Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia at the regular session of the General Assembly at Atlanta, Wednesday, June 25, 1913

JOURNAL
OF THE.
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
AT lHE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
At Atlanta, Wednesday, june 25, 1913.
ATLANTA, GA. CBAS. P. BYRD, State PJinter,
1913.

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JOURNAL
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, G.A. WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1913.
'Ifue Representatives-elect of the General Assembly of Georgia for the years 1913-1914 met pursuant to law in the Representative Hall at 10 o'clock a. m. this day, and were called to order by Jno. T. Boifeuillet, Clerk of 11he last House of Representatives. Prayer was offered by the Rev. John E. White, D. D., of Atlanta.
The Secretary of State submitted to the Clerk th.e following certified list of the names of the Representatives-elect:
From the County of Appling-J. H. Carter; Baker-W. J. Kidd; Baldwin-J. H. Ennis; BanksTom E. Anderson; Bartow-E. D. Cole, W. A. Dodd; Ben Hill-W. T. Paulk; Berrien-George A. Paulk; . Bibb-Minter Wimberly, B. J. Fowler, Wallace Miller; Bleckley-Leo H. Browning; Brooks-G. C. Edmondson, A. J. Hodges; Bryan-W. F. Slater; Bulloch-A. A. Turner, S. F. Nevils; Burke-H. J. Fulbright, E. V. Heath; Butts-J. H. Mills; Calhoun -J. A. Coleman; Camden-A. J. Liles; CampbellD. B. Bullard; Carroll-!. H. P. Beck, John R. Spence; Catoosa-J. C. Bryan; Charlton-G. W. Reynolds; Chatham-Joseph McCarthy, Shelby My-

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rick, Herman C. Shruptrine; Chattahoochee-W. F. Cook; Ohattooga-W. M. Ransom; Cherokee-J. N.
Simpson; Clarke-~; A. Lipeeotnb, J. F. Rhodes;
Clay--:-..T. M. Bell; Clayton-D. P. Melson; ClinchA. H. Culpepper; Cobb---John P. Cheney, H. B. Moss; Coffee-C. E. Stewart;. Colquitt-John ~
Carlton; Columbia-Ike V. Ballard; Coweta-Gar-
land M. Jones, C. F. Hollberg; Crawford-R. C. LeSueur; Crisp-O. T. Gower; Dade-D. S. Middleton; Dawson-J. R. Stone; Decatur-W. G. Harrell, Sr., J. T. Lane; DeKalb-Alonzo Field, R. Frank Smith; Dodge-C. M. Methvin; .Dooly-C. C. Duncan; Dougherty-C. M. Clark, Sr; Douglas-W. I. Dorris; Early-R. R. McLendon; Echols-James H. Keen; Effingham-J. W. Reiser; Elbert-A. S. J. Stovall, J. N: Wall ; Emanuel--:-..I. L. Herrington, I. S. Woads; Fannin-B. L. Smith; Fayette-C. D. Redwine; Floyd-John C. Foster, Barry Wright, W. J. Nunnally;.Forsyth-Louis E. Wisdom; Franklin-T. G. Dorough; Fulton-R. B. Blackburn, John Y. Smith, Ralph 0. Coohran; Gilmer-W. B. James; Glascock-W. D. Allen; Glynn-L. R. Akin; Gordon . -Ernest Neal; Grady~W. H. Collins; Greene-W. P. McWhorter; Gwi:nnett-G. W. Pharr, T. C. Shadburn; HaberS'ham-Vance Perkins; Hall-J. 0. Adams, J. E. Palmour; Hancock-W. H. Burwell; Haralson-G. L. Suggs; Harris--T. H. Kimbrough; Hart-A. A. McCurry; Heard-D. B. Whitaker; Henry-R. J. Arnold; Houston-H. N. Holtzclaw, A. B. Greene; Irwin-J. B. Clements; J ackson-L. C. Allen, H. N. Rainey, Jr.;Jasper--:-..T. L. Lane; Jeff Davis-Henry G. Moore; Jefferson-'-R. N.

WEi>:NESDAY, .JUNE 25," i913:
Hard~ntan; JeDkhis~W. M. Brinsoni Jomison___:_:a..
H. M:oje; Jones-.t. A. Henderson; Laurens-W. B..
Taylo~, W. B. Coleman; Lee-E. B. Lee; Liberty.'~'
J. H. Parker; Lincoln-W. H. Estes; toWildes- William H. Griffin, 0. K. Jones; Ltinipkin:.....:.J. :M. Brookshear; :Macon---:-Carl L. DeValighn; Madison--:J. R. P. Thompson; Marion_:_E. H. McMichael; Mc-
Du.ffie-J. Glenn Stovall; Molntosh-Geo;. E. At.:.
wood; Meriwether'-N. F. Culpepper, 0. W. McGehee; Miller-W. J. Grimes; Milton-J. C. Reese; :h;[itchell-J. M. Spence; Monroe-Thomas J. Hardin; Montgomery-John C. Johnson; Morgan-P. S. Burney; Murray-H. H. Anderson; MuscogeeJ. J. Slade, E. Wohlwender, H. H. Swift_; NewtonA. L. Loyd; Oconee-A. W. Meaders; OglethorpeN.D. Arnold; Paulding-El W. Dean; Pick(ms-J. R. Allen; Pierce-H. J. Strickland; Pike-Frank L. Adams; Polk-L. S. Ledbetter; Pulaski-H. H. Shipp; Putnam-W. T. Davidson; Quitman-T. W. Oliver; Rabun-Will Smith; Randolph-W. D. Ham:. mack; Richmond-S. F. Garlington, Samuel L.. Olive, Charles A. Picquet; Rockdale-J. H. McCalla; Schley-C. R. McCrory; Screven-J. H. Evans; Spalding-W. H. Connor; Stephens-D. S. Hayes; Stewart-T. F. Carter; Sumter-Crawford Wheatley, J. E. Sheppard; Talbot-Tinsley Ragland; Taliaferro-C. H. Stone; Ta~nall-G. W. Tootle; Taylor-H. G. McCants; TeUair-Tom J. McRae; Terrell-D. C. Pickett; Thomas-H. W. Hopkins, B. C. Reese; Tift-R. C. EUis; Toombs-C. W. Sparks; TO>wns-John A. Corn; Troup-'--W. F. Hines, E. T. Moon; Turner-LottWarren; Twiggs-A. J. Wood;

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Union-John W. Hendrix; Upson-}>. C. Parks; Walker-S. W. Farris; Walton-N. 0. Bennett, W. H. Wood; Ware-J. L. Crawley, L. J. Cooper; Warren-JohnS. ~rt; Washington-J. J. Harris, S. J. Taylor, Sr.; Wayne--C. S. Meadows; Webster-C. C. Tracy; Wheeler-Douglas McArthur; White-W. A. Jackson; Whit:field-S. E. Berry; WilcoxC. D. McRae; Wilkes-F. G. Booker, Garnett A. Green; Wilkinson-W. W. Lee; Worth-G. S. Sumner.
The roll of counties was called and the Representatives-elect came forward to the Clerk's desk and were sworn in as members of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable Willia~ H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

The next business in order being the election of a

Speaker, Hon. L. R. Akin of Glynn placed in nom-

ination Hon. W. H. Burwell of Hancock County,

which was seconded by Messrs. Harris of Washing-

ton, Slade of Muscogee, Adams of Hall, Myrick of

Chatham, Taylor of Laurens, James of Gilmer, Mc-

Michael of Madison, Wimberly of Bibb, Blackburn

of Fulton, Olive of Richmond, Davidson of Putnam,

and others.



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

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike,
AAlklienn', Glascock,
Allen, J aekson,

Allen, Pickens,

Atwood,

Anderson, Banks, Ballard,

Anderson, Murray, Bennett,

Arnold, Henry,

Berry,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Blackburn,

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Booker,

H'ardeman,

Brinson,

Harrell,

Brookshear,

Harris,

Bryan,

Hart,

Bullard,

Hayes,

Burney,

Heath,

Carlton,

Henderson,

Carter, Appling, Hendricks,

Carter, Stewart,

Herrington,

Cheney,

Hines,

Clark,

Hodges,

Clements,

Hollberg,

Cochran,

Holtzclaw,

Cole,

Hopkins,

Coleman, Laurens, Jackson,

Collins,

James,

Connor,

Johnson,

Cook,

Jones, Coweta,

Cooper,

Jones, Lowndes,

Corn,

Keen,

Crawley,

Kidd,

Culpepper, Clinch, Kimbrough,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lane, Decatur,

Davidson,

Lane, Jasper,

Dean,

Ledbetter,

DeVaughn,

Lee, Lee,

Dodd,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Dorough,

LeSueur,

Duncan,

Liles,

Edmondson,

Lipscomb,

Ellis,

Loyd,

Ennis,

McCalla,

Estes,

McCants,

E<Vans,

MklCarthy,

Farris,

McCrory,

Field,

McCurry,

Foster,

McGehee,

Fowler,

McLend(m,

Fullbright,

McMichael,

Garlington,

McRae, Telfair,

Gower,

McRae, Wilcox,

Greene, Houston, , McWhorter,

Green, Wilkes,

Meaders, Oconee,

Griffin,

Meadows, Wayne,

Hammack,

Melson,

Methvin, Middleton, Miller,
Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevils, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien,
Perkin~.
Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, "Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, RA!ese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Faunin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,
Sparks, Spence, Carroll,

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Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro,
StoV'al}., Elbert,
Stovall, McDWDe, Strickland,
Suggs,
Sumner, Swift,

Taylor, Laurens. Whitaker,

Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,

Thompson,

Wisdom,

Tootle,

W ohlwender,

Tracy,

Wood, Twiggs,

Turner,

Wood, Walton,

Wall,

Woods, Emanuel,

Warren,

Wright,

Wheatley,

'Dlose not voting were Messrs.-

Beck,
Bell,

Coleman, Calhoun, Grimes,

Dorris,

Hardin,

Ron. W. H. Burwell having received 178 votes,the entire number of votes cast, and being a majority of the votes necessary to elect, he was declared duly elected Speaker of the House for the ensuing term.
Mr. Fullbrigl_J.t moved the appointment of a com. mittee of three to escort Mr. Burwell to the Speaker's stand, which motion was adopted.
Messrs. Fullbright of Burke, Hardeman of J ef. ferson, and 1Sheppard of Sumter, were appointed as said committee.
The Speaker delivered the following address:

Gentlemen of the House:
It is needl.ess for me to say that I deeply appreciate the honor you confer in electing me as your presiding officer, and in accepting the trust, let me assure you that it will, at all times, ibe my steadfast purpose to discharge the duties of the office with the utmost fairness to each and absolute justice to all.

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T,h.ere are, with me, no scars to heal or enemies

to punish and I sincerely trust that you can and

will reciprocate the feelings of sincere personal re-

gard and friendship that I entertain for every mem-

ber of this House.



The responsibilities that rest upon us are mutual and in. entering upon the discharge of our duties

we should be inspired with the single purpose, to

lend our best energies and efforts to only such meas-

ures as contribute to the uplift and advancement,

alike, of every interest of our State, remembering

at all times that we are the representatives of the sovereign people of Georgia and are confronted with

the responsibilities of equally protecting the interest

of every citizen of the State. The member of this House who may achieve the highest prominence and

whose success may be the most conspicuous among

his fellows, is by no means necessarily he who intro-

duces the greatest number of bills, or advocates the

greatest number of radical changes in the present

policy of the State. Experience demonstrates that

there is often more wisdom displayed and real serv-

ice rendered to the State, in preventing and de-

feating the unnecessary multiplying of our statutes,

than in aiding in the further accumulation of the

already cumbersome mass. Our people, as a whole,

are not radical, but are conservative, wise and just

and when given the opportunity to consider, will inevitably do the right. Let us, therefore, remember

and be guided by the salient truth of the maxim that,

always the least governed people are the best gov-

erned people. .

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However, many questions of grave import will come before you for consideration during this pending session and, while it is not within the pJovince of the Speaker to dictate the policy of the House,. or to direct the- course of your deliberations, yet I trust that you will pardon me for passing reference to the one matter that, among the issues that will arise for your consideration, is pre-eminently, to my mind, the most important. For the past several years, since the limitation of five mills was wisely placed upon the taxing power of the General Assembly, appropriations have been from time to time,. increased beyond the revenues of the State, until today we find a deficit in our State Treasury, which the honor and integrity of the State demands that we should correct. To do this, and to do it wisely, will require our best thought and highest patriotism. In its consideration, we should, on the one hand,. keep in mind the demands and needs of the Stateand her various institutions and, with liberal justiceprovide for all, in order that the dignity of the State may be preserved and her institutions fostered, protected and developed ; but, on the other hand, I can not but beg that you remember the present condition of our people.
Let me assure you, that in no sense, am I a pessimist and I fully realize and appreciate that Georgiais rich and prosperous in the possession of boundless natural resources, more varied perhaps than any of her sister States, and that her basic credit is well founded and established beyond the thought of' criticism; yet it is a manifest fact to all of us who-

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.:are in close touch with our constituency, that the crop conditions of the past two years have placed unusual burdens upon our people and there is no business or interest in Georgia, whether farmer, merchant, banker, manufacturer, laborer, or man Of the professions who has not felt its serious con.sequences. Therefore to lay additional burdens upon our people at this time will be disastrous and unwise and, I sincerely trust that, in providing for this deficit in the treasury, you will find other means than that of increase in the various taxes of the State.
We will be called upon to correct the present evils in our taxing system, a system which is now so anti.quated,-in many instances, so inadequate and so unjust,-and to correct these evils in such manner -as will equalize the burdens of taxation and adjust the present inequities and inequalities of our law, offers to us the highest opportunity for the exercise "of wise statesmanship-and real service to the State.
Aside from all the questions of moment that will eome up for consideration during the pending ses-sion, when issues will be sharply drawn and honest differences of opinion will be warmly contested, let us not forget that in the midst of it all,. and in aU and above all, we are but one great family of Georgians, inspired by a common purpose alld animated on}y by thEt ed detemunations to contrib~te to the uplift, the progress and tl!e development of our State. Let our highest pu:r,pose be to open wide the 'door of opportn,:qity in (}~9rgia, ~o .that every1citizen -within her borders may feel at rest in the conscious

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knowledge of the equal protection of her laws and the equal right to labor and to enjoy the fruits of his toil. Let capital seek investment with a consciousness of its safety. Encourage among our citizens the development of the great and varied resources of our State by our justice, by our fairness and by our demand for the equal administration of the laws; that there be extended far and wide the welcon:ling invitation to every craft and every pro- . fession, to capital and to labor, to every worthy citizen. who desires to unite with us in the upbuilding of Georgia, to come over and live among us:
Let the motto emblazoned upon the escutcheon of our State, guide us in all of our deliberations and in all of our conduct to display our highest wisdom, to extend to all equal and impartial justice and, in the consideration of every issue, deal and act in moderati.on.
Again thanking you for the honor you confer upon me, I declare the next-business in order, that of electing a Clerk of the House for the ensuin~ term.
The next order of 'business being the election of the Clerk of the House, Hon. Minter Wimberly of Bibb, placed in nomination Jno. T. Boifeuillet of Bibb County, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Miller of Bibb, Slade of Muscoge&, Fowler of Bibb, Holtzclaw of Houston, Adams of Hall,. W~ght of Floyd, Hopkins of Thomas, and others.
There being no other nominations, a ballot viva. voce was taken and the vote was as foJlows:

WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, l9l3.

Adams, Hall,

Jilin is,

Ad~ Pike,

Estes,

Akin,

:Evans,

Allen, Glascock, Farris,

Allen, Jackson, 'Field,

Allen, Pickens,

Foster,

Anderson, Banks, Fowler,

Anderson, Murray, Fullbright,

Arnold, Henry,

Garlington,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Gower,

Atwood,

Greene, Houston,

Ballard,

Green, Wilkes,

Berry,

Griffin,

Blackburn,

Hammack,

Booker,

Hardeman,

Brinson,

ij:arrell,

Bro0kshear,

Harris,-

Bryan,

Hart,

Bullard,

Hayes,

Burney,

Heath,

Carlton,



Henderson,

Carter, Appling, Hendricks,

Oarter, Stewart,

Herrington,

Cheney,

Hines,

Clark,

Hodges,

Clements,

Hollberg,

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:Holtzclaw,

Cole,

Hopkins,

Coleman, Laurens, J'ackson,

CollinS,

.

James,

Connor,

.Johnson,

Cook,

Jones, Coweta,

Cooper,

Jones, Lowndes,

Corn,

Keen,

Crawley,

Kidd,

Culpepper, Clinch, Kimbrough,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lane, Decatur,

Davidson,

Lane, Jasper,

Dean,

Ledbetter,

DeVaughn,

Lee, Lee,

Dodd,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Dorough,

LeSueur,

Dun~,

Liles,

Edmondson,.

lipscomb,

Ellis,

Loyd,

McCalla, McCants, MlcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry,
McGehee, McLendon,
McMichael,
McRae, Telfair,
McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter,
Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevils,
Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett,
Piequet, R4gland, Rainey, Ba.nsom, Redwine,
Reese, 14llton, ~ ThoDJas,
Reiser, Reynolds,

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Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, SimpSi>n, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Ra.bnn, Sparks, Spence, Carroll,

Spence, Mitchell, Tracy,

Stewart,

Turner,

Stone, Dawson,

Wall,

Stone, Taliaferro, Warren,

Stovall, Elbert,

Wheatley,

Stovall, McDuffie, Whitaker,

Strickland,

Wini>erly,

Suggs,

Wisdom,

Sumner,

W ohlwender,

Swift,

Wood, Twiggs,

Taylor, Laurens. Wood, Walton,

Taylor, Washington, Woods, Emanuel,

ThompSi>n,

Wright,

Tootle,

Mr. Speaker.

'Dtose not voting were Messrs.-

Beck, Bell, Bennett,

Ooleman, Calhoun, Dorris,

For Clerk of House :

Grimes, Hardin,


Boifeuillet, 178.

Mr. Boifeuillet having received 178 votes, the entire number of votes cast, and being a majority of the votes necessary to elect, he was declared duly elected Clerk of the House for the ensuing term.

Mr. Ragland moved the appointment of a committee of three to escort 'Mr. !Bo!i.feuillet Ito the Clerk's desk
The Speaker appointed as said committee, Messrs. Ragland of Talbot, Wimberly of Bibb, and Hopkins of Thomas.
The Speaker then declared the House duly organized and ready for the transaction of business and the Cler~ was directed to notify the Senate.

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

I am instructed by the Senate, to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has perfected an organization by the election of the Hon. J. Randolph Anderson of First District as President, and Hon. Chas. S. Northen, of the County of Fulton, as Secretary, and is ready to proceed with the transaction of business.

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 concurrenee of the House is respectfully asked, to-wit:
A resolution providing for a joint committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives to wait upon His Exeellency, the Governor of Georgia, and inform him that the General Assembly has convened in regular session, etc.,. and the President of the Senate has appointed as a committee on part of the Senate:
Messrs. Miller and DuBose.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution in 'Which the concurrence of the House isrespectfully asked, to-wit :
A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:00 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of canvassing and
. consolidating the vote for Governor and State House
officers.
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 providing for a joint committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect.
The following resolutions were read and adopted:

By Mr. Whatley of Sumter-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the House and the Senate to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect.

By Mr. Cheney of Coblr--..A:. resolution to appoint a j<ri.nt committee jto

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notify the Governor that the General Assembly is organized and ready for business.

By Mr. Moon of_ Troup-
A resolution to allow all Confederate soldiers to select their seats and not be required to draw for the same.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution providing that the standing rules of the last House shall be and remain the rules of the present House, until new rules are adopted.

By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A resolution to appoint a committee of five to select a Chaplain for the House.
The Speaker appointed the following members as a committee under the above resolution:
Messrs. Greene of Houston, Stovall of Elbert, Redwine, James, 'Taylor of Washington.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A resolution providing for a joint session of the House and Senate on Thursday, the 26th instant, at 11:00 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of counting the vote and declaring the result of the election for Governor and 1Stafe House officers.

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The following resolutions of the Senate were read and concurred in, being substituted on motion for similar House resolutions :

By Mr. Miller of 24th Dist.-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the General Assembly has convened and organized and is ready for the transaction of business.
The Speaker appointed as said committee on part of the House:
Messrs. Cheney, Holtzclaw, Akin.

By Mr. Tyson of 2nd Dist.-
A resolution providing for a joint session tomor-
row (Thursday), at 11:00 o'clock A.M., to canvass
the vote for Governor and State Honse officers.

By Mr. Miller of 24th Dist.-
A resolution to provide for a joint committee to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect.
T-he Speaker appointed the following as the committee on part of the House, to-wit:
Messrs. Wheatley, Hardeman, Blackburn.

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The Speaker ann~ced the next order of business to be the election of Speaker pro tem.

On motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, the session of the House was extended until the routine order of business was completed.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, placed in nomination Mr. McMichael of Marion, for Speaker pro tem,
.which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Tracy
of Webster, Adams of Hall, Culpepper of Meriwether, Picquet of Richmond, Slater of Bryan, Blackburn of Fulton, and others.

Mr. Wall of Elbert, placed in nomillation for

nSapteioaknewr pasrosteecmon.,dMedr.bSyt

ovall of Messrs.

Elbert, Taylor

which nomiof Laurens,

Thompson of Madison, James of Gilmer, and others.

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

Those voting for Mr. M{)Michael were Messrs.:

Adams, Hall,

Collins,

Fullbright,

AAkllienn', Glascock,

Cook, Cooper,

Greene, Houston, Griffin,

.

Allen, Pickens,
Beck, .

Crawley,

. Hammack,

Culpepper, clinch, Hardin,

Bell,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Harris,

Bennett,

DeVaughn,

Hart,

Blackburn,

Dodd,

Heath,

Bullard,

Duncan,

Herrington,

Burney,

Edmondson,

Hines,

Carter, Appling, Ellis,

Hodges,

Carter, Stewart,

Ennis,

Hollberg,

Clark;

Evans,

Holtzclaw,

Clements, -

Farrist

Jones, Coweta,

Coohran,

Field,

Jones, Lowndes,

Ooleman, CaThouil, Fowler,

Kimbrough,

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Lane, Jasper,

Lee, Wilkinson,

McCalla,

McCants,

McCrory,

McLendon,

,

McRae, Telfair,

Meadows, Wayne,

Melson,

Methvin,

Miller,

Mills,

Moon,

Moore,

Myrick,

Nunnally,

Palmour,

Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Ransom, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smi.th, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, Elbert,

McMichael, 98.

Stricklan<!, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Mr. Speaker.

Those voting for Mr. Stovall were Messrs.:

Adams, Pike,

Estes,

Allen, J aekson,

Foster,

Anderson, Banks, Ga.rlington,

Anderson, Murray, Gower,

Arnold, Henry,

Green, Wilkes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Grimes,

Atwood,

Hlardeman,

BaJJ.ard,

Harrell,

Berry,

Hayes,

Booker,

Henderson,

Brinson,

Hendricks,

Brookshear,

Hopkins,

Bryan,

J'&Ckson,

Carlton,

James,

Cheney,

Johnson,

Cole,

Kidd,

Coleman, Laurens, Lane, Decatur,

Connor,

Ledbetter,

Corn,

Lee, Lee,

Davidson,

LeSueur,

Dean, I

Liles,

Doroug)l,

lipscomb,

Dorris,

Loyd,

McCarthy, McCurry, McGehee, McMichael, McRae, Wlleox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Middleton, Moss, Moye, Neal, Nevils, Olive, Oliver, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Perkins, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Re.yoolds,

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Rhodes,
Sbadhurn, Simpson, Smith, Fannin, ~mith, Ra.bun,

Spence, Carroll, Stone, Da~n, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie,
Suggs,

A. S. J. Stovall, 85.

Taylor, Laurens.
Thompson,
Wall, Wood, Twiggs, Wright, .

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Keen,

Stewart,

Upon consolidating the votes cast it was found

that Mr. McMichael had received 98 votes, and Mr.

Stovall 85 votes.

Hon. E. H. MeMichael of the County of Marion, having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared duly elected Speaker pro tem. for the en-

suing term.

The next business in order being the election of a Messenger, Mr. Slade of Muscogee, placed in nomination Mr. D. T. Paulk of the County of Ben Hill, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Edmondson of Brooks, Wheatley of Sumter, Gower of Cri-sp, and others.

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

Adams, Hall,

Blackburn,

, Adams, Pike,.
Akin

Booker, Brinson,

Allen, Glasco.ck,

Brookshear,

Allen, Ja.ckson,

Bryan,

Allen, Piekens,

Bullard,

Anderson, Banks, Burney,

Anderson, M1ll"1'8.y, Carlton,

Arnold,~~

Carter, Appling,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Carter, Stewart,

Atwood,

CheneyJ

Ballard,

Clark,

Berry,

Clements,

Cochran, Cole,
Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Cook, Cooper, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Davidson,

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Dean, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis,
EEsntneiss,'
:Evans, Farris, Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, ffiu-lington,
Gower,
Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Hammack, Hlardeman, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath,
Hend~on,
Hendricks, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, Hollberg,
Holtzclaw, Hopkins, Jackson, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane,.; Decatur, Lane, Jasper,

Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, lipscomb, Loyd, MeCalla, McCants, MlcCarthy, MeCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevils, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkilis, Pharr, Pickett, Piequet,
Ragland,

Rainey, Ransom, RedWine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, 'Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, . Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, .Wimberly, Wisdom,
wohlwender;
Wood, Twiggs,

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Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

Wright,

Mr. Speaker.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Beck, Bell,

Bennett, Dorris,

D. T. Paulk, 178.

Grimes, Hardin,

Upon counting the votes cast, it was found that Mr. Paulk had received '178 votes, which being the entire number of votes cast, and being a majority of the votes necessary to elect, he was declared duly elected M~ssenger for the ensuing term.

The next business in order being the election of a Doorkeeper, Mr. Foster of Floyd, placed in nomination Mr. W. T. Morris of Talbot, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Ragland of Talbot, Wohlwender of Muscogee, and others.

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

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike,
AAkllienn', Glascock,
Allen, Jackson, .Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, .Andersoo, Murray, Arnold, Henry, .Arnold, Oglethorpe, Atwood, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear,

Bryan, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney,
Clark, Clements, Cochran, Cole, Ooleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Cook,

Cooper, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clineh, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Davidson, Dean, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough, Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Ennis, Estes,

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Evans,

Farris,

Field,

Foster,

Fowler,

Fullbright,

Garlington,

Gower, .

Greene, Houston,

Green, Wilkes,

Griffin,

Hammack,

Hardeman,

Harrell,

Harris,

Hart,

Hayes,

Heath,

Henderson,

Hendricks,

Herrington,

Hines,

Hodges,

Hollberg,

Holtzclaw,

Hopkins,

Jackson,

James,

Johnson,

Jones, Coweta,

J one.:;, Lowndes,

Keen,

Kidd,

Kimbrough,

Lane, Decatur,

Lane, Jasper,

Ledbetter,

Lee,~,

Lee, Wilkinson,

LeSueur,



Liles,

Lipscomb,

Loyd,

McCalla,

McCants, MlcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon,
Moore, Moss,
M.oye, Myrick, Neal, Nevils, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser,

Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stowll, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland,
Buggs,
Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, ThoDllpson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender,
Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Ballard, Beck,

Bell, Bennett,

W. T. Morris, 178.

Grbnes, Hardin,

Upon counting the votes cast it was found that Mr. Morris had received 178 votes, which being the entire number of votes cast, ..and being a majority of the votes necessary to elect, he was declared duly elected Doorkeeper for the ensuing term.

Mr. Cheney of Cobb, chairman of the committee on the part of the House to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has convened and organized and is ready for the transaction of business reported that His Excellency, the Governor, bad been waited upon and that he would communicate with the General Assembly in writing.

The call of the roll of counties was ordered, and the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and refep-ed to committees :

By Mr. Cole of BartowA bill to provide for an inheritance tax. Referred to Committee on Ways and iMeans.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A bill to provide for the holding of a special election for Senator of the United 'States from the State of Georgia for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, and to declare the result thereof, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on Engrossing.
By Messrs. Mills and JonesA bill to establish the Georgia State Industrial
Home for Girls. \ Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-' A bill to pro:vide for the assessing of the commu:-
tation tax. Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
By Messrs. .Spence of Carroll, and W ohlwender of Muscogee-
A bill to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds and other securities.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to establish a public highway from Chat-
ham County to Camden County on line of Georgia and Florida.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Turner of BullochA bill to propose an amendment to Paragraph 2,
Section l, Article 11 of Constitution. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments.

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By Mr. Parker of Liberty~ A bill to create a new county to be known as the
Connty of Evans. Ref~rred to Committee on Constitutional Amend-
ments.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to appropriate $5,000 annually for geological survey.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Lipscomb of ClarkeA bill to provide for a system of equalization of
taxes. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Co9k and W ohlwender-
A bill to provide upon what conditions and in what manner foreign fire insurance companies may retire and withdraw securities on deposit with State officials.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to authorize any private citizen to bring an injunction to suppress violations of certai.D. criminal laws and misdemeanors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. L

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By Mr. Ellis of Tift-

A bill to establish the South Georgia Experiment

Station.



Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Clark of Dougherty-
A bill to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County to contribute to the support of hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift-:-
A bill to provide for payment of taxes whenever property passes by the laws of inheritance or successiOn.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. ~cCrory, Connor, Wright, et. aLA bill to create a Text Book Commission for the
State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Harris of Washington-
A bill to amend Sections 1512 and 1513 of Volume 2 of the new Code relative to Ordinaries' fees i:n pension matters.
Heferred to Genera] Judiciary Committee No. 2.

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A bill to amend Article 5, Section 1 of the Consti-
tUtion so as to ereate tlie dffice of Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor.

Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend-

ments.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-



A bill to establish a Public Highway Commission.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend ~cle 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution relative to abolishing the office of Dounty Treasurer.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Wohlwender, Slade,_ Swift and McCrory A bill to amend Section 1434, Code 1910, relative
to the Governor calling out the militia. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. McCurry of Hart'--
A bill to amend Section 426, Code of 1910, prohibiting retail druggists from selling alcohol.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. eaders of Oconee-

A bill to require that boots and shoes offered for

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sale in certain parts of, substitute for leather to bestamped.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2~

By Mr. Adams of Hall-

A bill to create the new County o.f Barrow.



Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend:...

ments.

By Mr. Tootle of TattnallA bill to create the new County of Hampton.

By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A resolution to provide for a ponstitutional convention.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A resolution to provide for appointment of joint committee to revise the tax system and the tax laws of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Greene, on behalf of the committee appointed to select a Chaplain, submitted the following report~
Mr. Speaker:
We your committee appointed to select a Chap-. lain of the House for the ensuing session, beg to.

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recommend the appointment of Rev. H .J. Ellis of the County of Fulton;.
A. B: GREENE, Chairman.
The Speaker then announced the appointment of Rev~ H. J.l Ellis as Chamain of the House.
The following resolution was read and adopt-ed:

By Mr; Garlington of Richmond-~

A resolution to allow ex"presiding officers to select their seats.

The Speaker announced the appointment of Mrs. Rosa Talbot Reid of Putnam County, Postmistress for the ensuing term.

The members then proceeded to draw seats.

The following message was received from His

Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary,

Mr. Perry, and on motion the same was taken up



and read:

Mr. Speaker:

I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House a communication to which he respectfully invites your attention.

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Governor's Message
Atlanta, Ga., .June 25, 1913.
To the General Assembly:
Upon your assumption of the responsibilities of legislation for the welfare of the people of this great Commonwealth, I extend to you a cordial greeting, with the heartfelt hope that our Almighty Guide will lead your minds into the channels of wisdom and deliberation. I cannot doubt that the people have shown careful discermilent in the choice of members of both of your houses, hence it is :with confidence that I lay before you the views which I deem worthy your consideration, recommending their enactment into laws which I believe will enhan<:>e the well being of the State.
These views affecting the proper use of the ballot -the freeman's inherited right-the safety of person from disease and casualty, the economical, but judi<:>ious, expenditure of the people's money and the equitable levying of taxes for collecting the s~me, and other matters are such as experience and observation in the Executive Office have convinced me are necessary for the protertion of the people and their progress on orderly lines.
I cannot refrain from premising with the statement that the words ".Justice" and "Equality" are

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the bases upon which is huilt our governmental structure. 'Vithout justice government is a mockery, without equality we cannot have a republie. Therefore, if we be patriots, our life lines, our ambitiom; anrl enrleavors cluster around these fateful words.

REGTSTRARION LAWS.

First for consideration, I eall your attention to

the serious defects anrl unnecessary barriers in the

registration law now upon the statute book. The

requirement that the registration lists shall be

closed six months in advanee of regular elections is

more drastic than that in any other State in the

Union, and imposes unnecessary harrlships upon the

country people of this State. The same barrier 1o

franchise rights for the choice of State anrl Conn ty

officers prevails in only a less degree against the

voters in the cities. Yet~ in their municipal elec-

tions, the 'latter are allowed as short a time as they

desire for registration. With some of them this

limit is Jess than thirty days. Hence, I earnest!~

recommend that your honorable bodies make such

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0hanges in the registration laws as will protect all

voters alike in their proper rights for exercising tlH'

franchise.

Under the present law upwarrls of twenty thousand and white voters in Fulton County alone are <lepriverl of the right to vote by the operation of tlw law in question. And the total number disflanchiserl throughout the State exceeds seventy-five thousand. The continuance of the Jaw, as framed,

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on the statute book will bring reproach upon the State:
B~ILDING oF PunLIC HIGHWAYS;
The building of good roads is undoubtedly one of the main factors in the marked progress the State has made in material development during the past four years. Yet, as this progress is mostly due to the use of the State's convicts, the State has the right to require suoh handling of the convicts as will generally benefit all the people while increasing thefacilities of the several. counties.
Therefore, it should. be required by law that, at least, a stipulated proportion of the convicts be worked -upon the main roads in each county leading from its county site to the county sites .of adjoining counties, or that all of the convicts be worked upon such main roads a stipulated proportion of their total time until said roads are completed.
Furthermore, that the main roads be laid off and worked in accord with the demands of public necessity and modern science, I recommend that the office of Commissioner of Public Highways be established, and that it be filled with an experienced Civil Engineer, at a salary and traveling expense, etc., to he fixed by law.
DouBLE.. TRACKING RAILROADS.
The increasing population and expanding com:..: merce of the State of Georgia have now reached the point where the people's needs will soon demand that the main lines of the leading railroads of the State be double-tracked. This is required for the

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greater safety of the millions of passengers and the

enormous amounts of freight transported. The sin-

gle tracks of some roads are now becoming almost

inadequate to modem requirements. With the

double tracks not only would life and property be

better protected, but speed, comfort and practically

all advantages would be materially enhanced. With

the single tracks the delays alone, during the winter

months and during the times when fertilizers are

moving in the spring and fruits in the summer, cause

our people ~ach year an aggregate delay of an

astonishing number of hours which, distributed over

the hundreds of stations, means an absolute and irre-

parable loss to the productive and commercial

energy of the State. The loss thus caused is, beyond

all comparison, greater to the multitudes who travel

and ship freight than it is to the owners of the

railroads.

I suggest that your bodies, together with the Rail-

road Commission, take this matter under advise-

ment, in order, by practical means, to bring about

the benefits that double-tracking would afford.

And in this connection I will call your attention

to the fact that railroad building in Georgia for the

past few years has not kept pace with the develop-

ment of other general properties, as is shown by the

following official figures :

Total miles of single track railroads in

Georgia in 1905 -----------------Total miles of single track railroads in

6424.46

Georgia in 1912 ------------------

7166.36

Percentage of increase, 11.

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Aggregate value of all property in
1905 --------------------=-----.:..___..:.$ 577,840,282
Aggregate value of all property in 1912 ------~---------------------- 842;358,342 Percentage of increase, 45.7.

STATE AuDITOR.
I respectfully call your attention to the great need of an up-to-date system of auditing accounts, and recommend that you establish the office of State Auditor with such clerical force as is (ound needful. I am confident that an auditing department, with the authority to supervise all expenditures, would save many times its cost eaeh year.
FARM CREDIT SYSTEM.
The farm credit system which has. wrought such extraordinary results for good to the dwellers upon the farms in Germany and some other European countries has attracted wide attention within the past twelve months in this country.
I attended a Conference of the Governors at the White House, which was called by President Taft, in December, 1912, for the pur~se of discussing this system. Experts appointed by the United States government and by the Governors of some of the States are now investigating this subject in foreign countries. Georgia is represented in this investigation.
That our people may have direct information upon this subject, I recommend that your honorable bodies appoint a joint committee to whom shall be

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added about three or five .other citizens of Georgia to be named by the Governor, for the purpose of securing and placing before our people the most available plan of securing for our farmers at the lowest rates of interest such money. as they may need for the conduct of their affairs.
When we realize that in Germany a farmer can borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent., whereas in Georgia the gross rate paid runs from twelve per cent. sometimes to even twenty per cent., the importance of this subject can be readily realized as being paramount.
INHERITANCE TAX.
I desire to here repeat the suggestion I made to your predecessors in 1909, viz.:
Over three-fourths of the States now have laws providing for an inheritance tax. A proposition to impose a national inheritance tax has lately been presented to Congress, and practically the only argument brought against the measure was to the effect that inheritances were properly subjects for State taxation, and that a majority of the States now imposed such a tax.
The policy of modern government is opposed to the accumulation of vast esfates, so hedged about by legal technicalities and safe-guards as to escape their equitable burden of taxation. In the enlight-' ened view of the leading publicists and economists of our times, no sound reason exists why inheritnnces should not be subject to taxation.

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NEAR BEER TAX.
The law providing for the collection of a license tax for the sale of near beer is so drawn that the payment of this tax has been delayed or evaded by very many dealers.
To prevent excuses for delay in paying this tax in future, I recommend that you place the duty of its collection upon some of the -county officers with proper compensation therefor and also provide adequate penalties for failure to make prompt payment.
BANK ExAMINERS.
The great increase in the number of State Banks has rendered it physieally impossible for two examiners to adequately perform the work required by law.
Under the present system two examiners are rt quired to audit correctly the accounts of almost seven hundred banks semi-annually within this State. Hence, through no physical fault of the bank examiners those of the public who make their deposits in State banks have no assurance that all the banks are in a sound condition. It is, therefore, impe;ratively necessary that the number of bank examiners be suffi-ciently increased to meet the demands for the proper protection of those who place their money in State banks.
The very large increase in the number of banks to be examined necessarily demands an increase in the number of examiners.

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VITAL STATISTICS. \
.111"othing is of more importance to a State than , the preservation of good health for its inhabitants.
The vital statistics of Georgia are so iricomplete as to really furnish us with no reliable information. I, therefore, recommend the enactment of laws re' quiring physicians to report all births and deaths coming under theit- purview. The birth statistics, of course, should show sex and race. The death statistics should show the disease, or complaint, of which each person died.
If these statistics were kept fully and definitely, we could within a few years ascertain what diseases were most prevalent in the various counties of the State, and in that way could be guided in taking steps toward alleviating the trouble to some extent. For example, if in one county there was a great proportion of deaths fr-om malarial fever, and in another from pneumonia, or bronchial troubles, the concentrated efforts of the State could be directed toward at least a partial removal of the cause, or the extension of knowledge among the local populations for handling the troubles most prevalent in their localities.
In this connection, I call your especial attention to those portions of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture which bear upon the shipment of tuberculous cattle into this State and also to the inspections of dairies and butchers' establishments.
No better use could be made of the surplus income of t~at department, after paying $10,000 each to the

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Distrct Agricultural Schools and the expenses of the department, than to provide for extension of inspections suggested by the Commissioner of foods of various kinds and the increased expense needed for the laboratory. These matters are of excessive importance in protecting the health a.nd lives of the people.
HisTORICAL REco:ans.
Work on the Colonial Records and on that portion of the records which include the rosters of Georgia troops during the years 1861-65 is being well done; but I respectfully suggest that Georgia has much history not covered by the two periods indicated.
The ~State should see that her history from the foundation of the Colony of Georgia by Oglethorpe to the present time is officially written. Her people are entitled to know what has been done by Georgians throughout the whole period of the State's history. Georgia is amply able to perpetuate her records in definite form. Hence, I recommend that the office of Compiler of Colonial Records be perpetuated for such length of time as will ensure the proper writ~g of the State's history from the date reached by the present compilation until the date when such work shall have reached the then contemporary period. The expense of future work can be met by the net amount received from the sale of such books when published, also from the Acts of the Legislature and such other State books as you may see fit to include.

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That the people of Georgia may have facilities for acquainting themselves properly with the history of the State, I respectfully recommend that sets of these historic volmnes be deposited in the Ordinary's office or other proper office in the court house of ~ach county of the State.
I know of no ootter mode of arousing State pride in the youth and to some extent even among the .adult population than to put in reach of all of them the facilities for learning the achievements of Georgians and the power and glory of our great State.

GREAT SEAL OF STATE.
It is a matter of public note that the Great Seal -of the State of Georgia has oocome so worn by use that its impression is now practically indistinguish:able. As hallowed by association and memory as is this great symbol of Georgia's sovereignty, common sense would seem to demand that a reproduction of it be made, which would enable all of the great documents of this State to be properly stamped. I, therefore, recommend that your hon-orable bodies take steps to effect the above purpose.
PRISON CoMMISSION.
I would suggest that the Prison Commission be :given authority and directed to inspect jails. It is more important that persons detained merely for trial be properly cared for than that those already -convicted of crime be treated well.
Many good women have urged me to advocate the -ena~tment of a law providing for the inspection by

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women of those quarters occupied by female prisoners. I deem the suggestion a good one and well in keeping with the demands of actual propriety and broad humanity, and as such commend it to you.
In this connection I will state that it has been proposed in some circles to restore the practice of whipping female convicts in order to maintain dis-
in cipline. I respectfully suggest that such a return
to a practice semi-barbarous its nature would not be in keeping with the enlightened spirit of our modern civilization.
The point has been raised in the public press and in some other circles that the State ought to allow moderate wages to convicts in the penitentiary, such wages to be paid to the families of these convicts whose protector and provider the State holds in confinement. I scarcely think that we are ready to take such a step; but in the event it be seriously considered, I respectfu11y suggest that, inasmuch as the convict is immured because of his taking the life of another, or of some damage done to others, if wages be allowed by the State they should be paid mostly, if not entirely, to the family whom the convict has deprived of its protector and supporter.

CHARGE TO JURIES IN C:APITAL CASES.
Experience having shown that in capital cases trial juries from time to time have requested the presiding judge to re-charge them upon certain points where their memory had failed to retain theinstructions in his charge, I respectfully suggest

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that it be required that in all capital cases the presiding judge shall, after reading his charge to the jury, hand a copy of it to the foreman to be taken into the jury room for consideration in their deliberations.
SusPENDING SENTENCES BY TRIAL J uooEs.
It is a known fact that a number of the trial judges -of this :State, after conviction by juries, pass sentences in conformity with the law and then suspend them, such suspension to last during the pleasure of the judge. Although this procedure by these judges bas been declared unlawful by the Supreme Court, yet the practice is persisted in. I do not assert that this practice is in itself against public policy, but undoubtedly it should be in conformity with the Jaw if it is to be -continued. Hence, I recommend that your honorable bodies enact such legislation upon this subject as your wisdom suggests.
GovERNORS' CoNFERENCE.
.A:s is well known, the Governors of the various .States of the Union, annually hold a conference for mutual interchange of thought and with the idea of unifying, as nearly as can be made practicable, the laws which similarly affect in their application the people of all the States. Their suggestions to the legislative bodies and for general interchange of thought may ultimately work out great good.
It is the practice of most of the States to pay the --expenses of their Executive officers when in attend..ance upon these annual conferences, also for print-

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ing and otherwise preparing the minutes of their meetings, and other expenses incidental thereto.
The State of Georgia has no provision in law for this expenditure, hence, the payment must come from the Governor, individually. I respectfully suggest the enactment of a statute authorizing these expenses to be paid from the contingent fund of the State, inasmuch as Georgia scarcely expects her Governor to fail to attend these annua.:l conferences.
I also suggest that the Governor be authorized t(} pay this State's quota for printing the minutes of the meeting of the Conference in Richmond, Va.,. during December, 1912.

DrsTRICT AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL ScHOOLS.
The District Agricultural & Mechanical Schools havi_?g been taken into the University system of the State, I respectfully suggest that the co-operative relationship between the State University, through the State College, of Agriculture, and the above district schools be made closer than they have heretofore been. To this end I suggest that the Board ot Trustees of the State College of Agriculture appoint at least one member from its Board of Trustees to. be an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the District Agricultural & Mechanical School in his: Congressional District, whereby each of said district schools will have thereon one trustee of theState College of Agriculture. Such member should' be required to attend the annual commencement exercises of the district school to which he is assigned' and should have full privilege and authority to act:

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with the board of Trustees of the district school at that and all other meetings of tthe said district school, and should make to the Trustees of the State College of Agriculture, after said commencement exercises, a full report of the conditions, progress, etc., of the said District Agricultural & Mechanical Schools.
The Board of Trust~a 1)1 the State College o' Agriculture should al~o ~ clothed with power te;r exercise such authority over the district schools as
will cause them to conform to a general plan.

STATE UNIVERSITY.
The demands of modern civilization are trending toward the greatest development of the human mind. That State which trains the brains of its young manhood and womanhood to the exercise of the highest powers is the State which by natural process takes and holds the leadership over her civic sisters. The strongly developed mental faculties of a people have greater weight in the <;ontrol of world powers than the. broad-sides of battle ships. Genius makes conquests more abiding than are made by guns, and the strength in the trained braina of a people holds greater security than strength in the most elaborately constructed forts.
And while Y<?U are appropriating money and enacting laws for the more efficient and extended cultivation of the soil of our State, hold ever in mind that the cultivation which will bring the greatest crops and choicest fruits is the cultivation of the minds of her youth. Hence, I urge yon to build up

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as rapidly as Georgia's resources will admit the State University which our forefathers created and which, with its branch colleges and other high educational institutions, can develop the mental powers of our young people of both sexes for keeping this great State abreast of her most ambitious rivals.
Before passing from this subject I cannot refrain from the statement that the charm of the University of Georgia is its democracy. From a close observation of the conduct of its affairs for the past four years, I am prepared to assert with pride that the son of the poorest parents in the State has equal consideration by the faculty with the son of the richest. Merit and application open the gates of opportunity to all alike, and it is especially pleasing to note that the citizens of Athens extend impartial kindness to all the students regardless of rank or wealth. The State, therefore, has a selfish interest, and pardonably so, in every dollar she appropriates to maintain to highest efficiency this, her great braintrainer.

ScHooL OF TECHNOLOGY, ETc.
It is impossible to measure the value to the State of the School of Technology. The high standard which its graduates hold is finding its reflex in the technical development of the commonwealth from the mountains to the seaboard. The modern demands for education of this character in the architectural and mechanical development of our people are so imperative that we cannot afford to let this

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great institution of learning lose aught of the high grade of efficiency now characterizing it.
It is undoubtedly true that this school has lost several of its leading instructors by reason of the inadequate compensation they received. I, therefore, urge you to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ,as an addition to the annual maintenance fund of the said school, making same immediately available.
I also recommend the addition of $7,500 each to the annual maintenance funds of the Georgia Normal School and the Georgia Normal and Industrial School.

PAYMENT OF ScHOOL TEAcHERs.
In my annual message to your predecessors last year I stated that the condition of the Treasury had pe:rtmlitted the payment of but 10 per cent. of the amount due for expenses of the common schools. I regret to report that, the appropriations having increased in greater proportion than the State's income, it has been impossible to pay any amount as yet of the common school appropriation for this year.
During the past three months we have made inquiry into the question of the payment of teache~s, that is, we have sought to get the truth of conditions as they are.
The result of the investigation proves that the evil has not been exaggerated by those who have decried it.

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Briefly, we found that approximately one-third of all the teachers in the public schools of the State in
1912 were forced io wait from two to twelve months
for their pay, or, in lieu of waiting, had to discount their claims at from 8 to 25 per cent.
A great proportion of those who received prompt payments were paid with funds borrowed by local boards of education, who were required to pay from 6 to 12 per cent. for the money.
Concretely, we estimate from the reports received that advances made to boards or teachers during 1912 amounted to approximately $2,000,000, and that these advances cost at least $75,000 in interest or discount.
Thus, it is clear that the waste in money due to delayed remittances from the State is great, and there must be an equal loss in efficiency resulting from the indifference fostered by the faulty and difficult method of financing the schools.
With $1,000,000 more revenue available during the Spring and Summer months the State would be able to make prompt monthly remittances to the school systems, and thus would practically overcome the difficulties now labored under, and growing worse.
Therefore, I urge upon you the necessity for taking such steps as will enable the Executive Office to make prompt monthly payments as due on the appropriation to the public schoolS'.
The information gathered as the result of the investigation above referred to i.s on file in the Executive Office subject to your wishes.

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EcoNOMY 'IN APPROPRIATIONS.
While there has been a gratifying increase in the taxable valuations of the property in the State, yet the demands for expenses to maintain schools and other educational institutions and the civil list require more than the present income of the State. Hence, I urge your honorable bodies to exercise great discernment and care in the matter of appropriating the people's money; and that, so far as can be made practicable without militating against the actual needs of the State's institutions and the conduct of the government, you exercise the strictest economy.

LAWLESS ELEMENT IN CERTAIN CouNTIES.
Within the prust few months certain lawless per- sons have posted notices in Forsyth, Dawson, Cobb and other counties, warning all negroes to move from those counties under penalty of destruction of their homes and lives. Several of such threatened outrages have been perpetrated through the dynamiting of house-s, besides the burning o:C one store.
I am reliably informed that quite a number of farms in Forsyth County have been practically abandoned this year for lack of labor, which has fled before these threats. The State cannot tolerate such a condition of affairs. She cannot allow even a just resentment against lawless individuals to take the shape of wholesale intimidation of labor neces'Sary for the conduct of farms and industrial enterprises. There is no reason why farms should lose their productive power and why the white women of this

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State should be driven to the cook stoves and wash pots simply because certain people blindly strike down all of one class in retaliation for the nefarious deeds of individuals in that class. The application of the law is to the individual who violates it, and all who are law-abiding are entitled to and must have the protection of the law.
I, therefore, recommend the enactment of a statute which will meet the situation above indicated, and punish all who would impair the powers of honest labor. The penalty for dynamiting or burning residences should be fixed at $500.00 for each offense, and rewards of such amounts, not greater than $200.00 per person, should be authorized for the arrest, with proof to convict, of every one guilty of posting threatening notices or using other measures for intimidating people and driving them from their homes.

RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Unnecessary o~s which levy additional taxes upon the people shouid be abolished. It is against public policy to maintain sinecures. I therefore respectfully recommend to your honorable bodies the reduction of the membership of the Railroad Commission from :five members to three.
When it is considered that only one member of the :five is required by law to devote his entire time to the service of the office, and that the larger number of members makes that body cumbersome, as well as needlessly expensive, it is patent that it is to the State's interest to reduce the number of Coon-

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missioners, and also to dispense with the office of Special Attorney for the Railroad Commission.
I will add that the Interstate CX>mmerce Commission has assumed the authority to raise intra-state rates when it seems that these rates injuriously affect interstate rates. The lower courts have upheld that Commission in this action. The Supreme Court of the United States has practically upheld this position in a recent decision, hence it would appear that a blow has been struck the Railroad Commissions of the States. In such event it would clearly be a waste of the people's money to maintain as many as five members on this Commission for the purpose mainly of supervising the occasional building of depots and the collection of statistical information.
Furthermore, it is well known that the number of members of this Commission was increased in 1907 for the purpose of installing what were termed ''Port Rates.'' Yet, although the advocates of ''Port Rates" have been in the majority on the Commission from September, 1907, to June, 1909, and from Nove'IIlber, 1911, to this date, there has been no effort made by the Commission to even promulgate "Port Rates." Hence, as "Port Rates" have been proven to be a campaign theory, which it is impracticable to make effective, it is manifestly contrary to the public interest to maintain five members on tbis board at the expense of the tax payers.

CRIMINAL LAws.
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timely for you oo make inquiry looking to amend-
ments necessitated by changed conditions and modern developments.
I wish to direct your attention to one important change that is needed. In misdemeanor cases where prison penalties with alternative fines are imposed leave should be given for payment of the fine, or the pro rata portion of the fine due at any time before the completion of the prison or chain-gang sentence. In most court jurisdictions it is held that once the fine alternative is rejected, and the period for accepting it elapsed, the fine ~annot be paid except by commutation from this office. In no case will they pro rate the penalty, deducting, as they do in cities, for the period of time served by the prisoner.
This is manifestly unjust, amounting to a special penalty on poverty and misfortune. A great many perS'Ons are unable to raise the amount of the alternative fine when it is imposed upon them, but later do raise it, or a sufficient amount, allowing for the time served to meet the intent of the sentence imposed. The only way they can get relief is by ooming to the Executive Office with applications for clemency, which puts them to unnecessary expense and this office to much trouble, all of which could be obviated by your providing an automatic method for prisoners to pay their fines at any time before sentence is completed.
Applications for executive clemency are becoming more and more burdensome on the Executive Office. During the past eighteen months this 'Office has been

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forced to consider nearly 1,000 of such appeals. Out-
side the assistance rendered by the Prison Oommission, the Executive Office each week is forced to read and answer scores of letters, and see or otherwise deal with scores of callers relating to such applications. Inasmuch as the Constitution placeS' full responsibility in these matters on the Governor, he is in duty bound to examine each record and to make such investigations and inquiries in addition to those made by the Commission as he thinks proper.
The result is that this work takes up a large proportion of the time of the Executive Office, precluding attention to other important business. In .addition to this, lack of time makes it impossible for this office to pursue investigation of many cases as thoroughly as their importance demands.
Therefore, I recommend that you provide the Governor with a pardon clerk, or attorney, who shall devote his entire time to assisting in handling applications for executive clemency.

TAXES
.Again permit me to repeat the recommendation made in my general message of last year, and previous ones during a former adminiS'tration, relative to the urgent need of a better method of assessing property for taxation.
.All who have studied the question agree that if property now escaping taxation, and other property bea~g less than its equitable burden,were required to contribute their just part to the support of the State government our revenues would be augmented

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to the extent of the deficit, which is now of serious eonsequence.
It is but simple honesty to demand that all property be required to bear its just share of the expenses of the government which gives it protection. Therefore, I recommend that you amend the tax laws so as to provide a method of assessment for, and equalization of, taxes more just than now prevails.
DucKTOWN CoPPER MINES.
The United States Supreme Court, some years ago, gave to the State-of Georgia a decree against the oopper companies operating in what is known as the Ducktown region in Tennessee. The fumes arising from the operation of the copper mines have been doing great damage to growing crops of citizens living in Fannin and other Georgia oounties. This State, being willing to allow owners of the copper mines to continue the development of their property if our citizens were protected against damage, has allowed the copper companies time for perfecting appliances for taking care of the sulphur fumes. This is resulting in the manufacture of enormous amounts of sulphuric acid from the copper fumes.
But as the damage is still being done to some extent, one of the companies, the Tennessee Copper Company, has offered to place in the hands of the State a sum approximating $15,000 annually for the purpose of indemnifying those Georgia citizens who are damaged, such annual fund to be available until their improved appliances are completed.

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I respectfully suggest, therefore, that you authorize the Governor to make this agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company, and require a similar agreement to be made with the other company or companies to the end that our citizens be protected from dam;lges which are occurring during the growing season to crops each year.

CoMPULSORY ARBITRATION NECESSARY.
During the fall of last year there occurred a strike by the employees of the street car company in Augusta, and another strike by certain employees of the Georgia Railroad, which, for a number of days, prevented the public from having the benefit of the operation of these common carriers.
By the census of 1910, the city of Augusta had a population of 41,040 people, and the counties served by the Georgia Railroad had an aggregate of 582,182. These figures give an idea of the widespread wrong which these striking employees committed.
These two corporations were chartered by the State for the purpose of conducting coonmerce and the carriage of passengers. The primary object of their charters was service to the public. Consequently, when the charters were granted and these roads were built a contract was virtually entered into by the owners of these properties and the State whereby the former bound themselves to perform the duties of common carriers for the public, and the
latter bound herself to protect them in the peace-
able performance of those duties. Not one word

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w,as said in those charters giving the owners the
right to suspend the operation of the roads to the
detriment of public convenience, or giving the employees the same right. So long, therefore, as either of those companies attempts to perform the duty it assumed the State is under obligation. to use extreme furce, if necessary, to protect it in thus serving the public.
Furthermore, in the amended Railroad Commission laW1, as embodied in Sections 2663 and 2664 of the Code of Georgia, the Railroad Commission is authorized to require all common carriers and other public service companies under its supervision "to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just.'' Also, ''to order and compel the operation of sufficient and proper passenger service when in its judgment inefficient or insufficient service is being rendered the public or any community."
Again, it has been very aptly said by one writing on the status of the State in relationship to the common carriers:
''The power to fix rates and charges for transportation is an attribute of sovereignty, because in operating a public highway a transportati!on corporation exercises the power of a sovereign. This power over public highways constructed for public use to accomodate public travel and secure public convenience is a matter of public concern and is absolutely essential to government.''
Hence, it neces'Sarily follows that any person or combination of persons who obstructs, intimidates or otherwise prevents the operation of the common

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Mrriers strikes a blow at the interests of the publie and puts hiS' or their will in conflict with the man.:. date of the sovereign.
There is no escape, therefore, from the conclusion that those employees of the street car company in Augusta and of the Georgia Railroad put themselves in a state of open rebellion to the laws of Georgia. They ignored the cardinal tenet of republican government, viz : ''There shall be equal rights to all,. special privilegeS' to none,'' and arrogated to themselves the exercise of special privileges for settling their quarrels with their respective managements at the expense and serious inconvenience of the public,. and in a manner which embodied defiance of the law which requires all dwellers in the State having differences which they cannot peaceably adjust to submit them to the State's courts.
Again, their acts in leaving the service of the employing companies, and in virtually encouraging the formation of mobs to intimidate and personally assault those citizens whom these common carrier&induced to take the places they had vacated, that the carriers might obey the law which created them, was logically a claim which can be expressed in these words: "This is your property, but it is my jobon it. I and my partners, the uniQn, will defend our mutual rights to exclusive ownership of the positions which we hold on your property. We will determine for you whom you shall hire and whom YQU shaH not hire, and what wages you shall pay. While it is true that we have not. invested a dollar in this publie service utility and you have invested millions in it,.

