consider.ation the following House bills and, as its chairman, I am instructed to report the same back
to the House, recommending that the same do pass :
No. 631, by Messrs. Holder and Flannigan.
No. 701, by Mr. Edwards.
No. 66o, by Mr. Edwards.
All of which ts respectfully submitted. ERLE M. DoNALSON, G:hairman.

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Mr. Persons, vice-chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS.

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations has had under consideration House bill No. 496, which it reports back to the House, with recommendation that it do pass.

August 8, 1907.

MR. PERSONS OF MONROE,
Vice-Chairman.

The fo!Iowing message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional . majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to add Pembroke, in Bryan county, to the list of State depositories.

Also a bill to add Lyons, m Toombs county, to the list of State depositories.

Also a bill to amend the charter of the town of Ailey.

Also a bill to establish a system of public schools in the city of Lyons.

Also a bill to create a board of county commissioners

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Also a bill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.

The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority as amended, the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of Screven, in 'vVayne county.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to change the county-site of Irwin county from Irwinville to Ocilla, in said county.

Also a bill to add the city of Cochran, m Pulaski courity, to the list of State depositories.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of Mountain City, m the county of Rabun.

On motion of Mr. \Vise of Fayette, the following bill known as the General Tax Act was again taken up, to wjt:

By Mr. Wise-

A bill to provide for the levy and collection of a tax

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for the support of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government.

Mr. Alexander proposed to amend by adding a section to be known as section I I :
"Upon every railroad company operating a line of railway in this State, including trolley car or street-car companies, whether said company owns or leases said line or otherwise controls the same, an occupation tax is hereby levied of one per cent. on the gross receipts of such company for the business done on its lines within this State and said tax shall be paid monthly to the Comptroller-General for each month of the years I908 and I909, on or before the tenth day of the succeedin'g month and shall be accompanied by a statement in writing as to the gross receipts for the month for which the payment js to be made, which statement shall be sworn to by the president, vice-president or general manager of said company or some other principal officer designated by the directors. The first payment shall be for the month of January, I 9o8, and shall be for actual cash received for business done on the lines lying within this State; where cash received is for business partly within and partly without the State it shall be prorated according to mileage. In case any company liable hereunder shall fail, or refuse to make returns as herein required, the Comptroller-General shall estimate the same from the best information he can find and assess the same, notifying the company by mail, and if said assessment be not. corrected by a sworn return in ten days the same shall be final as though made in compliance with law. The Comptroller may issue execution for the collection of any tax due hereunder in like manner and subject to like procedure and defense as in other cases where he is authorized to issue excution for taxes of similar companies. All taxes due hereunder shall bear inter-

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est at 7 per cent. from the time the same is due and payable and in any case where any company liable to pay hereunder shall purpos~y withhold payment for any cause other than inability to pay, there shall be imposed an additional penalty of one per cent. a month for each month that said tax is withheld."

Mr. Tyson called for the previous question, which call was sustained, and the main question ordered.
On the adoption of the above amendJ;l1ent the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Dorminy,

Alexander,

Duggan,

Anderson of Cobb, Dykes,

Atkinson,

Edwards,

Atwater,

Estes,

Austin,

Flanders,

Ballard,

Flannigan,

Berry,

Foster,

Bond,

Frier,

Bowen,

Furr,

Brown of Carroll, Gibson,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Burwell,

Goode,

Butt,

Guyton,

Calbeck,

Hamilton,

Callaway,

Hardeman,

Candler,

Hines,

Clark,

Holder,

Collum,

Hubbard,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Huie,

Cook of Telfair,

Hullender,

Cooke of Thomas, Jackson,

Covington,

Johnson of Jasper,

Cowan,

Johnson of Towns,

Daniel,

Jones of Mitchell,

Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Lunsford,
~.1cintyre,
McMichael,
McMu~:::.n,
l\Ic Williams, Massengale, Mays, Morris, Mundy, Nee!, Nix, Parker, Payton, Perry, Persons, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam, Rountree, Russell, Shaw, Sheffield, Slade,

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Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter,

Townsend,

Whitley,

Tracy, Tyson,

Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens~

Walker of Milton, Wilson,

Walker of Washington, \Vootten,

Watkins,

Wright of Floyd,

\Vhite of.Madison, Young,

White of Screven,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs._,.

Adams of Chatham, Eaves,

Odum,

Adams of Elbert, Edmondson,

Orr,

Adams of Wilkinson, Fagan,

Parrish,

Anderson of Bulloch, Fowler,

Peterson,

Ashley,

Fullbright,

Pope of Brooks,

Barksdale,

Galloway,

Pope of Dade,

Barrett,

Geer,

Powell,

Barrow,

Godley,

Reid of Macon,

Bell,

Hall,

Reid of Wilcox,

Blackburn,

Harris,

Rogers of Mcintosh.

Boy<i,

Haywood,

Rogers of Randolph,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Heard,

Ryals,

Buchannan,

Hill,

Slater,

Cannon,

Howard,

Thorne,

Chamlee,

Huff,

Thurman,

Clifton,

Jones of Meriwether, Tift,

Couch,

Lee,

Trent,

Crumbley,

McCarthy,

Tuggle,

Culbreth,

:\Ic:\Iahan,

\Valker of Lowndes,

:Cavis,

Martin,

\Varnell,

Dean,

?haxwe~l,

Way,

Donalson,

::\Iercer,

Wise,

Dunbar,

Nowell,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Keith,

Davison,

Lumsden,

Dickey,

1foore,

Ellison,

Price of Oconee,

Fraser,

Simmons,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Calhoun,

Stewart, Terrell, \Vard, \Vright of Richmoni, 1\Ir. Speaker.

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The roll call was verified and, on counting the vote cast, it was found that the ayes were 98, nays 68.
The amendment was therefore adopted.
The follO\ving resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Dykes of Sumter-
A resolution to revoke the privilege of expiaining vote for remainder of session.
On motion of Mr. Alexander of DeKalb, the session of the House wa"s extended for fifteen minutes.
Mr. Persons, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations has had under consideration Senate Bill No. 91, which it reports back to the House with recommendation that it do pass.
PERSONS OF MoNROE, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the third time, and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Farmer of 29th district-
A bill to authorize the creation of a system of public schools in the town of Thomson.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the bill was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were IOI, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following Senate bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of 22d district-
A bill to acknowledge and quiet the title of the Wesleyan Female College to certain property.

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

By Mr. Stapleton of 12th district-

A bill to provide how pensions shall be paid.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

The following House bills were read the first time, to wit:

By Messrs. Jones and Keith of Meriwether-

A bill to incorporate the town of White Sulphur Springs, in the county of Meriwether.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-

A bill to regulate sale and inspection of commercial fertilizers.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

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8II

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

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to am~nd an Act to create the city court of Albany.

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 roo, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Burwell, Mays, Swilling, Haywood, Davis, Smith of Chatham, Butt of Fannin.

On motion of Mr. Butt of Fannin, 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.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Anderson of Bulloch, vice-chai.rman of Generp.l Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

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lvfr. Speaker:

Your General Judiciary Committee has h,ad under consideration the following House bills, and instructed me, as 'their vice-chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended, to wit :

A bill to provide for the establishment of children's courts as branches of Superior Courts, and for other p).lrposes.

Respectfully submitted.

J. J. E. ANDERSON,
Vice-Chairman.

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

llfr. Speaker:
Your Counties and County Matters Committee has had under consideration the following House resolution and, as its chairman, I am instructed to recommend that the same do pass :

No. 122 House resolution, by Mr. Mercer of Terrell county.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman.

ATLANTA, GA., August 9, 1907.
The following message was received from his Excelle;lcy the Governor through his secretary, Mr. Carter:



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Mr. Speaker:

His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to amend an Act approved August 22, 1906, for abolishing the dispensary of Iron City, Decatur county.

An Act to 'make appropriations for the salaries of the officers of the Court of Appeals.

An Act to incorporate the city of Lyons, Toombs county.
An Act to fix the annual license for selling whiskey in Baker county.
An Act to provide for fees and charges of magistrates and constables in all criminal matters in Chatham county.

An Act to protect bridges, culverts, trees, etc., along the rights-of-way of public roads of Chatham county.

An Act to amend an Act creating the board of county commissioners of Gwinnett county.

An Act to provide for compensation for the district road overseers of Gwinnett county.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Millen.

An Act to amend an Act establishing a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Grady county.

An Act to create the office of commissioners of roads and revenues for Greene county.

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An Act to amend the charter of the city of Augusta.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Mullis, in Laurens county.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Dexter, in Laurens county.
An Act to provide compensation for deputy jailors and jail guards in certain counties.
An Act to amend the laws relative to the arbitration of values in tax returns made to the Comptroller-General.
The Governor has also approved and signed the following resolution :
A resolution to appropriate $43,000 to finish paying off pension rolls for 1907.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the third time, and put upon their passage, to wit :
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to provide that nominees in primary elections shall reecive a majority of votes cast to be entitled to nomination in cities with a population of 75,000.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Henderson of rsth district-

A bill to change the county-site of Irwin county. Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A resolution for the relief of W. A. McAllister.

On motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette, the following bill was again taken up, to wit-:

By Mr. Wise-

A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government.
The following amendm~t was read, to wit:

By Mr. Way of Pulaski-
To amend by addi' ng a section to be known as section 13:
"Upon every corporation, company or person manufacturing patent medicines, carbonated waters, or syrups to be used in the manufacture of soft drinks of all kinds upon which the manufacturer has a patent or copyright,

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one per cent. on the gross income, the same to be made payable to the public school fund."

No quorum having voted on the above amendment, the Speaker ordered a call of the roll to ascertain whether or not a quorum was present, which was as follows :

Adams of Wilkinson, Duggan,

Kendrick,

Adkins,

Dykes,

Lee,

Alexander,

Eaves,

Lively,

Anderson of Bulloch, Edmondson,

McCarthy,

Anderson of Cobb, Edwards,

McMahan,

Ashley,

Ester

McMullan,

Atkinson,

Fagan.

McWilliams,

Atwater,

Flanders,

Martin,

Austin,

Flanni~an,

Massengale,

Barrett,

Foster,

Mercer,

Bell,

Fowler,

Mundy,

Berry,

Fraser,

Nee!,

Blackburn,

Frier,

Nix,

Bond,

Fullbright,

Nowell,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Odum,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Orr,

Buchannan,

Gibson,

Parker,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Parrish,

Butt,

Godley,

Perry,

Callaway,

Goode,

Persons,

Candler,

Hall,

Peterson,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Pope of Brooks,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Pope of Dade,

Clark,

Heard,

Powell,

Clifton,

Hill,

Price of Bartow,

Collum,

Hines,

Reid of Macon,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Reid of Putnam,

Cooke of Thomas, Hubbard,

Reid of Wilcox,

Covington,

Huff,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Couch,

Huie,

Rountree,

Cowan,

Hullender,

Russell,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Ryals,

Daniel,

Johnson of Towns, Shaw,

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Sheffield,

Donalson,

.Tones of Mitchell, Simmons,

Dormim,

Keith',

Slade,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

~later,

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Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Thorne, Thurman,

Townsend,

Whitley,

Tracy,

Williams of Dodge,

Walker of Milton, Williams of Laurens,

Walker of Washington, Wilson,

Warnell,

Wise,

Watkins,

Wootten,

Way,

Wright of Floyd,

White of Madison, Young,

White of Screven, Mr. Speaker.

Those absent were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Ellison,

Morris,

Adams of Elbert, Galloway,

Payton,

Allen,

Guyton,

Price 'or Oconee,

Ballard,

Hardeman,

Rogers of Randolph,

Barksdale,

Haywood,

Smith of 'Calhoun,

Barrow,'

Howard,

Stubbs,

Bcwen,

Johnson of Jasper, Swilling,

Boyd,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Terrell,

Burwell,

Lumsden,

Tift,

Calbeck,

Lunsford,

Trent,

Cot>k of Chat'hoochee, Mcintyre,

Tuggle,

Crumbley,

McMichael,

Tyson,

Davis,

Maxwell,

Walker of Lowndes..

Davison,

Mays,

Ward,

Dickey,

Moore,

Wright of Richmond,

The cail of the roll disclosed that there were 138 members present, so the House proceeded with the business before it.

By unanimous consent Messrs. Candler and Alexander of DeKalb, were excused from voting on the above: amendment.

On the adoption of Mr. Way's amendment the ayeg and nays were ordered, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Anderson of Cobb, Austin,
62h j

Ballard, Berry,

Bond, Buchannon,

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Burkhalter, Butt, Cal beck, Clifton, Collum, Cook of Telfair, 'Cooke of Thomas, Cowan, Daniel, Duggan, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fraser, Frier, Furr, Gibson, Glenn, Goode, Guyton, Hamilton, Heard, Hill,

Hines, Holder, Hubbard, Huff, Hullender, Johnson of Towns, Jones of Mitchell, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Lunsford, McWilliams, Massengale, Mundy, Nix, Nowell, Odum, Parker, Payton, Perry, Persons, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Powell, Price of Bartow,

Reid of Putnam, Rogers of Mcintosh, Rountree, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slater, Stephens, Stewart, Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Thurman, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Way, White of Madison, White of Screven, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Crumbley,

Adkins,

Culbreth,

:\.nderson of Bulloch, Dean,

Ashley,

Donalson,

Atkinson,

Dorminy,

Bell,

Dykes,

Blackburn,

Estes,

Brown of Carroll, Fagan,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Fowler,

Callaway,

Fullbright,

Cannon,

Geer,

Chamlee,

Godley,

Clark,

Hall,

Covington,

Harris,

Couch,

Huie,

Jackson, Keith, Lee, McMahan, McMullan, Martin, Mercer, Nee!, Orr, Parrish, Reid of Macon, Reid of Wilcox, Russell, Ryals. Slade,

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Smith of Campbell, Strickland, Thorne,

Tift, Warnell, Watkins,

Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Dickey,

Mays,

Adams of Elbert, Dunbar,

Moore,

Alexander,

Ellison,

Morris,

Allen,

Galloway,

Price of Oconee,

Atwater,

Hardeman,

Rogers of Randolph,

Barksdale,

Haywood,

Smith of Calhoun,

Barrett,

Howard,

Swilling,

~arrow,

Johnson of Jasper, Terrell,

Bowen,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Tuggle,

Boyd,

Jones of Meriwether, Tyson,

Burwell,

Lumsden,

Walker of Lowndes,

Candler,

McCarthy,

\Vard,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Mcintyre,

Whitley,

Davis,

McMichael,

Wright of Richmond,

Davison,

Maxwell,

Mr. Speaker.

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

On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 2.:;, nays 54
The amendment was therefore adopted.
By Mr. Hill of Monroe-

To amend by adding a section to be known as section 14:
"l}pon all sewing-machine companies or corporations doing business in Georgia, one per centum on the gross income of said companies, the same to be applied to the public school fund.

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By unanimous consent Mr. Alexander of DeKalb, was excused from voting on the above amendment.

On the adoption of the aboye amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Austin, Ballard, Bell, Berry, Bond, Brown of Carroll, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Butt, Cal beck, Cannon, Clifton, Cooke of Thomas, Cowan, Daniel, Donalson, Dorminy, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edwards, Flanders. Foster, Fraser, Frier, Furr, Gibson,

Glenn, Goode, Guyton, Hamilton, Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder, Hubbard, Huff, Huie, Hullender, J.ohnson of Jaspt:r, Jones of Mitchell, Keith, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Lunsford, Mcintyre, McMichael, Massengale, Mercer, Morris, Nix, Nowell, Odum, Parker, Payton, Perry,

Persons, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Powell, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam,
Reid of Wilcox, Rogers of Mcintosh, Rogers of Randolph, Rountree, Shaw, Simmons, Slater, Stephens, Stewart, Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Thurman, Tracy, Trent, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Watkins, White of Madison, Williams of Dodge, Wilson, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Atkinson,

Adkins,

Barrow,

Anderson of Bulloch, Blackburn,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Callaway, Candler,

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Chamlee, Collum, Cook of Telfair, Covington, Couch, Crumbley, Culbreth, Dean, Estes, Fagan, Flannigan, Fowler, Fullbright,

Geer, Godley, Hall, Harris, Lee, McCarthy, McMahan, McMullan, Martin, Nee!, Orr, Parrish, Reid of Macon,

Sheffield, Smith of Campbell, Strickland, Taylor of Sumter, Thorne, Tyson, \Varnell, \Vhite of Screven. Williams of Laurens, Wise, Wootten, Wright of Floyd.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Ellison.

Russell,

Alexander,

Galloway,

Ryals,

Allen,

Hardeman,

Slade,

Atwater,

Haywood,

Smith of Calhoun,

Barksdale.

Howard,

Swilling,

Barrett,

Jackson,

Terrell,

Bowen,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Tift,

Boyd,

Johnson of Towns, Townsend,

Burwell,

Tonco ,,f Meriwether. Tuggle,

Clark,

Lumsden,

Walker of Lowndes,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, McWilliams,

Ward,

Davis,

l'daxwell,

\Vay,

Davison,

Mays,

Whitley,

~ickey,

Moore,

Wright of Richmond,

Dunbar,

Mundy.

Mr. Speaker.

Edmondson,

Price of Oconee,

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

On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 89, nays 47

The amendment was therefore adopted. Mr. Wise called the previous question on the entire

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bill and, pending amendments, the call was sustained and

the main question ordered.



-By unanimous consent the session was extended untit 6 o'clock.

The following amendment was offered to the Tax Act by Mr. Perry of Hall, to wit :

To amend by adding a new section to be known as section 14:
"That all sleeping-car companies, all parlor car companies, all dining-car companies, all express companiesr all telegraph companies, all equipment companies, and all companies running freight lines, or renting or leasing rolling stock for J;ailroads or persons or firms engaged in either kind of business aforesaid shall pay to the State an occupation tax equal in amount to one per cent. of the gross earnings or receipts from business done by them respectively \vithin this State, said tax to be paid quarterly. That all telephone companies or persons engaged in conducting a telephone business, when the lines of such company or person within this State shall exceed one hundred miles, shall pay an occupation tax equal in amount to one per cent. of the gross earnings or receipts from said business done within this State, said tax to be paid quarterly. That each of the companies and persons mentioned in this section shall make returns to the Comptroller-General within ten days of the end of each quarter of the calendar year, showing the full gross receipts from the business done within this State by said company or person during said quarter and shall, at the time of said return, pay the tax herein provided. If said tax be not paid, the Comptroller-General shall issue an execution for the same. If no return be made as herein required, the Comptroller-General shall ascertain from

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any information at his command the amount of said receipts and fix the tax accordingly, adding ten per cent. and issue his execution accordingly."
On the adoption of the above amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as foliows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Gibson,

Adams of Elbert, Glenn,

Adams of Wilkinson, Goode,

Adkins,

Guyton,

Alexander,

Hamilton,

Anderson of Cobb, Heard,

Atkinson,

Hill,

Bell,

Hines,

Berry,

Holder,

Bond,

Hubbard,

Buchannan,

Huie,

Burkhalter,

Hullender,

Cal beck,

Jackson,

Candler,

Johnson of Towns,

Collum,

Jones of Mitchell,

Cook of Telfair,

Keith,

Cooke of Thomas, Kendall,

Covington,

Kendrick,

Cowan,

Lively,

Daniel.

Lunsford,

Dean,

Mcintyre,

Dorminy,

McMichael,

Duggan,

McWilliams,

Dykes,

Massengale,

Eaves,

Morris,

Edwards,

Nee!,

Flanders,

Nix,

Flannigan,

Odum,

Foster,

Parker,

Frier,

Payton,

Furr,

Perry, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox, Rogers of Randolph, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slater, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Thurman, Townsend, Tracy, Tyson, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Watkins, White of Screven, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Anderson of Bulloch, Austin,

Ashley,

Barrow,

Blackburn, Brown of Carroll,

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Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Callaway,

Godley,

Chamlee,

Hall,

Clark,

Harris,

Clifton,

Huff,

Couch,

Lee,

Crumbley,

McMahan,

Culbreth,

McMullan,

Estes,

Martin,

Fagan,

Nowell,

Fowler,

Orr,

Fraser,

Parrish,

Fullbright,

Peterson,

Powell, Reid of M:n:on, Rogers of Mcintosh, Russell, Ryals, Slade, Smith of Campbell, Thorne, Tift, Trent, Warnell, Wise, 'Vootten,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen,

Edmondson,

Persons,

Atwater,

Ellison,

Price of Oconee,

Ballard,

Galloway,

Rountree,

Barksdale,

Hardeman,

Smith of Calhoun,

Barrett,

Haywood,

Stubbs,

Bowen,

Howard,

Swilling,

Boyd,

Johnson of Jasper, Terrell,

Burwell,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Tuggle,

Butt,

Jones of Meriwether, Walker of Lowndes,

Cannon,

Lumsden,

Ward,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, McCarthy,

Way,

Davis,

Maxwell,

vVhite of Madison,

Davison,

Mays,

Whitley,

Dickey,

Mercer,

Wright of Richmond,

Donalson,

Moore,

Mr. Speaker.

Dunbar,

Mundy,

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

On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 91, nays 45

The amendment was therefore adopted.

The following amendments to the General Tax Act were adopted, to wit:

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825 .

By Mr. Wise-

To amend section 'I by adding the following words, to wit: "In addition to the foregoing amounts, the Governor is authorized in like manner to levy in each of said years named such additional rate as will, when added to the amounts already authorized and to the rate needed and allowed for the annual sinking fund, make a total of five mills."

By Mr. Chamlee-
To amend paragraph 6, section I, by striking "$25" in line 34 and insert "$40."
By Mr. Hall-
To amend section 6 by striking the words "bar-room" from line 34

By Committee-
To amend paragraph 2, section I, by inserting after word "architect" the words "certified public accountant."
By Committee-
To amend paragraph 10, section 2, by striking all in lines 7 and 8 from word "residence" to word "provided" and by striking proviso in lines 10 to 14
Also to amend by adding a new paragraph to be known as paragraph I I :
"Upon every traveling or special or general agent of an assessment life insurance company and upon every traveling, special or general agent of a sick benefit insur-

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ance company, and upon every traveling, special or general agent of a live stock insurance company the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum, to be collected and paid in the manner provided above for other insurance agents.

By the Committee-

To amend by striking out paragraphs I7, IS, I9, 20; also to amend by striking paragraph 27.

By Committee-
To amend by adding to paragraph 28 by adding "and upon all persons, firms or corporations running or operating soda-fountains in this State the sum of $5 on each draught arm or other similar devices used in drawing carbonated water, and upon all persons engaged in selling soda-water in bottles, the sum of $2.50 for each . place of business. The tax to be paid as other special taxes are paid and used for educational purposes only."

By Mr. Mundy-
To amend the above amendment by inserting after word "bottles" the words "ginger-ale," "coca-cola," and other soft drinks in bottles."
By Committee-
To amend section 2, paragraph 29, by striking "$Ioo," in line 2 and insert "$200."
Also to amend section 34 by striking m line 5 the \VOrcls "$IO,OOO" and adding "I 5,000."
Also to amend section 37 by striking "$25,'' in line 4 and inserting "$so."

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Also to amend paragraph 40 by striking m line 2 "$1o" and insert "$5."
Also to amend by striking "$50" in line 3 and insert "$100."
)3y Mr. Wise-
To amend by striking in line 3 the figures 41, 42, 43 and insert 38, 39, 40.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
To amend by adding to section 2, a paragraph to be numbered paragraph 46:
Upon every club, corporation or assoc1atton of persons, who shall keep or permit to be kept in ai1y room or place or in any place connected therewith, directly or indirectly, in which the member of such club, corporation or association assemble or frequent, any intoxicating .. liquors, the sum of $300. Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to license or permit the keeping of any intoxicating liquors in any place now prohibitesl by law, or which may hereafter be prohibited by law."
By Mr. Hall-
To amend section 2 by adding:
"That upon all persons or corporations carrying on business of selling books, papers, fruits and other articles of merchandise .on the railroad trains of this State $100 and no county or m~nicipality shall have any authority to levy any tax for the privilege of carrying on said business.

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By Committee-
To amend by adding section 44 : "Whenever a person, firm or corporation selling patent rights, the sum of $25 for each patent right in each county in which they sell or offer to sell said patent rights."
Also to amend section 10 by striking out all of paragraph 1 after word "stated" in line 18.
Also to amend section 18 by inserting between words "persons" and "Confederate" in line 2 the words "persons with one arm or one. leg."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 122, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended and, on motion of Mr. Wise, the same was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Mundy, Simmons, Johnson of Towns, \Vootten of \Vilkes, Adams of Elbert, Stewart, Cook, Perry of Hall.
On motion of Mr. \Vise of Fayette, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, August 10, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Butt,

Eaves,

Adams of Elbert, Calbeck,

Edmondson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Callaway,

Edwards,

Adkins,

Candler,

Ellison,

Alexander,

Cannon,

Estes,

Allen,

Chamlee,

Fagan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clark,

Flanders,

Anderson of Cobb, Clifton,

Flannigan,

Ashley,

Collum,

Foster,

Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Fowler,

Atwater,

Cook of Telfair,

Fraser,

Austin,

Cooke of Thomas, Frier,

Ballard,

Covington,

Fullbright,

Barksdale,

Couch,

Furr,

Barrett,

Cowan,

Galloway,

Barrow,

Crumbley,

Geer,

Bell,

Culbreth,

Gibson,

Berry,

Daniel,

Glenn,

Blackburn,

Davis,

Godley,

Bond,

Davison,

Goode,

Bowen,

Dean,

Guyton,

Boyd,

Dickey,

Hall,

Brown of Carroll, Donalson,

Hamilton,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dorminy,

Hardeman,

Buchannon,

Dunbar,

Harris,

Burkhalter,

Duggan,

Haywood,

Burwell,

Dykes,

Heard,

JOURNAI. ott THE Hous~.

Hill, Hines,

Mundy, Nee!,

Strickland, Stubbs,

Holder,

Nix,

Sumner,

Howard,

Nowell,

Swilling,

HubbarJ,

Odum,

Taylor of Appling,

Huff,

Orr,

Taylor of Sumter,

Huie,

Parker,

Terrell,

Hullender,

Parrish,

Thorne,

Jackson,

Payton,

Thurman,

Johnson of Jasper, Perry,

Tift,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Persons,

Townsend,

Johnson of Towns, Peterson,

Tracy,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Brooks,

Trent,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Dade,

Tnggle,

Keith,

Powell,

Tyson,

Kendall,

Price of Bartow, Walker of Lowndes,

Kendrick,

Price of Oconee,

Walker of Milton,

Lee,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Washington,

Lively,

Reid of Putnam, Ward,

Lumsden,

Reid of Wilcox,

Warnell,

Lunsford,

Rogers of Mcintosh, watkins,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Randolph, Way,

Mcintyre,

Rountree,

White of Madison,

McMahan,

Russell,

White of Screven,

McMichael,

Ryals,

Whitley,

Mc1vlullan,

Shaw,

Williams of Dodge,

McWilliams,

Sheffield,

Williams of Laurens,

Martin,

Simmons,

Wilson,

Massengale,

Slade,

Wise,

Maxwell,

Slater,

Wootten,

Mays,

Smith of Calhoun, Wright of Floyd,

Mercer,

Smith of Campbell, Young,

Moore,

Stephens,

Mr. Speaker.

Morris,

Stewart,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Wright of Richmond,

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

1Ir. Martin of Elbert, asked unanimous consent of the House, the chairman of the Committee on Approp~ia-

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tions having agreed to same, that the Guano Tag Tax bill be displaced until next Tuesday morning immediately after the confirmation of the Journal, which was granted.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Candler of DeKalb-

A resolution regulating debate, in the Committee of the Whole, on the General Appropriation bill.

Mr. Holder of Jackson, moved that the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations be allowed last five minutes of debate on any paragraph for purpose of explaining, etc.

By unanimous consent from 4 :30 to 5 o'clock of this afternoon's session was set aside for the reading of all bills a second time and after that any unanimous consent that might be asked for.

Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment has examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts :

An: Act to amend the charter of Winder.

An Act to amend an Act affecting the city court of Dalton.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Lithonia.

JoURNAl, o-g THE HousE.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Calhoun.
An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the superior court of Gwinnett county.
An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Lyons.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Jakin.
An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus.
An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Flovilla.
An Act to change the time of holding the superior court of Liberty county.
An Act to abolish the county court of Jenkins county.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Mooreland.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Newbom.
An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Douglasville.
An Act to incorporate the town of Dooling.
An Act to create a charter for the town of Lilly.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Marion county.
An Act to provide for the removal of obstructions from streams of Stephens county.

SATURDAY, AuGusT 10, 1907.
An Act to incorporate the town of Patten, in Thomas county.
An Act to establish a local school system for the town of Chipley.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Tift county.
An Act to provide for closing certain streets in the city of Columbus.
An Act to regulate traffic in seed cotton in Richmond county.
An Act to amend an Act to create a board of commissioners for Mitchell county.
An Act to repeal an Act creating the board of commissioners for Lee county.
Respectfully submitted.
EMMETT R. SHAW, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional_
majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to create and incorporate the Haralson school district in Coweta and Meriwether counties.
A bill to incorporate the town of Ideal, in the county of Macon.
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The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit :
A resolution to pay pens10n of Mrs. M. E. McLane to her daughter.
The following message was received frotn the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to prescribe the duty of electric telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting dispatches, to prescribe penalties for violation thereof, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Ocilla.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Rutledge.
A bill to amend an Act creating office of commissioners of roads and revenues for Irwin county
A bill to amend the county laws of Charlton county.
A bill to amend the charter of Offerman, in Pierce county.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Commerce.
A bill to incorporate the town of Apalachee.
Mr. Covington, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report :

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835

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Railroads, having had under consideration Senate bill No. 108, beg leave to return the same to the House with recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
W. H. CoviNGTON, Chairman.

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

By Mr. Candler of DeKall>-
A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the executive, judicial and legislative departments of the State government, and for other purposes.

An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated as chairman Mr. Dunbar of Richmond.

After a consideration of the bill the committee arose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.

Mr. Candler moved that when the House again went into committee of the whole for a consideration of the General Appropriation bill that further debate on the section under discussion be limited to ten minutes, which motion prevailed.

The following resolution was read, to wit:

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A resolution extending invitation to the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America.
Adopted.

JOURNAL OF TH HOUSE.
By Mr. Hill of MonroeA resolution providing that House bill No. 533 be
made a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Flanders of JohnsonA bill to provide for witnesses m cases of rape, etc. Referred to General Judiciary Committee. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Daniel .of J en~
kins. The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker
announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 O'CLOCK P.M. The House reconvened at this hour and was called toorder by the Speaker. By unanimous consent the roll-call was dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Candler of DeKalb the "Generat Appropriation bill" was again taken up, to wit: By Mr. CandlerA bill to make appropriation for the ordinary ex-

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penses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government, and for other purposes.

The Speaker again resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated Mr. Dunbar of Richmond as Chairman.

After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass, by substitute as amended.

The report of the committee, which was favoni.ble to the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered anid on taking the ballot viva voce, the vote was as follows :

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-

l.dkins.

Cannon,

Alexander,

Chamlee,

Anderson of Bulloch. Clark,

Anderson of Cobb, Clifton,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Austin.

Cooke of Thomas,

Ballard,

Couch,

Bell,

Dean,

Berry.

J::';.mbar,

Blackburn,

Duggan,

Bond,

Dykes,

Bowen,

Estes,

Brown of Carroll, l bnders,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Flannigan,

Burkhalter,

Frier,

Calbeck,

Fullbright,

Callaway,

Furr,

Candler,

Gibson,

Glenn. Godley. Goode, Guytou, Hall, Harris, Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder, HO'NarG, Hubbard, Huff, Huie, Hullender, Jackson, Jones of Meriwether, Jones of Mitchell,

) OUR~ AL OF 'ffl E II OIIS!i;.

Keith. Kendall, Kendrick, Lee, Lively, Lumsden, Lunsford, McCarthy, Mcintyre, l\IcMichael, MeWilliams, Martin, Massengale, Mercer, Nee!, Odum, Orr, Parrish, Perry, Persons, Peterson,

Pope of Brooks,

Thorne,

Pope of Dade,

Thurman,

Powell,

Townsend,

Price of Bartow, Tracy,

Reid of Putnam, Trent,

Reid of Wilcox,

Tuggle,

Rcgers of Mrlulo~h. Tyson,

Rogers of Randolph, Walker of Lowndes,

Rountree,

'.Valker of Milton,

Russell,

Walker of Washington,

Ryals,

Warnell,

Shaw,

Watkins,

Sheffield,

White of Madison,

~-:~de,

White of Screven,

Slater,

Whitley,

Smith of Campbell, Williams of Dodge,

Strickland,

Williams of Laurens,

Stubbs,

Wilson,

Sumner,

Wise,

Taylor of Appling, Wright of Floyd,

Taylor of Sumter, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Dickey,

Mays,

Adams of Elbert, Donalson,

Moore,

Adams of Wilkinson, Dorminy,

:\!orris,

Allen,

Eaves,

Mundy,

Ashley,

Edmonds:r,

Nix,

Atwater,

Edwards,

Nowell,

Barksdale,

Ellison,

Parker,

Barrett,

~agan,

Payton,

Barrow,

Foster,

Price of Oconee,

f,oy..I,

Fowler,

Reid of Macon,

Buchannan,

Fraser,

Simmons,

Burwell,

Galloway,

Smith of Calhoun.

Butt.

Geer,

Stephens,

Collum,

Hamilton,

Stewart

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Hardeman,

Swilling.

Covington,

Ha:wood,

Terrell,

Cowan,

Johnson of Tasper, Tift,

Crumbley,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Ward,

Culbreth,

Johnson of Towns, Way,

Daniel,

:\:lcMahan,

Wootten,

Davis,

l\:lcMulhn,

Wright of Richmond,

Davison,

Maxwell,

Mr. Speaker.

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839

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I I7, nays o.

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

Mr. Orr, chairman of the Committee on Blind Asylum, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The chairman of your Committee on the Blind Asylum begs leave to submit the following report:
They report resolution, House resolution No. I2I, back to the House with recommendation that it do pass.
ORR, Chairman.

lvir. McMahan, chairman of the Committee on University and its Branches, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on University and its Branches has had under consideration Resolution No. I I7 and instruct me, as its chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.
J. J. C. McMAHAN, Chairman. August IO, I907.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

jOURNAL OF THE HoUSE.
Mr. Speaker:
Your committee has had under consideration the following bills and as its chairman I am directed to report the same back with the recommendations as follows:
House bill No. 721, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Machinery City of Cobb, do pass.
House bill 7I3, entitled an Act to incorporate the city of Springfield, do pass.
House bill 7I8, entitled an Act to amend Act creating city court of Baxley, do pass.
House bill 724, entitled an Act to ratify and confirm conveyances made by the mayor of Milledgeville, do pass.
House bill 710, entitled an Act to empower the town of Charlton to issue bonds, do pass.
Also Senate bill 5I, entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Roswell, do pass.
Also House bill 708, entitled an Act to amend section 53 I of the Code, and for other purposes, do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted. R. B. BLACKBURN,
Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
By 1.manimous consent the following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

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841

By Messrs. Martin and Adams-

A bill to provide that judges of county or city courts to hold ordinary's court in cases of disqualification of ordinary.

The rei>ort of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
By Messrs. Foster and Anderson-

A bill to increase the salary of the Insurance Clerk in the Comptroller-General's office.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bill was read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. \Vhite of Screven-
A resolution relative to the Committee on Blind Asylum.

House bill No. 56, to amend section 1258 of the Code, relative to ordinary's costs in pension cases, was tabled on motion of the author.

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Messrs. Dean and Chamlee-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 108 a special order.
The following bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Huie of Clayton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Riverdale.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Hall, Ryals and Fowler-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Macon to close, sell and convey certain portions of streets, lanes, etc.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following resolution was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Shaw of Clay-
A resolution for the relief of \V. A. McAlister.
An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated as chairman Mr. Slater of Bryan.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

SATURDAY, AucusT 10, 1907.

The committee proposed to amend by adding: "Providing the same be paid out of the military fund for 1907."

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.

On the adoption 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.-

Adams of Chatham, Frier,

Parrish,

Adkins,

Fullbright,

Perry,

Alexander,

Gibson,

Peterson,

Anderson of Cobb, Godley,

Pope of Brooks,

Ashley,

Goode,

Pope of Dade,

Atkinson,

Guyton,

Reid of Putnam,

BallarJ,

Hall,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Berry,

Harris,

Rogers of Randolph,

Blackburn.

Heard,

Rountree,

Bond, Bowen,

Hill. Hines,

Ryals,
Shaw~

Brown of Carroll, Hubbard,

Sheffield,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Hullender,

Slade,

Burkhalter,

Jackson,

Slater,

Calbeck,

Tones of Meriwether. Smith of Campbell,

Callawav.

Kendall,

Stubbs,

CandlPr,

Kendrick,

Sumner,

Chamlee,

Lee,

Taylor of Appling,

Clifton,

Lively,

Taylor of Sumter,

Cook of Telfair,

Lunsford,

Thorne,

Cooke of Thomas, McCarthy,

Thurman,

Covingto'n,

Mcintyre,

Tracy,

Dunbar,

McMichael,

Trent,

Duggan,

McWilliams,

Tyson,

Dykes,

Martin,

.Walker of Lowndes,

Estes,

Massengale,

Walker of Milton,

Flanders,

Mercer,

Walker of Washington,

Foster,

Orr,

Warnell,

jOURNAl. OF THE HouSE.

White of Madison, Williams of Laurens, Young,

White of Screven, \Vise,

Mr. Speaker.

Williams of Dodge, Wright of Floyd,

Those not voting were Messrs.-.

Adams of Elbert, Edwards,

Nee!,

Adams of Wilkinson, Ellison,

Nix,

Allen,

Fagan,

Nowell,

Anderson of Bulloch, Flannigan,

Odum,

Atwater,

Fowler,

Parker,".

Austin,

Fraser,

Payton,

Barksdale,

Furr,

Persons,

Barrett,

Galloway,

Powell,

Barrow,

Geer,

Price of Bartow,

Bell,

Glenn,

Price of Oconee,

Bo) .!,

Hamilton.

Reid of 1\lacon,

Buchannan,

Hardeman,

Reid of \Vilcox,

Burwell,

Haywood,

Russell.

Butt,

Holder,

Simmons,

Cannon,

Howard,

Smith of Calhoun,

Clark,

Huff,

Stephens,

Collum,

Huie,

Stewart,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, T~hnson of Jasper, Strickland,

Couch,

Johnson of Jeff Davis. Swilling,

Cowan,

Johnson of Towns, Terrell,

Crumbley,

Jones of Mitchell, Tift,

Culbreth,

Keith,

Townsend,

Daniel,

Lumsden,

Tuggle,

Davis,

McMahan,

\Vard,

Davison,

McMullan,

\Vatkin5,

Dean,

Maxwell,

\Vay,

Dickey,

Mays,

Whitley,

Donalson,

Moore,

\Vilson,

Dorminy.

Morris,

\Voottcn,

Eaves,

l\lundy,

Wright of Richmond,

Edmondson,

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 92, nays o.