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yet, ~ have vested rights in these positions, rights
which we have acquired by usurpation, and we will
bold them, while defying the laws of the State and subjecting the public to serious inconvenience and
loss, even against you. On your property chartered
to serve the public we are supreme over you, su-
preme over the public, supreme over the law. The
union label carries more authority than does your
Great Seal of State.''
In considering the status of the public service cor-
porations and their employees, there is one factor
which can not be ignored. This is embodied in the ~ollowing words found in the last annual report of
the Railroad Commission of Georgia :
"In 1908, the railroads operating in Georgia employed in Georgia, 34,809 persons; in 1912, they employed 39,691.
''The wages paid these 39,691 employees in 1912 -exceeded the wages paid the 34,809 employees in 1908, $5,771,104.93 more than in 1908. This, however, was to a larger number of employees. The individual wage seales show that had the number of employees for 1912 been kept the same as in 1908, they are being paid $3,668,725.21 more than in 1908.
''In other words, the 34,809 employees in 1908 received $3,668,725.21 more in 1912, which is an average increase to each railroad employee in Georgia in 1912 over 1908 of more than $105 per annum.
''The Commission has taken ten trunk line roads in the State, to-wit, the Southern, the Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast line, the Louisville & Nashville, the Georgia, Southern & Florida, the Georgia Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point, the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic, the Central of Georgia, and the Western & Atlantic, and their wage aceounts show that they

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paid in 1912, to the same number of employees as in 1908, in wages, $2,604,794.90 more than in 1908.
''The individual wage scale further shows that by far the largest increase in wages have been paid toemployees belonging t~abor unions, such as engineers, :firemen, conductors, train hands, etc.''
In other WJOrds, while the average increase to each of the 34,809 employees in 1912 over 1908 was $105.00 per annum, the average increase to each member of a labor union was larger by far, in someinstances, doubtless approximating $300.00 or more.
Hence, we are brought face to face with the fact that these unions, or combinations of employees, not only on public service corporations but, as is generally known, on practically all other corporations have forced their wages up above those received by workmen in all other departments of life who havenot formed these aggressively militant combinations. Tens of thousands of other citizens wlho are not in these unions, therefore, are confronted by the fact that the unions are levying a tax upon them to theextent that they are forcing from the employers an inequitable proportion l()f the wages paid to the general classes in the State.
If the State not only authorizes these unions, orcombinations, to exact higher wages than others receive, but also pe1'1Ihl.ts them by authority of law or by winking at their violations of it to hold up thegeneral public and rob it of the facilities for transportation, then she cannot claim the right to protect any farmer or other person employing labor against his employees who might strike and proclaim to him that nobody else should work his crop for him; that

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if he hired any ot~er employees they would burn his dwelling and barns, and, if needs be, kill him and his new employees to establish their supremacy over him and his property.

And if the State says to '()wners of railroads, factories, etc., : ''You shall pay tax on this property which you have created or bought, but another class shall control it. I hold you responsible for keeping it in condition for safely serving the public, but I allow them the privilege of wrecking it, or of depriving the public of the use of it," then how can she protect a farmer or any other citizen in the right to control his property T
The same courts established by the Constitution and composed of judges elected by the people and jurors chosen from the people are open to the members of labor unions on the same guarantee of equality as they are to fa'rnier!') and all other classes in the State, and no method of settlement of quarrels by labor unions which results in inconvenience and damage to the public should be tolerated.
Again, upon this point, it is generally understood that when the members of one of these unions strike .against the employing company, the members of the same union on other companies are assessed to support the strikers until the strike is ended. If this be true the organization in question could assess its members one-tenth or one-fortieth of the amount and employ counsel to take the cause of controversy . into court" and could have justice secured without damaging any of the interests of the public.

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Or, if the strikers are not thus supported by their
brother members, they could assess themselves a sum insignificant beside the gross amount of wages lost during the period of the strike and cottld have their case adjudicated in the courts without inflict..: ing damage upon the uno:ffending public. '
In either case they would go before judges and juries of their fellow citizens in precisely the same manner as every other one is required and compelled to do; and it is impossible for all other classes to concede that the members of labor unions have any preferential privileges suggesting, if not actually applying the process of anarchy when theythe masses-are required to submit to the process of law.
The mere fact that the laborers on a public service utility or in a factory have more votes than the owners of these proJ?erties have, has no bearing on the legal status of the case. Justice is not measured by the number of votes any more than by the weight of dollars. Each party is under the law. Each is entitled to the protection of its own rights in court. Neither is entitled to interfere with the rights of the other either in court or out of court.
It should be further borne in mind in this connection that it is primarily the poor people who are subjected to inconvenience and damage by the acte of strikers. In Augusta, for example, the rich could use their own conveyances or hire others for the purpose of coming into town and going out to their homes, but the poorer classes in some instances were

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compelled to walk two miles each way to reach their places of employment and to return home; whereas, had these striking employees of the street car company abstained from the unlawful acts they committed in preventing the operation of that public utility, these laborers in the humbler ranks of life could have come from and returned to their homes at trifling cost. And the poorer people at the stations on the Georgia Railroad were subjected, at many points, to great privations which the rich were able to protect themselves against.
Therefore, in such cases it is the striker, who, in his blind recklessness, puts his feet in the bread tray of the poor man and interferes with or deprives him of the right to live,-the cardinal right of humanity.
Summing up the status of a strike by employees on a public service corporation, we can not fail to know that there are more than two parties to such strikes. There is a third party, the public, which is subjected to unmerited and unnecessary inconvenience and loss. And .above all, there is a fourth party, viz. : The State, whose Constitution the strikers have ignored and whose laws they have trampled under foot. Concerning this fourth, and greatest, party, I will add:
The crisis which a strike on a public service corporation brings upon the masses of the people is not only a menace to their power to procure the necessities of life, but is also a challenge to the very sovereignty of the State in that it arrogates to itself

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the power to prevent the railroads from performing the special functions for which the State granted their charters, viz. : Those of being common carriers of persons and property.
There is no power in Georgia greater than the power of the State herself, and that power holds mastery over and gives direction to every other power which she permits within her borders. She is supreme in potential activities, whenever she finds it needful to exert them. S~e exacts allegiance and will not divide it. She ordains one process for all, and holds any rival process as rebellion. She is no respecter of persons in the enforcement of her laws.
It is needless then to say that the State would not permit the management to shut down the operation of a street car line or a railroad. It is manifest, therefore, that the acts of the employees in preventing such operation is equally indefensible, equally condemnable, and that they should be just as inflexibly held aecountable to the laws of the State. No man, no C?mbination of men, is greater than the State and her laws.
I have stressed the views herein advanced because the object lessons given by the striking employees of the street car company in Augusta and of the Georgia Railroad have been a practical service of notice by the labor union to the State of Georgia that its law within her borders is greater than her law; that the allegiance of its members to it is more binding than the alJegiance they owe to her.

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The Executive Office has not made this issue; the State of Georgia has not made it. The labor union has openly ana rooklessly thrown down the gauntle~. The State, therefore, cannot shrink from her dutY to he.r Constitution and her people.
It is a matter of current note that the power of the labor union to hurt the general public and to terrorize public men anxious to retain offices of honor and trust has been found in the fact that in several communities it votes solidly in blocks of scores or hundreds for those who cater to it and against those who refuse to bow to its demands; but I call your attention to the fact that, besides multitudes in the cities and towns whose interests are jeopardized by its exactions, there are upwards of 200,000 voters in the rural portions of this State whose welfare can only be protected by holding the members of the labor union to the same non-interference with the rights of others and 'the same accountability to law which they admit as governing themselves. They will certainly claim that the labor union men, individually and collectively, are no better and have no greater rights than they.
I will add that it is no answer at all to say that labor cannot get its rights in any other way than by a strike and boycott. The courts are as open to the labor union man as to the farmer, and there is not the slightest reason why the latter should be required to settle his difference in the State's way, which injures no third party, and tha.t the labor union man be left free to damage everybody else while settling his difference by a strike.

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He, therefore, who would remain in pub1ic life would do well to merit the approval of those myriads of law-abiding and peace-loving citizens beside whose numbers the labor union's is a trifle.
Finally on this subject, I will observe that the trend of the laws of the present day is to the suppression of combinations, generally styled trusts, organized for the restraint of trade. These trusts are condemned by law because they endeavor to force from business all competitors save those in their guild and to exact out of the people unduly high prices for products they handle. Yet, while it is a matter of public note that the labor trust is the most widespread and aggressively exacting trust in Ameri'ca, politicians pander to it, statesmen stand in awe of it, and the public seems helpless in its grasp. WhyT Because it votes in blocks of thousands in almost every State in the Union. It is composed of allied organizations which stand as one man against all other elements of society. Recent events have shown that some of the leaders of one of these organizations have been sentenced by a United States Court to imprisonment for crimes of violence against those who did not yield to their exactions, and the members have bailed them out and re-elected them to high offices in the organization. Such a development is appalling to every lover of law. Yet it is an object lesson which tells more vividly than words that the labor union holds itself as being higher than the law.
The labor unions have but a small minority of the people of Georgia, yet, by combinations which work

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through strikes and kindred methods, they are aggressively levying a toll upon all the other elements of our citizenship. In other words, they have organized a trust. and demand that all other people buy labor at whatever price they choose to put upon itand that price is higher than other workmen in like occupations receive and higher by far than the people have ever paid before. And contemporaneously, they are endeavoring to force from employment all similar workmen who do not join their orders. To attempt, as non-union men, to compete with them as laborers means to be treated with open contumely, attended sometimes by personal violence. To hire non-union men means for employers to be boycotted and not infrequently to suffer serious damage to their property.
Therefore, as the labor ll'Ilions have combined against all other classes in their determination to defeat the equality of opportunity assured by the laws of the State, the necessity is forced upon all other classes to stand together in the refusal to concede to the unions the preferential privileges they are endeavoring to exact for themselves alone. And, -as the unions have their pass-words, the pass.word of all other citizens should be: "The Law."
It is not improper here for me to declare that not all of the members of the labor unions are wilful violators of law. A very large percentage of them Jove their State and would not knowingly do any one an injustice. Yet they are the victims of a system which is breeding anarchy, which has already

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put the State's Constitution in contempt, which has relentlessly wronged hundreds of thousands of their fellow citizens who have not offended them, which, in plain words, has applied lynch law methods to millions of dollars worth of property. I pass no harsh criticism on them, but every person who reverences the law must condemn the reckless disregard of tl;le rights of the public which has characterized their leaders. And the State must, with unmistakable clearness, not only condemn these acts, but must force the doers of them as clearly, to know that she will not suffer such occurrences to be repeated.
It is a cardinal principle of civilization that lawabiding people shall be -protected in the enjoyments of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The State does not interfere with her orderly citizens in the possession of these rights, and it is the intent of her Constitution that no one within her borders shall be permitted so to interfere.
I have no more interest in this matter than has any other average citizen of Georgia; but, as her Chief Executive, whose duty to obey her laws by enforcing them is supreme over every ambition and personal interest, I have noted the recurring instances of open contempt of her Constitution, of inconvenience and damage recklessly inflicted upon multitudes of her citizens by one class, and of brutal assaults upon working men who were engaged in obeying her laws and serving the people by operating the public utilities which she had chartered and whose operation she had commanded, and I would

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be unworthy of the confidence with which the electorate has honored me should I fail to lay these facts before you and call upon you to enact such statutes as will force all classes and all individuals to equal allegiance to the State, and equal obedience to her laws. Upwards of two millions of people in Georgia will look with no patience upon the continuance of a condition which leaves their basic rights in life at the mercy of the star chamber of the labor union.
Under the conditions I have portrayed it has been made the duty of the State, therefore, to protect her citizens from such unlawful happenings in the future. Compulsory arbitration should be required by law, and neither the management nor the employees of a public service corporation should under any circumstances be permitted to paralyze or otherwise interfere with the powers of the public for the transportation of persons and property, or for any other service for which the corporation was chartered.
I, therefore, respectfully impress upon you the importance of enacting such laws at your present session to the end that the masses of the people shall not again suffer from the acts of any who, for their own selfish interest, would impede commerce, travel or other public need or convenience. And the same law should govern every factory wherein capital and labor come into conflict.
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Railroad Commission to promptly advise the Governor of the stoppage of performance of the duties for which it was chartered by any public service . . corporation wlren combinations of persons unlawfully prevent its operation, thus damaging the interests of the public, and that he thereupon issue a proclamation requiring the sheriffs of all counties in which said public service corporation's worki!lg property lies to summon posse comitatus to prot~t said corporation in the performance of its chartered duties ; and that, in the event the resistance to law by disorderly parties be too great for the civil authorities in any county or counties to overcome, the judge or judges, sheriff or sheriffs shall promptly notify the Governor, who shall thereupon use the militia, or such portions of it as may be needed, to enforce the ;State's laws which require the operation of said public service corporation or corporations for the welfare of the people.
I also respectfully suggest that you enact a law authorizing the Governor to suspend a sheriff whenever he finds it proven that said sheriff has wilfully failed to do his duty in protecting the people of his county against acts of lawbreakers, and to appoint a sheriff to serve until after a new sheriff is chosen by the people at the next regular election. Such a law prevails in several other States, and that it is needed in Georgia was proven in at least one glaring instance during the period of the strike on the Georgia Railroad last year.
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any office in the county of his residence until at least two years after he has been thus removed by . the Governor.

LAWS REGULATING THE uSE OF THE MILITIA.
The Constitution of Georgia, Article 10, Section 1, says:
~'A well regulated Militia being essential to the peace and security of the State, the General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law how the Militia of this State shall be organized, officered, trained, armed, and equipped; and of whom it shall consist.''
The words ''essential to the peace and security of the .State,'' are proof that the makers of this Constitution, which we have taken an oath to execute, deemed that there were likely to come crises in which the civil authorities would not be able to maintain peace and protect life and property. The genius, the very soul, of that Constitution is democracy, yet its every paragraph proves that it is a self-. bridled democracy. Its provisions leave every lawabiding citizen fullest liberty for exerting his powers in any legitimate occupation, but places a constant curb on crime, with penalties to be applied to every one who will interfere with the rights of those who obey it. The great minds which made it realized that attempts to supplant or dethrone the law must not be temporized with, but must be promptly met by trained force which would maintain protection to the people through the supremacy and majesty of the law.

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Hence, they have clothed your honorable bodies with the authority above indicated and by plain inference have made the same yaur duty.
Therefore, if the use of the militia of the State be "militarism" it is clear that the Constitution creates "militarism" and ordains that such shall be the instrument of its enforcement when lawless elements in any community, contending only wi.th the civil authorities, set that Constitution and the ~statutes at defiance and imperil .the lives and property of the people. The same Constitution declares that
"protection to pers1n and property is the para-
moUnt duty _of government and shall be impartial and complete.'' This is but an amplification of the ancient maxim: "The safety of the people is the supreme law."
And we must not ignore the fact that on her Great Seal of State, amid the columns, "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'' which uphold the arch of the Constitution, Georgia presents to the world 'f? view the figure of a soldier holding a drawn sword, thus -symbolizing the fact that inside the very temple of peace she bolas the type of martial power, power loyal and ever ready to protect that Constitution and the peace which it commands.
During the past summer and fall, the use of the military was called for, in the manner prescribed by law, to protect the public against lawlessness resulting from the strike by street car employees in Augusta; and also from lthrewtened attempts to prevent the process of the State's laws in Cumming, Georgia.

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It was a deplorable fact that in Augusta three persons put themselves in insubordination to the military law, one, if not two, of them in an open and defiant manner intended to lead to destruction, by a mob, of property in custody of soldiery placed by the State to guard it; hence, were killed in the exercise of their unlawful acts. No one except these can be blamed for their deaths. Deeds done in defiance of the military law must necessarily meet penalties just as deeds done against the civil laws must meet the same. It is well known that extreme acts of violation of the civil laws have for their penalty death, and this, when dire neC'Po:;sity comes, the State inflicts.
It can not be admitted, therefore, that when lawless parties, by threats of incendiarism and personal violence, terrorize a community and prevent the civil authorities from enforcing the laws, and the military is called out, that the latter should be instructed to refrain from rigorous measures, even from the infliction of death, for the protection of the peaceable and law-abiding members of the community. The Oonstitution manifestly does not intend that the militia shall be used simply as a bluff. Such use would put the Constitution itself in contempt and absolutely invite anarchy. The very word "militia" carries with it the knowledge that its weapons are guns and other means of destroying life if extreme necessity for securing impartial and complete protection fur the law-abiding so demands.
We must not overlook the fact that the Constitution provides that the sheriff of any county may sum-

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mon posse comitatus when the elements of violence threaten to subvert the law in his county. But the militia is the State's posse comitatus, to be used when the sheriff's posse comitatus is too weak to protect the peace and good name of the State. If then the posse comitatus of the Sheriff of Richmond County had have killed the three men before referred to, in Augusta, no law-loving citizen would have condemned it. There is, therefore, absolutely no reason for condemning the State's militia for a like defense of the State's authority. No man must give a dare to the State.
As to the trial by a military court of the officers and men concerned in the killing in Augusta of the three men who by their deeds defied the militia w:hom the State had put in charge of the city, for the preservatil()n of life and property, I will say that the State has ~both the legal and the moral right to fix whatever process she deems appropriate. In some of her civil courts she requires trial by jury, in others juries are omitted. In municipal courts persons are deprived of liberty without the verdicts of juries. She, therefure, ordains such court procedure as she deems fitting to the crime, the local conditions or the emergency.
In her law governing the case under review she did not choose to fix a status, half fish and half fowl, to adjudicate in a civil court acts done under military government which the civil authl()rities had requested to supercede their own. Here was no usurpation of the rights of a free people; they made the status themselves. There was no degredation of their

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manhood. That manhood is as upright and aS' selfrespecting in decreeing the temporary supremacy of the military to stamp out anarchy as it is in times of peace when the civil process is properly the only authority. The suppression of anarchy is the right and duty of a free, law-loving people, and there come timeS' when they must shoot it to death just as they shoot down foreign invaders.
And no speciolls pleas by enemies of law and no theoretical treatises by alarmed sentimentalists should weigh against the logical process which law, in times of peril, must take to ensure its supremacy over the hydra of anarchy. And, while I hold in high honor the patriotic devotion of some of our best citizens who have deemed the use of the military as. a menace to the secuFity of our institutions, yet I must say firmly that the man at headquarters, who~ the Constitution declares, S'hall be a conservator of the peace throughout the State, and the man on the scene of danger, are better fitted to judge whether the soldiery is needed to protect life and property, as is. provided by the Constitution and the statutes, than can be any people living many miles from the zone of peril.
Now, as to the personnel of the militia, I call your attention to the fact that_its members are not foreigners or hirelingS'. They are not the Governor's soldiers, organized by his order to display his power ; they are your soldiers, by the mandate of your Constitution, organized to protect your homes, your lives, your civilization. They are your own flesh and blood, your sons or brothers, who, thrusting not them-

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selves into the arena of danger, but called thither by the operation of your statutes, leave their occupations, sometimes losing their present income, and submit to inconvenience, endure privations, and stand ready to sacrifice even life itself to shield you and to uphold the dignity of your laws.
Instead, therefore, of being held as a thing apart, the Constitution makes them an integral factor of your governmtmt; instead of being an excrescence, they are your strong arm never to be exerted save when your other elements of strength are inadequate or helpl~ss, then, with the force of a thunderbolt.
And in their patriotic wiUingneS's to lay down even life itself to protect you and your laws, they embody the words of our Divine Lord: ''Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend." (John 15-13.) And should any of them lose lives in the service for which your very Constitution has ordained their organization, they merit the paraphrase of the simple, yet sublime, epitaph which his countrymen placed over Leonidas and the Spartan band who fell at Thermopylae in defense of their country, viz: "Go, stranger, tell it in Lacedaemon that we died in obedience to her laws."
Let me say, therefore, that Georgia's name should be the synonym of good faith; that wihen she guarantees impartial and complete protection she must make her guarantee good; that the uniform of a soldier who unselfishly leaves home comforts and hazards his life for the protection of the laws of the State and the lives of her people is a badge of honor.

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And a twenty year old youth, standing in uniform with gun in hand for the protection of the law, is more to be honored than are ten thousand men who directly or indirectly lift hands for anarchy, class preference, or class tyranny, for that youth represents not militarism in its formal sense, but he is the ultimate resort of the law.
The present law prescribing the manner of using the militia of the State was passed. u1ilanimously by the Senate and almost unanimously by the House of Representatives. Both factionR united in enacting it after considering it for more than a year. Undoubtedly a potent factor in securing the enactment of the law was the knowledge that, while many good people are moving into Georgia, yet there are also elements with practices and views widely at variancewith these adhered to by our native population. Consequently we must aS'sume that it is the judgment of a vast majority of the people of Georgia that the military must be used as military when emergencies demand. The General Assembly, therefore, does not. have to apologize for making this law; and the Governor does not have to apologize for ordering its enforcement. And the militia does not have to apologize for obeying the order the Governor transmitted to it. Each perfol"..D~d a high duty which the, people for their protection had ordained.
Some of the happenings in Georgia during thepresent year have trended inevitably toward bringing your Constitution into contempt. It is for you, therefore, to say whether you are going to surrender this. State to anarchy or whether you are going to pre--

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serve it for law. It is for you to say whether you are going to allow one class, with less than 30,000 members, preferential privileges to the detriment and danger of the remainder of the public with upwards of 330,000 voters or whether you will enforce your process against all law-breakers alike. It is
for you to say whether you will allow barns to be
burned, residences dynamited and people driven from their homes, thus destroying property valuations and depriving certain counties of needed laborers; and whether you will allow mobs to force sheriffs and jailers, before the muzzles of guns, to surrender prisoners in the State's custody, who are then taken out and unlawfully killed. It is for you to say whether you will allow the statutes you enact to be made a mockery or whether all men in all classes shall obey them in the same manner. You have the power to enact laws which will control every situation I have portrayed.
Yet, I am in the line of duty and self-respect when I say: Do not make it the Governor's duty to enforce a law and then condemn him for doing it. Any Governor, true to his oath, will enforce it regardless of condemnation. And do not, even by inference, command a militiaman, a sheriff or other agent of the State to imperil his life and possibly lose it, to protect your lives and property and uphold .the dignity of your Constitution, and then fire into his back from the State House whence his orders came. Do not enact laws which you intend shall not be enforced, or which you would allow to be tampered with. There is no middle ground between law and anarchy.

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The people of Georgia are jealous of their liberties, but they are not going to suffer their statutes defeated and their Constitution made contemptible under the false plea of liberty. That license which styles itself liberty, which would subordinate the rights of the public to the selfish interests of classes or which w;ould substitute the process of anarchy for the process of law, has no place in any State inhabited by freemen. True liberty sits side by side with the enthroned law.
CoNCLUSION.
In conclusion, allow me to urge upon you thoughtful care in the enactment of statutes for the public welfare. The laws of Georgia should be deliberately frarrrood and so broad and just as to be graven on the very hearts of her people; they shoul~ inspire confidence and willing loyalty which would make it the proudest boast to say: ''I too am a Georgian!'' And the authority of the State and of her municipalities should be so reverenced that a sheriff's badge and a policeman's club would command as great respect as does the baton of a marshal of France.
Respectfully submitted,

Governor.

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EXHIBIT A.
Report of pardons, commutations, paroles and respites granted since the last report to the Legislature.
PARDONS.
H. W. NALLY; Paulding Superior Court; forgery; sentenced as for a misdemeanor; disahilities 'removed July 10, 1912, on the ground that the offense of which he was convicted w~s largely of a technical nature.
FRANK fuMEs; City Court of Morgan County; simple larceny; disabilities removed July 15, 1912, as the offense was a technical one and did not show moral turpitude.
MILTON THOMAS.; Superior Court of Fulton County; burglary; pardoned September 9, 1912, as new evidence wa:s presented making it clear that he had been wrongfully convicted and was innocent of the crime charged.
GEORGE F. GERDING; vagrancy; City Court of Fulton County; pardoned February 7, 1913, as it was established that he was not guilty of the offense charged, being a stranger here in search of medical treatment.
CARL DAVIs; Superior Court of Haralson County; burglary; disabilities removed February 18, 1913, after he had served sentence with good record, applicant being a youth.

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JOHN QuiNN; City Court of Macon County; stealing ride on railroad train ; pardonee March 18, 1913, because it was shown that he was an escape from the State Lunatic Asylum of Mississippi, pardon being granted on condition that he be returned to the institution.

pARDONS GRANTED AS PER TERMS OF THE pAROLE LAW.
(NOTE.-The following ca:ses have previously been reported in detail as paroles, pardon orders being promulgated in compliance with the statutes under which they were paroled by Gov. Brown in 1910-11, Gov. Smith in 1911 and Acting Governor 'Slaton in 1911-12}.
ToM GASTON; Butts County; manslaughter; pardoned May 2, 1913.
All following were pardoned June 18, 1913:
HENRY JINKs; Appling County; murder. ToM RHINEHART; Baldwin County; murder. DAN TucKER; Merriwether County; murder. MATT GRIER; Jasper County; murder. JULius ALLAGooD; Telfair County; manslaughter. HENRY FrsH; Miller County; manslaughter. ANDREW BAKER; Chatham County; murder. GREEN GIFFY; Pike County; murder. WYATT BoWLEs; Muscogee County; burglary. BERT BYRON; Dooly County; manslaughter. FRANK WILLIAMS; D'ooly County; murder. .JOHN SIMMONS; Monroe County; murder. :STEPHEN GusTER; Gordon County; murder.

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JULIA ANDERSON; Tattnall County; murder. En STEPHENSON; Henry County; murder. SusiE DRAYTON; Worth County; murder. ToNY HIGHTOWER; Pike County; robbery. JoE HALL; Macon County; murdoc. JAMES GRAHAM; Bulloch County; murder. FosTER BRooKs; Catoosa County; murder. ToM WEEKS; Emanuel County; murder. JAMES FosTER; Early County; murder. ALAMORE WILLIAMS; Emanuel County; murder. WILL ARENDALE; Fulton County; robbery. CocHRAN MURRAY; Pike County; robbery. CH~EY BLACKMAN; Tattnall County; murder. HENRY HoDGES; Effingham County; murder. OscAR LoTT; Hall County; forgery. CLINTON SMITH; Pulaski County; murder. CHARLES SIMON; Fulton County; murder. JIM DANIELs; Jasper County; murder. WILSON PAUL; Macon County; murder. IALEXANDER FAVORs; Pike County; murder. ELIZA HILL; Montgomery County; manslaughter. ALFRED ALLEN; Gwinnett County; robbery. JOHN RILEY; Taylor County; manslaughter. LILLIE YARBROUGH; Fulton County; manslaughter. Lucms GuTHRIE; ,Cobb County; attempt to murder. Russ HARRISoN; Hall County; manslaughter. GuY VEAL; Carroll County; manslaughter.
PAROLES.
BELLE WILLOUGHBY; Superior Court of Putnam Dounty, September term, 1910; manslaughter; three years; paroled July 15, 1912, for statutory reasons.

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Eo WAI"KER; Superior Court Emanuel County, Fall term, 1897; murder; life sentence; paroled September 2, 1912; statutory reasons.
BEN ,JONES; ~uperior Court of Randolph County; June term, 1891; murder; life sentence; paroled September 2, 1912, for statutory reasons and as a reward for saving warden's life during mutiny in convict camp.
E. E. WILLIAMs; Superior Court of Cherokee County, August term, 1910; bigamy; three years; paroled on recommendation of prosecutors and court officials, it being evident that the offense w~ committed out of ignorance.

- PINKIE FosTER; Superior Court Floyd County, Fall term, 1903; manslaughter; fifteen years; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons and extenuating circumstances connected with the crime.

JOHN ANTHONY; 'Superior Court of Hancock County; Maroh term, 1908; burglary; twelve yeal'ls; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons and doubt as to whether he should have been convicted of the crime.

MARY FoRTSON; Superior Court Fulton County, May term 1910; manslaughter; five years; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reason-s and extenuating circumstances connected with the crime.

ToM BELL; Superior Court Taylor County, May term, 1911 ; manslaughter; two years ; paroled September 9, 1912, for statutory reasons and the recom-

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mendation of the Judge who expressed some doubt as to whether he should have been convicted.
.JERRY HoLMEs; Superior Court of Chatham County, Spring term, 1896; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 10, 1912, for statutory reasons and evidence indicating that a verdict for manslaughter would have been proper.
HENRY EvANs; Superior Court of Fulton County, -.January term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 14, 1912, for statutory reasons, his youth, and extenuating circumstances.
.JULE RENFROE; Superior Court of Lowndes County, May term, 1910; assault with intent to mur-der; eight years; paroled October 21, 1912, for statutory rea;sons and developments indicating circumstances extenuating the offense.
WILL BAsKIN AND WILL KNIGHT; Superior Court -of ~,ulton County, Spring term, 1911; burglary; five years; paroled Octobe:::- ~!?. 1912, for statutorr :reasons and because of the youth of applicant~
.JOHN RoBERSON; Superior Court of Washington County, September term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 31, 1912, for statutory :reasons, and doubt as to his guilt.
BILL LuNDY; Superior Court of Screven County, November term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 31, 1912, for statutory reasons and strong moral circumstances extenuating the crime.
.JACK BELL; Superior Court of .Jackson County, .August term, 1909 ; burglary; paroled N ovem:ber 5,

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1912, for statutory reasons and the recommendation of the court officials, including the Judge, who stated that the sentence was probably too long.
T. P. JoLLY; Superior Court Brooks County, May term, 1911; larceny; two years; paroled November 30, 1912, for statutory reasons, being a young man and the offense not particularl-y: atrocious.
JAMES BRucE; Superior Court of Pickens County, April term, 1910; robbery; five years; paroled November 20, 1912, for statutory reasons and the fact that the offense was not sueh as would class him as a confirmed criminal.
W. G. CARTER; Superior Court of-Polk County, August term, 1906; manslaughter; ten years; paroled December 12, 1912, for statutory reasons, and on the recommendation of all the court officials, who declared that in their opinion he had been sufficiently punished.
ANNIE WooTEN; Superior Court of Fulton County, Spring term, 1893; murder; life imprisonment; paroled December 16, 1912, for statutory reasons, and because she had served nearly twenty years, the offense not being one of extreme charaeter.

MITT HAMMOND; Superior Court of Decatur County, June term, 1898; murder; life imprisonment; paroled December 16, 1912, for ~tatutory reasons, and because the crime committed was not of extreme charaeter and as reward for aiding in stopping a serious mutiny in the. camp where hewas confined.

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RoBERT BAKER; Superior Court of Mcintosh County, October term, 1892; murder; life imprisonment; paroled December 16, 1912, for statutory reasons, long and faithful service being to hils credit, having been seriously injured while working in the coal mines.
FoRT McELvoY; Superior Court of Muscogee County, November term, 1910; larceny; four years; paroled December 30, 1912, for statutory reasons and on the recommendation of the Judge and other court officials who stated that he was a youth of low mentality.

GEORGE BAILEY; Superior Court of Richmond County, October term, 1908; attempt to murder; paroled December 23, 1912, for statutory reasons and because he had served two sentences from other courts for what was in reality only one offense.

CHARLES SuTTON; Superior Court of Fulton County, January term, 1911; four years and two years (2 cases); robbery; paroled December 23, 1912, for statutory reasons, being a youth of only 20 years old and living in another State.
JOHN ADAMS; I:Supenor Court of Whitfield Count) April term, 1911; burglary; three years; paroled December 30, 1912, for statutory reasons, being a young man who probably was influenced by older persons.
"\VALTER H. MooNEY; Superior Court of Fulton County, April term, 1907; burglary; eight years;

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paroled January 10, 1913, for statutory reasons and because the record did not show a peculiarly atrocious crime.
A. Y. CHASTAIN; Superior Court of Grady County, September term, 1910; assault with intent to commit murder; three years; paroled January 13, 1913, for 1statutory reasons, and because new developments indicated a measure of moral justification for the offense.
JOE TENNYSON; Superior Court of Emanuel County, October term, 1892; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 14, 1913, for statutory reasons, affidavits be_ing submitted to the effect that the killing wa;s accidental.
JIM WILLIAMS; Superior Court of Stephens County, May term, 1909; burglary; ten years; paroled March 8, 1913, for statutory reasons and because it was made clearly evident that the sentence was excessive.
JoHN HENRY HILL; Superior Court of Decatur County, May term, 1913; burglary (3 eases); eighteen years in the penitentiary; paroled April 15, 1913, for statutory reasons, and because it was clear that the combined ,sentences were excessive.
Doss KNrcKs; Superior Court of Murray County, February term, 1912; larceny; two years;. paroled April17, 1913, for statutory reasons, applicant being a youth who had been promised leniency if b.e as-sisted in recovering the stolen property which he did.

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CHARLES V. GoNzALEs; Superior Court of Fulton County, September te"rm, 1910; burglary; ten years; paroled April 17, 1913, for statutory reasons and because it was shown that the penalty was out of proportion to the offense committed.

MARTHA WOOTEN; Superior Court of Rabun County, August term, 1911; maDJslaughter; four years; paroled June 7, 1913, for statutory reasons, and because strong mitigating circumstances were shown.
CLARENCE RICHARDSON; Superior Court of Early County, October term, 1909; manslaughter; four years; paroled June 7, 1913, for statutory reasons, he being a young man and strong mitigating circumstances being shown.

EARL OVERBY; Superior Court of Bibb County, May term, 1911 ; larceny; five yea!'ls ; paroled June 12, 1913, for statutory reasons applicant having been only sixteen or seventeen years old at the time of the crime and of good family who promised to take and look after him.

CoMMUTATIONs.
WEBB GIBSON; Superior Court of Early County, October term, 1911; murder; death sentence; commuted to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, July 11, 1912, evidence which wa'S not presented to the jury showing that the murder was not of such character as demanded the extreme penalty.

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MARTHA THOMAs; Superior Court of Early County, January term, 1912; selling liquor; twelve months on the chaingang, three months in jail or $100.00 fine; sentence commuted July 9, 1912, to present service and .fine of $100.00, it being shown that there was some doubt as to her guilt and that the sentence evidently was_ exeeStSive.
HENRY LEwrs; Superior Court of Wilkes County, November term, 1908; simple larceny; one year on the chaingang; commuted July 10, 1912, to fine of $150.00, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
ABNER D. McMILLAN; City Court of Fulton County, February term, 1912; gaming; commuted July 10, 1012, from fine of $100.00 or twelve months to fine of $35.00, applicant having served nearly six months.

RICHARD ALLEN; Superior Court of Coweta County; sentenced to State Reformatory; sentence commuted August 6, 1912, to present service, in order that his mother might take him to Chicago where she had gone to live.

.STANLEY AYLoR; Superior Court of Houston County, April term, 1912; shooting at another; six months or $100.00 fine; commuted to present service August 13, 1912, on statements from the Judge of the City Court and the Solicitor General that punishment had been adequate.
ANDERSON GooLSBY; City Court of Ocilla, December term, 1911; drunk on highway; twelve months; commuted September 2, 1912, to fine of $50.00, on

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recommendation of the Judge and Solicitor and other court officials.
WILL JoNEs; Superior Court of Baker County, Spring term, 1911; larceny; two years; commuted September 2, 1912, on recommendation of court officials and as recognition of heroic act in saving a white woman from death in a runaway on a road where he was working.
WABBEN lLumwicK; City Court of Dooly County, Fall term, 1911; twenty-four months (two cases); commuted September 2, 1912, on statement of Judge that he had imposed the heavy penalty on information he later found to be false.
W. T. ALLEN; Superior Court of Henry County, October term, 1911; twelve months; commuted September 2, 1912, to present service on recommendation of Judge and because of applicant's advanced age and feeble condition.
.BEN MosEs; Superior Court of Baldwin County, July term, 1911; burglary; twelve months; commuted September 4, 1912, to present service on the statement of the Solicitor General to the effect that he had agreed for a fine to be imposed when applicant pleaded guilty to the charge.
CLAuD QuARLES; Superior Court of Cobb County, November term, 1911; larceny; five years; commuted September 6, 1912, on recommendation of prosecutor and court officials who said it had been understood that boy would be sent to the State Reformatory but had been put on gang.

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J. W. BoLTON; Superior Court Decatur County, May term, 1911; violating prohibition law; two years or $100.00 fine (two cases); sentences commuted September 9, 1912, to present service, as he had served more than one year and the court officials declared this to be adequate punishment, applicant being an old man with a blind wife to support.
Lou LYoN; Sujperior Court Pike County, Fall term, 1911; violating prohibition law; twelve months and six months (two cases) ; commuted September 9, 1912, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor, applicant being an old negro woman.
ALBET H. WHITMAN; City Court of Fulton County, June term, 1912; vagrancy; two months in jail and . six months on the chaingang; commuted September 9, 1912, on recommendation of court officiaLs who stated that he had been sent to prison to be cured of the drug habit, which end had been accomplished.
J. E. STEPHENS; Superior Court of Chatham County, February term, 1905; burglary; ten years in the Penitentiary; commuted to present service September 9, 1912, on the ground that he had been adequately punished, others connected with the crime having been extended clemency.
JoHNSON WEBB; Superior Court of Early County, October term, 1911; murder; death sentence; commuted September 19, 1912, to life imprisonment in the Penitentiary on the ground of extenuating circumstances which had not been before the jury and the recommendation of the Solicitor General and county officers.

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L. J. PoE; City Court of Fulton County, October term, 1912; impersonating an officer; $100.00 fine or 12 months on chaingang; commuted October 3, 1912, those responsible for the ca.se being made certifying that the prosecution should not have been brought.
JEsSE BARNEs; City Court of Houston County,. June term, 1912; violating prohibition law; commuted October 5, 1912, from 12 months or two months and a fine of $125.00_ to a fine of $30.00, it being alleged that he pleaded guilty on the understanding that he would be let off for a fine his employer could pay.
MAUDE ToLBERT; -City Court of Fulton County; . fornication and adultery sentence commuted on the appeal of the Judge because, she being a young white woman, there was no proper place for her toserve the sentence, October 4, 1912.

CHARLES GIBBONs; Superior Court of Jefferson County, November term, 1911; murder; death penalty; commuted to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life, July 17, 1912, as it was shown that there was considerable doubt as to his guilt, and, besides,. if guilty, the crime was not of such extreme character as customarily calls for the death penalty.

EARL KADERLY; City Court of Fulton County, June term, 1912; vagrancy; eight months; commuted October 7, 1912, to be effective October 28, 1912, to present service, because of his youth and the desire of his brother-in-law to take him to South America to live.

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En DANIEL; City Court of Cordele, February term, 1911; gaming, larceny and violation of the prohibition law; twelve months, $100.00 fine, ;or twelve months and $50.00 fine or three months; commuted October 8, 1912, to present service, on the ground that he had been adequately punished, having served on the gang for more than a year and a half.

JULY BROWN; City Court of Pulaski County, May term, 1912; violating contract labor law; ten months; commuted October 11, 1912, to present service, on the recommendation of t~e prosecutor, Solicitor and Judge.

HILL BANKS; City Court of Carroll County, June term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted October 11, 1912, to fine of $75.00, because of his youth and wife and children to support and extenuating circumstances.

L. C. AvERY; Superior Court of Cobb County, 1912; twelve months; commuted October 11, 1912, to fine of $150.00; being an aged man and there being some doubt as to the evidence on which he was convicted. Violated prohibition law.

Lumus SMITH; Superior Court of Paulding County, February term, 1904; murder; life imprisonment; commuted October 14, 1912, to present service, on the earnest plea of Hon. W. K. Fielder, who as Solicitor General prosecuted the case, on the ground that applicant should have been convicted of manslaughter.

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G. E. CRAwFoRD; Superior Court of Fannin County, October term, 1906; murder; life imprisonmnt; commuted October 15, 1912, to present service, on account of his age, doubt as-to his guilt, extenuating -circumstances and the recommendation of county -officers and court officials.

G. F. BALMER; Superior Court Chatham County; embezzlement; three years; commuted October 29, 1912, on recommendation of prosecutors, and beeause of extenuating circumstances.

RoE PIRKLE; Superior Court of Hall County, Jannary term, 1912; robbery; five years; commuted October 29, 1912, to one year and fine of $150.00 on recommendation of prosecutor who said that, owing to Pirkle's help in convicting others involved with him, sentence was excessive.

Jun HoLLis; Superior Court of Bibb County, May term, 1910; robbery; four years; commuted November 6, 1912, to present service on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General who declared he had been adequately punished.

HATTIE JOHNSON; City Court of Washington, Fall term, 1912 ; larceny; twelve months; commuted November 7, 1912, because she was the only woman on the Wi1kes County chaingang and it was represented that she was soon to be a mother.
LuKE DYER; City Court of Athens, April term, 1911; larceny; twelve months; commuted November 7, 1912, to present service on recommendation of

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county commissioners, who said applicant was in the last stages of tuberculosis and a menace to the other prisoners.

W. H. A. NESBIT; City Court of Waycross, October term, 1912; selling toy balloons without a license; commuted November 13, 1912, on recommendation of court officials, who made it clear that applicant was ignorant of the law he violated.
HuGH K. NisBET; City Court of Atlanta, July term, 1912 ; vagrancy; eight months; commuted to present service November 20, 1912, on recommendation of the court officials who said he had been sent to prison to become cured of the drug habit, which had been accomplished.

REBECCA RoBINSON; City Court of Chatham County, May term, 1912; assault and battery; nine months; commuted December 12, 1912, because of her youth and recommendation of court officials.

G. W. McCoRMICK; Superior Court of Mitchell County, August term, 1912; keeping whiskey in public place; thirty days in jail or $200.00 :fine; commuted December 18, 1912, to present service, on recoonmendation of the Judge applicant having served two sentences in other cases, the three being imposed at the same time.

W. H. NuNNALLY; City Oourt of Atlanta, Spring term, 1912; vagrancy; eight months; commuted December 19, 1912, on recommendation of court officials who stated that applicant had been sent to

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prison so he might be cured of the drug habit which

had been accomplished.

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DocK CROSBY;. Superior Court of Fulton County, April term, 1903 ; murder; life imprisonm~nt; commuted December 23, 1912, on recommendation of court officials which recommendation was based on new developments showing that applicant should have been convicted at best of manslaughter.
.JoHN BANKs; City Court of Americus, November term 1912; gaming; $50.00 fine or twelve months; cotnmuted .January 17, 1913, to $50.00 fine, it being held that after he accepted the chaingang penalty friends he had been unable to communicate with in time could not pay the fine except by order of this office.

Sm SMITH; City Court of Monroe County, .July term, 19.12; gaming; twelve months;_ commuted ,January 17, 1913, to present service, on the ground that sentence was excessive, the basis of the pr_osecution being a "ten-cent game of craps."

WILLIAM B. QUITOR and ERNEST A. GmT; City Court of Decatur County, November term, 1912; larceny; $50.00 fine or eight months on the chaingang; commuted to present service .January 17, 1913, on the ground that the penalty was excessive, applicants being boys and the offense consisting of stealing a few stalks of sugar-cane.

WALTER HICKS; Superior Court of Taylor County, April term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted .Tannary 18, 1913, to present

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service, as it was shown he had sold only one drink of whiskey and ~as dying from tuberculosis.

BuRLEY CuMBY; City Court of Carrollton, May term, 1912 ; misdemeanor (two eases) ; $100.00 fine or twelve months in each case; commuted January 18, 1913, to one cbaingang sentence and fine of $100.00 to make effective the sentence of the court.
J. H. DAVIs; Superior Court of Cobb County,. March term, 1912; assault and battery; eight months; commuted January 25, 1913, to a fine of $350.00 on recommendation of the Solicitor General and because of extenuating circumstances developing after the trial.
HENRY TAYLOR; Superior Court of Baldwin County; murder; death sentence; commuted January 25, 1913, to imprilonment in the Penitentiary.for life,. applic.ant being a youth of poor mentality, and it be~ ing shown there were strong extenuating circumstances which were not developed at the trial.

ALBERT CoRNELL; City Court of Fulton County, October term, 1912; Larceny; $75 fine or twelve months; commuted February 5, 1913, on recommen.... dation of court officials and prosecutor, applicant .being a young man of previous good conduct and the offense not being an extreme one.

PEARL RYANS; City Court of Atlanta, January term, 1913; larceny; three months in jail; commuted February 14, 1913, on recommendation of court officials bec.ause she was soon to become a mother.

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R. D. WHITAKER; City Court of Atlanta, November term, 1912; vagrancy; twelve months; commuted February 14, 1913, on recommendation officials who stated that applicant had been sent to prison to be cured of the drug habit which had been accomplished.
GRAcE CHAMBERS; City Court of Fulton County, December term, 1912; vagrancy; $100.00 fine or eleven months; commuted March 7, 1913, as it was clear that he had come to Atlanta in search of a relative and was not guilty of the offense charged.
JoHN HENRY CHANEY; City Court of Fulton County, December term, 1912; vagrancy; $100.00 fine or eleven months; commuted March 7, 1913, as it was clear that he had come to Atlanta in search of a relative and was not guilty of the offense charged.

AARoN ORmsTER; City court of Wilkes Oounty, Fall term, 1910; larceny (four cases); four years; commuted February 18, 1913, on the ground that the punishment was adequate as the conviction was for virtually only one crime and that not an extreme one.

0LEY WALKER; Superior Court of Walton County, February term, 1910; forgery; four years; commuted March 7, 1913, on the ground of adequate punishment, as applicant was an ignorant negro boy who had forged an order for a small bill of goods which were recovered.
FoREST JoNEs; City Court of Fulton County, October term, 1912; carrying concealed weapons; eleven months; commuted March 7, 1913, on recommendation of Associated Charities who certified that

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investigationshowed he had committed the crime in ignorance while taking a revolver to a pawn-shop to get money for his sick father.

JuLius McBRAYER; Superior Court of Haralson County, January term, 1913'; being drunk at church; one year; commuted March 7, 1913, to fine of $100.00, on account of his youth (18 years).

!B. B. Cox; Superior Court of Mitchell County, October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; $50.00 fine and thirty days in jail or twelve months on the chaingang; commuted March 7, 1913, on recommendation of Judge on the ground that applicant had been adequately punished.

BoB DAVls; Superior Court of Monroe County, August term, 1912; furnishing liquor to a minor; twelve months; commuted March 10, 1913, on recommendation of prosecutor.

JoHN ScARBoRo; Superior Court of Bulloch County, Fall term, 1910; burglary; four years; commuted March 10, 1913, to present service on account of his youth and good conduct as a prisoner.
JIM STRICKLAND; Superior Court of Forsy~h County, August term, 1912; viol!ting prohibition law; twelve months; commuted March 19, 1913, because of his age (70 years) and the fact that it was established he was not an habitual violator of the law.
JOHN Cox; Superior Court of Bulloch County, October term, 1910; burglary; :five years; commuted

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March 10, 1913, on account of his youth and extenuating circumstances.
JEFF GRIER; City Court of Flovilla, October term, 1912 ; larceny; twelve months on chaingang; commuted March 21, 1913, on statement of the Judge that he was convinced that the sentence was excessive.

MARTIN WALKER; City Oourt of Carrollton; September term, 1912; disturbing divine worship; twelve months ; commuted March 19, 1913, to fine of $50.00, because of his youth and extenuating circumstances.

WALTER SEAGRAVES; 8uperior Court of Spalding County, January term, 1913; forgery; twelve months; commuted April 2, 1913, to $125.00 fine on recommendation of the Judge who stated that if later developments had been known to the jury he doubted if applicant would have been found guilty.

WILL !IARBIN; Superior Court of Douglas County, September term, 1912 ; making whiskey; $200.00 fine or twelve months; Qommuted March 21, 1913, on recommendation of court officials who said there was doubt as to his guilt and that he had not been the principal in the transaction.

SHINE HAYDEN; City Court of Jefferson, July term, 1912 ; carrying concealed weapons, discharging pistol on Sunday and being drunk on highway; sentences aggregating two years; commuted April17, 1913', to
tine of $150.00, on the Judge's recommendation to
the effect that the heavy penalties had been imposed on information found later to be false.

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RABUN AYERS; Superior Court of Haralson County, February term, 1913; drunk on public highway; four months; commuted April17, 1913, on recommendation of the trial Judge and because of the youth of applicant who had served eight months for another offense.
ULEY BELLINGER; City Court of Sylvania, July term, 1912; carrying concealed weapon and carrying weapon without a license; twelve months and six months; the six months sentence remitted April17, 1913, on the statement that the heavy combined penalty had been imposed on a misapprehension as to the boy's character.
FLETCHER WARE; Superior Court of Floyd County, October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; sixteen months on chaingang; commuted to $150 fine April 17, 1913, on account of the bad health of the prisoner and the J;"OOOmmendation of the prosecutor and the Mayor of Rome.
FoREST CHESSER; City Court of Floyd County, Spring term, 1912; gambling; eight months; commuted April 17, 1913, to fine of $50.00, in order to carry out the original sentence of the court, the time having passed for paying the fine originally irmposed.
ToM PowELL; Superior Court of Lowndes County,
January term, 1911; involuntary manslaughter; tw
years; commuted April19, 1913, on recommendation of Solicitor General who stated he was convinced the sentence was excessive.
ERNEST CARSoN; City Court of Atl-anta, February term, 1913; assault and battery; twelve months; com-

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muted April17, 1913, to $50 fine on statement of the Solicitor General that if new evidence had been known to jury boy would have been acquitted.
CoLUMBUs LoWE; City Court of Spalding County, December term, 1912; violating prohibition law; commuted April17, 1913; to fine of $175.00, on the statement of Judge that he had intended to reduce the penalty to a fine but forgot to do so before adjournment of court.
STONEWALL DAVENPORT; Superior Court of Oconee County, January term, 1911; Robbery, ten years; commuted April17, 1913, to present service on showing which proved clearly that the penalty wa:S' excessive.
DAN SHAw; Superior Court of Fulton County, February temn, 1913; violating prohibition law; commuted April 22, 1913, to fine 'Of $700.00 on recommendation of the Solicitor General.
LEM STARR; Superior Court of Henry County, October term, 1912 ;' violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted May 6, 1913, to $100.00 fine, as it was shown that he had sold only one drink of whiskey.
EARL ZuBER; City Court of Fulton County, 1913; assault and battery; two years (two cases) ; commuted May 9, 1913, to present service, it being shown that he was crazy and should be sent to the asylum for the insane.
JIM HENRY; Superior Court of Floyd County, October term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve

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months in chaingang and $500.00 fine or six months in jail ; commuted May 13, 1913, to fine of $150.00 on recommendation of the officers of the court and other officials.

PERcY :MARABLE; Superior Court of Oconee County, June term, 1912; misdemeanor (two cases); two years; commuted on recommenda.tion of Judge and Solicitor and other officials, it being shown that the two crimes c~msisted of but one act, carrying a pistol concealed to church, May 16, 1913.

FEASTER McCURRY; Superior Court of Floyd County, July term, 1912; violating prohibition law; six months; commuted M:ay 22, 1913, to fine of $150.00, on recommendation of court officials, new evidence indicating that he had been falsely convicted.

DALLAs RussELL; City Court of Fulton County, April term, 1913; larceny; $50.00 fine or eight months ; commuted May 23, 1913, to fine of $40.00, to carry out sentence of court.

JAMES GARRETT; Superior Court of Paulding County, February term, 1913; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted June 7, 1913, to present service on account of his youth and recommendation of Judge and Solicitor. .
THOMAS 0 'I!ANNIFEN; Superior Court of Floyd County, December term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months; commuted June 14, 1913, to fine of $150.00, on recommendation of officers of the

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court and others on the ground that he had been adequately punished.

WAsH DEAN; Superior Court Houston County, October term, 1912; murder; death sentence; commuted June 10, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor county officers and many citizens on the ground that the crime was not of such nature as demanded the death penalty.
B. B. Eow~os; Superior Court of Floyd County; January term, 1913; violating prohibition law; twelve months and $250.00 fine; commuted June 14,
1913, to fine of $250.00 on recommendation of court
officials to the effect that he had been sufficiently punished.
W. J. CoLLIER; Superior Court ~ichmond County, May term, 1907; car-breaking and burglary; two years (two cases); commuted June 21, 1913, because of appli~anPs youth and on the earnest plea of the. Judge and Solicitor General who tried the case.

CoMMUTATIONS As THE RESULT OF PAROLES.
(These were reported to previous Legislatures in detail as paroles) :
PRINCE McLIN; Hancock County; murder. ,ANDREW PARKS; Madison County; murder. JoHN SAxoN; Oglethorpe County; murder. W: F. CuLPEPPER; Decatur County; manslaughter. G. S. CoRKEN; Houston County; burglary. JoHN McDouGAL; Lowndes County; murder.

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RESPITES.

WEBB GIBsoN; Early County; murder; from June 28 to July 12, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
CHARLES GIBBONS; Jefferson County; murder; from July 5 to July 19, 1912, to afford time for proper considera.tion of application for executive clemency.
JOHNSON WEBB; Early County; murder; from July 19 to August 9; from August 9 to September 6, from September 6 to September 20, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
JAcK BALDwiN; Stewart County; murder; from October 11 to No:ember 8, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
Aus ToLLIVER; Miller County; murder; from August 6 to 1September 6, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
JOHN HAYGOOD; Habersham County; murder; from October 11 to November 8, 1912, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
W. J. McNAuGHTON; Emanuel County; murder; from November 16, 1912, to February 28, 1913, from February 28 to May 9 and from May 9 to September 5, 1913, to afford time for the disposal of indictment against Mrs. Mattie Flanders, jointly accused with

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MeNaughton of the crime for which he was convicted, but who had not been brought to trial or the indictment dismissed, that he might be used as a witness at said trial of Mrs. Flanders and that such pertinent disclosures as made at said trial might be available for consideration in connection with application for executive clemency made by MeNaughton.

J. EDWARD BRAZZELL; Richmond County; murder; from December 6, 1912, to January 3, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.

HENRY TAYLOR; Baldwin County; murder; from January 2 to January 17, from January 17, to January 31, 1913, to afford time for proper considera- . tion of application for executive clemency.
JAcK CRAWFORD; Putnam County; murder; from May 9 to May 23, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
WAsH DEAN; Houston County; murder; from June 10 to June 13, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.

The Speaker then announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA GA., Thursday, June 26, 1913.

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, Hall,

Goleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grime:.,

Akin,

Collins,

Hammack,

Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anders()n, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hea.th,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendricks,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

J)Qdd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Farris,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter_ Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimibrough,

Oheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, MeCalla, McCants, MICCarthy, McCrory, MeCurry, McGehee, McLendQn, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, MiddletQn, Miller, Mills, Moon, lfpQre, Moss, MQye, Myrick, Neal, Nevils, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett,
Pi~quet,
Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard,
Shipp, Shuptrine, SimpSon, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitehell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, strickland,
Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. T:1ylor, Washington, Thotupson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The President of the Senate has appointed the following Senators, as members of the committee on part of the Senate, to arrange for the inauguration of the Governor-elect:
Messrs. Allen and Rushin.

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The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House a communication to which he respectfully invites your attention.

Special Message
To the General Assembly:
There is no subject of more weighty interest to the people of Georgia than that of the future disposition of the Western & Atlantic Railtoad. It is not to be considered that the State will seriously entertain a proposition for the sale of this, its most imporant piece of propert>. It is most importanf not only as to its vaiue as an asset, but also in it~ power for securing and maintaining competition in commercial lines for the people of the entire StateL
A large portion of the people, while generally holding in mind the notable commercial worth of this railroad to the State, have not grasped the fact that it is in some respects the most potent of all factors in controlling reasonable rates of freight_ from other States into Georgia. In fact, in its potency as a rate-fixer and competition-securer, our-

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fathers, in constructing it, builded wiser than they knew.
Running from Atlanta, which is unquestionably the 8outh's chief distributing center of mercantile products, to the Tennessee River, at Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, the length of its line is so short that its rates, added to the western rates from Ohio and Mississippi River points, hold down the rates which otherwise might be excessive and, in fact, might maintain serious discriminations against our people. rrhe United States government has already opened the Mussle Shoals to boat navigation, and, within certainly a few years, will have opened the only other serious barrier, viz. : Colbert Shoals, below Decatur, Alabama. When the latter work is done steamboats can run every day in the year from 8t. Louis and other Mississippi and Ohio River points to Chattanooga. These river rates will inevitably cause the general rates from the West to Atlanta to be reduced and, as the competition between the transportation lines running from the eastern and western markets for the trade of interior Georgia is so acute, this will force down the eastern rates to interior points in Georgia.
Inasmuch as it has been for upwards of thirty years a cardinal rule in rate-making that the rates from Baltimore to Atlanta shall be the same as the 1rates \from Cincinnati, LoUJisville, lor other Obio River points to Atl~ta, and as the western rates to Macon, Columbus and other Georgia points are made almost the same as to Atlanta, the Western

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& Atlantic Railroad will always be able to prevent unreasonably high rates from being exacted out of the Georgia people by the interstate railroads, unless the Interstate Commerce Commission allows the rates from Chattanooga to Atlanta to be materially increased.
Much has been said for years past on the subject of extending the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea, for the purpose of controlling cheap rates into Georgia or for securing competition for the people of Georgia. My judgment, however, is that the :fixed policy of the State as to her finances makes this a visionary scheme. In the :first place the extension of the road from Atlanta to the sea would cost, when we indude proper terminals, etc., undoubtedly more than :fifteen millions of dollars. In fact, a report made to your honorable bodies, found on page 829, House Journal, 1909, estimated that the cost of the extension would be $71,650 per mile, making the total cost, if it were about 275 miles long, almost $20,000,00. If, however, the extension is to Savannah, Darien, Brunswick and St. MaryS', the main line extension would be at least 125 miles more at a-cost of upwards of $3,000,000.00, it being understood that terminals, rolling stock and other extra items are probably charged in the original estimate per mile. Every dollar of this amount would have to be borrowed.
But, as the Constitution of the State forbids any increase of the public debt, it w.;ould first be necessary to amend the Constitution so as to saddle this enor-

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mous debt upon the people. At 4 per cent. the interest account on $20,000,000 alone would be eight hundred thousand dollars annually. Inasmuch as the rates on through freight, both ways between Atlanta and the Georgia ports, are on a large proportion of the business quite thin, it is not at all likely that the extended part of the road from Atlanta to the sea could be leased for more than, if really as much as, eight hundred thousand dollars per annum. This would only pay the interest on the vast debt, leaving nothing which could be set. apart as a sinking fund.
But there is another very practical barrier in the way of this plan. It has been said, time and again, by the advocates of this extension of the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea that the Atlantic Ocean can not be syndicated; yet it is a proven fact that the steamship lines on the Atlantic Ocean can be and are sy11dicated. Hence, if the State, by adding enormously to her indebtedness, should extend her road to the sea she would have no assurance that she would get business for it when it reached a Georgia port. Of course, if she operated the road herself, she could not afford to spend millions of dollars building steamships of her own to run to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, etc., with the very great wharfage expense in -those cities, and, certainly, she could not secure enough traffic to maintain the road from tramp ships which might come in once a week or once a month.
Therefore, whether the State would or would not
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she would be a very great loser, expressing it moderately, by spending many millions of dollars in extending the Western & Atlantic Railroad to the sea. And I will add that if she leased it, she <!ould not do so to advantage if she required the lessees to receive less local rates on this road than were allowed by the Railroad Commission on competing lines. Therefore, as she has the power of fixing rates within her own borders, she can furnish exactly the same rates for the roads now built as she would be able to furnish her own road after she built it.
If the United States Government does not assume control over intra-state rates (and it is doubtful whether that government could fix the rates in Georgia on a railroad owned entirely by the State) and if Georgia is really wimng to increase her public debt and spend as much as three millions of dollars in making any kind of an extension of the Western & .Atlantic Railroad, she could put herself absolutely in possession of the power to force competition which would forever protect her people, if she and Tennessee, by agreement, would ehange the boundary line between the two States along a portion of the northern border of Dade County.
At Shell Mound, in Tennessee, the . Tennessee River runs within less than a mile of Nickajack Cave; in Georgia. If the two States would agree that the Georgia boundary line be deflected to the Tennessee River at or near Shell Mound and, after allowing Georgia a frontage of about a mile on the

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river, to deflect back to the present State line and, either adjoining that point or at some other locality, deflect the line inward so as to give to Tennessee an adequate portion of Dade County to compensate for the portion added to Dade County by the State of Tennessee, Georgia would, of course, have a landing on the Tennessee River. Then, if she would tunnel Lookout, Sand and Raccoon Mountains and extend a line to the Tennessee River from or near Ringgold or Graysville, Georgia, this would enable her Railroad Commission at all times to hold down the rates from the Tennessee River to Atlanta, to which would be added the low water rates to Shellmound, and in this way make the State absolutely i-ndependent of railroad monopolies, inasmuch as a reduction in the rates to Atlanta would bring a reduction to all other cities in the State.
This extension, I am told, would call for :five or six miles of tunnels, costing about $250,000 per mile and possibly upwards of thirty miles of additional railroad costing from $20,000 to $25,000 per mile, making a total for these two items of, say, $2,250,000. Therefore, it would appear that $3,000,000 ought to cover the total cost of the suggested extension.
N(JW, it may be said that Tennessee would not consent to such an arrangement. I am frank to admit that I have no assurance that she will; but, from an experience of upwards of twenty years in handling railroad rates, I will assert that if Georgia would bind herself to build the extension indicated, Tennessee could do for herself no wiser act than to
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cause the reduction of the rates from the Georgia landing on the Tennessee River to Atlanta would assuredly result in the reduction of the rates from Chattanooga to Atlanta, inasmu~h as the other railroad lines leading from Chattanooga to Atlanta would not tolerate the proposition that this Georgia port should have any lower rates than Chattanooga. And the benefit to Tennessee would not stop at Chattanooga, because the lines leading from Knoxville to interior Georgia points would be forced to reduce the rates from Knoxville to interior Georgia points
to prevent Chattanooga from securing the trade
which properly belong to Knoxville.
All railroad officials and all the commercial men handling business from Tennessee points to Georgia
points need no argument to convince them .that I
have stated the case correctly. It is readily admitted that the Georgia port I have referred to could not break down the trade of Chattanooga. Although all the boats coming up to Chattanooga would stop at or pass the Georgia port, this port would not handle probably one-tenth of the business from the river and none from the rail lines entering Ghatta~ nooga, and none of the local business of Chattanooga, but it would fix the rates upon which all the other traffic from Chattanooga and Knoxville would move into Georgia.
Furthermore, just across the State line at the Georgia port referred to a Tennessee city could be built on the river fr(}m which business would reach the Western & Atlantic Railroad by mere sidetracks,

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thus receiv~g the same rates into Georgia as those
made from the Georgia port.
Hence, the exchange of territory which I have suggested would work out results of incalculable benefit to both States, if the Western .& .A'tlantic Railroad were extended to the new landing on the Tennessee River.
The very few Tennessee people who, by the above indicated arrangement, would be annexed to Georgia, would come into a great and glorious State, and the very few Georgia people who would be annexed to Tennessee would also become citizens of one of the noblest States in the American sisterhood.
Now, as I have indicated, the expenses of extension to the Tennessee River would cost probably only about three millions of dollars, which is less than the amount estimated for terminals alone, at coast cities, for the proposed $20,000,000 extension of the road to the sea; and the reduction of rates which would follow from the West to interior points in Georgia would force down the rates from Balti- . more and other eastern cities, the rates from all the western cities being made the same as, or with fixed di:fferenti.als above th~ Baltimore rates, and the rates from Philadelphia, New York, Boston, etc., being made but a few cents per hundred pounds bigher than the rates from Baltimore.
Therefore, while the extension of the Western & .Atlantic Railroad to the sea would result in an -enormous increase of the State's debt, with no as:surance of securing competitive traffic from syndi-

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cated lines of steamships, the rates froin the Georgia port on the Tennessee River to Atlanta would inevitably reduce the rates to Georgia cities from Chattanooga, Knoxville, and all other points touched by the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
In the consideration of this subject, keep ever in mind that when water competition redu<les the rates from one Western center to Georgia cities the railroad lines reduce the rates correspondingly from all other western centers to the same cities so as to protect each in the power to hold its pro~er proportion of the general hqsiness.
There is another alternative method for practically putting the Tennessee River traffic at a landing place in Georgia. This can be done if Chickamauga Creek is widened, deepened and straightened from its mouth near Boyce 8tation to a point in Catoosa County, so as to allow boats from St. Louis and other western ports to <lome up the canal and cross the Georgia-Tennessee boundary line. The canal thus made would not be more than twelve miles long and should not cost $1,000,000.
I will ask you to bea:r in mind thai; I am not recommending that the State increase her debt by making an extension of her railroad from either end; but I am indi<lating that if she decides to adopt this policy she will secure immensely greater benefits for her people by spending, at the most, three millions of dollars in extending it to the banks of the Tennessee River in her own borders than by spending some twenty millions extending it to the sea.

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I will here observe that my judgment is clear that the State of Georgia should not seriously entertain the thought of curtailing the terminal facilities of the Western & Atlantic Railroad in either Chattanooga or Atlanta. Propositions have been made within the past few years for practically abandoning the terminals in the city of Chattanooga and, in merely a less degree, the same subject has been mooted as to the Atlanta terminals.
As to Chattanooga, I will state that, while this proposition is being advocated by some of our own people, the Southern Railway, which is the most pronounced competitor of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, has been spending large sums of money in extending its line into the heart of Cbattanoogat and it bas already secured property within a few hundred feet of that which it is proposed that ths Western & Atlantic Railroad shall abandon for transportation uses in the center of that city. ,
Although the State of Georgia has an absolute advantage over her competitors in Chattanooga, it is seriously proposed that she shall abdicate that advantage and allow her competitors to succeed to it. The plan advocated is to ground-rent a large portion of the track space in the center of Chattanooga, and enticing figures are shown as a reason why the 8tate should do this.
Now, if the State proposes to go into the real estate renting business and for that purpose is willing to impair her power for conducting a great transportation line, she can probably look with favor upon the proposed plan to dismantle the road.

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It is undoubtedly true that one mile of the road in Chattanooga is the means of securing more revenue than probably thirty or forty miles secure along the center of its line. The strength of the road lies in its superior facilities for receiving and distributing commerce. If the State withdraws from the localities where the commerce is found and properly handled, she disastrously reduces the amount of commerce to handle. Hence, if Georgia wishes to own a great and well equippoo railroad she will hold on to all of the terminal facilities she has at either end of it.
In this connectiQn, I will state, that the plan has been proposed of withdrawing the passenger terminals in Atlanta from the Union Station, which has been the terminal for upward of seventy years, to the Forsyth Street Bridge. But, by one who will look at the terminal facilities at the present location and at the proposed location at the Forsyth Street Bridge it will be seen that, if we allow needed space for freight tra-cks, the latter area is entirely too narrow, and that in almost every respect the change would work to the serious detriment of the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
I will remark that, as to the freight terminals, the Central of Georgia Railway, the Southern Railway and the Georgia Railroad and allied companies have - spent many hundreds of thousands of dollars in buying lands and extending their terminals into the very heart of Atlanta.
For many years the Western & Atlantic Railroad had almost a monopoly of the business in the center

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of the city, hence the owners of the above named roads went to the enormous expenditure referred to for the purpose of competing with the Western & Atlantie.
Therefore, the proposition that the State of Georgia remove its present passenger and freight terininals in Atlanta and Chattanooga from their points of vantage really seems a strange one. For the reasons above given, I am firmly convinced that the State should entertain no thought of dismantling her property and thereby putting herself at a disadvantage as compared with her transportation competitors.
In this connection, I will call your attention to the proposition which has been mooted to build a plaza over the railroad tracks, in Atlanta, extending from the Forsyth Street Bridge to the Washington Street Viaduct, with a commodious modern terminal station on the site of the present Union Passenger Station. T.his plan, if executed, would likely very greatly enhance valuations in the center of the city, hence should be encouraged by the State. And, unless this plaza plan is carried out, the State will disastrously damage her passenger terminals in Atlanta if she permits the city of Atlanta to build bridges over the Western & Atlantic Railroad on Pryor Street and Central Avenue. By no possibility can she prevent or eseape very serious and permanent loss if she allows those bridges built with the general status remaining as it is at present.
Now, as to the future disposition of the Western

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& Atlanti<! Railroad, it is well known that the present lease will expire December 27th, 1919. It. is not too soon, therefore, for the State to begin to consider what steps she will take toward protecting her citizens in determining the future of her railroad.
I assume that practically very few people entertain any thought other than to lease the road again. Hence, the question hinges upon the most advantageous method of leasing it.
It has been proposed in some circles to lease it for a period of ninety-nine years, fixing the annual lease income on an ascending scale divided probably into a certain rate per montli for the first thirtythree years, a certain higher rate per month for the next thirty-three years, and a still higher rate for the third period of thirty-three years.
I am quite clear, however, in my conviction that the State ought not to consent to a lease for a longer period than thirty years. No one knows what may be the conditions, commercially and otherwise, thirty years from now. There may be complications which would result in serious discriminations against her people and great loss to the State if she bound herself to a lease of practically a hundred years.
Therefore, she should hold it within her power to_ take back her road about once in the life time of each generation and adjust the new lease to the conditions then prevailing. By this means she could be reasonably sure of protecting her people in the power to hold their own with the people of other

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States within future decades, for bear in mind that each generation is entitled to solve its own problems in its own way. We know not what complexities will confront our children and grandchildren in handling the affairs of the State, and should not handicap them.

I know that it will lie stated that if the road be

leased for a very long period of years the lessees

would then double-track it and make all other im-

provements needed for holding it on a parity with

its competitors; but there is little reason to doubt

that a company leasing it for thirty years, beginning

at the end of the present lease, would be justified in

making such improvements as the property would

need. It might, I grant, be proper in :fixing the new

lease to take a smaller amount of rental for five

or seven years than would be fixed for the next

twenty-three or twenty-five years, with the agree-

ment that the new lessees would double-track the

road by the responding

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of detail for consideration.

I recommend, .therefore, that your honorable bodies provide for a commission consisting of three or five citizens of Georgia, to be appointed by the

Governor, whose duty it shall be to formulate a plan for the future leasing of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad. Yet, it may be best to defer action on

this subject until your session in 1914. This wilJ allow ample time for mature consideration, whereas,

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next Gen~ral Assembly, the matter might not receive the careful thought it merits.
Respectfully submitted,

The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Fullbright-
A resolution to appoint a committee of nine to enquire into the legality of the election of the Representatives from the Counties of Bleckley and Wheeler.
The following resolution was read the first time and ordered laid on the table ()ne day:
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution to provide drinking water for the use of the House for years 1913-1914.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

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By Mr. Cook-
To create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Chattahoochee.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Farris of WalkerA bill to ineorporate the city of Chickamauga. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to prohibit county authorities from paying insolvent cost bills of county officers from the general fund.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A resolution to invite investments in the State and to express confidence in laboring men.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
Under the order reading bills the second time, the following engrossed bill was read the second time:

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A bill to provide for the holding of a special election for a Senator of the United States from the

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State of Georgia for the term beginning March 4th, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, and to declare the results, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Wohlwender, the House took a recess until10:55 o'clock.

The hour of 10:55 o'clock having arrived, the Speaker again called the House to order.
The hour of 11 o'clock A. M. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session convened for the purpose of counting and consolidating the vote for Governor and State House officers, was called to order by Hon. .J. Randolph Anderson, President of the Senate.
Upon direction of the President, the Secretary of the Senate read the resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session.
Mr. DuBose of the 30th, moved that the President appoi.D;,t two members of the Senate and three members of the House as tellers to count, consolidate and declare the vote for Governor and State House officers.
Mr. .Sheppard of Sumter, moved to amend to make the number of tellers three members of the Senate and seven members of the House.
The motion as amended was carried and the President appointed as tellers Senators DuBose, Huie and Oliff,. and Representatives Sheppard, Wisdom, Garlington, Heath, Wright, Ragland and Anderson of Banks.

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The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. DuBose of the 30th Dist.-
A resolution. Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, this day lawfully convened in joint session, That upon a consolidation of the votes cast at the general election held throughout the State in October, 1912, for Governor and State House officers:

Hon. John M. :Slaton of Fulton County, received a majority of all the votes cast for Governor.

Hon. Philip Cook of Lee County, received a majority of all the votes cast for Secretary of State.

Hon. William A. Wright of Richmond County, received a majority of all the votes cast for Comptroller-General.

Hon. William J. Speer of Fulton County, received a majority of all the votes cast for Treasurer.

Hon. Thomas S. Felder of Bibb County, received a majority of all the votes cast for AttorneyGeneral.
An'd sa1.d named persons are now therefore de-
clared elected to said respective offices for the terms next ensuing and the Secretary of the :Senate and the Clerk of the House will enter this resolution on their respective journals as evidence of facts stated herein.

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The joint session was dissolved, and the Senate retiring, the House was again called to order by the Speaker.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Kimbrough of ~rris, and Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke.
On motion of Mr. .Adams of Hall, the House ad:... journed until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. {FRIDAY, JuNE 27, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'cock 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 was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Wheatley, Chairman of Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, on part of the House, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your committee appointed to make arrangements and adopt a program for the inauguration of the Governor-elect, beg leave to report as follows :
First-That the inaugural ceremonies shall take place in the hall of the House of Representatives at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday, June 28th, 1913.
Second-That at 11:45 o'clock the House and Senate assemble in joint session in the hall of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate presiding.
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they will meet the Governor-elect, the retiring Governor, Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, State House offi.:OOrs, elect and retiring, ex-Governors and Federal Judges, all of whom are invited to be present at 11 :50 a. m., and for whom seats will be reserved immediately in front of the Speaker's stand, and escort them to the House of Representatives.

That the order of proceedings by the Joint Session of the General Assembly will be as follows:

(a) Invocation by the Rev. J. B. Robbins.

'(b) Presentation of the Governor-elect to the General Assembly by the President of the Senate.
(c) Administration of the oath of office to the Governor-elect by the Hon. Wm. H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(d) Presentation of the Great Seal of the State by the Secretary of State to the retiring Governor, who shall deliver the same to the Governor, who in turn delivers it to the Secretary of State.
(e) Inaugural address by the Governor.
Fourth.-Adjournment of the Joint Session of the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAwFORD W. WHEATLEY, Chairman. R. N. HARDEMAN' R. B. BLACKBURN'
Committee from the House.

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On motion of Mr. Wheatley the report of the above committee was adopted.
By unanimouS' consent the following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

.By Mr. Berry.
A bill to amend charter of the town of Tunnel Hill.

Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Field and Smith.
A bill to authorize the town of Lithonia to issue
bonds for the purpose of erecting a city hrull. Referred to th~ Committee on Municipal Gov-
ernment.

By Mr. T'hompson. A bill to incorporate the City of Danielsville. Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. '!Th.ompson.
A bill to repeal Act incorporating the town of Danielsville.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill.
A bill to amend an Act creating three commissioner districts in Ben Hill County.

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;Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill.
A hill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Ben Hill.
Referred to the Committee on County and County Matters.
Hon. W. F. Slater, member-elect from the County of Bryan, came forward to the Clerk's desk and was sworn in as a m~mber of the House, the oath of office being administered by the Honora!ble William H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

By unanimous consent the following engrossed bill was taken up, read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A biil to provide for the holding of a special election of Senator of the United States from the State of Georgia for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, to declare the result thereof, and for other purposes.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 160, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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The call of the roll of counties for the introduction of new matter was reached, and the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

By Messrs. Warren, Clements, Paulk et aL-
A bill to rearrange the Albany and Cordele J udicial Circuits.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to amend Act to put in force the Constitutional amendment of paragraph 1, section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution, relative to drawing pensions.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. .Sheppard-
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kindS' of labor.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Messrs. Pickett and Strickland-
A bill to authorize commitment of habitual drunkards and certain other persons to Georgia State Sanitarium.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

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By Messrs. Evans and Fullbright-
A bill to prohibit any person or persons, :firm or corporation, public or private carrier, from shipping or transporting any spirituous, malt or vinous liq, uors from any State, territory or district of the United States, or place not contiguous, but subject to jurisdiction thereof, or any foreign country, into this State.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Meadows of Wayne--
A bill to amend Article 11, Section 1, of the Con-
stitution relative to representation of newly created counties.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. PicquetA bill to amend Section 3'972, Code 1910, relative
to administrators. giving bonds. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Reese, Dodd and Adams-
A bill to put in force Constitutional amendment e~empting farm products from taxation.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Olive--
A bill to amend Section 5645, Code 1910, relative to the manner of verifying a petition.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Anderson of Murray-=A bill to change the county site of Murray County. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender, Swift and Wimberly-
A bill to repeal Section 1435, Code 1910, relative to Governor calling out the militia.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Wheatley-
,:A bill to amend Act incorporating the City of
Americus.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to provide for State and County Boards of Tax Returns and Valuations.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to amend Article 7, Section 13, Paragraph 1, relative to Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Referred to Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad.

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By Messrs. Strickland and MyrickA bill to amend Section 174, Code 1910, relative
to larceny. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Garlington-
A bill to require executions to be liens on land only in the county where recorded.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Davidson and SparksA bill to amend Section 3276, Code 1910, relative
to mortgages and liens. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Grimes---, (A bill to amend Act creating a Board of Commis-
sioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
By Mr. GrimesA bill to amend Act creating the City Court of
Miller County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. JohnsonA bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article
11, in order to create Trentlen County.

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Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to prohibit untrue and misleading advertisements, and to punish violations thereof.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. McWhorter of GreeneA bill to amend Section 795, Code 1910, relative
to adjournment of courts. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Moss-
A resoltition to authorize payment of earned salary of the Insurance Clerk.
Referred to Committee on AppropriationS'.

By Mr. Brinson-
A bill to rearrange the Middle and Augusta J udicial Circuits.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Moye-
i,A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 11, Article 6, of the Constitution, relative to abolishing the office of Solicitor-General.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

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ByMr.Moye-
A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court in J ohnson County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Slater and Taylor-
A bill to require the publication in a newspaper
of monthly and quarterly itemized statement of disbursement of public funds by disbursing officers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. McMichael and Slade-
A bill to amend Article 7, Section 1, of Constitution, relative to tax levy.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Foster.
A bill to amend Act to put in force Constitutional amendment relative to pensions.
!Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Meadows and Suggs-
A bill to amend Section 371, Code 1910, relative to incest.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

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By Mr. Estes of Lincoln-
A .bil[ to provide for the registration of written contracts of farm laborers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Greene of HoustonA bill to define the term ''Investment Company.'' Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. 8wift and Culpepper-
A bill to provide for the publica~ion of the Reports of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Meaders and Brookshear-
A bill to require the holders of all policies of insurance on their lives to return the cash value thereof for taxation.
Referred to 'Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Lee of Lee-
A 'bill to am:end Act providing for future employment of convictS' on the public roads.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Atwood-
A })ill to make-it lawful for any railr<?ad of this

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State to issue free transportation to Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift-

A bill to establish what constitutes a colored per~

son.

I

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift-
A bill to authorize counties of any population to elect county police.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Cole and WrightA bill to create a permanent qualification book for
qualified voters.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender, Swift; Clark et aJ..:-
A bill to amend Paragraph 4, Section 1, Article 2, of the Constitution, relative to qualifications of electors.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con~ stitution.

By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to amend Constitution so as to authorize

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the General Assembly to legislate relative to compensation of certain officers.

Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Melson of Ciayton-

A bill to prohibit manufaoture, sale, having or

carrying a pistol or gun unless barrel is sixteen

inches long.



;Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Rhodes-
A bill to appropriate $50,000 to build academic building for University of Georgia.
.Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Shuptrine-
~ bill to amend Section 2571, Code 1910, relative
to directors of navigation companies.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution, so as to create new County of Hardeman.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to ConRtitution.

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By MessrS'. Reiser and Myrick-
A bill to amend Act regulating the running of automobiles.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
:A bill to appropriate $15,000 for repairs at State
Normal School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. MillsA bill to repeal Act to establish City Court of
Jackson in and for Butts County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Fullbright ana Heath-
A bill to propose a Constitutional amendment abolishing office of Solicitor-General.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Rans'Om-
A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw or
utter a check where the drawer has not at the time sufficient funds.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1~

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to create a new charter for the City ot Lithonia.

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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Nunnally and Wright-
A bill to allow persons accused by warrant of misdemeanors to be tried upon accusations in Superior Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. DorrisA bill to prohibit overdrawing of checks or drafts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. i.
By Mr. BellA bill to amend Act amending the charter of the
town of Bluffton. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burk~
A bill to require children between certain ages to attend school for a certain length of time.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Jones of Coweta-
A bill to amend Section 130, Code 1910, relative to Department of Commerce and Labor.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

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By Mr. Wall-
A bill to require certain officials to make itemized statements.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend Act to provide for the proper pro-
tection of municipal sinking funds.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Cheney of CobbA bill to authorize the Railroad Commission to
abolish grade crossings. Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. MillsA bill to repeal Aet establishing City Court of
Flovilla. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs Blackburn, Cochran and Smith-
A bill to regulate the practice of the occupation of barber.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Fowler-
A bill to define and punish persons guilty of carrying concealed pistols.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs Wimberly, Fowler and Miller.
A bill to establish a Board of Exa~ners in Optometry.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Edmondson- ' A bill to protect the purity of the ballot.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. McCarthy-
A bill to amend Section 2696, Code 1910, relative to locomotive firemen.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Myrick-
A bill to make it unlawful to draw or utter a check when there are not sufficient funds.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Middleton of Dade--
A bill to prohibit the floating of sawdust in any of the streams of this State.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

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By Mr. HollbergA bill to regulate the meshes of seines, nets and
traps in the waters of this State.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben HillA bill to prohibit the killing or driving of elk im-
ported or otherwise in this State.
Referred to Oommittee on Game and Fish.

By Mess'rs. Field and SmithA bill to amend Section 620, Code 1910, relative to
notaries public.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Methvin-
A bill to require factories, workshops, machine shops and other industrial plants t9 report to Department of Commerce and Labor.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to create a commission to investigate and report at next session on lease of Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Referred to Oommittee on Western and Atlantic Railroad.

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By Mr. Coleman of CalhounA bill to aS'sess an occupation tax on certain oc-
cupations.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Slater-
A bill to increase the salary of the Prison Commission.

By Mr. Woods of Emanuel-
A bill to amend Act changing the number of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Stovall of ElbertA bill to levy and collect an income tax. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means-

By Mr. Cochran of Fulton-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a commission concerning general agricultural interests of the State.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. SlaterA resolution to appoint a joiJ1t P>IIliDittee of

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House and Senate to be known as the New .Counties Committee.
\Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Booker-
A resolution to create a commission to advise the General Assembly as to all bills touching the revision of Penal System.
Referred to General Judiciary Comm~ttee No. 2.

By Mr. GrimesA resolution to pay J. W. Harrell a pension. Referred to Committee on PensionS'.

By Mr. Moss;A resolution to investigate the necessity for a
Constitutional Convention. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con-
stitution.
By Mr. BeckA resolution to appoint joint committee of House
and Senate to investigate the conduct of military during street car strike in Augusta. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Wisdom-
A bill to provide manner and method of revising jury lists.

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Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Garlington-
A resolution inviting the Hon. Herbert Myrick to address tlre General Assembly on July 15, 1913.
Under resolution providing for a committee of nine to inquire into the legality of the election of the Representatives from Bleckley and Wheeler Counties, the Speaker appointed the following members:
Messrs. Fullbright, 'Griffin, Slater, Miller, Hardeman, Gower, Wright, Blacmburn, Picquet.
The Governor's message, which was received yesterday, was read.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the report of the Joint Committee appointed to make arrangements for the inauguration of the Governor-elect.

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The following communication Was' received from the Board of Lady Managers of the Home for Old Women:

To the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia:
During the session of Legislature last year, an invitation was extended to you by the Board of Lady ' Managers of the Home for Old Women to visit this Institution and several of your honorable body accepted the invitation, and became interested in the work of providing for these aged and indigent old ladies.
Duril!g the past year the work has grown and prospered, and since that time we have completed a beautiful annex of twenty rooms for the widows of veterans.
INow we extend you a most cordial invitation to the laying of the corner stone of the Home on Thursday, June 26th, at 5 p.m. Beautiful and appropriate ceremonies will be held, this being the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Home.
MRS. SARAH J. PURTELL, President.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Meaders of Oconee, Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe, and Mr. Beck of Carroll.
On motion of Mr. Hardeman the House adjourned until tomorrow at 11 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., rSaturday, .June 28th, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o 'clo<;k A. M. this day; was called to order by theSpeaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

Mr. Fullbright moved that when the House adjourns today that it will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock A. M., which motion was carried.

The following invitation was received, read and

a-ccepted:

..

ATLANTA, GA., June 27, 1913.

In behalf of the citizens of Gilmer County, I am

authorized and requested to extend an earnest invi-



tation to the Speaker and members of the House to

attend a barbecue to be given by the citizens of

Gilmer County, at Ellijay, on July 4th, 1913, for the

purpose of boosting the Good Roads Movement to.

build a public highway from Atlanta, Ga., to Mur-.

phy, North Carolina.

Respectfully,

. W. B. JAMES..

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On motion of Mr. Moye of Johnson, the House took a recess until 11:35 o'clock A. M.

The hour of 11:35 o'clock A. M. having arrived, the House was again called to order by the Speaker.

The hour of 11 :45 o'clock A. M. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session having convened for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-eloot, was called to order by Hon. J. Randolph Andiereon, President of the Senate.

Governor Joseph M. Brown and Governor-elect .John M. Slaton, together with the State House officers and other distinguished gentlemen, accompanied ~y the joint eommittee of the House and Senate on inauguration, appeared upon the floor of the House and the Governor and Governor-elect were accompanied to the Speaker's stand by the Committee on Inaugural Crremonies.

By direction of the President, the report of Com-

mittee on Inaugural Ceremonies providing for the



joint session was read by the Secretary of the Senate.

Prayer was offered by Rev. J. B. Robbins, after which the oath of office was administered to the incoming Governor by the Honorable William H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State, delivered the Great Seal of the State of Georgia to the retiring Governor, and it was delivered by him to the

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incoming Governor, who then placed the Great Seal in the hands of the Secretary of State. The Governor then delivered his inaugural address.
On motion of .Senator Harrell of the 12th District, the joint session was then dissolved.
The inaugural procession and the Senate retiring,. the House was again called to order by the Speaker.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Miller of Bibb.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, the House adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock A.M.
Inaugural address of Governor John M. Slaton before the General Assembly, June 28th, 1913:

Inaugural Address

. Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Otnd Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
The progress of the world has been accomplished by the optimist. He has discovered new countries,. builded railroads, united continents, established cities, founded institutions of learning, and by his faith and courage has proved a benefactor of his fellow-man. Never have the people of Georgia had greater reason to be proud of her achievements, nor more sanguine of her future, than at present. In the exercise of its governmental functions it is rendering more service and OO!!tributing more to the happiness of her citizens than ever before.

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Thirty years ago, struggling under the burdens of the civil w:ar, our brave and patriotic fore-fathers could hardly provide more than the protection of the courts, with a scanty allowance for the education <>f her youth.
For the ~ar 1913, Georgia appropriated $2,550,000.00 to her public schools, of which nearly $2,000,000.00, comes directly from the Treasury. No larger .amount is directly appropriated by any Southern State, and almost by no State in the Union. In those States whl.ch contributed much more ihan Georgia for educational purposes the money is raised by local taxation.
T'his State has adopted the wise and humane plar.. of working her convicts on the roads in lieu of hiring them to private parties and receiving the proceedb of their labor into her Treasury. Thus she has conferred on rural communities immeasurable benefits in rendering the markets accessible to their products, has made possible the establishment of easier intercourse with their neighbors, has caused the improvement of their schools, the facilitation of rural mail delivery, and has enhanced to an immeasurable extent the value of their lands. It is reported by the United States Government that, in 1911, more work was done. on the roads of Georgia than in any other State, New York alone excepted.
She has established her College of Agriculture, and her Agricultural Schools in every District in Georgia, where the farmer boys may learn the dignity of their calling, and the hig:h ability and education which its inteUigent pursuit requires. By the

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instruction afforded along these lines her citizens are taught the scientific methods of multiplying the products of the soil, and of eradicating those evils which have ever menaced farm life. In the increased production of corn, in soil examination and the scientific application of fertilizers, by the raising of meat instead of its purchase, stimulated by knowledge of the means for the eradication of diseases of hogs and cattle, our farms receive a greater charm~ and our farmers a larger reward for their labors.
The State provides a Health Department, which supplies facilities for the prevention and cure of infectious and contagious dtseases that have threatened our less populous sections. By means of its suggestions, those epidemic!' which hHvP endnn!!erei our people have been checked, and their health improved and longevity increased by expenditure of the peoples' money.
And yet, in the enjoyment of all these benefits we have failed to bear in mind that for these blessings enjoyed by our citizens for the first time, money must be paid, and we have overlooked the fundamental principle, the disregard of which means financial dishonor, that our appropriations must not exceed our revenue. Whatever be the temptation to the wise citizen to spend more than his income he curbs his desires and limits his expenditures accordingly. He makes any sacrifices occasioned by the scantiness of his purse. A State which desires to maintain its credit and to command the respect of people af. home and abroad, can not do otherwise than ohserve the course of every honest man. Besides:

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being just, it is befitting that the State should set that example to the citizen which is essential to his welfare.

STATE's FINANCES.
I desire to impress upon you with all the force that a solemn duty commands, that it is imperative for you to make an investigation into the financial .condition o fthe State, to consider the reasons occasioning the present situation and to take steps for the immediate correction of the evil. It is not the part of the patriot to sJ:tut his eyes to danger and to rush heedlessly to rum. Our wise fore-fathers"Statesmen wtho never departed from original prin-ciples-beneficiaries of the histories and fatal lessons {)f other peoples-endeavored by Constitutional provision to safeguard the expenditure of the peoples' money, and by the clearest constitutional mandate to prevent the incurrence of debt. They regarded the payment of public debt as a matter of public honor, and every Georgian has inherited that lofty conception of public duty.
In 1884, 1890, 1894, 1900, 1908, the people provided by Constitutional amendments for additional classes of pensioners, or Acts were passed in pursuance of such amendments. When the Constitutional amend-
ment limiting the tax rate to five mills was passed
in 1904, the sum appropriated to pensions wa-s $865,000.00. In that year the amount appropriated to Public Schools from ad valorem. taxes, was $1,000,000.00.

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Now the amount appropriated to Public Schools directly from the Treasury, is approximately $2,00,000.00.
. While we -are increasing the appropriations on the one hand, we have been cutting off revenue on the other hand.
In 1908, the State received from the hire of convicts the sum of $380,709.44. In 1909 there was received from this source the sum of $184,881.00, or a loss of revenue of $195,818.39. Since 1909, nothing has been received into the Treasury from this source. Taking the amount received in 1908 as the basis of the value of the hire of convicts which, of course, is much less than they would bring now. the Treasury of the State will haYe lost from the heginning of the year 1908 to the end of the year 1913~ the sum of $1,718,696.15.
In calling your attention to any of the facts presented, I do not mean to criticise the legislative acts, or to doubt the wisdom of any of them. That is beside the question. The immense sum that would have been received into the State Treasury has been expended wisely upon the public highways, and aside from the moral aspect of the question, has enhanced the material prosperity and landed values many times the amount. The State has been splendidly repaid, morally and financially, by the change.
In fact, by caJiing the attention of the people tothe causes of the financial deficit, they will readily support you in any wise measures to remedy the difficulty. When they are taken into your confi-

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dence, and are informed how the public moneys were expended for their benefit, and the causes of the shrinkage in public revenue, they will cheerfully respond to every statesmanlike effort you may make to solve the problem.

In 1907 the liquor tax amounted' to $33'4,282.75. In 1908, on account of the Prohibition Law, the total sum .received from the liquor tax from near beer licenses and from locker clubs, amounted to $48,738.03, or a loss of $285,544.42.

Since then, taking the report of the Comptroller General of 1913, as a measure, the sum received from near beer licenses, and from locker clubs, amounted to $278,000.00 per annum, making a deficit of about $50,000.00 per annum.

In 1912, the Legislature abolished the Dog Tax

-amounting to $130,000.00 per year, being t~e amount

which it would require the tax on $26,000,000.00 of

property to produce.

For many of the foregoing :figures I am indebted

to the able Chairman of the House Appropriation.

Committee of 1911-1912.



1In 1904 the people adopted an amendment to the Constitution limiting the tax rate to :five mills, thus declaring by their sovereign act in favor of economy in public expenditure and recording their judgment that such levy would be sufficient for the State's discharge of all public functions. The tax levy for the support of public schools for that year was 1-70/100 mills.
Yet, I am officially informed by the Comptroller

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General that in 1912 the appropriations exceeded

the anticipated revenue $339,000.00, and the actual

revenue $202,000.00, and as you will :find by the

report of that same officer on your desks, the excess

of expenditures over anticipated income in 1913 is

$231,562.00, requiring $46,312,400.00 taxable prop-

erty to produce it.

Thus you will perceive, that to meet the deficit of

these two years alone, taking the anticipated revenue

as a basis, an increase of the property of the State

subject to ad valorem taxation must be $114,112,400.

You will have observed that the same Legislature

which appropriated $339,000.00 in excess of its an-

ticipated revenue, during the same session cut off

$126,000.()() thereof.

iStatistics, to be read and digested, must not be

voluminous and I do not burden you with them.

sUffice it to say, that the appropriations of 1911

-exceeded the revenues, and you will observe that

while appropriations were being increased sources

of revenue were being lessened and no provision was

being made to supply the deficit. The candle was

being burned at both ends.

LEGISLATIVE CoNDITIONs.
Having been a member of the Legislature for -seventeen years I can sympathize with the members -of theGeneral AsseiDfbly in yielding to the pressing -claims made for appropriations. Every heart is -responsive to the sentiment that our greatest wealth is in our children, and no one wishes to bear the

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responsibility of shutting the door of opportunity to



our boys and girls by denying them the privileges of education.

iEvery patriotic feeling is aroused by the suggestion that a great State should render comfortable

the declining days of the old Confederate Veterans who had imperiled their all in her hour of desperate need.

. And eloquent, irresistible appeals can be made for all the objects of expenditure which promise a rich

.harvest of return from every dollar granted by a meagre appropriation.

Your Appropriation Committees, carefully

balancing the receipts and disbursements, and recog- . nizing the primal duty of being just before being generous, report a bill appropriating all that the

State's revenue will permit. Some gentleman arises in enthusiastic advocacy of an amendment to increase a quarter of a million dollars, or more, the allowance for some popular purpose, and woe to him who makes

the prosaic suggestion that the State has not the money ! He is stamped in the Legislature and at home as the enemy of the people, and he sits down,

weakened in his influence and misconstrued by his

constituents, for having performed his sworn duty.

THE SYSTEM WRONG.
The system is wrong. It is contrary to the tbeory of our government, which everywhere endeavors to provide a method of checks .and b-alances. It is not so with the present state of our law.

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Prior to the Constitutional Amendment of 1904, limiting the tax rate to :five mills, the Governor and Comptroller General met and levied a tax sufficient
to pay all appropriations. If the appropriations
were large, the tax rate was increased, and the constituents at home being called upon for a heavier drain from their purses, taught a wholes~ lesson to their representatives by refusing to re-elect them. The public expenditure was therefore a matter of constant public supervision. This acted as a check, and reminded the Legislators that heavy appropriations meant increased burdens on the people.
Now, the Legislature can appropriate what it pleases, and the tax rate remainS' the same. A million, more or less, does not mean a cent more from the tax-payer. The Legislator ib.as made himself a favorite with his constituency by voting for every popular appropriation and nothing suffers but the State's credit. When the crisiS' arrives, no one can put his hand upon the one who caused it. He has yielded to the insistence of those. who have pressed upon him the necessity for each appropriation, and has escaped the condemnation and misoonA'truction of an unpleasant refusal. This situation is unfair to the Legislator and to the State.

THE REMEDIEs SuGGESTED.
In suggesting the remedies for these conditions, it is necessary to consider one marked injustice now placed upon one class of our public servantS'. The teachers of our State are not paid until nearly a year after their services are performed. The Governor

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and the State House Officers are paid at appropriateseason. The Legislator may draw his pay the first day of the session. Of all the public servants, theteachers, upon whose fidelity and efficiency depend the future of the children, who do more to shapetheir destinites than any influence save the parents,. must wait nearly a year for their compensation, orb~ required to suffer the he~vy discount of the money lender. I respectfully submit that this is wrong.
Up to the 15th day of June, 1913, not one dollarhad been paid on the $2,550,000.00 appropriated toPublic Schools.
I believe that if you propose to the people a Constitutional Amendment providing for an extra assessment of one mill for one year, and a half mill for the succeeding year, in order that the teachers may be paid with greater promptitude and in orderthat the deficit in the Treasury may be relieved, such proposition will meet with popular approval.
This is the brave and fair way to solve the problem in dealing with the Treasury, and with the teachers, upon whom the future of the children of this Statedepends more than all the buildings that may house them or the money that may be given them.
To the tax payer who may demur, I submit that if the Constitutional Amendments limiting appropriations be adopted in accordance with my recom-
mendation, the llf:! mills extra taxes to be divided
betWBen two years will be the most economical and the wisest investment he can make. If they be not approved, the State may expect a heavy increase ot

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the deficit until sheer necessity will require a burdensome tax levy or a drastic taxing law, resulting not only in a drain upon the people, but in injury to the reputation, enterprise and development of the State.
Should theLegislature deem it wise to submit an extra levy of one mill for only one year, the sum raised would approximate $862,000.00 and would be of great aid in expediting the payment of teachers, although it would n.ot permit. their monthly payment, in view of the present deficit in the Treasury.

PENSIONS AND SCHOOLS.
The appropriation for Pensions for 1913 amounts to $1,180,000.00. This is practically the largest sum ever granted to aid those to whom we are all debtorS'. The justice of their claims, their heroism, their sacrifice, and their valor, constitute the proud heritage of us all. With each succeeding year their number is diminishing, and each year this sum may be expected to decrease.
The direct appropriation for Public Schools for 1913 is $1,962,251.00, which is supplemented by the special funds provided by the Constitution. In the report. of the Comptro1ler General yon will observe that excepting Public SchoolS' and Pensions, onethird of one mill ad valor&m tax added to the other revenues of the State would support every other State institution, including the entire civil establishment and the State Sanatorium, which alone annu. ally demands nearly $600,000.00.
Yon will observe by the Comptroller General's

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report that a tax of 22 mills, supplemented by the Constitutional appropriations to education, will raise
the amount allowed to the Public Schools for 1913,
being the largest amount ever granted for the purpose. A direct tax of 12 mills will provide Pensions allowed for 1913, being likewise practically the largest sum ever appropriated.

RECOMMENDATION.
I recommend that you propose Constitutional Amendments which shall provide that the appropriation for schools shall not exceed 22 mills in addition to the Constitutional appropriation; and shall not exceed 11;2 mills, or exceed $1,180,000.00, annually for Pensions.
[n the event these amendments are ratified, you . will have submitted to the people a practical plan for preserving the State's credit. You will have applied to the State's affairs the same plan now in force under the Constitution in reference to counties, which are required to specify the purposes for Which levy is made. The diminution of the pension fund may be expected, because of the rapid diminution of the pensioners.
As the wealth of the State iTh_,reases the 2% mills for schools will produce a larger sum, and if local taxation, which has ~en suggested by educational authorities as a wise solution of the educational question, should cover a larger territory, the amount could be diminiS'hed if it be deemed proper in future years. Thus a flexible system would have been adop.: ted.

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In addition, these funds to Schools and Pensions would be consecrated to their special purposes and their recipients would be relieved from the delays consequent upon othe:.; demands. Certainly, in the present condition of the Treasury, any larger appropriations would be futile, as their payments are being longer and longer delayed, and the lack of money would prevent the issuing or honoring of warrants.
The State must be like the father who educates his children according to his means, and certainly every one must pronounce you generous wlhen the apportionment of the rate has been upon the basis of the highest appropriation yet made. And this generosity is emphasized by the fact that during the years for whiclt the appropriations were made, the appropriations exceeded the revenue practically a half million dollars.
In this connection, it may be asked why a similar .apportionment for every public purpose should not be made. The answer is obvious. In the case of the State .Sanitarium, whose demands are ne:rl largest in amount to schools and pensions, the State must provide for the insane, and no Constitutional limit can rationally be. made. The sinking fund, the i.D.terest on the public debt, the new provision to be made for refunding the bonded debt in 1915, cannot likewise be imperiled by the possible diminution of values through a panic or other financial di-stresS'. The same is true of the Legislative expenses, salaries of State House Officers, JudgeS', etc. Other items of expenditure are almost negligible, and the minute fraction of a mm could not appropriately be made

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the subject of a Constitutional Amendment. In fact, the courts and the entire civil establishment could be maintained without the imposition of one dollar ad.valorem tax.

REVENUE.
It will be apparent to those who have had legislative service, that unless some check of the nature proposed be made, the increase of revenue will be of no avail in preventing the financial embarrassment of the State. Under the enthusiasm of the moment one appropriation bill may exhaust it.
However, I deem it wise to call to your attention an appropriate source of enlarged revenue, without placing upon the people an unfair burden.
More than four-fifths of the States of the Union derive revenue from what is known as an inheritance tax. Practically every nation of the world regards this source of income as fair and easily paid. By inquiry from citizens of States where it is in force, I am informed that this tax is the subject of least complaint.
By common law the right to transmit property was a privilege granted by the State, and was not an inherent right of the citizen. The recipient of a legacy is a beneficiary of another's favor and when the tax is moderate and conservative, it is much less burdensome than a tax upon the industry and enterprise of the one whose labor has accumulated the property.
In some States the heritage left to members of the

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immediate family is exempted, aS' for example-New

Jersey, Texas and Tennessee. In a large number the tax is small upon that property left to the immediate



family, but increases in proportion to the remotenese

of the relationship, and is heaviest upon legacies left

strangers. Charitable gifts and those of a similar

nature are exempted, as is also a reasonable sum left

to members of the family.

It may be well to suggest for your consideration

the Constitutional provision of uniformity in the im-

position of taxes. Eminent lawyers have given it

as their opinion that in Georgia no exemption based

on amount can be granted, nor can the taxes be in-

creased in proportion to the size of the estate. While

legacies or inheritances can be differently taxed in

proportion to remoteness of relationship, becauS'e of

reasonable classification, it is questionable whether

a varying rate can be imposed on the same class,

dependent upon amount. Upon this question of law

I venture no opinion, but it is advisable to investigate

this position, should you contemplate an inheritance

tax law.

It must be admitted that the revenue to be antici-

pated from this source will be comparatively small

for many years to come, and cannot be made the

basis for appropriating money until tested by actual

trial.

This form of tax has been approved by the highest

authorities and is one of the easiest borne and subject

to fewer hardships than any other. No practical

method has been devised for forcing personal prop-

erty to bear its just proportion of the expense of

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government. The drastic suggestions proposed

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operate as such hindrances to commerce, become so

inquisitorial in character, and are susceptible of so

many means of evasion, that all efforts to collect

taxes from this source have been unsuccessful. The

inheritance tax is to some extent a corrective.

-Thrift, enterprise and economy shauld be encouraged, but the small contribution suggested in the tax laws of other States, when made by those who enjoy the benefit of others industry and sacrifice, would not be the cause of just conipla:int among our people.

OccuPATION TAX ON CoRPORATIONS.

Prior to the year 1905, many efforts were made to collect an occupation tax from corporations, but in the judgment of the Legislature the exactions suggested were too severe and imposed a burden too oppressive. Governor Terrell, in his message of the year 1905, called attention to the fairness of a reasonable charge by the State for granting charters to corporations, with the privileges accompanying such corporate life. He suggested in his message, that a small contribution from each corporation could be legitimately imposed, and recoin.'IMnded a tentative privilege tax based on capital stock of $100.00 pen year on corporations having a capital of one million dollars, or over. He anticipated from this source more than $100,000.00, a year, and thought that such sum could reasonably be expected without hardship. Governor Terrell stated at the time that if this sum

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wa.s not received the tax could be adjusted so as to produce it. The State, however, has not received one-half this sum, and during the year 1913, the estimated revenu~ from this source is $48,000.00.
I recommend that the maximum occupation tax on corporations having one million dollars capital and over, be $200.00 per annum, and the tax on corporations of less capital be adjusted accordingly.

EQUALIZATION oF TAXEs.

The Democratic Platform of 1912, adopted at
Macon, contains the following language :
''Among the most important matters affecting our State Government, which must be dealt with- by the administration, is that of the State's finances. The solution of this question demands the attention and co-operation of all patriotic 'citizens. 1
''The State is rich, and no period of its history has shown a greater ratio of growing wealth than the present. But the State government's :fis.cal system has not developed with :the times and the growth of our commonwealth. The period is approaching, if it has not already .arrived, when the system must be reformed.
"Some method should be adopted whereby 1 the State's finances will be rehabilitated and
precautions should be taken to guarantee that at no time the. expenditures will be permitted to exceed the revenues. Our system of raising taxes has been improved but little since the present Constitution was adopted. Genera] wealth and the concentration thereof, having



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increased to such a great extent and our population becoming so diversified, the method of levying taxes has been reduced to the obsolete and inefficient. The burdens of government should be placed in equal proportions to the benefits conferred and the protection enjoyed. All property should bear in equal measure its share of taxes. None should be taxed excessively and none should be permitted to escape taxation.
"We recommend that the Legislature at its next session make provision for putting into practical effect the above undeniably correct principles of government.''
The foregoing extract from the Democratic creed must meet the approval of all. At this time, with the necessity upon this Legislature of providing for the refunding of over one-half of the State's entire bonded debt, no revolutionary plan of d~aling with our :financial system can be attempted. Whenever it is done, if such course should be deemed wise, every feature of the new scheme will be subjected to attack on Constitutional grounds in both State and Federal Courts. No radical experiment should be made at this time.
No objection, however, can be offered to a fair and conservative attempt to justly apportion governmental burdens, without imperilling the general income.
It can not be denied that injustice is done when one man pays taxes on ten per cent of the value of his property, while another pays on :fifty per cent.
Equalization of taxes, either through the enfor<'e-

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ment of present laws, or now correctives, so that each

may bear his proportionate burden, would not mean

the increase of taxes upon any one now performing

his duty, but would rather mean the lightening of

his unfair portion of the load.



I commend this subject to your attention.

PUBLIC EcoNOMY.

In closing this part of my message, I beg to call your attention to the fact that I have emphasized more than the raising of revenue the necessity of -economy. The fundamental doctrine that the exaction of a larger sum from citizens than is necessary :for the maintenance of government is tyranny, is often overlooked in legislative assemblies. But the :function of government in contributing to the wel-fare and happiness of the citizen is constantly en1arging. With this broadening of the field of its :activities within conservative limits is found not only .an increasing elevation of citizenship, but an accompanying growth of material prosperity.

BoNDED DEBT TO BE REFUNDED.
An additional reason for establishing and main-taining the State's finances on a sound basis, is the ~ecessity of making provision for more than oneh~lf o the ~ntire bonded debt of the State, maturing in 1915. This is an ,imper~h:e duty resting on this
~Legislature.
. -~n. O!der that your investigation of this subject

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may be facilitated I give you the detailed statement of the history and amount of these bonds, which statement is supplied by the State Treasurer:

''Statement of Bonds, State of Goorgia,

maturing, 1915, quotation of Acts and Code

bearing upon Sinking Fund, etc.



Ga. 4% 7o Bonds, Act 1884, issued

1885, due July 1915__________$3,392,000.00

Ga. 3%7o Coupon Bonds, Act 1894,

issued 1895, due May 1915_____ 287,000.00

Total -~--------------------$3,679,000.00
''Act 1884-5, Folio 116, No. 60. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor be, and is hereby authorized and empowered 1to issue negotiable bonds of the State to the amount of $3,455,135.00, and negotiate the same for the purpose of raising money to pay off that portion of the principal of the public debt which may fall due during the years 1885 and 1886, said bonds to be issued and negotiated at such times and in such amounts (not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $3,455,135.00) as the Governor in his discretion may see proper, in order to meet the wants of the State, etc.
''There were three deliveries made of bonds under Act 1884, namely: July 1,1885, 100 bonds $1,000 each $100,000.00 Jan. 1, 1886, 250 bonds $1,000 eaclL 250,000.00 May 3, 1886, 304:2 bonds $1,000
ea:ch ______,___,... --------------3,042,000.0()

Principal ------------------$3,392,000.00

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Premium of 5/16 on entire issue_ Interest less amount of old bonds
exchanged -----------------Amount received, under resolu-
tion Oct. 13, 1885 ----~-------

10,600.00 49,927.50 1,730.19

$3,454,257.69
"Act 1894, Folio 127, No. 149. The Act provides for the sale of the Northeastern Railroad; to make provision for the discharge of the liability of the State on the bonds of the said Railroad Company, and for this p~ose to authorize the issue of bonds of the State, the par value of which shall be equal to the amount of the State's liability by reason of its endorsement upon the bondS' of said Company; to authorize the exchange of said bonds with the holders of the indorsed bonds, and to provide for the sale of so many of said bonds as may be necessary to pay such of the indorsed bonds as shall not be thus exchanged, and on all accrued interest on said indorsed bonds, and for other purposes, etc. Received from sale of 3%% bonds $287,063.80 3%% bonds and premiums not issued -----------------------~ 3,000.00 From Receiver N. E. R. R.______ 2,800.00

$292,864.46
"Sec. 914, Code. Ad valorem tax for payment of bonds. The Governor, by and with the assistance of the Comptroller General, is authorized and empowered annually, beginning in 1910, to levy and assess a tax on the ad, valorem value of the taxable property of lthis State at such rate as may be sufficient to raise the net amount of $100,000, as a sinking

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fund to pay off and retire the valid, outstanding bonds of the State as they fall due as required by article 7, section 14, paragraph 1, of the Constitution. The tax above authorized !shall be specially levied and collected, and separate accounts of same shall be kept by the treasurer, and the money arising therefrom shall be applied to paying off the valid' bonds of the State as they may mature. The amount so raised in the year 1910 shall be applied to paying off and retiring the valid bonds of the State maturing in 1912, and so on continuously, etc.

CoNSTITUTION oF GEORGIA.
"Sec. 6571, Code. The General Assembly shall raise by taxation, each year, in addition. to the sum required to pay the public expenses and interest on public debt, the sum of $100,000.00, which shall be held as a sinking fund' to pay off and retire the bonds of the State w'hich have not yet matured, and shall be applied to no other purpose whatever, etc.,.
No sinking fund was provided by law to retire the bonds aggregating $3,679,000.00 which are due in: 1915, since it was the intention of thQ General Assembly to later make provision for the retirement of this large amount.
The entire State's debt is $6,452, 500.00, which does not include the obligations to the University, amounting to $291,500.00, and the Landscript Fund oi $90, 000.00.
All the debt of $6,452,500.00 is provided for, or will be provided for by the sinking fund required t()t.

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be raised annually until the entire debt is paid off, except the $3',679,000.00 which falls due in May and July 1915, and excepting the bonds issued under the Act of 1891 and due 1920 amounting to $207,000.00, and those ii'sued under the Act of 1895, and due in 1926, amounting to $230,000.00. No provision is made for the payment of $33,000.00 of bonds which mature in 1935, or of the University obligations.
It should be borne in mind that the fund from the sale of public property applicable only to the payment of the bonded debt, now in the Treasury, amounts to $37,450.00, which will be increased $107,000.00 in 1915 by the last payment due by the Southern Railway Company on the purchase of the Northeastern Railroad.
If refunding bonds were issued in 1915, making the first $100,000.00 fall due in 1935, then the sinking fund could be made to run continuously and retire each year, until paid, $100,000.00 of this series of 1915 refunding bonds.
This plan would seem advisable in order to relieve the Treasury and the people of the increa8'ed burden at this time, unless financial conditions at the time of the sale of the bonds should demand that their redemption begin at an earlier period in order to effectuate th('ir more satisfactory disposition.
Many detail!" have been suggested to me in referenee to making the investment in these securities the more attractive. Leading bond men in financial C'enter~ l1ave stated that if they were certified by some responsible Trust Company, thus assuring their genuinenesR, and guarding against their beir.h

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counterfeited, a.nd if their validity were approved by / attorneys who are specialists in this line, the expense would be more than repaid in the price that could be obtained. These are matters which you can determine upon appropriate investigation.
Certainly no safer investment can be afforded than these bonds. By our Constitution the issuance of any new bonds, excepting to refund old ones, is prohibited. Likewise the State is forbidden to incur any new debt. All the State's property, including the Western & Atlantic Railroad, is pledged as security for its bonds, and the Western & Atlantic Railroad is worth three times the entire debt of Georgia. If every bond of the State were paid today from the sale of its railroad alone over ten million dollars would be left in the Treasury.
No Southern State, and so far as I know can any State, make such a showing. By Constitutional provision whatever else may remain unpaid, the interest on the public debt and the Sinking Fund to retire its bonds, must first be provided.
Free from every tax, Federal, State County and Municipal, we can offer these obligations of a proS'perous State as possessing every attraction that can be offered to the investor.
I recommend that through your appropriate Committees you consider at once the matter of refunding the State's indebtedness above referred to.

REGISTRATION oF VoTERs.
''There is nothing of more importance than the protection of the purity of the ballot, for

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upon the franchises of the citizens the liberties of all must depend for perpetuation. How. ever, the citizen should be encouraged to exercise the privilege of voicing his opinion in the conduct of his government. Severe and unnecessary restrictions should not be countenanced.
"We believe the present registration law should be so amended that when a voter has once proven his qualification by registering and being enrolled, he shall remain a registered voter unless disqualified for cause due to himself. Permanent registration would stop the confusing difficulties now besetting the voter and provide a safe method for protecting the integrity of the ballot. We trust the next Legislature will amend the present law.''
The foregoing extract from the last platform upon
which I was elected, expresses a principle which de-serves universal acceptance. It contemplates no
change of the Constitution which provides for the
qualification of the voter. It recommends no amendment which would degrade the requisites of suffrage.
It only en9orses the passage of legislation that will render easy the exercise of the inalienable right to
vote by the man entitled to vote.
The farmers of a neighborhood have duly registered, but the succeeding year when busy with their
crops they can not send their taxes to the collector by some neighbor going to town, except on penalty of
being disfranchised.
The traveling men who have registered one year can not send their remitta.nces the next year to the

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proper officer, and so it is with men in every calling who perform civic duties and who have overlooked the last day of registration, or have been prevented from regist~ring anew by compelling reasons. The professional politician never forgets.
The registrars must in any event purge the list. If the citizen has moved into a new community and if he was not registered the year before, he may be required to register in accordance with the present law.
But I reooommend that the present registration law be amended to correct the injustice indicated. It would always be assumed that the voter must have paid his taxes and not subjected himself to any of the disqualifications provided by law.
. To place the present hardship upon the people is as indefensible as for Nero to have rendered it difficult for the people of Rome to learn its laws by placing them on a wall beyond their vision.

HIGHWAYS.

It is needless to impress upon you the importance of our highways. Their value is an asset of the entire State. The family that receives its ~daily mail, the farmer who hauls his product to market, the school with its improved facilities, are all debtors to good roads.
A student of the subject has declared that every hard rain in Georgia damages its roads more than one million dollars, due to unscientific construction. An intelligent Highway Commission, or Commissioner, clothed with proper authority, could be the

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-means of untold benefit in suggesting proper methods -of building the road adapted to the locality, or in solving the problems of engineering whioh might
~
arise in various sections. This proposition was embodied in the original Bill placing convicts on the roads, and was only defeated by one vote in the :House. Its wisdom has been recognized by my pre.decessors and I concur in their recommendations.

wESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

I call your attention to the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the lease of which terminates in 1919. The wise disposition of this property requires the most .enlightened statemanship, and in view of its immense value, probably three times that of the entire .State's debt, immediate consideration should be given to this splendid heritage of our Fathers.
Like- any other proposition involving business judgment, this subject del1lands painstaking care and investigation. The suggestion has been made that at its terminals there is appurtenant much property unnecessary for railroad purposes, and which could be -utilized by the State without damaging the railroad, .at a largely increased revenue.
Whether this be true, and if true what arrangement should be made with .such property, calls for .aoonrate and- detailed knowledge. The Western & AtlRJitic Railroad belongs to the entire State, and -during the period of our darkest hours it supplied with funds our scanty Treasury and constituted the guarantee of our school fund.

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No one, I apprehend, would or should consider its sale, but the problem of its disposition should be considere by a commission with directions to report its recommendations and its reasons therefor.
To delay this matter will mean to put the State at
the inexcusable disadvantage of unpreparedness when the time arrives for imperative action.

CBIMINAL LAW.
One of the fundamental purposes of government is the protection of life and safety of the citizen. While our people are law abiding, the enforcement of law must depend upon the machinery provided by the Legislature. If the rules of evidence are so shaped as to prevent the discovery of the truth, and if the State.is deprived of the means of sifting the facts, the judges and juries are not to be blamed if crimes
are allowed to go unpunished.
In the reconstruction period, when antagonism existed between emancipated slaves and their former IIIlftlrters, it may have been essential that the white man, struggling for his existence, be allo'WOO to make a statement possessing a value superior to all sworn evidence. This was a law Qf necessity, which grew out of the exigencies of the time.
But conditions have changed. It is an anomaly that a defendant should take the stand, make any statement that he sees :fit, or that his shrewd lawyer has prepared, and being immune from cross-examination,. demand that the judge shall charge the jury that they may accept his unsworn statement in preference to all the evidence in the case.



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His carefully written statement may contain all manner of prejudicial assertions which constitute no defense, but the State is not allowed to disprove or to question them. The jury is by law instructed that they may consider them. Without introducing evidence, in order that his attorney may make the last speech, he declares that he can prove assertions by various witnesses, often disreputable men, and challenges the Solicitor-General to introduce them. This can not be done because the State can not vouch for their character.
This practice of making a statement under the provision of law now existing is scarce, if it be of force any-Where outside of Georgia. It's a provision which acquits guilty men and places almost insuperable obstacles in the way of their conviction. As a lawyer
a .defending guilty man, I should like the practice.
From the standpoint of a legislator, seeking to render safe the life and property of the citizen, and charged with the obligation of making proper provision for the enforcement of the law, I believe it should be abolished.
Leading lawyers of this State, interested in the welfare of its citizenship, doing a large criminal practice, have urged upon me the wonderful corrective influence such an act would accomplish.
I, therefore, recommend that a law be passed abolishing the defendant's -statement, and providing in its place that he be sworn as a witness, if he desires, l>ut his failure to be so sworn be not subject to adverse comment by prosecuting counsel. This is in accordance with current Federal and State law.