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845

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

The following bills were read the second time, to wit~

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create local tax district schools.

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-

A resolution to pay Mrs. 0. M. Case for dwelling house burned by convicts.

By Mr. McMahan-
A bill to appropriate $15,000 to repair the old college building of the University.

By Mr. Hines-
A bill to appropriate $25,000 to repair buildings on the campus of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College.

By Mr. Williams of Laurens-
A resolution regarding expenses of Soldiers' Home Committee.

By Mr. Blackburn-

A resolution to appropriate money to pay salaries of Commissioner of Pensions and Agricultural Commissioner for part of 1900-7.

.To.uRNAL oF THE HousE.
By Mr. HallA resolution providing for pure drinking water for
the House.
By Mr. CandlerA bill to make additional appropriations for 1907 to
supply deficiencies. By Messrs. Jones and Keith-
A bill to incorporate town of White Sulphur Springs.
, By Mr. McMahanA bill to appropriate $15,000 for additional steam
heating in State Normal School.
By Mr. Lee of GlynnA bill to amend the charter of Brunswick.
By Mr. Adams of ChathamA bill to provide for creation of Children's courts.
By Mr. Wright of RichmondA bill to declare buying or selling votes as bribery.
By Mr. Mercer of TerrellA bill to relieve Terrell county from State tax on
dispensaries for 1907 By Mr. Pope of Brooks-
A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission to employ inspectors of agenCies.

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847

By Mr. Berry of Union-

A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit taking fish from Notta river.

By Mr. Way of Pulaski-

A resolution to pay Carroll Daniel for work in penitentiary.

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A bill to make certain appropriations to trustees of State University.

By Mr. Hines-

A bill to ratify and confirm conveyances, leases, etc., by city of Milledgeville.

By Mr. Nix of Gwinnett-
A bill to refund the sum of $281 to W. E. Pierce & Bro.

By Messrs. Flanders, Tyson and Rountree -

A bill to incorporate the Tom school district.

By Messrs. Tyson and Morris-

A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Baxley.

By Mr. Tyson of Emanuel-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Adrian.

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.
By Mr. Morris of WayneA bill to incorporate the town of Odom.
By Mr. McMahanA bill to prevent the theft of bales of cotton.
By Messrs. Wright of Richmo~~ ~and HamiltonA bill to provide a method of taking depositions to be
used in certain cases. By Messrs. Wright of Richmond and Hamilton-
A bill to prohibit unauthorized persons from running engmes. By Messrs. Holder and Flannigan-
A bill to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Jackson county. By Mr. White of Madison-
A bill to authorize the town of Carlton to issue bonds. B)' Messrs. Wright and Dean of Floyd-
A bill to authorize Floyd county to maintain hospital. By Mr. Tyson-
A bill to encourage education in this State. By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend the charter of Oakland.

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849

By Mr. Townsend-

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Homerville.

By Mr. Estes-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Offerman.
By Mr. Covington-
A bill to create a system of public schools in the town of Funston.
The following House bill was read the first time, to wit:

By Mr. White of ScrevenA bill to regulate the traffic of seed cotton in Screven
county. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. White of ScrevenA resolution for protection of the yellow pine forests.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
The following bill was read second time and recommitted:

By Mr. Wise-
A bill to amend the Tax Act of years 1906 and 1907.
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JouRNAL oF THl~ HousE.

The following Senate bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit :

By Mr. Henderson of the I sth districtA bill to change the county site of Irwin county.

By Mr. Hardman of the 33d district-
A bill to amend an Act to establish an agricultural college.

By Mr. Stapleton of the 12th district-
A bill to provide manner of paying pensions.
The following House bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit :

By Messrs. Hall, Ryals and Fowler-
A bill to increase compensation of stenographic reporters in certain counties.

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

By Mr. Felder of 22d district-
A bill to acknowledge and quiet the title of the Wesleyan Female College to certain lands.
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 wo, nays o.

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851

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 Mr. Foster of Cobb-

A bill to incorporate Machinery City in the county of Cobb.

. 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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Guyton of EffinghamA bill to incorporate the city of Springfield.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to repeal sections 2 and 3 of an Act to establish a system of public schools for Louisville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

JouRNAL OF THE HousE.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A bill to prevent putting sawdust in streams of Habersham.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o..
The bill having received the requisite constitutiona! majority was passed.
By i\fr. Johnson of Jasper-
A bill to create a board of education for the city of Monticello.
The report of the c~mmittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Reid of Macon-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Montezuma.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Williams of Dodge-.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the tO\vn of Eastman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, \vas agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes \Vere 98, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Trent of Heard-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for a coun_ty board of commissioners for the county of Heard.
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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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

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By :Mr. Dean of the 5th districtA bill to authorize the city of Waycross to close up
and deed certain streets to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hayes of the 13th districtA bill to amend an Act to create a system of public
schools in town of Montezuma. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Williford of the 28th districtA bill to amend the charter of Rutledge. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Dean of the 5th districtA bill to incorporate the town of Fairfax. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By l\h. Wilkes of the 7th districtA bill to incorporate the town of Riverside. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By lVIr. Henderson of the I sth districtA resolution to return sureties on bond of M. T.
Paulk. Referred to Special Judi~iary Committee.

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By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the city of Commerce.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Henderson of the I 5th district-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Ocilla.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Williford of the 28th district-

A bill to incorporate the town of Apalachee.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dean of the 5th district-

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

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Henderson of the I 5th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Irwin.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Lashley of the 40th districtA bill to incorporate the town of Mountain City. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Mattox of the 4th district-
A bill to amend county court laws as regards Charlton county.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., MoNDAY, August 12, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Atwater,

Adams of Elbert, Austin,

Adams of Wilkinson, Ballard,

Adkins,

Barksdale,

Alexander,

Barrett,

Allen,

Barrow,

Anderson of Bulloch, Bell,

Andecson of Cobb, Berry.

Ashley,

Blackburn,

Atkinson,

Bond,

Bowen, Boyd, Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannan, Burkhalter, Burwell, Butt, Cal beck, Callaway,

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Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

DaYison,

Johnson of Towns, Russell,

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Slade,

Duggan,

Lee,

Slater,

I:vles,

Lively,

Smith of Calhoun,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Smith of Campbell,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Stewart,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Strickland,

hstes,

Mdiahan,

Stubbs,

Fagan,

Mc~Iichael,

Sumner,

1 landers,

Mc~Iut:1n,

Swilling,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Taylor of Appling,

Foster,

Martin,

Taylor of Sumter,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Terrell,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Thorne,

Frier,

Mays,

Thurman,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Tift,

Furr,

Moore

Townsend,

Galloway,

Morris,

Tracy,

Geer,

Mundv,

Trent,

Gibson,

N eel,

Tuggle,

Glenn.

Nix,

Tvson,

Godley,

Nowell,

Walker of Lowndes,

Goode,

Odum,

Walker of Milton,

Guyton,

Orr,

Walker of Washington,

Hall,

Parker,

Ward,

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Warnell, Watkins, Way, White of Madison, White of Screven,

Whitley,

Wootten,

Williams of Dodge, Wright of Floyd,

\Villiams of Laurens, Young,

Wilson,

Mr. Speaker.

Wise,

Those absent were Messrs.-

Wright of Richmond,

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were read the third time and put upon their passage:

By Mr. Flanders of JohnsonA bill to incorporate Tom school district.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 122, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite contitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. White of Screven-

A resolution to authorize the Committee on Blind Asylum to meet and visit the Blind Asylum during the vacation of the General Assembly.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

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On passage of the resolution the ayes were Io6, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A resolution to authorize Committees on University and Branches to meet and visit the University and its branches during the vacation of the General Assembly.
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 105, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof :

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed, by. the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Forsyth.

A bill to authorize the town of Temple to establish a system of public schools.

A bill to permit the commissioners of roads and revenues of Spalding county to use certain money.

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A bill to fix the liquor license fee in Mitchell county.

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Sandersville.
'
A bill to amend the charter .of Hapeville.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the public school district of Wrightsville.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harrison, in Washington county.

A bill to incorporate the town of Norristown.

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

A bill to amend the charter of Wrightsville.

A bill to regulate the running of automobiles m the county of Johnson.

A bill to provide for holding four terms of superior court of Bibb county.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Sandersville.

A bill to establish the city court of Flovilla.

A bill to prescribe the duties and powers of commissioners of roads and revenues of Ben Hill county.

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

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Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to wit:

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

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.

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

A bill to amend an Act creating Lithonia school district.

A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court of Effingham county.

A bill to authorize the town of Whitesburg to establish a system of public schools.

A bill to incorporate Chelsea school district, m Chattooga county.

A bill to incorporate the townof Ficklen, in Wilkes and Taliaferro counties.

A bill to authorize the city council of Thomaston to issue bonds.

A bill to amend the charter of the city of \Vashington.

A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Tifton to elect commissioners.

A bill to amend the Charter of Trion, Chattooga county.

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A bill to incorporate the town of Beverly.
A bill to incorporate the town of Boynton.
A bill to create a local public road law for the county of Toombs.
A bill to amend the charter of Edison, in the county of Calhoun.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, as amended, to wit:
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Rome.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Ohoopee.
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitution~! majority, the following bill of the House, by substitute, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Swainsboro.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the following bill of the Senate, to wit :

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A bill to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools in the town of Thomson.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to change and fix the time of holding the Superior Court of Tift county.
Also a bill to provide against the evils resulting frvm the traffic in certain narcotic drugs, and to regulate the sale thereof.
ATLANTA, GA., August 12, 1907.
The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor through his secretary, Mr. Carter:
Mr. Speaker:
' His Excellency the Governor directs me to report to the House of Representatives that he has withheld his signature from the following Acts and has allowed same to become laws by lapse of time:
An Act to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
An Act to authorize the mayor and council of Savannah to close certain lanes as thoroughfares in the city of Savannah.
An Act for the city of Savannah to grant the Citizens and Southern Bank a certain strip of city sidewalk four feet wide.
On motion of Mr. Candler of DeKalb the General Deficiency bill was taken up, to wit :

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By Mr. Candler-
A bill to make additional appropnatwns for the year 1907 to supply deficiencies in the several appropriations for the expenses of the State government, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated Mr. Nowell as chairman.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended. .
The following committee amendments were adopted by the House, to wit:
To amend by adding new paragraph, to be numbered paragraph 9, as follows :
To Carter & Gillespie Co., Atlanta, Ga., for placing electric fans in the hall of the House of Representatives under the direction of the Secretary of the State, by authority of a resolution of the House, July 23, 1907, the sum of three hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.
Also amend by adding paragrph 10:
To pay Chas. 'vV. Bernhardt, for erection of platform and furnishing chairs to the General Assembly at the inauguration ceremonies, two hundred dollars and thirtythree cents, as approved by the Committee on Arrangements for the inauguration of the Governor.

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-Amend by adding new paragraphs as follows:

Par. I 1 . -To pay the Bowden Lithia Water Company the sum of four hundred dollars or so much thereof as needed, for supplying the General Assembly with pure drinking water, under resolution of July 8th.

Par. I2.-To pay the salaries of the Court of Appeals reporters, for the year I907, the sum of one thousand dollars each.
Par. IJ. To pay for printing and publishing the reports of decisions of the Court of Appeals for the year I907, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed.

Also amend by adding paragraph I4:

To pay the increases in the salaries of the Commissioner of Pensions and the Commissioner of Agriculture authorized by Act of the General Assembly of I906, the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars for four and a half months of I906, and one thousand dollars for I907, to each of said officers, the said increases in each salary not havi11g been paid

The fo~lowing amendment was adopted by the House, to wit:

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
To amend by adding a new paragraph to be known as paragraph I 5, to wit:

Paragraph IS. To the city of Atlanta for paving in front of the executive mansion the sum of two hundred and twenty-three and so/100 ($22J.so) dollars.
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The following amendment was lost, to wit:

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
To H. M. Beutell for making and delivering to the State of Georgia nine desks and chairs for use in hall of House of Representatives as per order of keeper of public buildings the sum of seven hundred and twenty ($720) dollars.

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

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Chamlee,

Foster,

Adkins,

Clark,

Fowl2r,

Alexander,

Clifton,

Fullbright,

Ashley,

Collum,

Furr,

Atkinson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Galloway,

Austin,

Cook of Telfair,

Gibson,

Ballard,

Cooke of Thomas, Glenn,

Barksdale,

Couch,

Godley,

Bell,

Cowan,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Culbreth,

Guyton,

Bond,

Dan!el,

Hall,

Brown of Carroll, Davison,

Hamilton,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dean,

Hardeman,

Buchannon,

Dunbar,

IIarris,

Burkhalter,

Duggan,

Heard,

Burwell,

Dykes,

Hill,

Butt,

Eaves,

Hines,

Calbeck,

Edmondsc.1,

Holder,

Callaway,

Edwards,

Howard,

Candler,

Estes,

Hubbard,

Cannon,

Flanders,

II uff,

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Hullender,

Payton,

Taylor of Sumter,



Jackson,

Persons,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jasper, Pope of Brooks,

Thorne,

Johnson of Towns, Pope of Dade,

Thurman,

Jones of Meriwether, Powell,

Tift,

Keith,

Price of Bartow, Townsend,

Kendall,

Price of Ocr>ttee,

Tracy,

Kendrick,

Reid of Macon,

Trent,

Lively,

Reid of Putnam,

Tuggle,

Lumsden,

Reid of Wilcox,

Tyson.

.Lunsford,

l'ogers of 1\Iclnto~h. \Valker of Lowndes,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Randolph, Walker of Milton,

Mcintyre,

Rountree,

Walker of Washington,

McMahan,

Russell.

\Nard,

Massengale,

Ryals,

\Varnell,

Morris,

Simmons,

Watkins,

Mundy,

Slade,

White of Madison,

Nee!,

,Slater,

\Vhite of Screven,

Nix,

Smith of Calhoun, Whitley,

Nowell,

Smith of Campbell, \Villiams of Laurens,

Odum,

Stewart,

Wilson,

Orr,

Stubbs,

Wise,

Parker,

Taylor of Appling, \Vootten,

Parrish,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, El!ison,

Mer-er,

Adams of Wilkinson, Fagan,

1\wore,

Allen,

Flannigan,

Perry,

Anderson of Bulloch, Fraser,

Peterson,

Anderson of Cobb, Frier,

Shaw,

Atwater,

Geer,

Sheffield,

Barrett,

Haywood,

Stephens,

Barr'lw,

Huie

Strickland,

Berry,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Sumner,

Bowen,

Jones of Mitchell, Swilling,

Boyd,

Lee,

Way,

Covington,

McMichael,

Williams of Dodge,

Crumbley,

McMullan,

Wright of Floyd,

Davis,

McWilliams,

Wright of Richmond,

Dickey,

Martin,

Young,

Donalson,

Maxwell,

Mr. Speaker.

Dorminy,

Mays,

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes we_re I I 7, nays o.

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

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time and recommitted.

By Messrs. Hall, Ryals and Fowler-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council to close, sell and to convey certain portions of streets, lanes and alleys in said city, and for other purposes.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution to pay pension of I907 due to Newton Harris.

By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time and referred.

By Mr. Thurman of 'vValkerA bill to amend the charter of Rossville.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ballard of Newton-
A resolution to pay pension of Marion Moss to his widow.

Referred to Committee on Pensions.

MoNDAY, AuGUST I2, I907.
On motion of Mr. Mcl\'lichael of Marion the morning session of the House was extended from I o'clock p.m. to I :20 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of reading Senate bills the first time, reading reports of standing committees and reading House bills the second time.
On motion of Mr. Candler of DeKalb, House resolutions 8 and 8I and House bill 389 were tabled.
On motion of Mr. Dunbar of Richmond, Senate bill known as Disfranchisement bill was taken up, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of 22d district-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia by repealing section I of article 2 of the Constitution of this State and inserting in lieu thereof a new section of nine paragraphs prescribing the qualifications for electors, providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the special order ~as taken up.
Under the special order the following Senate bills were read the first time and referred, to wit :
By Mr. Felder of 22d-
A bill to prescribe the duty of electric telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting messages, to prescribe penalties thereof, and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Knight of 6th-
A bill to change and fix the time of holding the superior court of Tift county.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Henderson of 15th-
A bill to amend section 982, Code 1895 so as to add Ocilla to list of State depositories.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By Mr. Williford of 28th-
A bill to amend section 342, Code 1895, relative to carrying vv-eapons to public places.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Knight of 6th-
A bill to amend Ac.t creating the city court of Nashville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By 1\ir. Peacock of 14th-
A bill to amend section 982, Code 1895, so as to add Cochran to list of State depositories.
.Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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By Mr. Steed of 37th-
A bill to provide against evils resulting from traffic in certain narcotic drugs.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene _and Sanitation.
Mr. Nowell, chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and House, and direct me to report same back with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :
Senate bills-
An Act to amend an Act to authorize the mayor and council of Montezuma to establish and maintain a system of public schools.
An Act to incorporate the town of Riverside.
An Act to authorize the mayor an<;l council of 'vVaycross to close up and deed certain streets in said city,. and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the town of Fairfax.
An Act to incorporate the town of Mountain City.
An Act to atuend an Act incorporating the city of Ocilla.
An Act to amend the charter of Rutledge.

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An Act to create the office of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Irwin.

An Act to incorporate the town of Apalachee.

An Act to amend an Act authorizing a public school system for the city of Commerce.

House bills-

An Act to repeal the charter of Bethlehem.

An Act to incorporate the town of Bethlehem.

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Glenville.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Danielsville.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Rossville.

Respectfully submitted.

August 12, 1907.

H. G. NowELL, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration House bill No. 726 and instruct me as its chairman, to report that the same do pass.
Respectfully submitted. McMICHAEL, Chairman.

MoNDAY, AuGusT 12, 1907.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Galloway of WaltonA bill to repe~l the charter of Bethlehem, i.n Walton
(:OUnty.
By Mr. Galloway of Walton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethlehem, in Walton (:OUnty.
By Mr. White of Madison-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Danielsville, in Madison county.
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to provide for the creation and operation of local tax district schools.
The special order having been exhausted on motion the House adjourned until 3 p.m. this afternoon.
3 o'CLOCK.
At this hour the House reconvened and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the following reports of standing comlTlittees were submitted and read, to wit:
Mr. Whitley, chairman of Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation having had under consideraticm the following Senate bill, instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:
A bill to provide against the evils resulting from the traffic in certain narcotic drugs.
Respectfully submitted. T. R. WHITLEY, Chairman.
Mr. Davison, vice-chairman of Counties and County Matters Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Counties and County Matters Committee has had under consideration the following bills and, as its chairman, I am directed to report the same back with the recommendation as follows :
House bill No. 730, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of White Sulphur Springs. Do pass.
House bill No. 662, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Crondee. Do pass.
Also Senate bill No. 133, entitled an Act to amend county court laws of Charlton county. Do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
DAvrsoN., Vice-Chairman.
The members of the committee from the House of

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Representatives to visit the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned members of the said committee that visited the said school report as follows:

We found all the property of the State well preserved at the said school. But on the other hand we found that the great State of Georgia has shamefully neglected the said school in that the State has failed to provide adequate accommodations for the pupils of the school. Mem-
in bers of the committee that went visited every room
the school. We found in every, room of the school as many single beds as it is possible to place therein. On an average the beds range from seven to twelve to the room. Many of the rooms are so crowded with beds that the pupils have to walk over from one to five beds to get to his or her place of sleeping. Pupils walking over each other on beds in retiring and in getting up is a most objectionable condition. It is impossible with such crowded rooms to properly preserve the health of the student-body.

We found many of the floors in the main building worn out by use, as well as many other defects due alone to proper use and the marks of time.

The school was not in session when the committee was present. But we are frank to say that we found every evidence of progress and development of the said pupils. This committee is indeed proud to say that the teachers and board of trustees have evidently surprised themselves in making such advancement with the unfortunate pupils. We are certainly agreeably surprised to note such progress. Prof. W. 0. Connor showed the

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committee through every department of the school, and showed us what the pupils were taught to do, and the fruits of their work. He showed us some shoes made by the pupils as nice as you could buy in any market. Some woodwork unexcelled; and in turn he showed us how the girls were taught the useful arts of housekeeping, etc. We saw too much to tell in this report.
After due consideration we recommend the appropriation of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the repairs of the said school buildings, etc. We also recommend the appropriation of $5o,ooo, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the erection of adequate school buildings for the accommodation of the said pupils. We further desire to say we believe it will take $55,000 to do the work that is now demanded as above recommended.
In the midst of our great prosperity we hope that the State will not forget the unfortunate at the said school as well as at other points and places.
This, the third day of August, 1907.
Respectfully submitted.
J. FRANK \VALKR, Chairman. Vv. T. BuRKHALTER, Secretary.
W. C. HULLENDER, JoHN R. KENDRICK, R. G. DANIEL, W. J. \V'ILLIAMS, J os. A. MoRRIS, E. P. BowEN. THOS. M. GODLEY,
Visiting Committee.
By unanimous consent the following House bill wag taken up for the purpose of concurring in Senate amendment, to wit :

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By Mr. Clifton of Toombs-

A bill to incorporate the town of Ohoopee, 111 the county of Toombs.

The folowing Senate amendment was concurred in, to wit:

To amend House bill No. 596 by adding at the end of section 26 of said bill the following provision, to wit:

This Act shall not go into effect until there shall be held in said town of Ohoopee an election to determine the will of the people on incorporating said town, and the said election shall be held under the following restrictions in addition to the other requirements to vote, to wit: Said election shall be held within fifteen days after the passage of this Act, incorporating the town of Ohoopee. Notice of said election to be posted at three or more public places in said town ten clays prior to said election. Before any person shall be allowed to vote for or against incorporation of the town of Ohoopee he shall subscribe to the following oath: That he is twenty-one years old; that he has resided within one-half of one mile from the Seaboard Air Line Railway depot in said town and has lived there regularly for the last six months. Said dection shall be governed by the majority rule.
01, motion the following Senate bill was again taken up as the special order, to wit:

By Mr. Felder of 22cl-

A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Geor-
gia by repealing section I of article 2 of the Constitu-
tion of this State and inserting in lieu thereof a new sectir:t~ of nine 1nragraphs prescribing the qualifications

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for electors, providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Hines of Baldwin, the session was extended from 5 o'clock to 5 :30 o'clock for the purpose of reading House bills the second time. The reading of local. county and city court bills the third time. Introducing new matter and reading bills the first time.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Austin of Murray-
A bill to incorporate the town of Crandall.
By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-
A bill to amend section 982, Code 1895, so as to add Conyers to the list of State depositories.
The following bill was read the second time and rereferred to Special Judiciary Committee:
By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to authorize the city of Barnesville to establish and maintain a public school system.
The following bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Morris of \Vayne-
A bill to incorporate the town of Odum, m Wayne county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 1 10, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A bill to amend an Act to repeal the city court of Clarkesville.
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 100, nays o. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Berry of Union-
A bill to prevent the taking of fish from Notla river, in Union county, with seines or nets, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
.By Messrs. Dean, Wright and Chamlee-
A bill to authorize the county of Floyd to maintain a hospitaL

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Lee of Glynn-
A bill to amend charter of the city _of Brunswick.
. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill haYing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Ir. Townsend of Clinch-
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of domenille. in Clinch county, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, \vhich was favorable to tne passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. White of Madison-

A bill to authorize the town of Carlton to issue bonds for school purposes, etc.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-

A bill to ratify and confirm conveyances and leases made by the mayor and aldermen of Milledgeville.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes. were 96, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. \Varnell and Burkhalter-

A bill to incorporate the city of Glennville, in Tattnalt 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 96, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional .majority was passed.
By Messrs. Jones and Keith-
A bill to incorporate the town of White Sulphur Springs, in Meriwether county._
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Anderson and Thorne--
A bill to amend an Act to establish city court of Statesboro, in Bulloch county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bowen of Tift-
A bill to amend an Act creating and establishing city court of Tifton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
House amended by striking sections 5 and renumber-: ing other sections, making section 6 read 5 and 7 read 6, 8 read 7 and 9 read 8.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

MONDAY, AUGUST !2, !907.
By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to amend the charter of Oakland, m Fulton 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 96, nays o.
' The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Estes of Pierce-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Offerman. in Pierce 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 ro6, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Messrs. Taylor of Appling, and Morris of Wayne-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Baxley, Appling county.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were roo, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Buchannon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act to establish city court of Blakely, in and for the county of Early.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
The House amended by striking out section I and further amend by numbering succeeding sections one, two, three and four, respectively.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 126, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following bills were read the first time and referred.
By Mr. Eaves-
A. bill to amend Act incorporating Waco school district.
Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.
By ).fr. Cook of Telfair-
A bill to amend Act incorporating the town of Lumber City.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Fagan-

A bill to prohibit running of street-cars on the Sabbath day.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.
Mr. Heard, chairman of Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Banks and Banking having had under consideration house bills Nos. 394 and 714, have instructed me as chairman of said committee to make the following report: Bill No. 394 be tabled, and that bill No. 714 do pass.

Respectfully,

August 12, 1907.

HEARD, Chairman

On motion of Mr. Heard House bill No. 394 was ta bled.

On motion of Mr. Morris of Wayne, the House ad joumed until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.

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ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY,' August 13, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Callaway,

Estes,

Adams of Elbert, Candler,

Fagan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Flanders,

Adkins,

Chamlee,

Flanni!;ran,

Alexander,

Clark,

Foster,

Allen,

Clifton,

Fowler,

Anderson of Bulloch, Collum,

Fraser,

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Frier,

Ashley,

Cook of Telfair,

Fullbright,

Atkinson,

Cooke of Thomas, .t<urr,

Atwater,

Covington,

Gall<>way,

Austin,

Couch,

Geer,

Ballard,

Cowan,

Q'">son,

Barksdale,

Crumbley,

Glenn,

Barrett,

Culbreth,

Godley,

Barrow,

Daniel,

Goode,

Bell,

Davis,

Guyton,

Berry,

Davison,

Hall,

Blackburn,

Dean,

Hamilton,

Bond,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Bowen,

Donalson,

Harris,

Boyd,

Dorminy,

Haywood,

Brown of Carroll, Dunbar,

Heard,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Duggan,

Hill,

Buchannon,

Dykes,

Hines,

Burkhalter,

Eaves,

Holder,

Burwell,

Edmondson,

Howard,

Butt,

Edwards,

Hubbard,

C:tlbeck,

Ellison,

Huff,

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Huie,

.,Odum,

Sumner,

Hullender,

Otr,

Swilling,

Jackson,

Parker,

Taylor of Appling,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Taylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Terrell,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Thorne,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Thurman,

Jones of Mitchell, Peterson,

Tift,

Keith.

Pope of Brooks,

Townsend,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Tracy,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Trent,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Tuggle,

Lively,

Price of Oconee,

Tyson,

Lumsden,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Lowndes,

Lunsford,

Reid of Putnam,

Walker of Milton,

McCarthy,

Reid of Wilcox,

Walker of Washington,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Ward,

McMahan,

Rogers of Randolph, \Varnell,

McMichael,

Rountree,

\Vatkins,

McMullan,

Russell,

\Vay,

McWilliams,

Ryals,

White of Madison,

Martin,

Shaw,

White of Screven,

Massengale,

Sheffield,

Whitley,

Maxwell,

Simmons,

Williams of Dodge,

Mays,

Slade,

Williams of Laurens,

Mercer,

Slater,

Wilson,

Moore,

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Morris,

Smith of Campbell, \Vootten,

Mundy,

Stephens,

Wright of Floyd,

Nee!,

Stewart,

Wright of Richmond,

Nix,

Strickland,

Young,

Nowell,

Stubbs,

1Ir. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

Mr. Tyson of Emanuel gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing on yesterday House bill No. 6go.

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

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By Mr. Thurman of Walker-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rossville.

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

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-
A bill to alter and amend the Act to correct the description of Grady 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 95, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Austin of Murray-
A bill to incorporate the town of Crandall.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A bill to transfer and attach the county of Grady to the Albany judicial circuit from the Southern judicial circuit.

TuESDAY, AuGusT 13, 1907.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pass~ge of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

Mr. \Vise, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration House bill No. 715 and instruct me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

House bill No. 715.

Respectfully submitted.

J. W. WISE, Chairman.

Mr. Hall, chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules has had under consideration House resolution 95, and instruct me to report same back with recommendation that it be adopted with the following amendment:
"That said bill be made the special order for August 13 at 4:30p.m.
They have also had under consideration a resolution providing that Senate bill No. 49 be made a special order

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for Wednesday, August 14, immediately after confirmation of Journal, and instruct me to report it back with the recommendation that it be made special order for Thursday.

The following resolutions w.ere read and referred to Committee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Md.Iichael-
A resolution asking Committee on Rules to fix time for consideration of pension resolutions.

By Mr. Holder of Jackson-
A resolution to make House bill No. 265 a special order.
The following resolutions, favorably reported by the Committee on Rules, were adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Whitley-
A resolution providing that House bill 106 be made the special order for Tuesday, August 6.
Mr. Dunbar proposed to amend by adding "but this shall not displace the bill known as the Disfranchisement bill."

By Mr. Candler-

A resolution to make Senate bill No. 49 the special order for Wednesday, August I4
Committee amended by substituting "Thursday morning" for 'Wednesday."

TuESDAY, Aucus'l' 13, 1907.

.By Mr. Terrell of Grady-

A resolution to make House bills Nos. 133 and 134 the special order for Saturday morning.

The following resolution was read and referred to the

Committee on Rules, to wit:



By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-
A resolution to make House resolution No. 115 a spe- cial. order.

The .following resolution, favorably reported by the Committee on Rules was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Burwell-
A resolution to make House resolution No. 9 a special order.
The committee amended by making same the special order for Wednesday morning, immediately after the confirmation of the Journal.
Mr. Burwell, chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Public Property have had under consideration the following bill of the House and recommend that the same do pass:
By Mr. Blackburn-
To authorize the trustees of the Soldiers' Home of Georgia to sell and convey certain land.
Respectfully submitted. W. H. BuRWELL, Chairman.

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Mr. Foster, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instruct me to report same back with the recommendation that they do pass:
Senate bill No. 35, House resolution No. 34, House resolution No. 100.
Respectfully submitted. ]. Z. FosTER1 Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to create in the Treasury Department of the State a bank bureau, and for other purposes.
ATLANTA1 GA.1 August 13, 1907. The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor through his secretary, Mr. Carter:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by his Excellency the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing.

TuESDAY, AuGusT 13, 1907.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
ExEcuTivE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA, August 12, 1907.
To the General Assembly:
My attention has just been called to a resolution that was passed by the last General Assembly, "providing for the adjustment of the claim of the heirs at law of Sherman J. Sims against the State of Georgia and the said heirs, in reference to adjusting the compensation for the right of way of the Northeastern Railroad through the lands of the said Sherman ]. Sims, in the counties of Banks and Jackson."
Under the terms of this resolution the Solicitor-General of the \Vestern circuit instituted condemnation proceedings against the property in dispute. The Governor appointed Hon. H. S. West of Athens to represent the State of Georgia in assessing the value of said property; the heirs of the said Sherman ]. Sims appointed J. M. Eberhart, and these two selected \V. F. Morris as umpire. The arbitrators thus selected, after having been duly sworn and hearing the evidence, made the following report:
"vVe find and award for taking the said property sought to be condemned, described as above set out, to -wit: The_same being in Jackson county, situated in and contiguous to the town of Maysville, being three thousand, three hundred and fifty feet long, and one hundred feet in width, on which the bed and right of way of the Southern Railway is located, the said State of Georgia shall pay to the heirs of Sherman ]. Sims, to wit : ]. C. Sims, S. B. Sims,
R. B. Sims, Mrs. Essie L. Mathews, Mrs. Mary Dunahoo,
Mrs. Lou J. Lord and C. H, ]. Sims, the sum of seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars, to be paid to said Sherman J. Sims' estate, to be divided between the said heirs-

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as the law provides, the said amount being the value of the said land when it was originally appropriated by the Northeastern Railroad for right of way, and the interest on same from the time of sale of said Northeastern Railroad by the State to the Southern Railway.
The amount of four hundred and six dollars and forty cents ($406-40), the interest of our finding. The total sum of our finding being eleven hundred and seventy-five dollars and forty cents."
The resolution above referred to provides, "that when the amount of the value of said land is so ascertained by the final judgment of the court, it shall be the duty of the Governor to certify the amount so found to the next General Assembly, in order that an appropriation may be made for the payment of said claim."
In obedience to the provisions of this resolution, I respectfully submit to you the findings of the arbitrators for such action as you may deem advisable.
HoKE SMITH, Governor.
The following bill, which was the special order for this morning, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Messrs. Martin of Elbert, Watkins of Carroll and Brown of Carroll-
A bill to amend section 4 of an Act to amend and consolidate laws governing the inspection of fertilizers in this State, and for other purposes.
An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole, and designated as chairman Mr. Donalson of Decatur.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose

TuESDAY, AuGusT 13, 1907.

and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
The folowing amendments were offered, to wit:

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

To amend section 2 by striking same and inserting the following: "Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all fees derived from the inspection of cottonseed meal, fertilizers, chemicals, oils and all other inspection fees received by the Department of Agriculture in this State over the expenses of such inspection, and after any portion of such fund otherwise appropriated, shall be applied to the common school fund."

On the adoption of the amendment, 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.-

Austin, Ballard, Berry, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Butt, Callaway, Chamlee, Clifton, Covington, Couch, Cowan, Daniel, Dean, Dickey, Duggan, Edmondson, Fagan, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster,

Geer, Gibson, Godley, Goode, Hill, Hubbard, Huie, Hullender, Jackson, Johnson of Jasper, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Lunsford, Mcintyre, McWilliams, Mercer, Mundy, Nix, Orr, Parker,

Parrish, Payton, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Rogers of Randolph, Rountree, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slater, Smith of Campbell, Strickland, Stubbs, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thurman, Tracy, Trent, Tyson,

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Walker of Milton, White of Madison, \Vilson,

Walker of Washington, Whitley,

\Vise,

Way,

Williams of Dodge,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Dunbar,

l\loore,

Adams of Elbert, Dykes,

Nee!,

Adams of Wilkinson, Eaves,

Nowell,

Adkins,

Estes,

Odum,

Alexander,

Fowler.

Perry,

Allen,

Fraser,

Persons,

Anderson of Bulloch, Frier,

Powell,

Anderson of Cobb, Fullbright,

Price of Oconee,

Ashley,

Furr,

Reid of Macon,

Atkinson,

Galloway,

Reid of Putnam,

Atwater,

Glenn.

Reid of Wilco>..,

Barksdale,

Guyton-

Roge.-\'1 of Mcintosh,

Barrett,

Hall,

Russell,

Barrow,

Hamilton,

Ryals,

rcll,

Harr=s,

Slade,

Blackburn,

Haywood,

Smith of Calhoun,

Bond,

Heard,

Stephens,

Bowt>n,

Hil1es,

Stewart,

l;o)<l,

Holder,

Sumner,

Brown of Carroll, Howard,

Taylor of Sumter,

Burwell,

Huff.

Thorne,

Calbeck,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Tift,

Candler,

Johnson of Towns, Tuggle,

Cannon,

Tones of Mitchell, \V alker of Lowndes,

Clark,

Keith,

Ward,

Colhtm,

Lee,

\Varnell,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Lumsden,

Watkins,

Cooke of Thomas, McCarthy,

White of Screven,

Crumbley,

Mc:'\1ahan,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Culbreth,

Mcl\1ichael,

\Vootten,

Davis.

Mcl\Iullan,

Wright of Floyd,

Davison,

Martin,

\Vright of Richmond,

Donalson,

Massengale,

Young,

Dorminy,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Brown of Oglethorpe, Hardeman,

l\Iorris,

Cook of Telfair,

Jones of l\Ieriwether, Swil!ing,

Edwards,

Maxwell,

Townsend,

Ellison,

Mays,

Mr. Speaker..

TuESDAY, AuGusT 13, 1907.

By unanimpus consent the verification of the roll call

was dispensed with.

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On the adoption of the amendment the. ayes were 71, nays *oo.

The same was, therefore, lost.

The following amendments by the Committee of the Whole House were adopted, to wit:

"To amend by giving first $w,ooo to each of the district agricultural colleges and $50,000 to the State Agri-
cultural College at Athens, and the balance to the common school fund of Georgia."

To amend by adding a special paragraph properly num-
bered as follows : "Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized and empowered to draw his warrant against the funds raised by this Act in the treasury and distribute such funds among the institutions named in this Act and in accordance with the laws of this State."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to tr.e passage of the bill as amended, 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 of Chatham, Barksdale,

Adams of Wilkinson, Barrow,

Allen,

Bell,

Anderson of Bulloch, Berry,

Ashley,

Blackburn,

Atkinson,

Bond,

67h j

Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Buchannon, Burkhalter, Burwell, Butt,

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Calbeck,

Glenn,

Carinon,

Godley,

Chamlee,

Goode,

Clark,

Guyton,

Clifton,

Hamilton,

Collum,

Harris,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Haywood,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Crumbley,

Howard,

Culbreth,

Hubbard,

Daniel,

Huff,

:Cavis,

Johnson of Towns,

Davison,

Jones of Mitchell,

Dean,

Lively,

Dickey,

Lumsden,

Donalson,

Lunsford,

Dorminy,

McCarthy,

Dunbar,

Mcintyre,

Estes,

1\IcMahan,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Flannigan,

McMu:::.n,

Fowler,

Martin,

Fraser,

Moore,

Frier,

Nee!,

Fullbright,

Nowell,

Furr,

Odum,

Galloway,

Parrish,

Gibson,

Perry,

Persons, Peterson, Powell, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox, kogers of Mcintosh. Russell, Ryals, Slade, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Stewart, Strickland, Taylor of Sumter, Thorne, Tift, Tuggle, Tyson, Ward, \Varnell. Watkins, White of Madison, White of Screven, Williams of Laurens, Wootten. Wright of Richmonl,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Eaves,

Alexander,

Edmondson,

Anderson of Cobb, Flanders,

Austin,

Foster,

Ballard,

Geer,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Hall,

Callaway,

Hardeman,

Candler,

Heard,

Covington,

Hill,

Couch,

Huie,

Cowan,

Hullender,

Duggan,

Jackson,

Dykes,

Johnson of Jasper,

Johnson of Jeff Davis. Jones of Meriwether. Keith, Kendall, Kendrick. McWilliams, -Massengale, Mercer, Morris, Mundy, Nix, Orr, -Parker,

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Payton, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Rogers of Randolph. Rountree, Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Smith of Camptiell.

Stephens, Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thurman, Tracy, Trent, Walker of Lowndes,

Walker of Milton, ,-,'alker of Washington, Way, Whitley, Willfams of Dodge, \Vilson, Wise, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Atwater, Barrett, Boyti,

Edwards, Ellison, Lee, Maxwell,

Mays, Swilling, Townsend, Mr. Speaker

The roll-call was verified and on counting the votes it was found that the ayes were 104, nays 67.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, and on motion of Mr. Martin, the same was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Dunbar moved that the House adjourn to mee' again at 2:30 o'clock p. m., which motion prevailed, anr_. the Speaker announced the House adjourned.

3 o'clock p. m.
The House reconvened at this hour and '"as called to order by the Speaker.

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

Adams of Chatham, Adams of Wilkinson, Alexander,

Adams of Elbert, Adkins,

Allen,

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Anderson of Bulloch, Dunbar,

Kf'ndall,

Anderson of Cobb, Duggan,

Kendrick,

Ashley,

Dykes,

Lee,

Atkinson,

Eaves,

Lively,

Atwater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Austin,

Edwards,

LunJford,

Ballard,

Ellison,

McCarthy,

Barksdale,

Estes,

Mclrityre,

Barrett,

Fagan,

McMahan,

Barrow,

Flanders,

McMicl)ael,

Bell,

Flannig-an,

McMullan,

Berry,

Foster,

McWilliams,

Blackburn,

Fowler,

Martin,

Bond,

Frase.-,

Massengale,

Bowen,

Frier,

Maxwell,

Boyd,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Brown of Carroll, Furr,

Mercer,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Galloway,

Moore,

Buchannan,

Geer,

Morris

Burkhalter,

L.bson,

Mundy,

Burwell,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Butt,

Godley,

Nix,

Calbec:k,

Goode,

Nowell,

Callaway,

Guyton,

Odum,

Candler,

Hall,

Orr,

Cannon,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Chamlee,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Clark,

Harris,

Payton,

Clifton,

Haywood,

Perry,

Collum,

Heard,

Persons,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hm,

Peterson,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Covington,

Howard,

Powell,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

Cowan,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Crumbley,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Culbreth,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Daniel,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Davis,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Davison,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns, Rountree,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Sheffield, Simmons, Slade, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter,

Terrell,

Watkins,

Thorne,

Way,

Thurman,

White of Madison,

Tift,

White of Screven,

Townsend,

Whitley,

Tracy,

Williams of Dodge,

Trent,

Williams of Laurens,

Tuggle,

Wilson,

Tyson,

Wise,

Walker of Lowndes, Wootten,

Walker of Milton, Wright of Floyd,

Walker of Washington, Wright of Richmond,

Ward,

Young,

Warnell,

Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had 11nder consideration the following House bill and direct me as their chairman to report same back with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :
House bill No. 734, an Act to. authorize the mayor and council of the city of Macon to close to free, etc., certain portions of streets, lanes, etc., in said city.
Respectfully submitted.
H. G. NowELL, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

JouRNAL oF 'l'BE Hous:E.
A bill to amend section 4732 of the Code of 1895 relative to wages subject to garnishment.
A bill to amend section 3, article 3 of the Constitution so as to give Ben Hill county representation in the General Assembly.
A bill to amend sc(cn 18~~-4 of C de cf G~crri t of 1895, relative to manner of amending corporate charters granted by the Secretary of State.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. Cook of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Lumber City.
The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. McMahan-
A resolution to make House bills Nos. 248 and 3 I o special orders.
By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-
A resolution seeking to make House bill No. 5 a special order.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn the session was extended for the purpose of reading House bills a first and second time, the reading of local bills a third time, the reading of Senate bills a first ancl second time, passage of general bills with local application, and the reading of reports of committees.

TuESDAY, AuGusT 1,3, 1907.
The following bill, which was a special continuing order, was taken up on call of Mr. Alexander of DeKalb, to wit:
By Mr. Felder of 22d district-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia by repealing section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of this State and inserting in lieu thereof a new section of nine paragraphs prescribing the qualifications for electors, providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the special order for which the session was extended, was taken up, and the above special order was displaced.
The following House bills were read the first time. to wit:
By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A resolution to pay pension due \Vm. H. Sheats.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By l\Ir. Bell of Fulton-
A resolution to pay pension clue J. W. Maxwell.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Ballard of Newton-
A bill to authorize the Board of Education of Newton county to pay teachers of schools which make an average of twenty-fi\e pupils.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. McMullan of Hart-

A bill to provide for the creation of a system of public schools in the city of Hartwell.

Referred to Counties and County Matters Committee.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Special Judiciary Committee has had under con

sideration the following bills and, as its chairman, I am

directed to report the same back with the recommendation

as follows:

.

House bill No. 351, entitled an Act to create a new

charter for the city of Albany. Do pass as amended.

House bill No. 350, entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating city of Albany. Do pass.

House bill No. 122. entitled an Act to create board of examiners for stationary engineers in the counties. Do pass.

House bill No. 209, entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating Barnesville male high school. Do pass.

House bill No. 725, entitled an Act to authorize Barnesville to maintain public school system. Do pass.
Also Senate resolution No. 8, entitled a resolution for relief of sureties on bond of M. T. Paulk. Do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.

R. B. BLACKBURN' Chairman Special Judiciary Committee. August 12, 1907.

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Mr. Heard, chairman of Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BANKS AND BANKING.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking has had under -consideration Senate bill I I 5, and recommends that the same do pass.
HEARD, Chairman.
Mr. Davison, acting chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Counties and County Matters Committee has had under consideration Senate bill No. 69 and instructs me to report the same with recommendation that the same do pass.
DAVISON, Acting Chairman.
The following Senate bills were read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Dean of 5th district-
A bill to amend section I844 of the Code, which prescribes the manner of changing the name of a corporation in this State.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Henderson of I 5th district-
A bill to amend section 3. article 3 of the Constitution.

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which provides for the number of members of the House of Representatives.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Felts of 19th district-

A bill to amend section 4732 of the Code relative to garnishments.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Blackburn-

A bill to authorize county commissioners to create a board of examiners of stationary engineers.
By Messrs. Davison and BlackburnA resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Bruce.
By Mr. Blackburn-

A bill to authorize the trustees of the Soldiers' Home to sell cert~in property.

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to repeal an Act to create the present charter of the city of Albany.

By Mr. Tift of DoughertyA bill to establish a new charter for the city of Albany.

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

By Mr. Hardman of 33d-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of schools in the town of Commerce.

By Mr. Lashley of 40th district-

A bill to incorporate town of Mountain City. By Mr. Williford of 28th district-

A bill to incorporate the town of Apalachee.

By Mr. Steed of 37th district-

A bill to regulate the sale of certain narcotic drugs.

By Mr. Wilkes of 7th district-

A bill to incorporate the town of Riverside.

By Mr. Hayes of 13th district-

A bill to amend an Act to create a system of publicschools in the town of Montezuma.

By Mr. Dean of 5th district-

A bill to authorize Waycross to deed part of Screven avenue to the A. C. L. Railway Company.
By Mr. Henderson of 15th district-
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of Code relative to State depositories.

JouRNAI. o~t 'l'H HouSJt By Mr. Williford of 28th district-
A bill to amend the charter of Rutledge.
By Mr. Dobbs of 35th districtA bill to amend an Act to create a system of public
schools in the town of Roswell.
By Mr. Dean of 5th districtA bill to incorporate the town of Fairfax.
By Mr. Henderson of I sth districtA resolution to relieve sureties on the bond of M. T.
Paulk.
By Mr. Henderson of I 5thA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the .city of
Ocilla.
By Mr. Henderson-
A bill to amend Act to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for Irwin county.
By Mr. Peacock of 14th district-
A bill to amend section 982, volume I of Code. so as to add Cochran to list of State depositories.
By Mr. Mattox of 4th districtA bill to amend county court laws as regards the
county of Charlton.

TuESDAY, AuGUST 13, 1907.
The following bill was read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By Mr. White of Screven-
A bill to regulate sale of seed cotton in Screven county.
The folowing resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :
By Mr. Brown of OglethorpeA resolution to make House bill No. 481 a special
order;
By Mr. Edwards of Habersham-
A resolution to make House bill No. 409 a special order.
By Mr. Ryals of Bibb-
A resolution to make House bill No. 593 a special order.
By Mr. Bell of FultonA resolution extending the hall of the House to the .
National Association of Rural Letter Carriers.
The following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Wilkes of 7th district-
A bill to amend the charter of the town. of Norman Park.

JouRNAL oF THE House. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the pasage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.
The bill havirig received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Hayes of 13th district-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Oglethorpe.
The report of the committee, which wa:- favorable tn the passage of the bill, was agreeu to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Wilkes of 7th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Thomasville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit :

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911

By Messrs. Tyson and Rountree-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Swainsboro.

The House concurred m the Senate substitute to the above bill.

By Mr. Morris of wayne-

A bill to incorporate the town of Screven, m Wayne county.

The Senate amendment to the above bill was concurred in.

By Messrs. Hall, Ryals and Fow_ler-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Macon to close up and sell certain portions of streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Macon.
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 120, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. White of Madison-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville.
The report of the committee. which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Galloway of Walton-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethlehem.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Galloway of WaltonA bill to repeal the charter of the town of Bethlehem.

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 o.
The bill having received the requisite cohstitutional n~ajority was passed.

By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-
A bill to amend section 982, volume 1 of the Code so as to add the Bank of Rockdale to the list of State depositories.

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

O'n the p~ssage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays o.
. The bill having received the teq!lisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Holder and FlanniganA bill to amend an Act to create a board of commis-
sioners of roads and revenues for Jackson 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 97, nays o.
lfhe bill having reecived the requisite constitutional rnajority was passed.
By Mr. Way of PulaskiA bill to amend an Act to provide for a county solic-
itor of Pulaski 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 125, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Guyton of Effingham-
A bill to amend section 982 of the Code so as to make
the Effingham County Bank a State depository.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Strickland of Pike-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Barnesville male and female high school.
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 120, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed

By Mr. S,trickland of Pike-
A bill to authorize the city of Barnesville to establish and maintain a system of public schools.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

On motion of Mr. Tyson of Emanuel, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

-WE~NF:SDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.

ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, August 14, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Calbeck,

Edwards,

Adams of Elbert, Callaway,

Ellison,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Estes,

Adkins,

Cannon,

Farran,

Altxander,

Chamlee,

Flander3,

Allen,

Clark,

Flannigan,

Anderson of Bulloch, Clifton,

Foster,

Anderson of Cobb, Collum,

Fowler,

Ashley,

Cook of ~hat'hoochee, Fraser,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Frier,

Atwater,

Cooke of Thomas, Fullbright,

Austin,

Covington,

Furr,

Ballard,

Couch,

Galloway,

Barksdale,

Cowan,

Geer,

Barrett,

Crumbley,

Gibson,

Barrow,

Culbreth,

Glenn,

Bell,

Daniel,

Godley,

Berry,

Davis,

Goode,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Guyton,

Bond,

Dean,

Hall,

Bowen,

- Dickey,

Hamilton,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Hardeman,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Harris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Haywood,

Buchannon,

Duggan,

Heard,

B.urkhalter,

Dykes,

Hill,

Burwell,

Eaves,

Hines,

Butt,

Edmondson,

Holder,

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Howard,

Nix,

Stubbs,

Hubbard,

Nowell,

Sumner,

Huff,

Odum,

Swillin,.,

Huie,

Orr,

Taylor of Appling, -

Hullender,

Parker,

Taylor of Sumter,

Jackson.

Parrish,

Terrell,

Johnson of Jaspt:I, Payton,

Thorne,

Johnson of Jeff Davis,. Perry,

Thurman,

Johnson of Towns, Persons,

Tift,

Jones of Meriwether, Peterson,

Townsend,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Kendall,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Kendrick,

Price of Bartow, Tyson,

Lee,

Price of Oconee,

Walker of Lowndes,

Liv.ely,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Washington,

Lunsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

Ward,

McCarthy,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Warnell,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Randolph, Watkins,

McMahan,

Rountree,

Way,

McMichael,

Russell,

White of Madison,

McMullan,

Ryals,

White of Screven,

. ~[cWilliams,

Shaw,

Whitley,

Martin,

Sheffield,

Williams of Dodge,

Massengale,

Simmons,

Williams of Laurens,

Maxwell,

Slade.

Wilson,

Mays,

Slater,

Wise,

Mercer,

Smith of Calhoun, Wootten,

Moore,

Smith of Campbell, Wright of Floyd,

Morris,

Stephens,

Wright of Richmond,

Mundy,

Stewart,

Young,

N eel,

Strickland,

Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Jour:nal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

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

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A resolution to fix House bills Nos. 382 and 383 as special orders.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for two weeks' session of Early county superior court.
Also a bill to place the territory embraced in corporate limits of Hapeville, Fulton county, Georgia, under control of county board of education.
Also a bill to incorporate the town of Haralson, m Coweta and Meriwether counties.
Also a bill to authorize the city of Athens to tssue bonds to the amount of $.75,000.
Also a bill repealing an Act regulating sale of liquors in county of Screven.
Also a bill to provide a new charter for town of East Point.
Also a bill to repeal an Act to establish the city court of Wrightsville, in Johnson county.
Also a bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Vienna.
Also a bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Monticello.

JouRNAL o:tt THt HouSJC.
Also a blil to amend an Act to establish the city court of Pelham.
Also a bill to abolish the county court of Newton county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Maysville.
Also a bill to change the time of holding the superior court of Jasper county.
Also a bill to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton county to issue $300,000 of the bonds of said county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Roopville.
Also a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Carroll county.
Also a bill to authorize the mayor and council of Carrollton to enforce rules and regulations over the Agricultural and Industrial College grounds of 4th congressional district.
Also a bill to create the office of solicitor of county court of Quitman county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Lawrenceville.
Also a bill to amend the charter of the Citizens Bank of Athens, Ga.
Also a bill to repeal an Act incorporating, Pineview school district.
Also a bill to amend the charter of town of -Pineview.

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Also a bill to amend an Act creating a board pf commissioners of roads and revenues for Emanuel county.

Also a bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of BraswelL

Also a bill to provide a home for indigent old women.

Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Royston.

Also a bill to incorporate the town of Bushnell.
Also a bill to provide for election of the judge and solicitor of city court of Richmond county.
Also a bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for county of Richmond.
Also a bill to incorporate town of Hazelhurst.
Also a bill to amend 'an Act establishing the city court of Newnan.
Also a 'bill to amend the charter of Boston.

Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Boston.

'
Also

a

bill

to

amend

section

982

of

volume

1

of

Code

of

1895

Also a bill to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Pike county.

Also a bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
Also a bill to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.

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Also a bill to repeal an Act to establish the city court of Fitzgerald.
Also a bill to establish the city court of Fitzgerald.
Also a bill to establish a public school system in the town of Talbotton.
Also a bill to protect fish and provide manner of fishing in Fayette county.
Also a bill to incorporate Covington Mills, in Newton county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Auburn.
Also a bill to amend the charter of town of Lawson.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Kennesaw, in Cobb county.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Marietta.
Also a bill to amend the charter of Newnan.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House as amended, to wit:
A bill to transfer Laurens county from the Ocmulgee to the Oconee circuit.

Also a bill to am~nd an Act establishing the city cour~

of Cordele in the county of Crisp.



Also a bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of McRae, in the city of McRae and the county of Telfair.
Also a bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Brunswick.

Also a bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Griffin in Spalding county.
Also a bill to amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts granting corporate authority to the town of Fort Valley.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to require the Insurance Commissioner to refuse license to foreign insurance companies in certain <eases.

A bill to amend section 67r of the 3d volume of the Code of r895.
A b111 to amend an Act to establish the city court of Abbeville.

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

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.Mr.. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing in the State of Georgia.

Messrs. Hall and Dunbar, of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following minority report on the "Disfranchisement bill :"

Mr. Speaker:
As members of. the Committee on amendments to the Constitution we dissent from the recommendations .of a majority of the committee, which is favorable to the passage of Senate bill No. seventy ( 70), and file this, a minority report, against the passage of the bill, and recommend that it do not pass.
J OS. H. HALL,
HAL G. NowELL.
The following continuing special order was again taken up, to wit..
By Mr. Felder of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Constitution of this State by re-pealing section r, article 2 of the Constitution and inserting in lieu thereof a new section of nine paragraphs prescribing the qualifications for electors, providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.

The previous question was called and the main question ordered on the bill and pending amendments.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.
The following amendment~ were offered, to wit:

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
To amend paragraph 5, page 3 of printed bill by striking from lines 40 and 41 the words "The right to register under subdivision 3 of paragraph 4 shall continue only until January I, 1910."
On the adoptioa of the above amendment the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams 6f Elbert, Candler,

Fagan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Flanders,

Adkins,

Chamlee,

Flannigan,

Alexander,

Clark.

Fostoer,

Allen,

Clifton,

Fowler,

Anderson of Bulloch, Collum,

Fraser,

Anderson of Cobb, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Frier,

Ashley,

Cook of Telfair,

Fullbright,

Atkinson,

Cooke of Thomas, Furr,

Atwater,

Covington,

Geer,

Austin,

Couch,

Gibson,

Ballard,

Cowan,

Glenn,

Barksdale,

Crumbley,

Godley,

Barrett,

Culbreth,

Goode,

Bell,

Daniel,

Guyton,

Berry,

Davis,

Hall,

Blackburn,

Davison,

Hamilton,

Bond,

Dean,

Hardeman,

Bowen,

Dickey,

Harris,

Boyd,

Donalson,

Haywood,

Brown of Carroll, Dorminy,

Heard,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dunbar,

Hill,

Buchannon,

Duggan,

Hines,

Burkhalter,

Dykes,

Holder,

Burwell,

Eaves,

Howard,

Butt,

Edmondson,

HubbarJ,

Calbeck,

Edwards,

Huff,

Callaway,

Estes,

Huie,

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Hullender,

-Orr,

Stubbs,

Jackson,

Parker,

Swilling,

Johnson of Jasper, Parrish,

Taylor of Appling.

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Payton,

Taylor of Sumter,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Terrell,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Thorne,

Jones of Mitchell, Peterson,

Thurman,

Keith,

Pope of Brooks.

Townsend,

Kendall,

Pope of Dade,

Tracy,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Trent,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Tnggle,

Lively,

Price of Oconee,

Tyson,

Lumsden,

Reid of Macon,

Walker of Lowndes,

Lunsford,

Reid of Putnam, Walker of Milton,

McCarthy,

Reid of Wilcox,

Walker of Washington,

Mcintyre,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Ward,

McMahan,

Rogers of Randolph, Warnell,

McMichael,

Rountree,

Watkins,

Mc1v1Uilan,

Russell,

Way,

McWilliams,

Ryals,

White of Madison,

Martin,

Shaw,

'White of Screven,

Massengale,

Sheffield,

Whitley,

Mays,

Simmons,

Williams of Dodge,

Mercer,

Slade,

Williams of Laurens,

Moore,

Slater,

Wilson,

Morris,

Smith of Calhoun, Wise,

Mundy,

Smith of Campbell, Wootten,

Nee!,

Stephens,

Wright of Fhwd.

Nix,

Stewart,

Wright of Richmo:-~cl,_

Odum,

Strickland.

Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Galloway,

Nowell,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barrow, Ellison,

Maxwell, Sumner,

Tift, Mr. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the vote it was found that the ayes were 174, nays 3

The amendment was therefore adopted.

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By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

To amend by striking the words "or 3,'' in line 48, and insert the word "or" between the figures "I and 2" in line 48.

By Mr. Brown of Carroll-
To amend by striking out the words "subdivision 3 or"in line 44 and by striking words "or 3" in line 48 of said paragraph.
By Mr. Dunbar-

To amend paragraph 5, section I, by inserting in line 17, after figure "2," the words "of paragraph 4"

By Mr. Dunbar-

To amend paragraph 4, section 1, by striking the word "the" in line 2 before word "elector" and insert the word "an."

On motion of Mr. Hines the House reconsidered its action in calling the previous question.

On motion of Mr. Dunbar the session of the House was extended until the "Disfranchisement bill" could be disposed of.

Mr. Dunbar then called the previous question on bill and pending amendments, which call was sustained and main question ordered.

The. following amendment was adopted:

JoURNAl. OF THE HOUSE.
By the Committee-
To amend by striking from paragraph 8, section I the words "or a mass meeting."

Messrs. Payton of Worth and Geer of Miller offered the following substitute for Senate bill No. 70, known as the "Disfranchisement bill," which was lost, to wit:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend article 2, section 2, paragraph I of the Constitution of this State, and for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Ass.embly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the ~ame, That from and after the passage of this Act article 2, section 2, paragraph I of the Constitution of this State is amended as follows: "All negroes, mulattoes, mestizos, and their descendants, having one-eighth negro or African blood in their veins," so that said section when amended shall read as follows :
"Article 2, Section 2, Registration 5738. Paragraph I, Registration: who Disfranchised. The General Assembly may provide, from time to time, for the registration of all electors, but the following classes of persons shall not be permitted to register, vote or hold any office or appointment of honor or trust in this State, to wit : (I) Those who shall have been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason against the State, of embezzlement of public funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or of any crime involving moral turpitude, punishable by the laws of this State with imprisonment in the penitentiary, unless such person shall have been pardoned; ( 2) idiots and insane persons; ( 3) all negroes, mulattoes, mestizos and their descendants, having one-eighth negro or African blood in their veins." .

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 14, 1907.

927

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That th~ Governor be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in this Act to a vote of the people as required by. the Constitution of this State in paragraph one of section one of article thirteen, and if ratified the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in. the manner as in cases of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion of the daily papers of this State announcing such result, and declaring the amendments ratified.

Sec. 3 Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which \Vas favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, 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.-

Adams of Chatham, Ballard,

Butt,

Adams of Elbert, Barksdale,

Calbeck,

Adams of Wilkinson, Bell,

Callaway,

Adkins,

Blackburn,

Candler,

Alexander,

Bond,

Cannon,

. Allen,

Bowen,

Chamlee,

Anderson of Bulloch, Boyd,

Clark,

Anderson of Cobb, Brown of Carroll, Clifton,

Ashley,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Collum,

Atkinson,

Buchannan,

Cook of Chat'hoochee,

Atwater,

Burkhalter,

Cook of Telfair,

Austin,

Burwell,

Cooke of Thomas,

JouRNAL oF THE HousE.

Cevington. Couch, Cowan, Culbreth, Daniel. Davis, Davison. Dean, Dickey, Donal'son, Dorminy, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Estes, Fagan, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fowler, Fraser, Frier, Furr, Gibson, Glenn, Guyton, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Haywood, Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder, Hubbard, Huie, Hullender, Jackson,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Russell,

Johnson of Towns, Ryals,

Jones of Meriwether, Shaw,

Jones of Mitchell, Sheffield,

Keith,

Slade,

Kendall,

Slater,

Kendrick,

Smith of Calhoun,

Lee,

Smith of Campbell,

Lively,

Stewart,

Lunsford,

Strickland,

McCarthy,

Stubbs,

Mcintyre,

Sumner,

McMahan,

Swilling,

McMichael,

Taylor of Appling,

McMullan,

Taylor of Sumter,

McWilliams,

Terrell,

Martin,

Thorne,

Massengale,

Thurman,

Mays,

Townsend,

Mercer,

Tracy,

Moore,

Trent,

Morris,

Tuggle,

Mundy,

Tyson,

Nix,

Walker of Lowndes,

Odum,

Walker of Milton,

Orr,

Walker of Washington,

Parker,

Ward,

Parrish,

Warnell,

Perry,

Watkins,

Persons,

Way,

Peterson,

White of Madison,

Pope of Brooks,

White of Screven,

Pope of Dade,

Whitley,

Powell,

Williams of Dodge,

Price of Bartow, Williams of Laurens,

Price of Oconee,

Wilson,

Reid of Macon,

Wise,

Reid of Putnam, Wootten,

Reid of Wilcox,

Wright of Floyd,

Rogers of Randolph, Wright of Richmond,

Rountree.

Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Berry, Crumbley,

Fullbright, Gallov:ay,

Geer, Godley,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.

929

Goode, Hall, Howard, Huff,

Johnson of Jasper, Lumsden, Nee),

Nowell, Rogers of Mcintosh, Stephens,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Barrett, Barrow, Ellison,

Maxwell, Payton, S1mmons,

Tift, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 159, nays 16.

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

By unanimous eonsent the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 2:45 o'clock this afternoon.

2:45 O'CLOCK P. M. The House reconvened at this hour and w~s called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call. of the roll was dispensed with.
By Mr. Mercer of Tet:_rell-
A resolution to relieve Terrell county from paying taxes on dispensaries for 1907.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to
the passage of the resolution, wis agreed to.
59h j

JouRNAl. oJt THE HousE.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 103, nays o.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the "Disfranchisement bill" passed this morning was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By unanimous consent pension resolutions were made the special order to follow the special order already set.
By unanimous consent House local bills were made the special order to follow the passage of pension resolutions.
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. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to investigate and determine by what contract, agreement, or other source, the Southern Railway Company controls the Central of Georgia Railway Company.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole, and designated as chairman Mr. Alexander of DeKalb.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
..

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.

931

The following amendments were adopted:

By Mr. Hardeman-
To amend by striking out the first "resolve" and in line 2 thereof the words "The Governor of this State is" and inserting "The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate are," and by striking out in line 3 of 1st "Resolved" and in 3d line thereof the words "a commission of three fit and proper persons, citizens of this State," and inserting in lieu thereof "a committee of five members of the General Assembly, three from the House and two from the Senate."
To amend further by inserting in line 2 on the 4th page between words commission and the words "when requested to do so by said cotnmittee," and to strike out all appearing in 7th "resolve" after worr' investigation in line 3 Also,
To amend further by striking 8th "resolve" and inserting "The members of said committee shall receive four dollars per day each for the service rendered by them as members of such committee for each day that said committee is actually in session, and in addition thereto said committee shall receive their actual and necessary tra;elling expenses, but the said travelling expenses shall not be paid by the Treasurer until the same are audited by the Auditing Committee of each house of the General Assembly." Also,
To amend by adding "Said committee are further instructed to make a full report of all their findings at the next session of the General Assembly, together with the evidence taken by it, and if it should find that said section of the Constitution and laws of this State has been violated in said manner by a corporation, it shall specify

93.2

JOURNAL Olt TH:It HOUS~.

said corporation and in what said violation consists, and shall recommend to the General Assembly what action, if any, should be taken by the General Assembly to enforce the laws and Constitution of this State prohibiting the above recited acts of said corporation."

By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
To amend by adding at the end of 4th resolve the fol..: lowing: "Said committee shall have the power to sit at any place in the United States to hear evidence hereunder."

By Mr. Hardeman-

Resolved further, That said commrsswn shall have like powers to investigate any other case which may, in the opinion of the Governor, be of the same general character, and in such event all the provisions of the first resolution are hereby made applicable. Also,

To amend the attached amendment as follows: By striking out in lines four and five of the amendment the word Governor and insert in lieu thereof the words "said committee."

By Mr. Hardeman-
To amend by inserting in first resolve and in line 7, between words "company" and "owns," the following "or other corporation or corporations, person or persons, other than stockholders of the Central Railway Company of Georgia.'_'

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.

. 933

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were t22, nays o.

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

By unanimous consent the afternoon session was extended until certain special orders asked for by Mr. Candler could be disposed of. House bills 453, 256 and Senate bills for second reading, and a local bill by Mr. Thurman of Vvalker were set, by unanimous consen( to follow the first special order mentioned.
-
Mr. Perry, chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report :

Report of Committee on Amendments to Constitution:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Amendments to Constitution have instructed me to report that Senate bill No. 63 be reported back with a recommendation that the same do pass.
H. H. PERRY, Chairman.

The following pension resolutions were put upon their passage under the head of a special order, to wit:

By Mr. McMichael of MarionA resolution to pay pension due Newton Harris.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Persons of Monroe.

934

JouRNAL OF THE HouSE.

After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and on taking the ballot viva voce the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Davis,

Alexander,

Davison,

Anderson of Cobb, Dean,

Atkinson,

I::ickey,

Barksdale.

Duggan,

Barrett,

Eaves,

Bell,

Edmondson,

Blackburn,

Edwards,

Bond,

Estes,

Bower!,

Fagan,

Brown of Carroll, Flanders.

Brown of Oglethorpe, Flannigan,

Buchannan,

Foster,

Burkhalter,

Fowler,

Butt,

Fraser,

Calbeck,

Galloway,

Callaway,

Gibson,

Candler,

Glenn,

Cannon,

Godley,

Chamlee,

Hamilton,

Clark,

Harris,

Clifton,

Heard,

Collum,

Hill,

Cook of Telfair,

Hines,

Cooke of Thomas, Holder.

Covington,

Howard,

Couch,

Hubbard,

Cowan,

Huff,

Daniel.

Huie,

Hullender, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Johnson of Towns, Jones of Mitchell, Kendrick, Lee, Lively, Lumsden, Lunsford, McCarthy, McMahan, McMichael, Martin, Massengale, Morris, Mundy, Nee!, Nowell, Orr, Parrish, Persons, Peterson. Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of \Vilcox, Rogers of Mcintosh, Rogers of Randolph,

\VEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.

935

Rountree, Ryals, Sheffield, Simmons, Smith of Campbell, 5tephens, Stewart, Stubbs,

Sumner,

Ward,

Swilling,

\Varnell,

Taylor of Appling, Watkins,

Terrell,

\Vay,

Thorne,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Townsend,

Wootten,

Trent,

Wright of Floyd,

\Valker of Washington, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Fullbright,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Goode,

Reid of Putnam,

Adams of Elbert, Guyton,

Russell,

Adams of Wilkinson, Hall,

Shaw,

Allen,

Hardeman,

Slade,

Anderson of Bulloch, Haywood,

Slater,

Ashley.

Jackson,

Smith of Calhoun,

Atwater,

Johnson of Jaspt:r, Strickland,

Austin,

Ton<.'' <'f Meriw('ther. Taylor of Sumter,

Ballard,

Keith,

Thurman,

Barrow,

Kendall,

Tift,

Berry,

Mcintyre,

Tracy,

Boyd,

1\Idiullan,

Tuggle,

Burwell,

!lfcWilliams,

Tyson,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Maxwell,

\Valker of Lowndes,

Crumbley,

Mays,

Walker of Milton,

Culbreth,

:Mercer,

White of Madison,

Donalson,

Moore,

\Vhite of Screven,

Dorminy,

Nix,

Whitley,

Dunbar,

Odum,

Williams of Dodge,

Dykes,

Parker,

Wil>on,

Ellison.

Payton,

Wise,

Frier,

Perry,

\Vright of Richmond,

Furr,

Powell,

:Mr. Speaker.

Geer,

Reid of Macon,

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

JoURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were I II, nays I.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution to pay pension due Mrs. E. J. Burgess.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Fullbright of Burke.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Burwell,

Alexander,

Butt,

Allen,

Calbeck,

Anderson of Cobb, Callaway,

Atkinson,

Candler,

Barksdale,

Chamlee,

Barrett,

Clark,

Bell,

Cooke of Thomas,

Blackburn,

Covington,

Bond,

Couch,

-Brown of Carroll, Cowan,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Daniel,

Buchannan,

Davis,

Burkhalter,

Davison,

Dean, Dickey, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edwards, Estes, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster. Fowler, Fraser, Fullbright,

"WEDNESDAY, AUGUST q, 1907.

937

Galloway,

McCarthy,

Gibson,

1\IcMahan,

Glenn,

McMichael,

Guyton,

McWilliams.

Hamilton,

Martin,

Harris,

Massengale,

Heard,

Mays,

Hill,

Mundy,

Hines,

X eel.

Holder,

Orr,

Howard,

Parrish,

Hubbard,

Pope of Dade,

Huie,

Price of Bartow,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Wilcox,

Jones of Mitchell, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Keith,

Rogers of Randolph,

Kendrici<,

Rountree,

Lee,

Russell,

Lively,

Ryal~.

Lumsde'1,

Sheffield,

Lunsford,

Slater,

Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thorne, T<acy, Trent, Walker of Milton, vValker of Washington, \Vard, \Varnell, Watkins, Way, White of Screven, Williams of Laurens, \Vootten, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Dorminy,

Maxwell,

Adams of Elbert, Edmondson.

rvrercer,

Adams of Wilkinson, Ellison.

Moore,

Anderson of Bulloch, Fagan,

Morris,

Ashley,

Frier.

Nix,

Atwater,

Furr,

Nowell,

Austin,

r.eer,

Odum,

Ballard,

Godley,

Parker,

:::arrow,

Goode,

Payton,

Berry,

Hall,

Perrv,

Bowen,

Hardeman,

Persons,

Boyd,

Haywood,

Peterson,

Cannon,

Huff,

Pope of Brooks,

Clifton,

Jackson,

Powell,

Collum,

Johnson of Jasper, Price oi Oconee,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Johnson of Towns, Reid of Macon,

Cook of Telfair,

Jones of Meriwether, Shaw,

Crumbley,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Culbreth,

Jl'lcintyre,

Slade,

Donalson,

McMullan,

Smith of Calhoun,

JoURNAL Olt THE HouSE.

Strickland, Taylor of Sumter, Thurman, Tift, Townsend,

Tuggle, Tyson, Walker of Lowndes, White of Madison, Whitley,

Williams of Dodge, 'Nilson, Wise, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 108, nays o.

The resolution having recived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Blackburn and Davison.

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Bruce.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Butt.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Austin,

Alexander,

Barksdale,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrett,

Anderson of Cobb, Bell,

Atkinson,

Blackburn,

Bond,
.3cwen~
Brown of Oglethorpe, Buchannon, Burkhalter,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907

939

Butt, Cal beck, Callaway, Chamlee, Clark, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Couch, Cowan, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Dean, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Este!: Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fowler, Fraser, Fullbright, Galloway, Gibson, Glenn, Godley, Goode, Hamilton,

Ha~:ris,

Reid of Wilcox,

Heard,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Hines.

Roge~s of Randolph,

Holder,

Rountree,

Howard,

Ryals,

Hubbard,

Sheffield,

Huie,

Simmons,

Hullender,

Slade,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Slater,

Jones of Mitchell, Smith of Campbell,

Keith,

Stephens,

Kendrick,

Stewart,

Lee,

Sumner,

Lively,

Swilling,

Lumsden,

Taylor of Appling,

Lunsford,

Terrell,

McMahan,

Thorne,

McMichael,

Thurman,

McWilliams,

Townsend,

Martin,

Tracy,

Mays,

Trent,

Mundy,

Walker of Milton,

Nee!,

Walker of Washington,

Odum,

Ward,

Orr,

Warnell,

Parrish,

Watkins,

Peterson,

Way,

Pope of Brooks,

Williams of Laurens,

Pope of Dade,

Wootten,

Price of Bartow, Wright of Floyd,

Price of Oconee,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Brown of Carroll, Dickey,

Adams of Elbert, Burwell,

Donalson,

Adams of Wilkinson, Candler,

Dorminv,

Allen,

Cannon,

Ellison,

Ashley,

Clifton,

Fagan,

A~water,

Collum,

Frier,

Ballard,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Furr,

Barrow,

Covington,

Geer,

Berry,

Crumbley,

Guyton,

Boyd,

Culbreth,

Hall,

I

940

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Hardeman,

Moore,

Haywood,

Morris,

Hill,

Nix,

Huff,

Nowen;

Jackson,

Parker,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Kendall,

Powe11,

McCarthy,

Reid of Macon,

Mcintyre,

Reid of Putnam,

McMullan,

Russell,

Massengale,

Shaw,

Maxwell,

Smith of Calhoun,

Mercer,

Strickland,

Stubbs, Taylor of Sumter, Tift, Tuggle, Tyson, \Valker of Lowndes, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Wilson, \Vise, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 109, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-

A resolution to pay pension due Robert T. Cowan.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Huie of Clayton.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The committee proposed to amend by adding "who was married to him in 1859."

WEDNESDAY, AucusT 14, 1907.

941

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays ~vere ordered, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Edmondson,

Massengale,

Adkins,

Edwards,

Mays,

Alexander,

Estes,

Morris,

Allen,

Fagan,

Mundy,

.Anderson of Bulloch, Flanders,

N eel,

Anderson of Cobb, Foster,

Nowell,

Atkinson,

Fowler,

Orr,

Austin,

Fraser,

Parrish,

Barksdale,

Fullbright,

Pope of Brooks,

Barrett,

Galloway,

Pope of Dade,

Bell,

Gibson,

Price of Bartow,

Blackburn.

Glenn,

Reid of Wilcox,

Bond,

Godley,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Bowen, .

Goode,

Rogers of Randolph,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Guyton,

Rountree,

Buchannan,

Harris,

Ryals,

Burkhalter,

Heard,

Sheffield,

Burwell,

Hill,

Simmons,

Calbeck,

Hines,

Slater,

Callaw:w.

Holder,

Smith of Campbell,

Candl~r.

Hubbard,

Stewart,

Chamlee,

Huff,

Sumner,

Clark,

Hullender,

Swilling,

Cook of Telfair,

Johnson of Jeff DaTis. Thorne,

Cooke of Thomas, Jones of Mitchell, Thurman,

Couch,

Keith,

Tracy,

Cowan,

Kendrick,

Trent,

Daniel,

Lee,

Walker of Milton,

Davis,

Lively,

Walker of Washington,.

Davison,

Lumsden,

Ward,

Dean,

Lunsford,

Watkins,

Dorminy.

McCarthy,

Williams of Laurens,

Dunbar,

McMahan,

Wright of Floyd,

Duggan,

McMichael,

Young,

Eaves,

Mc\Villiams,

942

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Hardeman,

Russell,

Adams of Wilkinson, Haywood,

Shaw,

Ashley,

Howard,

Slade,

Atwater,

Huie,

Smith of Calhoun,

BallarJ,

Jackson,

Stephens,

Barrow,

T~hnson of Jasper, Strickland,

Berry,

Johnson of Towns, Stubbs,

.Bo) tl,

.Tones of 1Heriwether, Taylor of Appling,

Brown of Carroll, Kendall,

Taylor of Sumter,

Butt,

Mcintyre,

Terrell,

Cannon,

McMullan,

Tift,

Clifton,

Martin,

Townsend,

Collum,

Maxwell,

Tuggle,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Mercer,

Tyson,

Covington,

Moore,

Walker of Lowndes,

Crumbley,

Nix,

Warnell,

Culbreth,

Odum,

Way,

Dickey,

Parker,

White of Madison,

Donalson,

Payton,

White of Screven,

Dykes,

Perry,

Whitley,

Ellison,

Persons,

Williams of Dodge,

Flannigan,

Peterson,

Wilson,

Frier,

Powell,

Wise,

Furr,

Price of Oconee,

\Vootten,

Geer,

Reid of Macon,

Wright of Richmond,

Hall,

Reid of Putnam, Mr. Speaker.

Hamilton,

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 104, nays o.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Brown of CarrollA resolution to pay pension due Harris Fuller.

WEDNESD-AY, AuGusT 14, 1907.

943

An appropriatiot;t being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Heard of Dooly.

After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.Adkins.