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PISTOLS.
The legislation in Georgia against carrying con-
cealed weapons bas in recent years been conspicuousr It bas been suggested by the law of self-preservationr Daily we read of men who have shot others, and have been acquitted on the old statement that the deceased threw his band on his hip-pocket, and the defendant shot in fear of his life. When searched, the dead man was found generally unarmed.
I do not believe in the severity, so much as the certainly and celerity, of punishment. It often-time& happens that for the purpose of having a weapon repaired, or for other innocent reason, a man may technically violate the law. In such a case his punishment should be nominal There are many whocarry concealed weapons with the temptation toswiftly use them upon the slightest provocation.
If the carrying of concealed weapons were made a. felony, subject to be reduced to a misdemeanor by either judge or jury, the deterrent effect of such a law would be the saving of many a life. I earnestly recommend t(} you the consideration of this ques- tion.
BANKING LAWS.
The banks of a State are necessary instrumentalities in the conduct of its commerce. They are important factors in the development of any community~ Any measure which will stimulate economy and sav- ing on the part of a citizen is wise, and to do this,. confidence in our banking instituitions should beestablished.

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They perform public functions, and as such are properly subjected to governmental supervision. The bankers of the State, with the desire of maintaining a high standard of responsibility and of affording guarantees against improvident management that imperils the money of the people, recommend legislation looking to the accomplishment of these objects. I commend this subject as one worthy of your serious consideration.

AUDITOR.
My predecess'ors have recommended the creation of the position of State Auditor, and in this recommendation I heartily concur.
No business dealing with the annual disbursement of six million dollars, would fail to provide for such supervision of its expenditures. The Legislature constantly appropriates money to be used in a speci.fic way, but no means are provided for seeing that the legislative mandate is complied with.
When the drain on the treasury is heaviest, it often happens that demands are made for warrants which could be delayed if the Governor had the adequate information from an auditor.
His services could be utilized in checking th.e cost of new buildings for which requests may be made by the various institutions. Those who ihave served on the Appropriation Committees are aware of the inadequate facilities of the State in arriving at the amount of the necessary expenditures.
Such an officer would many times repay the State the small amount of his salary.

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
The Constitution is the expression of the supreme law of the land. .It can only be changed by the people speaking in their sovereign capacity. In order that they may vote intell~gently on any proposition it is essential that they understand it.
[ have noticed a growing disposition to submit amendments for ratification or rejection by referring
to the Article and Section of the Constitution, conveying no intimation to the voter of the question
proposed. I recommend that in proposing Constitutional Amendments, you plainly indicate the proposition to the voter in such language that he may understand the meaning of the question submitted.

AGRICULTURAL ScHOOLS.
The Agricultural Schools are doing a :magnificent work along the lines for which they have been organized. In this field of education is one of the most splendid opportunities of the State. '!'he stimul-ation of interest in them and the desire to enjoy the opportunities they afford would be of inestimable value.
My predecessor has called attention to the fact that some of the Schools are well attended, while others receive little patronage, whether due to the matter of location, or lack of interest, or from what cause, I am unable to say. Each obtains the same appropriation from the State for maint~nance. I recomm.e~d that you investigate their condition, and apply the proper remedies.

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GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.

AlloW! me to suggest that the Constitution places upon the Executive as well as the Legislature, the duty of squaring the expenditures with the income. When the Appropriation Bill is submitted to him on the last days of the session he must either approve it, or call an extra session. If he disapproves an item it must be passed over his veto, or be re-introduced as a new bill. I trust you may find it expedient to transmit to me the General Appropriation Bill ten days before your adjournment, in order that it may be considered in the light of the State's resources. By co-operation we may be enabled to arrive at some plan of solving financial difficulties that would be helpful to the State.

CONCLUSION.
In concluding what I have had to say in the way of recommendations, it is needless repetitj.on to recount the many blessings enjoyed by Georgians today, wthich their State never possessed before. And yet, within the last few years her citizens, through Constitutional Amendments and Uegial&tive Acts have added heavily to her expenditures. Their Representatives, with the approv>al 'Of their constituents, have diyerted from the Treasury, the enormous sum of approximately two million dollars. This has been since the limitation of iihe taxing rate. Shall Georgia deprive her children of their educational opportunities f Shall the schools which teach her girls the domestic accomplishments and render

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home attractive be closed T Shall she be forced to call on distant States for trained intellects to solve her agricultural, her technical and scientific problems T Shall work on her roads, with all its blessings, be lessened T I apprehend no Georgian will permit a backward step.
It is, however, absolutely necessary that we recognize the principle of economy, and resolut~ly decline to appropriate more than our income.
Character is as essential as knowledge, and is preferable to generosity, and to limit our debts to our income is a fundamental requisite of the State. Even if it means sacrifice for a season, it will be a wholesome lesson to our citizens, and will emphasize the homelier virtues that make a strong, provident and self-reliant people. The passing of an appropriation bill without the means to pay it is of no aid to the beneficiary, and is not a credit to the Representatives who pass it.
To no detail or plan am I wedded. Those remedies I have suggested have largely been a developll!ent of the thought of others. My long legislative experience and observation have approved them. They are not spectacular, but practical. If other plans which accomplish the same result occur to you, I should gladly accept them. I am wedded to no specific corrective.
Georgia is your State and mine. Within her borders I was born and by her schools was I educated. With you, I love her people and every acre ofher bro.ad domain. I am .ready to unite. with every one

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of you in any endeavor to maintain and advance her unexampled prestige as the fairest in the sisterhood of States.

Governor.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., Monday, June 30, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 11 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 mem'bers answered to their names:

Adams, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Oollins,

Hammack,

Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendricks,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Farris,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark, Clements,

Garlington, . G.-:~wer,

Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, MeCalla, McCants, l&Carthy, McCrory, McCurry, Me(rt,hee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, MeWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills,
Moon,
Moore, Moss,
Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevils, Nunnally,
Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn,
Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson,
Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy,
Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent, the reading of the Journal

was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to require Treasurer of Georgia to list all claims due and to pay off same according to priority.

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Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Stovall of ElbertA bill to amend the Act revising the State school
laws. Referred to ( 'ommittee on Education.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to propose amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to empower counties to pay pensions.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. Foster, Wright and Nunnally-
A ;bill to amend an Act amending the several Acts incorporating the Cit~ of Rome.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to establish a fixed and stable basis of trade in cotton.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mes-srs. Myrick and Gower-
Kbill to give all courts of original jurisdiction authority in certain cases so to mold their sentences as to allow defendants to serve same outside of chaingang, jail or other place of detention.
Referred to General Jndiciary Committee No. 2.

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:By Messrs. Taylor and GarlingtonA bill to regulate the practice of medicine. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-
tion.

By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to incorporate the town of Clermont. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Garlington of RichmondA bill to provide remedy for excessive valuations
by municipal corporations. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

"By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court ,of Hall County.
Referred to Special ,Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. .A!dams of Hall-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of 8upe_rior Court of Hall County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

-:By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Gainesville.
Beferred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Garlington of RichmondA bill to fix standard of barrels of cement. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter
for the City of Gainesville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to provide for the payment of the fees now fixed by law for the Ordinaries in connection with pensions.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee-
A bill to amend Section 2798, Code of 1910, relative to suits against railroads.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Moon and HinesA bill to create the office of city recorder for the
City of LaGrange.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A .bill to repeal Sections 1651 and 1653, Code of 1910, relative to sale of narcotic drugs.

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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to furtheT regulate the running of auto-
mobiles. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Paragraph-, Section 7, Article 7 of the Constitution relative to bonded indebtedness of counties or municipal corporations.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. McMichael, Greene and Pickett-A bill to prevent the spreading of hog cholera and
other contagious diseases of hogs.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By. Mr. Hammock of Randolph-
A bill to authorize the use of a certain amount of the public school fund of each county for the support of summer schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Gainesville.

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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government~-

By Mr. Edmondson of ~rQoks-
A bill to regulate collection of damages, cost and attorneys' fees in cases where iive stock is killed: by railroads.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2:.

By "Messrs. Carter pf Appling, and Strickland: of Pierce-
.A biB to be known as the pure shoe law. Referred to General Judiciary Committee Xo. 2:.

By Mr. Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to amend Section 1132, Code of 1910, relative to compensation of special criminal bailiffs.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.-

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend Section 2878, Code 1910, relativeto building and loan associations.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking..

By Messrs. Lipscomb and RhodesA bill to amend Act for the protection of game-
animals and birds.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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By Mr. Coleman of CalhounA bill to amend Section 942, Code 1910, relative
to attendance of witness before grand jury.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to provide for the holding of a primary. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1~

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to require State Veterinarian to examine cattle in all parts of the State.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Messrs. Jones and Hollberg-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Sharpsburg.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb-
A bill for the relief of Rev. S. J. Cartledge. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Jackson of White-
A bill wepeal t~e Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to amend Section 3417, Code of 1911), relative to homestead exemption.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Taylor of Washington-
A bill to provide for collection of attorney's fees in mortgage notes..
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Wall of Elbert-
A bill to provide for adjustment of difficulties between employers and employees in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A 'bill to provide for the inspection of all county jails.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Melson of Clayton-

A bill to protect and encourage the raising of

cattle.



Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

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By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-

A bill to require factories and work shops to provide pr~per ventilation.

Referied to Committee on Labor and Labor

Statistics.



By Mr. Dorris of Douglas- A bill to amend Section 80 of Code of' 1910, re)a,.
tive to holding elections.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to prescribe method of giving notice in writing of charges against members of County Boards of Education.
Referred to :Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Booker and Green-
. A bill to prevent deception in the sale of paints and oils.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to provide that in all criminal trials in the courts of this State, the accused shall have the right to be sworn as a witness in his behalf.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

196

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-

A bill te> amend an Act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor.

Referred to Committee on Appropriatiohs.

By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson-
A bill to repeal the charter granted to the Irwinton Railway Oo~pany.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A bill to define the duty of migratory 'homesteader.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to allow county authorities to appoint county police.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Reese and Henderson-
A hill to amend Section 2084, Code 1910, so as to increase the appropriation for the Department of Agriculture.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Parks of UpsonA bill to repeal an Act amending an Act for the
protection of game animals and birds. :geferred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA bill to make it unlawful to furnish pistol cart-
ridges except under certain conditions. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr: Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend Section 695, Code 1910, relative to road duty.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. E.nnis of Baldwin-
A bill to make penal the sale of fertilizers, food stuffs and other articles furnished to landlords and croppers.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Messrs. Shuptrine and Myrick-
A bill to amend Section 347, Code of 1910, prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Shipp of PulaskiA bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski.

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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski- A hill to provide for holding four terms a year of
the Superior Court of Pulaski County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to empower the Railroad Commission to employ experts to inspect and report upon the physical examination of service companies.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
A bill to amend Section 3442, Code 1910, relative to usurious contracts.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Meaders of OconeeA bill to fix the commission of Tax Collectors. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to provide for the selling of unclaimed articles of freight or express in the hands of common earners.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh-

A bill to amend Act creating Commissioners for Mcintosh County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County



Matters.

By Mr. Swift of MuseogeeA bill to regulate certain matters of review pro-
cedure relating to motions for new trials.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. 1.'aylor of Washington-
A bill to require county authorities to remove and rep1a<>e road obstructions at the county's expense.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to provide for the change of county lines in certain counties.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By~ Pickett of TerrellA bill to prescribe salaries for the Judges of
the Superior Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

200

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By Messrs. Field and Smith-

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Lakeview.



Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Wood and Bennett-

A bill to repeal an A'ct to establish the City Court of Monroe.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Nevils and TurnerA bill to amen4 Section 612, Code 1910, relative
to fishing in certain waters. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Wood of Twiggs-
A bill to amend Section 3137, Code 1910, relative to hours of labor in certain manufacturing establishments.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Messrs. Wood and Bennett-
A bill to provide for holding four terms per year of the Superior Court of Walton County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to prevent the manufacture or sale of certain class of boots and shoes.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Rhodes and LipscombA bill to amend the charter of Athens. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to amend Section 93, Code 1910, relative to
the crime of rape.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Farris of Walker-
A bill to amend Section 347, Code 1910, relative to carrying weapons.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper in the State of Georgia.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. McRae of WilcoxA bill to amend an Act to regulate..the manner of
selecting official county newspapers.
Referred to t'ommittee on Public Printing.

By Mr. Neal of GordonA bill to compel the screening of hotels.

202

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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to repeal an Aet to provide for the proper protection of sinking funds of municipal corporations.
Referred to Committee on Municipal GovernmenL

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend Act creating the Georgia StateReformatory.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Hart of Warren-
A bill to pension lady school teachers.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Garlington of Richmond-
A bill to fix the weight of a barrel of lime.
. . Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1..
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to provide for the Ordinary for issuing: licenses and collecting certain taxes.
Referred to Committee on Ways .and Means.

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By Mr. Garlington of RiehmondA resolution to amend the rules of the House so
that one hour be given each Friday for the passage of general bills by unanimous consent.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Thompson of Madison. A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. S. E. Glynn. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. MOye and MossA resolution to appoint joint committee of House
and Senate to request the Governor to borrow $5,000,000.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Parks of UpsonA resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Macy Bran-
nan. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

t'

A:.fesolution to appoint eommittee to decide the

feasibility of removing the School for the Deaf. from

C.a~~ _Spring~. . .

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By Mr. Stone of TaliaferroA resolution to investigate the Agricultural and
Mechanical Colleges of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Education. The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Moye of JohnsonA resolution to install an electric fan in the post
office of the Capitol. By unanimous consent the following bill was read
the second time and recommitted to the Committeeon Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A 'bill to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County.
The following invitation was received through Mr. Rhodes of Clarke, was read and accepted:

To the General ..Assembly:
The Mayor and City Council of Athens, and the Chamber of Commerce, cordially invites your honorable body to be their guests at an old fashion Georgia barbecue at Athens, at one o'clock on Saturday, July 12th, 1913.
A special train will be placed at your disposal leaving Atlanta Saturday morning and returning Saturday evening. It is cordially hoped that every

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member of the Legislature will be our guest on that occasion.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Garlington of Richmond.
On motion of Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson, the H-ouse adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o'clock A. M.

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JouRNAL OF THE HouSE,

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, 1\TLANTA, GA., July 1st, 1913.-

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o 'dock A. M.; was calJed to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
The Speaker announced the Standing Committee on Rules, the membership of which is as follows:

RULES.

BuRWELL, Ex-Officio, Chairman. BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.

Hardeman, Miller, Nunnally, Paulk, of Berrien, Ragland,

Redwine, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade.

On motion of Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson, the House took a recess until 10:25 o'clock A. M.

The hour of 10:25 A. M. having arrived, the House was again ealled to order by the Speaker.
The following resolution was read and refer~ed to the Committee on Rules:

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By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution to abolish certain standing committees and to establish certain other standing committees of the House.
Mr. Blackburn of Flulton, Vice-Chairman of Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr~ Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules having bad under consideration House Resolution No. 28, now reported, report the same with recommendation that the same do pass.
R. B. BLACKBURN' Vice-Chairman.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 153; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite three.. fourths vote, was adopted.
The Speaker then announced the Standing Committees of the House, which are as follows:

ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND.

GREENE, of Houston, Chairman.

MILLS, Vice-Chairman.

Anderson, of Banks, Keen,

Pharr, Lee, of Wilkinson,

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McRae, of Wilcox, Perkins, Spence, of Carroll,

Tracy, Warren.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

MYRicK, Chairman. HoPKINs, Vice-Chairman.

Adams, of Hall, Blackburn, Cheney, Edmondson, Ennis, Gower, Griffin,

LeSueur, McCurry, Nunnally, Smith, of Fannin, Stone, of Taliaferro, Wimberly, Wisdom.

APPROPRIATIONS.

WHEATLEY, Chairman, M~THVIN, Vice-Chairman.

Berry,

Hollberg,

Brookshear,

Lane, of .Jasper,

Burney,

Ledbetter,

Connor,

Meaders, of Oconee,

Culpepper, of Meriwether, Meadows, of Wayne,

Dean,

Nevil,

Ennis,

Olive,

Farris,

Palmour,

F,oster,

Rhodes,

F,ullbright,

Smith, of Fulton,

Greene, of Houston,

'Daylor, of Washington.

n..-1ffin.

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AUDITING.

TRACY, Chairman. LANE, of Decatur, Vice-Chairman. ,

Anderson, of Banks, Melson,

Sumner.

BANKS AND BANKING.

CooPER, Chairman. CARLTON, Vice-Chairman.

Arnold, of Oglethorpe,

Bullard,



Clements,

Lane, of Jasper,

Ledbetter,

Meadows, of Wayne,

Ragland, Redwine, Shadburn, Shipp, Sumner, Thompson.

CONSERVATION.

IIABmN, Chairman. NEAL, Vice-Chairman.

Allen, of Pickens, Bell, Ellis, Middleton,

Perkins, Reynolds, .Stone, of Dawson.

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CORPORATIONS.

BuLLARD, Chairman. STovALL, of McDuffie, Vice-Chairman~

Cochran, Garlington, Harrell, Hollberg,.

Jackson, Jones, of Lowndes, Moon, Moore.

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERH~

WIMBERLY, Chairman. DuNCAN, Vice-Chairman.

Allen, of Pickens, Ballard, Bell, Bennett, Carter, of A.ppling, Greene, of Houston, Herrington, Lane, of Decatur,

Pickett, Slade, Smith, of DeKalb, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, of Laurens, Wall.

EDUCATION.

JAMES, Chairman. RANSOM, Viee-Chairman.

Adams, of Pike, Anderson, of Murray, Arnold, of Henry, Beck,

Clements, Dodd, Evans, McCants,

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McCrory, McMichael, Meadows, of Wayne, Mills,

Neal, Nevil, Wall, Reese, of Thomas.

Ballard, Beck, Burney, James, Nevil,

ENGROSSING.
HINES, Chairman.
KmD, Vice-Chairman.
Ransom, Reese, of 'rhomas, Smith, of DeKalb, Sparks.

ENROLLMENT.

EDMONDSON, Chairman.

HoLLBEBG, Vice-Chairman.

.Anderson, of Murray, Lane, of Jasper,

Oheney,

.Loyd,

Connor,

McCants,

.

Cooper,

' .Meadows, of Wayrie, _

Davidson, fi

-Methvin,

Dodd, Estes,

~Neal,
~-Simpson,

t. \
.r

Hammac~,,. . f.i

' Thompson.

CoLLINs, Chairman.. - ..- !-

, ~s, Mi~Cihairman.

Redw~t. .. t;~. .. , , :: -Wood, of Walton. , .!-

SpellQe,. ,Qf C~ll;." ,. .

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GAME AND FISH.

RAINEY, Chairman.

ATwooD, Vice-Chairman.

Corn, Culpepper, of Clinch, Dodd, Keen, Kimbrough, Liles,

Parks, Perkins, Smith, of Rabun, Tootle, "'\Y ohlwender,
'Voods, of EmanueL

GENERAL AGRICULTURE No. 1.

KIMBROUGH, Chairman.

STRICKLAND, Vice-Chairman.

J lien, of Glascock,
Arnold, of Oglethorpe, Booker, Coleman, of Calhoun, Cook, Dodd, B'oster, Hardin, Hart, Hines,
H~llberg, ~rohnson,
Lane, of Jasper,

Lee, of Lee,
LivE~comb,
McWhorter, :Mills, Parker, Paulk, of Ben Hill, Reese, of Milton, Reynolds, Smith, of DeKalb, Stewart, Suggs, Turner, Wood, of Walton.

GENERAL AGRICULTURE No. 2.

CLEMENTs, Chairman.

TAYLOR, of Washington, Vice-Chairman.

Arnold, of Henry, Beck,

Carter, of Stewart, Coleman, of Laurens',

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Culpepper, of Clinch, Duncan,
Grimes, Harrell, Hendrix, Hodges,
~Jackson,
Keen, Lee, of Wilkinson, I.iles, McLendon,

::\lelson, Oliver, Parks, Pharr, Reiser,
~impson,
Rpence, of Carroll, Stone, of Taliaferro, Tootle, Warren, Woods, of Emanuel.

GENERAl~ JUDICI.A!RY No. 1.

WoHLWENDER, Chairman.

OLIVE, Vice-Chairman.

Adams, of Hall, Anderson, of Murray, Blackburn,
Cheney, Crawley, DeVaughn, Dorough,. Fullbright, Garlington, Griffin, Harris, Henderson,

Holtzclaw, Loyd, McCrory, Miller, Moss, Myrick, Slater, Smith, of Fannin, Sparks,
Stovall~
Wisdom, Wright,

GENERAL .JW>ICIARY No. 2.

GowER, Chairman.

WIMBERLY, Vice-Chairman.

Ad81lns, .of Pike, , Connor,

Culpepper, of Meriwether, Davidson,

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Edmondson, Ellis, Field, Fowler, Green, of Wilkes, Hardeman, Heath, Hopkins, Jones, of Coweta, LeSueur,

McCalla, McCurry, Moon, Moye, Nunnally, Picquet, Sheppard, Smith, of Fulton, Swift, Whitaker.

GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

FosTER, Chaimmn.

REESE, of Thomas, Vice-Chairman.

Bennett, Cole, Coleman, nf Calhoun, Collins, Culpepper, of Clinch,_ Hart,

Johnson, Lee, of Lee, . McRae, of WilcQ:x,
Stone, of Dawson, Wood, of Twiggs.

GEORGIA STATE SA:NITARIDM.

THOMPSON, Ch'airman. EsTES, Vice.,.Qhairman.

Brinson, . . Carter, of Appling,

.~~re, Spence,

.1o.f.

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Mitchell,

Farris,

Strickland,

Grimes,

Taylor, of Laurens,

Hammack, , '., ,,

.W~rren, , : i/

Hayes,

Wood, of Twiggs,

Hltieg,' ., ' ; ,. 'Woods, of Emanuel: ,

Lane, of Decatur,! '

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HALLS AND ROOMS.

McMicHAEL, Chairman. ~DMONDSON, Vice-Chairman. Paulk, of Ben Hill.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.

ALLEN, of Jackson, Chairman.

;SHUPTRINE, Vice-Chairman.

Arnold, of Henry, Dean, Estes, Farris, McRae, of Wilcox,

Paulk, of Berrien, Shipp, Stovall, of Elbert, Tootle.

INSURANCE.

McRAE, of Telfair, Chairman.

LEDBETTF.Jt, Vice-Chairman.

Gower,
Jones, of Coweta, McCrory, McLendon,

Moore, Picket, . Ragland.

INVALID PENSIONS AND SOLDIERS' HOME.

MEADERs, of Oconee, Chairman.

BRINSON, Vice-Chairman.

Allen, of Glascock, Coleman, of Calhoun, Lee, of Wilkinson,

Reiser, Turner, Wood, of Walton,

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

JOURNAIJS.

CARTER, of Appling, Chairman.

HAYEs, Vice-Chairman.

Allen, of Glascock, Brookshear,

Sparks.

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS.

McCARTHY, Chairman.

MoYE, Vice-Chairman.

Atwood, Bryan, Coleman, of Laurens, Crawley, Green, of Wilkes,

McLendon, Methvin, Moon, Olive, Parks,

MANUFACTURES.

Akin, Carlton,

HARms, Chairman. CRAWLEY, Vice-Chairman.
McCarthy.

MILITARY AFFAIRS.

Clark, Connor, Fowler, Oliver,

SPENCE, of Mitchell, Chairman.
WRIGHT, Vice-Chairman.
Palmour, Picquet, Wheatley.

..

Bryan, Corn,

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MINES AND MINING.

IIIDDLBTON, Chairman. ANDERSON, of Murray, Vice-Chairman.

Reese, of Milton.

MUNICIPAI, GOVERNMENT.

PICQUET, Chairman. CLARK, Vice-Chllirman.

Bennett, Berry, Booker, Dorough, Field, Henderson,

Hodges, McCalla, Pharr, Pickett, Shipp.

PENITENTIARY.

SLATER, Chairman. SMITH, of Fannin, Vice-Chairman.

~\dams, of Pike, Allen, of Pickens, Anderson, ot Banks, Bell, Brinson, Cochran, Coleman, of Laurens, Collins, Corn,

Davidson, Dodd, Hayes, Herrington, Kidd, Lee, of Lee, McCants, McCarthy, Middleton,

-as

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Mills, Neal, Parker, Reese, of Milton, Reynolds, Smith, of Rabun, Spence, of Mitchel1,

Stone, of Dawson, Stovall, of McDuffie, Strickland, Taylor, of Washington, W ohlwender, Wood.

PENSIONS.

MeWHORTER, Chairman.

BuRNEY, Vice-Chairman.

Ballard, Clark, Cook, . Hammack, Johnson, Kimbrough,

McGehee, Simpson, Slade, Stovall, Tracy, Warren.

PRIVILEGE.S AND ELECTIONS.

Moss, Chairman.

McCuRRY, Vice-Chairman.

Hend~
Ransom,

Reiser.

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.

RB:on~s, Chairman.

PAULK, of Berrien.

Atwood, Hardeman,

Miller.

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PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

SnusoN, Chairm.an.

JAcKsoN, Vice-Chairman.

Brookshear, Carter, of Stewart, Cook, Davidson,

Hendrix, Herrington, Hodges.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Hardin.

DoRoUGH, Chairman. McCANTs, Vice-Chairman.
Smith, of Rabun.

PUBLIC PRINTING.

BRYAN, Chairman.

BooKER, Vice-Chai.rman.

Dorris, Henderson, James,

LeSueur, McCalla.

PUBLIC PROPERTY.

FIELD, Chairman.

BEBBY, Vice-Chairman.

Akin, Carter, of Appling, Dorris,

Holtzclaw, McGehee,
Methvin.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

RAILROADS.

HoLTZCLAw, Chairman. CULPEPPER, of Meriwether, Vice-Chairman.

Arnold, of Oglethorpe, Cooper, DeVaughn, Fullbright,

McRae, of Telfair, Pickett, Wall.

REFORMATORIES.

ELLis, Chairman. Moss, Vice-Chairman.

Allen, of Jackson, Grimes,

Shadburn.

RULES.

BuRwELL, Ex-Officio, Chairman. BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.

Hardeman, Miller, Nunnally, Paulk, of Berrien, Ragland,

Redwine, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade.

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SPECIAL JUDICIARY.

WisDoM, Chairman. HEATH, Vice-Chairman.

Duncan, Harrell, Loyd, Meaders, of Oconee,

Moye, Shadburn, Sheppard, Whitaker.

TEMPERANCE.

ADAMs, of Hall, Chairm.an. ENNIS, Vice-Chairman.

Dean, Evans, Hopkins, McRae, of Telfair, McWhorter, Parker, Parks,

Rainey, Shuptrine, Slater, Stone, of Taliaferro, Swift, Wheatley.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND ITS BRAINCHES.

LIPscoMB, Chairman. P ALMOUR, Vice-Chairman.

Green, of Wilkes, Hart, Heath,

Loyd, Tay]or, of Laurens, Turner.

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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE,

WAYS AND MEANS.

AKIN, Chairman. CoLE, Vice-Chairman.

Bullard, Cochran, Cooper, DeVaughn, Dorris, Estes, Evans, Garlington, Jones, of Coweta, Jones, of Lowndes, Lipscomb, McGehee,

Melson, yrick, Oliver, Paulk, of Ben Hillr Rainey, Sheppard, Stewart, Suggs, Stovall, of Elbert, Swift, Thompson.

WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

CHENEY, Chairman. JoNES, of Lowndes, Vice-Ohairman.

Allen, of Jackson, Carlton, Carter, of Appling, Cole, Fowler, Hammack,

Harris, McMichael, Smith, of Fulton, Stewart, Whitaker, Wright.

Speaker Burwell, in a preliminary statement tQ his announcement of the Standing Committees, said that in the appointment of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, he had, after diligent in-

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.quiry, avoided the placing on that committee any member who was interested in any way for, or against the creation of any""" new county. The announcemeti.t of the committees showed that Judge Hopkins of Thomas, had been assigned as ViceChairman of that committee. Arising to a question -of personal privilege, Mr. Hopkins said:
"I wish to thank the Speaker, who will bear me .out in the statement that I have neither in person, -or knowingly by others, expressed to him any prefer-ence for committee assignment, for the honor conferred upon me by placing me as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendment. Had I had the choice of committees, I should have -selected this one. In my long service in both branches of the Assembly, I have heretofore enjoyed the privilege of serving on this committee, in the.House as a member and in the Senate as Chairman, yet Mr. Speaker there is something, the attainment of which I desire more than this honor. I want and shall strive to merit the confidence and esteem of the Speaker and the members of this House. I should justly forfeit both, should I remain silent, knowing that I rest under the disqualifying conditions, announced by the Speaker, unknown to him at the time of my appointment. I am openly <Jpposed to the formation of Hansell County. My
people know it. Not to announce it here at this time
would be unfair to them, unfair to you, Mr. Speaker, .and unfair to this House.
''Other than in this particular instance, in whieh as a Representative of Thomas County, I am inter-

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ested, I believe myself to be 'absolutely impartial. Yet for this and my hP~rty approval of the efforts of the Speaker to constitute tbis committee one :without prejudice and one of absolute fairness, I must ask relief from this service.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution was introduced, read the first time and referred to committee:

By :Mr. McCrory of Schley-

A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the House and the Senate to go into the question of selecting text books.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By unanimous consent the following bills and reso-

lutiQns were introduced, read the first time and re-

ferred to committcres:



By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 2665 Of the Code of 1910, relative to power of the Railroad Commission in approving bond issue.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines, benzines, napthas, etc.
Referred to General .A:gricultnral Committee No.1.

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By Mr. Moye of Johnso.nA bill to incorporate the I"-wn of Scott. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Shuptrine and- MyrickTo regulate the itinerant vending of medicine. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-
tion.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA bill to provide for the election of a Lieutenant-
Governor. ~eferred to Committee on Constitutional Amend-
ments.

By Mr. Adams of PikeA bill to incorporate the town of Meansville. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to create the new County of Tate.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin-
A bill to amend an Act relative to killing squirrels in White, Union and Habersham Counties.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend .Section 337 of the Code of 1910 relative to the election of President pro tem. of Senate.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. DeVaughan of MaconA bill to amend the charter of the City of Ogle-
thorpe. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to prohibit the erection and maintenance of obstructions in close proximity to railroad tracks.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon..N hill to amend an Act orgamzmg Boa:rd of
County Commissioner_s for the County of Gordon. Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.

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By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend Section 4356 of the Code of 1910 relative to execution docket of the Superior Court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Cooper of WareA bill to give women the right to practice law. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to prevent unfair competition and unfair trade practices.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of 1910
prohibiting freight trains running on Sunday. Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Dodd of Bartow-
A bill to give the State and the defense an equal number of strikes in certain cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Meadows of Wayne-
A bill to provide for lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

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Referred to Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad.

B,y Messrs. Meadows and Sparks-
A bill to permit any gchool district of the State to make of its school a farm school.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. McCants of Taylor-
A bill to authorize the Ordinary of Taylor County to call an election on the Alternative Road Law.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Berry of Whitfield-
A bill to make it unlawful for certain persons to operate automobiles, etc., on the highways of the State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to provide for tax assessors in each militia district in the State and wards in cities.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Arnold and Arnold-
A bill to provide for the permanent registration for voters.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks--
A bill to require persons or corporations operat. ing railroads within this State to erect sign boards
along the right-of-way.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Aict establishing the City Court of Camilla.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to amend the game law. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to establish a permanent place in the City

of Atlanta for the execution of felons.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-

A bill to regulate the transportation and carriage of explosj.ves.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

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By ~Ir. Wohlwender of MuscogeeA bill to fix the costs in action for the recovery
of personalty in certain cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
To amend 'Section 1, Article 5 of the Constitution which relates to the Executive Department.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Farris of WalkerA bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Supe-
rior Court of Wilkes County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA bill to amend Section 720 of the Code of 1910
relative to sale of mortgaged property. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb)i bill to provide that notice by the carrier shall
be given to consignors of freight before undelivered goods may be sold.
Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
.A:. bill to amend Article 3, Section 5 of the Con-

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stitution relative to the presiding officer of the Senate.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Evans of ScrevenA bill to increase the powers of the Ordinaries
of this 'State relative to amending records.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. McMichael of MarionA bill to provide for the relief of temporary ad-
ministrators and their bondsmen. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Anderson of Murray-:-

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A ibill to repeal Section 388 of the Code of 1910 relative to the jurisdietion of certain offices.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. McWhorter of Greene-
A bill to amend Section 999 of the Code of 1910 relative to challenges for cause.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to appropriate $206.72 to State Geologist
for unpaid expenses of the Jamestown Teroonnial E'xposition.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that upon the adjourning of the General Assembly on Thursday, July 3rd, the same stand adjourned until 11 o'clock A. M. July 7th, 1913.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitu-
tional majority the following bill of the House, to-
wit:
A bill to provide for the holding of a special election for iSenator of the United States from the State of Georgia, for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919.
Mr. Fullbright of Burke, Chairman of Special Committee appointed under resolution to enquire into the legality of the election of Ron. Douglas McArthur of Wheeler County, and Ron. Leo. H. Browning of Bleckley County, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your comml.ttee raised by House Resolution N:o. 10 to enquire into the right of the Hon. Douglas

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McArthur of Wheeler, and the Hon. Leo. Browning of Bleckley, to membership in this House, etc., beg leave to submit the following report:
We find first. That Article 3, Section 3, Paragraphs one and two of the Constitution which limit the membership of the House of Representatives to 184 members were not changed by the passage of the Acts of 1912, amending the Constitution so as to create Bleckley and Wheeler Counties, nor by these amendments when ratified iby the electors of the State.
Second. That neither the amendment creating the County of Bleckley nor the one creating the County of Wheeler made any provision for tepresentation from those counties, but on the contrary left this officer out of the list of those provided for by the amendment; and made provision for representation for said county in each case by expressly incorporating Section 837, Code of 1910, in the amendment creating the county.
Third. That therefore no such office as that of Representative for either Bleckley or Wheeler County exists under the Constitution.
Fourth. That no legal election has been held for Representative in either Bleckley or Wheeler County but the electors residing in these counties participated in the election of Representatives from Pulaski and M~tgomery Counties at the election in October, 1912.
Fifth. We further find, based upon the foregoing, that neither the Hon. Leo. Browning, nor the Hon.

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Douglas McArthur, is a legal member of the present House of Representatives and to allow them, or either of them, to participate in its proceedings would be to endanger the Acts of the present General Assembly.
Sixth. T'hat since the above named gentlemen were not legally entitled to membership in the House, the act of taking the oath of office did not make them members, but amounts to a mere nullity.
Respectfully submitted,
H. J. FuLLBRIGHT, Chairman, wALLACE MILLER, C. A. PrcQUET, R. B. BLACKBURN, R.N. HARDEMAN, w. F. SLATER, w. H. GRIFFIN' 0. T. GowER.
Mr. Fullbright of Burke, moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. Pickett of Terrell, moved to postpone action :m the report until tomorrow morning immediately after the order of unanimous consents.
Mr. Stewart of Coffee, moved to table the report.
Mr. Edmondson of Brooks, moved to adjourn, which motion was lost, the ayes being 29, nays 104.
On the motion of Mr. Stewart of Coffee, to table the report the ayes were 56; nays, 90. The motion was therefore lost.

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On the motion of Mr. Pickett of Terrell, to postpone action on the report until tomorrow morning immediately after the order of unanimous consents, the previous question was called by Mr. Moye of Johnson.
The previous question was put and the main question ordered, and the motion of Mr. Pickett of Terrell, prevailed and the report goes over until tomorrow moll.ling immediately after the order of unanimous consents shall have been exhausted.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris, Chairman of Committee on the part of the House appointed under resolution by the General Assembly of 1912 to look into the "Cotton Tare" situation submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Under a resolution of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August the 5th, 1912, a copy of which is hereto attached, a joint' committee, viz.: J. A. Cromartie and W. W. Hamilton of the Senate, M. L. Johnson, J. E. Lord, and T. H. Kimbrough of the House, were appointed a committee and author-
ized to take such action, as was necessary, to secure
legislation on the question of "Cotton Tare," the standardization, and improv~ condition of the American cotton bale, the reduction of freight and insurance charges, and assure the arrival of our fleecy staple, to destination in a respectable condition, would ask to make a report on this important work.

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Our first WQrk was to compile, and have printed the Acts of the General Assembly of 1911-1912, on this question, that ,we might prepare for an effective and intelligent effort. After this we carried the question before the ''Annual Association of Agricultural Workers and Commissioners of the Cotton Belt,'' at Raleigh, North Carolina, November the 7th, 1912, and was discussed with much interest and
.. profit. At this time a special committee consisting
of Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina, Congressman Burleson of Texas, Brantley of Georgia, and Representatives from the Department of Agriculture and Commerce1 who were requested to take up this subject, and cooperate with your Committee and Commissioners of Cotton Belt.
To carry on this work, we found it necessary to correspond with our Senators and members of Congress, Governors and Commissioners of Cotton States, leading agriculturists of the South, Exchanges of Europe and America, Steamship lines, Association of Cotton Manufactories, and many others, which required several hundred letters.
We are glad to report that a majority of these were not only very respectful to your committee, but promised their hearty co-operation. Yet there were those from whom w~ expected help that we found not in sympathy with the producer, (who has to work thirteen months every year to clothe the nation), or
they were too dull to comprehend and appreciate
the importance of the work assigned us.

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We visited or conferred with many of our cotton manufacturers, and have endeavored to watch the movement of some of the various cotton interests, who ''plant not, neither do they spin,'' but through associated effort in several conventions, were providing penalties, imposing burdens, appointing and instructing strong delegates to shape nationallegialation on cotton to snit their views, and never in a single instance have tliey consulted the producer or manufacturer, and not since Oglethorpe planted the first fifty cotton seed where Savannah now is located has there been such efforts to control and appropriate values. By a prompt effort, they have receded from their plan to adopt a standard press box 24x54, which would have not only been a hardship and very burdensome, but would have been wholly impracticable for general use. As these had arranged to shape national legislation, we felt it our imperitive duty and privilege to help them through without a'!l invitation, we appeared before and were heard by the Inter-State Foreign Commerce Committee on the cotton question. The national government through this committee and agricultural department is manifesting an interest, and we feel is in full sympathy with justice, and we expect results that will be beneficial to the cotton section in more ways than many may expect. We feel under special obligations to exRepresentative Brantly and Representative W. C. Adamson of Georgia, to Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, and Senator E. D.-Smith of South Carolina, and other southern representatives, and also to some of other sections, who knew but little of cotton- and

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nothing of the situation, until the appeal was made to President and Congress by the General Assembly of Georgia, 1911, but now are much interested. We are sure progress has been made, though we well know that much more could have been accomplished, if in some of the departments, (who were expected to help) there had been less politics and more readiness to work. Many of our manufacturers are or express themselves in sympathy with the move. Some of the exchanges in Europe and in America admit the justice of our cause, and we have reason to expect help from them.
Now, Mr. Speaker, if not considered presumptuous, would suggest a new committee, one from the Senate and two from the House, who with the Commissioner of Agriculture, wolild continue the work, with instructions to push it, and are confident that they will save millions of dollars to the cotton belt, have our cotton producers to meet the reasonable demands of trade and transportation, and that we will soon see an improvement in the cotton bale that will make it the pride of America.
Respectfully submitted, T. H. KIMBROUGH,
For the Legislative Com. of Ga. on Cotton.
The following is the resoJution referred to in the above report, under Wlhich resolution the report was made:
A RESOLUTION.
WHEREAs, ~e Special Con!\Ular Beporit !in response to an appeal to the President and Congress

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of the United States made under instrll!ction of House !Wsolution No. 23, session of General Assembly 1911, on the question of ''Cotton Tare'' has created considerable interest among cotton men of every section, and still greater interest may be expected w'hen generally known that the position taken, and the gross injustice to the cotton producer stressed in the resolution and appeal, is admitted in this Special Consular Report,
WHEREAS, The consensus of opinion, if we would
secure justice to the cotton producers of America, and remove prejudice against the Alnerican cotton
.
bale is that it is highly important to secure uniform legislation on the question of ''Tare,'' in the cotton producing States, and as far as practicable to standardize the American bale,
Therefore, Be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives, Senate concurring, that a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed, and are hereby authorized to take such steps as may be advisable to secure the needful legislation on the question of "Cotton Tare" and the standardization of the American cotton bale, the protection of the producer, removal of prejudice, reduction of insurance charges, and assure the arrival of American cotton to destination in a respectable condition.
Approved August 5, 1912.
JOSEPH M. BROWN'
Governor..

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J. A. Cromartie, W. W. Hamilton, M. L. Johnson, J. E. Lord, T. H. Kimbrough, Special Committee appointed by the General Assembly of Georgia, August, 1912.

Mr. Hines of Troup, Chairman of the Engrossing Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Engrossing have examined and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Act:
An Act to provide for a special election for Sena-
tor of the United States from the State of Georgia, for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, to declare the result thereof, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. HINEs, Chairman.

The following invitation was received and read:

BRuNsWICK, GA., June 25, 1913.
To the Members of the Senate and House of Rep'resentatives, State of Georgia, Atlatnta, Ga.
Gentlemen: Our committee, representing the allied commercial bodies of our city and our citizens in general, extends to you a cordial invitation to

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visit Brunswiek July 16th and 17th, on the occasion of the Reunion Georgia Division U. C. V.
Very sincerely, THE GENERAL REUNION COMMITTEE,
J. G. WEATHERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Fowler moved to reconsider the action of the House in adopting the following resolution:

By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution. That when the General Assembly adjourns Thursday, July 3, 1913, the same stands adjourned until Monday, July 7, 1913, at 11 o'clock A.M.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb, moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Oliver of Quitman, and Mr. Meadows of Wayne.

The 'Speaker announc~d the House adjourned un
. til tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. M.

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REP~ESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 2, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m., was called to order by the Speak~ er, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
.By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was taken up for consideration:
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution to procure for the use of the Hous~ a sufficient quantity of Swifts Springs water for the sessions of the years 1913 and 1914.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton moved to amend by striking the words ''Swift's Spring Wa.ter'' and inserting the words spring water, which amendment was lost.
The resolution was then adopted.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time, and referred to committees:

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243

J3y Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to amend Section 1036 of the Code of 1910, providing for a statement by a prisoner.
Ref~rred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A ,bill to allow the prosecuting attorneys in all criminal trials to amend indictments, presentments or accusations.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Douglas.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to provide for holding four terms of Coffee
Superior Court. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Corn of TownsA bill to create the County of Northen. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con-
stitution.

By Mr. Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to amend Section 2408 of the Code defining the character of certain investments.

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Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Cooper of Ware-
A bill to regulate the issuance of marriage licenses in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Cooper and Strickland-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State, adding a new article with reference to the formation of new counties.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Jones and Griffin-
A bill to amend an Act to establish and organize an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal College in South Georgia.
)Referred to Committee of University of Georgia and Its Branches.

By Mr. Harris of Washington-
A bill to amend an Act to revise the school laws of the State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Bell and ;pickettA bill to create the new County of Griggs.

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245

Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jackson.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to give the State and the defense an equal number of strikes in certain cas'es.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
A bill to regulate the burying of pead an.imals. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Quitman.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Smith, Gower and Cochran-
A bill to regulate the practice in the Superior Courts. of the State.
Referred to Ueneral Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Hardin of MonroeA bill to amend Section 3276 of the Code of 1910
relative to foreclosure of mortgage on realty.
&ferred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Ragland of TalbotA bill to authorize and regulate oral motions for
new trial in the Courts of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Nunnally of FloydA bill to appropriate forty-five thousand dollars
to the Georgia School for the Deaf for making an addition to the boys' dormitory.
&ferred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Heath of BurkeA bill to prescribe the minimum punishment of
all felonieS' less than capital felonies. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Crawley of WareA 'bill to make tax collectors in all counties of this
State ex-officio sheriffs in certain cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Duncan of DoolyA hill to amend an Act incorporating the town
of Unadilla.

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247

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to authorize the appointment of public defender in all counties in this State having a city of a certain number of inhabitants.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Hodges of BrooksA bill to prescribe qualifications of jurors over
sixty years of age. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to amend Article 7, Section 1, of the Constitution by adding paragraph 3.
Referred to Committee on AmendmentS' to the Constitution.

By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill relative to pandering, known as "White Slave Traffic,'' to define and prohibit the same.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Griffin of LoWndesA bill to abolish the fictitious forms of pleading
in ejectment.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to require goods made by convicts to be
so labelled while exposed for sale. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Culpepper of Clinch-
A bill to create Norwood County. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to authorize Solicitor-General to prefer accusation in certain misdemeanor cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to tax Coca-Cola. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Edm~>ndson of BrooksA bill to provide for the relief of Wm. B. Kent. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Arnold and Arnold7
A bill to amend Section 60, of the Code of 1910, relative to the qualifications and registration of eleetors in this State.
. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

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249

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to prohibit unfair commercial discrimination between different sections, communities or lo-calities.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Field and SmithA bill to establish an Agricultural School in the
Fifth Congressional District of Georgia. Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Adams of .Hall-
A bill to provide for erecting a monument by the State of Georgia to mark the grave of James Milton Smith, Governor of Georgia from 1872 to 1877.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Smith of FultonlA. resolution to pay to S. N. Tutlebaum the sum
of $528.60 for certain sum.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs Nevil and Turner-
A bill to create the new County of Stonewall. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Messrs. Stewart, Herrington, Jones and Rollberg-
A bill to create the new County of Atkinson.

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Referred to Committee on Amendments to the

Constitution.

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By unanimous consent House Bill 179 was transferred from the Committee of General Judiciary No. 1 to the Committee on General J ndiciary No. 2.

By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted:

By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Chattahoochee.

The order of unanimous consents having been exhausted, the report of the Special Committee appointed to inquire into the legality of the election of Hon. Douglas McArthur of Wheeler County, and Hon. Leo H. Browning of Bleckley County, was taken up for consideration as a special order set for this time on yesterday.

By unanimous consent the session of the Honse was extended until the consideration of the above report could be concluded.

Mr. Nunnally of Floyd called the previous question.

The motion for the previous question was sustained and the main question ordered.
The Speaker recognized Mr. Fullbright, Chair-

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man of the Committee making the report, for twenty minutes.
On the question of adopting the report of the Committee, Mr. Slater called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Dean,

Adams, Pike,

DeVaughn,

Akin,

Dodd,

Allen, Glascock,

Dorough,

Allen. Jackson,

Dorris,

Allen, Pickens,

Duncan,

Anderson, Banks, Edmondson,

Anderson, Murray, Ellis,

.Arn:old, Henry,

Evans,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Farris,

Atwood,

Field,

Ballard,

Foster,

Beck,

Fowler,

Bell,

Fullbright,

Bennett,

Gower,

Berry,

Greene, Houston,

Blackburn,

Green, Wilkes,

Booker,

Griffin,

Bryan,

Grimes,

Burney,

Hammack,

Carlton,

Hardeman,

Carter, Stewart,

Hardin,

Cheney,

Harrell,

Cole,

Harris,

Coleman, Calhoun, Hart,

Coleman, Laurens, Hayes,

Cook,

Heath,

Cooper,

Henderson,

Oorn,

Hendricks,

Crawley,

Herrington,

CUJlpepper, Clineh, illnes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hollberg,

Davidson,

Holtzclaw,

Hopkins, Jackson, James, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, Lipseomb, Loyd, McCants, McCrory, McGehee, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Middle!Jon, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moye, Neal, Nev.ils, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Perkins, Phatt, Picquet,

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Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb,

Smith, Fulton,

Tootle,

Smith, Rabun,

Tracy,

Sparks,

Turner,

Spence, Carroll,

Wall,

Stone, Dawson,.

Warren,

Stovall, Elbert,

Wheatley,

Stovall, McDuffie, Whitaker,

Strickland, Sumner,

Wisdom,
wohlwender,

Swift,

Wood, Walton,

Taylor, Washington, Woods, Emanuel,

Thompson,

Wright,

ThoS'e voting in the negative were Messrs.___:

Bullard, Oarter, Appling,
.Clark, Dlements, Cochran, Connor, Ennis, Estes, Hodges, Johnson, Kidd, :McCalla, McCarthy,

McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wiloox, Methvin, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Nunnall) Olive. Paulk. Ben Hill,

Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Ragland, Rhodes, Shipp, Smith, Fannin, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Wood, Twiggs,

rnhose not voting were Messrs.-

Brinson, Brookshear, Oollins, .
Garlington,

Keen, LeSut>ur, Meadows, Wayne, Oliver,

Rainey, Shuptrine, Wimberly,

The call of the roll was verified.

On the adoption of the report the ayes were 135, nays 37, and the report of the committee was therefore adopted.

The following communication was received and :read:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913.
Atlanta, Ga., U.S. A., July 2, 1913.
Bon. W. B. Burwell, Speaker, House of Representatives, City.
Dear Sir-I wish to extend to the members of House, attaches, pages, etc., an invitation to be my guestS' at the Grand Opera House, Thursday night, July 3, 1913.
There will be shown Mr. Edison's Wond&ful Talking Pictures for_ the first time in this city.
Tickets will be found in House Post Office addressed to each member.
Respectfully, GEORGE BROWN,. M.D.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Ransom of Chattooga, Mr. Hammack of Randolph, Mr. Carter of Appling, Mr. Reynolds of Charlton, Mr. Warren of Turner and Mr. Picquet of Richmond.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 3, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m., was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispenst~d with.
The following message was receivled 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 providing that when the General Assembly adjourns today it be until Monday, July 7, at 11 o'clock a. m.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules:
By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA resolution to establish a Standing Committee of
the House to be designated as the Enrollment Com-

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mittee, and that the Speaker in naming the committee be permitted to disregard the rule restricting the service of members to three committees.
Mr. Wheatley, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution~ and recommend the same do pass.
Authorizing payment of the earned salary of the insurance clerk in the Comptroller's office.
Respectfully submitted, ORAWFORD wHEATLEY, Chairman.

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

By Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend the registration laws of this State.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Eleetions.

.By Messrs. Stovall, Wall and ThompsonA bill to fix the salaries of county treasurers.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter.A resolution that the members-elect from the
Counties of Bleckley and Wheeler be accorded the

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courtesy of sitting upon the floor of this House, and of drawing their per diem and mileage for the full session.
Referred to the Committee on Privileges of the Floor.

By Mr. Evans of ScrevenA bill to amend Section 604 of the Code of 1910,
with reference to killing fish with dynamite.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Messrs. Moye and MossA bill to regulate service on street cars. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. By unanimous consent the following resolution
was read the second time:

By Messrs. Hardeman and Moss-
A resolution to authorize payment of the earned salary of the Insurance Clerk.
The following resolution of the Senate was read:

By Mr. Stark of 33d-
:A resolution that when the General Assembly adjourns today, the same will stand adjourned until Monday, July 7, 1913, at 11 o'clock a.m.
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved to amend the resolution by adding the word "Be it resolved that the days of adjournment be declared dies non.

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Mr. Stovall of Elbert moved the previous ques, tion on the resolution and amendment.
The motion for the previous question was sustained and the main question was ordered..
The amendment of Mr. Wright of Floyd was lost.
The resolution was then concurred in.
Qn motion of Mr. Hardeman the House took a recess until 10:35 o'clock.
The hour of 11 :35 o'clock a. m. having arrived the House was again called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolution No. 34, and instruct me, as its vice-chairman, to report the same back, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
Respeetfully submitted, R. B. BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
The following resolution was adopted:

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution to create a standing committee, designated as Enrollment Committee, and in naming

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this committee the Speaker is authorized to disregard the rule restricting service of members to three committees.
On mo.tion of Mr. Connor of Spalding the House adjourned until Monday at 11 o'clock a. m.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., July 7th, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 11 o'clock A. M. this day; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer iby the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll .was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speake1:
The Senate bas adopted, as amended, the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution inviting Hon. Herbert Myrick of Springfield, Ill., to address the General Assembly on July 15th, 1913.
By unanimous consent the following joint resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Mi1ler of BibbA resolution, that Senator Hoke Smith be and is
hereby cordially invited to address the General Assembly in joint session during his stay in At. lnnta. And a joint committee of three from the

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House and two from the Senate he appointed to confer with .Senator Smith for the purpose of ar1 ranging a time for the address.

By unanimous consent the following resolution was read the first time and ordered laid on the table for one day:

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution, that the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives be extended to certain women of Georgia interested in the cause of equal suffrage at such times as will not conflict with the business of the House.

By unanimous consent the following hills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to declare in which cases judgment may be set aside, reversed or new trials granted.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. McMichael, Swift, Jones, et. aLA bill to aoolish the fee system of the Solicitor-
General of the Superior Court. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the City of Comer.

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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town
of Comer. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Wheatley and SheppardA bill to amend an Act amending Section 29 of
the charter of the City of Americus.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Estes of LincolnA bill to create the office of Commissioner of
Roads and Revenues for Lincoln County. Referred to Committee on Munieipal Government.
By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnettA bill to authorize the County Commissioners of
Gwinnett County to pay certain cost fees to the officers of the City Coun<:il of Buford.
Referred to 1Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA bill to further prevent cruelty to animals. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Loyd of NewtonA bill to provide for the inspection of county jails.

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Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A hill to prescribe the minimum number of employees to be used in the operation of passenger trains in this State.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to provide for the appointment of .Jury
Commissioners in each county in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Cheney, Moss and Melson-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to increase the number of Senatorial Districts.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Messrs. Heath and SheppardA bill to create a Board of Tax Equalizers. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. MeWhorter of GreeneA bill to amend the charter of the City of Greens-
boro. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McRae of WilcoxA bill to provide for holding four terms a year
{)f the Wilcox Superior Court. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Ennis and StoneA bill to appropriate $48,000 to the Georgia Nor-
mal and Industrial College at Milledgeville. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Reese of Thomas-
A bill to amend Section 203 of the Code of 1910 relative to furnishing books to State officers by the State Librarian.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to amend Section 1513 of the Code of 1910 relative to pension fee of the Ordinaries.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA bill to amend an Act to authorize the Board of

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Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium to establish a training school.

Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnettA bill to amend the charter of the City of Buford. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to regulate the granting of marriage licenses.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to change the time of holding the Superior
Court in Irwin County. Referred to Special Judiciary Cqmmittee.
By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to amend the charter of Norwood, Georgia. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to require children of certain ages to he sent to school for a c.ertain period of time.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By M.r. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to amend Section 1193 of the Code of 1910 relative to salaries of wardens of the Penitentiary.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By M.r. LoY,d of NewtonA bill to provide for the payment of a daily wage
to certain convicts.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to revise the health laws of the State. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By M.r. Adams of HallA bill to restrict interest in this State so that the
legal rate of interest shall be six per cent.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By M.r. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to craate a Commissioner ?f Drugs. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita~ tion.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to authori;e the Commissioners of Bibb County to issue certain bonds.

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Referred to Committee on Municipal GovernmenL

By Mr. Coleman of CalhounA bill to create the County of Hansell. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend-
ments.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Commissioners of Bibb County to issue certain specified bonds.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government~

By Mr. 8wift of Muscogee-
A bill to provide a right of action against any person who injures or kills a dog.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Collins-
A bill to amend Section 838 of the Code of 191(} relative to oath .of witnesses before the Grand Jury.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2..

By Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A bill to create the County of Warner. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

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i:y Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A hill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Abbeville.
Heferred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Corn of Towns-
A bill to give the citizens of Towns County the right to kill squirrels when they are destroying erops.
. Referre4 to General Agricultural Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Cooper, Stewart and CrawleyA bill to create an Insurance Department. Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to provide for the apportionment and payment of the public school fund to the local tax school districts.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Kidd of BakerA bill to create the County of Hansell. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amend-
ments.

By Mr. Miller of_BibbA bill toamend an Act to amend Section 59 of the
Code of 1910 relative to creating new counties.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Ragland of TalbotA bill to incorporate the town of Box Springs. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to provide how jurors shall be drawn and
summoned for the Superior and City Courts. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Methvin of ClaytonA bill to provide that persons charged with
offenses below the grade of felony may be tried in the Superior Courts upon accusation made out and signed by the Solicitor-General.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2~
By Messrs. Berry and AndersonA bill to provide for the payment of pensions to.
Confederate soldiers.

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Referred t_o Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Miller of BibbA bill to amend Section 443 of the Code of 1910
relative to special registration of voters. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to establish a permanent place at the State Farm for the execution of felons.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to provide for a special registration for any election of the people in any county of this State for certain purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Newborn.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to authorize the prisoner in the trial of all criminal cases, to be sworn in his own behalf.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

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By Mr. Nunnally of Floyd-
A resolution that the Governor and Secretary or
State be authorized, empowered and directed to cause a new Great Seal of the State to be made.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A resolution that no Constitutional amendment for the creation of a new county be considered at this session.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A resolution to appropriate the sum of $340.98 for purpose of paying back salary pf second assistant !State Librarian.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to require that children of certain ages be sent to school for a minimum period of time.
Referred to Committee on Education.

The Speaker announced the following as the Committee on Enrollment:
Edmondson, Chairman; Hallberg, Vice-Chairman; Anderson, of Murray, Cheney, Connor, Cooper, Davidson, Dodd, Estes, Hammack, Lane, of Jasper,

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L~yd, ~cCants, Meadows, of Wayne, Methvin, Neal, Simpson, Thompson.
Mr. McCarthy, Chairman of Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics

has had under consideration the following bills of

the House and instructed me as their Chairman to

report same back to the House with the recommen~

dation that same do pass, to-wit:



A bill to require factories, workshops, machine shops and other industrial plants to report to the Department of Commerce and Labor.
A bill to amend Section 130 of the Code of 1910 relative to authority of Department of Commerce and Labor designating seats for females.

A bill to amend Section 2696 of the Code of 1910 relative to qualifications of locomotive engineers.

A 'bill to amend Section 3137 of the Code of 1910 regulating the hours of labor in certain establishments.
Also recommend the following bill of the House do pass as amended, to-wit:

A bill to require factories and worksh9ps to provide proper ventilation.

Respectfully submitted, JosEPH MoCABTHY,
Chairman~

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Mr. Rhodes of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on the Privileges of the Floor,. submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Privileges of the Floor having had under consideration Joint Resolution No. 35, beg leave to make the following report:
Your -committee finds that the General Assembly is absolutely prohibited from granting, by vote, resolution or order, any donation or gratuity in favor of any person, -corporation or association. This prohibition is contained in Paragraph 1, Section 16, Article 7 of the Constitution of this State.
Your committee finds that, in view of the fact that Mr. Leo Browning, of the County of Blookley, and Mr. Douglas A. McArthur, of the County of Wheeler, have been denied seats on the floor of this house on the ground that there exists under the Constitution of this ,state no such offices as representatives from Bl.eckley and Wheeler Counties, to allow these two gentlemen th~ir per diem and mileage, as provided in said resolution, would be a donation on the part of this General Assembly within the said Constitutional prohibition.
Upon the section of the resolution which provides that the two above named gentlemen be allowed seats on the floor of the House for the session of 1913-14, your committee :begs leave to report ad-

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versely, and to recommend that the same be not addpted by the House.
J. F. RHoDES, W ALLAOE MILLER, GEo. A. PAULK,
R. N. HARDEMAN' GEo. E. ATwooD.

By unanimous consent the following House resolution was taken up for the consider:ation of a Senate amendment:

By Mr. Garlington of Richmond-
A resolution to invite Hon. Herbert Myrick to address the General Assembly July 15, 1913.
The following Senate amendment was concurred in:
To amend House Resolution No. 20 by adding after the words "1913" in 12th line, the words "at 12 o'clock M.''
The following invitation was received and read:
Resolved, That the Mayor and the City Council of Augusta, for themselves and their fellow-citizens, extend to His Excellency, the Governor, and to the officers and members of the General Assembly, a most cordial invitation to visit the City of Augusta at an early date as guests of the city, and inspect the property and equipment of the Medical Department of the State University.

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That the Mayor and Council respedfully urge theacceptance of this invitation, because they feel that a careful inspection of the plant and a knowledge of the fundamental features of the school's organization and evolution are essential to an appreciation of the economic as well as the educational value of this contribution of the City of Augusta to the State's resources.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of. a resolution adopted by the City Council of Augusta at a special meeting held June 5th, 1913. Witness my hand and the seal of the City of Augusta, this 5th day of July, 1913.
WM. LYON MARTIN, Clerk of Council.

The Richmond delegation suggests Wednesday, July 16th, 1913, as the date upon which the General Assembly visit Augusta.
OLIVE,
GARLINGTON, PICQUET,
of Richmond.

The following joint resolution was read and adopted as amended:

By Messrs. Olive, Picquet and Garlington-
A resolution to accept an invitation extended by the City of Augusta to the General Assembly on Wednesday, July 16th, 1913, and that said date bede<!lared dies non.

MoNDAY, JuLY 7, 1913.
Mr. Sheppard moved to amend by striking all of Section 2 of the resolution relative to declaring the date dies non, which amendment was adopted.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted:
On motion of Mr. Olive by unanimous consent the resolution was immediately transferred to the Senate.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A resolution inviting Hon. Hoke Smith to address the General Assembly.
Under the order of reading bills the third time, the following resolution was taken up:
By Messrs. Hardeman and Moss-
A resolution to authorize the payment of the earned salary of the Insurance Clerk.
An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the Whole and designated as Chairman, Mr. Blackburn of Fulton.
After considering the resolution, the Committee .arose and reported the same back 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 the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Estes,

Adams, Pike,

Evans,

Akin,

Fariss,

Allen, Glascock,

Field,

Allen, Jackson,

Foster,

Allen, Pickens,

Fowler,

Anderson, Banks, Fullbright,

Anderson, Murray, Garlington,

Atwood,

Gower,

Ba:llard,

Greene, Houston,

Beck,

Green, Wilkes,

Bell,

Griffin,

Bennett,

Hammack,

Berry,

Hardeman,

Blackburn,

Hardin,

Booker,

Harrell,

Brinson,

Harris,

Brookshear,

Hart,

Bryan,

Hayes,

Bullard,

Heath,

Burney,

Henderson,

Carter, Appling, Hines,

Cheney,

Hodges,

Clements,

Holtzclaw,

Cole,

Hopkins,

Coleman, Calhoun, James,

Coleman, Laurens, Johnson,

Connor,

Jones, Coweta,

Cook,

Jones, Lowndes,

Cooper,

Kidd,

Culpepper, Clinch, Kimbrough,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lane, Jasper,

Davidson,

Ledbetter,

Dean, i

Lee, Wilkinson,

DeVaughn,

LeSueur,

Dodd,

Liles,

Dorough,

McCalla,

Dorris,

McCants,

Duncan,

:McCarthy,

Edmondson,

McCrory,

Ellis,

McLendon,

Ennis,

McMichael,

McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Miller, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Miltx>n, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shipp, Shuptri.ne, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, 1SWv'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland,

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Suggs,

Thompson,

Sumner,

Tracy,

Swift,

Turner,

Taylor, Laurens. Wall,

T11ylor, Washington, Whitaker,

Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Henry,

Lane, Decatur,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Lee, Lee,

Carlton,

Lipscomb,

Carter, Stewart,

Loyd, .

Clark,

McCurry,

Cochran,

McGehee,

Collins,

McRae, Telfair,

Corn,

Melson,

Crawley,

Methvin,

Grimes,

Middleton,

Hendrix,

Mills,

Herrington,

Moon,

Hollberg,

Moore,

Jackson,

Paulk, Ben Hill,

Keen,

Ransom, Reiser, Shadhurn, Sheppard, Simpson, Slater, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Tootle, Warren, Wheatley, Wi.mberly, Wood, Walton, Wright,

Ayes, 140; Nays, 0.

By unanimous consent, the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was- passed.
By unanimous consent, House Bill 154 was withdrawn from the Committee on Railroads and rereferred to the Committee on Corporations.
On motion of Mr. Greene of Houston, the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., July 8th, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; 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, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Collins,

Hammack,

Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hlardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

\

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzcla.w,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

.Tackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

.Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, 'Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson.

TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1913.

LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr,, Pickett, Piequet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, :Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Blade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, St{)ne, Dawson, St{)ne, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, l\fcDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington. Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall,
'Varren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohl wender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, W alt{)n, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following !bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to create a Board o.f Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.

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Referred to General Agricultural Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to authorize railroad companies to better improve their lines of railroad by relocation of their tracks.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Atwood of McintoshA bill to amend the charter of the City of Darien. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Stovall and Kimbrough-
A bill to amend Section 1811 of the Code of 1910 relative to compensation of the General Oil In- spector.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee No.2.

By Mr. Wright of FloydA hill to authorize the annual premium to be paid
on the bond of the State Treasurer by the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
.By Messrs. Garlington and Olive-
A bill to provide secret ballot in Augusta, Ga., in all elections for members of Council.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA resolution to pay to .W. T. Jones $100.00 for-
the capture of Andrew McCullough.
Ref~rred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Wohlwender of MuscogeeA bill to repeal Section 2877 of the Code of 191(}
relative to secret orders.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1..

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to make it unlawful to carnally know and
abuse a female under the age of twelve years.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Simpson of Cherokee-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a public school system for the town of Canton.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.
Referred to Committee on Counti~s and County Matters.

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Br Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to create the office of Co~issioners of
Roads and Revenues for Irwin County. Referred to Committee on Counties and Qounty
Matters .
.By Messrs. Slade and ParkerA bill forbidding divorces in the State of Georgia
except for adultery or fornioation. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. McRae of WilcoxA bill to incorporate the town of Kra' mer. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA bill to repeal Section 320 of the Code of 1910
relative to salaries of officers of the Georgia State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarmm.
By Mr. Redwine of FayetteA bill to authorize the Governor to appoint an
.additional State depository in the City of Atlanta. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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Bv Mr. Reiser of Effingham-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court

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of Springfield.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Jones of Coweta-
A bill to require the designated depositories of this State to furnish the State Treasurer with New York exchange at par, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Messrs.- Picquet, Olive and Garlington-
A bill to provide how certain election contest cases shall be beard and determined.
Referred to General Judiciary Comniittee No. 2~

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A resolution to create a Commission to sell or exchange the Governor's Mansion.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett-
A resolution that the Committee on Amendments. to the Constitution be instructed not to report any new county bills at this session.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-

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A bill to provide rules and regulations to govern

the ginning of cotton in this State.

Referred to General Agricultural Committee No.2.

Mr. Cooper of Ware, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking has 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, to-wit:
A bill to amend Section 3442 of the Code of 1910 relative to loan deeds.
Respectfully submitted, L. J; CooPER, Chairman.

Mr. McWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:

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A bill to amend an Act to put in force the Constitutional amendment relative to pensions.
Respectfully submitted, W. P. McWHORTER, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer, Chairman -of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House resolution and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, as amended, to-wit:

By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro, to investigate the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges of Georgia.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. Gower, Chairman of General Judiciary Committee No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. B'f!eaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 has had under consideration the following bills of the House, and reported same as follows:
To regulate and prescr.ibe certain matters of review and procedure relating to motions for new trial. Do pass.

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To make it unlawful for certain persons to operate automobiles on public highways. Do not pass.

Respectfully submitted,

0. T. GowER.

Mr. Wohlwender of l\fuscogee, Chairman of Committee on General .Tudieiary No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The General Judiciary Committee No. 1 has had under consideration the bills hereinafter set forth and has instructed me as their Chairman to report the same as follows:
To fix the legal weight of barrel of lime. Do pass.
To amend Section 5645 of Code of 1910. Do pass.
To amend Section 3276 of Code 1910. Do pass.
To amend Section 347 of Criminal Code 1910. Do pass, as amended.
To put in force the Constitutional amendment ratified at the November election in 1912 of Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph 2. Do. pass.
To amend Section 999 of Criminal Code 1910. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, ED. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth, Chairman of the Com-

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mittee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following
report:
Mr. Speaker: The Special Judiciary Committee having had the
following bills under consideration, has authorized me, as their Chairman, to make the following recommendation in reference to same:
House Bill 55. ''A bill to be entitled an Act to .amend an Act of the City Court of Miller County, approved August 6th, 1909, and for other purposes.'' Do pass.
House Bill 66. ''An Act to arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits by taking from the Middle Circuit the County of Jenkins and adding said county to the Augusta Judicial Circuit.'' Do pass.
House Bill 265. "A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Douglas, in and for the County of Coffee, and all laws amendatory thereof and to abolish said court. To provide for disposition of books, papers, etc., of said court, and for other purposes.'' Do pass.
House Bill 266. ''A bill to proVide for holding four terms Coffee Superior Court each year; to prescribe the time for holding same, and for other purposes.'' Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, LOUIS E. WISDOM,
Chairman Special Judiciary Committee. B. H. MovE,
Secretary Special Judiciary Committee.

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Mr. Kimbrough of Harris, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. S'peaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 having under consideration Bill 142, do recommend . that it do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman. July 8th.

By unanimous consent the following bills were withdrawn from certain committees andre-referred to other committees, as follows:.
House Bill 183 withdrawn from Pension Committee and re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
House Bills No. 52 and No. 104 withdrawn from Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 and r.ereferred to the Committee on General ~udiciary No.2.
House Bill 35 withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary and re-referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
House Bills No. 41 and No. 45 withdrawn from General Judiciary No. 2 and re-referred to General Judiciary No. 1.
House Bill No. 163 withdrawn from Appropriations and re-referred to Labor and Labor Statistics.

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Leave of absence was granted Mr. Fullbright of Burke, on account of sickness.
On motion of Mr. McMichael of Marion, the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. M.



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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
ATLANTA, GA., July 9, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 66 was recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Pickett of TerrellA resolution to appropriate the sum of $500 to
certain persons, to refund near beer license in County of Terrell for the year 1911.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to appropriate $35,000 to the State School of Technology.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Messrs. Stovall and CooperA bill to require a license to be obtained from the
sale of soft drinks of all descriptions.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA bill to make appropriations for the Executive,
Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State for the years 1914 and 1915.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to create the Department of Banking in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Ban~ng.

By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers and Firemen in certain counties.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-

A bill to prescribe the authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture

No.1.



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By Mr. Miller of BibbA bill to prescribe salaries for the Judges of the
Superior Courts of this State. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. James of GilmerA bill to amend an Act to revise the school laws
of the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to amend Section 520 of the Code of 1910 relative to railroad trains blowing whistles in the corporate limits of towns or cities.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. McMichael of MarionA bill to prescribe the duties of the Clerks of the
Superior Courts in Georgia. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Hammock, Slater and MethvinA bill to appropriate $20,000 per annum to the
1State Board of Entomology for two years. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. McMichael of MarionA bill to prescribe the duties of the Judges of the
Superior Court.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

:By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A hill to change the name of the Georgia State :Sanitarium to that of the Georgia State Hospital for the Insane.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

By Messrs. Field and SmithA hill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town
<>f Lakeview. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Kidd of Baker-
A hill to amend an Act to put in force a Constitutional amendment relative to pensions of Confederate soldiers.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptrine-
A hill to permit county officers levying taxes to levy taxes sufficient to pay the necessary legal expenses without regard to any percentage of the State tax.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and ShuptrineA bill to provide for payment hy counties of the

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actual necessary expenses for bringj.ng back fugitives from justice.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to change the scholastic years from calen-
dar to collegiate year.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to make it unlawful for any fire insurance corporation to issue or use fire insurance policy on property mider any name other than that of the corporation obligated thereunder.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Meadows of Wayne--
A bill to revoke the license of any physician or surgeon, who shall have carnal knowledge of any female patient, while under his professional care and treatment.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to provide an annual pension for the widow of Ex-Governors of this State who was a soldier from Georgia in the war between the States.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

.WEDNESDAY, J l:LY 9, 1913.
By Mr. Bennett of WaltonA bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court
. of Monroe. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Wood and BennettA bill to amend Section 443, Code 1910, relative
to tally sheets of elections. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and ShuptrineA bill to give the County Commissioners in each
county power and authority to enact and enforce certain regulations.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to create the office of State Auditor of State
accounts. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Suggs of Harals-onA bill to authorize the Grand Juries of each
comity to employ a stenographer. Referred to General J udiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Anderson of MurrayA bill to require defendants in criminal cases to
be put under oath.


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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Garlingt<>n of RichmondA bill to allow a deed or other instrument of
writing attested by Notary Public.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Warren of TurnerA bill to amend the charter of the City of Syca-
more. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Hardin of Monroe--
A bill to regulate the selling or giving away or lending of pistols or pistol cartridges iD. the State of Georgia.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Wood and Bennett-
A bill to amend Section 446 of the Code of 1910 relative to registration list of voters.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Rhodes of C.larke---
A bill to amend Act t<> create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.



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By Mr. Wohlwender of Museogee-A resolution to make appropriations to pay pen-
sions for 1914-1915. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Fowler of BibbA bill to amend Sections 750 and 754 of the Code
of 1910 relative to punishments by municipal courts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Smith, -Wright and McCarthyA bill to define the liability of employers to em..:
ployees in certain employments. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Slade of Muscogee--
A resolution to make appropriation for the Georgia Soldier Roster Commission for 1914-1915.

By Mr. Green of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Smith of FanninA bill to create a new charter for the town of
_McCaysville.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. \Vood and BennettA bill to appropriate $100.00 to the Trustees of
the Fifth District and Agricultural School. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Loyd of NewtonA bill to amend Section 5600 of the Code of 1910
relative to the successors of guardians.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. L

By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to establish a Legislative Reference Bureau. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to incorporate the Camilla School District. Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-A bill to amend an Act to re-apportion the several
Congressional Districts in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. L

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to provide an additional method for adjudging persons insane.

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Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarmm.

By Messrs. Woods and Herrington-
A bill to create the County of James.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

By Mr. Spence of MitchellA bill to incorporate the town of Cotton. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Redwine of FayetteA bill to amend an Act to create in the Treasury
Department a Bank Bureau.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Crawley of WareA resolution for the relief of M. J. Dolan and
.J. W. Seals. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following resolution was read and ordered to lie on the table for one day:

By Mr. Foster of Floyd-
A resolution that the Committee on the Georgia :Rchool for the Deaf be authorized to make visit of

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inspection to said institution during the interim between the sessions of 1914.

The following resolution was read the second time and adopted :

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution that the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives be extended to certain women interested in the cause of equal suffrage.
Mr. McRae, Chairman of Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Insurance has had under consideration the following bills of the House and instruct me as their Chairman to report the same as. follows:

House Bill No. 9, providing upon what conditions and manner fire insurance companies may retire and withdraw from the !State. Do pass.

House Bill No. 33, to return cash values for taxation under life policies. Do not pass.

June 9th, 1913.

Respectfully, ToM J. McRAE of Telfair,
Chairman.

Mr. Thompson, Chairman State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on State Sanitarium has had under consideration bill of the House No. 288, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The same being a bill to authorize the Board of Trustees of Georgia State Sanitarium to establish a training school, and for other purposes.
THOMPSON, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County Matters
beg leave to report that they have had under consideration the following House bills, and beg to report as follows:
House Bill No. 7. Do not pass. House Bill No. 114. Do not pass. -House Bill No. 106. Do pass. House Bill No. 107. Do pass, as amended.
Respectfully, WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell, Chairman of the Com-

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mittee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bill of the House, and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create the office of City Recorder for the City of I.~aGrange.
A bill to amend charter of Athens.
Respectfully submitted,
D. B. BULLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Myrick of Chatham, Chairman of the Com- _ mittee on Amendments to the Constitution, submit- ted the follo"\\-ing report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bill of the House, and instructed me as their Chairman to report-the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:
A bill to create the new County of Barrow.
Respectfully submitted, SHELBY MYBICK, Chairman.

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By unanimous consent, the following resolution was read the second time and re-committed to the Committee on Education.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley_____.:
A resolution to appoint a Joint Committee to inquire into the prices of text books in this Stat~.
The following resolution of the House was taken up for the purpose of considermg Senate amendments thereto :

By Messrs. Olive, Picquet and Garlington-
A resolution accepting the invitation to visit the City of Augusta on July 16th, 1913.
The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in :
To amend by striking out the words and figures "Wednesday, July 16th," and inserting in lieu thereof the words and :figur~s, "Saturday, July 19th," and by adding after the word "accepted" the words ''and that the General Assembly shall stand adjourned for that day and the same be declared a dies non."
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were withdrawn from certain committees and re-referred to certain other committees:

House Bill No. 8 and House Bill No. 93 were withdrawn from General Judiciary No. 2 and re-referred to General Judiciary No. 1.

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House Bill No. 202 was withdrawn from General .Judiciary No. 1 and re-referred to Privileges and Elections.
House Bill No. 235 was withdrawn from General Judiciary No. 2 and re-referred to Privileges and Elections.
House Bill No. 3 was withdrawn from General -.Judiciary No. 1 and re-referred to Penitentiary.
House Bill No. 35 was withdrawn from Special .Judiciary andre-referred to General Judiciary No.2.
By unanimous consent the following hill was recommitted to the Committee on .Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speake1:
The Senate has adopted, as amended, the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution accepting the invitation of the City of Augusta for the General Assembly to visit Augusta July 16, 1913.
Under the order of reading bills and resolutions the second time, the following bills and resolutions were read the second time:

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305.

By Mr. Jones of Coweta-
A bill to amend Section 130 of the Code of 1910 relative to authority of the Department of Labor and Commerce in designating seats for females.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to require factories, work shops, machine .shops and other industrial plants to the Department .of Labor and Commerce.

By Messrs. Reese, Dodd and Adams-
A bill to put in force the Constitutional amendment to exempt farm products _from taxation.

By Mr. Grimes of MillerA bill to amend an Act creating the City Cour1
.of Miller County.
By Mr. Olive of RichmondA bill to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910,
relative to the manner of verifying petitions.

By Messrs. Davidson and Sparks-
A bill to amend Section 3276 of the Code of 1910, relative to foreclosure of mortgage on realty.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.

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By Messrs. Cook and W ohlwender-
A bill to provide the conditions and manner in which a foreign fire insurance company may with draw securities on deposit with State officials.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to amend an Act creating County Commissioner Districts in Ben Hill County.

By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to create the new County of Barrow.
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA bill to amend ail Act authorizing the Trustees
of the Georgia State Sanitarium to establish a training school.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of Coffee Superior Court.

By Messrs. Moon an,d Hines-
A bill to create the office of City Recorder for J,aGrange.

By Messrs. Lipscomb and RhodesA bill to amend the charter of Athens.
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court
of Douglas.

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By Mr. Wood of Twiggs-
A bill to amend Section 3137 of the Code of 1910 relative to hours of labor in certain establishments.

By Mr. Swift of Muscogee-
A bill to regulate and prescribe certain matters of review procedure relating to motions for new trials.

By Mr. Foster of Floyd -
A bill to amend an Act to put in force the Constitutional amendment relative to pensions to Confederate soldiers.

By Messrs. Shuptrine and Myrick-
A bill to amend Section 347 of the Code of 1910 relative to carrying concealed weapons.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to require certain establishments to provide proper ventilation.

By Mr. Garlington of RichmondA bill to fix the legal weight of a barrel of lime.

By Mr. Evans of Sereven.A. bill to amend Section 3442 of the Code of 1910
:relative to deeds to secure debt.

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By Messrs. Smith and Field-
A bill to require the State Veterinarian to examine cattle and live stock in the State.

By Mr. McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 2696 of the Code of 1910 relative to locomotive engineers.

By Mr. Stone of TaliaferroA resolution to investigate the Agricultural and

Mechanical Colleges of Georgia.
On motion of Mr. Wohlwender, the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. M.



THURSDAY, JULY ~0, 1913.

3og.

REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
ATLANTA, GA., July 10, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M., was called to order by the Hpeaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Hall,

O:>leman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Collins,

Hammack,

Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson~

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,.

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry, Blackburn,

DDuonrrcias1n,

Hollberg, Holtzclaw,.

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jookson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

.Johnson,

Bullard,

E<Vans,

Jones, Coweta,.

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,.

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart, Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,.

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower;

Ledbetter,

C:ochran,

Greene, H()uston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,.

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LeSueur, Uiles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, MlcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLend<m, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin,
Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore,
Moss,
Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade,
~later,
Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, ,stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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

The following resolution was read and adopted:

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
of A resolution extending the sympathy the House
to Hon. L. R. Akin of Glynn, and his family in the death of his little grandson.

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

By "Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution to pay the expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough in attending the cotton tare conventions at Washington, D. C., and Raleigh, N. C.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to require the equipment of certain hotels
and boarding houses with fire escapes.
R-eferred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to amend Section 2697 of the Code of 1910 relative to electric headlights for locomotives.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Messrs. Moon and MeadersA bill to provide for the election of tax receivers. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Moon of Troup--
A bill to provide for four terms of the Troup Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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.By Mr. Berry of Whitfield-
A bill to regulate the manufacture and sale of cot. ton duck.
Referred to Committee on Manufactures.

"By Messrs. Lane and Harrell-
A bill to amend Section 4734 of the Code of 1910 relative to how defenses shall be filed.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

.By Mr. Whitaker of HeardA bill to provide for the payment of the publi<.>
school teachers. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. McCarthy and Shuptrine-
A bill to provide the sanitation of bakeries, canneries and certain other food-producing establishments.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Nunnally of FloydA bill to require hotels, inns and public boarding
houses to keep posted the rate of charges for rooms. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Ballard of Columbia-
A bill to provide for the payment of certain insolvent criminal costs~

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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By :Messrs. Wimberly and Kimbrough.A. bill to appropriate $7,500.00 for the chemical
department of the Department of Agriculture.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Griffin and Jones-
A bill to appropriate $1,567.00 to the Sou~h Georgia State Normal College to pay fire insurance premiums.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Lane and HarrellA bill to enable individuals to ship in car load
lots without paying a special ta:x as dealers.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to give the three nearest adult relatives of an insane person the right to waive the ten days' notice.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Lee of Wilicinson-
.A. bill to transfer Wilkinson from the Ocmulgee to the Dublin Circuit.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of 1910
relative to the children's court. Referred to Committee on Reformatories.
By Mr. Allen of JacksonA bill to amend an Act to establish the 8tate Board
of Embalming. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-
tion.
By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA bill to amend Section 721 of the Code of 1910
relative to sale of crops. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. McRae of TelfairA bill to amend an Act creating the charter of
the town of Lumber City. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Tootle of TattnallA bill to amend the ~harter of the City of Glenn-
ville.

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R.eferred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A resolution that no unanimous consent to place upon its passage any general bill during the time allotted to the order of unanimous consents should be in order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution to appropriate certain amounts to L. W. and C. S. Robert and R. R. Smith, engineers for surveying certain county lines.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on the University of Georgia and Its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the University of Geo.rgia and Its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their
Chairman to report the same hack to the House with
the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
An Act to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to establish and organize an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal College in South Georgia as a branch of the University of Georgia," and for other purposes.
LIPSCOMB, Chairman.

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Mr. Gower of. Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
To give courts authority to mould sentences, and to provide for probation officer. Do pass by substitute.
To regulate collection of live stock claims against railroads. Do not pass.
To define duty of migratory homesteaders. Do not pass.
To re-arrange Cordele and Albany Judicial Circuits. Do pass.
To amend Section 795 of Criminal Code 1910. Do pass.
To re-arrange Middle and Augusta Judicial Cir.cuits. Do pass as amended.
To amend Section 80 of the Code 1910. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
0. T. GowER, Chairman.

Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report :

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill of .the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
A bill to be entitled an Act to require designated
depositories of this State to furnish the State Treasurer with New York Exchange at par, and to pay the State Treasurer's checks drawn against State funds at their face value in exchange, and to place the funds of the State where same are needed free of charge.
Respectfully submitted,
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 has had under consideration the bills hereinafter set forth and has instructed me ~s their Chairman to report the same as follows :
To amend Section 2798 of Civil Code, 1910. Do pass by substitute.



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An Act regulating running of automobiles, etc. Do pass, as amended.
Respectfully submitted, ED. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.

Mr. Slater of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following House bills, Nos. 3 and 17, of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that th~ same do pass.
MR. SLATER, Chairman.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 305, and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
D. B. BULLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:



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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 64. A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County, in the Dublin Judicial Circuit; to change the number of terms of said court to be held each year, and for other purposes.

House Bill No. 190. A bill to be entitled an Act to prescribe a method of giving notice in writing of charges against members of County Boards of Education, and for oth,er purposes.
House Bill No. 10. An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dougherty, from the County Treasurer of said county, to contribute towards the support of the hospital operated by the Albany Hospital .Association, in the City of Albany, and for other purposes.

House Bill No. 284. A bill to be entitled an Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court in Irwin County, in the Cordele Circuit, and for other purposes.

House Bill No. 302. rro be entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Abbeville, in and for the County of Wilcox.

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House Bill No. 303. rro be entitled an Act toprovide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Wilcox County.
Lours E. WrsnoM, Chairman.

Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vlice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following House resolutions, and instruct me as its Vice-Chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do not pass, to-wit :
House Resolution No. 43. Being a resolution instructing Committee on Amendments to Constitution not to report any new county bill at this session.
Also, House Resolution No. 19. Being a resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee to be known as ''Committee on New Counties.''
Also, House Resolution 21. Being a resolution providing an amendment to the Rules of the House.
Also, House Resolution No. 37. Being a resolution providing that no proposed amendment to the Constitution providing for the creation of a new t'Ounty should be acted upon at this session.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman, Committee on Rules.

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The following resolutions, unfavorably reported by the Committee on Rules, were read and the report being agreed to, the resolutions were lost :

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee. of the House and Senate to consider all new county bills.

By Mr. Garlington of Riehmond-
A resolution to amend the Rules of the House so that one hour be given each ~nday for the passage of general bills by unanimous eonsent.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A resolution that no Constitutional amendment for the creation of new counties be considered at this session.

By Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett-
A resolution that the Committee on the Am~nd ments to the Constitution be instructed not to report any new county bills.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resoluti<_m of the House, to-wit:

A resolution inviting U. S. Senator Hoke Smith

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to address the General Assembly, during his stay in the city, and providi~g for a joint committee to wait upon Senator Smith.
The committee on part of the Senate consists of

Messrs. Huie and Hixon.
By unanimous consent the following local bil1s of the House were taken up for passage, to-wit:

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to amend an Act creating Commissioner Districts in Ben Hill County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Moon and Hines-
A bill to create the office of City Recorder for the City of LaGrange.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 148; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional ~ajority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Lipscomb and Rhodes-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Athens.

The favorable report of the Cominittee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 148; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional .majority, was passed.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe the duties of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.
The following amendment of the Committee was adopted:
To amend Section 24 by adding thereto the following: "It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, with the assistance of the said Clerk, working under his direction, to prepare and have published in some newspaper having a general ci_rculation in said county, once each three months, an abstracted statement of all expenditures made by him, whi(h statement shall show the numbers of the orders drawn by him on the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, and the amount of eaeh order and person in wl10se favor drawn, together with the subject matter of all bills m payment of which such orders were drawn."

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The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to, as amended.
On the p.assage of the bill the ayes were 145 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed, as amended.
The Speaker announced the following members as the committee on the part of the House to confer with Senator Hoke 1Smith with reference to his address before the General Assembly in joint session, to-'Wit:
Messrs. Miller, Slade, Adams of Hall.

Under the order of reading bills the third time, the following bills were taken up, to-wit:

By Messrs. Cook and W ohlwender_:_
A bill to provide upon what conditions and in what manner a foreign fire insurance company may withdraw securities on deposit with State officials.
The following amendment was adopted:
To amend by striking the word "or" in the fifth line of Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''and.''
The favora'ble report of the Committee was agreed to, as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 137; nays, 1.

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

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2 of Section 1 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia as amended by the ratification hy the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 19th, 1904, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the following amendment is hereby proposed to Paragraph 2, Section .1, Article 11 of the Constitution of. this State as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Act of July 19th, 1904, to-wit: by adding to said Paragraph the following language:
"Provided, however, that in addition to the counties now provided for by tbis Constitution there shall be a new county laid out from the counties of , Gwinnett, Walton and Jackson, said county bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point amid stream where the Mulberry River crosses. the Hall County line joining Jackson County; thence following the line between Hall and Jackson Counties to the corner of Hall, Gwinnett and Jackson Counties, thence in a direct line to the center of the Appalachee River at Freeman's Mill; thence following the middle of the cur-

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rent of said Appalachee River down to the line of Walton and Oconee Counties; thence following the line between Walton and Oconee Counties to the common corner of Walton, Jackson and Oconee Counties; thence following the line between Jackson and Oconee Counties to the Clarke County line dividing Oconee an<l Clarke Counties, thence in a direct line to McClesky's Bridge at the central point over the Mulberry Hiver and thence up the said Mulberry River to the beginning point on the Hall County line.
'l'hat Winder, Georgia, shall be the county site of said county. Said county shall be attached to the Ninth Congressional District and to the \Vestern Judicial Circuit, and shall be attached to the Thirtythird Senatorial District. That the said name of said new county shall be Barrow and that all legal voters residing in the limits of said Couut~ of Barrow entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Tuesday in .Tannary, 1!11 G, eleet au Ordinary, a Clerk of the Rupt>rior ( 'ourt, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a 'J'ax Collector, a 1'ax Receiver, a County Surveyor and a County Treasurer. Said election to be held at \Yinder, Georgia, the county site of said coy.nty. That the Superior Courts of said county shall be held on the fourth 1\fondays in March and September of each year. The limits of said county, the Congressional and Senatorial Districts and the .Judicial Circuit to which it is attached, the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court shall be aR above designaterl until changed hy lmv .

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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That when this proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses and shaH have been entered on the Journal of each House 'with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to be advertised in at least two papers in each Congressional District at least two months before the next general election 1to be held on the first wednesday in October; 1914, and he shall also provide for a submission of the proposed amendment at said genentl election, and if a majority of the electors shall ratify such proposed amendment by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, such amendment shall become. a part of the Constitution of Georgia.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, 'fhat it shall be the duty of the Governor to submit said amendment to the people at said election in the following form: That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment ~hall have written or printed on their tickets ''In favor of ratification of the amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Barrow, with 1Vinder, Ga., as the county site," and those opposed to the ratification of said amendment shaJl have written or printed on their tickets "Opposed to the ratifieation of the amendment to the Constitution <'renting the County of Barrow, with Winder, Georgia, as the county site."
:Jh. Hardeman of Jefferson, moved to postpone

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the consideration of the bill until the sesswn of 1914.
Mr. Wohlwender called the previous question on the motion to postpone until the session of 1914, which call was sustained, the main question was ordered and the motion to postpone until the session of 1914 was lost.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to. 1
The ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Coleman, Laurens,

Allen, Glascock,

Collins,

Allen, Pickens,

Connor,

Anderson,- Banks, Cook,

Anderson, Murray, Cooper,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Davidson,

Atwood,

Dean,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Bell,

Dodd,

Berry,

Duncan,

Blackburn,

Edmondson,

Booker,

Ellis,

Brinson,

Ennis,

Brookshear,

Kvans,.

Bryan,

Foster,

Bullard,

Fowler,

Burney,

Gower,

Carter, Appling, Greene, Horuiton,

Carter_ Stewart,

Green, Wilkes,

Oheney,

Griffin,

Clark,

Hammack,

Clements,

Hart,

Cochran,

Hendrix,

Cole,

Herrington,

Coleman, Calhoun, Hodges,

Hollberg, Hopkins, JMkson, James,
Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Lane, J~er, Ledbetter,
Lee, Lee,
Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilco:ot.

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McWhorter, Meaders, Oco,nee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, :Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, {)liver, :Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, :Perkins,

Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shuptri.ne, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson,

Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Ta~lor, W a;;hington, T-horupson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,

ThoS'e voting in the negative were Messr~.-

Adams, Pike,

Field,

Allen, Jackson,

Fullbright,

Arnold, Henry,

Hlardeman,

Ba:llard,

Hardin,

Bennett,

Harrell,

.Carlton,

Harris,

Com,

Heath,

Crawley,

Henderson,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hines,

Dorough,

Holtzclaw,

Dorris,

Kimbrough,

"Fariss,

Liles,

McGehee, Parks, Pharr, Ragland, Shipp, Simpson, Spence, .Carroll, Spence, l\litchell, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens..

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Akin,
Culpepper, Clinch, Estes,
tGarlington,

Grimes, Hayes, Lane, Decatur, Neal,

Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Picquet, Suggs,

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Ayes, 136; nays, 35.
The verification of the roll call was bad.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 136; nays, 35.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Grimes of Miller.
On motion of Mr. \Vohlwender of l\fuscogee the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. M

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ATLANTA, GA., .July 11, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day ~t 10 o'clock A. M., was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by Hon. \V. D. Hammack of Randolph.
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names :

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, . Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, . Arnold, Oglethorpe, Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bryan, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, ('lark,
.Clements,

Cochran,

Garlington,

Cole,

GJwer,

Coleman, Calhoun, Greene, Houston,

Coleman, Laurens, Green, 'Vilkes,

Collins,

Griffin,

Connor,

Grimes,

Cook,

Hammack,

Cooper,

Hardeman,

Corn,

Hardin,

Crawley,

Hanell,

Culpepper, Clinch, Harris,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hart,

Davidson,

Hayes,

Dean.

Heath,

DeVaughn,

Henderson,

Dodd,

Hendrix,

Dorough,

Herrington,

Dorris,

Hines,

Duncan,

Hodges,

Edmondson,

Hollberg,

Ellis,

Holtzclaw,

Ennis,

Hopkins,

Estes,

Jackson,

Evans,

James,

Fariss,

Jolmoon,

Field,

Jones. Coweta,

Foster,

Jones. Lowndes,

Fowler,

Keen,

Fullbright,

Kid d.

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Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur,
Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, MlcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller,
Mills,
Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick,

Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, P::mlk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, &iser, &ynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, SJade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin,

Smith, Fultonr Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchetl,. Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferror Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffier Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington,. Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, \Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's

Journal was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were taken up, read the third time, and put upon their passage, to-wit:

By Mr. Moye of JohnsonA bill to change the time of holding Johnson
Superior Court.

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The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to repeal an Act esta!blishing the City Court of Douglas.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed'to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The pill having received the reqUisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of Coffee Superior Court each year.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill. the ayes were 145 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By unanimous consent the following bil1s and resolutions were introduced, read the first time, and referred to committees :
By Mr. Methvin of DodgeA hill to amend an Act to establish a public school
system for the town of Eastman. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Griffin and JonesA bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court
of Valdosta. Referred to Spt>f'ia I Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Cheney of ( 'obbA bill to establish the City Court of Marietta. Referred to 1Special Judiciary Committee.
By MesRrs. Picquet and OljveA bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Governm~nt..
By Messrs "\V~imberly, Fowler and MillerA bill to prevent the pollution of the waters of the
Ocmulgee River. Referred to Committee on Counties and County
~iatters.

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By Mr. Neal of GordonA bill to amend the charter of Plainville, Ga. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA resolution to pay the pension of Henry W. Van
Riper. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA resolution that certain Acts relative to vacant
lands in Chatham County be and the same are now of full force.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA resolution relating to the introduction of new
matter on certain days. Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent the following bills and r~solutions, favora'bly reported, were read thesecond time.
By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to establish a public highway from Chatham_
County to the line of Georgia and Florida.

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By Mr. Clark of Dougherty-

A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County to contribute to the support of a certain hospital."

By Messrs. Wohlwender, Slade and Swift-
A bill to amend an Act to create the Prison Commission for the State of Georgia.

By Messrs. Warren, Clements, Paulk, et. al.-
A bill to re-arrange the Albany and Cordele Judicial Circuits.

By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
A bill to amend Section 795 of the Code of 1910 relative to adjournment by Clerk on Judge's order.

By Messrs. .Myrick and Reiser-
A bilf to amend an Act regulating the running of .automobiles.

By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee-
A bill to amend Section 2798 of the Code of 1910 relative to suits against railroads.

By Mr. Dorris of Douglas-
A .bill to amend Section 80 of the Code of 1910 .relative to holding elections.

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By Messrs. Myrick and Gower-
A bill to give certain courts authority in certaiTI cases to allo-w defendants found guilty to serve sentence outside the confines of chaingang, etc. By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-

A bill to prescribe a method of giving notice in
writing of charges against members of County Boards of Education.

By Messrs. Jones and Griffin-
A bill to amend an Act to establish an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal College in_ South Georgia.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to change the time of holding the Irwin Superior Court.

By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A :bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Abbeville.

By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Wilcox Superior Coulj;._

By Mr. McWhorter of Greene-
~ bill to amend the charter of the City of Greensboro.

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The roll of counties was called for the introduc tion of new matter, and the following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred. to committees :

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and MillerA bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Clark of DoughertyA bill to pay the Ordinaries of this State a certain
per cent. of the near beer tax. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Paulk of Berrien-
A bill to amend the law now of force and effect in this State with referenee to the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb.
Referred to Committee on Georgia School for the Deaf.

By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA hill to amend an Act establishing the Depart-
ment of Game and Fish.
Heferred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Messrs. McGehee .and Culpepper-
A bill .to create a new charter for the to~ of Woodbury.

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Heferred to Committee on Corporations. _
By Mr. Arnold of HenryA bill to amend an Act for the protection of game
animals, birds and fish. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish..
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so
as to provide the pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution .
.
By Mr. Ledbetter of PolkA bill to establish, levy and impose a special tax
on inheritances, etc. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
l3y Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as
to provide for pro rata ad va:torern tax levy for pensions.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as

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to provide for a levy of special tax for the years 1915 and 1916 to meet certain deficieneies.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to amend Section 3319 of the Code of 1910
to fix priorities. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Rhodes, Lipscomb and Fullbright-
A bill to appropriate $50,000 to the law department of the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to provide for the appropriation of money to District Agricultural Schools.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend Section 2936 of the Code of 1910 .relative. to issuing marriage licenses.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Smith and FieldA bill to require telephone companies and tele-
graph companies to maintain a union central station at the juncture of two or more lines.

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Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Swift of MuscogeeA bill to regulate the practice of presenting ex-
ceptions in trial courts. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. ')

By Mr. Garlington of RichmondA bill to amend Section 1804 of the Code of 1910'
relative to fees for the official inspection oils, etc. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. McCants of Taylor. A bill to amend the Acts revising the school laws.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A hill to allow certain electric companies to own and operate gas companies.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
.By Mr. Sheppard of SumterA bill to amend Section 5858 of the Code of 1910
relative to agents of corporations testifying to certain transactions.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Moon of TroupA bill to regulate the practice of suggestive thera-
peutics.

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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Messrs. Cooper, Crawley and Striekland--A bill to abolish the office of County 'l'reasurf'r. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

Messrs. Cannon, Arnold and DeVlaughan-
A bill to create the new County of Lamar. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con:';titution.

B~- -:\'Ir. Loyd of NewtonA resolution to refund one hundred dollars to the
Covington and Oxford Street "Railroad Company.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Harris and Taylor--:-
A resolution to pay the salaries of the Pension Department monthly.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee to inquire into the advisability of purchasing the A. B. & A. R. R.
Referred to Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad.

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By Messrs. Wright and Hendrix-
A resolution relative to the differences between the citizens of the State of Georgia and certain copper companies located in the State of Tennessee.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. L

By Mr. Slater of Bryan- ,
A resolution to add the names of Mr. Oliver of Quitman and Mr.Tames of Gilmer to the Committee on Penitentiary.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

, By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee to fur-. ther investigate needful legislation on cotton tare.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture, .No.1.

By unanimous consent the following bill was recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits.

By unanimous consent the following bills werewithdrawn from c-ertain committees and referred to~ertain other committees, to-wit:
House Bill No. 155 was withdrawn from the Com-

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mittee on General Judiciary No. 1 and re-referred to General Judiciary No. 2.

House Bill No. 304 was withdrawn from General

Judiciary No.2 andre-referred to General Judiciary

No.1.

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House Bill No. 76 withdrawn from Ways and Means andre-referred to General Judiciary No. 1.

H~use Bill No. 121 withdrawn from Ways and Means to Counties and County Matters.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters beg leave to report that they have under consideration the following bills with the recommendations of your Committee respectively as follows :
Con;tmittee on Counties and County Matters beg to make the following report:
To amend Act creating Commissioners for McIntosh County to make them elective by the qualified voters. Do pass.
To amend an Act approved August 7, 1912, to provide for .election of a Clerk of Board of County Commissioners of Miller. Do pass.
To repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County,

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approved August 11, 1908, and amend thereto. Do pass.
To create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County. Do pass.
Creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for County of Chatta~oochee. Recommend do pass, as amended.
MINTER W IMBEBLY, Chairman.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government has had under consideration the following bills of theHo'!lse and instruct me as their Chairman to report the same back with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 80. To authorize- Mayor and Council of City of Lithonia to hold election in said town to determine the issue of bonds for municipal purposes. Do pass.
House Bill No. 81. To create a new charter fopCity of Lithonia, etc. Do pass, as amended.
House Bill No. 91. T'o amend charter of town of Bluffton. Do pass.
House Bill No. 120. To incorporate the town of" Clermont. Do pass.

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House Bill No. 139. To amend the charter of City of Rome. Do pass.
House Bill No. 153. To create new charter for City of .Sharpsburg. Do pass.
House bill No. 206. To amend charter City .of -Griffin. . Do pass.
House Bill No. 209. To amend charter City of Oglethorpe. Do pass.
House Bill No. 293. To amend charter City of Norwood. Do pass.
House Bill No. 306. To repeal an Act authorizing ibe Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue and sell county bonds for certain purposes. Do pass.
House Bill No. :101. To authorize the Board of County Commissioners to issue and sell bonds for -certain purposes. no pass.
PicQUET, Chairman.
~Ir. Clements of Irwin County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:

J.Vl r. Spl'(1lwr:

Your Committee on General .Agriculture No. :2

have had under eonsideration the House antl instructell me

athsethfoelilrowCinhoa"-i' rmhiallns

of to

report same back to the House with the recommen

.e-lation that same do not pass:

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To provide rules and regulations to govern ginning of cotton in this State. Do not pass.
Respectful1y submitted, J. B. CLEMENTS, Chairman.

Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Jlf1. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporationfi have had under consideration the following local .House bills Nos. 314, 30, 261, 246 and 328, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
] ). B. BuLLARD, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 222 by substitute, as amended.
J.uiES, Chairman.

Mr. Slater of Bryan County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following House B~ll No. 4 of the House, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
SLATER, Chairman.

Mr. McCarthy of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Labor and Labor .Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.

A bill to amend an Act creating the Department

of Labor and Commerce.



Respectfully submitted,

JosEPH McCARTHY, Chairman.

Under the order of reading bills and resolutior.;; the third time, the following bills and resolutions were taken up for consideration :

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By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro-
A resolution to investigate the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges of Georgia.

The resolution was read the third time and tabled on motion of Mr. Stone of Taliaferro.

By Messrs. Davidson and Sparks_:_

A bill to amend Section 3276 of the Code of 1910 relative to foreclosure of mortgage on realty.

The following minority report was filed:

House Bill No. 36. Moss of Cobb, Henderson of

Jones County, Dorough of Franklin County, being

members of General Judiciary Committee No. 1,

and being pr~sent and voting against the recom-

mendation of the majority that said bill do pass,

beg leave to file this minority report that said bill

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do not pass.

They assign as their reason that said amendment is too swift, too drastic, and is unsuited to the con-. ditions of the country existing, and is not for the general welfare of the people.
"H. B. Moss, J. A. HENDERSON' T. G. DoROUGH.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, called the previous ques-

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tion on the passage of the bill, which call was sus'-tained and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Kidd of Baker, called the ayes and nays, which call was sustained and the vote was as. follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.- .

Adams, Pike,

Fowler,

Allen, J aekson,

Fullbright,

Anderson, Banks, Garlington,

Anderson, Murray, Gower,

Arnold, Henry,

Griffin,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hardin,

Ballard;

Harrell,

Bell,

Harris,

Bennett,

Hea.th,

Blackburn,

Hendrix,

Brookshear.

Hines,

Burney,

Hopkins,

Carlton,

James,

Carter, Stewart,

J one~, Coweta,

Cheney,

Jones, Lowndes,

Clark,

Kimbrough,

Cole,

Lane, Decatur,

Coleman, Calhoun, LeSueur,

Cooper,

Lipscomb,

Corn,

Loyd,

Crawley,

McCants,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., ~Carthy,

Davidson,

McCrory,

Dean,

McWhorter,

Dodd,

Miller,

Evans,

Mills,

Field,

Moon,

Foster,

Moore,

Nunnally, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun,
Sparks, Swift, Taylor, Washington,_ Tracy, ..
Warren, Wheatley, Wisdom, \Vohlwender, \Vooo, Walton, Wright,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Atwood,

Beck, BerrY, Brinson,

Bryan, Bullard, Carter, Appling,

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Clements, Cochran, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Culpepper, Clineh, Dorough, "Edmondson, Ellis, ;Ennis,
~stes,
"Fariss,
Greene, Houston, -Hammack,
Hart, Hayes, -Henderson, Herrington, Hodges, Hollberg, J0hnson, Keen, "Kidd,

Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, McCalla, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Moss, Moye, Neal, Nevil, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Perkin~~

Pharr, Pickett, Redwine, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Wall, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Akin, Booker, Cook, -DeVaughn,
Dorris, Duncan, Green, Wilkes,

Grimes, Hardeman, Holtzclaw, .Taekson, Liles, Meadows, Wayne, Methvin, Middleton,

Ayes, 83; nays, 76.

Myrick, Piequet, Reese, Milton, Shadburn, Spence, Mitchell, Suggs, Tootle, Turner,

On the passage of the bin the ayes were 83; nays, 76.

The bill, failing to receive the requisite Constitutional majority, was lost.

.:\fr. wright of Floyd, gave notice that at the

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proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the above bill.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Foster of Floyd, Mr. Dorris of Douglas, Mr. Corn of Towns.
On motion of Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, the House adjourned until Monday at 11 o'clock A. M.

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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 ~he following members answered to their names:

.Adams, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

.Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes;

..AAkllienn', Glascock,

Oollins, Connor,

Hammack, Hlardeman,

.Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

.Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

.Anderson, Banks, Oorn,

I

Harris,

.Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

.Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

.Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

.Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

JMkson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, .Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlintton,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran, Cole,

Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, MeCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon,_
McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middlebon, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, M'oye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Phatt, Pickett, Picquet, Roagland, Rainey., Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas; Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppfrd, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Ra.bun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Sl:.ov'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Stromer, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was <lispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill 319 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent the following order of business was established during the thirty minutes of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of local bills.

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2nd. Report of Standing Committees.
3rd. R-eading of bills favorably reported the second time.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

By Messrs. Greene and Holtzclaw-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Houston.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and SwiftA bill to amend the charter of the City of Colum-
bus. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to establish a public schoo.l system for
Ocilla. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to repeal an Act to establish a public school
system for Ocilla.
Mr. .Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill to fix salaries of County Treasurers, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Cheney of Cpbb County, Chairman of the Committee on W. & A. Railroad, submits the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on W. & A. Railroad have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to repprt same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, as amended, viz.:

House Bill No. 46. Do pass as amended.

House Bill No. 73. Do pass as amended.

House Resolution No. 54. Do pass as amended.

Respectfuliy submitted,

CHENEY of Cobb, Chairman.

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Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Vice-Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass :
An Act to repeal Act creating the City Court of Quitman. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
w MINTER IMBERLy'
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the. Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 5, being a bill to be entitled an Act to propose an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1 and Article eleven (11) of the Constitution of Georgia for the creation of the new County of Candler, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, as amended by said Committee.
SHELBY MYRIOK, Chairman.

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The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. Berry of WhitfieldA bill to amend the charter of Tun11el Hill.

By Mr. Grimes of Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.
By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to authorize the town authorities of Lithonia to issue bonds for purpose of erecting a city hall.

By Mr. Bell of Clay-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Bluffton.

By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners . of Roads and Revenues for McIntosh County.

By Mr. Atwood of McintoshA bill to amend the charter of the City of Darien.
By Mr. Ragland of TalbotA bill to incorporate the town of Box Springs.

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By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter of the City of Jackson.

By Mr. Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to provide that the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall not be sold.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee to inquire into the question of purchasing the A. B. & A. Railroad.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.

By Messrs. Stovall and ThompsonA bill to fix the salaries of County Treasurers.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners o~ Bibb County to issue bonds for certain specified purposes.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue bonds for certain purposes.

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By Mr. Clements of Irwin-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.

By Messrs. Field and SmithA bill to create a new charter for the City of
Lithonia.
By Messrs. Jones and HollbergA bill to create a new charter for the town of
Sharpsburg.
By Mr. Methvin of DodgeA bill to amend an Act creating the Department
of Commerce and Labor relative to compensation of the Chief Clerk.

By Messrs. Meadows and Sparks-
A bill to permit any school district to make of its public school a farm school.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd--
A hill to appoint a commission to report on tlw terms and form of a lease of the Western allfl Atlantic Railroad.

By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to amend the charter of Norwood.

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By Messrs. Foster, Wright and Nunnally-
,
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating
the City of Rome.

By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin.

By Mr. DeVaughan of Macon-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Oglethorpe.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Unadilla.

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to establish the Georgia State Industrial Home for Gir1s.

By Mr. Turner of BullochA bill to create the new County of Candler.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to incorporate the town of Clermont.
By Mr. Edmondson of BrooksA bill to repeal an Aet creating the City Court
of Quitman. By unanimous consent House Bill 319 was with-
drawn from the House.

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Under the order of reconsideration Mr. Garlington of Richmond, moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the following bill:

By Messrs. Davidson and Sparks-
A bill to amend Section 3276 of the Code of 1910 relative to foreclosure of mortgage on realty.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, moved the previous question which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
Oil the question of reeonsideration the motion of Mr. Garlington was carried.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following House resolution, towit:

A resolution to aufhorize the payment of the earned salary of the insurance clerk under Section 248 of the code of 1910.
The roll of counties was called and the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

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-By Mr. Picquet of RichmondA bill to provide for permanent registration of
.qualified voters in certain cities. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Booker of WilkesA bill to appropriate $25,000 to the Department
{)f Agriculture.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and CochranA bill to add an additional Judge of the Superior
Court for the Atlantic Circuit. Referred to General Judieiary Committee 'No. 2.
:By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to amend Section 2818 of the Code of 1910
relative to the management of trust companies Referred_ to Committee on Banks and Banking.
:By Mr. Connor of Spalding-A bill to require<certain corporations to submit
ihe:lr affairs to an annual audit. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. _
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to amend the Constitution of the State rela-
-tive to the creation of new counties.

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Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Brinson of .JenkinsA bill to define the offices of search warrants. Referred .to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. McMichael of MarionA bill to provid~ for a Tax Discoverer in each
County in Georgia.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Henderson of Turner-
A bill to repeal Sections 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1562 of the Code of 1910 relative to the. establishment of District Agricultural Schools.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Miller of Bib'b--
A bill to amend Section 3298 of the Code of 1910 relative to bills of sale.
Referred to General Judici'ary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift-
A 1bill to require all State House officers receiving fees to make a sworn itemized statement of the same to the Comptroller-General.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to amend the General Tax Ad relative to taxing moving picture shows.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Cole, Hardeman and Blackburn-
A bill to make it unlawful for the Ordinaries to charge fees for service in connection with the payment of pensions.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Keen of Echols-
A bill to encourage the growth and conservation of the pine forests of this State.
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro-
. A bill to create the office of Hotel Inspector.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Messrs. Stovall and Wall-
A bill to authorize Ordinaries to direct Sheriffs and certain other persons to visit reputed houses of ill fame.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. /

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By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the House and Senate to enquire into the question of tax equalization.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The 1Senate has adopted the following Senate resolution, to.JWi.t :
A resolution inviting Hon. T. Sambola Jones, representing the Panama-Pacific Exposition, to address the General Assembly July 15th, 1913, at 12:30P. M.

Under the order of reading bills the third time, the following bills were taken up for consideration, to-wit: -

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to establish a public highway from Chatham County to the Georgia and Florida line in Camden County.

On motion of Mr. Fowler of Bibb, the bill was postponed until Wednesday, July 16th, 1913, imme<liately after unanimous consents, and three. hundred copies of the bill were ordered printed for the use of members.

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By Mr. Clark of Dougherty-
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty. County to contribute to the support and maintenance of a hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association in Albany.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mess:rs. W ohlwender, Slade and Swift-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Prison Commission relative to salaries.
Mr. Adams of Hall, moved the previous question on the agreement to the report of the Committee, which motion was sustained, and the main question wa.S ordered.

On the agreement to the report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, the ayes were 36; nays, 111 ; and the report of the Committee being disagreed to, the bill was lost.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, gave noti~e that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in disagreeing to the report of the Committee.

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The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in:
By Mr. Huie of 35th Dist.A resolution inviting Hon. T. Sambola Jones to
address the General Assembly Tuesday, July 15th, at 12:30 P. M.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Duncan of Dooly.
On motion of Mr. Parker of Liberty, the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. M.

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1913.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 15th, 1913.

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

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

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike,
AAkllienn', Glascock,
Allen, J aekson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Atwood, Ballard,
Beck,
Bell, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bryan, Bullard,
Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney,
Clark,
Clements, Cochran, Cole,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin;

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Collins,

Hammack,

Oo~or,

Hia.rdeman,

Cook,

Hardin,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Corn,

Harris,

Crawley,

Hart,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Dean,

Hendrix,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Dodd,

Hines,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Ellis,

Jookson,

Ennis,

James,

Estes,

Johnson,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Field,

Keen,

Foster,

Kidd,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Green, Wilkes,

cLee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, MklCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore,
Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milron, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

:::iparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall,. Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterdays journal was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following order of business was established during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents.
1. Introduction of Loc.al Bills.
2. Report of Standing Committees.

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3. Reading bills, favorably reported the second -time.
4. The passage of local bills and general bills with local application.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Carnes'Ville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Field and Smith -
A bill to amend the Charter of the %wn of Kirk-
wood.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Moon and HinesA bill to amend the several Acts incorpol"ating the
City of West Point. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Clements of IrwinA billto establish the City Court of Irwin County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Clements ()f IrwinA bill to repeal an Act of 1909 to establish the
{)ity Court of Irwin County.

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Referred to Special J udiciary1 Coonmittee.

By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Early County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

. By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the Commissioners of. Roads and Revenues of Bibb County to contribute toward the support of the hospital operated by the Macon Hospital Association.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris Oounty, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that House Resolution No. 57 do pass.
House Bill No. 286. Local Bill for Towns County, do not pass.
House Bill No. 340, to create a Board of Commissioners for Coffee County, do pass.

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House Bill No. 233, to establish an Agricultural School jn Fifth District of Georgia, do not pass.
House Bill No. 165. To protect and encourage raising of cattle and prohibit the slaughter killing of heifer calves under 2 years old, that the same do pass as amended.
Kurn.ROUGH, Chairman.

Mr. JameS' of Gilmer, Chairman of Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report saJille back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass, to-wit:

By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
House Bill 325. To distribute school fund in districts of counties per capita, do not pass.

By Mr. Hammock of Randolph -
House Bill 149. To use not exceeding 5 per cent of School fund to establish certain schools, do not pass.
JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Musoogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, have bad under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 308. Provide for Special Registration. Do pass
House Bill No. 309. .Atmend Section 443 Code of Georgia. Do pass.
House Bill No. 310. Amend Section 59 Oode of Georgia. Do pass.
House Bill No. 8. Regulate sale of stocks and "Securities. Do pass, as amended.
House Bill No. 19. Taves inheritance. Do pass as -amended.
House Resolution No. 56. Instructing the Governor to investigate Coffee Companies. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
En. WoaLWENDER, Chairman.

Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking, have had under consideration the following Bill No. 130, of

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the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910, to define the tel"lll '' Qther like associations," therein referred to and for other purposes.
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.

Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
YQur Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bills of the House 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 regulate the occupation of a barber.
A bill to regulate the practice of medicine.
Als'O the following bill of the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
.A bill to create a Commissioner of Drugs.
Also the following bill of the House with the recommendation that s~e do not pass to-wit:
A bill to repeal Sections 1651 and 1652 Qf the Code of 1910 relative to sale of narcotic drugs.
Respectfully submitted, L. C. ALLEN, Chairman.

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Mr. W. P. McWhorter of Greene County, Chair man of the Committee on Pensions, submitted th<~ following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.

A bill, by Mr. Anderson of Murray, to amend

Section 1513 of Volume 2 of the Code of 1910, pro-

viding how fees shall be paid Ordinaries in the case

of Indigent Pensioners. Also



A bill to provide annual pensions for widows of ex-Governors. Also

A Resolution to make appropriations to pay J. W. Harrell balance of pension due.

They also recommend that the following do pass.

A bill to provide for payment of fees now fixed by law for Ordinaries of the Stafe in connection with the payment of pensions.
Respectfully submitted,

W. P. McWHORTER, Chairman.

Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:.

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back tQ the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
A bill to assess occupation tax on certain occupations.
A bill to amend Sections 983, 984, 985, 1763, 1764 and 1765, Code of 1910, relative to fees of Ordinary for issuing licenses.
Respectfully submitted,
L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Tom J. McRae of Telfair County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, silbmitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bill, No. 283, ;of the House ana instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pasS'.
A bill to be entitled an Act to create :an Insu:Nillce Deparfunent, provide for an election of an Insurance Commissioner, define his powers and duties, and for other purposes.
T. J. McRAE, Chairman.