Davison,

Alexander,

Dean,

Anderson of Bulloch, Dorminy,

Anderson of Cobb, Duggan,

Ashley,

Dykes,

Atkinson,

Eaves,

Austin,

Edmondson,

Barksdale,

Edwards,

Barrett,

Estes,

Bell,

Fagan,

Blackburn,

Flanders,

Bond,

Flannigan,

Bowen,

Foster,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Fowler,

Buchannon,

Fraser,

Burkhalter,

Fullbright,

Calbeck,

Galloway,

Callaway,

Gibson,

Candler,

Glenn,

Chamlee,

Godley,

Clark,

Goode,

Cook of Telfair,

Guyton,

Cooke of Thomas, Hall,

Covington,

Harris,

Cowan,

Heard,

Daniel,

Hubbard,

Davis,

Huff,

Huie, Hullender, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Jones of Mitchell, Keith, Kendrick, Lee, Lively, Lumsden, McCarthy, McMahan, McMichael, Massengale, Mays, Morris, Mundy, Nee!, Nowell, Orr, Parrish, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Wilcox, Rogers of Mcintosh,

944

JouRNAL o~ TH~ Hous~.

Rogers of Randolph,
Rountree, Ryals, Sheffield, Simmons, f1ade, Slater, Stephens,

Stewart, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tracy,

Trent, '.Valker of Milton, Walker of \Vashington, Ward, \Vatkins, Williams of Laurens, Wright of Richmond, Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Hamilton,

Powell,

Adams of Elbert, Hardeman,

Reid of Macon,

Adams of Wilkinson, Haywood,

Reid of Putnam,

Allen,

Hill,

Russell,

Atwater,

Hines,

Shaw,

Ballard,

Holder,

Smith of Calhoun,

Barrow,

Howard,

Smith of Campbell,

Berry,

Jackson,

Strickland,

Boy..t,

Johnson of Jasper, Stubbs,

Brown of Carroll, Johnson of Towns, Taylor of Sumter,

Burwell,

Jones of Meriwether, Tift,

Butt,

Kendall,

Townsend,

Cannon,

Lunsford,

Tuggle,

Clifton,

Mcintyre,

Tyson,

Collum,

McMull:m,

Walker of Lowndes,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, McWilliams,

\Varnell,

Couch,

Martin,

Way,

Crumbley,

Maxwell,

White of Madison,

Culbreth,

Mercer,

White of Screven,

Dickey,

Moore,

Whitley,

Donalson,

Nix,

Williams of Dodge,

Dunbar,

Odum,

Wilson,

Ellison,

Parker,

\Vise,

Frier, FmG

Payton,
Perr~

\Vootten, Wright of Floyd,

Geer,

Persons,

Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 105, nays o.

WEDNESDAY, AuGuST 14, 1907.

945

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hubbard of Dawson-

A resolution to pay pension due Jno. N. Brown.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman: Mr. Mundy of Polk.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Callaway,

Alexander,

Candler,

Anderson of Bulloch, Chamlee,

Anderson of Cobb, Clark,

Atkinson,

Cook of Telfair,

Austin,

Cooke of Thomas,

Barksdale,

Covington,

Barrett,

Couch,

Bell,

Daniel,

Blackburn,

Davis,

Bond,

Davison,

Bowen,

Dean,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Dorminy,

Buchannon,

Dunbar,

Burkhalter,

Duggan,

Burwell,

I:vkes,

Butt,

Eaves,

Call-<!ck,

Edmondson,

60h

Edwards, nstes, Fagan, rlanders, Flannigan, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Galloway, Geer, Gibson, Glenn, Godley, Goode, Heard, Hill, Hines, Holder,

JouRNAL ol" THE Hous:e.

Hubbard,

Nee!,

Stewart,

Huff,

Nowell,

Sumner,

Huie,

Orr,

Swilling,

Hullender,

Parrish,

Taylor of Appling,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Peterson,

Terrell,

Jones of Mitchell, Pope of Brooks,

Thorne,

Keith,

Pope of Dade,

Thurman,

Kendrick,

Powell,

Tracy,

Lee,

Price of Bartow, Trent,

Lively,

Price of Oconee,

Walker of Milton,

Lumsden, L~nsford,

Reid of Wilcox,

Walker of Washington,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Ward.

McCarthy,

Rogers of Randolph, \Varnell,

McMahan,

Rountree,

Watkins,

McMichael,

Ryals,

Way,

McWilliams,

Sheffield,

\Vhite of Screven,

Martin,

Simmons,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Massengale,

Slade,

\Vootten,

Mays,

Slater,

Wright of Floyd,

Morris,

Smith of Campbell, Young,

Mundv,

Stephens,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Ellison.

11\'loore.

Adams of Elbert, Fraser,

Nix,

Adams of Wilkinson, Frier,

Odum,

Allen,

Furr,

Parker,

Ashley,

Guyton,

Payton,

Atwater,

Hall,

Perry,

Ballard,

Hamilton,

Persons,

Barrow,

Hardeman,

Reid of Macon,

Berry,

Harris,

Reid of Putnam,

Boyd,

Haywood,

Russell,

Brown of Carroll, Howard,

Shaw,

Cannon,

Jackson,

Smith of Calhoun,

Clifton,

Johnson of Jasper, Strickland,

Collum,

Johnson of Towns, Stubbs,

Cook of Chat'hoochee. Jones of Meriwether, Taylor of Sumter,

Cowan,

Kendall,

Tift,

Crumbley,

Mcintyre,

Townsend,

Culbreth,

McMulbn,

Tuggle,

Dickey,

Maxwell,

Tyson,

Donalson,

Mercer,

Walker of Lowndes,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.

947

Whitley,

White of Madison,

Williams of Dodge, Wise,

Wilson,

Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 116, nays o.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Daniel of Jenkins-
A resolution to pay pension due B. F. Powell.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Austin.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Adkins, Alexander, Anderson of Cobb, Atkinson, Austin, Barksdale,

Barrett,

Burkhalter,

Bell,

Butt,

Blackburn,

C:!lbeck,

Bond,

Callaway,

Bowen,

Candler,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Chamlee,

Buchannon,

Clark,

JOURNAL 01" THE HOUSE.

Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Covington, Couch, Cowan, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Dean, Dunbar, Duggan, Dykes, Eaves, Edmondson, Edwards, Estes, Flanders, Flann ivan, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Galloway, <:;:lJson, Glenn, Godley, Goode, Guyton, Harris, Heard, Hill, Hines,

Holder,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Hubbard,

Rogers of Randolph,

Huff,

Rountree,

H uie,

Ryals,

Johnson of]eff Davis, Sheffield,

Jones of Mitchell, Simmons,

Keith,

Slade,

Kendrick,

Slater,

Lee,

Smith of Campbell,

Lively,

Stephens,

Lumsden,

Stewart,

Lunsford,

Sumner,

McCarthy,

Swilling,

McMahan,

Taylor of Appling,

McMichael,

Taylor of Sumter,

Mc"Williams,

Terrell,

Martin,

Thorne,

Massengale,

Thurman,

Mays,

Tracy,

Mercer,

Trent,

Mundy,

Walker of Washington,

Nee!,

Ward,

Nowell,

Warnell,

Orr,

Watkins,

Parrish,

Way,

Peterson,

White of Screven,

Pope of Brooks,

Williams of Laurens,

Pope of Dade,

Wootten,

Price of Bartow, Wright of Floyd,

Price of Oconee,

Wright of Richmond,

Reid of Wilcox,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Burwell,

Fagan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Cannon,

Fraser,

Allen,

Clifton,

Frier,

Anderson of Bulloch, Collum,

J:'urr,

Ashley, .

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Geer,

Atwater,

Crumbley,

Hall,

Ballard,

Culbreth,

Hamilton,

Barrow,

Dickey,

Hardeman,

Berry,

Donalson,

Haywood.

Boyd,

Dorminy,

Howard,

Brown of Carroll, Ellison,

Hullender,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,. 1907.

949

Jackson.

Parker,

Johnson of Jasper, Payton,

Johnson of Towns, Perry,

Jones of Meriwether, Persons,

Kendall,

Powell,

Mcintyre,

Reid of Macon,

McMullan,

Reid of Putnam,

Maxwell, .

Russell,

Moore,

Shaw,

Morris,

Smith of Calhoun,

Nix,

Strickland,

Odutn,

Stubbs,

Tift, Townsend, Tuggle, Tyson,
Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, \Vhite of Madison, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Wilson, Wise, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were I 14, nays o.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hines of Baldwin-

A bill to appropriate $25,000 to equip and repair buildings on the grounds of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville.

An apprapriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Parrish.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

The committee moved to strike the figures "$25,000" and substitute "$15,000." Also,

To amend by making one-half of the "$15,ooo" available in 1907 and the other half in 1908.

The report of the committee was agreed to.

JoURNAl, OF THt HousE.
On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fowler.

Pope of Brooks,

Adkins,

Fullbright,

Pope of Dade,

Alexander,

Galloway,

Price of Bartow,

Allen,

Gibson,

Price of Oconee,

Anderson of Cobb, Glenn,

Reid of Wilco>o.,

Atkinson,

Godley,

Rogert'l of Mcintosh,

Austin,

Goode,

Rogers of Randolph,

Barksdale,

Guyton.

Rountree,

Barrett,

Har~=s,

Ryals,

rell,

Heard,

Sheffield,

Blackburn,

Hill,

Simmons,

Bond;

Hines,

Slade,

Bowen,

Holder,

Slater,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Howard,

Smith of Campbell,

Buchannon,

Hubbard,

Stephens,

Burkhalter,

Huff.

Stewart,

Burwell,

Huie,

Sumner,

Butt,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Swilling,

Cal beck,

.Tones of Mitchell, Taylor of Appling,

Candler,

Keith,

Taylor of Sumter,

Chamlee,

Kendrick,

Terrell,

Clark,

Lee,

Thorne,

Cook of Telfair,

Lively,

Thurman,

Cooke of Thomas, Lumsden,

Tracy,

Covington,

Lunsford,

Trent,

Daniel,

McCarthy,

Tyson,

Davis,

McMahan,

Walker of Milton,

Davison,

McMichael,

Walker of Washington,

Dean,

McWilliams,

Ward,

Dunbar,

Martin,

Warnell,

Duggan,

Massengale,

Watkins,

Dykes,

Mays,

Way,

Eaves,

Morris,

White of Screven,

Edmondson,

Mundy,

Williams of Laurens,

Edwards,

Nee!,

Wise,

Estes,

Nowell,

Wootten,

Fagan,

Orr,

Wright of Floyd,

Flanders,

Parrish,

Wright of Richmond,

:'Jannigan,

Perry,

Young,

Foster,

Peterson,

WEDNESDAY, AucusT 14, 1907.

95I

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Ellison,

Odum,

Adams of Wilkinson, Fraser,

Parker,

Anderson of Bulloch, Frier,

Payton,

Ashley,

Furr,

Persons,

Atwater,

Geer,

Powell,

Ballard,

Hall,

Reid of Macon,

Barrow,

Hamilton,

Reid of Putnam,

Berry,

Hardeman,

Russen,

I:o)u,

Haywood,

Shaw,

Brown of Carroll, Hullender,

Smith of Calhoun,

Callaway,

Jackson,

Strickland,

Cannon,

Johnson of Jasper, Stubbs,

Clifton,

Johnson of Towns, Tift,

Collum,

Jones of Meriwether, Townsend,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Kendall,

Tuggle,

Couch,

Mcintyre,

Walker of Lowndes,

Cowan,

McMullan,

White of Madison,

Crumbley,

Maxwell,

Whitley,

Culbreth,

Mercer,

Williams of Dodge,

Dickey,

Moore,

Wilson,

Donalson,

Nix,

Mr. Speaker.

Dorminy,

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I 19, nays o.

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

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A resolution to appropriate $30,000 to the trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Technological School, etc.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resqlved the House into a Committee of the Whole and designated as chairman Mr. Swilling of Franklin.

952

JouRNAl. OF THE HousE.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute.

The substitute offered by the committee was adopted. The report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Eaves,

McCarthy,

Adkins,

Edmondsc.1,

McMahan,

Alexander,

Edwards,

McMichael,

Allen,

Estes,

Martin,

Anderson of Bulloch, Fagan,

Mays,

Anderson of Cobb, Flanders,

Mundy,

Atkinson,

Foster,

Nee!,

Austin,

Fowl:r,

Nowell,

Barksdale,

Fullbright,

Orr,

Barrett,

Galloway,

Parrish,

Bell,

Gibson,

Perry,

Blackburn,

Glenn,

Peterson,

Bond,

Godley,

Pope of Brooks,

Bowen,

Goode.

Price of Bartow,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Guyton,

Price of Ownee,

Buchannon,

Heard,

Reid of Wilcox,

Burkhalter,

Hill,

1\.ogers of Mcintosh,

Burwell,

Hines,

Rogers of Randolph,

Butt,

Holder,

Rountree,

Calbeck,

Howard,

Ryals,

Candler,

Hubbard,

Sheffield,

Chamlee,

Huff,

Simmons,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie

Slade,

Cooke of Thomas, Hullender,

Slater,

Covington,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Smith of Campbell~

Daniel,

Jones of Mitchell, Stephens,

Davis,

Keith,

Stewart,

Davison,

Kendrick,

Sumner,

Dean,

Lee,

Swilling,

Dunbar,

Lively,

Taylor of Appling,

Dugga:t,

Lumsden,

Taylor of Sumter,

Dykes,

Lunsford,

Terrell,

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT I4, I907

953

Thorne, Thurman, Tracy, Trent, Tyson,

Walker of Washington,Wise,

Ward,

Wootten,

Watkins,

Wright of Floyd,

Way,

Wright of Richmond,

White of Screven, Young,

Those not voling were Messrs.-:-

Adams of Elbert, Fraser, Ada~s of Wilkinson, Frier,

Parker, Payton,

Ashley,

Furr,

Persons,

Atwater,

Geer,

Pope of Dade,

Ballard,

Hall,

Powell,

Barnw,

Hamilton,

Reid of Macon,

Berry,

Hardeman,

Reid of Putnam,

Boyd,

I~arris,

Russell,

Brown of Carroll, Haywood,

Shaw,

Callaway,

Jackson,

Smith of Calhoun, .

Cannon,

Johnson of Jasper, Strickland,

Clark,

Johnson of Towns, Stubbs,

Clifton,

Jones of Meriwether, Tift,

Collum,

Kendall,

Townsend,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Mcintyre,

Tuggle,

Couch,

McMullan,

Walker of Lowndes,

Cowan,

McWilliams,

Walker of Milton,

Crumbley,

Massengale,

Warnell,

Culbreth,

Maxwell,

White of Madison,

Dickey,

Mer-er,

Whitley,

Donalson,

:~noore,

Williams of Dodge,

Dorminy,

Morris,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Ellison,

Nix,

Wilson,

Flannigan,

Odum,

Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were I I I, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

954

JouRNAL o~ TH~ Hous~.

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A resolution to appropriate money to repair old College on the grounds of the University, etc.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a Committee of the \Vhole and designated as chairman Mr. Kendrick of Taliaferro.

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
The committee proposed to amend by striking the figures "$1 5,000" wherever they occur and insert "$10,~ 000." Also,
To amend by striking word "immediately" and insert figures "1 908."
The report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Bond,

Covington,

Adkins,

Brown of Og.lethorpe, Daniel,

Alexander,

Buchannon,

Davis,

Allen,

.

Burkhalter,

Davison,

Anderson of Bulloch, Burwell,

Dean,

Anderson of Cobb, Butt,

Dunbar,

Atkinson,

C'albeck,

Dykes,

Austin,

Candler,

Eaves,

Barksdale,

Chamlee,

Edmondson,

Barrett,

Clark,

Edwards,

Bell,

Cook of Telfair,

Estes,

Blackburn,

Cooke of Thomas. Flannil[an,

- WJ.tt>NltSDAY, ~UGUST 14, 1907

955

Foster,

Lively,

Slater,

Fowler,

Lumsden,

Smith of Campbell,

Fullbright.

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Galloway,

McMahan,

Stewart,

L.bson,

McMichael,

Sumner,

Glenn,

McWilliams,

Swilling,

Godley,

Martin,

Taylor of Appling,

Goode,

1\Iays,

Taylor of Sumter,

Guyton,

Nee!,

Terrell,

Hall,

Nowell,

Thorne,

Harris,

Orr,

Thurman,

Heard,

Parrish,

Tracy,

Hill,

Perry,

Trent,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Tyson,

Holder,

Price of Bartow, Walker of Washington,

Howard,

Price of Oconee,

Ward,

Hubbard,

Reid of Wilcox,

Watkins,

Huff,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Way,

Hullender,

Rogers of Randolph, White of Screven,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Wise,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Wootten,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Wright of Floyd,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Wright of Richmond,

Lee,

Slade,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Crumbley,

Adams of Wilkinson, Culbreth,

.

Ashley, Atwater,

Dickey, Donalson,

Ballard,

Dorminy,

Barrow,

Duggan,

Berry,

Ellison,

Bowen,

Fagan,

Boyd,

Flanders,

Brown of Carroll, Fraser,

Callaway,

Frier,

Cannon,

Furr,

Clifton,

Geer,

Collum,

Hamilton,

Cook of Chat'hoochee,Hardeman,

Couch,

Haywood,

Cowan,

Huie,

Jackson, Johnson of Jasper, Johnson of Towns, Jones of Meriwether, Kendall, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMullan, Massengale, Maxwell, Mercer, Moore, Morris Mundy, Nix, Odum, Parker,

JoURNAl. OP THE HOUSE.

Payton, Persons, Peterson, Pope of Dade, Powell, "Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Russell,

Shaw, Smith of Calhoun, Strickland, Stubbs, Tift, Townsend, Tuggle,
Walker of Lowndes,

Walker of Milton, Warnell, White of Madison, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 108, nays o.

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

By Mr. McMahan of Clarke-

A bill to appropriate $rs,ooo to the trustees of the University for the use of the State Normal School at Athens.

An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved

the House Into a Committee of the Whole and designated

as chairman Mr. Tyson of Emanuel.

..

After considering the resolution the committee arose and reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass e.s amended.

The committee proposed to amend by adding at end of section r the following, "Provided, that of this appropriation the sum of $5,000 shall be available in 1907 and the sum of $ro,ooo in 1908."
The report of the committee was agreed to.

WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 14, I907

957

On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs._:_

Adams of Chatham, Fowler,

Price of Bartow,

Adkins,

Fullbright,

Price of Oconee,

Alexander,

Galloway,

Reid of Wilcox,

Anderson of Bulloch, Gibson,

Rogers of Mcintosh.

Anderson of Cobb, Glenn,

Rogers of Randolph.

Atkinson,

Godley,

Ryals,

Austin,

Goode,

Sheffield,

Barksdale,

Guyton,

Simmons,

Barrett,

Harris,

Slade,

Bell,

Heard,

Slater,

Blackburn,

Hill,

Smith of Campbell.

Brown of Oglethorpe, Hines,

Stephens,

Buchannon,

Holder,

Stewart,

Burkhalter,

Howard,

Sumner,

Burwell,

Huff,

Swilling,

Butt,

Hullender,

Taylor of Appling.

Calbeck,

Johnson of Jeff Da,Us, Taylor of Sumter,

Candler,

Jones of Mitchell, Terrell,

Chamlee,

Keith,

Thorne,

Cook of Telfair,

Kendrick.

Thurman,

Cooke of Thomas, Lee,

Tracy,

Covington,

Lively,

Trent,

Daniel,

Lumsden,

Tyson,

:;__ wis,

Lunsford,

walker of Washington~

Davison,

l\lcMahan,

Ward,

Dean,

McMichael,

Warnell,

Dunbar,

Martin,

Watkins,

Duggan,

Mays,

VVay,

Dykes,

Mundy,

White of Screven,

Eaves,

Nee!,

Wise,

Edmondson,

Now ell,

Wootten,

Estes,

Orr,

Wright of Floyd,

Flannigan,

Parrish,

Wright of Richmoni,.

Foster,

Pope of Brooks,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Allen, Adams of Wilkinson, Ahley,

Atwater, Ballard,

JoURNAL OF THE HouSE.

Barrow,

Furr,

Payton,

Berry,

Geer,

Perry,

Bond,

Hall,

Persons.

Eowen,

Hamilton,

Peterson,

Boy...;,

Hardeman,

Pope of Dade,

Brown of Carroll, Haywood,

Powell,

Callaway,

Hubbard,

Reid of Macon,

Cannon,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam,

Clark,

Jackson,

Rountree,

Clifton,

Johnson of Jasper, Russell,

Collum,

Johnson of Towns, Shaw,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Jones of Meriwether. Smith of Calhoun,

Couch,

Kendall,

Strickland,

Cowan,

McCarthy,

Stubbs,

Crumbley,

Mcintyre,

Tift,

Culbreth,

McMu:::1n,

Townsend,

Dickey,

McWilliams,

Tuggle,

Donalson,

Massengale,

Walker of Lowndes,

Dorminy,

Maxwell,

Walker of Milton,

Edwards,

Mercer,

White of Madison,

Ellison,

Moore,

Whitley,

Fagan,

Morris,

Williams of Dodge,

Flanders,

Nix,

Williams of Laurens,

Fraser,

Odum,

\Vilson,

Frier,

Parker,

Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays o.

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

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary having had under consideration the following House bills instructed

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, I907

959

me as their chainnan to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A bill to regulate sale of seed cotton in Screven county.

A bill to amend charter of Lumber City. Respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN, Chairman.

Mr. Martin, chairman of Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture having had under consideration the following House resolution, instructed nie as their chairman to report same back to the House with .the recommendation that same do pass, to wit:

A resolution that the Commissioner of Agriculture be requested to investigate the improved method of applying the Herty system.
Respectfully submitted.
L. H. 0. MARTIN, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted tne following report":

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has considered House bill No. 728, and reports that the same do pass as amended.
McMICHAEL, Chairman. August 13, 1907.

JOURNAL OP THE House_ The following local bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Covington-
A bill to create a system of public schools for the town of Funston.
Committee proposed to amend section 9 by striking out the words "tuition or" in line 6. Also,
To amend by striking words "State School Commissioner" wherever they appear in section 12 and substituting in lieu thereof "county school commissioner."
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 ay~s were 130, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Thurman of Walker-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Rossville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. White of Screven-

A bill to regulate the sale of seed cotton in Screven 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 99, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to create and establish a new charter for the city of Albany.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cook of TelfairA bill to amend an Act to incorporate Lumber City.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
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The following House bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit:
By Messrs. Thurman, Pope and Hullender-
A bill to amend paragraph 2, section 7, article 6 of the
Constitution.
By Messrs. Dean, Wright and ChamleeA resolution providing for repairs to Georgia School
for Deaf.
The following resolution was read the second time, to wit: -
By Mr. Townsend-
A resolution to pay pension due Mrs. Celia Holt.
The following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit:
By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-
A bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
The following Senate bills were read the second time and recommitted, to wit :
By Mr. Felts of 19th district-
A bill to amend section 4732 of the Code of 1895 relative to garnishment.

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By Mr. Deen of 5th district-

A bill to amend section 1844 of the Code relative to changing name or place of business of corporations.

By unanimous consent Mr. Russell of Muscogee, Collum and Thurman were added to the Penitentiary Committee.

Messrs. Johnson of- Towns and Moore of Cherokee were also added to the Penitentiary Committee by unanimous consent.

The following Senate bill was read the third time, to wit:

By Mr. Mattox of 4th district-

A bill to amend county court laws as applies to the county of .Charlton.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Fagan of Houston-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the town of Fort Valley.

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By Mr. Chamlee of FloydA bill to create a new charter for the city of Rome.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

A'l'LAN'l'A, GA:, THURSDAY, August 15, 1907.

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 ~nd the following members answered to their names :

Adams of Chatham, Bell,

Chamlee,

Adams of Elbert, Berry,

Clark,

Adams of Wilkinson, Blackburn,

Clifton,

Adkins,

Bond,

Collum,

Altxander,

Bowen,

Cook of chat'hoochee,

Allen,

Boyd,

Cook of Telfair,

Anderson of Bulloch, Brown of Carroll, Cooke of Thomas,

Anderson of Cobb, Brown of Oglethorpe, Covington,

Ashley,

Buchannon,

Couch,

Atkinson,

Burkhalter,

Cowan,

Atwater,

Burwell,

Crumbley,

Austin,

Butt,

Culbreth,

Ballard,

Calbeck,

Daniel,

Barksdale,

Callaway,

Davis,

Barrett,

Candler,

Davison,

Barrow,

Cannon,

Dean,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Russell,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Ryals,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Shaw,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Sheffield,

Duggan,

Kendrick,

Simmons,

Dykes,

Lee,

Slade,

Eaves,

Lively,

Slater,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Smith of Calhoun,

Edwards,

Lunsford,

Smith of Campbell,

Ellison,

McCarthy,

Stephens,

Estes,

Mcintyre,

Stewart,

I~""ap-an,

Mci\Iahan,

Strickland,

FlanderJ,

McMichael,

Stubbs,

Flannigan,

1\fcMullan,

Sumner,

Foster,

?dcWilliams,

Swilling,

Fowler,

Martin,

Taylor of Appling,

Fraser,

?11:assengale,

Taylor of Sumter,

Frier,

:Maxwell,

Terrell,

Fullbright,

Mays,

Thorne,

Furr,

l\Iercer,

Thurman,

Galloway,

Moore,

Tift,

Geer,

l'dorris,

Townsend,

Gibson,

Mundy,

Tracy,

Glenn,

Nee!,

Trent,

Godley,

Nix,

Tuggle,

Goode,

Nowell,

Tyson,

_ Guyton,

Odum,

Walker of Lowndes,

Hall,

Orr,

Walker of Milton,

Hamilton,

Parker,

Walker of Washington,

Hardeman,

Parrish,

Ward,

Harris,

Payton,

vVarnell,

Haywood,

Perry,

Watkins,

Heard,

Persons,

vVay,

Hill,

Peterson,

White of Madison,

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

White of Screven,

Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Whitley,

Howard,

Powell,

Williams of Dodge,

Hubbard,

Price of Bartow,

vVilliams of Laurens,

Huff,

Price of Oconee,

Wilson,

Huie,

Reid of Macon,

Wise,

Hullender,

Reid of Putnam,

Wootten,

Jackson,

Reid of Wilcox,

Wright of Floyd,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Mcintosh, Wright of Richmond,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rogers of Randolph, Young,

]ohnson of Towns, Rountree,

Mr. Speaker.

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following resolution was read by unanimous consent and adopted, to wit:
By Messrs. Lumsden and Fraser-
A resolution memorializing Congress to investigate the advisability of building levees on the Altamaha river.
By unanimous consent the following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment disagreed to, to wit:
By Mr. Cook of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to create a city court for the city of McRae.
ATLANTA, GA., August 15, 1907.
The following message was received from his excellency the Governor through his secretary, Mr. Carter:
. Mr. Speaker: His excellency the Governor has approved and signed
the following Acts, to wit :
An Act to regulate the traffic in seed cotton in Richmond county.
An Act to amend the Act creating the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Marion county.
An Act to incorporate the town of Patten, in Thomas county.

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An Act to amend an Act establishing a local school system for the town of Chipley.

An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Tift county.

An Act to amend the Act creating the board of county commissioners of Mitchell county.

An Act to repeal an Act creating the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Lee county.

An Act to provide for the removal of obstructions from the streams of Stephens county.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Winder.

An Act to amend an Act affecting the city court of Dalton.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Lithonia.
An .Act to Amend the charter of the town of Calhoun.
An Act to provide for holding four terms per year of the superior court of Gwinnett county.
An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Lyons.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Jakin.

An Act to amend the charter of Flovilla.

An Act to change the time of holding the superior court of Liberty county.

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An Act to abolish the county court of Jenkins county.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Moreland.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Newbom.
An Act to amend the charter of Douglasville.
An Act to incorporate the town of Dooling.
An Act to establish a charter for the tmvn of Lilly.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Columbus.
An Act to ratify and confirm the closing to travel of the street between the lots of the First Baptist and St. Luke's churches, in the city of Columbus.
Mr. Candler, chairman of Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Appropriations has had under con.sideration House bill No. 40, to appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars to the School for the Deaf and Dumb, to make urgent and necessary repairs on the dormitory, and I am instructed to report same back with the recommendation that it do pass.
Respectfully submitted. C. M. CANDLER, Chairman.
The undersigned members of the Committee on Appropriations submitted the follo\Ying report :

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Mr. Speaker:

\Ve, the undersigned members of the House Committee on Appropriations, recommend that the bill read a second time yesterday appropriating $5,000 for immediate repairs on dormitory building of Deaf and Dumb Asylum, be passed.
HooPER ALEXANDER, SEABORN WRIGHT, H. H. PERRY, 'vV. D. SHEFFIELD,
J. J. McMAHAN, A. J. McMULLAN, J. C. EDwARDS,
\V. A. CoviNGTON,
J. H. HALL.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the first time, to wit :

By Mr. Born of 34th district-

A bill to amend the charter of the city of Decatur.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following Senate resolution was read the second

time and adopted, to wit :



By Mr. Henderson of j9th district-
A resolution endorsing the bill of Congress by Hon.
J. Thomas Heflin', of Alabama, demanding return of
cotton tax money.
The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:

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By Mr. Edwards-

A resolution to make Senate bill No. 123 a special order.

By Mr. WiseA resolution to fix House bill 715 a special order.

By Mr. Vvright of Richmond-

A resolution to make House bills Nos. 215 and 216 special orders.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit :

By Mr. Peacock of l4th district-
A bill to amend section 982 of the Code so as to add the city of Cochran 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 105, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Dykes of Sumter-
A bill to provide for the creation of a State board of veterinary examiners.

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Mr. Holder proposed to amend by striking all that part of section 6, "protect the same," in line 6, and inserting the following: "but nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent any one who does not claim to be a veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, veterinary dentist, from receiving voluntary gifts who may treat, operate upon, or prescribe for any physical ailment in or any physical injury to or any deformity of any domestic animal."

Mr. Barrow, by striking from line 5, section 5, the word "five" and insert the word "three."

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 107, nays 4
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Dean, Wright and Chamlee-
A resolution providing for repairs to be made to the buildings of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
An appropriation being involved the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated as chairman Mr. Wootten of Wilkes.
After a consideration of the resolution the committee arose and, through its chairman, reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

Report of the committee was agreed to.

972

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On the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Edmondson,

1Id1ahan,

Adams of Wilkinson, Edwards,

Massengale,

Adkins,

Fagan,

Maxwell,

Alexander,

Flanders,

Mays,

Allen,

Flannigan,

1\foore,

Ashley,

Foster,

l\fundy,

Atkinson,

Fowler,

Nee!,

Austin,

Fraser,

Orr,

Barksdale,

Frier,

Parrish,

Barrett,

Fullbright,

Payton,

Barrow,

Galloway,

Persons,

Berry,

Geer,

Pope of Brooks,

Blackburn,-

Gibson,

Pope of Dade,

Bond,

Glenn,

Price of Bartow,

Brown of Carroll, Godley,

Price of Oconee,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Goode,

Reid of Macon,

Buchannon,

Guyton,

Reid of Putnam,

Butt,

Hall,

Reid of Wilcox,

Cal beck,

Harris,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Candler,

Haywood,

Rogers of Randolph,

Cannon,

Hill,

Russell,

Chamlee,

Holder,

Ryals,

Clark,

Howard,

Simmons,

Clifton,

HubbarJ,

Slade,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie,

Smith of Calhoun,

Cooke of Thomas, Hullender,

Stephens,

Covington,

Jackson,

Stewart,

Couch,

Johnson of Jasper, Stubbs,

Cowan,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Sumner,

Crumbley,

J ohnsori of Towns, Swilling,

Culbreth,

Jones of Meriwether, Taylor of Appling.

Daniel,

Jones of Mitchell, Terrell,

Davis,

Keith,

Thorne,

Dean,

Kendrick,

Thurman,

Dickey,

Lee,

Tracy,

Dorminy,

Lively,

Trent,

Duggan,

Lumsden,

Tyson,

Dykes,

Lunsford,

vValker of Milton,

Eaves,

Mcintyre,

\Valker of \Vashington,

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Watkins, \Vay, White of Madison, Whitley,

Williams of Dodge, \Vootten,

\Villiams of Laurens, Wright of Floyd,

Wilson,

Young,

Wise,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Hamilton,

Anderson of Bulloch, Hardeman,

Anderson of Cobb, Heard,

Atwater,

Hine.s,

Ballard,

Huff,

Bell,

Kendall,

Bowen,

l\IcCarthy,

Boyd,

McMichael,

Burkhalter,

Mc1v1ullan,

Burwell,

McWilliams,

Callaway,

Martin,

Collum,

Mercer,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Morris,

Davison,

Nix,

Donalson,

Nowell,

Dunbar,

Odum,

Ellison,

Parker,

Estes,

Perry,

Furr,

Peterson, Powell, Rountree, Shaw, Sheffield, Slater, Smith of Campbell, Strickland. Taylor of Sumter, Tift, Townsend, Tnggle, Walker of Lowndes, Ward, Warnell, \Vhite of Screven, Wright of Richmond, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll caU was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 128, nays o.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill fixing and prescribing the qualifications of railroad engineers.

974

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-
A bill to repeal an Act and all Acts amendatory thereto constituting the present charter of the city of Albany.
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 I I 5, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bills were taken up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Griffin.

By Mr. Lee of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act and all amendatory Acts to create the city court of Brunswick.
By unanimous consent the following bills were read the first time, to wit:

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By Mr. Flanders of Johnson-

A bill to provide for the establishment of a true marine at the court house in each county in this State.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Flanders of Johnson-
A bill to change sections 382, 383, 384 of the Code, which relates to changing county lines.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.
The folowing message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to establish a dispensary in the county of Clarke.
A bill to amend an Act providing for an ordinary pro hac vice in certain cases.

A bill to amend an Act creating the city court of Waycross.
A bill to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Heard.
A bill to provide for indexes in certain counties.

JoURNAL OF THE HousE.
A bill to amend an Act creating the city court of Albany.
A bill to repeal an Act prescribing the method of selling liquors in Screven county.
A bill to incorporate the town of Eastman.
A bill to create a ..new charter for city of Eastman.
A bill to amend an Act creating the city court of Eastman.
A bill to repeal an Act prescribing the mode of granting liquor licenses in the county of Screven.
A bill to prescribe the method of liquor licenses m the county of Screven.
A bill to divide the vi1lage of Summerville, m Richmond county, into four wards.
A bill to authorize official elections m the village of Summerville.
A bill to establish the city court of Fort Gaines.
A bill to repeal an Act creating county court of Clay county.
A bill to incorporate the city of Fort Gaines.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Montezuma.
A bill to amend an Act creating the city court of Camilla.

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A bill to create the city court of Covington.

A bill to provide for fixing salaries of county treasurers of counties having 75,000 population or over.
A bill to incorporate the town of Brinson.

A bill to regulate the sale ot liquor in the county of Tift.

A bill to incorporate the town of Pretoria.

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

A bill to amend the school laws of Richmond county.

A bill to regulate the compensation of elective justices of the peace in counties of certain population.

A bill to amend the charter of Elberton.

A bill to amend, revise and consolidate an Act incorporating the town of Hampton.

A bill to amend the f\ct creating a City court of Syl-. vester.

A bill to create a system of public schools in the town of Nelson.

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

A bill to incorporate the town of Gay, in the county of Meriwether.
A bill to prevent putting sawdust in the streams of Habersham county.
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A bill to amend an Act establishing public school system in town of LouisYille.
A bill to incorporate Machinery City, in the county of Cobb.
The following message was receiYed from the Senate through Mr. 1\orthen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the House as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of 1viacon.
Also a bill to revise the superior court calendar of the Cordele judicial circuit.
The following message \Yas receiYed from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions, in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to wit:
A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to appropriate money for making the necessary preliminary surveys and constructing a canal from St. Marys, Georgia, along the St. Marys and Suwanee rivers to a suitable port on the Gulf coast of Florida.
Also a resolution asking the House to return to the Senate House bill i'\o. 84 in order to correct an error.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to establish the district court of Cochran, in the county of Pulaski.
-
A bill to. amend an Act to authorize corporations or individuals owning or controlling water-powers in this State to acquire by purchase or condemnation, easements, rights of way, etc.

A bill to authorize payment of costs to proper officers for trial and conviction of convicts worked in chaingang of Emanuel county.

A bill to amend the charter of town of Decatur.
Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr; Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to wit:

An Act to increase compensation of stenographic reporters in certain counties.

An Act to authorize the town of Whitesburg to establish a system of public schools.

An Act to add the city of Lyons to list of State depositories.

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An Act to extend corporate limits of town of Ailey.
An Act authorizing city of LaGrange to close up Tanyard street.
An Act authorizing the town of Cedartown to establish a system of public schools.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Lee county.
An Act to change the time of holding superior court of Dodge county.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Covington.
An Act to add the town of 'Pembroke to list of State depositories.
An Act to amend the charter of Wrightsville.
An Act to incorporate the town of Annestown.
An Act to create and incorporate the Haralson school district.
An Act to regulate public instruction m Richmond county.
An Act to incorporate the town of Eleanor.
An Act to incorporate the town of Norristown.
An Act to provide for election of the judge and solicitor of the city court of Richmond county.

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981-

On motion of Mr. Candler, the following bill, which was the special for this morning, was taken up, to wit:

By Mr. Overstreet of 17th district-
A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission, to prescribe qualifications for membership, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the Speaker resolved the House into a committee of the whole and designated as chairman Mr. Holder, of Jackson.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose, reported pn~gress and asked leave to sit again.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Temperance having had under consideration Senate resolution No. 23, instruct me as their chairman to report the same back with recommendation that it do pass.
WRIGHT oF FLOYD, Chairman.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit :

By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 135 a special order.
The following Senate resolution was read the second time, to wit:

JOURNAL OF THE HouSE.
By :Mr. Hardman of 33d district-
A resolution endorsing bill of Hon. Charles Littlefield relatiYe to transportation of liquors under interstate commerce law.
The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Peacock of 14th district-
A resolution requesting the House to return House bill ~o. 84 to the Senate for correction.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'dock this afternoon .

3 o'CLOCK P. M.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Bell of Fulton, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional
majority the following bill of the House, by substitute, to wit:
A bill to prohibit any railroad, express, telegraph or

THURSDAY, AuGusT 15, 1907.
telephone company or any person exercising any public franchise in this St,ate frorri giving service to any one otherwise than extended to general public.
Mr. Hall, vice-chaim1an of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under considera.,tion the accompanying resolutions by Messrs. Wise of Fayette, McMichael of Marion, Perry of Hall, and Wright of Richmond, making House bills Nos. 715, 215, 216, 265 and 688 special orders, and recommend that said resolutions be adopted, and that said bills be made special orders for the afternoon session in the order named in this report. The committee further recommends that the session of the House be extended and that at 5 o'clock Senate bills be in order for first and second readings. The committee further reports that the present special order, now under consideration, be displaced to be resumed at 9 o'clock Friday, August 16th.
Respectfully submitted by HALL, Vice-Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read to wit:
By :Mr. Johnson of Jasper-
A resolution providing for a committee to investigate the increase in prices of certain articles where the freight rate on same is known to have been reduced.
The above resolution was ordered to lie on the table for one day.

JoURNAL ott THE HousE.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules, to wit:
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A resolution to make House bill No. 715 a special order.
The following bill, recommended as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to amend the tax Act for 1906 and 1907, authorizing a levy of five mills, and for other purposes.
The previous question was called and sustained.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 87, nays 7
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
On motion of Mr. Holder the House reconsidered its action in not passing the above bill.
Mr. Wright, chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee having had under consideration Senate bill Xo. ro, to regulate the speed

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of automobiles, and for other purposes, instruct me, as their chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass by substitute.
WRIGHT, Chairman.