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Mr. Wisdom, of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker-
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following Bills of the House, and instructed- me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 66. To re-arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits, by taking from the Middle Circuit the County of Jenkins and adding same'to the Augusta Circuit. Do pass, as amended.
House Bill No. 321. To authorize tb.e Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of the County funds the actual expenses and costs of bringing the defendant to trial in the City Court of Buford, when said defendant shall be sent to the Gwinnett County chaingang. Do pass.
House bill No. 338. To amend Section 12 of an Act entitled ''An Act to create the City Court of Springfield, in and for the County of Effingham.'' Do pass.
House Bill No. 394. Te repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide for the payment certain insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Do pass.
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establishing the City Court of Monroe in Walton County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 188. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Monroe.. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 189. An Act to provide for holding four terms per year of the Superior Court of Walton County, and to prescribe the time for holding the same. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 401. An Act transfering Wilkerson County in Ocmulgee Circuit to the Dublin J udi-T cial Circuit. Do pass as amended.
Loms E. WISDOM, Chairman.

The following message was received from theSenate 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 an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.
A bill to a'mend the Act creating the City Court oi Jefferson, approved July 16, 1903.
A bill to amend the 'Act creating a system of public schools for the City of Oglethorpe, Ga.
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Jefferson so as to change the time of holding thP sessions of said Court.
The following Bills and Resolutions favorably reported were reHd the second time.

By Messrs. Taylor and Garlington~ A bill to regulate the practice of Medicine.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and SwiftA bill to create a tax on inheritances.

By Mr. Shuptrine of ChathamA bill to create a Commissioner of Drugs.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910, -Mlative to loan associations.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to .create a Board of Commissioners of RoadS' and Revenues of Coffee County.

By Mr. Melson of ClaytonA bill to encourage the raising of cattle.

By Messrs. Spencer and Wohlwender: A bill to regulate the sale of stocks and bonds.

By Messrs Blackburn, Smith and Cochran.
A bill to regulate the occupation of a barber.

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By Mr. Miller of Bibb.
A bill to provide for a special registration fee any county for the purpose of determining whether the county shall incur debt.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend Section 443 of the Code of 1910, relative to special registration.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend Section 59 of the Code of 1910 relative to counties incurring debt.

By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee to further inquire into the question of ''Cotton Tare.''

By Messrs. Hendrix and Wright -
A resolution to authorize the Governor to investigate certain differences between the citizens of Georgia and certain copper companies in Tennessee.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to provide for the payment -of the fees now fixed by law for the Ordinaries in connection with pension work.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Augusta . Judicial Circuits.

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By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett-
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay certain cost fees.

By Mr. Reiser of EffinghamA bill to amend an Act to create the City Court
of Springfield.
By Mr. Bennett of WaltonTo amend an Act to establish the City Court of
Monroe.
By Mr. Ballard of ColumbiaA bill to repeal an Act to provide for certain
insolvent criminal costs.

By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson-
A bill to transfer Wilkinson County from the Ocmulgee to the Dublin Judicial Circuit.
The following Bills were read the third time and placed upoiJ. their passage, to-wit:

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Lithonia.
The following amendment of the committee was adopted.
Amend Section 36 by inserting the word '' reasonable" after the word "any" and before the w_ord

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' location'' in said Section 36, so that Section 36, when amended, will read as follows:

SECTION 36. Be it further enacted that the Mayor :and Council of said City shall have the power and .authority to provide for and regulate the curbs and .gutters that empty into the sidewalks or streets of said city; to regulate or prohibit (except aS' such power may be restricted by any general restricting laws) the use of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds for any signs, sign-posts, awnings, telegraph or telephone poles, wires for telegrah, telephone or electric light or power purposes, elec~ tric light or power-poles, horse troughs or watering places, hitching posts or racks, and for posting bills or advertising matter; to regulate or prohibit the carrying of handbills, banners or placards on the streets, sidewalks or public places in said city, and the gathering or holding of public meetings for any purpose therein or thereon ; also, to compel any telephone or telegraph or electric light or power company having previously located poles and wires in said city, to remove the same to any reasonable location designated by the Mayor and Council; and in case such company shall fail to remove same within thirty (30) days, or suck further time as to the Mayor and Council may seem just and reasonable, after notice by any police officer of said city, it shall have the right and authority to remove the same at the expense of such company, and collect the expense of same by execution.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Field and Smith:
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Lithonia to issue bonds for purpose of erecting a City Hall.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Chattahoochee County.
The following amendment of the committee was adopted.
To amend Section 4 in the sixth line thereof by inserting after the word ''and'' and before the word "shall" the words "the Grand Jury."
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to incorporate the town of Clermont. The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of. the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Be11 of Clay-

A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Bluffton.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130,

.. nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

tional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Foster, Nunnally and Wright-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McWhorter of Greene-
A bill to amend the Oharter of the City of Greensboro.
The favorable report of the committee waS' agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having. received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh-

A bill to amend an Act creating commissioners for Mcintosh County.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed
to.

On the passage of the hili the ayes were 141,

nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

tional majority was passed.

By Messrs: Jones and Hollberg-
A bill to create a new Charter for the town of Sharpsburg.

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Tlie fav()rable report ofthe.oomwittee was agreed to.
On the 'passage of the bills the ayes w~re :t40, nays 0.
The bill having received the r~uis~te Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mes'Srs. warren,. Clements, Paulk et a l -
A bill to rearrange the Cord~l-e ~nd.Al~any .Judi-
cial Circuits.

The f~vorah.le report of th~ committee was agr.eed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes -were 13'0,

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By Mr. Cannon of Spalding-

A bill to amend the Charter of the Dity :of Griffin.
was The favorable report of the committ~ agreed
to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,

nays 0.

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By. Mr. (}r~es of Miller-:-

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A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com~

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missioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to repeal an Act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue certain specified bonds.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 0.
'lihe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue certain bonds.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constilntional majority was passed.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Atwood of McintoshA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Darien.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Berry of Whitfield-::-
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Tunnell Hill.
The fav;orable report of the committee was agreed to.

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.On the passage of the. bill the ayes were 140, nayO.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed;

By .Mr. Ragland of TalbotA b~ ~o incorporate ~he To~ of Box Springs. The favorable report of the committee was agreed
to. On the passage of the bill the ayes were~ 119,
nays 0.
The bill having received the- requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-. '' . A bill to repeal an Act to create ~ Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.
_ The .favorable report of the com~ittee was agreed to.
O.n the pas~e of the bj.ll t~e ayeS' were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. '

By Mr. Mills of Butts-

A bijl to .amend an Act creating a new Charter of

tl!e city ~f Jackson.

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By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Unadilla.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to change the time of holding Irwin Superior Court.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the biH the ayes were 124, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hart of Warren-
A bill to amend the Charter of. the Town of Norwood, Ga.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of . Wilcox Superior Court.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court

of Abbeville.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Under the order of reconsideration, Mr. Wohlwender moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the following bill of the House.

By MesSTs. W ohlwender, Slade and Swift-
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A bill to amend an Act to create a Prison Com:misswn.
The motion was carried and the bill being reconsidered was placed at the heel of the calendar.

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On the request of the . C()mmittee . on: ,GeJ?.er~,
Judiciary No. 1, through the Chairman the~e~f 300

copies of Honse Bill 'No;. 19, the Inheritance Bin,

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Committee to confer with Senator Hoke Smith

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Senator Hoke Smith and have fixed the hour of 12
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the. General Assembly in joint session.

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Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Ohairman 0t the
Committee on Rul~s submitted .the follo:wing report.

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under con~ sideration House Bill Nlo. 60, providing ifor .the. ,iandgd.ing of new llllembers to tlle C()mm.ittee..on Print-

Also House Bill No. - requiring that one member be added to the Committee on Railroads.
And as its Vice Chairman, I am instructed to report the same back with the recommendation 'that the same do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
BLAcKBURN,.Vice Chairman.

_The Jor~oing report was adopted.
The following resolutions favorably reported by the Committee on Rules were ;adopted.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
.A,. resolution to add the names of Mr. Oliver of
Q~itm~~ ~d Mr. J~~~ of Gi4ner to the: Committee
on Penitentiary. ' : :'
The Speaker then annou~ced that the names of Mr.
OliVei- of Quitman and Mr." James of Gilmer were added:tt':dhe Committee'onPenitentiary. :->

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By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A resolution that the name of Mr. Wimberly of
Bibb be added to the Committee on Railroads.
The Speaker announced that the name of Mr. Wimberly o.f Bibb was added to the Committee on Railroads.
The following resolutions were read and referred to'the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A resolution that House Bills No. 185 and No. 317 be set for special order.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution that House Resolution No. 56, be set as a special order July 16th, immediately after the reading of the journal.
On the request of the authors the following bills unfavorably reported by the Coonmitt~ were .placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Meadows, of Wayrie-
Ho.use Bill No. 33. A bill to require the holders of life ins~rance policies to return the cash surrender value of the same for taxation.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
House Bill No. 233. A bill to establish an Agricultural School in the Fifth Congressional District.

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By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
House Bill No. 218. To amend Section 999 of the Code of 1910, relative to challenge for cause. By Messrs. Cooper, Crawley and Stewart-
House Bill No. 283. A bill to create an Insurance Department.
Under the order of Reading Bjlls the third time the following bills were taken up for passage, to-wit:

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to establish the Georgia State Industrial Home for Girls.
On motion of Mr. Fullbright the bill was rereferred to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Turner of Bulloch-
A bill to create the new County of Candler.
On motion of Mr. Cheney, of g6bp,J.he bill, after being read the third time, was 'set as a special order for Thursday, July 17th, 1913, immediately after the .order of Unanimous Consent.

By Mr. Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to amend the Constitution providing that the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall not be sold under certain conditions.
On motion of Mr. Fullbright of Burke, the. bill, after being read the third time, was re-committed

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to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A resolution .to appoint a _joint. Conpnittee )to inquire into the purchase of the A. B. & A. Railroad.
On motion of _Mr. Fullbright of Burke, the resolution was postponed ~ntil .July 16th~ 1913,.immediately after the Special orders previously set.

By Mr. Olive of Richmond-
A bill to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910, relative to the manner Qf verifying a petition.
The favorable report of the Co~ttee was agreed to.
On the passage of the Bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
'.rhe bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of .Mr. Hardeman .the House took a receS'S until 11.55 o'clock a. m.
The hour of 11.55 o'clock a. m. having arrived the Speaker again called the House to order.
The hour' Of 12 o'cloc~ n~on' having arrived the
Senate appeared upon the floor 'of the House and the joint session having convened .for the purpose of hearing addresses delivered by Ron. Herbert .Myrick, of Springfield, Mass., and Hon. T. Sambola



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Jones, of Louisiana, was called to order by Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, President of the Senate.

The resolutions providing for the joint session were then read by the Secretary of the Senate.

The addresses being delivered the joint session

was dissolved.

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The Senate retiring from the floor of the House, the Speaker again called the House to order.

The hour of one o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. m.



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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 16, 19Ht

The liouse met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m., 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, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Collins,

Hammack,

Allen, GlascOck,

Connor,

Hiardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hiollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

J'aekson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jm1es, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Oarter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbro~gh,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Olle,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

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401

LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, .Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, R'agland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thoma..;,
Reiser,. Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smillh, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, MitcheU, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stxwall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tooile, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, TWiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterdays Journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolution No.- and as its Vice

Chairman, I am requested to report the same back

with the: reco:rirroendation that House ReS'olution No.
56 b~ ~ade-a SPeCial and continuing order on Wed-

nesday, .T~ly 16;immediate~y after the consideration

of Hons~. B1ll No. 3 as set':for tha;t day.

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Also House -Resolution No. ----+- requesting that

House Bills-'NtC185 and 317, oo seffor a special order

and as its 'q.h~an I am ili~tnwted to report the

same back; :rooommended as foUows:. HouS'e Bill
:k. No: 3i7 W:~e a special,or(!~~: on Ttiesdily, July

22nd, immediately after the expiration of .order for

unanimous. con~ent. Adopte-d:'' .:1.

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And tha,t ':ij{)~se BiH No. jSP.)e made a _speeial

and continuiri~; order .immediately after the con-

sideratio# ()(H;.ouse Bill 317 01l'J)esday, July 22nd.
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All of whiCh :is respectfully ~Ubmitted,

BL,\CKBUUN~ Vice Chairman.

The report ~ the oonrmittee W~S adopted.
The following resolutions favorably reported by the: Committee._on Rules was.a4opted.

B~ Mr. Wright of Floyd-
, A reS'Olution that Hous~ .R,es~Jutiop No. 56 be set as a special order.
House Resolution No. 56 was set a~;~ a special order on Wednesday; July 16th, immediately after the qonsideration of House Bill No. 3.
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By Mt. Shuptrine of CDatham- -

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A Resolution that House Bill No. 3l7 be set as a
special order. -

House Bill No. 317 was set as aspecial- order on :Jrrj_~ay, .July ~d,immediately _after the ~piration of the order of unanimous consents. -

up The follow:ing resolut~on favorably reported by
the Committee on Rules was taken f~r. conside;a:

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tion.

By Mr. Shuptrine of Ohatham-

A

resolution

to

set

House

.Bill

No.

185 _.

as a :.

sp ,

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order.

The favo~able ~port of th~ colnmittee ~as dis-

agreed to and the resolution was lost.

On the request o:f the auth-ors the follo~g bills
unfavorably reported were pl~J,ced on the ,cal~d~,

for the second reading.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-



iiotise Bill No. 171. A bill to tepeal Sections 1651

and lo52 of the Code--of 1910, relativ~ to .the sale, of

narcotic drugs.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Millerand Fawlei--~-:: :;

House Bill No. 105. A bill to establish a Board of:

Ex~miners in

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By unanimous consent the following order of busi-

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ness was established during the period of Unanimous Consents.
1. The introduction of Local Bills.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading of bills favorably reported the second time.
4. The passage of Local Bills and of General Bills with a local application.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees.

By Mr. Sumner of WorthA BiH to Amend the charter of the town of Oak-
field.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
'
A bill to amend an Ac.t establishing the City Court of Macon.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.



A bill to amend the Charter of the City of

Y.aldosta.

Referred to Co.mmittee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Macon.

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405

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

By Mr. Duncan of DoolyA bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of
Unadilla. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee No.1.
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By Mr. Duncan of DoolyA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City
of Lilly. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to abolish justice courts and the offices attached thereto in Macon.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Bryan of Catoosa-

A bill to provide for an extra levy of tax by the County Commissioners of Catoosa County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County

Matters.

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By Messrs. Taylor and ColemanA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Dublin. Referred to Committee ~n Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Methvin of DodgeA bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for.
the City of Eastman. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Wright and Nunnally-
A bill to allow the County Commissioners to_ fix the requirementS' as to powder magazinei'IJ.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.
Mr. D. B. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, towit:

House Bill No. 38. An Act to amend an Act,. etc.,

incorporating the City of Americus in the Co~ty of

Sumter.

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House Bill No. 326. Amend an Act August 18th;

1906, amending Section 29 of the Charter of the City

of Americus as provided in the Act approved.

House Bill No. 20L A bill to be entitled an . .A,ct to incorporate the Town of Means'Ville in the Countv
of Pike~ to defi.D:e' it~ corpor~te liihits; pro\-ide ~

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municipal -:g(i)v~n~nu~nt . tQ.erefor! -~sQ~ibe_, tbei1
powers and duties and for other puq)oses. ,. :
House Bill No. 428. A bill tocreate a new charter
for 'l\>~n- ~f Wo6'dburry. ; f- ." ' c : : B&iLA:1tn, Chaitnian.

' :Mi-. McC!attlij. of 'Chatb'iin Colinty, Ch~ii'tnarl; of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistic~, sub.:

:r;nitted the .fol!o'fing report:

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b.m >opr,,Qp~itte~, OA Mtkqr ~PA- :Labor:S~#.t'?t~cs,
have had_ Jm,.q~r. :ep~~Q_erat~olil.. th~ Joll,o';\'iT;lg of
the House and instructed me as their Chairman to
to reprii-t'~~~e'back t~e House with the re<;ourmenda-
t,ipn}pat, s,~l~W dp .B~~s,.by ~uht\titl1t~..... , u ,

';A bill-to ~laterthe !employment of childTen in

certain kinds of labor.

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Respectfully submitted, JosEPH McCARTHY, Chainnan;

of - 'Mr :Pieg~et 1lri_climo_nd dounty,: Chai~an of'the
on o~ti~~ ~unic~pal a<>~.~l-pm~nt, s_ubmitted. the

foilowi.'ng:
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Yc;>l}r: C~np.mittee on unicip~l Government have had .under con:sideratio~ the foilowing Bills of the
Jlpm;~ .~d. ,instructed me, .as-. thei.r ChairUlan to re-
pPrt s~e, ba~ 19 .th~_R_p"s~: ,with.the .r.ecolDID.enda-
tion that same do pass,

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House Bill No. 434. To amend Charter of City of Augusta.

House Bill No. 431. To establish a system ol
public schools for City of Eastman. '

House Bill No. 409. To amend Charter of City ol Glenville.
House Bill No. 396. To amend Section 15 of Charter City of Griffin.
House Bill No. 441. To provide permanent registration of qualified voters in certain cities.
PrcQUET, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Bills, No. 152, 175, 3'18, 453 and 205 of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
MINTER WIMBERLEY, Chairman.-

Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

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409

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, have had under consideration the following Bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
A bill to provide a system of Equalization of assessment of property for taxation.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No.2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2, have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 21. Amend Article 2, Section 3, Paragraph 1, so as to abolish office of County Treasurer. Do pass.
House Bill No. 112. Making it unlawful to sell pistol cartridges. Do pass.
House Bill No. 228. Amending Section 2665 of the Code of Georgia. Do pass.
House Bill No. 442. Providing for an additional .Tndge Superior Court Atlanta Circuit. Do pass.

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House Bill No. 213. Amending Seetioil 4356 Of Code of Georgia; Do not,p,ass.
,INTI1R .WlMBERLET, .Ch&irm,an..
Mr. 'Myrick of {)hatham ~nntY,Ch;rirman .~f the
Committee on Amendments to. the C~nstituti<ill, sub~ mitted the following report: . . - . . . .

Mr. Speaker:

Your Comn'iit'tee ouAillendrilehts to the Constitu-

tion have had Un.iier c<>nsfderation the following Bills

of the House and instructed me as their Chairman, to

report sal!le b3.9k t~ tb~ llous~ ~~~4 the ~OO<>m~e~d~-

tion that same do n~t pass, to-wit:. .

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House Bill No. 24. To propose an ame~dment to

the Constitution for the creation of a new comity to

be called Hampton. ;. , . " ~ . , .. '. ,: . . , ,

House BmN'Q:.234~: To propbse:liii.'ameiidlliE:lnt to

the C~nstitution' fo~'the cre~~ion 'or~-ne'i ~bunt~' tJ

called. be'

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Ho11se Bill 267. To propose 3.:n amendm.ent to the

CoiiStitu'tion: for th' c'featrdn of it ne'w ctittntfto 1be

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Ho~se Bill No. ~84. To. provo~e an, am~ndme~t. to
the Cons'tit'U.ti{):n for 1b.~' ~teatioit '.or 'a>n~'\V3 coliritf to

becalledJames.

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Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the

Comtili'ttee on Am.endin~nts !to th Cohstitlitiori, 'sub-

mitted the 'fono-\virig rePort/ :: ' ,., ...: ' : '

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411

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution 1Ja,ve had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:
House Bill No. 413. A proposal by the General Assembly to so amend the Constitution of Georgia as to provide the pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools of Georgia.
House BiB. No. 414. A proposal by the General Assembly to so amend the Constitution of Georgia as to provide .for: pro rata. ad valorem tax levy for pensions of the State.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.
Mr. Moss of Cobb County, Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following reporl: _

Mr. Speak~r:
Yo~r. Committee o~ Privileges and Elections have
had under consideration the following Bills of the
House. @dinstruct~ 1lle as. their C.luurman to report
same book to the House with the recommendation that same dq pass, ~s. amended.
House Bill. No. 202. To amend registration law.
H?u~e Bill No. 235, .BY: substitute. .:. . . ,:aespootfully submitted, H. B.. Moss, _Chairm~n.

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Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the

Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted

the following report :



Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bills of the House 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 regulate the itinerant vending of medicmes.

A bill providing for the Sanitation of Bakeries, canneries, confectioneries, etc.

Your committee has also had under consideration the following bills of the House and recommend that the same do not pass.

A bill to amend Act creating State Board of Embalmers.

A bill to regulate the burying of dead animals.

A bill to compel screening of Hotels.

A bill to establish a Board of Examiners m Optometry.
Respectfully submitted,

L. C. ALLEN, Chairman.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Mmiicipal Government, submitted the following report:

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413

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of t~e House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House. with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill 322. To incorporate the Town of Comer.
House Bill No. 337. To incorporate T:own of Krallller.
House Bill 291. To incorporate Board of Commissioners Roads and Revenues.

House Bill No., 323. "To incorporate the City of Comer.
PICQUET, Chairman.

W. B. James Chairman Committee on Education, submits the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following House bills, and instruct me as their Chairman, to report same back with recommendations as follows:
That House Bill No. 184, to ttmend an Act entitled an Act to revise the school laws of Georgia, approved August 21st, 1911. Do pass
That House Bill No. 254. Do not pass,

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That House Resolution No. 30 do pass by sub-

stitute.

JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. Thompson of Madison County, Chairman ()f the Committee on Stat.e Sanitarium, Slibmitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on State Sanitarium have had under consideration the following Bill No. 381 of the
re- House and instructed me as their Chairman to
port same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, entitled an Aet to provide for an additional method for adjudging persons insane, for committing insane persons to the State Sanitarium 'for insane, for the confinement of per:.. sons alleged to be insane and for other purposes.
THOMPSON, Chairman.

The following joint resolution was read adopted and ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Messrs. Pickett, Connor and Wim:berly-
A Resolution-
WHEREAs, the Honorable A. 0. Bacon was on yesterday elected by 1Jhe people of Georgia without opposition to su~eed himself in the United States Senate; and
WHEREAS, he has the distinction of being the first

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person in America to be elected a United :.:Statea

'Senator under the new Amendment to the Federal

Constitution, providing for the election of United

States

Senators

by

direct

vote

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WHEREAS, he is also the only man in the history
of Georgia ever honored with a fourth term fu tli~

United States Senate; Therefore, be it :,,,:..- ,

Resolved by the House of Representative's;' the Senate concurring, that Senator Bacon be and he is hereby invited to address the General Assetnbl!JI in joint Sessi-on, and that a Committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be ajjointed1 to communicate with Senator Bacon and arrange with him a time for the delivery of his address..
The Speaker appointed as Committee on the part of the House to communicate Senator Bacon the following members.
Messrs. Pickett,
Connor,
Wimberly.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate ha.s' passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill -of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to prescribe a method of giving notice in

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writing of charges against members of County Boards {)f Education.
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 providing for a joint session of the General Assembly Friday, July 18th, 1913, at 12 o'clock M. for the purpose of hearing an address by Senator Hoke Smith.
The following bills favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
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A bill to provide a system of equalization of assessment of property for taxati{)n.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to abolish County Treasurer.

By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA bill to make it unlawful to furnish pistol
cartridges except under certain conditions.
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as
to provide for pro rata ad valorem tax for pensions.

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417

By Mr. Jackson of White-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of
County Commissioners for White County. .

By Messrs. Arnold and Arnold-
A bill to amend S'ection 60 of the Code of 1910,
relative to the qualifications of electors.

By Messrs. Arnold and Arnold-
A bill to provide a permanent registration for voters.

By Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin-
A bill to amend an Act giving the right to kill
squirrels when destroying crops.

By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 2665 of the Code of 1910, relative to the Railroad Commission in approving the issuing of stocks and bonds by corporations.

~y Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the City of Comer.

By Mr. McRae of WilcoxA bill to incorporate the Town of Kramerr

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Cooner.

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By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
. A bill to provide for an additional method for adjudging persons insane.

By Mr. Estes of Lincoln-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Lincoln County.

By Mr. Adams of PikeA bill to incorporate the town of Meansville.

By Messrs. Wheatley and Sheppard-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Charter of the City of Americus.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to arrnend an Act incorporating the City of Americus.

By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kind of labor.

By Mr. Stovall of ElbertA bill to amend an Act to revise the school laws.

By Messrs Picquet and Olive-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the Charter of the City of Augusta.

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419

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the Charter of
the City of Griffin.

By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to provide for permanent registration of qualified voters in certain cities.

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide the pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools.

By Messrs. McGehee and Culpepper-
A bill to create a new charter for the Town of Woodbury.

By Mr. Tootle of Tattnall-'
A bill to amend tlhe Charter of the City of Glennville.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school
system for the Town of Eastman.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran-
A bill to add an addition! judge of the Superior Court for the Atlanta Circuit.

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By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of ComIlllSSioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.

By Messrs. Greene nnd Holtzclaw-
A hili to amend the Act creating the City Court of Houston.

By Mr. Shuptrine of. ChathamA bill to provide for the sanitation of bakeries
and other food producing establishments.
By Messrs. Myrick and 5huptrineA bill to regulate the itinerant vending of medi-
cine.
By Messrs-. Rhodes and LipscombA bill for the relief of S. J. Cartledge.

By unanimous consent House Bill No. 398 was withdrawn from General Judiciary Committee No. 1 and re-referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.

The following bills were read the third time and

placed upon their passage, to-wit:



By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Quitman.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 16, 1913.

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The folowing amendment of the Committee was

adopted as amended.

To amend by striking from Section 6 of said bill the words "within sixty days after the enactment of this bill'' and adding in lieu thereof the follow~g ''At such time and place as the Ordinary deems proper provided he shall call said election not later than the general election to be held inthe year 1914."

To amend the amendment . by striking :from amendment adopted by committee the following words ''at such time and place as the Ordinary deems proper, provided he shall call said election not later than the general election to be held in the year 1914" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''Said election shall be called by the Ordinary at the same time the general election in 1914 is held.''
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of tlhe bill the the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Reiser of Effingham-



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

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits.
The following amendment of the committee was . adopted.
To amend by ~Striking the following language in Section I of said bill ''provided this Act does not affect the right of the Solicitor General of the MiJdle Circuit during the present term of office, _and he is still authorized to discharge the duties of said office during said term as though this Act had not been passed.''
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mt. Shadburn of Gwinnett-
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay certain court costS'.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bennett, of Walton-

A bill to amend an Act establishing the ;City Court of Monroe.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On th~ passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

tional majority, was passed.



The roll of counties wa-s called and the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Moore of J e:ff DavisA bill to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to amend Section 12 of the ~neral Tax Act of 1909.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
'
By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to regulate the rights, powers and disabili-

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ties of aliens and of corporations with respect to property in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Myrick, McCarthy and Shuptrine---
A bill to authorize the county authorities of each county to arrange for the support of the poor.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 2201 of the Code of 1910, relative to change of name or capital stock by certain corporations.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A Resolution to pay the pension ofT. S. Coleman.

By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to make it unlawful to carry about the person any kind of metal knucks, dirk and certain .other weapons.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Dodd of Bartow-
A bill to provide for the administration of estates consisting wholly of personal property not exceeding $1,000.00 in value.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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425

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to provide for the purchase of Varner Hotel at Indian Springs.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to abolish the office of Treasurer of the Georgia State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Ocilla.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb--
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia regulating the salaries of the Judges of Superior Courts so as to increase the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of Bibb County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. McCants of TaylorA bill to incorporate the Town of Mank. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Allen of J ackso~A bill to provide for the registration of births
and deaths in this State. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-
tion.

By Mr. Moore of Jeff DavisA bill to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A bill to amend Section 813 of the Code of 19101 relative to Jury Commissioners.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie--A bill to amend Section 1037 of the Code of 1910..
relative to husband and wife as competent witness.
By Mr. Foster of BibbA bill to authorize the issuance of County Bonds
by any county in this State. Referred t~ G9nP.ral Judiciary Committee No. 1.
Bv MP.sRrs. Cooper and CrawleyA resolution to memorialize c9ngrel5s to cede to-
the State of Georgia certain land in Camden County_ Referred to Committee on Public Property.

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427

By Mr. Anderson of MurrayA bill to regulate the employment of children. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia relative to increasing the bonded debt.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran-
A resolution to refund to Adams and Price Auto Co., $250.00, special State license tax.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following resolution was read and adopted.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A resolution to provide for having a floor chart ()r diagram of the House to be made.
The following resolution was read and referred
to the Committee on Rules.

.By Mr. Meadows of Wayne-
A resolution to set Honse Bill No. 222 as a Special ()rder.
The following. bill, having been set for a special .order at thiS' time wa.s taken up for passage.

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By Mr. Slaten of Bryan-
A bill to establish a public highway frO'lll Chatham County to the line between Georgia and Florida in Camden County.
The following amendments were read and adopted.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke--
To amend the bill further by striking the words and figures "one hundred (100)" wherever they occur in said bill and inserting the words and figures, ''fifty (50).''

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-

To amend Section one, l~ne two of the printed hili by striking therefrom the words "before anyn where tlhey occur between the words "that" and "allotment" and substituting therefor the words ''after the.'' Amend said Section further by striking the words and figureS' "one hundred (100) H where they occur in Jines 5 and 6 of the printed hili and im:erting in lieu thereof the word "fifty."

Amend further by adding at the end of said Section the following: Provided said allotment of 50 convicts shall be made from the surplus remaining after the several counties have received their respective quota under the general allotment.

Mr. Stovall of Elbert, moved the previous ques-

tion, which motion was. sustained and the main

ques#on was ordered on the agreement of the re-

port of the committee.



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429

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
The following resolution, whicJh was set for a special order was taken up for passage.

-By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the purchase of A. B. & A. Railroad.
On motion of Mr. Wright the resolution was postponed until July 17th 1913', immediately after special orders already set for that date.

The followmg communication was received from Hon. W. A. Wright Comptroller-General:

Atlanta, July 15, 1913.
To T'HE GENERAL AssEMBLY, STATE OF GEORGIA:
In compliance with Act No. 481 of 1912, entitled, "An Act to require all State House officers and officers and appointees of any Department of State and County offieers who receive fees and compensation other than .salaries to keep a daily account of such fees and compensation and to make sworn itemized statements with the Comptroller General of the State; to require the C001ptroller General of the State to preserve said statements; to provide a penalty for failure or refusal to comply with same, and for other purposes."

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I have the honor to submit herewith a compilation of the reports filed with me for the First and Second Quarter-s of 1913, ending March 31st, and June 30th, . respectively.
The compilation of the reports of State House officials and appointeeS' is marked, "Exhibit A."; of sheriffs of City Courts, ''Exhibit B.''; of court reporters and stenographers, '' Exlhibit C.''; of Judges of City and County Courts, ''Exhibit D.''; of county ~reasurers, ''Exhibit E..''; of Solicitors General, "Exhibit F."; of clerks of City and County Courts, "Exhibit G."; of Solicitors of City Courts, "Exhibits H."; of Ordinaries, "Exhibit I."; of Clerks of Superior Courts, "Exhibit J."; of Sheriffs, "Exhibit K."; of Tax Collectors, "Exhibit L."; of Ta:' Receivers, ''Exhibit M.''; of Coroners, '' Exhib~t N. '' and of County Surveyors, ''Exhibit 0. ''
Respectfully Submitted,
WM. A. WRIGHT,
Comptroller-General.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

431

EXHIBIT "A."

FEE REPORTS, STATE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES.

FIRST QUARTER, 1913.

Total Fees.

Z. D. Harrison, Clerk Supreme Court ________________ _ $ 144.10

B. F. Johnson, Clerk Secretary of State_______________ _

37.00

Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court of Appeals _____________ _

96.30

W. H. Harrison, Corporation Tax Clerk, Office of Comptroller General _________________ _ 1,196.15

J. 0. Anderson, Chief Clerk and Assistant Bond

Commissioner, Office of State Treasurer______________ _

805.75

FEE REPORTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913. STATE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT APPOINTEES.

Total Fees or Compensation Other Than Salary. 7.. D. Harrison, Clerk, Supreme Court_________________$ 183.10

Logan Bleckley, Clerk, Court of Appeals_______________

131.80

<W. H. Harrison, Corporation Tax Clerk, Comptroller General's office_______________________________

139.70

J. 0. Anderson, Chief Clerk and Assistant Bond Commissioner, Treasurer's office___________________ _
B. F. Johnson, Clerk, Secretary of State______________ _

27.50 28.00

EXHIB'IT "B."
FEE REPORTS, SHERIFFS OF CITY COURTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1913.
City Court of :aurord_ _________ $25. 00, Total .
City Court of Dublin ____________ $850.81, Total Collections. Paid Nine Deputy
Sheriffs, $671.75, One Book-keeper $60. 00; Tot.a.l Expenses, $731.75. City Court of Savannah___________ $1, 132.30, Recivedfrom all sources. $1,539. 50.
Criminal Insolvef! Cosl5 Earned, Expenses.
$257.21. Number of men employed paid by county, three (3). One man employed lijl clerk, $180.21. Hire Horse and buggy, $75, Incidentals $2.00.
,

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FEE REPORTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913, SHERIFFS, CITY COURTS AND DEPUTY SHERIFF LIBERTY COUNTY.

City Co~ of Dublin-Collected on Civil Cases, Collected on Criminal Cases,

$266.30 24.05

Total

$290.35

Total Expense, $511. 50

City Court of Jeffersonville-Total fees, $185. 40; Insolvent or uncollec-

ted costs, $106.40. One clerk employed

as needed. Clerk hire, $10.00; Fees in

criminal cases, $64. 40; Fees in Civil Cases,

$119.00

City Court of Savannah-Total Money recived, $1,350.50. Three

men employed, paid by county. On:e clerk

hire 3 mos. $24-i. 70.

Costs in civil cases, $155. 50. (Total expense,

$321.95.)

Cost in criminal cases, $252.75.

Per Diem, $234.00.

Received acct. criminal fines, $632.25.

Received jury service, $10.00.

Received insolvent costs, S150. 00.

Deputy Sheriff, Liberty County-Total fees, $51.50; Insolvent or

uncollected costs, $35. 00;Fees crimi

cases, $6. 00; Fees civil cases, $45.50.

. EXHIBIT "C."

FEE REPORTS COURT REPORTERS AND STENOGRAPHERS, FIRST QUARTER, 1913.

Court Reporter, Albany CircUit___________ $463.00, Total Collections.

Assistant Court Reporter

Albany Circuit___________ $75.00, Total Collections.

.Stenographer, Atlantic Circuit__________ $523.50, Total.

Stenographer, Cordele Circuit___________ $405. 40, Earned; $284. 80, Collected;

$131.25, Expenses.



Stenographer, City Court of Fitzgerald--~---- $134.80, Earned; $29.70 Collected;

$31.35, Expenses.

Stenographer, City.

.

Court of Americus_------- $338.90 Earned; $247.45 Collected; $43. 00. Expenses.

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Stenographer, Coweta Circuit---------- $565.00 Total.

FEE REPORTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913, COURT REPORTERS AND STENOGRAPHERS.
Court Reporter. Albany Circuit ___________ $684.50, $120.00. (Total Collections,
$564.50.) Assistant Court Reporter, Albany Circuit __________ $698.30, $432. 55. (Total collections,
$265.00.) Stenographer, City Court of Americus _____________ 1417. 30 earned, $344. 00 collected,
$55. 00 expenses. Stenographer, Atlantic Circuit_ _________ $843.60.
Stenographer, Cordele Circuit_ __________ $1,466.00 earned, $1,244.70 collected,
$273. 50 expenses. Stenographer, City Court of Fitzgerald___ $176.80 earned, $67 ~ 70 collected, $56. 35
expense. Stenographer, Southwestern Circuit______ $608.40 earned, $538.85 collected.
$215.05 expense.

EXHIBIT "D."
FEE REPORTS, JUDGES, CITY AND COt:iNTY COURTS. FIRST QUARTER, 1913.
County Court of Clinch County_________$114.50, salary and fees. $14.50 fees.
City Court of Columbus___ No fees received. county Court of
Echols County _________ $1.25 fees. (February).
County Court of Liberty County_________$24.50, fees collected; $4.75, insolvent bill.
County Court of Jones County__________$66.00, total fees collected.
01',onee County Judge _____$72.00 ,total; $3i:i.OO, fees in civil cases~ $21.00, fees earned butnot collected; $15.00, collected in criminal cases for county.
County Court of Willrinson County ______$24.00, amount received other than salary

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FEE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER, 1913, JUDGES,

COUNTY COURTS.

Total Fees

Fees. Uncollected. County Court, Jones County________________ _ $70.00 , ____ _

Oconee County Court_______ - ______________ _ 45.50

4.00

Wilkinson County Court_____ ------- ____ ----- 28.00 20.00

EXHIBIT "E."

COUNTY TREASURERS, FIRST QUARTER, ENDING MARCH 31, 1913.

Commissions. Appling ____________$ 781.47 Baker _____________ _
Baldwin. __________ _
Banks______________ 491.99 Bartow_____________ -1,209.05
Ben HilL__________ 125.00 Berrien____________ _

Bibb, expenses$350.. Bleckley ___________ _ Brooks ____________ _
Bryan_____________ _

753.93 4"5.00 720.95

Bulloch ____________ _ Burke_____________ _
Butts _____________ _
Calhoun____________ none
c~den____________ 157.89 C~pbelL _________ _ CarrolL ___________ _ Catoosa. __________ _
Charlton. _________ _ Chath~- _________ _
Chattahoochee. ____ _ Chattooga_________ _ Cherokee. _________ _ Clarke______________ 1,713.25
Clay_ ~ _____________ none

Clayton. __ --------_ Clinch.----- _______ _
Cobb_______________ Coffee _____________ _

661.23

Commissions. Colquitt ____________ $1,394.9& Columbia__________ _ Coweta ____________ _
Crawford___________ 487.3S Crisp ______________ _ Dade______________ _
Dawson ___________ _ 26.45 Decatur ___________ _
DeKalb. __________ _ 1,067. 71 Dodge_____________ _ 609.77 Dooly _____________ _ Dougherty_________ _ Ilbuglas ___________ _ 591.89 Early _____________ _ Echols_____________ _ 456.63 Effingh~---------- 198.0S Eibert _____________ _ EmanueL _________ _ Fannin ____________ _
Fayette. __________ _ Floyd _____________ _ Forsyth___________ _ Franklin___________ _ 384.50 Fulton. ___________ _ Gilmer _____________ none
Gl8scock __________ _ Glynn______________ 1,219.0Z Gordon ____________ _
Grady______________ 327.03 Greene_____________ 611.1Z



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EXHIBIT "E "-continued.

Commissions.
(}winnett___________$ ------
llabershaJn_________ 278.01

.llllaanlcLo-c_k-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_--_ none Haralson __________ _ llarris_____________ _ llart ______________ _

llea.'rd __ ~ ______.____ _

1111oenu~st-o-n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__--_ Irwin______________ _

610.60

..Jackson ___________ _ _Jasper _____________ _
Jeff Davis _________ _ ..Jefferson ___________ _ ..Jenkins ____________ _ ..Johnson ___________ _ .Jones _____________ _ Laurens ___________ _
-Lee _______________ _

839.82 221.05 363.02
202.04 877.35

Liberty_____________ 514.82 IJncoln _______ ____ _
Lowndes ___________ 1,069.88
Lumpkin___________ 12.50 594.56 ~aeon_____________ 130.75 ~adison____________ ~arion_____________ 4?9.00 ~cDudfie __________ _ ~clntosh __________ _
Meriwether________ _

~iller:
Bal. on 1912_____ _ Bal. on 1913 _____ _
~ilton ___ ---------~itchelL __________ _ Monroe ___________ _

516.25 300.00

_______ _ ~ontgomery

~organ
~urray

_______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

-_

518.30

Muscogee_ ----------Newton____ -------- 771.32

Commis-

sions. Oconee _____________ $ 238.15. Oglethorpe_________ _

Paulding __________ _

Pickens ____________ _

Pierce _____________ _

Pike ___ ~ __________ _ Polk ______________ _
Pulaski ____________ _ Putnaxn ___________ _
Quitman ___________ _

315.76 277.19 906.30 774.81

RRaanbduoplp-h-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Richmond __ -------_ Rockdale __________ _

Schley ______________ none Screven ___________ _

Spalding____________ none Stephens __________ _

Stewart____________ 263.37 Sumter_____________ 1,566.67

Talbot_ ___________ _

Taliaferro __________ _

TattnalL __________ _

Taylor____________ _ 497.14

Telfair___ ---------_ Terrell ____________ _

Thomas ___________ _ 622.11 Tift_ ______________ _ 828.88 Toombs ___________ _

Towns ____________ _ 30.00

TrouP-------~------
Turner___ ------- __ _ 500.00

lTJnwioigng_s____--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ 82.18

lJpson _____________ _ 493.36 VVVVaallktoenr_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ 560.66

VVVVaarrere-n-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_--_

1,178.61 193.43

jVashington________ _ VVayne ____________ _

474.01 280.80

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EXHIBIT " E "-Continued.

Commis-
sions. Webster ____________ $ 198. 17
White______________ 59.45
Whitfield __________ _ Wilcox ____ : _______ _

Commissions. Wilkes _____________ $ 709.35 Wilkinson _________ _ Worth _____________ _

COUNTY TREASURERS, SECOND QUARTER, ENDING JUNE 30, 1913.

Commis-
sions. Appling ____________ $

Baker___ --------- __ Baldwin___________ _ Banks _____________ _ Bartow____________ _ Ben Hill ___________ _ Berrien____________ _ Bibb ______________ _
Bleckley___________ _ Brooks ____________ _ Bryan _____________ _

451.55 150.00
750.00 50.00
278.85

Bulloch ____________ _ Burke _____________ _
Butts_____________ _ Calhoun___________ _ Camden___________ _
Campbell __________ _ Carroll____________ _
Catoosa___________ _ Charlton __________ _ Chatham__________ _
Chattahoochee_____ _

751.19 182.00

Chattooga_---- _---Cherokee __________ _
Clarke_____________ 552.75 ClaY------~-------- none Clayton ___ --------- ' Clinch_____________ _

Cobb_______________ 69.14 Coffee_____________ _

Colquitt___________ _ Columbia__________ _

Commis
sions. Coweta _____________ $

Crawford___________ 142.87 Crisp______________ _
Dade______________ _

Dawson ___________ _ Decatur ___________ _
DeKalb ___________ _ Dodge_____________ _ Dooly _____________ _

14.23
92.45 200.73

Dougherty_________ _ Douglas ___________ _ Early _____________ _
Echols ____________ _
Effingham _____ : ___ _ Elbert _____________ _

136.13
125.73 118.34

Enl.anueL _________ _ Fannin ____________ _

Fayette ___________ _ Floyd _____________ _

Forsyth ___________ _
Franklin___________ _ Fulton ____________ _

74.37

Gilmer_ ____________ none

Glascock___________ 70.73 Glynn______________ 384.8S Gordon ____________ _

Grady______________ 474.46 Greene ____________ _
Gwinnett_ _________ _

Habersham ___ -----IIall _______________ none Ilancock __________ _

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

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EXHIBIT " H "-continued.

Commis-

sions.

Haralson ________ "-_$ Harris _____________ _

Hart ______________ _

Heard_____________ _

Henry _____________ _

Houston___________ _ 247.13 Irwin ______________ _

Jackson ___________ _ Jasper_____________ _
Jeff Davis _________ _ Jefferson ___________ _

121.05 227.51 159.79

Jenldns ____________ _

Johnson ___________ _

Jones _____________ _

Laurens ___________ _ Lee _______________ _

390.68

Liberty____________ _ 112.32 Lincoln ____________ _

Lo~des ___________ _ 340.08 Lumpkin __________ _

~aeon ____________ _
~a(lison _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
~arion ____________ _

222.29 68.59

~cl>uffie __________ _ ~clntosh __________ _

~eriwether _--------
~ler______________
~ilton ____________ _ ~tchell ___________ _
~onroe ___________ _
~ontgomery _______ _ ~organ ___________ _
Murray ____ -------Muscogee __________ _ ~ewton ___________ _ Oconee ____________ _
Oglethorpe_________ _ Paulding __________ _ Pickens ___________ _ Pierce_____________ _

250.00
342.90 166.60 334.39

Pike_______________ 142.85 Polk _______________ none

Commis-
sions. Pulaski _____________ $ 225.37

Putnam____________ Quitman ___________ Rabun ____________ _

56.01

Randolph __________ _ Richmond _________ _ Rockdale __________ _ Schley_ ____________

408 .4&

Screven ___ ~--------Spalding___________ _ Stephens __________ _

Stewart ___________ _ Sumter____________ _

Talbot ____________ _

Taliaferro__________ _ TattnalL __________ _ Taylor ____________ _ Telfair ____________ _ TerrelL ___________ _ Thomas ___________ _ Tift_______________ _ Toombs ___________ _

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367.94 332.23

To~s _____________ _ 15.00 Troup _____________ _

Turner_ ____________ 489. 57
Twiggs_____________ 236.45 Union _____________ _

Upson______________ 262.17 VValker ____________ _

VValton_____________ 144.16
VVare_._____________ 238.51 VVarren _____________ none

VVaslrington_________ 295.47 VVayne_____________ 212.97

VVebster____________ 245.47 VVhite______________ 28.25 VVhitfield __________ _

VVilcox ____________ _ VVilkes_ _____ ____ ___ 244. 9()

VVilkinson _____ ----VVorth _____________ _

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EXHIBIT "F."
FEE REPORTS SOLICITORS GENERAL, FIRST QUARTER, 1913.
Albany Circuit_ __________Total fees, $660.00 collected. Atlantic Circuit_ _________Total fees, $165.00. Augusta Circuit __________ Number men employed, 2; cost clerk hire,
$165.00. For Richmond and McDuffie countiesSolvent cost bill, $440; insolvent cost bill, $1,201.25; Columbia county cost bill, $660. Blue Ridge Circuit___ ~ ____ $1,277.88, total collected-some due former solicitor.
Brunswick Circuit________Costs, $311; fines on insolvent order, $1,070.25; total, $1,381.75; expenses, $146.80; balance, $1,234.95. Insolvent cost earned, $1,293.20.
Chattahoochee Circuit_-- _$2,826.05, cash received. Insolvent cost earned but not yet paid, $1,117.55.
Cherokee Circuit__ -------Whitfield county, costs paid, $32.82; costs insolvent, $168.50. Bartow county, costs collected, $339.85; insolvent costs, $332.95; Cr. pro rata of fines, $157.10; balance, $175.85. Dade county, insolvent costs due, $72.50; received pro rata fines, $55.50; $196.24, presumably fees collected. Catoosa county, solicitor's costs cases disposed of, $67.; insOlvent cost bill, $105.50. Gordon county, insolvent collected, $76.75; insolvent not collected, $120.50; criminal fees, $257.75. Murray county, fines collected and due, $294.32; insolvent costs due, $378.
Coweta Circuit___________$586.71, total received. Dublin Circuit___________$579.64, total received. Eastern Circuit___________Cost Clerk hire, $150.00. $450 received
from Superior court -and $1,649.60 from City court. January 1st Chatham county pays Solicitor General $800 in advance on account insolvent City court and $800 on account insolvent costs Superior court. Flint Circuit------~------$1,501.25, total earned; $949.24, tota l received.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

EXHIBIT " F' "-Continued.

Macon Circuit____________ Fees, $785.00; insolvent costs paid by

fines and forfeitures, $1,841.29; salary, $62.50; total, $4,057.25.

Middle Circuit_ __________$599.73, cash received; $922.52, insolvent

costs. An assistant employed, but compensation not yet fixed.

Northeastern Circuit______ $1,718.53, total fees and costs collected. Northern Circuit_ ________$1,524.80, total fees and costs collected.

Ocmulgee Circuit _________$1,942.41, total fees and costs collected. Oconee Circuit ___________$2,220.00, total fees due. Total cash re-

ceived, $732. Pati!Ula Circuit___________ $554.20, total received.

Rome Circuit_ ___________$1,109.00, total received. One assistant

employed. Southern Circuit__________$306.56, total received.
Southwestern Circuit______$555.08, total received. Stone Mt. Circuit_________$1,929.98, ~b.ful received.

,Allowed by law

but no funds for payment, $3,036.25.

Tallapoosa Circuit________ Total cost and insolvent bills paid, $1,-

469.23. Total amount received in fees and insolvent bills, $1,179.35. No clerk employed.

Toombs Circuit__________$365.64, total received.

Waycross Circuit_- _______$959.60, total received. Western Circuit __________$1,573.42, total received.. Atlanta Circuit___________ $1,168.53, total received.

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS OF SOLICITORS GENERAL
FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR, 1913.
Albany Circuit __ ---------Total fees, $1,764.50. Atlanta Circuit___________Total fees, 35,781.41; number men employ-
ed, 2; cost clerk hire, $900.00. Atlantic CirC'uiL _________ Total fees, $719.00. AugustaCitcuit __________Total fees, $1,749.00; number men em-
ployed, 2; cost clerk hire, $165.00. Blue Ridge Circuit________ Total fees, $1,093.20; cost clerk hire,
$185.50. Brunswick Circuit________ Total fees, $1,350.69. Chattahoochee Circuit_____Total fees, $5,963.35; insolvent or uncol-
lected costs, $1,808.22.

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EXHIBIT "F "-Continued.
Cherokee Circuit _________Total fees, S952.~0; insolvent cost, $952.80: fines credited to insolvent cost, $509.03: costs collected, $563.
Cordele Circuit__________ _
Coweta Circuit___________Total fees, $914.31. Dublin Circuit___________ Total fees, $506.75. Eastern Circuit_ __________Total fees, $3,932.07; number men employ-
ed,_ 1; cost clerk hire, $150.00. Flint Circuit _____________Total fees, $1,907.50. Macon Circuit ___________Total fees, $2,523.95. Middle Circuit___________Total fees, $820.73; $1,133.52, insolvent
costs. Northeastern Circuit______Total fees, S1,084.35. Northern Circuit________ _
Ocmulgee Circuit_ ________Total fees, $1,468.90. Oconee Circuit. ____ : _____Total fees, $709.00; number men employed,
1; cost clerk hire, $11165. Pataula CircUit_ __________ Total fees, $1,928.44. J!.ome Circuit____________Total fees, $536.00. Approx. $2,500.00.
amount of insolvent list. Southern Circuit__________Tot.al fees, $1,825.50. Amount paid to
assistants not named. Southwestern Circuit______Total fees, $1,714.91. Stone Mountain Circuit. __ Total fees, $619.61. Tallapoosa Circuit.-------Total fees, $730.04. Toombs Circuit.__________ Total fees, $327.55.
Waycross Circuit._------_Total fees, $1,272.87. Western Circuit. __ -------

EXHIBIT G.

EXHI:BIT "0.'1

t

l,:)

FEE REPORTS, CLERKS, CITY AND COUNTY COUR;TS FIRST QUARTER, 1913.

. :::-_- --==--===---=--=:-::--=::-~.-::-::== .:::==---=::..--;:::-....=.::..:;::::-.c--::-::--~:

Tot'al

I Amount
Insolvent! Number Cost

Fees in

Fees.

or un- Men Clerk Criminal

-_:;---=-:;-::::::..--=::.....-==----=-==-=-:~:..:..==::..-=---
I Fees in Received Fees for
Civil for Court Recording

collected. Employed. Hire. Cases. Cases. Work. . Papers.

City Court of Bainbridge_________ I$ 880. 15 $ 345.80 I~---------------- f $

.
3.75\$427.60

f$

78.00\1'$ ________

~
~o

1

\ Insolvent f

\ Per diem f

z

City Court of Buford ____________ /f 38.50 \--------1----------------------------------------------------------- ~

\
City Court of Elberton ___________ I

Receipts 297.55

f

54.60 __________,________ ,_____ ______ , 40.80 If

18.00\ I_________ 0"":!

City Court of Fitzgerald __ -- ____ -I 1, 491.66
City Court of Forsyth ___________ J 545.61
City Court of Jefferson___________ I 651.70
City Court of Jeffersonville_______ J 455.65
CityCourtofMacon __________ f 12,216.26
\ Receipts

~----------'------ ~-e~ ~ 758.38 1----------[127.50

\Per diem f 223.65 374.48 f 36.00\

t-3 ~ t<J

214.93

f

27.00\ -------- } Per

{ 92.25

311.44

----------

\ Insolvent f
36.50 ----------- 204.00

\ Per diem f f 30.00\ ---------

~

f 396.70 _J ______ J _________

\Per diem f 54.00\1 348.85 f 12.00\ ---------

\ Insolvent f

\Per diem f

\ ______ f 11 regular\ I 405.15 1,511.86 I 635.40

69.00 ---------

f ------ \ 2 extra f

City Court of Pembroke__________ 195.45

110.80 -------.---1------ f 34:25\ 63.50 If 25.00\ ---------

\ Insolvent f

\Per diem f

I\ City Court of Savannah________ f 1,963.50 --------1 Two \ Receipts f
City Court of Screven County____ 1 145.25 ----------

585.00 i

City Court of St. Marys_________ _ 51.30

City Court of valdosta_---- -- - - f

County Court of Wayne________ \f

.

.. ..

\

City Court of Washington ______ f

\

544.74 Receipts
288.25
R;~~i~;:
Receipts

\--------1 One 1140.00
f
\------f,~time \I 60.00
__ { ______ -~ ~_c!~:~ !_~ 79.75
f

81.901 890.351 f 231.00\ --------\Per diem f

51.

69.351 f 8.00\,---------

\Per diem f

-------- f 3.00\ ---------

!\Per diem f
81.50 : 38.50 ---------

~

I

~

285.10 ,------------ --------- ;

I
207.40 ______ : _____ ---------

~
~~

~
~
......
,9)
rg
~

~

EXHIBIT "G''-Continued.

:J(

~-

FEE REPORTS, CLERKS, CITY AND COUNTY COURTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913.

City Court of B'ainbridge_________ $1,503.50 $ 609.13 __________ $ 7.50 $ 1,077.10 $387.30 $ City Court of Ben Hill County____ 546.55 120.80 One 135.00 ___ _________ 126.60

~
39.10 $ ________ ~ 3. 00 ________ _ ~

City Court of Elberton___________ 453.25 202.90 ------------------

126.05 307.00

20.20 --------- ~

City Court of Forsyth___________ City Court of Jeffersonville_______

506.84 141.10

367. 06 One 63.50 Two

11 . 20 - - - - - _- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - -- -- -- -

70.55

24.00 63.50

53.60 none

0!>:1

City Court of Macon____________ 2,140.12 ________ f 1 regular\ 442.05 1,245. 95 804.17

90.00 __ __ __ ___ 1-3

\ 2 extra f

.

~

City Court of Millen_____________ 593.08 City Court of Monticello_________ 235.56

409.80 -----------------38.10 ------------------

~ 148.58 --------

34.70 ---------

153.16 82.40 ---------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- City Court of Oglethorpe________ c 419.55 -_________ One
g~!~ g~: ~~ ~=:~:::_----~~~~~-~ oll~!~~~0\ 12,!~!:~~

111.50

88.50 331.05

22.80 ________ _ ~
J~

Two 585.00

398.20 I 505.75

234.00 ---------

\ 2,316.70 f

City Court of WSyalvshaniniag_to_n_________ 212693.8205 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--7--0-.-6-0-~---------_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_,-1--8-3-.7--5-,_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--:-_-_,_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

City Court of Waycross__________ 740.68 501.93 ____ -- __ -- __________ -- ________ 238.75 __________ -~ ____ -----

Judge, ex-offir.io Clerk County Court, Wayne County_________

I

I 186.07 -------- f 72 time, \ 20.00

L251184.32 --------------------

\ One. J (60.00 .expenses.) 1

I

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

445

EXHIBIT "H."
FEE REPORTS, SOLICITORS, CITY AND COUNTY COURTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1913.

Total Fees.

Insolvent Number or un- Men collected Employ Costs. ed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

Fees Criminal Cases.

City Court of Abbeville______ $
.City Court of Americus _____ _

55.00 ---~----~-------'-------
802.85 _________________________________ _

City Court of Atlanta_______ _
.City Court of Bainbridge____ _
:Solicitor of Baldwin County
-City Court of BlaCkshear____ _

4,220.59 __________ Three 749.97--------
788.()( ---------------------------------376.36 __________ --------------------.---381.75 _________________________________ _

City Court of :Buford_ ______ _
-City Court of Cairo--~- _____ _
City Court of Carrollton____ _
.City Court of Cartersville___ _
.Clinch County
Court_-.------.city Court of
Columbus_____ _
.City Court of Douglas______ _

50.00---------------------------------486.25 297.25 _______________________ _
181.00 ($58.00 ealrned pri( r to Jan. 1st.)
524.0f -------------------------- ______ .;_ 213.00 __________________________ 324.60
1,853.55 227.95 _______________________ _ 292.50 _________________________________ _

-City Court of Eastman______ _
Echols County Court_-__-----
Floyd County City Court____ _
City Court of Forsyth_______ _

667.34

89.66________ 31.0011 Disbursemts

41. oor--------- -------- --------~------ --
. 416.001__________ -------- --------~--------

544.00 __________ -------- ________ !_______ _

446

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EXHIBIT "H"-continued.

I Total Insolvent i Numbej' Cost Fees

Fees.

1

or uncollected

, Men Employ

I Costs. I ed.

Clerk Hire.

Criminal
Cases.

City Court of Ft. Gaines _____ $
County Court of

I

.

I

I

I

197. 60$_------- -,~- ------- $ ___ - c --~ 197. 60<

Henry County__ 1,070. 00 580.00-------- -------_I_-------

City Court of

Houston Co___ _ 173.87 222. 76 _______________ _\_ ________

City Court of Jackson_______ _
County Court of Jeff Davis_____ _
Cit.y Court of Jeffersonville __ _
County Court of Jones Co______ _
City Court of LaGrange_____ _
City Court of Leesburg______ _
City Court of Lexington_____ _
9ity Court of Louisville_____ _
City Court of McRae _______ _

Cash 627.
250.

i

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I
1-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

i- ------- 1
150. 25 _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

i

I

165.001_- ------ -------- j- -- -----

---------- -------- ------- -~--------

I

!

467.63 111.82:i________ --------I--------

1

343.10 223.50,1------------------------

80.50 60.251-------- ----------------
396.15.........!........

431.25 272. 75________ 45.00 ________

City Court of Miller County__

471.78

50.14 ________,________ --------

City Court of Monroe_______ _
City Court of Monticello ____ _

558.40 237.90!--------1-------- --------
145.10 __________!________,________ -------

City Court of Nashville _____ _
City Court of Newnan ______ _
City Court of Ocilla ________ _

336. ----------r1-------I________________
619.81 276.ll.......1 343.2&
725.00,----------1------- J-------:--------

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

447

EXHIBIT "H"-Continued.

Total Fees.

I Inos;~:~t No. MeJ Cost
/ collected Employ-/ Cl~rk
1 Costs. ed. Hire.
I

Fees Criminal Cases.

Solicitor of

/

Ci~~~~f----1 S 75.~$ _________________ $ _______ $ ______ _

T-_____________________ _ Oglethorpe____ -~ 167.4-________

:-1 ~of----- ----

71.00_______J_______ -------

Ci~~~U:!y ___ 'i 304.611

55.66 _______ _1_ ______________ _

City Court of
Ci~~c~i

____

244.611 _______________________________ _

1
Reidsville______ 696.00 393.50 ________ 17.50 Expense

City Court of

Richniond Co __ 292. 43 1, 687. 82 Two Collected

105.00--------

300.~ City Court of Sparta________ _ Collected

1
370.45 _______________________ _

City Court of

Statesbo~-- ___

244.65 solvent, $478.15 insolvent

City Court of

Ci~al~O::~r- __ _ 895. 56~- _________________________ --------

Washington____ (Collects feies only until $1,00 0 per year salary

Wayne County
Court__ -------1
County Court of

is secure/d.)
I
I 90.00:

($145, 00 collected first quarter)'
I
280.25 ________ 30. expense.

Wilkinson______

67.50r 16.50 ________ ----------------

City Court of

I

I Ci:~::~~e---~

260.14~---------- ____________________ ----

Zebulon _______ ! 442.00----------------------------------

448

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "H"-Continued.

FEE REPORTS, SOLICITORS CITY AND COUNTY COURTS SECOND QUARTER, 1913.

I

Total Insolvent No. Menl Cost Fees

Fees. or Un- Employ-, Clerk Criminal Collected ed. I Hire. Cases.

Costs.

i

----------r------f-------~-----~-----1------
c~;:?~~~~~f~' 3,:::::~~~~~~~~~~ -;~~--'-~~~~~~f3~:~:~:: City Court of

City Court of
::~~~t;
City Court of Carrollton_____
County Court of Clinch Comity _
City Court of Colmnbus_____ _
City Court of Douglas______ _
City Court of Eastman______ _
Floyd County City Court____ _
City Court of Forsyth_______ _
City Court of Fort Gaines___ _
County Court of Henry County__
City Court of Houston County
County Court of Jones County __
City Court of LaGrange_____ _
City Court of Lexington_____ _

~:;~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~:~~~~~~:~~=~ 1 574.50 ($190.85 collected) Total re1ce.ipts, $765.35

185.5(] ----------------------------------

1,169.06 __________ ----------------1,169.00

302.50 _________________________________ _

.
100.00

__________

--:----TI -------

_______

_

815.2(] __________ --------~ (106. 78 expense}

303. 501 10. 15. ($293.35 collected) ______ _

:::~1 1::J:~~~~-[1:~~:~~~~~~~~

::::I cash I

I

-----~~~~~~~~~~~~[~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

cash

J

159.50 250.15 ________ 1________ --------

$40. OO,solvent costs. $ 45 ..00 Insolv,ent costs

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

449

EXHIBIT "H"-Continued.

. ) Total Fees.

I Insolvent

or Un- No. Men Cost Fees
I Collected Employed. Clerk Criminal

Costs.

Hire. Cases.

Ci~~:r~o~ty__ S 274.65 cash '-------~--~-----'-------

City Court of

j

Monroe________ Has recive d no fees or compe tion. _______ _

Ci~e=-~~- ___ 129.?'!i--- ____ ---1- __ -- _-- __1__ ---- __ 120.00

Oconee County_,1 45.00----------r--------- ______ 45.00

CCiitEy~C=:o~u~rt~o~f~~Cos!t:::=--~=1~~]-~-~1 -~-~~:J=1o-t~- =~~~:~

City Court of

I\ f I, 764.34 collected

-~

--

_Richmond Co_ 1\3,122.25 $1,357.91: f Two 1105.00! _______ _

------1-------- I C1ty Court of

!

Sparta_________ 229.18. collected i----------

I City Court of

I

/1

,

Statesboro_____ (Solvent clost, 75.00 Insolvent cost, 1$216.82)

City Court of

1

Zebulon & of Barnesville_____

93.00 _________________ --- ------ --------

County Court of

Wayne County_ 1,324.35 392.

City Court of Bainbridge_____
City Court of
Cairo~--------
City Court of Valdosta______ _

------1-------- 1,261.38 Total Col ected.____
530.25 Total Collected _____ -1- __ ----.-
548.35 Total Collected ------1--------

450

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT " I."

.F~E REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1913-0RDINARIES.

COUNTY

Total Commiss'ns.

Amount Insolvent
or Un- No. Men collected Employ-
Costs. ed.

Total Cost Clerk Hire.

f $ 273.251_ $ _________________ !$ ____________ _
Appling________ l Collected f ------------------1 12.75

JBaker_________

199.00 --------------------------------

! 385.051_ ---------!--------- --------------

Baldwin_______ l Collected f __________ ---- ---- -- __ ------- ---

Banks_________

217.14

94.57-----------------------

Bartow____ ----

l!

567.90 Collected

lf

-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--.:-------_-_-_-_-_-__-_--1-2-0-.-0-0

Ben Hill __ ----

394.80

168.50---------

Berrien ______ . _

489.90 _____ __ _________ __

I Bibb ________ - _

J 1,950.40 l Collected

't f

___ ~ _____

One

j

9.25 78.35 250. 00

: : ! : ::::::1:::::::::::::: Bleckley_______
=~:-::::

274.65

82.35-----------------------

:::::~:,:::

Burke_________
Butts__________ Callloun_______

790.80

131.15:- _______ _

15.00

191.75 __________________ --------------

280.85

67.60 ______________________ _

Camden_______ ----------------------------------------------

Campbell _____ _ Carroll _______ _

536.54 666.20

-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_----O--n-e---

715..0000

Catoosa______ _
J-- --- _._-- Charlton______ _

202.95 188.30

~~: ~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~

i ~75

f 3,424.871_
------------------1 ( Chatham_____ _ l Collected f _________

Four i1 Sa1l,a1r8y4&.80)~

[ il Expenses J

Chattahoochee _ Chattooga ____ _

327.50 261.65

~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~

Cherokee _____ _

564.40

178.60_________

164.10

f

20.00 l

Clarke_______ _

431.55 ---------------- l Copy Work f

Clay ___ -------

178.30

Clayton__ ----Clinch ________ _

169.10 94.50

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

451

EXHIBIT "I "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total Commissions.

Amount Insolvent
or Uncollected

Number . Total Cost Men : Clerk Hire.

Costs. Employed:

'--------'---------~ Ex!!~ ! --- --1------1----:--------8-0-
Cobb_________ _ Coffee________ _ $ 344530..2655 ________ _I _________ I_{____________ _

-I- ____ ----: J 332.50 "t

I

Colquitt_______ ( Collected f ________

!J 21.00
(Expenses

Colwnbia_ __ ___

230.10 _______________ ---!

75.05

J Coweta________

f
(

Coll5e5ct2e.d10f(

__________________ !

45.00

{.Jan.:~~~~} ---------! Crawford_____ _
Crisp _________ _ Dade_________ _ Dawson_______

I_________

46.00

405.25 113256..3220

--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_-__~!I-__-_--_--_--_--_--_--_--~1-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_6-_.-0_-_0-_-

_

f
Decatur_______ (

560.75 Net

f(

_________ 1._________ ,

15.00

DeKalb ________ Dodge________ _

f
(

Collected "t 619.75 f
268.50

---

I -3--3-.0--0I-----_-_-_-__-_-_-

II

163.80 .

I___________ ~~_

Dooley _______ _

449.70. 116.35~---------1

3.00'

--------+-------- -------------- Dougherty_____ f

389.00 152.22 (

-----------------

------------------!' -------9--0-.0-~0-

,Douglas__ ----Early_________ _

(

Collected f
349.95

--------- ---------1--------------

Echols________ _ Effingham ____ _

30.00 --------------------------------

Elbert________ _ f

216.15 --------------------------------

601.60 545.00 (

~~~~~~~~- ---------~I ------------ --

EmanueL_____ _ ( Collected f _________ ---------1

177.55_

:: Fannin_______ _
Fayette_______ _

;~: ~:

~~: ;~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ t~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

J 491.15 "t

I

J 156.oo

Floyd__ ------- \. To'l Rec'ps f

13.751--------- (Expenses

Forsyth_______

123.85 ________ _!_________

46.75

Franklin_______

231.35

146.351_________

10.00

f 5,800.60 (

I

f Expenses

Fulton._________ if(Receip9t7s.97f( ---------~--------- (

3,534.80 ..

Gilmer___ --- __ 11_ Collected f _________._ --------

60.00

452

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "I "-Continued.

Amount

Insolvent Number

COUNTY.

Total

or Un- Men Total Cost

Commissions. collected Employed Clerk Hire.

Costs.

--- --;>-------1-----1----1------

(}~k_______

'97.75 , _________________ , ____________ _

Glynn_________ { Coll!!~5 } _______ __!_________ --------------

1 26t.2o \

I

Gordon________ \ Collected f ~~---------!--------- --------------

Grady_________

244.95 __ -------I-----------------------

~(

Two Months

l
rI

Greene________ l 172.69 J _______ ---------

33.34

Gwinnett______

520.55

198.~---------

135.00

Habersham____

421.40

5.~~---------

37.50

::!!~~k~~:~~~~ ~:: --~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~: -------~:~~--

Haralson_______

455.75

218.25 _____ __ __

120.00

Harris_________

416.35

49.801!=--------

9.00

Hart__________

302.90

64.00, _________ --------------

Heard_________

219.75

29.25J---------

59.25

:::::::::: {eonili!s} . ,: ~ ::::::::::::::::::::::

Irwin__________ Jackson_______ Jasper_________

481.42
573.85 435.96

I

30.00 -----------------------

i 288.90~1 -----------------------

!--------- _________

75.00

Jeff Davis______ Jefferson_______ Jenkins________
Johnson_______ Jones__________ Laurens________ ~
Lee ___________ f

163.75 ! 4. -----------------------

309.00 [--------- _________

92.00

270.35 '!

27.50 __________________,. ___ _

167.95

16.90~1 --------- --------------

264.45 1------------------

741.37 :

16.60 _________

3.75 45.00

~i!:!~ l ---------,1~---------,--------------

Liberty________ ll Collected f ------------------1--------------

Lincoln_____ ___

189.75

19. 75\--------T----- --------

Lowndes_______

689.70

69.55[ One ;

150.00

Lumpkin______ Macon_ _______

--------1-----.--------- 88.75

20.00~---------i--------------

454.15 _----- ___ -

Madison_______ !

776.45

286.85:-----------------------

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

453

EXHIBIT " I "-Continued.

~1~:~ ~Number

COUNTY.

Total

or Un- Men Total Coat

Commissions. collected mployed Clerk Hire

Costs.

:;:~~1~: ~~~:::: : :::~-~:: -----1------1----:---+------

Marion_______ _ $ 279.30

McDuffie _____ _

333.50

Mcintosh_____ _

86.00

Meriwether ___ _

527.75

Miller_---~----
Milton _______ _

148.50 132.90

Mitchell ______ _ Monroe_______ _

416.90 --------- ---------r
387.25

120.00 66.00

Montgomery __ _

237.80

Morgan_______ ~ Murray_______ _

643.35 228.50

195 ..75--------- --------------

Muscogee _____ _ Newton_______ _ Oconee_______ _

1,146.75 377.21 19'7.75

350.03

Oglethorpe____ _ Paulding______ _

409.73 339.50

6.00-----------------------

161.75_________

120.00

f 183.47\

Pickens_______ _ \ Collected f

Pierce ________ _

190.10

Pike___ - _----Polk _________ _
Pulaski_- -- - --Pqtnam ______ _ Quitman______ _ Rabun _______ _
Randolph_____ _ Richmond ____ _ Rockdale_____ _ Schley________ _ Screven_______ _

: : ~::~~~~~~:~~r:~~~~~~~:~~: 130.50 --------- ---------I--------------
245.65 505.80 301.60

114.40

419.04

33.10~---------1

77.00

296.50 1,568.75.
219.62

~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~I~~~~~~~~~~~

134.35

231.55

f 258.60\ Spalding_______ \ Collected f

Stephens_______

512.90

Stewart__________ 230.15

i 248.501_________

126.66

340..87501 ___________________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

---=~~,~~~~~~~~1_ _ _ :~~=-- f 626.25\

Sumter--------~\ Collected f

Talbot_________

f
.\

Coll2e0ct6e.d35f\

454

J OlJRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "I"-Continued.

Amount

Insolvent Number

. COUNTY.

Total

or Un- Men Total Cost

Commissions. collected Employed Clerk Hire.

Costs.

- - - --f------1----fi---+----~.-

Taluuerro______

$ 114.39

$ 16.7~---------S----------"-

TattnalL______ Taylor_______ _ Telfair _______ _

452.50

219.20\ _________ -----------~--

225292..0690__ ----3-3--.7-5--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_________6_0_._0_0_ _

J 567.50 l TerrelL _______ \ Collected f _________ ---------

53.65

Thomas_______
Tift___________ Toombs_______

626.44

116.20---------

81.00

205.50 _________ -----------------------

171.75

30.00 ______________________ _

To~s_________
Troup_________ Turner________
W::::::::: Tvnggs~-------

28.50 606.35 201.00
:.::219.95

---------------------------------------------------------------
:::::i:~~~~:: :::::::~:~:: --1 --------------------------------

Walton________ Ware __________

917.75 ------------------

658.25

24.15 _________

150.00 25.00

Warren________

196.25 --------------------------------

Washington____

405.00 ____________ -- ___ -

45.00

EE~:~~~~~~~ ------~~~~-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

White_________ Whitfield_-----
VVucox________ Wilkes________ Wilkinson______ Worth_________

173.00 263.95
532.95 561.30 250.25 485.33

-------------------------------91.15-----------------------

--------------------------------

69.65j_________

34.95

________ T _______ -

30.00

127.25_________

19.65

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 191~.

455

EXHIBIT "I "-Continued.

FEE REPORTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913-0RDINARIES.

COUNTY.

-1~~1~:~ il Number I

Total

or Un- Men Total Cost

Commissions. collected !Employed Clerk Hire.

__ _ Appling_______

[_eo_s_ts_.-li-- - - - ! - - - - - , - -

$ 262.70 , $ 19.~;:t~:e

$ 9.75

Baker_________
Bald~-------

160.50 264.75

2. None

00

50.00 ______________________ _

Banks_________ Bartow________
Ben Hill_______ Berrien________ Bibb__________

24.00 425.23
293.50 441.25 1,374.80

134. None _________ One
61.751 None
25. :E'xtrahel _________ One

None 120.00
None 28.. 50
200.00

Bleckley_______ Brooks, collecte d

188.00

13.25 None

None

436.40 __________________ --------------

Bryan_________

70.30

5.25 None

None

Bulloch________

320.50 None

"

"

Burke_________

931.25

98.

"

25.00

Butts_________

325.55

28.

One

75.00

Callroun_______

155.00

49. None

00

Camden _______ ----------------------------------~-----------

Campbell______

.509.13

153. _________ --------------

Carroll________

276.95

One

75.00

Catoosa_______

135.58

None

Charlton_______

101.50

___________________ -- --

Chatham______ 2,704.16

Four

1,050.00

Chattahoochee_

56.50

12.85 None

00

Chattooga___________________________________________ - _-- _---

Cherokee______
g~~~e:~~~~~~~~

267.10.

90.60 Two

161.50

~;~:!~ ---~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~-------~~~~--

Clayton_______ Clinch_________

99.05

47.25 None

81.50 _________ None

00 None

Cobb__________ Coffee_________ Colquitt_______ ColUJilbia______

486.00 401.00 804.19 172.25

320. --------None
350.7 None xp. 6. 75 One

60.00 00 28.00 82.75

Coweta________
~aw1ord______
Crisp__________ Dade~----------

571.25 48.60 760.35
92.73

None ----------------- One
None None
None None

35.00 24.00 None
00

Dawson_______

77.43 --------------------------------

456

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "I "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total Commissions

I Amount
Insolvent Number or Un- I~ Men collected ~mployed
Costs. 1

Total Cost Clerk Hire.

Decatur_______ $ 440.30 $ 25.001---------~-------------
~~~~ll~~ ~!::~~ 1~:~~--~::~---------~~~~~--

Dooly- -------Dougherty_____

220.35 180.00

57 .35,_--- -------------------

25.00 One

90.00

Douglas_______

126.30 None [ One

24.00

Early __________ -------------- ---------1-----------------------

Echols_____ _:___

27.75

8.50 None

00

Eflinghazn_____
Elbert_________ Emanuel_______ Fannin________ Fayette________ Floyd_________

148.75
368.55 177.60 46.45 284.90 507.21

--------------------------------

_______

!
\

!Help whe needed.

n

f\

12.00

Can't Say One

78.10

None None

00

92.00 ______________________ _

57.60 One

154.00

Forsyth________ ----------------------------------------------

Franklin________

206.95

48.851-4 days

10.50

Fulton________

6,382.28 (Salaries~ nd expen ses $2,511.80).

Gilmer __ -----

168.25 None

One

75.00

Glascock_______

36.25

16.20 None

None

Glynn_________

313.00

27.15 None

None

Gordon________

138.85 ________ _ None

None

Grady_________ Greene________
Gwinnett______ Habersham_____ Hall___________

276.46 257.25
368.00 169.20 228.76

--------------------------------

None None

50.00

166.8~ One

45.00

57.50 One

37.50

80.85 One

40.00

Hancock_______ Haralson_______
~~~~~~~~~~~

282.90 --------------------------------

425.70

204.55l One

120.00

!;::~~ ---236~5~---0~;--------ios~oo--

Heard_________

303.43

65.50, None --------------

ffenry_________

299.70 ---------[--------- --------------

Houston_______

370.25

165.101 None --------------

_ _ _ _ _ Irwin__________

276.22

113.64 None

1

~=~----~~~~~~ ------~~:~:~-- ~~~~~=~~~~---~e

None
:~~~~-

Jeff Davisr----Jefferson_______

106.45 280.95

10.00 None 29.30,1 One

None 90.00

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

454"

EXHIBIT "I "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total

I InAsmolovuenntt Number
or Un- Men - Total Cost

Commissions. collected Employed Clerk Hire.
Costs.
--- --1------r-----+---r------
JenJdns~------- $. ____________ $ ________ $ ________ , ____________ _

Johnson_______ Jones__________ Laurens_______
tee___________

121.80 192.26 480.53 130.28

'~---------! None - None

,---------!None regular

5. 75

i 30.00_________

15.00

1 50.os ______________________ _

Liberty______ --

168.21

20.00 None _____________ _

LinabJn---.,----
Lowndes_______

111.25 920.10

54.50 None 158.35 One

None 150.00

Lumpkin______ Macon________

321.15

55.0C _________ --------------

277(_85 ________ _ ____ _____

10.85

Madison_______ Marion________

366.00

119.65 One

214.59 _________ None

18.00 None

Mcihdfie______

231.50 --------------------------------

Mcintosh_________________________________________ -----------

Meriwether__ --

139.00 _______________________________ _

Miller_________

186.25

1.00 ______________________ _

Milton.---_--- ____ ---------- - _------- --------- --------------

MitchelL______

304.15 ____ ____ _ One

120.00

Monroe________

270.70

75.5(] One

60.00

Montgomery---

77-50

10.00 None

00

Morgan________

322.77

43.75 One

00

Murray________

146.15

6.00 None

None

Muscogee______

762.00

One

325.00

Newton_______

375.24

9.30 None

None

Oconee________ Oglethorpe_____

263.30

42.00 None reg ular 39.50

237. its _____________________________ ---

Paulding_______ Pickens________

362.75 164.40

1d7.7o One 22.00 None

120.00 None

Pierce_________

277.85 --------------------------------

Pike__________

313.85 --------------------------------

Polk__________ Pulaski________

250.38 --------------------------------

306.00 ~--------- ---------

45.00

Putnam_______ -------------- --------------------------------

~tman_______ -------------- --------------------------------

Rabun________

2'15.99

22.00 One

95.00

Randolph______

213.50

90,00_________

8.00

Richmond,

From Jan. 1 _ 2,597.35

478.00 One

450.00

Rockdale collec ted 68. 50

48.25 None

00

JOURNAL OF mE HousE,

EXHIBIT "I "-Continued.

Amount I

Insolvent Number

COUNTY.

Total

or Un- Men Total Cost

Commissions. collected Employed Clerk Hire.

Costs.

- - - --'------1-----:----~------

I Schley_________ 1\ $ 28258 . 7904 i\1) ___ 0__0___ 1 $No..ne
Screven ________ .

$ 0000

Spalding_______

272.04

38.80 One

130.00

Stephens_______

274.50

2.50, None

00

Stewart________ Sumter________
~:~~:: :::

127.00 None

"

00

402.70

20. ooi1_ ________

15.00

ill E _~ ::1 :~~:-::::--:~:::::

Taylor________
~:!:~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~
Thomas_______ Tift___________ Toombs_______
Towns_________ Troup_________ Turner________
Twiggs________ Union_________ Upson_________ Walker________ W a l t o n ________
:::~~=~~~~~~~I1

91.15
~;~: ~~
546.68 254.35 152.80
104.00 414.70 115.45
75.00 48.50 278.00
484.95 444.55
~~:!g

. 8.30I One

60.00

5~::1- --o~e___ -------~~~so--

112.03 One I

81.00

, 17.00 None I None

I 17.80 _________ --------------

!--- ------\----------\--------------

\ 124.aOI None

00

None None

I None I None

None None

None
Nothing None

6.90 None

None

I 58.70 One __ __ __ ___ __ __ __ ___

60.75 150.00

I i~:~--N~~~-- _______00_____

Washington____

311.50 _________

One

45.00

Wayne________

154.00 I1 None I None

00

Webster_______

94.75

35.25 "

00

~7~~~~==~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~====

Whitfield______ Wilcox________ Wilkes ________ ]
Wilkin'lOn______ Worth_________

328.14 251.10 259.01
301.00 174.09

; 87.191
1---------
1 10.75
1 40.001 1 131.30

No"ne
One
One None

00 10.00 35.00
30.00 9. 77

EXHIBIT j.

EXHIBIT "J."

~
~

FEE REPORTS, FIRST QAURTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.

Total

I I Amount
Insolvent Number Cost

Fees in

Fees in I Received

--
Fees for

COUNTY.

Fees.

or un-

Men

Clerk

Criminal

Civil for Court Recording

collected. Employed. Hire.

Cases.

Cases.

Work.

Papers. ~

Appling __ -------_ --1 S 1,161. 54 I 697.651----------IS 332.85lf$ 233.05'\ $ 406.40I:f$ 27.00'\l$

0
273.74 ~

Baker______________ l

318.10

'\
__________ ,__________,__________,f

Insolvent 103.50

f l

----------

'\Per diem
f 15.00

f l

!2l 171.70 ~

Bald~n ____________ l

903.39 ------ ____ ,____ ------1--

'\ Insolvent f f 198.65'\

'\ Per diem f
137.21f 30.00'\

0
472.38 1>;1

Banks______________ l Bartow _____________ I
I Ben HilL __________
Berrien_____________ Bibb _______________ I
Bleckley----- _______ I

681.77
714.55 877.08 2,597.13 3,686.06
413.28

364.00, ____ ------

__________

Two

148. 78,1____ - -----

1,628. 66,_ ---------

Six

283.551 _________ _1

'\ Insolvent f

150. 001' f 176.15'\ '\ Insolvent. f

318.00,

289.05

140. 501_ - - -- - - - - -- - - -

383. 051' f

67.80 l

'\ Insolvent f

1,560.001

23.10

44.501 f 130.35'\

'\ Per diem f 186.001 f 12.00 l
'\ Per diem f
96. 201_--------- --
315. 581_- -- - - - - - ---
840.001 f 69.00 l 1Per diem f
l'l 1,169.09 f 110.40'\ Per diem f 19.001 f 36.00 l

1-3
261.30 l~':l

169.85 ~

551.42 1,052.43

c:1
J~

2,283.47

171.33

Brooks--.----------1 1,321.45

225.4511----------1


'\ Insolvent f 160.00 f 260.45'\1
ll Insolvent f ~

'\ Per diem f

1
454.60

f

12.00 l

I( Pet diem f

584.50

~B-u-llo-c-k-_-_-__-_-._-_-_-__-_-_I f
Burke______________ Il
Butta. __________ --Calhoun ____________ CBJnden ____________ cBJnpbell ___________
Carroll _____________ I
Catoosa____________ !

Charlton. __ --------1 ChathBJn. ________ .I

Chattahoochee. _____ I f l.
Chattooga__ -- ------I
Cherokee__________ .I

Clke





------l f
1\

_/ ___ 152.90
1,289.94 Collected

71.65
\----------
f

-------------------

----------
373.00

------------I------------

f

70.40 l. 240.50

l. Inliolvent f

ss~oo\-1 \Per diem f

1,225.93

627.23 ----------

349.00 ------------

------------

f 12.00
\Per diem

\1 f

~30.40
652.03
1,171.09

821.29 241.15 195.65 917.64
788.811

647.~----------
----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 386.54 __________

150.00
----------f----7--5-.0--0

-__-_-_-_-_--,.. -_-__-

--
.,._

------------
7'7.60

------------
7.25
------------
l. ----------

---------------------------------f 18.00 l.

---

\Expense Insolvent f

\Per diem f

----------1 One I 198.00 ------------ --

124.00 f 60.00\ \Per diem f

241.15 ~ 172.79 ~ 193.59 ~
422.75 ~ ~~<~

293.851

105.351----------1- --------1 f

9.00'\

Insolvent f

374.551

59. 101.-------- -1 12.001 f

80.50 l.

. .,1 Insolvent f

3,936.751 ----------1--------- -I 1,260.001

47.80.

Co~~~i:!l} ----------~----.------~

c.... 22.001 \
\ Insol.68.65 f

309.80

214.49 __________

30.50 f

71.55 l.

89.95 f 18.00 l. \Per die-m f
35.0 f 21.00 l. \Per diem f
802.18 f 231.00 l. \Per diem f
24.90 15.80
71.40 f 15.00 l

95.40 ~
~ 192.15
2,655. 77 ~~ ~
239.60 1-'
~
139.07

629.671 876.601\
Collected f

304.671.---------1
176.101 f Two \[
\regular f

l. 109.761 f
l.
337.961

Insolvent f 112.82 l.
Insolvent f
208.951

\Per diem f 48.25 f 21.00\l
--------I \Per diem f
261.451_---

311.68
406.20 ~
~
1-'

-. COUNTY.

Total Fees.

Clay-~-- __ --.- __ - ___ $ 705.40

Clayton ____________ f 249.52

l Collected

Clinch __________ ~ __

472.60

Cobb _________ ----- 1,155.86

Coffee.~----~c ______

2,044.60

Colquitt ____________ Columbia ___________

1, 501.05 998.86

Cow.eta_________ --Crawford ___________

1,'011.17 617.45

Crisp_~~ ____ ~ ______

.'

~'

1,294.05

EXHIBIT "J"-Continued.

Amount

Insolvent Number

or un-

Men

collected. Employed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

Fees in Criminal
Cases.

Fees in Civil Cases.

Received
.for Court Work.

""""0')
- ~'...:>
Fees for Recording
Papers.

$ 138.60 --------- $ 150.00 f$ 259.95\ $ 49. 601 f $ 27. 00 l

l Insolvent f

\Per diem f

108.38 l-------- ---------Criminal f

59.22 I 30.35 41.50

100.80 ---------- ---------- --------------

58.701 f 15.00 l \Per diem f

69.15 f Extra

25.00 l 504.10

126.10 96.90

\ One

400.00 f

1,003.65 ----------
'

235l~ 264.75\ Insolvent f

214.90 f 43.00 l \Per diem f

847.36 Four

350.00

99.20

76.45 48.00

626.36 ----------
207.69 One

230.00 f 156.00 l

l Insolvent f

168.75

27~.49

168.00 f 15.00 l \Per diem f
85.75 f 49.10 l

\Per diem f

---------- --~-------

fl

55.02 Expense

205.00 l Insolvent f

33.75 f 15.00 l \Per diem f

699.60 --------- .

240.01 f 249.90 l 215.85 f 36.00 l

l Insolvent f

\Per diem f

~ $ 376.60 ~
118.45 z
286.65 ~ ~
359.61 ~
~
909.95 tod 1:1:1
8 1,228.70 643.00 J~
187.45
549.95
523.95

I>ade ___ ~---------I>awson ___________ _
I>ecatur----------~

271.35
301.15 1,656.40

I>eKalb _______ --- -I>odge ____________ _

1,549.65 1,512.68

I>ooley------------I>ougherty----- ___ - _

2,961.04 2,222.31

I>ouglas____________ , { 392.891_
Collected f
Early ______________ , 1,135.30

Echols ____________ _

166.55

I{ Effingham__________ Co~~e~t:~ }

Elbert ___ ----------

800.45

EmanueL __

No Report.

Fannin____________ _

316.59

F~tyett~- __________ _

517."22

-I 179. 15---------
I 52.27---------719.10 _________ _
130 .131_--------989.68 _________ _

2

.

5

01 1

f

32.251_

l Insolvent f

6.001

151.38

305. 25 f 228. 70 l

l Insolvent f

487.661 2-3 264.37

452.83 f

74.'70 l

l Insolvent f

324.001

59.85

1,023.751 f 493.20 l

l Insolvent f

253. 50,_---------

34.001

49.55

. l 400.10'---------- 120.00; f 37.35-------------------- {

- - ------- - - - -- --- -- - - -- - -- -- -~ {

391.98----------

140.00 f l

61.20 l Insolvent f
20.00 l Insolvent f
54.75\
Insolvent f 45.00 l
Insolvent f

l--- 3~~:~;~~~-~~~~~~~ -75~ocff--:~fi~~~ff

24.351 f is.oo '-J
-I l Per diem f
48.251-----------

50.75 49.25

131.90-----------------------

!~~:~~I-;---36:oo-\ \Per diem f 1,468.151 f 12.00 l
\Per diem f 200.55\ f 42.00 l
I'- Per diem f
62.35 79.20
'-I 179.901 f 31.50 19.10',_\=~~-~i~~!-
24. 50L _______ ----1
31.501 f 18.00 !_I l Per diem f

:a 994.28
738.68
~
975.20 !:zl
~
523.84 ~ ,.I<!
144.71 ~
~ 694.05
~
84.55 .m.
~
~ 247.95
961.85

:~:~~1-;- --21:oo\-
l Per diem f

222.36 212.50 ~
~

-

-

I

EXHIBIT "J"-Continued.

- Amount:



._

-

:

~ 0') ~

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

Insolvent ' Nu.mber , Cost

1 or Un-

Men

Clerk

collected. E:rnpioyed. Hire.

Fees in Criminal
Cases.

I Fees in
I
I Civil I Cases. I

Received 1 Fees for

for Court Recording

Work.

Papers.

Floyd______________ $ 2,215.09

$ 30.00 Three

$ 780.00 $ 240.71

Forsyth _________ ---

350.02

164.90 ----------

8.30 f

27.80 '1.

'1. Insolvent f

Franklin_______ ---_

705.20

"436.40 ---------- ---------- f
'1.

49.70 '1.
Insolvent f

Fulton. ______ .... ---- f 10, 715.12'\.

541.74 Thirty 8,750.01 2,202.22

'1. Collected f

Gilmer __ .. ____ ............

Glascock .... _.. _............ Glynn ______________

f

56.05 221.35

----------

----------

f 65.90: l-----------'1. Exp3e0n.s0e01_f_____________

---------- ----------

1,700. 70 '1. 427.20 Two

889.65

659.70

Gordon ____________ '1.

Collected f
618.12

156.68 ---------- ----------

Grady __ .. _.... _.......... - 1,321.15

456.0l ____ ----- 123.50

Greene_____________ 1,017.10

340.151 __________ 169.501

$ 650.82 $ 129.60
97.50 f 33. 77'\. '1. Per diem f
123.50 f 15.00 '1. '1. Per diem f
1,221.34 f 533.90 '1. '\.Per diem f
17.50 ------------

116.50 -----------497.63 ------------

139.42 f 18.00 '1.

'\.Per diem f

247.05 f 18.00 '1.

'\.Per diem f

108.30 I

nn nn.\

$1,163.96 139.35
410.15

~
~

E=;
6,757.6(i ~

34.55 ~

ll!l

53.00 543.30

~
0

c:l

324.50 J~

774.05

l'!'nn nrt

Gwionett.,... ___ - -- __

1, 751.43 '

962.09 __________
I

243.931

~----------

f

'1.

f

Habersham_________ i Hall _______________ j
Hancock ___________ !
Haralson ___________ !
Harris_____________ Hart_______________ Heard______________
HenrY-------------~
Houston ____________ , f I.
Irwin ______________ I Jackson ____________ !
Ja.aper _____________ j JeffDavis _________ _i
Jefferson __________ _I

742.47 I
1,121.95 I

355.511__ _______ _I 181.08'----------1

16.901 J

l 205.41 \

\ Insolvent f

246.221

254.44

227 .501j f 30.00\ J
\ Per diem f 1 116.80 f 78.00\:

1,062.85 I 580.871----------1----------1

190.30 I

\Per diem f
( 103.751 192.5~51 ~Extra ~

1,368.35 I 1,063.901----------1

584.70 662.85
528.65

387.7~----------1

125.7 309.75

---------__________

1,


488.40 ,

,

1

t

3.251 One i

1

1,216.64\ ---------- ----------~

Collected f

1,108.00

449.35__________

1,114. 76 I
1,631.84

479.80J----------~
I 628.401----------

310.11lf

502.96\

486.3 flserv4ic8e.70)\

\ Insolvent f

\ Per diem f

59.5.01------------------------------------

75.00______________

6.7 ------------

42.90f 147.00\ 186.25'1I 1 18.00\l.

~\
175. f

Inso6l4v.e2n0t\~f-I---------~--\--P-e-r--d-ie-m.--f1i

\ Insolvent f

222.5 f

90.17\

92.671

,
12.00\

\ Collected Collected Per diem f 223.90______________ 1 322.05 f 9.00\

190.001 f

94.45\ I

9 5 . ,1_\_P__e_r_d_i_e_m__f_

\ Insolvent f 230.50 f 708.19\

105.10 f 33.00\l

754.41

227.96! _________ _1

\ Insolvent f

90.00IJ

24.05\

\ Per diem f
282.86f 33.00\l

1,406.00

655.35 1----------1

\ Insolvent f 375.001 f 256.15 \
\ Insolvent f

\ Per diem f 139.10 f 12.00 \ j
\ Per diem f

211.11
447.80
:a 576.25
292.85 t?:l
~
510.80 ~
541.85 I:' 167.00 ;1<.1.
~
485.40 d
~
1,024.60 ...,.
~
731.70 .......
;g
868.61 ~
616.30
326.10
1,045.00 ~
Ct

EXHIBIT "J"-Continued.

~

0')

Amount

0')

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

Insolvent Number

I or Un-

Men

Cost Clerk

Fees in Criminal

,Fees in Received Fees for Civil for Court Recording

collected. Employed. Hire.

Cases.

Cases.

Work.

Papers.

Jenkins ___________ _ Johnson ___________ _

$ 819.35 658.03

$ 275.451----------1 $ 162.501 f $ 90.45\ 't In11olvent f
52.591.------- --' 115.501 f 124.75 l

$ 138.4511 f $ 36.00 l 't Per diem f
81.101 f 33.00 l

't Insolvent f

't Per diem f

Jones~-------------
Laurens___________ _

896.00 2,602.30

~:!: ~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~:~: ~~T---47i ~so\ 46:: ~~~~T--6o~oo\-

Lee _______________ _

.

,1

892.15 1 183.3o __________

't Insolvent f ' 220.40 f 132.oo l
't Insolvent f

't Per diem f 111.25 f 13.75\
1't Per diem f

Liberty- - - - - - - ___ - - If 621.35\ ---------1---------- 100.00

27.70

128.95 f 18.00 l

l Collected f

I

'

_

't Per diem f

Lincoln-------~----

713.50

452.25----------

90.00--------------

55.30 f 3' 00 l

--------+--------- Lowndes __________ _ f 't

844.93\
Collected f

{ ------------------------ Lumpkin__________ _ Co~:~t~~}

I
: --------~----------

210.00

123.11

't Per diem f

120.671

f 't

15.00 Per diem

l f

----------~------------

--

$ 414.80 1:-t

z 359.05

q0
~-

818.60

>
t"'

1,371.75 0 l:j

414.80

f-'3 ~

tJ

429.75 P::

600.20

q0
J.0-01.

581.10

122.00

Macon ____________ _ Madison __________ _

~!:~~

~:~:~~;~~~~~~~~~~ ~!~::-;----i85~io\- -----7i~7oj;---~2~oo\-

401.65 456.07

l

't Insolvent f ' . \ Per diem f

~arion ____________ _
McDuffie __ _ MCintosh _________ _
Meriwether__ - ___ ---

706.38 --------------------

81.501-------------- 108.331------------

525.35 314.10 855.06

---- -{- -} ______ 166.87 One

57.~36______________

!~~:~~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ i5o~-- -:~2~~~

43.001------------
~~~~~-{~~~a~~~}

544.25 315.48 253.M 716.88

Miller____ ---------Milton_-----------MitchelL __________ _ Monroe ___________ _ Montgomery _______ _

370.18 187.74 1,704.75 1,666.51 1,397.09

Murgan ___________ _ 1,913.47

M:urray ____________ l f l
Muscogee~--~------~ f l
~ewton ____________ l

328.71 l Collected f 2,644.01 l Collected f
603.19

15.001----------1 42.25 f

17.13 l

18.001' f 8.00 l

252.70

\ Insolvent f

\ Per diem f

~

78.951----------1 70.001 f

25.95\

7.001 f 15.00 l

108.39 ~

\ lrisolvent f

\ Per 'diem f

!21

688.101----------1 1,090.1vo----------

I\ 319 oo, f

~ns3o0l2ve.1n5t

\
f

266.20f

95.00\1

I\ 323.35! f 18.00 l
Per diem f
186.75f 15.00\

~~ 947.75 t;l
1,299.16

466.61,_ ________ _ ~6.131- ---------

j . !\ Insolvent f
186.511______________

\ Per diem f 450.5J f 33.00 l
' \ Per diem f

~
1,002.33 ~
~

135.001

( {

Due . 799.66

)f

Due 255.00

f

63:00 l Due 610.80 ~10-)"

1 Cash

1 Cash

l 258.60) 150.

\Per d1em f Cash 47'6.14 1~-"

76.331----------1----- ____ J f Cash

l Cash

____________ Cash 124.10 ~

l 140.61 f

27.05

Four

!Cash (Due

)

f 975.001 { 499.29

338.20 ash 644.05

106. 95,_------- --

l1

C

ash 1,4

91.

5

6

1
)

161.201

257.9:4

270.2 62.25

45.35

~
194.65 ~

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

EXHIBIT "J"-Continued.

Amount

Insolvent I Number I Cost

or un-

Men

Clerk

collected. Employed. Hire.

Fees in Criminal
Cases.

Fees in Civil Cases.

~ *'"'
(J)

Received Fees for

for Court Recording

Work.

Papers.

Oconee_____________ ! $ 680.45 Js ________ J. ________ Js________ J S 113.90 $ 121.301 f s 12.00 l s 362.70 ~

Oglethorpe ________ _

949.15

200. 851.~------- .I

50.001 f

31.120 l

\Per diem f 88.651 f 4.00 l

go
562.25

Paulding. ____ ____ _

843.75

490.651 _________ _1

\ lnsolv~nt f 72.001 f . 422.40 l

\Per diem f 164.351 f 30.00 l

Z 215.35 ~

Pickens ____________ ,!
Pierce__.____________ f

221.91 '745.35\

\ Insolvent f

42.00
173.101

..
__

------
------

--!-
--

----1-3-6--.0-I0----------------------------!I

\Per diem f 54.7~-----------49. 75, f 27.00 l

0
101.45 l2j 349.10 ~

Pike_______________ Ilf Polk _______________ i l

Collected 872.00

lf

I

Collected f

1,003.98 '

12. 204.

~--
041 f

_____
7'2 all

---1 u.ool
rec~ipts to \ I

"'"" I
242. 63

; \Per diem f
93.901 26.00

l2J
528.65 ~

I



o

36.9511 f 156.65\ ----------- ~

Pulaski---.----------1 f 525.68\ __________,_\ _____~~~~-ty. 175.!221

67.43

\ Per diem f

J,>J

105.00 47.30 . 353.25

\ Collected f Putnam____________ ! 1,102.15

377. 201_-------- _I

59.001

519.60

44.60,I f 18.00 l

562.40

\Per diem f

Quitman.----------

362.10

34.601---------~----------1 {

34.60\
Insolvent f

6.001 f 15.00 l \Per diem f

71.60

l It&bun _____________
Randolph _________ -~ {
Richmond __________ f l
Rockdale____ ------- f l
Schley ____ -------_ Screven ___________ _
I{ Spalding ___________
Stephens__________ _
Stewart___________ _
Sumter--~--------- -I f
l
Talbot __
Taliaferro _________ _
TattnalL _________ _
Taylor____ _
Telfair_ -_- -- -------

238.31
893.41 l

33.251--------------1----------1 f 15.00 '\

\Per diem f

129.151

25.00

290.01l ___________ _j f

!00.21 378.40

Collected f

\ Office fees

2,224.35\

798. so: _________ _

Collected 211.50

f l

--------------------.-

:::~~ ::::::::::::

:::::: :::]:::::: ::::::1

1,43867.800 ~

Collected f
332.90

18.60--------- -I----------

38.55

1,299.70 -------- --(- --------- 122.07-------------

25.001

4. 60

39. 001_------ -----

~
274.45 ~ 1,260. 70 ~

1,032.35\ ---------- ---------- 162.50.

364.45

150.30, 128.25

389.35 :;

Collected f

~~

1,095.66 886.90

455.091---------29. 65l~ _________ ,

88.05 f 160.65\ \ Insolvent f
225.oo Unpaid 2.25

387.251 f 24.00 l \ Per diem f
161.~95 ___________ _

219.42 ~
704.20 ~

1,860.72\
Collected f
928.62
492.40

447. 70._ --------- 1 573.971 _________ _1
155. 601'-- --------I

148.00,1

498.33

162.501! \
60.001 f
\

197.17\
Insolvent f
Inso5lv7e.4nt5f\

270.65 f 54.50 l \Per diem f
2. f 12.00\ \ Per diem f

126.90

f \

15.00 Per diem

l f

937.09 1-l
~0)
661.45 ~
1-l
206.45 ~

2,043.25

944.10,_ __ __ ___ __ 3oo.ool f 111.85\ 1,007.85 f 57 .oo \

\ Insolvent f

\ Per diem f

512.50

648.60 1,215.20

132. 95',----------

150.001-----------.--- ----------------------

195.00 f 118.40 l 151.01 f 45.00 l



\ lnsolvent f

\Per diew f

543.60
826.25 """
~

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

EXHIBIT "J "-Continued.

-
Amount

Insolvent Number

orUn-

Men

collected. Employed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

-
Fees in Criminal
Cases.

Fees in Civil Cases.

_~ ,
0

Received Fees for

for Court Recording

Work.

Papers.

TerrlllL __________ --
Thomas ____________ Tift__________ - ___ --

f$ 769.97'\. l Collected f
1,900.22 1,512.53

$ _________

----------

f l

Expenses
s 128.25

'\.$. ---------f

161.20 ---------65.75 ----------

465.00

410.22

300.00 f 271.80 l

l Insolvent f

$ 150.15 $ 62.60
452.20 71.10
694.35 f 12.00 l '\.Per diem f

$ 510.20 ~

0

966.65 ~

428.18

z
~

Toombs_____ ----_-- f TownB _____________ l Troup ______ -------- f

660.30 l Collected f
110.02 1,043.98'\.

---------- ----------
6.00I1--------348.97 One

140.00 -------------------------------------
282. 05;--------------

169.15
-----1-2-8-.-9-4

f 15.00 l '\.Per diem f -_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

427.35 ~

39.80

~
~

660.56 l"J

Turner_____________ l
Twiggs _____________
Union ______________ Upson ________._____ Walker _____________

Collected f
1,760.65
566.10

1,042.70 ---------- 180.00 --------------

I 3.00 f 51.00 l
'\.Per diem f

74.09 ---------- ---------- f l

7.00 l Insolvent f

----------

f
'\.Per

3.00 l diem f

~ 541.20 0
cj
531.80 J~

91.30 740.50 1,156.77

-------------------
611.77

----------------------------

----

i45 ~50;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
105.00: f 460.25'\.1 283.35, f 45.00 l

-----------
725.20 236.60

Walton ____________ 1,004.05

407.30 ----------

1'\. Per diem f

I Ware--------------.1! 1,755.65"\. 1,994.891__________

"\. Collected f

Warren ________.____ I

483.65

46.49~1----------

.I\ 622.6~/

20.87"\.

Insolvent f

60.001 f

46.49"\.

866.20 f 78.00"\. "\. Per diem f
68.65 f 15.00 l

708.28 271.40

Washington _________ I

1,157.97--I----------~----------J1

] "\. Insolvent f 240.00 f 328.25"\.

\ Per diem f 301.75 f 39.00"\.

343.20

I

"\. Insolvent f

"\. Per diem f

:~~:~:~:i;~~-F~b~ !~~:;~ 394~85/~~~~~~~~~~-----9o~o-~-; ~ Wayne_____________
i51

486.90

159.15 __________

\----

45.00 ______________ 116.00 ___________ _
-- -43 65-\---- io5:ooT-- 12:oo\,

367.40 ~ 216.25 ~ 214.85 ~

White_____________ _ Whitfield __________ _
Wilcox ____________ _

178.59 578.00
1,204.76

2~~:~~~~~~~~~~~-
226. 701 _______._

"\. Insolvent f

---i36:o7 -;-----6.5~oo\-

"\. Insolvent f

161.50 f

59.66\

"\. Insolvent f

\ Per diem f [
~~:~~T--is~oo\-1

J:l:j
~~ 74.15
218. 1-0

"\. Per diem f 90.20 f 30.00 l ,__ _
l Per diem f

~

Wilkes ____________ _

908.50

240.831_--- ------

106. 181 f

23. 10 l

l Insolvent f

151.85 f 15.00 l l Per diem f

640.75 1-l
~0)

Wilkinson ________ -_ Worth ____________ _

552.35 1,936.00

165.43i_-------- _., 622.0l---------

62. 08(- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

230.001 f

43.70 l

l Insolvent f 1

78 .75 -- - - - -----605. 601; ____ - ------

448.91 ~ 1,091 15 1-l
~

-of:>.
--1

EXHIBIT "J ''-Continued.

~
-1

1.\:)

FEE REPORTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913-CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.

Total

Amount Insolvent Number

I Cost

Fees in

Fees in

Received Fees for

COUNTY.

Fees.

or un- I Men 1 Clerk . Criminal

Civil

for Court IRecording

collected. Employed Hire. ! Cases.

Cases.

Work.

Papers .

__--~:~::i : ;,~,::::!::::;~::::1---~::;oo:--- ~~~~:,4----~~~~d----::n~ ! ------------1
Appling ___________ _ $1,016.82 $

Baker_____________ _

278.00

Baldwin___________ _

629.94

Banks__________ ----

320.21

Bartow------ __ -----

787.03

.

I

i

I

596.87 Two $

1

244.3o' J Two ~,I

Ben HilL _________ _

'\.regularf 404.00 __________ One

I
I
318.75 $ _________ $

I
178.00$

315.oo 1 209.9o'

252.03

I

.

135. 00

25. 35 ____________

I
31.30$

~
0
211.23 q

155.10 46. 00

11o.oo

~o;~ ~

294. 30 t:?;j

Berrien___________ -Bibb ______________ _

1,896.40 1,126.6511 ~WO 4,009.33 ________ __ S1x

330.00 !
f Expense I.

142.25 102.75

1,245.45 1, 211.83.

86.40

419.30 ~

548.10 2, 146.65 o

I

I. 1' 766. 60 f

I

~

Bleckley ___________ _

Forw'r'd 1st ( 428.64)

Qr.

198.1511.
120.72. f

One

Brooks____________ _ 1 873.00 f

607.761 One

63.00 150.00

1
77.62 256.85'

58.111 195.2011

18.55 114.95

~t:?;j
258.06 306.00

Bryan_____________ _ l

Collected ) 342.55

152.15 None

None

I 62.15

I 127.60

48.85

103.95

Bullock ___________ _ Burke_____________ _

i 3,484.73 : 1,697. 771 Two

1,478.03

61.00 Two

275.00 330.00

299.911 25.00

465.651 172.50!

133.80 887.40 60.00 1,160.03

Butts_

347.95 1

1
198.00 One

100.00

100.00,1

97.95

97.00 150.00

Calhoun____________

309.00

47.251 None

None j 74.85 . 8.85

18.00l 166.25 '

Camden____________ ----------- __ ------- ________________________ ,______________________ --------- _____________ _

Campbell___________

248.30

128.30 _____________________ -I-_________

---J 93.50 _________

154.80

Carroll_____________

970.70

80.56 One

197.50

296.00

231.80

61.251 381.65

Catoosa____________ Charlton___________

230.04 176.70

30.00 __________ ---------------------30.00 None ------ __ ____ ______ __ __

--1 72.84

2.00

16.00 __________

125.20 160.70

g==~~:::::: - -:~:~-- - ~:;;~::~~;::: _:~~~--- -~~;~--. -~:~::::::~~;J_ :~:!~ l

Cherokee___________ Clarke_____________ Clay_______________

299.34 967.15 428. 65

154.25 One 315.70 Three 105.00 __________

I 108.96
443.32
150.00

26.00 346.77 36. 70.

72.34 266.30 33. 5 I

4. 751 143.20 18.001

196.25 ~ 354.08 ~
340. 45 ~~<~

Clayton____________ { Col~~t~~} ------------------------------------------

19.00~------------:

79.35 ~

Clinch_____________ Cobb______________ Coffee,------________ ColqmtL. ___ ___ __
Columbia___________ Coweta____________ Crawford.'__________
Crisp ______________ Dade______________ Dawson _______ ~____
Decatur----.------DeKalb............

387.96 1,293.45 1 ,0;40.50 1,220.10
461.10 397.13 264.80 1,114.47 206.40 65. 30
1,298.85 1,267.02

111.18 None

None

. 440.00 1 to 3

426.70

359.43 Two 1 22.0.'00

.I 18497..998011
120.00

40.8i------------[

73.401

338.90

125.00 _____ _ _ _ ____

43201..00'20

Four One

350.00

217. 50

70.00 ----------

83.95 ____ __ ____ __ 13.20.1____________

None Two ___ ___ __ __ One

204.80

76.80

68.80

100.001

65.00 _______ _____ ______ __ __ ____ __ ______

177.90 One

83.33

128.25

370.85

63.56

84.05 __________ ------------ -------c-________________________________ __________

61.55 .. ___________

6. 30

36. 90

360.30 Two

352.85

366.45

394.40[1

75.90

-------- Four

494.00

43.17

169.55

77.85

87.95 I;

351.25 .....,. 435.77 ~~

497.63 411.75

c1o-'
1-1.

151.53 ~

264.80

350.15

50.80 22. 00

462.10"'" 976.45 ~

--- ------ ---- ------ :EXHIBIT "J ''-Continued.

~
~-1

--~---------------
--~-~---~-

-------------r---A-: -~ -< -l --l-i-;-}-t-- -r -- ------------- -- -- -- ..---..~ ... ~ --- --- -.--- --- --- --- ------- - -----~-~---~---~--------------

.~

Total r Insolvent Number Cost

Fees in

I Fees in Received Fees for

COUNTY.

Fees.

or Un- Men

Clerk Criminal

Civil

for Court Recording

I collected. Employed. Hire.

Cases.

Cases. 1 Work.

Papers.

1-----
Dodge _____________ $ 1,563.00 1$ 774.45 2 to 3 $ 330.00$

75.201$___________ 1$

51.00$ 662.35 ~

Dooly______________ 1,595.75

100.00 One

100.00

140.00

662.00

73.00

620.75 c:j

Dougherty__________ 1,648.32 1 305.60 Three Douglas____________ --------------] 2~1.25 One

570.00 20.50

592.47 139.2411

180.21
1
19.25i

4.90 3.00

525.10: 99.95 ~

Early______________ 1,229.98 . 593.80 One

140.00

412.68

370.90I

65.50 380.90

Echols_____________

43.35

50.00 None ----------------------

4.00 ____________

43.10 :;;]

------ ---- --- E::ff:in~g~healm~_~ ~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_ 3~~4~9~.4~~0--1..---~-~-~-~-~--l-----~---~-e-------------~-~-.~-~--~~-~-~-~-~--~ ~-~-~--~-~ ~-Tl----------~--~-~-~~-~-,1~- -~~--~~-~-=-~-~-~-~-~~----------~-~-~-~-~--~ ~1-'3

Fannm______________

903.45

241.7~ One

45.40I

221.89l

382.98

69.40

107.75 ~

Fayette____________

549.19

125.0~1 One

81.70

313.44,

6 9 . 3 0 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

156.40 c:j

Eif::: : :: '1!: E__ ~:1::T:~:: ,::::~~:~1 :::: 21~=l- --:=:!::1::::~~~=~' mE -~

Fulton_____________
Gilmer ___________ ....
Glas.cock ___________ f l
Glynn ______________ l

14,472.66 296.75
184.56(
Collected f !
1,262.56 [

2,125.171 83.601 460.20
252.251

(33) One One
Two

10,464.57 2, 512.54

70. oo

106.65

15.00~1 ------------

689.75

363.60

3,346. 72.
111.95
36.001 [1
377.11

1,3!1. 20 34.05 77.001

7 ,242. 20 44.10 51.50

740.71 521.85

.....,_ ,,., ~.-.."
~

Gordon____________

291.28 ---------- None

60.00____________

53.42

6.

237.86

Grady _____________ -------------- ------------------------------ ----~-------- -----------------------------------

Greene _____________

572.05

112.91 One

128.00

69.35

42.45

27.10 433.15

Gwinnett___________

891.60

500.86 One

167.16 ____________ ------------------------

390.74

Habersham_________ ______________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _

HalL_____________ Hancock ___________ Haralson ___________ Harris_____________ Hart_______________ Heard______________ Henry _____________ Houston____________ Irwin______________
Jackson____________ Jasper_____________ Jeff Davis__________ Jefferson___________
Jenkins ____________ f
\ Johnson ___________ _ Jones _____________ _ Laurens ___________ _
Lee, Superior and City Courts_____ _
r}berty __ ___ -- --

694.23

168.20 Two

1,247.07

605.76 One

528.72

226.97 One

907.40

142.20 One

548.40

141.81 One

279.00

158.75 One

407.55

56.15 One

2,805.86

867.10 Two

954.90

130.85 One

797.75-- -------~ One

600.75 ---------- One

946.00

437.0 One

1, 565.80

373.85 Three

352.20\

20.15_________

Collected f

619.24 983.oo

91.041 One 490.00 One

1 ,Sll.85

.298.28 Four

1,056.45 834.31

329.581 One 506.46 One

270.00

162.55

65.00

105.98

Half

12.50

69.00

315.00

45.00

29.65

12.00

40.00

75.00

107.75

236.50

394.11

180.00

142.85

110.50____________

200.00____________

90.00

285.00

385.00

470.30

112.50____________

~~150.00
6!h.85

47.00 238.00 242.60

210. 100.0

260.40 137.65

245.85

45.00

63.55

43.75

156.89 ____________

39.00

45.00

167.75

9. 00

43.00 __ ______ ____

69.25

89.15

630.40

246.. 10

266.30- _- _________

56.55____________

51.00____________

375.00

12.00

382. 10

41.00

15.00!1

76.50

144.85 186.00 264.20

18.00 27.00 39.25

275.83 493.03 132.44

.....
<
['j

508.40

I:' ~

342.00

trl.
~.

196.35 ~

241.40 ~

668.15 ~

545.75 ~ 741.20 ~

549.75 ~
274.75 F'<

672.40 ~
393.35 ~ ~

318.35

474.00

1,265.80

311.00 347.96

62.25 22.80

422.80 ~

325.90

-:).
~

EXHIBIT "J ''-Continued.

~ -.;J

~

Amount

I Total

Insolvent Number

COUNTY.

I

Fees.

or Un- Men

Cost Fees in Clerk Criminal

I Fees in Received Fees fo.r
Civil for Court Recording

collected. Employed.

Hire.

Cases.

Cases.

Work.

Papers.

Lincoln ____________ $ 687.65 $

Lowndes, Sup. and

City ?ourts_______ --------------

Lumpkm___________

463.31

374.75,-0;e-
262.00! Two 48.20; One

$ 30.00 $
300.00 25.00

40.35 1$
I 552.65 89.93

1Z4.851s
176.501 15S.69

6.001$
I
142.50!
32.30

445.65 t::...t
0
~ 462.43
109.19

Macon_____________ Madison___________

434.60 350.34

70.20/ One Lady 104.00

40.50

83,741 1and2

200.00 ------------

85.85

21.20

65.04____________

308.25 285.30 ~

Marion.___________ McDuffie___________

836.34

35. 55j One

530.55 ----------1 One

118.00 77.13

198.40 166.87

199.30 44.45

49.90 43.08

353.19 1-3 276.15 ~

Mcintosh. _______ . Meriwether_________

611.94

105.50 . _ _ _ _ _ _ ___

814.23 --------------------

15.00 150.00

235.50 194.68

78.00

22.20

5.00____________

276.24
614.55 ~

Miller______________ -------------- _________ .1------------ ______________________ __________ ----------------------- C::

- - - ::f --- g::------- 1
Milton ______ --- ___ - -------------- ----- -"--- ----------------------------------1---------------------------------

~

E~:~;:~:~~~~~~ ~~~

~f- -~~r~~---

~~f~-- ~~ ~ ~~~i~~~~T-----2-4-.0-0-1---------3-.0--0------6-0-0-.-9-4 ~

Morgan____________

677. 10

350. 88, One

172.00

96. 00 I

75.001 89.50

30.96 6.10

310.00 495.50

Murray____________ Muscogee, Sup. and

277.71

143.15j None I

None

63.45

100.371

22.00

91.95

CityCourts_______ 1,715.78

604.36 Two

955.00 1 819.28

206.25,

200.251 490.00

l-f&.. ...L_.;~..

---------1 Newton...-----

294.85

One

93.651

22.2'

52.451

42.301 iM.M

g;~~~~;::::~~::~ ------8i4~i7-- -----38~25[~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ -------57~90 ------235~70 -------89~65 -----392~67 1

Paulding___________

288.40

134.55:----------

35.~

12.5

150.70

3.00 138.20

Pickens._----------

333.10

30. 00. None

None

113.10

70.r.C

.'50.00

70.00

Pierce______________ Pike_______________ Polk_______________ Pulaski_____________ Pu~nam____________

1,035.15 1,061.02 1,197.80
302.00 354.45

96.501 One

150.00

341.00

362.65 One

96.00

187.90

60.571 One-half receipts

280.84

---------- One ---------- One Lady

100.6

8.35

135.00~------------

141.70

49.C._

356.00

96.90

471.71

75.80

39.6

24.00,

54. 70 ____________ ,

323.65
:El 420.22
~ 369.45
= 230.05
299.75 g;

Qwtman___________ Rabun ___________ .