The following special order was reported by the Committee on Rules, to wit :
By Mr. McMichael-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act providing for the creation of local tax district schools.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Hall, vice-chairman of Committee on Rules, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Rules have had under consideration House resolution No. so, and instruct me to report it back to the House with the recommendation that the same be adopted.

Respectfully submitted.

HALL, Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bill was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:

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By Mr. Williams of Laurens-

A bill to take the county of Laurens from the Ocmulgee circuit and add same to the Oconee circuit.

The following resolution, fa\:orably recommended by the Committee on Rules, was adopted, to wit:

By :Mr. Wise-
A resolution to make House bill No. 7I5 a special order.

The following bill, ''"hich was made the special order by the Committee on Rtiles, was again read and put upon its passage, to wit:

By l\Ir. Wise of Fayette-

A bill to amend the tax Act for I906 and I907, authorizing a levy of five mills, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were I I 5, nays 3
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following Senate resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Deen of 5th district-
A resolution to memorialize Congress in regard to a canal from St. Marys, Georgia, to some point in Florida.

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

By Mr. Brantley of 16th district-

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A bill authorizing the payment of costs to proper officers in conviction of conviFts in Emanuel county.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Howard of 20th district-

A bill to amend section 671, volume 3 of the Code of !895
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Wilkes of 7th district-
A bill to require the Insurance Commissioner to refuse license to foreign insurance companies in certain cases.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Farmer of 29th <strict-
A bill to amend an Act relative to the control of waterpower by corporations.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. ,.Peacock of 14th district-

A bill to establish the district court of Cochran, in the county of Pulaski.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Peacock of 14th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Abbeville.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following Senate bills were read the second time, to wit:
By Mr. Deen of 5th district-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Offerman.
By Mr. Knight of 6th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Nashville.
By Mr. Felder of 22d districtA bill to regulate the running of automobiles on the
public roads.
By Mr. Henderson of I sth district-
A bill to amend section 3, article 3 of the Constitution which provides for the number of members of the Hoctse of Representatives.
By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-
A bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing.
The following Senate resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

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By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-

A resolution memorializing Congress to extend industrial education to certain classes, and endorsing the Davis bill.

The following bill was taken up and the Senate amend-

ments non-concurred in, to wit:

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By Mr. Hall of Bibb-

A bill to require all legislative counsel and agents to register with the Secretary of State.

The following resolutions were read the first time by unanimous consent, to wit:

By Mr. Candler-
A resolution to provide for the bringing up of unfinished business of the session.

By Mr. Candler-

A resolution providing that members of General Assembly be furnished statement of unfinished business.
The following House bill was read the first time by unanimous consent, to wit:

By Mr. Tift of Dougherty-

A bill to require registration of births in this State.

Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

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The General Tax Act was again taken up on motion of Mr. \Vise of Fayette, to wit:

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-

A bill to provide for the levy_ and collection of a tax for the support of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government.

On motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, August r6, 1907.

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 of Chatham, Atkinson,

Adams of Elbert, Atwater,

Adams of Wilkinson, Austin,

Adkins,

Ballard,

Alexander,

Barksdale,

Allen,

Barrett,

Anderson of Bulloch, Barrow,

Anderson of Cobb, Bell,

Ashley,

Berry,

Blackburn, Bond, Bowen, Boyd, Brown of Carroll, Brown of Oglethorpe. Buchannon, Burkhalter, Burwell,

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Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Orr,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

Clark,

Haywood,

I'ersons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel.

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

Davison,

Johnson of Towns, Russell.

Dean,

Jones of Meriwether, Ryals,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell, Shaw,

Donalson,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Simmons,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Slade,

Duggan,

Lee,

Slater,

Dykes,

Lively,

Smith of Calhoun,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Smith of Campbell,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Stephens,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Stewart,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Strickland,

Estes,

McMahan,

Stubbs,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Sumner,

Flanders,

McMullan,

Swilling,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Taylor of Appling,

Foster,

Martin,

Taylor of Sumter,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Terrell,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Thorne,

Frier,

Mays,

Thurman,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Tift,

Furr,

Moore,

Townsend,

Gallo,\ay,

Morris,

Tracy,

Geer,

Mundy,

Trent,

Gibson,

Neel,

Tuggle,

Glenn,

Nix,

Tyson,

Godley,

Nowell,

Walker of Lowndes,

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Walker of Milton, White of Madison, Wise,

Walker of Washington, White of Screven, Wootten,

Ward,

Whitley,

Wright of Floyd,

Warnell,

Williams of Dodge, .Wright of Richmond~

Watkins,

Williams of Laurens, Young,

Way,

Wilson,

Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Joumal of
yesterday's proceedings was dispensed- with.

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was. taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Dobbs of 35th district-
A bill to require railroad companies to furnish suitable and necessary cars for the transportation of fruits and other perishable products, and for other purposes.
The committee proposed to amend the caption by adding the word "companies" after the word "railroad''" in line 5 and by adding the words "to prescribe penalties for shippers who order cars and fail to use them" after the word "cars" in line 7, also to amend by striking the word "penalties" in line 6 and inserting the words "rule and measure of damages." Also to amend section 1 by adding the words "icing, and" after word "suitable" in line 6 and by adding the word "cars" after the word "refrigerator" in said line, and by striking the word "proper" and insert the word "suitable" in said line. To amend said paragraph further by striking the word "upon" in line 7, and by striking all the remaining words in said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "whenever application is made therefor in writing by the shipper twenty-four hours in advance of the time such car or cars are wanted for loading; such application to. be filed with the nearest agent of the railroad company to the point from which shipment is to be made and it

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shall state the time and place from which shipment is desir.ed." Also to amend section 2 by striking all the words after line I and inserting the words "R. R. Co. shall fail to furnish such icing and refrigerator cars as required in section I of this Act, and the shipper places his product in carload lots, or in cases of less than carload lots, expresses to the agent of the railroad company his willingness to pay charges for carload lots, then such railroad company shall be liable for the market value of such product with interest thereon. The market value to be determined by the market value of the product, less the cost of carriage and usual expense of selling in the market to which the shipper intended shipping same, on the day such product would have arrived had the same been carried in the usual manner of transportation on schedule time for such freight. In order to avail him.:.. self of this rule of damage, the shipper shall, in writing,.. notify the agent of the railroad company of the market to which he intended to ship his product. Payment shal~ be made by the railroad company for such product within thirty days after written claim has been filed with thecompany therefor. In the event that such railroad company shall fail to make payment as herein provided or tender the correct amount thereof it shall be liable for an additional fixed sum of $50 for each car as liquidated damages for failure to perform its duty in the premises; such liquidated damages to be recovered in any cause brought for the recovery of damages on the main claim, in the event recovery is had thereon." Also to amend by adding new section,. as follows: "Section 3 Be it further enacted, That in the event the shipper fails or refuses to accept such car or cars, when furnished under condition and as herein required, he shall be liable to the railroad coq1pany for the sum of $10 per car and the cost of the first or initial icing, in the event the same is iced, and should he fail or refuse to pay same in thirty
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days after written demand therefor he shall be liable for twenty dollars instead of ten, as herein fixed, together with the cost of icing, and judgment may be rendered for said sums by any court having jurisdiction of the cause." Also to change "section 3" to "section 4"

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 r q, nays o.

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

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

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the follmYing House bill, and report the same back with recommendation that same do pass, to wit :

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

Respectfully submitted.

August r6, 1907.

H. G. NOW ELL, Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Special Judiciary Committee has had under con.side.ration the following Senate bills and, as its chairman,

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I am directed to report the same back with recommendations, as follows, to wit:

A bill entitled an Act to amend an Act auth~rizing corporations owning water-powers to condemn property of others in certain cases. Do pass as amended.

A bill entitled an Act to amend charter of Offerman, in Pierce county. Do pass.
A bill entitled an Act to establish the district court of Cochran. Do pass.
A bill entitled an Act to amend an Act cre(\ting city court of Abbeville. Do pass.

A bill entitled an Act to amend section 4732 of the Code in reference to garnishments. Do pass as amended.
A bill entitled an Act to amend section r844 of the Code in reference to manner of changing name of banks, etc. Do pass.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. B. BLACKBURN' Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.

On the call of Mr. Candler the following continuing special order was again taken up, to wit :

By Mr. Overstreet of 17th district-

A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission, to prescribe qualifications for membership, to authorize the designation of a chairman, and for other purposes.

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On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb, the Speaker again resolved the House into a committee of the whole with Mr. Hdlder of Jackson, in the chair.
After a consideration of the bill the committee arose and, through its chairman, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules:
By Mr. Barrett-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 237 a special order.
Mr. Holder of Jackson, moved that \vhen the House adjourn it adjourn to meet again at 2 :45 o'clock p.m., and that the first fifteen minutes of the session, not to include passage of general bills, be devoted to the consideration of unanimous consents.
Mr. Donalson asked unanimous consent that members who offered amendments to the bill be allowed two minutes to explain same to the House, which was granted.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 2:45 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that when the House agam went into Committee of the Whole on the above bill that individual speeches be limited to five minutes on each section and that no member be allowed to speak on a section more than once, and that debate on each section be limited to twenty minutes. Mr. Hall further moved that the committee report the bill back to the House by

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five o'clock this afternoon, and the previous question considered as ordered at that time, and that the afternoon session be extended until the House order adjournment. The motion prevailed.

3 O'CLOCK P.M.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:
By Mr. Williford of 28th district-
A bill to amend the charter of Rutledge.
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 roo, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ~ajority was passed.
By Mr. \Villiford of 34th district-
A bill to incorporate the town of Apalachee.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional :!1ajority was passed.
By Mr. Dobbs of 35th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the town of Roswell.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes \vere 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Deen of 5th district-
A bill to authorize the city of waycross to close up and deed a part of Screven avenue to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. wilkes of 7th district-
A bill to incorporate the town of Riverside.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Lashley of 40th district-

A bill to incorporate the town of :Mountain City.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 20.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Deen of 5th district-

A bill to amend charter of the town of Offerman.

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 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hayes of 13th district-

A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Montezuma.

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 100, nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Deen of 5th district-

A bill to incorporate the town of Fairfax.

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 IOo, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Henderson of I sth district-

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Ocilla.
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 roo. nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :

Mr. Speaker: 'l'he Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional
majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend the charter of Oakland City.

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A bill to create a board of education for city of Monticello.
A bill to incorporate the city of Springfield.
A bill to ratify certain conveyances and leases made by mayor and council of Milledgeville.

A bill to amend an Act creating city court of States-

boro.



A bill to amend section 1115 of Penal Code of 1895. A bill to amend the charter of Bremen.

A bill to amend an Act establishing city court of Tifton.
A bill to amend an Act to repeal city court of Clarksville.

A bill to repeal an Act to prevent taking of fish from Notla river, i~ Union county.
The following message was received from the Senate through JVIr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolutions:
A resolution to pay pension to Mattie J. Combs of
Wilkes county.

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Lucy B. Huguley of \Vilkes county.

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

A resolution memoralizing Congress relative to reclaiming certain lands in Liberty and Mcintosh counties.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House as amended, to wit:

A brll to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government, and for other purposes.

Mr. Donalson, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report;

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Counties and County Matters has had under consideration the following bills, and as its chairman I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the following recommendations, to wit:
Senate bill by Mr. Henderson of I sth district, which is a bill to change the county site of Irwin county from Irwinville to Ocilla in said county, and for other purposes. Do pass.

House bill No. 645, by Mr. Burkhalter. Do not pass. All of which is respectfully submitted.
ERLE M. DoNALSON, Chairman.

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By unanimous consent the following bills were read the second time, to wit :
By Mr. Peacock of qth district-
A bill to create the district court of Cochran, m the county of Pulaski.
By Mr. Peacock of 14th district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Ab-beville.
By Mr. Born of 34th district-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.
By unanimous consent the following bill was taken: up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit :
By Mr. Fowler of Biblr-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.
The following continuing special order was again taken up on call of Mr. Candler of DeKalb, to wit :
By Mr. Overstreet of 17th district-
A bill to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission; to prescribe qualifications for membership; to authorize the designation of a chairman, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the Speaker again resolved the House into a Committee of the \Vhole, with; Mr. Holder ofJackson in the chair.

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After a further consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again.

On motion of Mr. Candler the House reconsidered its action in ordering the previous question called at five o'clock, and on his further motion the Speaker again resolved the House into a Committee of the \Vhole with Mr. Holder in the chair.

After a fnal consideration of the bill the committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.

Mr. Candler of DeKalb called' the previous question -on the bill and pending amendments, \vhich call was sustained.

The following amendments offered by the committee were adopted, to wit:
Amend caption by inserting between the words "State" and "to" in the I8th line thereof the \vords "over gas and electric light and power companies, corporations or persons owning, leasing or operating public gas plants, electric light and power plants furnishing senice to the public."

I. Amend by striking section I. and by substituting the following as section I of the bill :

Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage and apprO\al of this Act the Railroad Commission of Georgia shall consist of five members, to be elected by the qualified voters -of Georgia, as prescribed in the Act approved August .21. 1906. The terms of office of the two additional com-

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missioners provided for in this Act shall expire one on December I, I9I I, and the other December I, I9I3, anq thereafter the terms shall be for six years each. The Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint the two additional commissioners immediately after the passage and approval of this Act, but the appointees hereunder shall be_ commissioned only until December I, I908; said positions to be filled for the unexpired terms of two commissioners to be elected at tht regular general election on the first Wednesday in October, I908. In order that there may be uniformity of expiration of the terms of all the railroad commissioners, the term of the present commissioner expiring on October IS, I909, shall be extended to December I, I909, the term of the present commissioner expiring on October IS, i9II, shall be extended to December I, I9II, and the term of the Commissioner expiring October IS, I9I3, shall be extended to December I, I9I3, their respective successors to be elected for full terms of six years each.
2. Amend section 3 by inserting after the word "years" in line I9, the words, "and who shall give his entire time to the duties of his office, and who shall receive therefor."
3 Further amend section 3 by striking therefrom the sentence, "The other two Commissioners shall receive a salary of $3,500."
s, 4 Amend section line 3, by inserting before the
words "printed reports" the word "the."
s, 5 Amend section line I6, by striking therefrom
the word "public."
6. Amend section 6, line I2, by inserting after the word "service" the words "to the public and to their employees."

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7 Amend section 6, line I9, by inserting after the word ''hereunder" the following, "the same to be, as far as practicable, in conformity with the system of accounts prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission."
8. Amend section 6 by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: "Provided, that nothing in this Act :shall be so construed as to repeal or abrogate any existing law or rule of the Railroad Commission as to notice of hearings to persons, railroads or other corporations interested in the rates, orders, rules, or regulations issued by said Commission, before the same are issued, nor to repeal the law of this State as to notice by publication of a change in rates, as provided in the Act approved October 14, I879, or any Act amendatory thereof."
Amend by adding at the end of section I6 the following paragraphs :
The printing fund of the Commission is hereby fixed -at the sum of $2,000 per annum.
The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ a stenographer at a salary not to ~xceed $I,2oo per annum.

9 Amend section 7, line 4, by adding at the end thereof the following, "and to _this end may employ necessary experts.''

10. Amend section 7, line 9, by inserting the word "manufacturing'' before the word "plants."

I I. Amend section 7 by inserting after the word "railroads," line IO, the following, "where practicable, -and in the judgment of the Commission the business is sufficient to justify and."

I2. Amend section 7, line I6, by inserting after the word "judgment'' the words "practicable and."

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13. Amend section 7 by striking the paragraph beginning in line 21 with the words "It shall" and ending in line 24 with the words "ship freight," and by inserting after the word "f-reight" in line 26 the words "the prompt furnishing of cars to shippers desiring to ship freight..,
14 Amend section 7, line 21, by inserting after the word "losses" the words "or failure to decline to do so, if deemed unjust, in a reasonable time."
IS. Amend section 7, line 31, by striking the word
"of" between the words "appointment" and "service" and substituting therefor the words "and are" by striking in the same line the word "thereof" and substituting in lieu the word "thereat."
16. Amend section 8, line 13, by inserting after the word "necessary" the following, "and for such amounts as may be reasonably required."
24. Amend the title of the bill by striking from line 8 the words "or roadway" and substituting the words "and other."
2S. Also by inserting after the word "Commission," in line 10, the sentence, "To employ a stenographer and fix his pay."
26. Also by striking from line II the word "public."
27. Also by striking from lines IS and 16 the words
"under certain conditions."
28. Also by striking in line 23 the word "resolution" and substituting therefor the word "regulation."
Amend section 3 of the bill by striking therefrom the words : "Governor to designate" and insert in lieu thereof the words "Commission to elect."
Amend section S by adding at the end thereof the words : "Over gas and electric light and power companies,

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corporations, or persons owning, leasing or operating public gas plants or electric light and power plants furnishing service to the public."
Amend by adding after the word "State," in the third line of section 2, the following words: "And- who is not directly or indirectly interested in any mercantile business or any corporation that is controlled by, or that participates in the benefit of any pool, combination, trust, contract or arrangement that has the effect or tends to increase the cost to the public of carriage, heat, light, power, or of any commodity or merchandise sold to the public."

Amend section 17 by striking all of said section and insert in lieu thereof: That the office of attorney to the Railroad Commission is hereby created, and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint said attorney, whose term of office shall be for four years and until his successor is qualified, and who shall receive a salary of twenty-five hunderd dollars a year; which said attorney may be removed by the Governor at any time.

Amend section 6 by adding after the word "initiative" in 7th line the following: "And to require all common carriers and other public service companies under their supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just, either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases to require such publication by common carriers in newspapers of towns through which their lines extend, of their schedules as may be reasonable and which the public convenience demands."

Amend the caption by adding after the words "terminal companies" the words "cotton compress companies."

Amend section 5, line 14 of the printed bill by adding after the words "operating such," and just before the

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words "and over telegraph," the :following: "Cotton compress corporations or associations and persons or companies owning, leasing or operating the same."
Amend section 6, line 5, by inserting after the words "or companies" the following, "cotton compress companies or corporations."
Amend section 12, line 3, by inserting after the words "or corporation" the words "and cotton compress companies or corporations."
Amend section 8 by adding at the end of line 8 thereof the following words, "or for other lawful corporate purposes falling within the spirit of this provision, the decision of the Commission to be final as to the validity of the issue."
Amend section 12 by striking out the words at end of section "on a fast bill of exceptions" and substituting the: words "as now provided by law in cases of the grant or refusal of injunction by judges of the superior courts."
Amend section 16 by striking the word "five" in line 9 and inserting word "three."
Amend by striking section 13 of the Senate bill and: number the remaining sections accordingly.
Amend section 12, line 7, by inserting after the words "or corporation" the words "cotton compress companies."
Amend section 12 by adding after the word "State" in the sth line the words "and other corporations, companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Act," and by adding the same words after the word "State" in the 1 Ith line.
Amend by inserting just before the words "over public docks," provided, however, that nothing herein shall
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be construed to impair valid subsisting contract now m existence between any municipality and any such company, and provided that this Act shall not operate as a repeal of any existing municipal ordinance; nor shall it impair nor invalidate any future contract or ordinance of any municipality as to the public use of such company, that shall receive the assent of the Railroad Commission.

Amend section. 6 by adding between the words "State" and "and" in the 10th line of said section the words : "Gas or electric light and power companies within this State."
Amend s.ection 10 by adding at the end thereof the following proviso :
"Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to affect suits now pending for penalties, or to affect penalties upon which right of action shall have accrued prior to the approval of this Act."
Amend section 8 by adding at the end thereof the 'following paragraph: "Any Railroad Commissioner of this State or any employee of said Railroad Commission who shall disclose or impart to any one, except when legally called upon by a court of competent jurisdiction, any fact, knowledge of which was obtained in his official capacity, from or through any proceedings filed with the said Railroad Commission under this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a prosecution therefor; provided, that this shall not apply to such facts or information obtained through public hearings, or such as are not confidential in their nature."

Amend section 9, line r8, by striking the word "court" and substituting therefor the word "jury." by striking from line 19 the words "in its discretion."
Amend section rr, line: 7,. by inserting after the words

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1'to same" the words "and providing the procedure to enforce said penalties."
Amend section 12 by striking from lines 26 and 27 the words "less than one thousand dollars nor."
Amend section 12, line 13, by striking the word "brought" and substituting therefor the word "carried."
Amend section 14, line 22, by inserting after the word "employees'~ the words "and the agent or employee."
Amend by adding at the end of section 16 the followjog---

The report of the committee, which, was favorable to the passage of lhe bill as amended, 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 of Chatham, Buchannan,

Dean,

Adams of Elbert, Burkhalter,

I:'ickey,

Adkins,

Burwell,

Dorminy,

Alexander,

Butt,

Dunbar,

Allen,

Calbeck,

Duggan,

Andersoii of Bulloch, Callaway,

Dykes,

Atkinson,

Candler,

Edwards,

Atwater,

Chamlee,

Estes,

Austin,

Clark,

Fagan,

Ballard,

Clifton,

Flanders;

Barrow,

Collum,

Flannigan,

Bell,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Foster,

Berry,

Cooke of Thomas, Fowler,

Blackburn,

Covington,

. Fraser,

Bond,

Couch,

Frier,

Bowel!,

Daniel.

Furr,

Brown of Carroll, Davis,

Galloway,

jBrown of Oglethorpe, Davison,

Gibson,

,

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Glenn,

l\foore,

Strickland,

Goode,

Uundy,

Stubbs,

Guyton,

Nee!,

Sumner,

Hall,

Nix,

Swilling,

Hamilton,

Odum,

Taylor of Appling,

Hardeman,

Orr,

Taylor of Sumter,

Harris,

Parrish,

Terrell,

Heard,

Perry,

Thorne,

Hill,

Peterson,

T:mrman.

Hines,

Pope of Brooks,

Tracy,

Holder,

Pope of Dade,

Trent,

Huie,

Powell,

Tuggle,

Hullender,

Price of Bartow, Tyson,

Jackson,

Price of Oconee,

walker of Lowndes,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Putnam,

Walker of Milton,

Johnson of Towns, Reid of Wilcox,

\Valker of Washington,

.Tones of_ Mitchell, Rogers of Randolph, \Vard,

Kendall,

Rountree,

Warnell,

Kendrick,

Russell,

\Vatkins,

Lively,

Ryals,

Way;

Lumsden,

Shaw,

\Vhite of Screven.

McCarthy,

Sheffield,

Whitley,

McMahan,

Simmons,

Williams of Dodge,

MclVIichael,

Slade,

\Vih;on,

McMullan,

Slater,

\Vise,

McWilliams,

Smith of Calhoun, Wootten,

Martin,

Smith of C"lmpbell, Wright of Floyd.

Massengale,

Stephens,

Wright of Richmond,

1\'fays,

Stewart,

Young,

lVIercer,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Cannon,

Johnson of Jaspt:r,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Cowan,

Anderson of Cobb, Crumbley,

Ashley,

Culbreth,

Barksdale,

Donalson,

Barrett,

Eaves,

Boycl,

Edmondson,

Cook of Telfair,

Ellison.

Fullbright, Geer, Godley, Haywood, Howard, Hubbard, Huff.

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lctll' ,,f MeriwE'ther. Morris,

Keith,

Nowell,

Lee,

Parker,

Lunsford,

Payton,

Mcintyre,

Persons,

llv.laxwell,

Reid of Macon,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Tift, Townsend, White of Madison, Williams of Laurens, l\lr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 142, nays 2.

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

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read, to wit:

By Mr. Trent of Heard-

A resolution providing for the bringing up of the unfinished business of the House.

By unanimous consent the above resolution was tabled.

The following Senate bills were read the second time,

to wit:



By Mr. Farmer of 29th district-
A bill to amend an Act to authorize corporations to buy or condemn private property, etc.

By Mr. Wilkes of 7th district-
A bill to require the Insurance Commissioner to refuse license to foreign insurance companies in certain cases.

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By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Knight of 6th district-

A bill to amend an Act creating .the city court of Nashville.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Rogers of Mcintosh for balance of the term.

A motion to adjourn was put and carried and the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

ATLANTA, GA.,
SATURDAY, August 17, 190i
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 :

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, I907

Adams of Chatham, Davison,

Johnson of Towns,

Adams of Elbert, Dean,

Jones of Meriwether,

Adams of Wilkinson, Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell,

<\dkins,

Donalson,

Keith,

Alexander,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Allen,

Dunbar,

Kendrici<:,

Anderson of Bulloch, Duggan,

Lee,

Anderson of Cobb, Dykes,

Lively,

Ashley,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Atkinson,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Atwater,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Austin,

Ellison,

l\1clntyre,

Ballard,

Estes,

l\IcMahan,

, Barksdale, Barrett,

Fagan, Flanders,-

.

:\Icl\Iichael, McMullan,

:'arrow,

Flannigan,

McWilliams,

Bell,

Foster,

::\>Iartin,

Berry,

Fowler,

:\Iassen~tale,

Blackburn,

Fraser,

Maxwell,

Bond,

Frier,

Mays,

Bowen,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Boyd,

Furr,

Moore,

Brown of Carroll, Galloway,

Morris,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Mundy,

Buchannan,

Gibson,

Nee!,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Nix,

Burwell,

Godley,

Nowell,

Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Orr,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perrv,

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

_Clifton,

Heard,

Peterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price of Oconee.

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam, I -

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

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Russell. Ryals. Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slade, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling,

Taylor of Appling, \Varnell,

Taylor of Sumter, Watkins,

Terrell,

Way,

Thorne,

White of Madison,

Thurman,

White of Screven,

Tift,

Whitley,

Townsend,

Williams .of Dodge,

Tracy,

Williams of Laurens,

Trent,

\Vilson,

Tuggle,

Wise,

Tyson,

Wootten,

Walker of Lowndes, Wright" of Floyd,

Walker of Milton, Wright of Richmond,

Walker of Washington, Young,

Ward.l

Mr. Speaker.

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

By unanimous consent the following Senate bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Stapleton of 12th districf-
A bill to prescribe how pensions shall be paid under existing laws, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Deen of 5th district-
A bill to amend section 1844 of the Code, which prescribes the manner of changing the name or place of business of a corporation, and for other purposes.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 7

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Henderson of rsth district-

A resolution to relieve the sureties on the bond of M. T. Paulk.

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

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 103, nays r r.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Peacock of qth district-
A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Abbeville.
The report of the committee, which was farorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were r ro, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Candler of DeKalb asked unanimous consent, in view of the state of the business of the House, that for

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the remainder of to-day's session individual speeches belimited to five minutes, and that no member be allowed to speak more than once on any question, except on the "General Tax Act" and "General Appropriation Bill,". when the same rule should apply, not to the whole bill,. but to each amendment.

By unanimous consent the following bilfs were taken' up and the Senate amendments concurred in, to wit:

By Messrs. Harris of Crisp, Heard and Adkii1s of Dooly,. Dorminy of Irwin, Reid of Wilcox-

A bill to revise the superior court calendar. for the counties composing Cordele judicial circuit.

By Mr. Harris of Crisp-

A bill to amend an Act to create the city court of Cor--dele.
The following resolution was read and referred to theCommittee on Rules, to wit:

By Mr. Fraser of Liberty-
A resolution seeking to make Senate bill No. 37 the special order for ro o'clock this morning.

By Mr. Felder of 22d district-
A bill to regulate the running of automobiles on the public roads of this State.

On motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd the above bill was tabled.

SATURDAY, AUGUST'I7, 1907.

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By Mr. Martin of 43d district-

A resolution relative to the Confederate Cemetery at Resaca.

On motion of Mr. Neel of Bartow the above bill was- tabled.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:

A bill to attach Grady county to Albany judicial circuit.
A bill to make the president of the board of trustees of State Normal School an ex-officio member of board of trustees of the University of Georgia.
A bill to establish the city court of Blakely.

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Barnesville Male and Female Higli School.

A bill to incorporate Tom school district.

A bill to amend section 982 of Code of 1895 so as to add Guyton, in E$ngham county, to list of State depositories.

A bill to incorporate the town of Odum.

A bill to authorize the county of Floyd to maintain a hospital.

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

A bill to authorize the town of Carlton, Ga., to issue bonds.

A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Homerville.

A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Baxley.
A bill to authorize the city of Barnesville to establish a system of public schools.
A bill .to authorize the mayor and council of Macon to sell certain portions of streets, lanes, alleys, etc., in said city.

A bill to incorporate .the town of White Sulphur Springs.

The following message was received from the Senate through 11r. 1\orthen, Secretary thereof :

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House as amended, to wit:

A bill to conform the organization and discipline of the organized militia of this State, and for other purposes.

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

SATURDAY, AUGUST I7, 1907.

1021

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has receded from its amendment to the following bill of the House, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court 'd McRae.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House as amended, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Cordele.

Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Enrollment Committee has examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for transmission to the Governor the following Acts, to wit :

An Act to incorporate the town of Screven, in \Vayne county.

An Act to create a new charter for the city of Camilla.

An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Monroe county.

An Act to incorporate the Chelsea school district 111 Chattooga county.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for Richmond county.

j()UR{l4!- OF THE HoUSE.

An Act to ch:age the time of hol,ding the superior J:OUrt of Effil}gham county.

An Act to amend the charter of the city of Griffin.

An Act to create a new charter for the town of Lin-wood.

An Act to ~ncorporate the town of Ohoopee.

An Act to ta:ke from the Ocmulgee circuit the county

of Laurens and add same to the Oconee circuit.



'

An Act to create a board of county commissioners for

:the county of Bryan.

An Act to create in the treasury of this State a bank
-bureau, and provide for the appointment of bank ex~aminer, etc.

An Act to amend an Act and all amendatory Acts to ,establish the city court of Brunswick.

An Act to create the office of solicitor of the county .<:ourt of Quitma,n county.

An Act to regulate the running of automobiles upon the roads a_nd streets of Johnson county.
An Act to establish a system of public schools in the ,city of Lyo.ns:

An Act to permit the commissioners of roads and revenues of Spalding .county to use certain monies in the county treasury.
An Act to extend the corporate limits of the city of (Forsyth.
f

An Act to amend an Act t0 create the Lithonia school .district.
An Act to amend an Act t0 incorporate the town of :Babcock, in Miller ~county.
An Act to create a pu'h>llc road law for the county of 'Toombs.
Mr. Hall, vice-chairman of the Committee on Rules. submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:.
Your committee has had under- consideration House resolution No. 153 by Mr. Dorminy of Irwin, which is herewith submitted to the House, and the committee recommends that it be adopted as amended. The amendment of the committee is to strike from the House reso1ution the words "after the confirmation of the Journal."
The committee further reports that it has also had under consideration House resolution No. 146, by Mr. Edwards of Habersham, and reports the same back that the same do pass as amended. The amendment of the committee is that all said House resolution after the words "and figures August 17, 1907," be stricken and the words "That it immediately follow Senate bill No. 73" be inserted.
The committee further reports that it has had under consideration House reso1uti0n No. 135, by Mr. Bell of Fulton, and recommends that the same do pass as amended. The committee moves to amend the House resolution by striking therefrom the words "House bill No. 95" and inserting in lieu of said words "Senate bill No. 123."

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The committee further recommends that the above and foregoing special orders are subject to be displaced at any time by either the tax or appropriation bills.

Respectfully submitted. J os. H. HALLJ Vice-C~airman.

The following resolutions, favorably reported by the Committee on Rules, were adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Edwards-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 123 a special order for to-day.
By Mr. Bell of Fulton-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 135 the special order for to-day after disposition of House bill No. 95
By Mr. Dorminy-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 73 an immediate special order.
On motion of Mr. Wise of Fayette the general tax Act was taken up for the purpose of acting on the Senate amendments, to wit:
By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government, etc.
The Senate proposed to amend "ten dollars" m line 163 and substituting "one hundred dollar~."

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Mr. Wise moved to disagree to the above amendment, and on that motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fullbright,

Parker,

Adams of Elbert, Geer,

Parrish,

Allen,

Glenn,

Persons,

Anderson of Bulloch, Guyton,

Powell,

Ballard,

Hall,

Price of Oconee,

Barrett,

Harris,

Reid of Putnam,

Barrow,

Haywood,

Reid of Wilcox,

Berry.

Heard,

Rountree,

Blackburn,

Hines,

Russell,

Bond,

Howarc!,

Ryals,

f;oy..t,

Huff,

r:::tde,

Brown of Carroll, Huie,

Smith of Campbell,

Brown of Oglethorpe. Johnson of Jasper, Stephens,

Burwell,

Jones of Meriwether, Stewart,

Butt,

Keith,

Taylor of Sumter,

Cannon,

Kendall,

Tift,

Chamlee,

Lee,

Townsend,

Collum,

McCarthy,

Tuggle,

Davis,

Mcintyre,

Walker of Milton,

Davison,

Martin,

Warnell,

Donalson,

Massengale,

Watkins,

:Cunbar,

Mays,

Way,

Estes,

Moore,

White of Madison,

Flannigan,

Morris,

Wilson,

Fowler,

Nowell,

Wise,

Fraser,

Orr,

Wright of Richmond,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

J.dkins, Alexander, Anderson of Cobb, Ashley, Atkinson, Atwater, Austin, Barksdale,
66 h j

Bell, Bowen, Buchannan, Burkhalter, Cal beck, Callaway, Candler, Clark,

Clifton, Cook of Chat'hoochee, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Covington, Couch, Cowan, Daniel,

JOGRNAL OF THE HouSE.

Dean,

Johnson of Towns,

Dickey,

Jones of Mitchell,

Dorminy,

Kendrick,

Duggan,

Lively,

Dykes,

Lumsden,

Eaves,

Lunsford,

Edmonds11,

r-.Jdlahan.

Edwards,

1lclVIichael,

Tagan,

:\ldlulhn,

J bnders,

!lie\\-illiams,

:Foster,

1Iercer.

"Frier,

Keel.

"Fur.,

N'ix,

-Galloway.

Odum,

Godley.

Payton,

<Goode,

Perry,

Hamilton,

Peterson,

'Hardeman,

Pope of Dade,

!Hill,

Price of Bartow,

~Holder.

Reid of Macon,

Hullender,

Rogers of Randolph,

Jackson,

Shaw,

johnson of Jeff Davis. Simmons,

Smith of Calhoun. Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling. Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tracy, Trent, Tyson. \\'alker of Lowndes, Walker of Washington, Ward, White of Screven, \\'hitley. \Villiams of Dodge, \Villiams of Laurens, \Vootten, Wright of Floyd, Young,

'Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of \Vilkinson, Hubbard.

'Crumblev,

:\Iaxwell,

Culbreth,

:\Iundy.

Ellison.

Pope of Brooks,

Gibson,

Rcg<'r< .. f 7\lclnt.,,.ll, Sheffield, Slater, :\I r. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes cast it \Yas found that the ayes were 78, nays 92. The motion to non-concur was therefore lost.

On the Senate amendment and all pending House a!T:endments thereto Mr. Holder called the previous ques- tion, \Yhich call \vas sustained.

The Senate proposed to amend by striking the $300 tax on clubs where liquor was kept in lockers and substi.tuting $ro,coo in lieu thereof, etc.

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Mr. Wise moved to non-concur in the above Senate Amendment, and on that motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fa~an.

Odum,

Adams of Elbert, Flannigan,

Orr,

Allen,

Fowler,

Parker,

Anderson of Bulloch, Fraser,

Parrish,

A.water,

Frier,

Payton,

_Austin,

Fullbright,

Peterson,

Ballard,

Geer,

Powell,

Barksdale,

Glenn,

Price of Oconee,

;Barrett,

Guyton,

Reid of Macon,

Barrow,

Hall,

Reid of Putnam,

Bell,

Harris,

Reid of Wilcox,

Berry,

Heard,

Rountree,

Blackburn,

Hill,

Russell,

Boyd,

Hines.

Ryals,

Brown of Carroll, Howard,

Slade,

_Brown of Oglethorpe, Huff,

Smith of Campbell.

.Buchannan,

Johnson of Jasper, Stephens,

Burwell,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Stewart,

Butt,

Johnson of Towns, Sumner,

Calbeck,

Jones of Meriwether, Taylor of Sumter,

Callaway,

Kendall,

Tift,

Cannon,

Lee,

Townsend,

Chamlee,

Lumsden,

Trent,

Clifton,

Lunsford,

Tuggle,

Collum,

McCarthy,

Warnell,

.Cook of Chat'hoochee, Mcintyre,

Way,

Davis,

McMichael,

Williams of Lanrens,

Donalson,

Martin,

Wilson,

Dorminv,

Mays,

Wise,

Dunbar,

Mercer,

Wootten,

Dykes,

Moore,

Wright of Richmond,

Edmondson,

Morris,

Young,

:Estc::-

Nowell,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adkins, _Alexander,

Anderson of Cobb, Bond,

Atkinson,

ikwen,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

Burkhalter, Candler, Clark, Cook of Telfair, Cooke of Thomas, Covington, Couch, Cowan, Daniel, Dean, Dickey, Duggan, Eaves, Edwards, Flanders, Foster, rurr, Galloway, Godley, Goode,

Hamilton, Hardeman, Haywood, Holder, Huie, Hullender, Jones of Mitchell, Kendrick, Lively, McMahan, McMullan, McWilliams, Massengale, Mundy, Nee!, Nix, Perry, Persons, Pope of Dade, Price of Bartow,

Rogers of Randolph, Shaw, Simmons, Strickland, Stubbs, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tracy, Tyson,
\\'alker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Ward, White of Madison, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Wright of Floyd,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Hubbard,

Ashley,

Jackson,

Crumbley,

Keith,

Culbreth,

Maxwell,

Davison,

Pope of Brooks,

Ellison,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Gibson,

Sheffield,
~later,
Smith of Calhoun, Watkins, \Vhite of Screven, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the adoption of the motion to disagree to the Senate amendment the ayes were 98, nays 66. The motion therefore prevailed.

The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

SATURDAY, AucusT 17, 1907.

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3 o'CLOCK P.M.
The House reconvened at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the roll-call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the session this afternoon was extended to 6 o'clock.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to wit :
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved August 3, 1903, relative to public roads.
A bill to pay off and retire valid bonds of the State in accordance with article 7, paragraph I, section 14 of Constitution.
Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Enrollment Committee has examined and report

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as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for trans~ mission to the Governor the following Acts :

An Act to transfer and attach the county of Grady to the Albany judicial circuit from the Southern judicial circuit.

An Act .to amend the charter of the city of ?o.Iacon so as to authori~e and direct the mayor and council of the city of Macon to appropriate certain fixed sums of money for the support of a night school, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
EMMETT SHAW, Chairman.

Mr. McMichael, chairman of the Committee on Edu~ cation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration Senate bill No. 137, and instruct me as its chairman to report that the same do pass as amended.

Also House bill No. 648, do not pass.

Respectfully submitted.

Mc:YhcHAEL, Chairman.

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

1kfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requtstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House as amended, to wit:

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A bill to make appropriations for ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the State government, and for othe,; purposes.

Also a bill to make additional appropriations for the year 1907 to supply deficiencies.

On the call of 1Ir. \Vise of Fayette the "General Tax Act" was again taken up for the purpose of acting on Senate amendments, to wit :

By Mr. Wise of Fayette-
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government, etc.
The Senate proposed to amend. by striking section 3 relative to manufacture of syrups to be used in making soft drinks, etc.

:\Jr. \Vise of Fayette moved to concur m the Senate amendment.

On the motion to concur in the above amendment the ayes and nays \Yere ordered, and the vote was as folows :.

Those voting in the affirmative \vere ::\Ies.>rs.-

Adams of Elbert, Blackburn.

Clifton,

f.nderson of Bulloch, Bowen,

Collum,

Ashley,

P.)) t!,

Cook of Chat'hoochee,..

Atkinson,

Brown of Carroll, Cook of Telfair,

Austin,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Covington,

BallarJ,

Buchannan,

Davis,

Barksdale,

Bnrwell,

Davison,

Barrett,

<::'allaw~.

Dean,

Barro.w,

Chamlee,

Dickey,

Bell,

Clark,

Donalson,

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JOURNAL OF TH HouS.

Dorminy. Dykes, Eaves, Estes, Fagan, Fowler, Fraser, Frier, Fullbright, Galloway, Glenn, Hall, Harris, Heard, Huff, Huie, .T~hnson of Jasper, Kendall, Lee, Lumsden,

:McCarthy, .1\!cMahan, McMichael, Martin, Mays, Moore, Nee!, Nowell, Odum, Orr, Parker, Parrish, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Reid of Wilcox, Rogers of Randolph, Ryals,

Slade, Slater, Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Sumner, 'l'ift, Trent, Tuggle,
\Valker of Low!Hles, Warnell, \Vatkins, Way, Whitley, Williams of Laurens, Wilson, \Vise, \Vootten, Wright of Floyd,

Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-

Adkins, Anderson of Cobb, Berry, Burkhalter, Butt, Cal beck, Cooke of Thomas, Couch, Cowan, Daniel, Edmondson, Edwards, Flanders, Flannigan, Foster, Ftirr, Geer, Goode,

Guyton.

f. Iorris,

Hamilton,

Perry,

Hill,

Peterson,

Holder,

Shaw,

Hullender,

Simmons,

Jackson,

Smith of Calhoun,

Johnson of Jeff Davis. Stubbs,

Johnson of Towns, Swilling.

Jones of Mitchell, Taylor of Appling,

Kendrick,

Thorne,

Lively,

Townsend,

Lunsford,

Tracy,

Mcintyre,

Tyson,

l\IcMullan,

V/alker of \Vashington,

.1\Ic\Villiams,

White of Madison,

l\Iassengale,

.\Vhite of Screven,

l\Iercer,

Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Alexander, Adams of Wilkinson, Allen,

. Atwater, Bond,

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Candl,r,
Cannon, Crumbley, Culbreth, Dunbar, Duggan, Ellison, Gibson, Godley, Hardeman, Haywood, Hines, Howard,

Hubbard,

Rountree,

Tones of Meriwether, Russell,

Keith,

Sheffield,

Maxwell,

Strickland,

Mundy,

Taylor of Sumter,

Nix,

Terrell,

Payton,

Thurman,

Persons,

Walker of Milton,

Powell,

Ward,

Price of Bartow, Williams of Dodge,

Price of Oconee,

Wright of Richmond,

Rogers of Mcintosh, Mr. Speaker.

The roll-call was verified, and on counting the votes cast it was found that the ayes were 88, nays 52. The amendment was therefore concurred in.

The Senat'e proposed to amend by striking section 13, which provides for a tax of one per cent. on the gross receipts of corporations.

Mr. Wise moved to concur in the above amendment, and on that motion the ayes and nays were ordered and the wte was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Buchannon,

Adams of Elbert, Butt,

Allen,

Callaway,

Anderson of Bulloch, Cannon,

Ashley,

Chamlee,

Atwater,

Clifton,

Ballard,

Collum,

Barksdale,

Cook of Telfair,

Barrett,

Couch,

Barrow,

Davis,

Bell,

Davison,

Blackburn,

Dean,

Boyd,

Dickey,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Donalson,

Dorminy, Dunbar, Edmondson, Edwards, Fagan, Flannigan, Fowler, Fraser, Fullbright, Galloway, Geer, Glenn. Godley, Hall,

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Harris,

:.Ioore.

Heard,

Nowell,

Hill,

Odum,

Howard,

Orr,

Huff,

Parrish,

Johnson of Jasper, Peterson,

Johnson of Towns, Pope of Brooks,

Jones of Meriwether, Pope of Dade,

Kendall,

Powell,

Lee,

Price of Oconee,

Lumsden,

Reid of :\lacon,

Lunsford,

Reid of \Vilcox,

l\IcCarthy,

Ryals,

l\IcMahan,

Simmons,

l\IcMuJ::m,

Slater,

,V!artin,

Smith of Calhoun,

l\'!ercer,

Stephens,

Stewart, Smnner, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift, Townsend, Trent, Tuggle, Walker of Lowndesr Warnell, \Yay, Wilson, \Vise, \Vootten, Wright of Richmondr

Those voting in the negative were Messri.-

Adkins, :\lexander, Anderson of Cobb,
A ~kinson,
Au;: tin, Berry, Bond, Bowen, Brown of Carroll, Burkhalter, Burwell, Call:-eck, Candler, Cooke of Thomas, Covington, Cowan, Daniel. Duggan, :2vkes,
Eaves, L.Stes, 1landers, Foster, Frier, Furr,

Goode,

Persons,

Guytcm,

Price of Bartow,

Hamilton,

Reid of Putnam,

Hardeman,

Rogers of Randolph,

Hines,

Shaw,

Holder,

~lade,

Huie,

Smith of Campbell,

Hullender,

Strickland,

Jackson,

Stubbs,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Swilling,

Jones of l\Iitchell, Taylor of Appling,

Kendrick,

'faylor of Sumter,

Lively,

Tracy,

l\Icintyre,

Tvson,

:\Idlichael,

Walker of Milton,

:\Ic\Villiams,

Walker of \Vashington,

l\Iassengale,

Ward.

:\lays,

watkins,

:\Iorris,

White of Madison,

1\Iundv,

\Vhite of Screven,

Nee!,

Whitley,

Nix,

Williams of Dodge,

Parker,

\\'right of Floyd,

Perry,

Yotmg,

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'!'hose not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of \Vilkinson, Gibson,

Clark,

Haywood,

Cook of Chat'hoochee Hubbard,

Crumbley,

Keith,

Culbreth,

:\laxwell,

Ellison,

Payton,

Rogers of :\leintosii, Rountree, Russell. Sheffield, \Villiams of Laurens, :\Ir. Speaker.

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

On the motion to concur in the amendment the ayes were 92, nays 73 The amendment was therefore concurred in.

By unanimous consent the session this aftern6on was further extended until 6 :30 o'clock.

Mr. Perry moved to reconsider the action of the House in concurring in the above Senate amendment, and on that motion ~he ayes and nays were ordered, \vhich wasas follows:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-

f\dkins,

Cooke of Thomas,

Alexander,

Covington,

Anderson of Cobb, Cowan,

Atkinson,

Daniel,

Atwater,

Dean,

Ballard,

Dickey,

Berry,

Duggan,

Bc>nd,

Eaves.

Brown of Carroll, Estes.

Burkhalter,

Flanders,

C .Jheck

Fc>ster,

Callaway,

Goode,

C'ancller,

Guyt'Jn,

Clark,

Hamilton,

Cook of C'hafhoochee, Hardeman,

Hill, Hines, Huie, hckoon. Kendrick, Lunsford, :\Icintyre, :\Idlichael, :\IcWilliams, :\Iassengale, ~I o r r i s , :\I undy, Nee!. Parker, Payton,

JouRNAl. oF THE Hous:e.

Perry, Persons, Price of Bartow, Reid of Putnam, Shaw, Slade, Smith of Campbell,

Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling. Taylor of Sumter, Tyson, Walker of Milton,

Walker of Washington, \Vard, Watkins, White of Madison, White of Screven, Whitley,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Fowler,

Peterson,

Allen,

Fraser,

Pope of Brooks,

Anderson of Bulloch, Frier,

Pope of Dade,

Ashley,

Fullbright,

Powell,

Austin,

Galloway.

Price of Oconee,

Barksdale,

Geer,

Reid of Macon,

Barrett,

Glenn,

Reid of Wilcox,

Barrow,

Godley,

Rogers of Randolph,

Bell,

Hall,

Rountree,

Blackburn,

Harris,

Ryals,

Bowen,

Heard,

Simmons,

Boyd,

Holder.

Slater,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Howard,

Smith of. Calhoun,

Buchannan,

Johnson of Jasper, Stewart,

Burwell,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Strickland,

Butt,

Johnson of Towns, Taylor of Appling,

Cannon,

Kendall,

Thorne,.

Chamlee,

Lee.

Tift,

Clifton,

Lively.

Townsend,

Collum,

Lumsden,

Tracy,

Cook of Telfair,

McCarthy,

Trent,

Couch,

McMahan,

Tuggle,

Davis,

McMullan,

\Varnell,

Donalson,

Martin,

\Vay,

Dorminy,

Mercer,

Williams of Dodge,

Dunbar,

Moore,

\\Tilson,

Dykes,

Nix,

Wise,

Edmondson,

Nowell,

\Vootten,

Edwards,

Odum,

\Vright of Richmond,

Fagan.

Orr,

Young,

Flannivan,

Parrish,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Crumbley, Adams of Wilkinson, Culbreth,

Davigon, Ellison,

SATURDAY, AuGusT q, I907.

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.t<'urr,

Jones of Mitchell,

c;~-Json,

Keith,

Haywood.

Maxwell,

Hubbard,

Mays,

Huff,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Hullender,

Russell,

Jones of Meriwether, Sheffield,

Stephens, Terrell, Thurman, Walker of Lownde<. Williams of Lauren", Wright of Floyd, l\.fr. Speaker.

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

On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 64, nays 92. The motion was therefore lost.

The House concurred in the following Senate amendments:

To amend by striking word "certified" m line 2 of subsection 2 of section 2.

To amend subsection I2, section 2, by striking the word "immigrant" in line I and inserting word "emigrant."

To amend section 2, paragraph 24, lines I35 and I36 by striking words "and upon all persons engaged in selling soda-water in bottles, ginger-ale, coca-cola and other soft drinks in bottles the sum of $2.50 for each place of business."

To amend section 2, paragraph 2 by striking figures "2I" in last line and inserting "I8."

To amend subsection 26, line 3, by striking word "fifty" and inserting "one hundred."

To amend by adding at end of subsection 3I, section 2, the following: "providing, that the tax in this subsection shall only apply to those parks or places wherein

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professional games are played or professional contests are held."
To amend paragraph 32, section 2, by striking out "each place of business" and inserting "each machine . operated."
To amend subsection 43, section 2, by striking figures "40" in line I, page I3 of printed bill and insert in lieu thereof figures "42."
To amend subsection 45 by striking the word "when,. ever" and inserting "upon every."
To amend by striking section 3, at top of page 14.
To amend by striking all of section 4
To amend section 6 by adding in line 5, section 6, of -.the printed bill between figures "ro" and word "of" the word and figures "and I r."
To amend section 9, line 6, by striking words "taxpayer" and inserting "tax-receiver."
To amend line 9, page r8, by striking words "where . such persons reside or the office is located" and insert "wherein said real estate is located."
To amend section IO, page 20, by numbering the same section I2, and numbering remaining sections accordingly.
To amend section I I, line I9. by striking word "when" and inserting word ""herein."
To amend by striking whole of section I 3 and num:bering remaining sections accordingly.

SATURDAY, AUGUST I7, 1907.
To amend by striking section 16.

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To amend section 19, in line 8, by striking "sub'' and inserting word ."State."

The House refused to concur in the following amendments:

To amend section 2, subsection 9, line 3, by striking -figures "SO" and inserting word "I 00."
To amend by striking "2s" in section 2, subsection I I, 1ine 9, and inserting word "so."

The House offered the following amendment to the following Senate amendment:
To amend by striking "ten dollars" in line 163, section 2, paragraph 29, and substituting words "one hundred dollars."

Mr. \Vise proposed to amend the above amendment
by striking "roo" and inserting "zs."

By unanimous consent the House agreed that when it -adjourn it adjourn to meet again at 8 o'clock p.m. -

The following special order was taken up and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Henderson of rsth district-

A bill to be entitled an Act to change the county-site <Of Irwin county, in the State of Georgia, from Irwinville, in said county, to Ocilla, in said county, and for <Other purposes.

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\Vhereas, Heretofore, on the 29t.h day of April, 1907, a petition was filed with the ordinary of Irwin county, in the State of Georgia, signed by two-fifths of the polltax payers of said county of Irwin, as shown by the last tax digest made out for said county, asking for an election, to be held in and for said county for the purpose of changing and removing the county-site of said county from the town of Irwinville, in said county, to the town of Ocilla, in said county; and
\Vhereas, On the 29th day of April, 1907, the ordinary of said county of Irwin upon due consideration of said petition so filed with him, did pass an order providing that an election should be held in the various militia districts of said county on the 12th day of June, 1907, for the purpose of changing and removing the countysite of said county as asked by petitioners, which said order was duly published in the Irwin County Courier, the newspaper in which the .sheriff of said county publishes his legal notices as provided by :;ection 391 of volume 1 of the Code of 1895 of said State; and
whereas, On the said 12th day of June, 1907, said election was held in said county, for the purpose of changing said county-site, in accordance with said order from said ordinary, at said election so held, two-thirds of the legal votes cast at said election were in favor of the removal of said county-site from the town of Irwinville to the town of Ocilla, in said county; now, therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the county-site of said county of Irwin, in said State, be and is, hereby removed from the said town of Irwinville, in said county, to the said town of Ocilla, in said county of Irwin.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws conflicting with this Act be, and are, hereby repealed.

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1041

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, which was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Duggan,

Kendrick,

Adkins,

Dykes,

Lee,

Alexander,

Eaves,

Lively,

Allen,

Edmondson,

Lumsden,

Anderson of Cobb, Estes,

Lunsford,

Atkinson,

Fagan,

Mcintyre,

Barksdale,

Flanders,

McMahan,

Barrow,

Flannigan,

McMichael,

Bell,

Foster,

McMu:!:m,

Blackburn,

Fowler,

Mc\Villiams,

Bond,

Fraser,

Martin,

Brown of Carroll, Frier, Brown of Oglethorpe, Fullbri~ht,

Massengale, Mercer,

Buchannon,

Furr,

Moore,

Burkhalter,

Galloway,

Morris,

Butt,

Glenn,

Mundy,

Calbeck,

Godley,

Nee!,

Callaway,

Guyton,

Nix,

Candler,

Hall,

Nowell,

Chamlee, Clark,

Hamilton, Hardeman,

Odum, Orr,

-.

Clifton,

Harris,

Parker,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Heard,

Parrish,

Cooke of Thomas, Hines,

Perry,

Covington,

Holder,

Peterson,

Couch,

Howard,

Pope of Brooks,

Cowan,

Huie,

Pope of Dade,

Daniel,

Hullender,

Powell,

L:tvis,

Jackson,

Price of Bartow,

Davison,

Johnson of Jasper, Price of Oconee,

Dean,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Reid of Macon,

Dickey,

Jones of Meriwether, Reid of Wilcox,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell, Rountree,

Dorminy,

Keith,

Russell,

Dunbar,

Kendall,

Shaw,

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JOURNAL OF THE HOl:JSE.

Simmons, Slade, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter,

Terrell,

Way,

Thorne,

White of Madison,

Tift,

White of Screven,

Tracy,

Whitley,

Trent,

Williams of Dodge,

Tuggle,

Wilson,

Tyson,

vVise,

Walker of Lowndes, Wootten,

\Yalker of Washington, Wright of Floyd,

Ward,

Wright of Richmoni,

Warnell,

Young,

Watkins,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Atwater, Austin, Ballard, Berry,

Oo\ven, Edwards, Huff,

Johnson of To~ns, Rogers of Randolph, Walker of Milton,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Culbreth,

Adams of Wilkinson, Ellison,

Anderson of Bulloch, Geer,

A~hley,

Gibson,

Barrett,

Goode,

Bo) ti,

Haywood,

Burwell,

Hill, '

Cannon,

Hubbard,

Collum,

McCarthy,

Cook of Telfair,

Maxwell,

Crumbley,

Mays,

Payton, . Persons, Reid of Putnam, Rogers of Mcintosh. Ryals, Sheffield, Swilling, Thurman. Townsend, Williams of Laurens, Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 10.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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

By Mr. Alexander-
A resolution to fix Senate bill No. 70 a special order.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Mr. Blackburn-
A resolution to provide for appointment of a special attorney to collect certain moneys from the Federal government.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:

By Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-

A resolution providing for the acceptance of a medal:. lion ?f General Joe Wheeler, etc.

The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 8 o'clock p.m.

8 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 answered to their names :

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JouRNAL ol" THE House.

Adams of Chatham, Davison,

Johnson of Towns,

Adams of Elbert, Dean,

Jones of Meriwether,

Adams of Wilkinson, Dickey,

Jones of Mitche~l,

Adkins,

Donalson,

Keith.

Alexander,

Dorminy,

Kendall,

Allen,

Dunbar,

Kendrick,

Anderson of Bulloch, Duggan,

Lee,

Anderson of Cobb, Dykes,

Lively,

Ashley,

Eaves,

Lumsden,

Atkinson,

Edmondson,

Lunsford,

Atwater,

Edwards,

McCarthy,

Austin,

Ellison,

Mcintyre,

Ballard,

Estes,

McMahan,

Barksdale,

Fagan,

McMichael,

Barrett,

Flanders,

McMullan,

Barrow,

Flannig-an,

McWilliams,

Bell,

Foster,

Martin,

Berry,

Fowler,

Massengale,

Blackburn,

Frasei",

1\f ax.vell,

Bond,

Frier,

1\Iays,

Bowen,

Fullbright,

Mercer,

Boyd,

Furr,

Moore,

Brown of Carroll, C-alloway,

Morris

Brown of Oglethorpe, Geer,

Mundy,

Buchannon,

.L _bson,

N eel,

Burkhalter,

Glenn,

Nix,

Burwell,

Godley,

Nowell,

Butt,

Goode,

Odum,

Calbeck,

Guyton,

Orr,

Callaway,

Hall,

Parker,

Candler,

Hamilton,

Parrish,

Cannon,

Hardeman,

Payton,

Chamlee,

Harris,

Perry,

Clark,

Haywood,

Persons,

Clifton,

Heard,

Feterson,

Collum,

Hill,

Pope of Brooks,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hines,

Pope of Dade,

Cook of Telfair,

Holder,

Powell,

Cooke of Thomas, Howard,

Price of Bartow,

Covington,

Hubbard,

Price of Oconee,

Couch,

Huff,

Reid of Macon,

Cowan,

Huie,

Reid of Putnam,

Crumbley,

Hullender,

Reid of Wilcox,

Culbreth,

Jackson,

, Rogers of Mcintosh,

Daniel,

Johnson of Jasper, Rogers of Randolph,

Davis,

Johnson of Jeff Davis, Rountree,

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Russell, Ryals,
Shaw, Sheffield, Simmons, Slade, Slater, Stnith' of. Calhoun, Smith of Ca~pbell, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling,

Taylor of Appling, Warnell,

Taylor of Sumter, Watkins,

Terrell,

Way,

Thorne,

White of Madison,

Thurman,

white of Screven,

Tift,

Whitley,

Townsend,

Williams of Dodge,

Tracy,

Williams of. Laurens,

Trent,

Wilson,

Tuggle,

Wise,

Tyson,

\-Vootten,

Walker of Lowndes, Wright of Floyd,

Walker of Milton, Wright of Richmond,

Walker of Washington, Young,

Ward,

Mr. Speaker.

The f'ollowing House bill, which was up for discussion when the House adjourned this afternoon, was again taken up for the purpose of agreeing to the Senate amendments, to wit :

By Mr. Smith of Campbell-

A bill to conform the organization and discipline of the military forces of this State to laws of United States.

The Senate amendments were concurred in.

By unanimous consent the following Senate local bills were read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit:

By Mr. Bowen of 34th district-

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur, so as to extend the corporate limits of said town.

Messrs. Candler and Alexander proposed to amend by adding the following section, to be known as section 3, .and remaining sections to be numbered accordingly:

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"Section 3 Be it further enacted, That the town au- , thorities of Decatur shall hold an election at the courthouse in said town on the fourth Saturday in September, I907, under the rules governing other elections by authority of said town. At said election all qualified voters, residing in the territory to be annexed, shall be entitled to vote and none others. Those desiring to be annexed shall have written or printed on their ballots the words : "For annexation," and those not desiring, "Against annexation." The election managers shall make returns to the ordinary of the county, who shall declare the result, enter the same on his minutes and publish the same one time in the paper carrying his other advertisements. If the result shows that a majority of the votes cast are "For annexation," this Act shall take effect on January I, I908, and the new territory shall thereafter be considered as included in said town, but if the majority are "Against annexation" this Act shall not take effect but shall become null and void."
The report of the committee,. which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
Qn the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Henderson of I sth district-
A bill to amend section 982, volume I of the Code, so as to add the town of Ocilla 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 IOO, nays o.

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ICM7

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Peacock of 14th district-
A bill to create the district court of Cochran, in the county of Pulaski.
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 100, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-
A bill to amend an Act to create a system of public schools in the city of Commerce in Jackson county.
The committee proposed to amend by striking out the latter part of section 1, beginning with word "increased," the same being the last five lines of the section and sub.. stituting the words "the same to be paid under the regular rules of distribution."
To amend by striking section 2 and numbering re. maining sections accordingly.
To amend the caption by striking words "increased by the number of school children of said age residing without the corporate limits of Commerce, who attend said school.',.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

The following special order was taken up and read the third time, to wit :

By Mr. Farmer of 29th district-

A bill to amend an Act authorizing corporations owning water-power to condemn private property.

Mr. Wright of Floyd, moved to table the above bill, and on that motion the ayes and nays were ordered, which was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adkins,

Cooke of Thomas,

Alexander,

Covington,

Anderson of Cobb, Couch,

Ashley,

Cowan,

Atkinson,

Dan!el,

Austin,

Davis,

Ballard,

Davison,

Barrow,

Dickey,

Bell,

Dugga.1,

Berry,

Eaves,

Bond,

Edmondsc.1,

Boyd,

Flanders,

Brown of Carroll, Flannigan,

:Buchannon,

Foster,

Burkhalter,

Fraser,

Butt,

Fullbright,

Callaway,

Galloway,

Chamlee,

Goode,

Clark,

Guyton,

Clifton,

Hardeman,

Collum,

, Heard,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Hill,

Cook of Telfair,

Huie

Hullender, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMahan, McWilliams, Mays, ihoore, Mundy, Nee!, Nix, Odum, Parrish, Peterson, Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Price of Barrow, Rogers of Randolph, Rountree, Shaw,

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Simmons, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Campbell, Stewart, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling,

Taylor of Appling, Taylor of Sumter, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Townsend, Tracy, Trent, Tyson,

Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Ward, Watkins, White of Screven, Williams of Dodge, Wilson, Wright of Floyd, Young,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Furr,

Allen,

Geer,

Atwater,

Glenn,

Barksdale,

Hamilton,

Barrett,

Hines,

Blackburn,

Holder,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Howard.

Calbeck,

Huff,

Cannon,

Johnson of Jasper,

Dean,

Johnson of Towns,

Donalson,

Jones of Mitchell,

Dorminy,

Lee.

Dunbar,

Lumsden,

Dykes,

Lunsford,

Edwards,

McMullan,

Estes,

Martin,

Fagan,

Mer-:er,

Fowl:r,

Morris, Nowell, Orr, Parker, Persons, Powell, Price of 0cf'nee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Putnam, Ryals, Slade, Tuggle, Walker of Lowndes, \Varnell, Way, White of Madison, Wright of Richmond,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Hall,

Reid of Wilcox,

Adams of Wilkinson, llarris,

Rogers of Mcintosh,

Anderson of Bulloch, Haywood,

Russell,

Bowen,

Hubbard,

Sheffield,

Burwell,

Jackson,

Stephens,

Candler,

Jones of Meriwether, Tift,

Crumbley,

Keith,

Whitley,

Culbreth,

McMichael,

\Villiams of Laurens,

Ellison,

Massengale,

Wise,

Frier,

Maxwell,

\Vootten,

(;ibson,

Payton,

Mr. Speaker.

Godley,

Perry,

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On motion of Mr. Persons the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.

On the motion to table the ayes were 96, nays 52.

The motion therefore prevailed.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has agreed to the House amendments to the following Senate bill, to wit:

A bill to require railroad companies to furnish proper and necessary cars for transportation of peaches, cantaloupes, etc.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in all amendments of the House to following Senate bill :

A bill to increase the number of railroad commission ers of Georgia, to prescribe their qualifications, and for other purposes.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following House resolutions, to wit:

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A resolution providing that certain officers of House and Senate and members of certain committees to remain at Capitol to close up business of Legislature after its close, and for other purposes.

A resolution relative to furnishing members of the General Assembly statements of unfinished business at time of adjournment of session.

Mr. Hall, vice-chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules beg leave to submit the following report :
Resolved, that immediately upon their reception from the Senate,

Senate bill No. 70, known as the disfranchisement bill,

Senate bill No. 49, know!l as the Railroad Commission bill,

House bill No. 312, known as the Fertilizer Tag bill, be taken up and acted upon in the order above named, subject to the General Tax bill and the General Appropriation and Deficiency Appropriation bills, and not to displace the two special orders known as the Narcotic Drug bill and the Water Power bill, already set.

By unanimous consent Senate bill No. 63 was made the special order to follow the above special orders set by the Committee on Rules.
HAI.L, Vice-Chairman.

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The following special orders, set by the Committee on Rules, were taken up and read the third time and put upon their passage, to wit :
By Mr. Steed of 37th district-
A bill to provide against the evils resulting from the traffic in narcotic drugs.
Mr. Whitley proposed to amend by inserting word ~<not" after word "shall," in line 3 from bottom of page.
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 II3, nays 9
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has receded from its amendments Nos. 2 and 3, and has concurred in the House amendment to Senate amendment No. 8 and insists on its amendment No. 13, and asks for a committee of conference on the same, upon the following House bill :
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government and the public institutions.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:



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Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed the following House resolution as amended, to wit :

A resolution for relief of J. R. Atwater.

The following message was teceived from the Senate

through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:



Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:

A bill to amend the tax Act for the years 1906 and 1907.

The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House:

A resolution to pay a pension to Mrs. N. C. Pritchett for 1907.

The Senate has appointed as a conference committee on the locker tax in Tax Act the following Senators ~ Hardman, Knight and Overstreet.

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

Mr. Sepaker:

The Senate recedes from its amendment and concurs in House amendments to the following Senate bill, to wit:

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A bill to amend Constitution and to prescribe qualification for voters in this State.

By Mr. Henderson of I 5th district-

A bill to amend section 3,. article 3 of the Constitution, which provides for the number of Representatives in the House.

On motion of Mr. Price of Oconee, the above bill was tabled.

The following bill was taken up for the purpose of acting on Senate amendments :

By Mr. Candler-
A bill to make appropriation to supply deficiencies for I907.

The House agreed to Senate amendment No. I, to wit:

To amend the General Deficiency bill by adding after paragraph I 5 another paragraph to read as follows :

"Paragraph I6. To the members of the joint committee from Senate and House, which investigated the Soldiers' Home, and have already filed their report, together with hire of the stenographer, the sum of $450, or so much thereof as may be necessary."

The House disagreed to Senate amendment No. 2, to wit:
To H. M. Beutell for nine desks and chairs as per order of Keeper of Public Buildings seven hundred and twenty ($720) dollars.

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On motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd, the Speaker appointed the following conference committee on Senate amendment No. I3 (to tax clubs $Io,ooo) to the General Tax Act, to wit: Messrs. 13\lrrow, Dunbar and Blackburn.

By Mr. Felder of the 22d district-
A bill to amend the Constitution by repealing section
I, article 2, of the Constitution of this State and inserting a new section of nine paragraphs prescribing the qualifications for electors, and for other purposes.
The House proposed to amend paragraph 5, page 3, of this bill by striking the following lines I and 2 as follows : "The right to register under subdivision 3, paragraph 4, shall continue only until January I, I9IO."
The Senate proposed to amend the above amendment of the House by substituting in lieu of same the following:
"Paragraph S The right to register under subdivis-
ion 3, paragraph 4, shall continue only until January r, I9I r; provided, however, that the General Assembly may extend the time in which to register under subdivision 3 of paragraph 4"
The previous question was called and the main question ordered.
Mr. Dunbar moved that the Senate amendment be concurred in and, on that motion, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :

) OURNAL OF TH~ HoUSlt.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams of Chatham, Daniel,

Adkins,

Dunbar,

Alexander,

Duggan,

Atkinson,

Estes,

Barrow,

Foster,

rell,

Furr,

l:o) .1,

Hardeman,

Brown of Oglethorpe, Hines,

Burkhalter,

Jackson,

Burwell,

Lee,

Calbeck,

Lunsford,

Candler,

McMullan,

Massengale, Nowell, Slade, Smith of Campbell, Stewart, Trent, Tyson, Ward, White of Screven, Wootten, Wright of Richmond,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams of Elbert, Covington,

Allen,

Couch,

Anderson of Bulloch, Cowan,

Anderson of Cobb, Davis,

Ashley,

Davison,

Atwater,

Dean,

Austin,

Dickey,

Ballard,

Donalson,

Barksdale,

Dorminy,

Barrett,

Dykes,

Berry,

Eaves,

Blackburn,

Edmondson,

Bond,

Edwards,

Bowen,

Fagan,

Brown of Carroll, Flanders,

Buchannon,

Flannigan,

Butt,

Fowler,

Callaway,

Fraser,

Cannon,

Frier,

Chamlee,

Fullbright,

Clark,

Galloway,

Clifton,

Geer,

Collum,

Glenn,

Cook of Chat'hoochee, Goode,

Cook of Telfair,

Guyton,

Cooke of Thomas, Hall,

Hamilton, Heard, Hill, Holder, Howard, Huff. Huie, Johnson of Jeff Davis, Johnson of Towns, Jones of Meriwether, Jones of MitcheiJ, Keith, Kendall, Kendrick, Lively, Lumsden, McCarthy, Mcintyre, McMahan, McWilliams, Martin, Mays, Moore, Mundy, Nee!, Nix,

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Odum, Orr, Parker, Parrish, Perry, Persons, Peterson,
Pope of Brooks, Pope of Dade, Powell, Price of Bartow, Price of Oconee, Reid of Macon, Reid of Wilco>.., Rogers of Randolph,

Ryals, Shaw, Simmons, Slater, Smith of Calhoun, Stephens, Strickland, Stubbs, Sumner, Swilling, Taylor of Appling, Terrell, Thorne, Thurman, Tift,

Townsend, Tracy, Walker of Lowndes, Walker of Milton, Walker of Washington, Warnell, Watkins, Way, White of Madison, Whitley, Williams of Dodge, Wilson, Wise, Wright of Floyd. Young,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams of Wilkinson, Hullender,

Crumbley,

Johnson of Jasper,

Culbreth,

McMichael,

.Ellison.

l\Iaxwell,

Gibson,

Mercer,

Godley,

Morris,

Ha--:o;,

Payton,

Haywood,

Reid of Putnam,

Hubbard,

Roge.rt~ of Mcintosh, Rountree, Russell. Sheffield, Taylor of Sumter, Tuggle, Williams of Laurens, 1\Ir. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the motion to concur in the Senate amendment the ayes were 35, nays 123. The motion to concur was therefore lost.
Mr. Wise moved to non-concur m the Senate amendment which motion prevailed.

The House having refused to concur in Senate amendment to the House amendment, amendment No. 2 was taken up in which the Senate refused to concur. The House insisted upon its amendment No. 2.
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The following bill ,was taken up for the purpose of acting on the Senate amendments, to wit :
By Mr. Candler-
A bill to make appropriation for the support of the executive, judicial and legislative departments of the State government.
The House concurred m Senate amendments Nos. r, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ro, I I, I2 and I4 and disagreed to amendment No. I3, and amends amendment No. 4
Those amendments ag~eed to were as follows:
To amend section I, line 14, by adding after word "the" and before word "State'' the word "assistant."
To amend section I by adding the following paragraph:
"For salary of the clerk of Secretary of State, one thousand dollars."
To amend section 3 by striking word "cmly" and insert in lieu thereof "and I899," whereyer the same occurs in section 3
To amend by striking the word "three," in line 24 of printed bill after \YOrd "of" and before the words "gallery keepers" and insert the word "one."
Tq amend by adding betwen lines 25 and 26 the fol-
lowing words:
"For one assistant door-keeper for the floor of the Senate (also assistant to messenger) for the session of

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1907, authorized by resolution of the Senate, four dollars per diem. This appropriation to be immediate!? available."

To amend by striking the word "President" in line 32 and insert word "messenger"

To amend appropriation bill under public education in line I 3 by striking all the words in said line after word "cents" down and including "1890" and substitute the words "for payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia ($8,ooo) eight thousand dollars."

To amend section 4, line 31, by striking "seventeen thousand five hundred dollars" and insert "twenty thousand."

To amend section 4 by striking "$37,500" in line IO and inserting "$42,500."

Also after words "sum of" in line II strike "I ,ooo" and insert "6,ooo" and insert "repairs."

To amend by appropriating $35,000 instead: of $30,ooo to Normal and Industrial College, Milledgeville.

To amend by striking $I,85o,ooo for year 1908 and the-sum of $2,ooo,ooo for year I909, and insert $2,ooo,-. ooo for I908 and $2,25o,ooo for I909.

To amend by adding a new paragraph at the end of

section 7:



"To continue the work of the roster commtsston in their compilation of the Confederate muster rolls, $2,00<>;" ..

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The House disagreed to the following amendment :

To amend by adding to section referring to State Board of Health the following: "For equipping a laboratory and providing the necessary supplies for the manufacturing and transportation of both attenuated virus for treating and preventing rabies or hydrophobia, and for the mamifacture of diphtheric an;titoxin, both of which shall be supplied, when necessary, free of charge to the people of Georgia, the sum of $3,500."

The House proposed to amend Senate amendment No. 4, relative to assistant door-keeper of the Senate by inserting between "doorkeeper" and for the words "for the Senate."

By unanimous consent the following Senate bill was read the third time and put upon its passage, to wit:

By Mr. Hardman of 33d district-

A bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing.

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 1 10, nays o.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Messrs. Dunbar, Blackburn and Barrow, conference committee on the $10,000 amendment to tax clubs (General Tax Act), submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The conference committee appointed by the House to

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confer with a similar committee from the Senate, have

had under consideration the matter of dispute between

the House and Senate in reference to paragraph 47 of

section 2 of the Tax Act, and respectfully report that we

have been unable to agree, and a new conference com-

mittee on the part of each House is requested.



Respectfully submitted.

DuNBAR of Richmond, BLACKBURN of Fulton, BARROW of Chatham.

By unammous consent the following resolution was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit:
By Mr. Boyd of Spalding-
A resolution for the relief of James R. Atwater.
The following bill was also taken up and the Senate amendments acted on, to wit:

By Mr. Candler-

A bill to make additional appropriation for 1907 to supply casual deficiencies.
The House agreed to Senate amendment No. 1 relative to payment of committee who investigated Soldiers' Home, and disagreed to Senate amendment No. 2 relative to paying H. M. Beutell for desks.

Later the House receded from its non-concurrence in the Beutell amendment and concurred in same.

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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, as amended, the following House bills, to wit:
A bill to add the Bank of Rockdale, in the city of Conyers, to the list of State depositories.
A bill to provide that nominees in primary elections shall receive a majority vote in cities of 75,000 population and upwards.
The Senate appoints as a new committee of conference on the locker clause in the Tax Act Senators Wilkes, Hudson and Hughes.
The Speaker appointed as conference committee No. 2, on the $10,000 locker tax amendment to the General Tax Act Messrs. Hines, Donalson, Adams.
The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to the following House bill, to wit:
By ~iessrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell-
A bill to provide that nominees in primary elections shall receive a majority of the votes to be entitled to nomination in certain cities.
By unanimous consent the House took a recess, subject to the call of the Speaker.
The House was again called to order by the Speaker.

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The following bill was taken up for the purpose of concurring in the Senate amendments, to wit :

By Mr. Cowan of Rockdale-

A bill to amend section g82, volume I, of the Code so as to add Conyers to list of State depositories.

The Senate amendments were concurred in.

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

Mr. Speaker:

Th Senate has concurred in House amendment to Sen-

ate amendment No. 4, and insists on its amendment No.

I 3, and asks for a conference committee on the follow-

ing House bill, to wit :



A bill to make appropriations for support of State government.

The Senate appoints as conference committee on above bill: Senators Brock, Taylor and Gordy.

On motion of Mr. Candler the following committee was appointed on amendment No. I3 (relative to Board of Health) to the General Appropriation bill, to wit: Messrs. Candler, Whitley and Neel.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in 'first House amendment as amended, disagreed to amendment No. 2, and con-

JOURNAL OF THE HousE.
curred in amendments Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the following Senate bill, to wit:
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia by repealing section I of article 2 of the Constitution of this State and inserting in lieu thereof a new section of nine paragraphs.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bill, to wit:
A bill to amend-section II4 of the Penal Code of Georgia relative to abandonment of children by parents.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to wit:
. A resolution to authorize the Governor to contract with such person as he may select to obtain from Congress a refund of the cotton tax.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

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1065

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed as amended the following House resolution :

A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Bruce.

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to wit:

A bill to incorporate the town of Crandall.

A bill to establish a new charter for the city of Albany.

The undersigned committee of conference on the Board of Health amendment to the General Appropriation bill, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The committee of conference on the part of the House on the disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives on the amendment of the Senate to the -General Appropriation bill, House bill No. 470, providing an appropriation of $3,500 to the State Board of Health for the equipment of a laboratory for the manufacture of rabies and diphtheric antitoxins beg to report the recommendation that the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment.
CANDLER of DeKalb, WHITLEY of Douglass, N EEL of Bartow. Committee on the part of the House.

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The following resolution was taken up and the Senate amendment concurred in, to wit :
By Messrs. Davison and Blackburn-
A resolution to pay pension due ~Irs. Sarah A. Bruce.
On motion of Mr. Candler the House receded from its amendment known as No. I 3 to the General Appro7" priation bill.
The following resolution was taken up and adopted~ to wit:
By Mr. Alexander-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to contract with some person to obtain cotton tax money from the United States government.
Mr. Hall, vice-chairman of the Committee on Rules. submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have had under consideration House resolution No. 85, by Mr. Burwell, and instruct me to report it back with the following amendments, and recommend that it do pass as amended :
I. By inserting in the third line in rule 3I after the word "bill" the words "or amendments thereto."
2. After the word "bill" in the eighth line of said resolution the words "or amendments thereto."
3 Further amend rule 3 I by adding "no explanation shall be in order on a motion to adjourn in any form."

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4 Further amend said resolution by adding after the word "once" as to rule 65 by inserting in said rule 65 as appears in said resolution the following after the word "once" where it occurs in said rule the following words, to wit: "until after the previous question has been exhausted."

5 Further recommends that so much of said resolution as refers to rule 69 be not adopted.

6. Amend rule 49 by adding the following: "a motion to adjourn in its simple form shall not be amended."

7 That rule 48 be amended by changing subdivision

4 of said rule: "a motion to adjourn to a time definite,"

and number the remaining sections accordingly.



Respectfully submitted.
J. H. HALL, Vice-Chairman.

The following rules of the House, recommended by the Committee on Rules, were adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That the rules of this House be amended as follows:
Change r-ule 3 1 to read :
"On all questions, except the main question, or bili or amendment thereto, any member may, by unanimous consent of the House, be allowed three minutes in which to explain his vote. Such consent shall be granted only upon request of the member desiring to explain his vote, and on objection being made, no motion for this purpose shall be submitted to the House. On the main question, or bill, or amendment thereto, any member may have three minutes, as a matter of right, in which to explain his vote."

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Change rule 65 to read :
"The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate, and shall take precedence of all other motions except motions "to adjourn," or "to lay on the table," but neither of said motions shall be made but once, until after the previous question has been exhausted, and when it is moved the question shall be, 'Shall the motion for the previous question be sustained?' If this be decided by a majority vote in the affirmative, and the next question, to wit: 'Shall the main question be now put?' is decided in the affirmative by a majority vote, all other motions will be out ,of order and the House can not adjourn until the previous question is exhausted, or the regul~r hour of adjournment arrives."

The following, which was offered by Mr. Holder as a rule of the House, was adopted by. unanimous consent: Rule 34 (Before Division of a Question and numbering other rules accordingly) :

"No member shall be allowed to address himself to any question and then move to table the bill, resolution or motion, or move the previous question thereon without first relinquishing the floor."

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has appointed as the new conference committee on the "locker clause" in Tax Act : Senators Henderson 39th district, Stapleton and Bush,

The undersigned conference committee on amendment No. 47 to the General Tax Act submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your conference committee to confer with the Senate committee upon the amendment to paragraph 47 of the Tax Act beg leave to report that after conference they are unable to agree and ask that a new conference committee be appointed.
HINES,
DoNALDSON,
ADAMS,
Conferees on part of the House.

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

By Mr. Hall-
A resolution to make House bill No. 18 the special order immediately for the purpose of disagreeing to the. Senate substitute.
By Mr. Mundy-
A resolution to make Senate bill No. 37 a special order for immediate consideration.
~Ir. Hines moved that a new conference committee (three) be appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate on the $10,000 amendment on club lockers.
The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs_ Slade, Nowell and Anderson of Bulloch.

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

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Mr. Speaker:

. The Senate has concurred in report of the conference committee on the locker tax in the Tax Act, and agrees to changing said tax so as to make the same ($500) five hundred dollars.

The House failing to understand fully the last report of the conference committee in regard to the $10,000 locker tax amendment to the General Tax Act, Mr. Wright of Floyd, moved that the committee confer further and submit a report that will be thoroughly comprehensive to the House.

The committee withdrew their first report and after further conference submitted the following:

The undersigned members of conference committee to confer with like committee from the Senate in regard to the $10,000 locker tax amendment, submitted the following report :

\Ve, the undersigned members of the Senate and House committees of conference, report that the agreement ''"as to amend the House bill, paragraph forty-seven ( 47) of the engrossed copy of the bill (this being the amendment offered by Mr. Wright of Floyd, in the House) by striking the words "three hundred dollars" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five hundred dollars," and we recommend that this be agreed to by the House and Senate.

JAMES J. SLADt,
J. J. E. ANDtRSON,
, H. G. NOWELL,
House Committee.

BusH,
STAPLETON, HtNDERSON,
Senate Committee.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has receded from its amendment to the following bill of the House, to wit :

A bill to provide that nominees in primary elections shall receive a majority of the votes cast to be entitled to nomination in cities of seventy-five thousand population and upwards.

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

A resolution for the appointment of a special attorney for the collection of certain moneys from the Federal government, and for other purposes.

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

A bill to provide against the evils resulting from the traffic in certain narcotic drugs, to regulate the sale thereof, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend an Act authorizing the establishment of a public school system .for the city of Commerce.

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

The following message was received from the Senate

through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:



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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House, to the following bill of the Senate, to wit :
A bill to require railroad companies to furnish necessary cars for transportation of peaches, cantaloupes, etc.
The Senate has passed the following resolutions of the House, to wit:
A resolation to pay pension to Mrs. E. J. Burgess, of
Fulton county, for years 1903 and 1904, due to Albert C. Burgess.
A resolution to pay pension of 1907 to Mrs. Eliza Brown, of Colquitt county.
A resolution to pay Mrs. Amanda Eady, pension for year 1907.
A resolution to pay pension of 1897 to B. F. McGehee~ of Fulton county.
A resolution to pay pension of 1906 to Mrs. Nancy E.
Cowan.
A resolution to pay $6o pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham.
A resolution to pay $6o pension to Harris Fuller for the year 1go6.
A resolution to pay pension of John N. Brown, of Dawson county, to his widow, Mrs. Caroline Brown.
A resolution to pay pension of 1907 to Newtoll! Harris.

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. A resolution to pay pension of rgo6 to B. F. Powell, of Jenkins county.

A resolution providing that the joint committees on the University of Georgia shall visit the various branches of the University during the recess of the General Assembly.

A resolution inviting the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to hold their next convention in Atlanta.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, 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 section 243 of Penal Code of Georgia.
A bill to provide for payment and presentation for acceptance or payment of bills, checks, etc., maturing on Sunday or a public holiday.
A bill to increase the salary of the insurance clerk of the Comptroller-General's office.
A bill to regulate fees of justices of the peace and constables in certain counties.
A bill to amend the Act approved August 17, 1905, to correct the description of Grady county.
A bill to repeal the charter of the city of Albany.
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A bill to amend section 2026 of the Code of 1895 regulating character of investments of insurance companies.

A bill to provide for the appointment of a county solicitor of Pulaski county.
A bill to prevent fishing on the Sabbath day.

A bill to amend an Act providing for the creation of local tax district schools.
A bill to repeal the charter of Bethlehem, in the county of Walton.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bethlehem, in the county of Walton.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Glennville, in county of Tattnall.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Danielsville, in the county of lVIadison.
A bill to establish a public school system for the town of Funston.
A bill to regulate the sale of seed cotton in the county of Screven.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Rossville, in the county of vValker.

A bill to amend the charter of Lumber City, and for other purpos.es.

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

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Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has instructed me to notify the House that the Senate has completed its business and is now ready to adjourn sine die.

Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for transmission to the Governor the following Acts :
An Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Nelson.
An Act to increase the salary of the insurance clerk in the Comptroller-General's office.
An Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Swainsboro.
An Act authorizing the town council of Carlton to issue bonds.
An Act to provide that nominees in primary elections shall receive a majority of votes cast in certain counties.

An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for Marietta.

An Act to provide for a two weeks' session of the superior court of Early county.

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An Act to create the city court of McRae.
An Act to authorize commissioners of roads and revenues of Fui~on county to issue $3oo,ooo of bonds.
An Act to prevent putting 'sawdust in streams of Habersham county.
An Act to repeal an Act to create the city court of Fitzgerald.
An Act to pay off and retire valid bonds of the State as they mature.
An Act to create a new charter for city of Rome.
An Act to amend Act to create city court of Griffin.
An Act to amend charter of town of Boston.
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Trion.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Auburn.
An Act to repeal Act to incorporate Pineview school district.
An Act to amend an Act to repeal the city court of Clarksville.
An Act to incorporate towt\ of Ficklin.
An Act to amend Act creating city court of Blakely.
An Act to amend the charter of town of Lawson.

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SA1'uiiDAY, Aucusi'. i7, i907.
An Act to repeal an Act to prevent taking of fish from Notla river.
An Act to authorize mayor and council of Tifton to -elect commissioners.
An Act to amend Act to incqrporate the town of Kennesaw.
An Act to repeal an Act prescribing methods of selling liquors in Screven county.
An Act to amend section 114 of Penal Code.
An Act to provide for home for indigent old women.
An Act to amend Act creating board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Emanuel county.
An Act to create the city court of Waycross.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Offerman.
An Act to amend Act to create city court of Albany.
An Act to make additional appropriation for the year 1907 to supply deficiencies in appropriations.
An Act to prescribe the method of granting license to sell intoxicating liquors in Screven county.
An Act to authorize mayor and council of the city of Macon to close, sell and convey certain portions of streets, lanes and alleys in said city.

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An Act to amend Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the superior court of Bibb county.
An Act to amend the charter of Whigham.
An Act to amend an Act to give commissioners of roads and revenues the authority to lay out public roads, etc., in different counties.
An Act to amend an Act to create the public school district of Wrightsville.
An Act to incorporate the town of Boynton.
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Citizens Bank of Athens.
An Act to amend the Act to amend the charter of the town of Dallas.
An Act to amend an Act creating city court of Sylvester.
An Act to define, declare and make plain the bounds and limits of militia districts in Chatham county.
An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the town of Rootville.
An Act to incorporate the town of Eastman.
An Act to incorporate the town of Maxeys.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Carroll county.

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An Act to authorize town of Temple to create system of schools.
An Act to fix the annual license fee for selling liquors in Mitchell county.

An Act to create a system of public schools for town of Nelson.
An Act to prescribe duties and powers of commissioners of roads and revenues of Ben Hill county.
An Act to amend Act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro.

An Act to create the city court of Flovilla.
An Act to amend section 982, volume I of Code, so as to make the town of Hazelhurst a State depository.
An Act to amend the tax Act for years 1906 and 1907 authorizing levy of five mills.
An Act to incorporate Machinery City.
An Act to amend Act to incorporate the city of Hapeville.
An Act to amend Act to incorporate city of Edison.
An Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Cobb county.

An Act to incorporate the town of J:?iffee. An Act to create a new charter for town of Harrison.

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An Act to amend Acts incorporating town of Ochlocknee.

An Act to incorporate the town of Ideal.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Adairsville.

An Act to amend Act to incorporate town of Boston.

An Act to authorize the city of Thomaston to issue bonds.

An Act to make the president of board of trustees of State Normal School ex-officio member of the board of trustees of University of Georgia.

An Act to amend Act to incorporate town of Hull.

An Act to amend charter of city of Washington.

An Act to provide for indexes in certain counties.

An Act to amend Act to create board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Pike county.

An Act to provide for fixing salaries of county treasurers in certain counties.

An Act to repeal an Act to create a dispensary in city of Athens.

An Act to amend section 982 of the Code so as to make the Effingham County Bank a State depository.

An Act to repeal an Act to regulate sale of liquors in Screven county.

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An Act to create the city court of Millen.
An Act to amend charter of city of Lawrenceville.
An Act to amend Act incorporating city of Sandersville.
An Act to amend Act to create city court of Sandersville.
An Act to amend Act incorporating Barnesville Male and Female High School.
An Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Cordele.
An Act to conform the organization and discipline of the militia of this State to requirements of Act of Congress.
An Act to amend Act creating board of commissioners for Heard county.
An Act to incorporate the town of Gay.
An Act to abolish the county court of Newton county.
An Act to authorize the mayor and council of Carroll.ton to enact police rules.
An Act to repeal an Act to create the city court of Wrightsville.

An Act to amend Act to incorporate town of Royston. An Act to incorporate town of Beverly.

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Also the following resolutions, lo wit :
A resolution for benefit of Mattie J. Combs.
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. M. E. McLane.
A resolution authorizing Governor to borrow money to supply casual deficiencies.
A resolution affecting the lands of Liberty and McIntosh counties.
A resolution relating to furnishing members of the General Assembly a statement of the unfinished business of the session.
A resolution providing that certain offi~rs of the House and Senate and members of certain committees remain at Capitol five days after adjournment to close up business ofLegislature.
A resolution to provide for a special attorney for the collection of certain monies from Federal Government.
Mr. Shaw, chairman of the Committee on Enrollment,.. submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready to be deEvered to the Governor the following Acts, to wit:
An Act to amend an Act to create the city court of Pelham.

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Also,
An Act to regulate the compensation of elective justices of the peace in militia districts of this State located in cities of a population of not less than 54,000.

Also,
An Act to amend Act to establish the city court of Eastman.

Also, An Act to amend section I I I 5 of the Penal Code.

Also, An Act to amend section 243 of the Penal Code.

Also,
An Act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in Tift county.

Also,
An Act to amend sectiqn g82, volume I of the Code so as to add the city of Conyers to the list of cities.

Also, An Act to regulate the sale of seed cotton in Screven county.
Also, An Act to authorize the mayor and council of Athens to issue bonds.
Also, An Act to prevent fishing on the Sabbath day.

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Also, An Act to repeal an Act to create a county court in ~ch county, except certain counties named.
Also, An Act to repeal the charter of Bethlehem.
Also, An Act to incorporate the town of Odom.
Also, An Act to amend the charter of Elberton.
Also, An Act to create the city of Fort Gaines.
Also, An Act to regulate public instruction m Richmond county.
Also, An Act to ratify and confirm conveyances and leases made by mayor and aldermen of Milledgeville.
Also, An Act to amend an ACt to establish the city court of Baxley.
Also, An Act to provide for county solicitor of Pulaski county.

SATURDAY; AucusT .17, 1907.
Also, An Act to amend an Act providing for and ordering pro hac vice.
Also, An Act to amend the charter of the city of Gorman.
Also, An Act to revise the superior court calendar of Cordele judicial circuit.
Also, An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
Also, An Act to establish a public. school system in Talbotton.
Also, An Act to amend an Act providing for the creation and taxation of local tax district schools in Georgia.
Also, An Act to amend Act to establish the city court of Newnan.
Also, An Act to amend section 2026 of the Code to regulate investment insurance companies.
Also, An Act to amend Act to correct the description of Grady county.

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Also, An Act to amend the charter of Lumber City.

Also, An Act to amend the charter of Oakland City.

Also,
An Act to repeal an Act amending the charter of the city of Albany.

Also, An Act to regulate fees of justices of peace in counties of more than I I 5,000 inhabitants.
Also, An Act to create a board of education for the city of Monticello.

Also, An Act to incorporate Tom school district.

Also,
An Act to incorporate the town of White Sulphur Springs.

Also, An Act to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.

Also,
An Act to repeal an Act describing the mode of granting licenses in the county of Screven.

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Also,
An Act to authorize Summerville to hold elections to fill vacancies.

Also,
An Act to change the time of holding the superior court of Jasper county.

Also,
An Act to provide for payment of evidences of debt maturing on Sunday or a public holiday.

Also, An Act to amend an Act incorporating Danielsville.

Also, An Act to amend the charter of Maysville.

Also, An Act to amend Act incorporating Statham.

Also, An Act to repeal an Act to protect fish in Flint river,

Also, An Act t6 incorporate the town of Nicholson.

Also, An Act to incorporate the town of Cadwell.

Also, An Act to incorporate the town of Tignall.

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Also, An Act to incorporate the town of Crandall.

Also, ,An Act to incorporate the town of Bowman.

Also the following joint resolutions:

A resolution for the benefit of Mrs. Lucy B. Huguley.

Also,
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. E. J. Burgess.

Also, A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Eliza Boone.

Also, A resolution to pay Mrs. Amanda Eddy a pension.

Also,
A resolution asking investigation of certain railway safety devices.

Also, A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Bruce.

Also, A resolution to pay pension to B. F. McGehee.

Also, A resolution to pay pension of Harris Fuller.

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Also, A resolution to pay pension of John W. Brown.

Also, A resolution for relief of Jas. R. Atwater.

Also, A resolution to pay pension due Newton Harris.

Also, .
A resolution to pay pension to B. F. Powell.
Also, A resolutiOn to provide for meeting of committees ok 1Jni\ersity of Georgia and its branches.

.Atso,
A resolution extending invitation to the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen.

Mr. Shaw, chaiqnan of the Enrollment Committee,

submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

..

The Enrollment Committee have examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for d~livery to the Governor the following Acts of the House, to wit:

An Act to levy and collect a tax for, the support of the State government and public institutions. (The General Tax Art.)
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Aa Ad to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses for the executive, legislative and judicial departments.. (General Appropriations Act.)
A'-
Aa Ad io amend the charter of the city of Bremen.
Aa Ad to amend an Act to provide a. charter for East Poiat.
Aa Act to repeal certain sections of Act establishing public sdlool system of Louis-ville.
Also.
Aa Ad to arpend Act establishing city court of Statesboro. . A~
Aa Ad to incorpocate the town of Pretoria.
Aa Ad to amend Act incorp"orating Glennville.
Aa Ad to divide the. village: o Summerville.
Also.
Aa Ad to amend Act establishing schools in Valdosta.

FRIDAY, AucusT 16, .1907
Also,
An Act to incorporate the city of Springfield.

Also, An Act to incorporate town of Covington Mills.
Also,
An Act to amend Act to incorporate the town of Bras-
well.
Also, An Act to authorize Barnesville to maintain public schools.
Also, An Act to incorporate Haralson.
Also, An Act to amend Act to establish the city court of Vienna.
Also, An Act to establish a school system for town of Funston.
Also. An Act to amend the charter of Rossville.
Also, An Act to amend Act to establish city court of Camilla.'.

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Also,



An Act to authorize county of Floyd to establish and



maintain a hospital.

Also,

An Act to place certain territory in corporate limits of Hapeville under the Fulton county board of education.

Also,
An Ad to amend an Act to establish the city court of r\'lonticello.

Also, An Act to incorporate Homerville.

Also, An Act to incorporate the town of Bethlehem.

Also, An Act incorporating the town of Montezuma.

Also, An Act to amend Act creating the city court of Tifton.

Also, An Act to amend the charter of the town of Pineview.

Also the follo\Ying joint resolutions:

A resolutioP to pay pension to ~Irs. N. C. Pricket. Also. A resoiutinr> to pay pension of Robert T. Cowan.


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Also, A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham. Also, A resolution providing for a joint committee to ~ amine the books of State House officers.
Mr..Shaw, chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined and report as properly enrolled, duly signed and ready to be delivered to the Governor the following Acts :
An Act to create a new charter for the city of Albany.
An Act to establish a charter for the town of Bushnell.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Hampton.
An Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
An Act to establish the city court of Fort Gaines.
An Act to create the city court of Covington.
An Act to incorporate the town of Brinson.
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An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Hazelhurst.

The following resolution was read and adopted, to wit:
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-
A resolution providing that the General Assembly adjourn sine die.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

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

A resolution providing that the General Assembly ap-
journ sine die.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned sine die.


INDEX
TO THE
HOUSE JOURNAL
'FOR THE
YEAR 1907




INDEX.

PART I. HOUSE BILLS.

ACCOUNTANTS-

Creating board for examination of. .............. : 128 350 398

ADMINISTRATORS-

Ordinary to appoint in certain cases..................

139.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEG~S-

To am~nd Act to create..............................

182

ANTI-PASS BILLS-

Hon. ]. H. Hall's ........................ 93 432 729 739 752

Hon. H. H. Perry's . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

109

APPEALS FROM DECISIONS

APPROPRIATIONS-

To Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Mil-

ledgeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 845 949

To build cottages for tuberculosis patients.......... :.

91

To build wall around Resaca cem~tery ............... 101 1019

Tu pay pensions for 1907-$43.000................ I 12 432 467

For a statute to Gen. Jos. E. Johnson............

12-f

For Georgia Library Commission..................... 126

For salaries of Court of Appeals .................. 128 430 438

For Valdosta Agricultural school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

For trustees of State University .................. 136 847 956

To Technological School for oil refinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 951

To repair old college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 164 845 954

INDEX.

APPROPRIATIONS-Continued-

To refund W. E. Pierce & Bros., $28r .......... : .... .

To pay pensions-$so,ooo ........................... .
To appropriate $ro,ooo to Dr. R. J. Massey. . . . . . .... .

To appropriate $15,000 for steam heating in (Nor-

mal School) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 846

To appropriate $ro,ooo for repairs to Old College.... 237

To pay for publishing for Court of Appeals. . . . . . . . . . 257

Georgia School for the Deaf-$so,ooo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

For repairs for School for Deaf ...................... 285 971

To pay certain moneys to W. L. Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . 286

To pay expenses of Soldiers' Home committee ........ 286 R-45

To improve Indian Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

To pay W. A. McAlister for Armory rent ...... 323 815 842

For expenses of State government .......... 330 835 836 rosS
To pay T. J. Pinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

To refund Downing Co., $1,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

To Georgia Experiment Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

To refund $53.90 to Nussbaum Brothers . . . . . . . . .

453

To pay for drinking water 00 00 .' 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .. 00 00

501

To has~ monument in Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6o7

Additional appropriation for r907 for expenses - of

government . . . . . . . . . . __ ..... : . ..... 646 846 864 I054 ro6r

To pay W. L. Williamson $roo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
To pay J. L. Martin $roo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

AUDITORS-

Counties to elect

499-

ADULTERATION-
Of spirits of turpentine ............................. _ To amend Act to prohibit .......................... .

AUTOMATIC GUNS-

Automatic shot guns prohibited

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AUTOMOBILESRegulated in Johnson county .... _.......... _162 434 400 535.

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BAILIFFS-To provide compensati~n for m Superior Courts .. I04 350 354

BANKS AND BANKING-
To create a Bank Bureau ........................ I78 430 ss6 ro amend Act incorporating Citizens Bank of Athens 467 654
724
BARBERS-
To regulate practice of .............................. 247 JIO

BAR-ROOMSFixing State license fee

BETTING, GAMBLING, ETC.-

To prohibit betting on horse races. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

198-

BILLS. OF INDICTMENT-

Providing for amendment of in Supreme Court......

IOr

BIRTHS-
Required to be registered ................... . . . . . . . . . 989

BOARDS OF EXAMINERS-

Of stationary_ engineers

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BONDS-
To confirm municipal bonds since 1877 ............ I04 428 436 Athens authorized to issue ....................... 238o 540 629 , To pay off valid bonds of .the State as they m'ature 358 502 702 Fulton county to issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-i 543 637 Thomaston authorized to issue .................. 498 51 t 536 Carlton authorized to issue ...................... 720 848 88o

BOOK-MAKING, POOL SELLING, ETC.-
To prohibit .. .. ' ....................... ~ .. .. . . .. .. . 112 653 Bettrng on horse races (see betting.)

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BOUNDARY LINES-
Of militia districts in Chatham county ............ 238 349 425 To correct description of Grady county. . . . . . . . . . I 14 538 888

CASE, MRS. 0. M.To pay for dwelling burned by convicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 845

'CAPITAL STOCKCertain corporations authorized to reduce............ 328

'CHAPLAIN-

Rev. W. A. Parks appointed

82

CHARTERS (MUNICIPAL)-
To amend charter of Barnesville ..................... 121 185 To create new charter for town of Linwood. . . . . . 122 184 302 To amend charter of town of Moreland.. . . . . 127 185 301 To create charter for town of Lilly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 182 301 To amend Act to create charter for Douglasville .. 141 184 301 To amend charter of Grayson .............. ...... 147 185 302 To amend charter of Whigham .................. 171 183 537 To amend charter of Newnan ..................... 176 351 427
To amend charter of Adairsville .................. 178 348 427
To amend charter of Augusta .................... 179 3o6 341 To amend charter of Mullis ...................... 18o 310 341 To amend charter of Newborn ................... 181 307 339 To amend charter of Jakin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 3o8 342 'To create new charter for Rome. . . . . . . . . . 200 6o6 630 7o8 964 To amend Act to create new charter for Atlanta .... 200 264
300441
'To create new charter for Eastman .............. 240 687 715
'To create new charter for Albany ............ 241 906 974 To repeal Act to create charter of Albany ........ 241 9o6 g61
'To amend charter of Covington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 311 345 To create new charter for Camilla .................... 243 536 'To ameRd charter of Lithonia .................. 259 311 343 'To create new charter for Flovilla ............ 286 348 424 To amend Act to create new charter for Columbus. . 303 399
0 424 'fo amend Act to create new charter fop East Point. . 323 54~'
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INDEX.

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CHARTERS (MUN ICIPAL)-Continued-
To amend charter of Calhoun ................ 359 434 532 To amend charter of Winder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 433 533. To amend charter of Wrightsville ............ 401 542 682 To amend Act to amend charter of Dallas ........ 402 652 679 To amend charter of Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IO 775 778 1003 To amend charter of Griffin ...................... 417 504 53-l To create new charter for Harrison .... : ....... 4i8 543 555
To amend charter of Maysville .................. 418 690 786
To create new charter for Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 To amend charter of Lawrenceville . . . . . . . . . . . : 466 544 635 To amend charter of Pineville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 545 63: To amend charter of Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 545 636 To amend charter of .Bremen ................ 5IO 765 779 To create a char.ter for town of Bushnell. ..... 5II 652 682 To amend charte.r of Tallapoosa.................... 512 To amend Act to amend charter of Elberton. . . . . . 552 670 676 To amend charter of Boston ........................ 6ro 683 To amend charter of Morven......................... 6rr To amend charter of Auburn ..................... 646 671 674 To amend charter of Lawson .................... 647 671 677 To amend charter of Warrenton .. , ............... 665 775 786 To amend charter of Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 846 88o To amend Act to create charter for Oakland ...... 673 848 883 To create new charter for :Marietta .............. 67S 71 r 735 To amend charter of Newnan ..... :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 738 766 To amend charter of Offerman ... , .............. 719 849 883 To repeal charter of Bethlehem .................. 737 873 9rr
To amend charter of Rossville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868 888 96o

CHARTERS (RAILROADS)-

To repeal certain charters outstanding................

r28

CIRCUSESSeparate performances for whites and negroes.......... 124

CLERKS OF COURTTo modify and prescribe duties of

133 539

CLOSETSFirms emplov\vg females required to furnish. . . . . . . . . . 200 OJ"

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.CODE AMENDMENTS-

To amend section 671, Criminal Code................ 92 653

To amend section 672, Criminal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 651

To amend section 1099 of Code......................

93

To amend section 4334 of Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

94

To amend section 673, volume 3 of Code............

94

To repeal section 5331 of Code.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

95

To aniend section 3 of Penal Code.................

roo

. To amend section 5130, volume 2 of Code;...........

102

To amend section 2316, volume 2 of Code ............ 102 504

To amend section 3828, volume 2 of Code .....'. . . 102 504

To amend section 1258 of Co,le.. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 103 503
To amend section 243 of Penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 348 38o

To amend section III6 of Criminal Code . . . . . . . . . . 109

To amend section 4200, volume :z of Codt ........ II2 558 6r6

To amend section 492 of Penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 310

To amend section 341 of Penal Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

To repeal sections 8o7 and 8o8 of the Code ... ..... 129 450 471

To amend section ro82 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

To amend section 3+1 of the Code ............. . . . . . 129

To amend section g8 of the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 649

To amend section I 14, \-olume 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . I3I

To amend section 229, volume 3 of Code .......... I3I 309 SI6

To amend section .:p9I, volume 3 of Code.............

I3I

To amend section 4732, volume 2 of Code ............ I32 649

To amend section 526. volume I of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . I35

To amend section I I 15, volume 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . .

I36

To amend sections 839, 840 and 842 of volume I of

Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I37 664

To amend section 264, volume 3 of the Code........ I37 664

To amend section 3667 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I37

To amend section 231, volume I of Code............

140

To amend section 4646 of volume 2 of Code .......... I42 6I8

To amend section 2Jt9. volume 2 of Code............

I45

To amend section I097, volume 3 of Code..... . . . . . . .

145

To amend section 8g6, volume 3 of Code........... . . . I45

To repeal section 397. volume 3 of Code..............

145

To amend section 385. volume 3 of Code..............

145

To amend section 38o, volume 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

To amend section 472, volume I of Code .......... I64 347 561

To amend sections 220 and 22I of Criminal Code. . . . . . 16g

To amend seCtion 1351 of the Code .................. 170 348

To amend section 4I93, volume 2 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 171 131

'To amend secthn 4147 of Civil Corle..................

r72

INDEX.

I 103

..CODE AMENDMENTS-Continued-

To arriend section 93 of Penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

To amend section 114 of Penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I8I 561

To amend section 2o8I of Code......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

To amend section 882 of Penal Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

To amend section 156I, volume I of Code. . . . . . . .. . . . . .237

To .amend section I554, volume I of Code............

238

To amend section 5522 of Civil Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 65.2

To amend section 2426 of Code...................... , 242

To amend Act to amend section 388 of Code. . . . . . . . . . .244

To amend sections I254 and I255 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 246

To amend section 4o82, volume 2 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 247

To amend section 2573, volume 2 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 258

To amend section 2035 of Code...................... ;259 311

'To amend section 2o6o of Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 33;) To amend section 2026 of Code................ ~. 259 335 518

To amend section 5404, volume 2 of Code............ 26o

To amend section 5I82 of Civil Code.................. 2?4

To amend section 4611, volume 2 of Code ............ 286 347

'To amend section I I 16 of Criminal Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 287

To rereal Act to amend section 5462 of Code ......... 287 649

To repeal section 5272, volume 2 of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 304

To amend section g82, volume 1 of Code. . . . . . . . . . 305 434 449

'To amend section 2695, volume 2 of Code............

324

To amend section 3828 of the Code ........... ,...... 327

'To amend section 2323 of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

'To amend section 11I5 of the Code.................. 335

To amend section g82 of the Code ................ 357 433 465

'To amend section 526o of the Code................... 358

To amend section 1366, volume I of the Code........

359

To amend section 846 of the Code.................... 361

To amend section g82, volume I of Code. : . ..... 400 650 736

To amend section 1010 of Code...................... 401

To amend section 1115 of Penal Code ................ 40I 503

To amend section 388, volume 3 of Code. . . . . . . . . .

404

'To amend section 1250 of Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 6:;o

'To amend section 974 of Penal Code.................. 417

'To .amend section 857 of Penal Code................. 418

'To amend section 1495, volume I of Code............ 4I9

To amend section 41o6 of the Code.'................. 466

'To amend section 1642. volume I of Code. . . . . . . . . . . . 528

To amend section 4200. volume 2 of Code............ 538 558

To amend sections 8'39, 840, 842, volume I ot Code.... 539
To amend section 264. volume 3 of Code ....... :. . . . . . 530

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Jt\DEX.

CODE AME.'JD.MENTS-Continued-

To amend section 4193, volume 2 of Code............

539

To amend section r 14 of Penal Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

To amend section 1039 of Code.................. . . . . . 541

To amend section IIIS of Code.......................

542

To amen[i section g82, volume r of Code .......... 6og 689 912

To amend section g82, volume 1 of Code .......... 6ro 878 913

To amend section .po of the Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 689

To amend section 61 of the Code..................... 646

.To amend section 531 of Penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 774

To amend section g8r, volume I of Code... . . . . . . . . . . . 723

To amend sections 382, 383, 384 of the Code.......... 975

CODE CO.'.BIISSIO~ER-

To provide for appointment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

95

To provide for codification of laws...................

II3

CO:VIMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES-
To enlarge the powers of ........................ 97 350 379 To create board of for Cobb County.. . . . . . . . . ror 183 337 To create board of for Tift county ................ 122 185 345 To amend Act to create board of for Gwinnett county q6 309
338 To provide compensation for district road commission-
ers of Gwinnett county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q6 307 338 To amend Act to create for Heard county. . . . . . . . 163 r84 853 To create for Monroe county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r6g r8-J, 426 To abolish in Greene county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 r83 340 To create new board for Greene county . . . . . . . . . . 171 183 3-J.O To amend Act creating for Grady county. . . . . . . . 171 183 346 Relative to laying out and working roads ........ 239 429 449 Of Spalding county, to use certain moneys on roads and bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-J.-J. 50-J. 530 To create board of for Bryan county .............. 285 -+5-+ 5 IS To amend Act to create board of for Mitchell
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 324 504
53-1 Fix duties and powers of commissioners of Ben Hill
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 504 To amend Act creating for :.I arion co_unty ....... 330 504 532 To amend Act creating for Hall county .............. 358 690 'l'o rrf'ate boarrl of for Turner county ......... 359 542 0.11

INDEX.

.H05

COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES-Con-, tinued-
To repeal Act creating board of for Lee county. . 409 429 533 To create a new board of for Lee county.......... 409 431 535 To create board of for Carroll county. . . . . . . . . . . . 452 544 634 To amend Act to create board of for Emanuel county. 498 545
635 Authorizing Tifton to elect. ..................... 498 651 679 To maintain Home for Old Women .............. soo 688 7i6 To amend Act creating for Jackson county....... 511 8~ 913 To create board of for Richmond county.......... 512 691 765 To prescribe duties of commissioners of Irwin county. 532 Of Tattnall authorized to pay G. L. Adams $15.000 .. 6o7 691
766 777 To repeal Act to create for Glascock county ...... 6o8 670 676 To create board of for Glascock county. . . . . . . . . . 6og 670 675 To amend Act creating for Pike county..........611 670 678 To .:reate board of for Richmond county.............. 719 720

Co:\1MISSIONERS'; ETC.-

Tifton. to elect to invest sinking fund ............ 498 651 679

COM:\HTTEES-

To escort Speaker to chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ro

To escort Clerk to desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

To notify Governor of organization..................

13

To arrange inaug1.1ral ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

To select Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

82

To consider Governor's message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rso

On Privileges and Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Standing committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

To examine books of State House officers. . . . . . . . . . . . 248'

Addition to Penitentiary Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g6z

COMMITTEES OF CONFERENCE-
On Deficiency Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1054 On General Tax Act ($IO,oo::J locker tax) ...... ro6o 1002 1009 On General Tax Act (Board of Health).............. ro6s.

COMMUNICATIONS-
From l\Iethodist Conference ........................ . From Hon. B. M. Blackburn ....................... . From Anti-Tuberculosis League
70 h j

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-

To amend article 7, section 6 ................... ---

95

To amend article 3, section g........................

95

To amend article 2, section 2 .........................

g6.

To repeal article 2, section 1. ...........................

To amend article II, section I, paragrapli 2.. , .......

To amend article 1 I, section I, paragraph 2. . .. . . . . . IOO

To amend section I of an Act to amend article 7,

section 1, paragraph L .....................

101

To amend article 7, paragraph I, section 1. . . 109 110 123- 130:

.To carry into effect an amendment approved August.

'22, 1905---- .......................................... Ll..!:

"To amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 .......

r::z

'To amend article 7, section 3--------

I2R

--ro amend article 5, section 1. ........................ . '"To amend article 8, section I, paragraph r ...... ~ ... .

"To amend article 3, section 4. paragraph 3- ... _....... .

''To amend article 8, section I of Constitution.

To amend article I, section I of Constitution.

To amend article 3, section 9, paragraph 3 of Constitu-

tion . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... -........ - -.. - .. .

To amend article 7, section 2, paragraph 2 of Constitu-

tion ............................................ .

'To amend article 7, section 1, paragraph I of Constitu-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

'To amend article II, section I, paragraph 2 of Constitu-

tion - - - - - . - . - . . . . . . . . . - -. - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - : - - - - - - 326 sJS
To amend article 7, section I of Constitution. . . . . . . . . . 402' 686

To amend article 2, section 2, paragraph r of Constitu-

'tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

'To amend article 3, section 2, paragraph 1 of Constitu~

tion . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 419

"To amend aTticle 6, section 7, paragraph 2 of Constitu-

tion ................................................. 7rgg62

'CONTESTED ELECTIONS-

Of Geo. E. Atwood vs. W. H. Ragen................... .. .

rso

-coNTRACTS, LEASES, ETC.-

Enforcement of certain contracts prevented .. .

393

'Confirming contracts of Milledgevi]Ie. _........... . - 788 847 88I

JNDEX.

1107

CONVICTS-

To hire out municipal convicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r64 653

To provide for hire of certain felony convicts. . . .

243

To provide for distribution of funds from hire of. . . . . . 241

CORPORATION~ (MUNICIPAL)-

To co-operate in maintenance of work-gangs .......... roo 502 To close certain streets in Savannah .............. I04 r83 336 To incorporate town of Maxeys .................. rro rrs 302 To incorporate city of Hapeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r 13 r84 675 Authorized to purchase plants for manufacture of gas
or electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II3 6r8 To amend Act to incorporate Ochlocknee . . . . 122 184 339 To incorporate town of Annestown ............... 137 r85 395 To incorporate town of Millen ................... 138 307 338 To incorporate town of Dooling ................ 141 r84 337 To amend Act to incorporate Dacula. . . . . . . . . . . . 147 r85 302 To amend Act to incorporate Babcock. . . . . . . . . . . . r69 r83 346 To incorporate city of Bowman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 3o8 341 To incorporate town of Haralson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 540 629 To incorporate town of Cadwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r8o 307 339 To amend Act to incorporate Dexter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . r8r 308 340 To incorporate town of Nicholson ............... 200 307 342 To incorporate town of Diffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 348 To repeal Act to incorporate Eastman ............ 239 687 853 To amend Act to incorporate Iron City .......... 240 .349 379 To repeal Act to incorporate Lyons ............... 245 307 343 To incorpo.rate town of Patton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 348 425 To incorporate town of Tignall .................. 247 JII 344 To amend Act to incorporate Sandersville ............ 257 502 To incorporate town of Eleanor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z6o 350 425 To incorporate city of Lyons .. . , . , .............. , , . , 310 344 To incorporate town of Ideal .................... 325 430 46~ To divide Summerville into four wards .............. 327 774 To incorporate Screven . . . ................. 335 505 531 911 To incorporate Fort Gaines ...................... 335 774 785 To extend corporate limits of Carrollton ........ 357 652 676 To extend corporate limits of Forsyth ............. 358 503 685 To repeal laws incorporating Manchester . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 To extend corporate limits of Dublin. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 357 To incorporate town of Montezuma ................ 402 6go 852 To incorporate town of Ne>rristown ............. 403 431 518 To amend Act to incorporate Hillsboro .......... 4!0 429 533 To amend Act to, incorporate town of Hull ....... 450 543 638

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INDEX.

CORPORATIONS (MUNICIPAL)-Continued-
To amend Act to incorporate town of Roopville .. 451 544 630 To incorporate town of Brinson .................. 453 6go 766 To incorporate town of Pretoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 653 683 To incorporate town of Ficklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 545 634 To amend Act to incorporate Ailey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 544 554 To amend Act to incorporate Statham .......... 499 545 638 To incorporate town of Ohoopee .............. 499 544 636 877 To incorporate town of Boynton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 651 681 To amend Act to incorporate Braswell ............ 500 545 638 To amend Act to incorporate Trion .............. 500 654 68r To incorporate town of Beverly ................... 501 514 541 To amend Act to incorporate Royston ............. 510 618 637 To amend Act to incorporate Hazlehurst. ............. 56o 736
To repeal Act to incorporate Fitzgerald ............ 607 648 684
To incorporate Fitzgerald ....................... .6o7 648 678 To amend Act to incorporate Fort Valley ...... 6o8 671 682 963
To amend Act to incorporate Edison ......... : ....609 670 677
To incorporate town of Crandall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 878 888 To amend Act to incorporate town of Hampton ........... 610
To amend Act to incorporate town of Boston ....... 610 647 684
'I'n amend Act to incorporate town of Barwick ..... 611 670 674 To incorporate town of Odum ..... : . .............. 611 848 878 To incorporate town of Covington Mills ........... 646 670'677 To amend Act to incorporate Kennesa>w ...............667 735 To amend A>Ct to incorporate Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 847 To amend Act to incorporate Nelson .............. 697 775 779
To incarporate the town of Gay ................... 698 766 787
To incorporate city of Springfield ................ .720 8or 851 To repeal Act to incorporate Homerville ........... 720 849 88o To incorporate Bethlehem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 873 9II To incorporate Machinery City .................... 744 8or 8sr To incorporate Glennville ........................ 770 789 88r To amend Act to incorporate town of Danielsville ..8oo 873 9II To incorporate White Sulphur Springs ............ 8ro 846 88r To incorporate town of Riverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842 To amend Act to incorporate Lumber City......... 88.-t 902 961

COS'fS AND FEES-
Relative to fees of constables in Chatham county. . 104 349 353 Regulating fees of constables in certain counties .. 136 336 710 Fees for clerks of court for making record in certain
cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Of Solicitors-General made uniform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

INDEX.

IIOC)

COTTON-

To prevent theft of bales of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 848 To prohibit traffic in seed cotton in Richmond county. . 18o 3o8
342 To make sale of seed cotton illegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6o8 To prohibit sale of seed cotton in Screven county .. 849 909 961

COTTON-SEED MEALRequired to be branded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 351

COUNTY LINE::i (See also Boundary Lines.)To rep.eal Act relative to description of. ............. 403 514

COUNTY SITESTo change county site of Irwin county ............ 403 514

COURTS-

To establish children's courts ..................... ~ ... 99 846

To amend Act to create city court of Waycross .... 123 778 8o1

To amend Act to create city court of Dalton ....... 124 347 38o

To amend Act to create city court of Cordele .. 126 538 555 1018'

To change time of holding court of Liberty county. 132 309 394

To change time of holding court of Crisp county. . . . . . . . . . . 135



To amend Act to create city court of Americus .... 139 309 377

To change time of holding superior court of Dodge

_

county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 140 309 395

To fix time of holding court in Early county ....... 142 307 717

To provide for four terms of Gwinnett superior

court ....................................... q6 351 378
To amend Act to create city court of Statesboro ... 170 6.':19 882

Relative to quarterly terms in justice courts ............... 18o

To abolish county court of Jenkins county......... 18o 310 394

To create the city court of Millen ................. 181 336 554
To create the city ce>urt of Blakeley ............... 181 431 884 To amend Act creating city court of McRae ... 198 5 \'> 621! 966

To provide method of abolishing county courts ......... 199 652

To amend Act to create city court of Brunswick ... 2o1 653 718

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INDEX.

COURTS-Continued-

To amend Act to create city court of Eastman ..... 240 649 l78 To amend Act to create city court of Albany.:..... 241 540 8n

To amend Act to create city court of Griffin .... 244 652 713 974 To repeal Act to create city court of Hamilton .... 257 429 462

To amend Act to create city court of Sandersville .......... 257

502 516 530 To create the city court of Flovilla ................ 286 541 639

To change time of holding Pulaski superior court. .... 3o6 398

Uniformity 'in defaults in city courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

To create city court of Barnesville .................... 330 712

To repeal an Act to create city court of Barnesville.330 542 712

To repeal an Act to create county court of Clay county. . . . 335

774 784 To create city court of Fort Gaines .............. -335 774 785 To amend Act creating city court of Hall county ... : . .399 6go
To repeal Act creating city court of Wrightsville ... 401 543 713

To amend Act to create city court of Vienna ..... 409 543 7I I To amend Act to create city court of Monticello ....410 416 700

To amend Act to create city court of Pelham ..... -410 650 767 To amend Act to create city court of Swainsboro . . . . . . . . . . 411

431 517 9II To amend Act to create city court of Camilla ...... 417 650 768

To create city court of Cavington ..................... _.17 650

To change time of holding superior court of Jasper

county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 419 688 701 To create the city court of Nl illedgeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -419 6go

To create the city coun of Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . :+51 544 556 To change time of hal ding court in Effingham county ...... 451

544 717

To abolish count"' court of Effingham county ....... 451 543 713 To increase terms of superior court in Hall county .452 6go 735



-To amend Act creating city court of Tifton ........ 500 546 882

To amend Act providing four terms of superior court of

Bibb county ....................................... 5or 515

To repeal Act to create in Miller county........... 529 650 710 To create city court of Miller county.............. 529 651 710 To amend Act to create city court of Newnan ..... 6o8 688 718

To repeal Act to create city court of Fitzgerald .... 6og 648 714

To amend Act to create city court of Dawson ......... 6og 69r

To amend Act to create city court of Clarkesville .. 610 8or 879

To create city court of Fitzgerald................. 611 648 712

To amend Act to create city court of Sylvester. ... 619 775 8o2

C0URU'S--<Ceutinued-

INDEX.

liM

To abolish county court of Newton county........ o 688 715 To amend Act to ereate eity court of Bainbridge... 702 738 7fq To ltiii.end Act, etc.. to aate city court.of Baxley ...... 737
847 883:

rCOURT 'CALENDARS-

'To revise in various counties.............. 0 00 16j To revise calendar of Cordele circuit. ....... 0.240430 516 10dt

:CRIMINAL LAWS-

en Gicving State right of appeal in criminal cases..............

Relieving State from necessity of proving venue in crim.,

ina! cases

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DAMAiGES-
To preyent abatement for right of in certain cases........ 132
Relative to suits for damages against railroads ...... _ 32&-

DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM-
Mutrs required to be placed in by parents.. 0 0. 00o 00..... 3'2/T
DEEDS, MORTGAG~S, ETC.-
Relative to procuring money on where personalty has died ........................................... -92 651
Relative to mortgaging crops ............................ 134 To authorize re-recording of. ........ ' ............ 122 540 555
To provide for recording in certain cases................. 178'
DEFENDANTS-
To testify in ow.n behalf.... _................... o ........ J99:
DEPOSITIONS-
To provide methods of taking in civil cases............ III ~
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INDEX.

DEPOSITORIES-

To provide for county depositories .................... 26o 347

DETECTIVES-
To license private detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
DISPENSARIES-
To repeal Act to create in Athens ................ .roo r85 67:To amend Act to create in Early county ...... .'.... r8r 3!0 343 Relative to LaGrange dispensary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24; To amend Act to create in Colquitt. ............... 358 502 535
DOGS-
To tax dogs ......................................... 178 3!0
DRUGS-

Relative to sale of opium, etc ............ 141 350 377 663

DRUNKENNESS-
Prohibit in public places .......................... III 48

EDUCATIONAL-
To permit citizens of any age to attend public schools..... 96 Relative to kindergartens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Hapevelle under board of education of Fulton county for
school purposes .................................... 121 669
To regulate public instruction in Richmond county. . . . . . . . 246
433 512 537 774 786,
To provide qualifications for school teachers .............. 285 Fixing qualifications of county boards of education .... 357 6o6 Increase board of education for Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 To amend Act to create board of education for Savannah .. 41R To change school year ............................... 453 654 To revise school laws ............................... 245 517 To amend Act creating local tax district schools ........665 667

IKDEX.

I I 13

EDUCATIONAL-Continued-

To encourage education .............................. 667 848

To create board of education for Monticello ........ 673 789 852

To pay county school boards interest on certain moneys .... 8oo

Board of education of Newton county to pay certain teach-

ers...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .......... 903

.ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS-
Election of Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Election of Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO Election of Speaker pro tern ............................. I2 I"' Election of Doorkeeper .....-............................. IS Election of Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 To provide further restrictions upon voters in elections .. 95 541
To regulate certain primary elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i02 46I
To require candidates to file statement of campaign expenses.. .. .. .. . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... I2I 68g
To prohibit contributions by corporations to campaign funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... I22 68g
To fix time of holding congressional primary elections ..... I79 Nominees in primaries to receive majority of votes, etc.... 20I
546 8I4 Io62 Of United States Senator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Summerville to hold special elections .............. 327 774 787 To elect judge and solicitor of Richmond county ... 5I2 6gi 764

.ENGINEERS-
To prohibit inexperienced engineers ................328 433 973 Prohibited from becoming intoxicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 429 To provi.de for board of electrical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
To prohibit unauthorized persons from running .....'...... 848
County commissioners to create board of examiners of. . . . . go6

.EXPERIMENT STATION-

To provide for removal of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 To carry out Act of Congress providing for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 To amend Act to establish .. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

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INDEX.

FACTORY INSPECTION-

To provide for

324

FERTILIZERS-
Prohibiting use of pyrites in manufacture of. . . . . . . . 97
To amend Act governing inspection of ............. 1g8 45o- 894
To regulate sale and inspection of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8u'l

FIRES-

To investigate causes of .................................. 241

FISH AND GAME-
To regulate taking of oysters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 309 T~ prohibit use of drift nets .......................... 131 521 To amend fish and game laws ..................... 135 139 687 To amend Act to revise and c9nsolidate laws ............. 16g
310 325 554 687 To prohibit fishing in Screven county on Sunday. . . . . . . . 199 To prohibit fishing on the Sabbath ................ 324 430 617 Penalty for hunting on private lands ...................... 370 To regulate taking of fish ............................. 371 687 As to taking fish from waters of Georgia.. . . . . . . . . . . 403 To repeal Act prohibiting taking of fish from Notla river,
645 847 879 To repeal Act to protect fish in Flynt river ............. 645 716 To repeal Act for protection of ........................... 68g To preserve, propagate and protect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770

FREIGHT RATES-

To be fixed in certain cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

GARNISHMENT-

Relative to defendants m garnishment suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

GEORGIA SANITORIUM FOR INCIPIENT TUBERCULOSIS-
(See Sanitorium.)

GUARDIANS-

INDEX.

uxs

To simplify proceedings in appointment of ............... 514

HEALTH-

To protect health of travelers ..................... 133 309 029'

HOTEL-KEEPERS-

Protected from fraud ................................. 287 5 t

HOLIDAYS-
Febrtlary 12 as Georgia Day in .. schools ................ 143 350

HOSPITALSFloyd county to maintain ......................... 665 848 879

IMMIGRATION-

To provide for bureau of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

163-

INDEXESTo provide for in certain counties ............ 176 687 412"

INDICTMENTSTo provide for amendments to.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.

INSPECTORTo create office of railroad inspector. . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 6Il)

INSURANCE-

To prevent forfeiture of policy for non-payment of note ...................................... .
To regulate certain companies (Fire) ........... . Mutual Fire companies to make deposit ......... . To create department of insurance legislative in-
formation .................. ............... .

98 432"
177
400


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INDEX.

INTEREST-

Misdemeanor to charge more than 5 per cent. per

month . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 503

INVITATIONS-

To visit Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

165

To visit Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

175

To visit Clarkesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

314

To barbecue at Cave Spring ..........-...........

.188

JAILERS-

To provide compensation for deputies and jail .. guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 258 348 354

JOINT SESSIONS-

To consolidate vote for Governor, etc............

86

To attend inaugural ceremonies ........... ~ ...... - 165

To elect United States Senator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

291

JUDGES-

To provide for rotation of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 263

Authorized to impose conditional sentences.. . . . .

98

To provide for additional judges .......... 126 262' 300 437

To prescribe duties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 540

Additional judge for Chattahoochee circuit. . . . . . . . 134 687

County and city court judges to hold ordinary's

court in certain cases ....................... 142 773 841

Authorized to grant charters in vacation.. . . . . . . . .

325

JUDICIAL CIRCUITS-

To rearrange Oconee and Ocmulgee circuits .......... 131

349 394 986
To place Grady county in Albany cirocuit ...... 144 538 888

Calendar of Cordele circuit revised ....... 240 430 516 1018

To create a new circuit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

240



INDEX.

JURORS, ETC.-

To change method of drawing juries in Superior

Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

125

To amend Act granting exemptions from jury

duty ...... -........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

135

To be paid alike for justice and Superior Courts..

176

To fix compensation of justice court jurors .... 179 202 257

To exempt mail-carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33l

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-

To extend the jurisdiction of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

129

To regulate compensation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 774 787

LABOR AND LABOR LAWS-

Eight hours a day for children under 16 years ....

121

.Repeal Act relative to procuring money on contract

to do service ................................ .

125

To Create Bureau of Labor ..................... . 143 307

Eight hour labor law .......................... .

452

Unlawful to contract with person under contract to

do service .................................... .

667

LANDLORD AND TENANT-

Landlord to take charge of land, when. . . . . . . . . . .

430

Liable for injuries to servant (see Liability) ..... .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL--

Required to register ................. .go 261 291 297 989

LIABILITY-

for Of master

injuries to servant ............. 287 645 689 -

LIBLE AND SLANDER-

Made a misdemeanor ...................... 454 773

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INDEX.

LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LAWS-

To fix license in Baker County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 349 376

To prohibit sale and mfgr. in Georgia . . . . . . . . . . .

93

To prohibit sale of in Georgia (Neel and Coving-

ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

g6

Persons in dry counties receiving liquor to register

in clerk's office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .

103

Prohibiting the carrying of liquor from one county

into another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

103

Relative to sale of liquor in dry counties..........

123

To define place of sale of in Georgia.. . . . . . . . . . . .

127

To prohibit shipping of into dry counties.. . . . . . . .

134

Providing for distribution of revenues derived from

sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

140

Prohibition Counties to regulate traffic in. . . . . . . . . .

141

To prohibit mfgr. of liquors in Turner county .... , 164

To fix license fee for selling in Mitchell county.. I70 351

428

To make illegal the sale of liquors ................ ;. 179 649

To prohibit ordering. liquor in another's name ... .

238

To repeal Act to regulate sale of in Screven Co .. 244 669

To prescribe manner of granting license in Screven

county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 66g 675

Make more effective laws against sale of.. . . . . . . . . 304 687

To prohibit mfgr. of in Putnam county . . . . . . . . . . 397

Regulating sale of in Georgia (Hall). . . . . . . . . . . . . .

497

Regulating sale of in Tift county.. . . . . . . . . . . 500 654 681

Providing rule of evidence in liquor trials.. . . . . . . 619 654

MARINETo establish a true marine in each county.. . . . . . . 975
MASTER AND SERVANTLiability of master for injuries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 645 ~

MEMORIALS-

From New York

151

From Kansas .................................. .

153

From Oregon ................................. .

I 55

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INDEX.

1119

MEMORIALS-Continued-

From Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

IS7

From Nat. Board of Trade, Phila.................

IS9

From Savannah Clearing Asso.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

249

From McRae Dist. Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2S1

From Savannah Dist. Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2S2

From Chamber of Commerce, Augusta . . . . . . . . . .

2S3

From Statesboro citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

266

From Savannah citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

269

From Ga. Carolina Fair Asso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

270

From Mulberry Baptist Asso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

271

From Columbus Board of Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

288

From citizens of Darien ........... : . . . . . . . . . . . . .

321

From Fulton County Med. Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

443

From Columbus druggists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

448

MESSAGES (EXECUTIVE)-

18 8s 114 xso 373 389 47S 622 748 813 863 892 966

MESSAGES (SENATE)-

13 17 79 8s 120 197 262 278 284 290 296 314 3SS 371 383
4o6 437 495 SS2 S96 622 66o 703 724 746 781 804 833 8S9
892 901 917 97S g82 1000 1019 1029 1030 xoso 1os2 1o62 1063 1068 I07I
MILITARY (TO REORGANIZE)-

To incorporate "Governor's Light Artillery". . . . . . 410 S43

To increase efficiency in military of University ... 498 S45

To conform militia to Act of Congress .. 5II 546 663 1045

To foster miltary education, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6g

MINORS-

Contracts valid when over IS years of age.. . . . . . .

99

MISCELLANEOUS-

Errors of law to be announced by appellate courts,

etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

97

1120

INDEX.

MISCELLANEOUS-Continued-

To require noting of exceptions to all rulings, etc.

of courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

102

Illegal to procure money on contract with intent to

defraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

105

To prevent unauthorized persons from running en-

gines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... .

III

To make unlawful carnal knowledge of unmarried

female under 18 years ........................ .

126

To make unlawful the removal of timber, etc., from

mortgaged lands ............................. .

129

Property without lawful owner to belong to State.

130

Relative to corporations giving free service ..... .

137

Charges for services by certain corporations to be

fixed by ordinance ........................... . 143 6!9

Obscene matter prohibited in newspapers ....... .

182

Relative to letters of adminstration in <Certain cases 246 540

To amend Act changing time of meeting of Gen-

eral A.ssembly ............................... .

359

Regulating pleadings in which negligence may be

alleged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... .

300

Corporations not to hold stock in another ....... .

401

System for examining books of officials ......... . 403.688

Females allowed to practice law ................ .

411

Relative to settlement for injuries to minors ..... .

412

Law relating to sale of goods made uniform ..... .

413

Prohibiting commercial discrimination .......... .

MORTGAGES (See Deeds, etc.)

NEGOTIAB_LE INSTRUMENTS-

To provide uniform law relating to.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

142

NEW COUNTIES-

To create county of Bleckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

99

NEW TRIALS-

To regulate granting of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

142

.INDEX.

II21

:KOTES, CHECKS, ETC.-

Relative to payment of when maturing on Sunday 99 349

378

When notes falling due on Sunday are payable...

III

NURSING-

To regulate practice of ......................... 127 3o8"

OPTOMETRY-

Regulating practice of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 429

PARDON&-PAROLES-

Authorizing Governor to grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 I<>

Authorizi.ng Governor to parole convicts . . . . . . . . 142 432

PENSION&-

To permit soldiers and widows, to file proofs of

service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

92

Defining word poverty as used in pension laws...

109

Relative to payment of Confederate widows......

III

To place Mrs. Eugene Jones on pension role.....

140

Defining indigent pensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

142

To pay pension .to Mrs. Mattie ]. Combs.. . . . . 163 502 558

To pay pension to Mrs. Lucy B. H uguely. . . . . . 163 503 612

To pay pension due Wm. Otha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

198

To pay pension due Mrs. N. C. Prickett . . . . . . 199 3o8 363

To pay pensian due ]. N. Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

199

To pay pension due Mrs. Eliza Broom.. . . . . . . 201 308 365

To pay pension due Mrs. E. ]. Burgess ...... 201 503 936

To pay pension due_ Mrs. Celia Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 g62

To pay pension due Mrs. Amanda Eady ..... 242 432 519

To pay pension due Louis McCollough . . . . . . . . . .

247

1'o pay pension due Mrs. Sarah. Bruce .... 258 906 938 ro66

To pay pension due B. F. McGehee .......... 26o 503 614

To pay pension due Mrs. M. E. McLane .... 26o 430 462

To pay pension due R. T. Cowan ............ 285 539 940

To pay pension due F. M. Rice ................... 304 503

71 h j

1122

JNDEX.

PENSIONS-Continued-

'l'o pay pension due I. W. Carter, Sr ............ .

305

To pay pension due F. W. Sloan ................ .

3o6

To pay pension due L. Bohannon ............. .

325

Com'r of authorized to pay certain pensions ..... . 326 514

To pay pension. due Jos. Rawls .... _............. . 3.Z6

To pay pension to E. M. Parham .............. .

35?

To pay pension to Mrs. Lucy Lockhart .......... .

404

To pay pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham.. . 411 546 641

To pay pension to Harris Fuller ............. 451 6sr 942

To pay pension to E. P. Ford ................. .

453

To pay pension to Peter Gordy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

To pay pension to ]no. N. Brown ............. 466 651 945

To pay pension to ]no. M. Pirkle .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

466

To pay pe~sion to ]. B. White .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

501

To pay pension to Peter Currans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6o8

To pay pension to W. R. Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

To pay pension to ]no. M. Surrency . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 '

To pay pension to Louisa L. Hodge . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

To pay pension to Newton Harris .............. . 667 933

To pay pension to Mary ]. Sells ................ .

667

To pay pension to Mrs. S. F. Crain .............. .

674

To pay pension to W. ]. Sanford ................ .

719

To pay pension to Mrs. L. M. Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . .

720

To pay pension to B. F. Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /!44 8or 947 To pay pension to Mrs. W. R. Cook ............. . 788

To pay pension to Marion Moss ................. . 868

To pay pension to Wm. H. Sheats ............... .

To pay pension to ]. W. Maxwell ................ .

PERJURYTo further define . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

PISTOLS-
To regulate carrying of ......................... 125 351 To levy tax on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 515 To prohibit carrying without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 433

.PLEADINGS AND PRACTICETo regulate in certain cases

433 55.3

PLEAS-

INDEX.

1123-

Relative to pleas of lunacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:l6 6S.J

PORTRAITSOf Hugh McCall.

PRINTING-

To print 300 copies of drug bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

377

To print 300 copies of H. B's. Nos. 91 and 95.. . . . . . 377

To print 300 copies of prohibition bill ........... .

To print 300 copies of H. B. No. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

PRISONERSRelative to good time allowance in sentencing. . . . 303

PRISON COMMISSIONTo amend Act to create

POSTMISTRESSAppointed ................ .

POLICE PATROLS-
To create in several counties To create in Troup county ............... , . . . . . . 200 Police protection over 4th dist. Agr College. -453 544 635

RAILROAD COMMISSION-

To extend powers of ............................ . 105 140

To increase membership of ...................... . III 653

To regulate passenger schedules ................ .

134

To require building of side tracks ............... .

134

To employ inspectors of agencies ............... . 511 846

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I:-.JDEX.

RAILROADS AXD STREET RAILWAYS-

. Certain railroads to charge 2 cents passenger rate ..

ros

-''Required to carry 200 pounds of baggage free ... .

IIO

To fix passenger rate ........................... .

124

To repeal present laws for incorporation of._ ... -... .

12j

To fix liability of for killing live stock ........... . IJ2 53)

As to bringing of action against non-resident R. R's

13--1

Requiring Millen & S. W. R. R. to make certain

stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ .

!3'3

Prescribing duties of street railway companies .... .

140

Require railroad companies to report injuries to

persons to Railroad Commission .............. .

1--13

To prevent railroads selling tickets for less than

cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ .

!69

Conductors not to collect fare when passenger has

no seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

201

To require carcases of animals killed to be 1:\uried. .

310

Railroads required to run on schedule time.: . . . . . .

328

Railroads to equip locomotives with sufficient head-

light . 0

0

329 4::0 0 0

Required to be incorporated under laws of Georgia

;l52

Required to fence roadbeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

_):!9

Required to connect tracks in towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(; [I

Prevent street cars running on Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . .

~;:.~5

RELIEF-

Of ]. W. Hixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.)/I

Of Comptroller General's office .................. 41 I 650

of ]as. R. Atwater ..................... 5I3 541 639 1o6n

Of Carrall Daniel ................. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6oS

Of W. A. McAlister ............................. 815 S.p

REGISTRATION-

Required of persons operating under fictitious

names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-12

Amend Act to provide for registration of voters. .

325

REPORTS OF COl\Il\IITTEES-

To notify Governor of organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

To arrange inaugural ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 wG

INDEX.

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1125

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES-Continued-

Of Georgia roster commission ........... . . . . . . . .

160

Privileges and Elections ...... :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19I

General Judiciary .... 262 294 333 372 421 459 523 5W 626

694 727 790 791 812 984

Labor and Labor Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 6o5

Hygiene and Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 458 874

Corporations .. 280 296 320 384 422 457 509 524 6o2 625 661

.

. 736 744 770 8o3 871 901 905 994

Special Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

282

Ways and Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 442 627 672 (,92 &~9

Special Judiciary .. 283 316 375 386 420 524 003 623 625 693

728 792 840 904 958 f,94

Game and Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 372 386 423 663

General Agriculture .... 295 321 384 461 so8 628 66T 73.3 959

Counties and County Matters .. 317 441 449 458 so8 69.; 709

768 863 812 874 1002 Temperance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... : ... 319 385 459 622 I}~ I Education .. 3I9 372 423 4~2 46o 6f>T IJ:q 72H 768 794 872

95:) IJJO Banks and Banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 380 38~ 6o2 885 905

Mines and Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

333

Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 598 892

Roads and Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Military Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 522

R~ilroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 599 6oo 627 692 793 835

Constitutional Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 5o8 692 93.3

Enrollment ........... 470 6o1 782 831 979 1021 1029 1075

Penitentiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6o5

Rules ...................... 648 780 983 985 1023 1051 1066

Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 747 968 969

Blind Asylum ............................... . . 83?

University and Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

To visit Deaf and Dumb Asylum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875

Public Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8g1

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES (MH\ORITY)-

On disfranchisement bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922

REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES-

On general tax Act ($ro,ooo club amendment) .. ro6o ro69

1070

On general tax Act (board of health) ...

1065

IU6 REPORTERS-

INDEX.

Of Court of Appeals created

179

ROADS AND BRIDGES-

Rural routes to be public roads ................. . 176 546

To protect in Chatham county . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 184 337

Macadamize roads between county sites ......... .

511

To create local road law for Toombs county ..... . 512 68.l

ROAD DUTY-

Not required of minors .......................... 144 53-~

ROSTER COM!1:ISSION-

To abolish

RULESAdditional rules of House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067

RU~AL POLICE-
To create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 136 64') Counties to organize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 136

SALARIES-

Of court reporters - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 349 8so

Of insurance clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 538 639 841

Of Co..missioners of Pensions and Agriculture ... I 12 845

Of stenographer of Attorney-General . . . . . . . . . . . . .

120

Of Court of Appe_als (See appropriations).

Of solicitors-general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

178

Of Justices of Supreme Court ................... 258 441

Of Judges of Court of Appeals .................. 258 541

Of State Entomologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 430

Of county treasurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 543 714

SAFECRACKERS-

Punishment for ................ .

INDEX.

1127

SANITORIUM FOR TUBERCULOSIS-

To create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 137 288 soz
/
SAWWDUST-

Prohibited in streams of Pickens county . . . . . . . . . . 677

Prohibited in streams of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 433

Prohibited in streams of Habersham county

8oo 852

SCHOOLS-
To create public schools in Barnesville .... 121 788 878 914 To -amend Act to inc.orpor~te Barnesville High
&:hool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 336 914 To amend Act to create public schools in Bain-
bridge . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. ... . 240 To revise school laws of Georgia ................. 245 517 To create system of in Cedartown . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 3o8 345 To amend Act to create schools in Valdosta .... 200 3II 344 To creato public schools in Lyons ........... -393 431 465 To create public schools in Temple . ... . . . . . . 399 429 536 To create public school in Chipley . . . . . . . . . . 403 504 534 To create public school in Whitesburg. . . . . . . . 452 544 636 To amend Act to create in Tallapoosa . . . . . . . . . . . 513 To create system of in Talbotton . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 721 767 To create system of in town of Nelson ...... 697 775 781 To repeal Act creating schools in Louisville ... 720 789 851 To create system of for town of Funston .... 8oo 849 900 To create system of for Hartwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS-

To be elected by public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

132

To amend Act to ele~t by people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

145

To require yearly itemized statements from.. . . . . . . 300 650

SCHOOL DISTRICTS-

To incorporate Martin school district . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 To repeal Act to incorporate Haralson school dis-
trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 418 542 631 679

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II28

INDEX.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS-Continued-

To incorporate Tom school district

362 847 8s8

To amend Act to incorporate Wrightsville school

district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 542 633

To 'amend Act to incorporate Lithonia school dis-

trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 65o 68o

To incorporate Chelse;). school district.. . . . . . . 497 651 68o

To repeal Act to incorporate Pineview school dis-

trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 654

To incorporate Kestler and Damascus school dis-

tricts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6o7 68o

To amend Act to provide for creatiqn of. .. Boo 845 873 984

To create Wayco school district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

SECRET ORDERS-

To be licensed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 351

SODAWATER BOTTLERS-

To be protected from loss of bottles, etc.. . . . . . . . . . 143 652

SOLICITORS-

Pulaski county solicitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 399 913 Quitman county .solicitor ...... .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 669.714 Prescribing how solicitor-general shall be paid .... 133 539

SOLDIERS' HOME-

Close certain streets in Columbus ............ 243 256 426 Amewling Act to accept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 433 Trustees to convey certain property .............. 737 906

STATE LIBRARIAN-

To fur,nish publications to State Univers.ity . . . . . .

103

To distribute reports and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

STATE IXSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE MINDEDTo create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 250

INDEX.

1129

STREETS AND LANES-
Close certain streets in La Grange ........... ;;!85 431 530 Close certain streets in .Savannah ......... : . .. 104 183 336 Close certain streets in Macon ... ............. 842 868 911 To grant portion of street in Savannah to Citizens
& Sou. Bank .............. , ............... 304 348 355

STREAMS, RIVERS, ETC.-

To remove obstructions from streams of Stephens county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 334 502 531

SUBPCENAS-

How issued in certain criminal cases . . . . . . . . . . . .

287

SWILLING, HON. S. B.Sworn in ........ : ..... .

TAXES AND TAX LAWS-

To assess property returned to Comptroller-Gen-

eral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . 94 105

To levy tax on pistols ........ , ................. .

96

To tax gifts, legacies, etc ....................... .

97

To tax certain corporations 2 per cent. on gross re-

ceipts . . . . . . . . . ....... .... . ................. .

109-

Payment of poll taxes to be voluntary ........... .

125

To create State and county boards of assessors ... .

128

To tax inheritances ............................ .

136

To amend Act to tax franchises .................. .

288

Comptroller-General to furnish certain returns to

tax-collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. . 304 690

County boards of arbitrators provided for ....... .

395

To tax public utility corporations ............... .

328

Confederate soldiers exempt from (spe-cial) ....... .

329

To levy tax for support of State government .. 360 673 704

711 771 784 794 8os 815 990 1024 1031

To properly assess banks, etc ................... .

362

To provide for certain of returns of corporations ..

666

1130

INDEX.

TAXES AND TAX LAWS-Continued-
To amend tax Act for 1906 and 1907 .. 727 849 984 g86 846 789 829.
To relieve Terrell county from tax on dispensaries for 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846 789 929

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES-

Prescribe duty of in receiving messages, etc .. g8 140 503 Regulating delivery of messages .................. 123 454' To regulate companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 455

TOBACCO-

To prohibit the sale of cigarette tobacco..........

93

TRAIN DISPATCHERS-

To prescribe hours of work

334

TRUSTEES-

President of Normal School on board of University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 144 350 618
Of University to transfer certain property . . . . . . . . 201

TYSON, HON. L. ].-

Added to General Judiciary Committee

457

VETERINARY-

State board of veterinary examiners ...... : .. 357 542 970

VOTES-

Buying and selling of declared bribery . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 846

WAREHOUSES-

To make receipts uniform

411

INDEX.

-WATER RIGHTS-

To flume for transport, logs, lumber, et-c . . . . . . 124 349 517 Relative to corporations controlling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 649'

W. & A. R. R.-

~o cross street in town of Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

144-

To declare State's policy to extend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

91

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-

To amend Act protecting against shorts . . . . . . . . . . . 243 To create office of inspection of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719'
WILD LANDS-

Relative to ..................... ."................ 177

WILLS-

When probated .................................. 400 652 WJTNESSES-

In l'ase of rape................................... 83f>.

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PART II.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS-

Rules of last House to obtain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

For committee to arrange inaugural ceremonies..

14

For committee to select Ctaplain ....... .'...... . .

81

0 Relative to sel!ction of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

82

Providing for committee to investigate certain cor-

porations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .

94

Providing for committee to investigate relations be-

tween . certain railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

102

Inviting Dr. A. M. Soule to address the General As-

sembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 409

To investigate why Southern Railway controlls the

Central of Georgia Railway ........... 130 147 647 930

Providing for bureau of insurance legislative infor-

mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 471

For committee to select site of institution for feeble

minded ...................................... .

170

To create certain new rules ..................... .

182

Requesting Speaker to appoint Rules Committee ..

188

To adjourn over for July 4 .... 0

202

Requesting Committee on Ways and Means to re-

port House bill Ko. 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

237

Providing for pure drinking water ............... 248 846

Providing for committee to examine books of State-

house officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. .

For prevention of railroad collisions ............ .

lnYiting Hon. A. 0. Bacon to address General As-

sembly ..................................... .

Thanking Hon. B. M. Blackburn ................ .

Requesting Special Judiciary Committee to report

H. B. No. 320 . . . . . 0 0. 0

Providing for joint session to ele-ct U. S. Senator ..

Inviting Governor Smith to address General As-

sembly ..................................... .

306

To discourage immigration in Georgia .......... . 306 347 To request appointment of mutes on board of

trustees of deaf and dumb asylum ............. .

323

Endorsing measure of Congress to return $u,ooo,-

000

0. 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0

0 00 0 0 0 0

327

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INDEX.

IIJ3

H()USE RESOLUTIONS-Continued-

w: Sympathizing with ].~ E;ciwan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1B

Providing for committee to see to printing of bills.

346

Granting leave to certain members .............. ..

347

Requesting information of Committee on \Nays

and Means .............. ......................

377

Requesting information of physicians of State insti-

tutions . . . . . . . ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

400

Recommitting disfranchisement bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

450

Providing for electric fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46r

Tendering halL to State Farmers' Union.. . . . . . . . .

462

Cancelling order for lithia water.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

467

Fixing prohibition bill as a special order. . . . . . . . . .

495

Commending the speaker .. : . ................ , . . .

496

Fixing hour of adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49'5

To amend rules of House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

529

Sympathizing with Hon. J. ]. Slade..............

644

Authorizing Governor to borrow money ...... 646, 686 702

Fixing sessions of House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

700

Relative to State's property in Chattanooga.... . . . .

701

Committee on University of Georgia to meet during

vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.................. 771 801 859

Relative to employees and storehouse of State San-

itarium . . . . . . . .

.............. .........

788

Committee on blind asylum to meet during vaca-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 789 841 858

Sympathizing with Hon. H. G. Nowell............

790

To .revoke privilege of explaining vote.. . . . . . . . . . .

809

Invitation to Brotherhood of Railway Carmen. . . .

835

To pay Carroll Daniel for work in prison.. . . . . . .

846

For protection of pine forests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

849

"Extending hall of House to Association of Letter

Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

909

To repair Georgia School for Deaf. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

962

Memorializing Congress as to Altamaha river.. . .

966

Requesting Senate to return House bill No. 84....

982

Providing for committee to investigate increase in

prices, etoe . . . . . .

.. ................ ..

983

To provide for bringing up of unfinished business 989 1013

To furnish members statement of unfinished busi-

ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

989

To appoint special attorney to collect moneys from

United States government ........ , ........... 1043 1066

To accept a medallion of Gen. Joe Wheeler........ 1043

PART III.

SENATE BILLS-

To prohibit sale and manufacture of liquors. 363 4IS s64 659

To amend Act to create public schools in Roswell .. 393 998

To amend Act creating commissioners of Meri-

wether county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 S49 6S5

To amend section 2181, volume 2, of Code ......... sor 6s6

To amend Act to establish Agricultural College ... s46 8so

To wohibit giving of franks and passes ............ S47 6s6

To repeal Act creating commissioners of roads and

revenues for Franklin county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S47 7_71

To create board of commissioners for Franklin

county .................................. -S47 696 77.2

To regulate running of automobiles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . S47 988

To amend Act incorporating town of Alapaha ........ S47

s6s 772

To amend Act creating city court of Thomasville ...... S47

6s6 910
-To amend Act creating charter for Sparks .... s4B 6S6 772

To amend Act creating agricultural experiment sta-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S48

To amend Act creating charter for Mt. Airy ... s48 6S6 74S

'To amend charter of Oglethorpe .............. S48 6s6 910
-To create system of schools in Thomson ...... S48 773 8o9

To amend charter of Norman Park . . . . . . . . . . . . S48 6S7 909

-To lay out city of Conyers into three wards. . . . . .

549

To amend charter of Conyers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S49

"To repeal section r, article 2, of the Constitution . . . . . . 6SS

697 869 903 922 ross Requiring railroad companies to furnish fruit-cars .

promptly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 66s 721 992

'To increase membership of Railroad Commission ..... 66s

721 98r 99S 1003

'To create public schools in W-arrenton ........ 69S 721 74S

To create city court of Oglethorpe ............ 69S 790 8o3

To repeal sections 4170 and 4217 of the Code .. 6 790 803 -

To quiet title of Wesleyan Female College to cer-

tain property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 810 8So

'To provide how pensions shall be paid ............ 810 ror6

INDEX.

.

.

BENATE BILLB-Continued-

1135

To change the county-site of Irwin county .... 815 .~so 1039.
Waycross authorized to close certain streets .. 84~907 998

To create public schools in Montezuma ........ 854 907 999 To amend charter of Rutledge ................ 854 907 997

To incorporate town of Fairfax .. , ........... 854 907 1000 To incorporate town of Riverside .............. 854 907 99-~

To amend Act to create schools in Commerce .. 855 907 1047 To incorporate city of Ocilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 f)08 1000

To incorporate town of Apalachee ............ 855 907 997

To amend charter of Offerman ................ 855 g88 999

To amend Act creating commissioners of Irwin county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 f)08

To incorporate Mountain City ................ 855 907 999

To amend Iaws in regard to Charlton county .. 856 f)08 963

To prescribe duty of telegraph companies. . . . . . . .

869

To change time of holding court in Tift county. . . .

870

To amend section g82, of the Code ............ 870 907 970

To amend section 342, of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870

To amend Act creating city court of Nashville 870 g88 1014

To amend section g82, of the Code ........... 870 f)08 1046 ~o provide against evils of narcotic drugs .... 871 907 1052

To amend section 1844, of. the Code . . . . . . . . . . 905 963 1016 To amend section 3, article 3, of the Constitution ...... 905

.

g88 1054

To amend section 4732, of the Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . go6 962

To regulate practice of professional nursing .. 962 g88 1060

To amend the charter of Decatur ............ g6g 1003 1045 Authorizing payment of costs in conviction of con-

victs in Emanuel ocounty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987

To amend section 671, volume 3, of Code.. . . . . . . . . 987

To refuse license to certain insurance companies .. 987 1013

To amend Act relative--to control of water-power,

etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 987 1013 1048

To create district court of Cochran .......... 987 1003 1047

To amend Act to create city court of Abbeville ........ g88

1003 1017

..

...

PART IV.

SENATE RESOLUTIOXS-

To notify Governor of organization of General As-

sembly .................................... .

Ij

Providing for joint session ...................... . 85 86

Relative to working convicts on public roads ..... .

294

Inviting Dr. A. M. Soule to deliver address ..... . 362 436

Endorsing bill in Congress to return cotton tax ..

363

Regarding Tennessee Copper Co ................ .

403

Sub-convict committees to visit camps during va-

cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 655

Memorializing Congress to extend industrial educa-

tion ......................................

Relative to Confederate cemetery at Resaca ..... .

Endorsing bill of Congress as to liquor shipment..

Providing for joint committee on judicial circuits.

69G

To return sureties on bond of M. T. Paulk .... 854 9o8 1017

Endorsing bill in Congress for return of cotton tax 969

Memorializing Congress in regard to a canal.. . . . . 986

Memorializing Congress to extend industrial educa-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989