127.51 471.00

38.85 __________ ----------

76.45 One

13.3]

30.75 ____________ ------------

150.45

182.69

23.20

57.91 ~!>-
114.66 ~~

Randolph__________
Richmond, Sup. and _ CityCourts_______ Rockdale___________ Schley_____________
Screven____________ Spalding___________ Stephens. __________

959.15
2,267.05 225.42 269.82 816.20 643.25 347.75

242.80 Three

138.65

257.25

88.05

86.00

498.901 Four

913.001

12.9L_________

10.00

18.88 __________ ----------

99.15 75.5 52,52

51575..70501 7.501

249.0 15.00 31.

---------- One ---------- Two
54.10 One

76.00

41. ------------

23.4

172.5

133.0

49.80-- ________ __

119.701

28.10

85.851-------- __ __

285.55 ~
~

1,341.15 ~

107.51 ~

178.80 ~

751.80 362.45

t:;
S

261.90

Stewart. __________ 1,232.30

284.03-- ____ ____ 225.00------------ ------------1------------ -----------

Sumter_____________
l Tal?ot _____________

1,996.50 --------------------/Expense \

I 446.25 ~----------~ One

\ 75.00 f
15?.00

480.7 15.00

501.901

193.35

20.25 ____________,

820.58 411.00

Taltaferro__________

257.28

~3.65 None Nothing _________ _:__

115.03

4.50

114.10 lf>o.

Tattnall____________ 1,248.48

64.25 Two

240.00

174.50

551.801

89.90 368.03 ~

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

EXHIBIT "J "-Continued.

~

--

---------

-----------

00

Amount

Insolvent Number Cost

Fees in

Fees in Received Fees for

orUn- Men

Clerk Criminal

Civil

for Court Recording

collected. Employed. Hire.

Cases.

Ca.Bes.

Work.

Papers.

Washmg

$ 660.00 $ 72.78 One Lady$ 150.00$ 165.00$

83.00$

690.15 ---------- One

175.00

86.00

129.20

15.00$ 65.35

397.00 ~-

419.60

0 c;j,

'

1,157.66 2,613.52 oD.e

150.00

543.76

181.55

118.45

313.90 z~.,

-------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ - - - - ... - - - -- - - ---------- ~-

1,118.81 328.85

24.60 Two 18.13 One

300.00

242.75

159.00 ------------

426.50 92.35

22.40 30.00

427~ 16 204.50 ~-

35.06 ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------ -- .. - - - - -- - - -

9.50

25.56 1-'3'
~

1,169.53 1,000.40
639.65

132.50 One 515.75 One 103.80 Two

192.35 60.00 319.82

58.36 110.90 52.95

258.03 582.20 29.25

38.50 . 853.13
484.65 -----------
74.45 483.00

i:':l
~-
0
c:l

94.53
v 839.62

127.95 One 82.07 One

5.00 156.00

34.80 226.32

7.00 80.40

21.15 90.25

31.58

rJl ~l.;j

442.65

223.20 420.61

154.55 One 254.61 One Lady

75.00

199.89

150.00 ------------

33.00 72-99

6.13.00 187.20 341.70

1,505.36

359.50 Two

200.00

389.31

193.05

84.00 479.50

264.95 ---------- ----------

60.00 Expense ______ - _____ .. ______________________

793.92

74.07 One

225.00

56.70

298.95

12.90 351.30

VVayne_"--"-'-"--- I VVebster ____________ I VVheele,r ___________ _ I VVhite _____________ _
VVhitfield __________ VVilcox., ___________
VVilkes ____________ _
VVilkinson _________ _ VVorth ____________ _ 1

515.50 ! 233.20l One 1 45.00

92.00)

425.61

87. 761 __ ------ --~- ---------

79.35

1 ~~::;~ a _bout1:~:~~---0~;---

565.08

1
1

100.35

One

Z, 179.43 , 319.42 One

1,077.67

38.92.1 One

~:: ~--- ---ii7~95

87.05 85.50 95.00

145.25 83.20 20.08

535.20

48.oo' One

75.00

so.oo'

1,524.25 1 688.oof One

180.00

107.4d

35.00

36.501

~~:~ -------- ~~~~

11.

67

1 1

130.75

58. 51: 64.30

120.601

154.25

321. 60i

27.801

79.201

12.00

195.35

33.001

119.50
199.00
287.25
55.76
124.80
632.53
668.27 :g
316.00 ~ 623.05 z
to:J
~~
e..,
Cl
t:"'
><

~ ~

~

EXHIBIT '' K."

g~ s

FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1913-8HERIFFS.

I
COUNTY.
1. Appling. ___________________________

Total Fees.
84o.oo

Insolvent or Number

Uncollected

Men

Costs. Employed.

'is 561.40 1s___________ s

Cost

Fees

Fees

~ Clerk
Hire.

Criminal Cases.

Civil Cases.

66.10 's_________ ..Is._________

Baker:---------------------------- i

795.28

103.5o __________________________ ------------~~----------- ;

:::~~~~~~~~~~::::::::~~~::~~~~~~! ~~!:i: :~~~~~~::::~~ 1c~~::::::~:~ ;!:~~ ::::::~~~~~: ~::::~:~:~~ ~

Bartow. . -------------------~-----, Ben _HilL ... ~-~--~~~~~~~-----------.

I 1,071.75 ~---------~~- --~----~-~--~-------~-----~

1------------ 1,666.61

331.80 -----------

511.75

256.95

43.50 0

-~--------- ":l

BBiebrbn.e.n..~.-.-.-------------------------~--------~----------------'

2,542.22 7,229.14

1,492.27 --~----------------- 110 Depty's 1

510.00 4,886.93

----------- ----------1,979.00 . 131.25

~~

Bleckley____________________________ Brooks_____________________________

333.85

199.55 1------------1

862.36 . 318.82 ~------------~

58.55 ----------------------- ~
135.00 ----------------------- o

BBurlylaonc.h.----------------~-------------------------------------~- 1

-~--------- 210.09
1,007.87

123.59 -------------------------------------------------

[____________

188.00 ------------ ____ _,______

~ J"'l

I f Cash rec'd l

Burke------------~-----------'-----' l 400.00 f ------------ ------------~

382.25 ~------------~-----------

Butts._____________________________

320.80

93.84 ------------

89.00 -----------------------

Callloun............................ -------------- 189.67 ------------

26.00 -----------------------

-r --------- Camden... __ ....... _.. ______ .. ____ "No report file d."

CampbelL... ______________________

766.14

158.92 [-- ___ -------~----- --.----- . .. --------

Ct~olTQU~-------~-~---------------

1, 195.9Q 1..... - l De:pt'r

5Q7.52 1 W6.65 220.oo

Catoosa ___________________________ _

144.25

80.40

CChhaartlhtoslnn_______________ _

I 269.95
2,000.10

81.60 821.46

2 Clerks f For c~!ics:' "tl____665~.i5--l----262~5o-

Chatt&hoochee _____________________ _ Chattooga_________________________ _

230.70 "No report file

d."

92.05

"t 300.00 f

Cherokee ____ -______________________ _ C~ke ____________________________ _ Clay______________________________ _
Clayton _________________ _ Clinch ____________________________ _

196.34

102.10

983.15

134.25

"No report file ld."

248.45

125.78

460.85 ,____________ ,___________ _

Cobb _____________________________ _ Coffee ____________________________ _

1,270.60 907.04

46.65 64.70

24.67 414.45

:::::::::::1::::::::~~

:

90.00 543.72

136.80

~
~
37.00 ~~

451.30

~

Colquitt_____ ---------Columbia__________________________ -

489.52 ------------------------

393.15

299.30

180.00 5.35

~ 91.40 -----------

Coweta ___________________________ _ Cra~ord __________________________ _
.? Crisp _____________________________ _

824 .. 90 357.11

,____________ 11.00

,-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-~,_--__-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_1----6-1-8--.5-9--

_,

____

120.51 -------

I>ade _____________________________ _

r;:;'~!:e ld." 1------------I--------------1------------I----------- ~ ])a~n__________ _

"No n.oo

257.20

.

I>ecatur ___________________________ _ ])e}(alb ___________________________ _ I>odge ____________________________ _

2,501.55 521.98 635.79

805.57 200.92 80.00

I>ooley ____________________________ _

794.32

I>ougherty_________________________ _ I 2,065.35

I>ouglas ___________________________ _

383.50

------------ ------~~~~-_1-----~7~65--l-----~9~25:-. ~

'

COUNTY.

EXHIBIT "K "-Continued.

Total Fees.

Insolvent or Number

Uncollected

Men

Costs. Employed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

~

~

Fees

Fees

Criminal Civil

Cases.

Csaes.

EEcahrloyls- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_____-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_IS
Effingham _________________________ _ Elbert ____________________________ _

737.42 IS 191.70
160.80 602.85

210.45 36.00

----------- _,$

r ~-----------~----------

~~:: ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~-~~=~~~~-1----~:~~~~~--I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~:: a EmanueL _________________ _

"No report file d."

Fannin ____________ ----~-_ Fayette___________________________ _

71.40 ------------ ------------

Floyd_____________________________ _

524.12 ------------ ------------

Forsyth ___________________________ _ Frankiin___________________________ _

2, "No report file d."

--

.~
----------- ~

Fulton. ____________________________
Gilmer ____________________________ _ Glascock __________________________ _

5,303.54 -----------138;70 167.55

1,140.26 1,396.68
_f

GGloyrndno.n~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
GGrreaendeY__-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
GWinnett __________________________ _ Habersham.. ___________ ___________ _

1,628.45 567.93 690.10

____________ ___________ _

1,362.21 1------------ 1------------

671.04

389.33

1,211.46

33.75

345.00 -----------------------
313.00 99.80 93.92 8.65

llall______________________________ _

f Total expenses \

lla'nobck_ _________________________ _

791.75 511.96

llllar~rsiso_n________c_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_---.- -_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_--_
llart______________________________ _ lleard_____________________________ _

807.70
2i~.43
745.66 298.72

f Cash receipts \

lien~----------------------------- \ 512.33 f

f Cash receipts \

66.29 ---------- \

433.52 f ---------------------

187.25 411.02

-----------------------

159.00 ----------------------89.52 -----------------------

45.04 544.80

------------

53.67 -----------------------

~ ----------- --------- ---- --- ......... ------- ------------

93.15

35.00 ----------------------- ::S

82.30

-----------------------

~
2l

toil

lIlrowuisnt_d_n_L__--_._-_-_____________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ \
Jackson ___________________________ _ Jasper ____________________________ _ Jeffi>avis _________________________ _ Jefferson __________________________ _

832 1 52
2,257.91 ~7.16
1,901.55 1,265.80

f ---------- 1 Dep'ty
1,608.85 -----------41.08 -----------975.71 -----------830.18 ------------

120.00

495.55

355.00 r-

219.58

~
~~

~ 27.50
125.00 146.75 -----------------------

JenJdns ___________________________ _

387.05 ------------ ------------

95.50

251.05

136.00 ~

Johnson ___________________________ _

908.25

435.05 ------------

331.00 ----------------------- ~~

560.57

366.57 ------------

--247~97-- ~~~~~~~~~~~:: Jones_____________________________ _
Daurens ___________________________ _ Lee _______________________________ _

f Cash received
\ 457.32
800~97
902.58

\ f

175.65

-----------

154.00 ----------------------- ~

~

36.88

~

18.00

206.05

Liberty ___________________________ _ Lincoln ___________________________ _

f Cash'.received l 112.40
134.70

l
f ---9--9-.5-o-- .. 1~~~~~~~~~~~~I~~~~::::~::::~I 3.90 1 118.50
-----------------------

~

EXHIBIT "K "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

Insolvent or Number

Uncollected

~en

Costs. Employed.

Lovrndes __________________________ _

f Cash received
'\.$ 732.15

l f S---------1

1 Dep'ty

I$

Lurnnpkin __________________________ _ ~aeon ____________________________ _

f Cash received

l

44.10

331.15

l f

----------
143.00

~n __________ _ ~arion ____________________________ _

463.00
187.~

195.67 119.10

ldcl>uffie __________ ~---------------~clntosh _________________________ _ ~erivrether ________________________ _

544.50 112.65 300.74

314.75 129.65

f Cash received l

~iller~--- __________ _

l 520.30 f ---------- ,___________ _

~ilton ___________________ _

101.00

8.00

~itchelL __________________________ . ~onroe ___________________________ _

965.6'8 653.24

691.30 162.11

~ontgomery _______________________ _

779.27

421.80

~organ ___________________ _

1,402.17

375.34

~urray __________________ _

219.72

17.75

~uscogee __________ _ Nevrton ___________________________ _

2,168.69 633.80

658.69 1------------
69.35 ------------

~
Hl>-

Cost

Fees

Fees

Clerk

Criminal

Civil

Hire.

Cases.

Cases.

225.00 Is 496.40 Is 200.75

r

____________ ,___________ ~

~ ~
----------- a

J

225.50 152.75 I 160.65 492.64

110.00 382.87

I~~~~~~~~~~j_

34.25
----1-2-7-.-6-5-

Oconee.... ___________________ ---- __ -. Oglethorpe__________________________ Paulding___________________________ Fickens____________________________

431.06 510.43 826.25
147.~2

PFilkeerc_e_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Caasshh 440140..1160

Poilk______________________________ 1,196.42

Pul~----------------------------PutnaDl____________________________

Cash

850544..8479

Quit~--------------------------ltabun_____________________________ ltandolph_ _____ __ __ ____ ___ _________

314846..9050 269.80

ltichmond. _______________________ -ltockdale __________________________ _
Schley ____________________________ _ ~even ___________________________ _
Spalding __________________________ _

1,817.73 248.85
170.53 185.35
1,688.65

Stephens------------------c------Stewarl _____________________ _____ _
sumter____________________________ _
Talbot. ___________ ---- __ -----------

881.63
327.13 1,087.65
373.07

215.91 1-----------360.80 587.20 119.42
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~:~~:-

32.41 ,_ ---------- _,_----- ---65.00 ,____________ ,__________ _
:li..~ ~~~~~::::~~~~::~~:~~:~- ~

27 5. 23 81.00

,--- -- ------------------

318. 25 -------------

- - - -------

----- --------

-------------~ --------

~
;

118.50 ------------

34.50 ------------~----------- ~

------------ ,____________ -------------- 115.00 ----------- ~

f Deptys. & clerk 't

..

1----~~~~~-- ~~~~~~~~~~-~ ------~~~-- -~-~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~

i

f All expenses 't

~------------ ---------- l

66.80 f

41.75

::
24.3.8 ~

I 87.65 ------------

84.00 ---------.-------------- ...,..

f Deptys. only 't

~

280.65 ---------- l

225.00 f ----------------------- p

410.92

f ------------ l

Deptys. 't 24.40 f ,____________ ,__________ _

f Deptys. 't

40.60 ------------ l
----------- -----------155.30 ------------

260.66 f ~------------~-----------
140.00 ----------------------- ~ 12.00 ----------- - ----------- 0~0

COUNTY.

EXHIBIT "K "-Conti.med.

~
00

Q')

I I Insolvent or Number

Cost

Fees

Fees

I Total Uncollected Men Fees. / Costs. Employed.

I Clerk
Hire.

I
I

Criminal Cases.

Civil Cases.

Taliaferro______ ------ ______________ I "No report file~"

TattnalL____ -_- _-- ______ - _- ---- _-- $ Taylor_____________________________ Telfair_____________________________

1, 589.31 378.61 481.45

J Deptys. only \

~

$ 1, 035.15 ---------- \ $ 229.90 ____________

= 69.00 f $__ --------- $__ - ------- ~
1)7. 00 _____ -- _---- -- __ -- _- ---

____________________________________________ - ___ -- ____ ------- ~

TerrelL ______________________._____ l ,093. 85

Thomas____________________________

982.28

333.80 ____________ 850.88 ------------

"" 327.62
232.00 ____________ ,___________ 0

Tift________________________________

622.77

296.54 ------------

Toombs____________________________ Cash 414.51 ------------ ------------

55.00 ~------------~----------- ~ 130.00 ----------------------- ll'll

Towns_____________________________

133.03 ------------ ----------------------------

TTruornuePr-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Cash 850302..8977

------------ -----------619.06

197.35 144.73

Ig:Q

Twiggs_____________________________

342.01

134.94

Uru.on______________________________ "No reportfileJ1U.l."

116.40

~.

Upson_____________________________

232.85

136.10

54.00

~alker_____________________________

579.00

VValton_____________________________

915.96

VVare______________________________ 2,053.73

VVarren____________________________

471.87

VVashington ________________________ Cash 750.42

299.76 ------------~-------------- ------------,-----------

803.60 ------------

418.10 -----------------------

333 :::::::::::: :::::::::::J----- ~5o-- ~ ~: ~:~:~::~I::::~:::::

VVayne ____________________________ _

764.46

492.06

VVVVehbesetleerr_._~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

VVhite _____________________________ _ VVhitfield __________________________ _

"No

VVilcox____________________________ .leash VVilkes ____________________________ _

VVilkinson _________________________ _

VVorth ____________________________ _

143.93 149.25 report file 452.10 585.00 346.50 242.95 962.58

ld."

85.50 124.55
38.00
176.42 14.50 511.14

116.47 !_______._____ ,__________ _

300.00

226.05

84 .55

t-------- ____ ,___________

~
~

393.00

!

~

..1<1

~

~
$')
-~
(0
~

~
--1

EXHIBIT " K "-Continued.

~

00

FEE REPORTS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913-i!HERIFFS.

COUNTY.

Total Fees.

Insolvent or Number

Uncollected

Men

Costs.

Employed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

Fees Criminal
Cases.

Fees Civil Cases.

I Appling ____________________________ $ Buer______________________________

600.00
225.00

$ 450.00 100.00

One None

. -------------- $ 174.00 $ 426.00 ~o

None

150.00

75.00 ~~

.

f Collected \

Z

Baldwin_______________ ------------- \ 207.97 f ____________ ------------ _-------------------------- -- ------- ~

Banks--.---------------------------Bartow_____________________________
Ben HilL__________________________

160.37

45.00

241.80

206.35

2,027.63 ____ ________

None Two
Three

Nothing None
___ ____ ___ ____

160.37 ----------- 0

186.80

55.00 "il

967.12 1,404.68 ~

Berrien_____________________________ 1,400.00

550.00

Two

360.00

450.00

400.00 l'!J

Bibb_______________________________ 7, 182.99 Receipts. $5,062.59 Expenses. Tend put.ies, $1,045 Mo.

~

Bleckley ___________ _____ ______ _____

373.95

320.25

Two

10.50

73.00

300.95 o

Brooks_____________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~

Bryan______________________________

213.00

60.55

Two

None

43.15

169.85 ~l'!l

Bulloch ____________________________ --------------

B u r k e ______________________________

916.81

137.21 500.00

Two Two

450.00 225.00

290.65 263.90

369.82 152.91

Butts_------_______________________

231.05

181.75

One

75.00

200.00

310.05

Calhoun____________________________

290.00

42.25

None

None

70.50

97.85

Camden______________________________________________________ .. _________ -- __________ ---- ------------ -----------

Campbell___________________________

424.54

230.27 ____________ -------------- 115.02

79.25

Carroll_____________ ---------------- 1 ,293. 99

530.30 ' Two

497.87

693.89

167.45

Catoosa ___________________________ _ Charltqn. ___ -___ --- -~-------------Chatham______________________ -----
Chattahoochee______________________

80o00 102008 1,070099
-83000

20000 41.43 1,221.50
57o00

Two

Two f & expenses ).

None 0 ).

293o25 f None

33000 20020 376000
57050

27000 40018 694o99
25o50

Chattooga----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

. Cherokee.--------------------------

52030

26o50

None

7 o45

15o37

10.43 ~

Clarke_____________________________

841.59

102025

One

210o39

480.42

92031 <l

CCClllaianyctYohn.-__-_.-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-_-J_-._-__-__-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-6_-4_-0_-4_-0_-_-_-_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_---_--_--_--_--_---.--_--_--_--_--_-_-_-_-_-_-5_-6_-o_-4_-0_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-8_-o_-0_-0_-_

~
;
t:;j

Cobb______________________________

567030 about 50000

One

283065

530o05

37025 ~

Coffee______________________________ 1, 046 014 ____________ Two

3000 00

124 000

178 o29 ~

Colquit~--------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~

Co~Inbla__________________________

247020

60000 ------------------~------

205o20

42o00 ~

Coweta____________________________

liBLOO ------------ ____________ -------------- 298o00

183o00

CraWford___________________________

153088

10000

None

10o62

82o75

61013 ~

CI>~aPd-e-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_----------------------------------------------

~
~

I>a~n---------------------------I>ecatur____________________________
II>>oed~ghe-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__I>ooly ________________ _ I>ougherty _________________________ _ I>duglas___________________________ _

53060 746090

-----------------------

-

---T--w-o------

-

------

-----00

330095 -----------------------690091

10Sooo

1,~:!: ~! '----~~~~~__1---~~--__1______650o00

4o60 546o90 102020
768061 202065

49o00 ~
200o 228o75
55000 ~ 53050. CX>
~

COUNTY.

I EXHIBIT "K "-Continued. Insolvent or NUDlber

Total Uncollected

Men

Fees.

Costs. E01ployed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

i

Fees

Fees

I Criminal
Cases.

Civil Cases.

EarlY------------------------------IS

s 921.65

166.75

Is Two $ 300.00 $ 601 .'t7

156.13

EEdflhinog~b-a-z-n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_--_
Elbert ____________________________ _

100.30

39.00

One -------------- 27.55

430.60 378.00

------------
190.00

------------
One

Half I ----~---------------------

fees

240.20

72.75 c..
a 137.89

EDlanuel ___________________________ -------------- ------------ ------------------------------------------------- ~

Fannin_____________________________ Fayette_-------____________________

359.68

76.21

386.40 ___ ___ ______

One Two

-------~------
_____ ---------

2 152.49

130.98

386.40 ___ _____ ___

~~h:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::: ----~~~~~-- ----=~~~----------~~~~~----~~~~~~~~------~~~~~~- l!

Franklin.__________________________

256.50

97.70

None

None

86.00

170.50

Fult<Jn_ ------- ______ ____ ___ __ ___ ___ Gihner______________ ______________ Gl88Cock___________________________

7, 385.81 1, 417.42 Eighteen

6, 971.08 3, 596.99

1'64. 25 ____________ __________________________ 90. 50

64.00

.19.00 -------------------------- 15.00

8 2, 371.40 III 18. 25 J 30.00

Glynn______________________________ / 1,354.51

207.~5

Two

337.00

346.84

317.37

Gordon ____________________________ .

348.80

231.95

One __ _____ __ _____ 168.10

180.70

Grady- __ -------- ___ -- ____ --- ______ ,

439.60

177.00

One

150.00

148.00

113.65

Greene. __------------------------Gwmn.et~--- ------ _--------. ----- ____ 1
HabershaDl------------~------------
Hall~-,.- ..... -n.. ~-r-~-Hn~ 1

339.40 188.35 325.06 632.'ao

136.50 117.40 None *23.~

One

90.90

____________ ______________

INonerPgular

18.00..

One

$40 per DlO

61.00 99.60 None 381.20

141.90 88.75 None 251.10

lJa.ncock. __ ----------------------Haralson. ________________ ________

366.32 175.00

118.00

One

150.00

231.69

49.95 _______ _____ ______________ 12.50

1t6324..67.35

Har.ris_____________________________ -------------- ------------ -------------------------------------------------

IJart_______________________________ -------------- ------------ -------------------------------------------------

:Q:eard____ . ____________________ ___ __

136.20

86.60

One ________ __ ____ 112.20

24.00

Henry __ _________________ --------

259.90

40.00

One -------------- 239.90

20.00

Houston.__________________________ 1, 268.18

197.04 ____ One

120.00

285-.49

328.75 ~

I~;win.----------------------------

540.. 40

276.20

One

None

291AO

249.00 1!1

~~~~~~~~~::~::~~:~::~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~::~~:~:~~~ :~:_:~~~~~~: ~:~:~~~~~::~::~::~~:~~:~:::::~~~:~~:~~~~~~:::~~~~ -~ Jackson._----______---------------- -------r------ ------------ - ------------------------- ----------------------- t::1

Johnson____________________________
JLoanuerse_~,_-______________________________________________________ f
La!uens. ___________________________ \
Le~~------------------------~-----Liberty____________________________ Lincoln.. __________________ --------
~u::~~-~~~~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~acon _______________ c_____________
~~n---------------------------
~arion_____________________________
~cDuffie_____________ --------- ___ __

700.47

507.80 One

778:81 ------------ ------------,

158.00 90.oo

----------------------------------,-----------

~~

Collepted \

1<1

44ll. 88 f ____________ ,___________ _

~
117.85 ----------------------- ..0. )

1,017.25

260.70

Two

67.00

75 ..00

One

None None

859.55 15.80

157.70 51.20

~
~

[ : ,_----- _,_------------- 221.00
~=: ~
288.90

55.25 ,____________,_____________ _

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Two

300.00

M.20

None

Nothing

93.00 671.25 118.00 143.00

128.00 ~ 187.50 50.00 145.90

240000..1270

97.83 100.40

25.00

483.77 .____________ .____________,_____________ _

166.20 268.05 473.77

34.00
~ 14'6.12
10.00

OCUNTY.

EXHIBIT " K "-Continued.

Total Fees.

Insolvent or Number

Uncollected

Men

Costs.

Employed.

Cost Clerk Hire.

c~o
t-.:1

Fees

Fees

Criminal

Civil

Cases.

Cases.

tntosh. _______________________ -- $ ~wether _________________________

f

ler-.~~.- __________________________ ton _____________________________

l

ChelL __________________________ 11r0e. ___________________________ I
~tgoDlery ________________________ rgan ____________________________

f rwroagYee-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_c_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- l
rton ____________________________ 0Ooollndtehieno_gr_p__e_________________________,___________________________________________________
lens ____________________________ p ee______________________________

p '-------------------

493.72 $ 78.25 ------------ $__ --- --------$ 225.00 $ 89.62

250.98

94.50 ------------ --------------

Collected\

380.45 f 531.35 I One

135.00

---- 12.40
860.75

3i8~

55--~----

i~~----

--------------
206.00

52.45
201.08 4.40
734.75

198.53 ~
I 1'79.37 8.00 126.00

401.23

148.28

None

None ------------ ----------- ~

571.47

393.90

One

1,343.45

534.o'2

One

107.50

127.30

75.00 1,165.23

~ 110.00
178.22

Collect~d \
230.tl2 f
699.36

119.75 ------------ -------------- 53.47

216.81

One

85.00

699.36

~ 27.00
166.00

186.00

None

Two

124.00

91.70

94.30 J~

129.80

47.00

None

None

12.60

117.20

272.15

365.40

One Divide fees

46.40

225.75

143.00

88.50

Two

2.00

33.00

110.00

163.15

47.50

None

None

63.50

52.15

234.45

34.55

One

30.00

616.00

93.35

f Jail fees inc) uded. ~ '

874.66

98.00

Two

298.54\1 706.04

70.62

~~ollaks.k-i -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_--_--------
PutnBID--------------------------~lluaibtuDnl&_n_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ IL&ndolph _________________________ _ Ftichinond _________________________ _ ltockdale __________________________ _ Schley ____________________________ _ Screven ___________________________ _
Spalding __________________________ _
Stephens. ____ _ Stewart. _______ ---

557.46 222.75

48.12

Two One

--------------
87.25

364.36 76.60

193.10 146.15

254.07

246.07

Three -------------~ 142.70

111.37

120.25

42.75

None

None

57.10 None

324.85

63.20

One

None

195.85

129.00

887.50 a bout150.00

One

267.20

674.50

213.00

1,339.32

396.75

Two

420.00

573.83

368.74

285.34

44.13 ------------

25.00

58.50

157.71

134.40 ------------ One -------------- -----------------------

457.40

45.00

One

917.75 118.10 455.71

1-l ~~

Tattnall___ __________ _______________ 1 ,289.14

63.25

Three

Ill. 00

102.35 1,1::!1.04

Taylor_----------------------------

480.07

140.27 ____________ - ______ _____ __ 153.78

286.02

Telfair_____________________________

629.00

238.00

None

None

209.00

18.00

TerrelL--------- __ .________________ 1,694. 69 2,833. 65 ____ ___ _____

410.05 1,012. 94

232.80

ThoDlas. _________ . ___ . _____________ ______________ ____________ ____________ . ___________________________ _

Tift_______________________________ Tooinbs____________________________ Towns. _____ ______________ ._______

600.00

200.00

None

125.00

400.00

200.00

390.00

76.00 One to Two

150.00 ----------------------- ~

42.00 _.,. ___ __________________________ 20. 00

22.00 ~

COUNTY.

EXHIBIT 11 K"-Co.ntinued.

~

I Insolvent or \ Number

Cost.

Fees

Fees """'

I Total
Fees.

I Uncollected

Men

Costs.

Employed.

Clerk Hire.

I Criminal

Civil

Cases. \ Cases.

Troup __________________________ --- $ 349.46 $ 149.65

One $ 120.00 S 102.05 $ 97.76

8 Turner_____________________________

497.09

181.34

One

248.54

165.69

331.40 ~

TUwwi.oggns_,_S__u_p_e_r_io_r__C_o_u_r_t________- _________-_-_____-_-

104.15 --------------

26.00 ------------

1 as needed

10.00

43.15

61.00

-------------------------------------------------

!~ 2l

. Upson __________________ -----------

500.00

150.00

0~

50.00

250.00

50.00 E=;

WWaallktoenr_______.__________________________________________________

114.65 ------------ --------------------------

155.00

40.00 ____ - __ ____ ____ __ __ ___ ___

30.00 35.00

84.65 40.00

0"'::!

Ware______________________________ Warren____________________________

1,184.39 317.95

349.00 ------------

260.75 ----------------------- ~

24.44

None -------------- 248.05

69.90 ~

Washington_________________________ Wayne _____ -~______________________

461.84 ------------ Two

830.70

180.00

One

330.00 100.00

150.00 548.65

200.00 1.>:! 282.05 ~

W e b s t e r ____________________________

188.95

3.60

None

None

138.70

50.25 c:l

Wheeler----------------------------~1

98.05

61.30

One -------~------ 61.30

36.75 ~

~!~~~d~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

:~~::~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~-- ----2i8~93-- ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ -- --Tbt-~--- ------ ii2~48--

wWnokritnhs_o_n__- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- -_------------------------1

332. 30 793.46

38. 95 -- ---- -- - -- - - - - - - ------- _..

None

Two

None

80.00 73.40 198.36

144.87 41.50 595.10

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

495

EXHIBIT "L."

FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, FIRST QUARTER, 1913.

COUNTY.

I Total Number Cost
Com- Men Clerk missions. Employed.! Hire.

-I Appli.ng________ --- __ ----------- , $ 179.33 _--- _-- -- -~IS-- ____ _

Baker___ ----- __ ----------------- ______ - __ - __________ ,_______ _

--:~::~! ~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~ BBaalndk~s-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
BBaerntHowi-ll-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-__--_

I 233.09 __________ !_______ _

Berrien __________________________ Bibb ___________________________ Bleckley ________________________

_ _ _

---------- ----------1--------
3,519.801 Two . 432.00

Brooks _________________________ _

29.00 ----------\-------1,099.49------------------

BBuryllaonch_________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_._-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Burke__________________________ _ 98.00, _________________ _

Butts___________________________ _

Calh6un ________________________ _ Camden ________________________ _

734.59 ---------- 20.00

Campbell _______________________ _ Carroll _________________________ _ Catoosa ________________________ _

699.06-----------------78.00------------------

Charlton________________________ _ 47.13 One

40.00

CChbaatthtaahmo-o-c~h-e-e-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__--_ Chattooga ______________________ _

3,240.78 Four 1,170.00
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cherokee _______________________ _

Clarke__________________________ _ 2,037.25 ----------1 3.75

CCllaayYto-n-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

29.00 __________ !_______ _

564.67 Two

68.00

Clinch__________________________ _

Cobb ___________________________ _ Coftee__________________________ _

185.00 ---------- -------

Colquitt ________________________ _ Columbia _______________________ _ ColVeta_________________________ _ Crawford ____ --~ ________________ _
I~>-a-d-e-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

986.00 One

75.00

13.00 None None

177.00------------------

188.53------------------

23.00 ------------------

I>a1VBOD _________________________ ,__________ ------------------

496

JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "L"-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total 1 Number~ Cost

Com-

Men Clerk

missions. Employed.! Hire.

Decatur_____________________ ---- $ ___ - __ --- ----- -----!IS-------

DeKalb, retiring__________________ 675.00 _________ -i 184.00

DeKalb, present__________________

90.00 _________ _I _______ _

-------I-------- Dodge_________ ------------------ ---------- i---

[:~:~:~~~~:::~:::~: ~:::~~ : ~~=~[:~::~:I~~:~:~

:~~~~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----316~921~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Elbert ___________________________ ----------\---------- _______ _ EmanueL________________________ ---------- -----------------Fannin _______________________________________________________ Fayette_____________________________________________________ _

Floyd___________________________ 954.50------------------

~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~~~~ ----ii2~04l~~~~~~~~~~---~4~65

Fulton, ex-off. sheriff______________ f 8,465.85 i I. 13 3,262.50

'\.4,238.95: f

Gilmer__________________________

3. 00 1_________________ _

Glascock_________________________ Glynn___________________________

-1-------- 209.61 1~---------- --------
796.91 __ - _- ___ -

Gordon____________________________________ _________________ _

1
Grady___________________________ 181.951------------------

GGrweeinnnee_t_t____________________________________________________4__3_8_9_7_ i___o__n_e_______ 7__s_.o__o

Habersham______________________ Hall____________________________ _

1
7. 50 __________ i_______ _

Hancock_________________________ 1,166.87------------------
::a~~--~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ !~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~

Hart ____________________________ ---------------------------Heard __________________________ _

Henry__________________________ _

Houston________________________ _

JIarcwkisno-n--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~_-_--_

78.00------------------

Jasper___________________________ ----------------------------

Jeff Davis________________________

26.75 ----------[--------

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 16, 1913.

497

EXHIBIT " L "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total Number Cost Com- Men Em- Clerk missions. ployed. Hire.

Jefferson_________________________ $ ___________________ $ ______ _

Jenkins__________________________ ---------------------------JJoohnnesso_n____________________________________________________ 596.26 ---------- 30.00

Laurens ________________________ _
Lee ____________________________ _
IJberty_________________________ _
IJncoln_________________________ _
~~des ________________________ _
Lumpkin _______________________ _ ~aeon _________________________ _ ~adison________________________ _ ~arion _________________________ _ Mcl>uffie _______________________ _ ~clntosh _______________________ _

951.28 ---------- 43.00
285.12 ---------- ----- ~--
1,523.23-----------------24.25-----------------861.65 ------------------
510.80 ---------- 15.00

Meriwether _____________________ _ MiUer __________________________ _ ~ilton _________________________ _ ~itchell ________________________ _

264.87

_MMonornoteg~o-m-e-r-y-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_--_ Morgan ________________________ _ Murray________________-_ _______ _ Muscogee _______________________ _
Newton ________________________ _ {)conee _________________________ _
Oglethorpe______________________ _

42.00 None None 76.25------------------
1,118.69 -----------------490.87------------------

paulding____ ~---- _______________ _ Pickens _________________________ _ Pierce __________________________ _
Pike ___________________________ _

24.75 ------------------

'Polk____ -------- ________________ _
~kj _________________________ _
~ Pu uitt nmaamn _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
ltabun_________________________ _ ltandolph_______________________ _ ~chmond ______________________ _
-Rockdale~ ___ --------------------

601.12 ---------- --------
50.00 -----------------1,713.00 ---------- 571.00

498

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT '' L ''-Continued.

I i Total I Number Cost

COUNTY.
__

1 Com- 1 Men Em- Clerk
I missions. f ployed. \ Hire.

---

I



I

Schley___________________________ S 69.85\-- _______ -~S-- -----

Screven __________________________ __________ __________ _______ _

E;~:~~~~~:~:::~-::-::::~:J;:~:~I:~::~::~:f::::~~ Spalding_________________________ 1 1,038.831__________ 300.00 1 1

~=:!~~~~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

1
1-----27

~

00

~~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~

~~

~

~:~!:~~-~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----~~~~ I~~ ~~~~~~~~I~~~~~~~

Terrell-----------------~'--------\ 80.00 _________ _!_ ______ _

1rhomas_________________________ 633.79__________ 20.~

~~~b;_-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I____~~~:~ 1~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

Towns ___________________________ 1___________________________ _

Troup ___________________________ ----------------------------

Turner__________________________ 464.96 ---------- 75.~

T~~--------------------------
Union ___________________________

!----4-4--7-.0--2

---c-i-n-e----

___6__0_._ ~_

Upson____ --- _______________ ----- j 355.50 One

50.00

Walker __________________________ '__________ ---------- _______ _

~~~H<~<<<;;\!:: -]~~~;;\j:;;~:j,:u:;~

Wheeler _________________________ I___________________________ _
White. __________________________ ----------------------------
::t!e~~==~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \ ~:~ ~~~=~~~~~~ ~~~~~~==
;:~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I__~:~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ---~~~~
Worth---------------------------1---------- ---------- -------

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

499

EXHIBIT "L "-Continued.

:FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913.

i Amount '

Total

Total i Insolvent Number Cost

COUNTY.

Com-

or un-

men Clerk

missions. collected Employed. Hire.

Costs.
---------------~--------1--------1------~~---Appling_______________ $ 610.52 S 150.00 None None

Baldwin_-------------Banks_________________

493.78 ----------1 None

17.50 None

None

None rfone

Bartow________________

85.00 None

None None

Ben Hill_______________ 47.00 None

None None

Berrien__________________________ ---------- __________ $ _____ _

Bibb__________________ Bleckley_______________ .Brooks________________ Bryan_________________ Bulloch________________ Burke_____________ ----

1,268.69 None

Three

2.50 None

None

288.95 None

None

2.50 None

None

13.00 None

None

36.00 __________ ------ ___ _

442.05 None None None None 28.00

Butts_________________

1.00 None

None None

Calhoun _________----.-- 104.30

34.38 ---------- 6.00

Camden_______________

7.50 None

None None

Campbell______ _______ None

None

None None

Carroll________________

32.50 None

None None

Catoosa_______________

11.50

5.00 None None

Charlton_______________

10.06

15.45 None None

Chatham______________ 819.52 Non~

Four 870.00

Chattahoochee_____________________________ -------- _________ _

Chll.ttooga_____________

12.00 None

None None

Cherokee________________________ __________ ------------------

.clarke_________________ Clay ___ ---------------

I 410.63 None . 53 None

None None

None N:one

~~~~~=============--~--~~~~ -----~~~~ ---~~~------~~~~

~~================= -----~~~~~ ---~~~~--1---~~~~-- --~~~~-

Colquitt_______________ '

5.00 None I None None

Columbia______ ------------------ ---------- ------------------

Coweta________________

82.25 None

None None

~wford ________________________ ---------- -----------------{)cisp____________________________ ---------- ------------------

Dade____________________________ ----------------------------

Dawson______ ________ None

None

None None .

necatur, 1st and 2nd____ 2,154.85 None

One

300.00

:DeKalb_______________ . '16.50 ---------- ------------------

500

JoURNAL oF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "L "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total Commissions.

Amount Insolvent
or Uncollected
Costs.

Number Men Employed.

Total Cost Clerk Hire.

I>odge-----------------5--------- $_________ ----------~-------

Dooly_________________ 437.55 245.00 None

None

Dougherty__________________________________________________ _

Douglas_______________

3.50 None

None None

Early______________________________________________________ _

Echols-------------------------- None

None

Effingham_____________

55.40

12.67 One

None 8.00

Elbert____ -- __ --_------ ___ -- ----- ---------- ---------- --------

EmanueL______________

69.00, __________ ------------------

Fannin___________________________________ ------------------

Fayette--------------- None

None

None None

Floyd_________________ 1, 083.55 496.50 One

75.00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~j-----26~21 ----io2~50 ---c;~;--- ----6~oo

Fulton ______ -------- __j 1,368.25 3,510.26 Eight 3,082.50

Gilmer ____ --------- ___ i, Glascock______________ -~
Glynn------------~---Gordon________________ ,

451.661 7. 00

26.50 None 25.00 None

None None

336.20 110.00 None None 16.00 ___________________ - ___ - ----

Grady____________ ----- _____ ----- ---------- ---------- --------

Greene________________ 1 Gwinnett--------------1

31.50 863.50 None 16.00 __________ None

None None

Habersham ____ --------:

4.00 None

None None

Ha.II-------------------1 Ha.ncock _______________

13.00 None

None

31.31 245.00 None

None None

E;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-1-----::: ~~~~~~;~~ ~~~~~~;~~ ~~~~~~~

Heard ----------------1 None None None None

::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~j-----~~~~ ~---~~~~-- ---~~~~-- --~~~~-

Irwin_'_ ________________ : 13.00 I None

None None

Jackson---------------! 66.00 ---------- -----------------Jil;sper_________________ ,__________ ---------- ------------------

Jeff Davis _____________ ;

8. 50 None

None None

Jefferson_________________________ ----------------------------

Jenkins________________ ----------~---------------------------

~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =~~~==~~=~ ~~~~~=~=~~ ~~=~~~==~~[~~~~==

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

501

EXHIBIT " L "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Amount

Total

Total Insolvent Number Cost

Com-

or un-

men Clerk

missions. collected Employed. Hire.

.1

I Costs.

~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Liberty_______________ _! 192.28 i 72.50 none

none

Lincoln __________________________ ---------- _________________ _

Lowndes_______________ Lumpkin______________

374.74 197.00 One

180.00

20.25 ___________________________ _

Macon________________ 196.69 148.00 One

50.00

Madison_______________

5. 00 ___________________________ _

~~~i~~~~~~========~~~~~~~~;~l~~~~~~~~~~ ================== Meriwether______________________ 1____________________________

Miller_________________ 110.06 none

none

none

Milton ____ ,_______ ____ none 1 none 1

none

none

Mitchell_--------------

34.13

5.37 One

129.00

Monroe________________ l1, 773.96

63.42 none none

Montgomery___________

1. 00 none

none

none

M o r g a n __~--------------

30.00 none

none

none

:=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~::

Newton_____ ---------Oconee________________

201.98 192.00 One

50.00

167.69 ___________________________ _

Oglethorpe______________________ ~ ___________________________ _

Paulding.!______________

4.50 none

none

none

Pickens________________

7. 75 none

none

none

Pierce_________________

7.00 none

none

none

F1ke ____________________________ ---------- ------------------

Polk---------------"-- 167.80

74.00 f2part \ 180.00
\ time f

~---------------- 288.07

42.33 none none

Putnam_______________ --------------------------------------

Qmtman_______________

2.00 ---------- none none

ltabun-----------------------~-- ---------- ------------------

ltandolpb______________

16.00 none

none

none

Richmond_____________ 254.50 ---------- Two

403.00

Rockdale__ ------------

6

.

0

0

1 1

none

none none

~~~;~~-----~~=~~~==~~~=-----~~~~~ -----~~~~ ---~~~~-----~~~~--

502

JouRNAL OF THE HousE~

EXHIBIT "L "-Continued.

COUNTY.

Total Commissions

Amount Insolvent
Or Un- No. Men Collected Employd
Cost

Total Cost Clerk Hire

Spalding_______________ S 589.91 $ ___________________ $ ______ _

Stephens_______________ none

none

none none

Stewart________________

6.00----------------------------

Sumter_--------------- 304.50 ---------- none none

Talbot ________________ --------------------------------------

'Taliaferro______________

7.50 none

none none

'Tattnall_______________ Taylor________________

14.50 none

none none

402.59 250.00 __ ____ ____ 5 .oo

Telfair_____________________ ----- ___ ---- ___ ---------- --------

Terrell_________________ none

none

none none

Thomas_______________

28.50 ___________________________ _

Tift___________________ 324.32 i50.50 One

35.00

Toombs _______________ --------------------------------------

Towns_________________ none

none

none none

Trou~----------------- __________ ----------------------------

Turner________________

62.42

87.50 One

15.00

Twiggs________________

94.14 none

One

60.00

Union_________________ none

none

none none

Upson_________________ 1,105.93

89.50 One

50.00

Walker ________________ ---------- .. __________________________ _

Walton________________

72.21 445.00 One

90.00

Ware__________________ 29.50 ----------------------------

Warren________________

10.96 ---------- none none

Washington______________________ -------------------~--------

Wayne.. ----------~---- __________ ----------------------------

Webster_______________ 120.61 none

none none

Wheeler ____________________________________________________ _

White_________________ Whitfield______________ Wilcox________________ Wilkes________________

none 37.50 297.22 74.83

none none
83.00 407.50

none none One Two

none none 150.00
18.00

Wilkinson______________ ------------------------------------Worth___________________________ -----~----------------------

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

503

EXHIBIT "M."
TAX RECEIVERS, FIRST QUARTER, ENDING MARCH 31, 1913.

Commissions.
Appling ___________ $ Baker____________ _

BBaalndk~s _-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_

Bartow___________ _
Ben Iiin__________ _
Berrien___________ _ Bibb _____________ _
Brooks ___________ _ Bryan____________ _

None
"
" "

Bulloch___________ _ Burke____________ _

Butts____________ _ Calhoun __________ _ Caznden __________ _

Caznpbell; Com. 1912 CarrolL __________ _ Catoosa__________ _ Charlton__________ _ Chathazn _________ _
Chattahoochee____ _ Chattooga________ _
Cherokee_________ _ Clarke____________ _ Clay_____________ _
Clayton __________ _ Clinch____________ _

253.07 None None

Cobb _______ ------- None Coffee____________ _

Colquitt_---------Col~bia _________ _ Coweta___________ _ Crawford _________ _
Crisp______ --_____ -
Dade______ -- _____ Da~n __________ _ I>ecatur __________ _
DeKalb __________ _

None None
None

Commissions. Dodge, Com. 1912__ $ 876.44 Dooly____________ _
Dougherty________ _ None Douglas __________ _

Early____ --------Echols ___________ _ Effinghazn ________ _ Elbert ____________ _
Emanuel__________ _ Fannin ___________ _

Fayette___________ _ Floyd ____________ _ Forsyth __________ _ Franklin__________ _ Fulton___________ _ (}ilmer___________ _
Glascock _________ _ Glynn____________ _ Gordon___________ _
GG~reYe-n-e-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_
Gwinnett_________ _

None
None None None None

l~l a-l l -__-___-__-__-__-__-_ Hancock__________ _ Haralson__________ _ Harris ____________ _

None

HHeaarrtd-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
Henry____________ _ Houston__________ _
JIarcwkisno-n--_-_-_-__-_-_-_~_-_--_ Jasper____________ _
Jeff Davis ________ _
JJeenfkfi~n-s_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_ Johnson __________ _

None None
303.00 None
None

504

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "M "-Continued.

CoiilDlis-

sions.

Jones______________ $
Laurens __________ _ Lee ______________ _

~one ~one

Idberty___________ _
IdncoLn ___________ _ I.o~des __________ _
Luwnpkin _________ _ ~aeon ___________ _
~adison __________ _ ~arion ___________ _
~ci>uffie _________ _
~clntoBh _________ _

~one ~one ~one

~eriwether _______ _ ~iller ____________ _
~ilton ___________ _
~~iotn cr ho ee l_L_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_- __

~one

~ontgoDlery______ _

~~u 0r ~r -a -y-__-_-_-__-_-__-_-_-_
_________ _ ~uscogee ~ewton __________ _ ()conee___________ _

~one ~one

()glethorpe________ _ ~one

PPiackueldnsin__g____-_--_-_-_-_-_--_ Pierce ____________ _
Pike _____________ _
Polk _____________ _ 1\daski___________ _

~one ~one

Putnlml __________ _
~tDlan __________ _ llabun___________ _

.Randolph_________ _
RichDlond _____-___ _ ~one

CoD1Dlis-

sions.

SRcohclkedya_l_e___-_-_-_-_-_-__-_--_S Screven__________ _

~one ~one

Spalding______ ----Stephens_________ _
Stewart__________ _ Suwnter___________ _

~one

Talbot __________ -~ Taliaferro_________ _ Tattnall__________ _
Taylor ___________ _
Telfair___________ _ Terrell ___________ _

~one ~one

ThODl88_- ---------
TToioftD_lb--s-_-___-_-_-_-_-_-___--_ Towns ____________ _
Troup____________ _
Turner ___________ _
Twiggs ___________ _
lJnion____________ _ lJpson____________ _
VValker ___________ _ VValton ___________ _ VVare _____________ _
VVarren ___________ _
VVashington _______ _ VVayne ___________ _ VVebster __________ _
VVhite ____________ _

None
~one
~one
~one
206.35
~one ~one

VVhitfield _________ _
VVilcox ___________ _ VVilkes ___________ _ VVilkinson ________ _
VVot1.h ____ . --------

~o~e

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 16, 1913.

505

EXHIBIT "M "-Continued.
TAX RECEIVERS, SECOND QUARTER, ENDING JUNE 30, 1913.

Commissions. Appling ___________$
Baker____________ _ Baldwin__________ _ Banks____________ _ ~w ___________ _

Ben HilL__________ Benien___________ _ Bibb_____________ _ Brooks ___________ _ B~an ____________ _ Bulloch ___________ _ Burke____________ _
Butts ____________ _ Calhoun __________ _
C8Dlden __________ _
C8Dlpbell__________ Carroll ___________ _ Catoosa_ ____ ____ _ Charlton_________ _
Chath8Dl__________ Chattahoochee____ _ Chattooga________ _ Cherokee __ ~ ______ _
Clarke ____ -------Clay_____________ _ Clayton __________ _ Clinch____________ _ Cobb_____________ _
Coffee____________ _

None
14.52 None None

Colquit ----------Columbia_________ _ Coweta ___________ _
Crawford, earned___ DC&risdpe__________-_-__-_-_-_-_-_--_
Da~n __________ _ Decatur__________ _

None 423.18

DDoeKdgael_b_______-_-_-__-_-_-____ None

Commissions. Dooly_____________ $
Dougherty________ _

Douglas_---------Early ____ --------Echols____________ _

Effingh8Dl, 1912 Com'n 246.75
Elbert_____________ None EmanueL ________ _

Fannin~----------Fayette___________ _
Floyd ____________ _
Forsyth __________ _
Franklin___________
Fulton___________ _

None

Gilmer ____ -------Glascock _________ _ Glynn____________ _ Gordon___________ _ Grady____________ _
Greene ___________ _
Gwinnett _________ _
HHaablle_r_sh_8_D__l_______-_-_-_--_
Hancock__________ _ Haralson _________ _ Hancis ____________ _ Hart_____________ _ Heard____________ _

None

He~-------------
IHrwouins_t_o_n__--_-_-_-_-_-__-_--_
Jackson __________ _ Jasper ____________ _
Jeff Davis________ _ Jefferson__________ _
Jenkins____________ Johnson~---------Jones, 1912 Com'ns Laurens __________ _

None
None 84.00

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "M "-Continued.

Commissions.
l~d-b-e-r-ty-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_'
Idncohl___________ _ ~~des __________ _

Lumpkin, ~al. 1912_ Macon, 1912 com-
missions, bal_____ Madison___________ Marion___________ _ Mcihdfie_________ _ Mcintosh_________ _
Meriwether_______ _ ~iller ____________ _ Milton ___________ _
Mitchell __________ _ ~onroe __________ _
~ontgomery ______ _ ~organ __________ _ ~urray __________ _ Muscogee________ _

16. 34
75.00 None

Newton ____ ------- None Oconee ___________ _

{)glethorpe________ _ Paulding _________ _ Plckens ___________ _ Fierce____________ _ Pike _____________ _ Polk _____________ _
Pulaski___________ _
Putnam __________ _

None

~~ ~u -n --_-__-_-__-_-_-__-_-_
Randolph_________ _ Etichmond ________ _ Rockdale _________ _

None

Commissions.
Schley _____________ $ Screven___________ _

~palding___ -------Stephens _________ _ Stewart___________ _

Sumter___________ _ Talbot ___________ _ Taliaferro________ _ TattnalL _________ _

Taylor ___________ _

Telfair ___ --------TerrelL ___ --------
Thomas_----------
TToifotm__b_s____-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
Towns ___________ _ Troup____________ _ Turner___________ _ Twiggs ___________ _

None

Union____________ _ Upson____________ _ VValker ___________ _
VValton ___________ _ VVare ______________ _
VVarren ___________ _ VVashington _______ _ VVayne ___________ _
VVebster __________ _ VVhite ____________ _
VVhitfield _________ _ VV"licox ___________ _ VVilkes ___________ _ VVilkinson ________ _ VVorth ____________ _

None 41.24
None

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

507

EXHIBIT "N."
CORONERS, FIRST QUARTER, ENDING MARCH 31, 1913.

Appling___ --------S
Baker____________ _

Fees.

Dougherty___ ------S Dougl'aS __________ _

BBaalndkwsi_n____________-_-_-_-_--_
Bartow____________
Ben Hill__________ _
Berrien___________ _ Bibb _____________ _ Brooks___________ _ B~an____________ _
Bulloch___________ _ Burke____________ _ Butts____________ _ Calhoun_______.___ _ Camden__________ _ Campbell _________ _ Ca.rroH ___________ _
CChaatorlotosna___-_-_-_-_--_-_-_--_ Chatham_________ _ Chattahoochee____ _ Chattooga________ _ Cherokee_________ _ Clarke ___________ _ Clay_____________ _ Clayton__________ _ Clinch____________ _ Cobb_____________ _ Coffee____________ _
Colquitt_---------Columb_ia_________ _

None 21'0.00
30.00

Early ___ ---------Echols ____________ _ Effingham ________ _ Elbert ____________ _ EmanueL ________ _ Fanidn___________ _
Fayette_____ -----Floyd____________ _ Fo~h __________ _ Franklin__________ _ Fulton ___________ _
Gilmer ___________ _ Glascock_________ _ Glynn____________ _ Gord~n ___________ _ Grady____________ _ Greene ___________ _ Gwinnett _________ _ Habersham _______ _ HalL ____________ _ Hancock__________ _ Haralson_________ _
HH~a-rt-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_ Heard ____________ _ Henry____________ _ Houston__________ _ Irwin ____________ _
Jackson __________ _

Coweta:::.-:~~-:::.::=~~--- -~ ~::. ~:.- - - Jasper___ ---~ __ -~_-

Crawford__________

Jeff Davis________ _

~- ____ --------

Jefferson__________ _

Dade______________

Jenkins___________ _

Dawson ___ -------Decatur___________

None

Johnson __________ _ Jones ____________ _

DeKalb ____ ------l)odge_____________ Dooly. __ ____ __ ____

Laurens. _________ _
Lee ______________ _
Liberty___________ _

Fees.
41.00 40.00 35.00 20.00

508

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT " N "-Con~inued.

IJncohl____________ $ IAl~des __________ _ Lurnnpkin _________ _ ~aeon ___________ _ lladison__________ _
llarion___________ _ ~ci>uffie _________ _ ~clntosh _________ _ lleriwether_______ _ lliller____________ _ llilton___________ _ llitchelL _________ _ ~onroe __________ _
~ontgoDle~-------
~organ __________ _ llurray__________ _
~ogee _________ _
Newton ___ -------_ ()conee ___________ _
Oglethorpe________ _ Paulding__________ _
Pickens ___________ _ Pierce____________ _ Pike_____________ _
Polk_____________ _ Pulaski___________ _ ~tnaDl __________ _
QuitDlan__________ _ llabun ___________ _ llandolph_________ _ llichDlond ________ _ Rockdale _________ _ Schley____________ _

Fees. 100.00

Screven____________ $ Spalding__________ _ Stephens_________ _ Stewart___________ _ Surnnter ___________ _ Talbot ___________ _ Taliaferro_________ _ TattnalL _________ _
Taylor ____ -------_ Telfair___________ _
T~-----------Thornas___________ Tut______________ _ TooDlbs __________ _ Towns ___________ _ Troup____________ _ Turner___________ _
Twiggs____________ Union ____________ _
Upson_____________ VValker ___________ _ VValton ___________ _ VVare _____________ _ VVarren ___________ _ VVashington _______ _ VVayne ___________ _ VVebster __________ _
VVVVhhiittfei_.e-ld-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ VVilcox ___________ _ VVilkes ___________ _
VVilkinson _________ _ VVorth ____________ _

Fees.
20.00 None None

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

509

EXHIBIT " N "-Continued.

CORONERS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913.

Jlppling ___________ , ~er ____________ _ ~dwin __________ _
~-----__-_-_-__-_-__-_-_-_ ~w
Ben HilL _________ _ Ber.rien___________ _ ltibb _____________ _ ~ks ___________ _ ~an____________ _
Bulloch____ -_-----Burke____________ _
Butts_-----------Calho~n____ ------~den __________ _
Caznpbell--------~
CCaatror oolsLa _- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~-_ Charlton_________ _ Chathazn _________ _
Chattahoochee__ ~ __ Chattooga________ _ Cherokee_________ _
C<;llaaryk_e__________-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
Clayton_-- __ - ____ _ Clinch____________ _ ()Obb _____________ _ Coffee____________ _
Colquitt_---------Columbia_________ _ Coweta___________ _
Crawford _________ _ ()risp _____________ _
I>ade_____________ _ l>aWBOn __________ _ I>ecatur__________ _
IJ>)oedKgael_b_____-_-_-__-_-_-_-_--_
I>ooly ____ - --------

Fees.

Dougherty------- __,
Dou~-----------
Early____ ------ __ _
~ho~------------
Effingham _______ __ Elbert____________ _
EFamnanniune_L_________-_-_--_-___
Fayette____ ------Floyd ____________ _ Forsyth __________ _ Franklin__________ _ Fulton___________ _ Gilmer___________ _ G~k _________ _
Glynn____________ _
Gordon ___________ _
Grady____________ _ Greene ___________ _
Gwinnett_ ________ _ Habershazn _______ _ Hall _____________ _
Hancock __________ _ ~n _________ _ llarris____________ _ Hart_____________ _
Heard____________ _ Henry____________ _
Houston__________ _ Irwin ____________ _ Jackson __________ _ Jasper____________ _ Jeff Davis ________ _ Jefferson__________ _ Jenkins___________ _
Johnson __________ _
Jones ____________ _ Laurens __________ _
tee______________ _
Liberty___ ---------

Fees. 20.00

510

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT" N "-Continued.

Lincoln____________ $ Lowndes ___________ Lumpkin _________ _ ~aeon ___________ _ ~adison __________ _ ~arion ___________ _
~ci>uflie _________ _ ~clntosh _________ _
~eriwether _______ _ ~iller ____________ _ ~ilton ___________ _
~itchelL ________ _ ~onroe __________ _
~ontgornery ______ _ ~organ __________ _ ~urray ___________ _ ~uscogee _________ _ Newton __________ _
Oconee ___________ _ Oglethorpe ________ _
Paulding _________ _
Pickens ____ --- ___ _ ~ilrce ____________ _ Pike _____________ _ Poik _____________ _
PPuut~n-a-zn-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_
~trnan__________ _ Itabun ___________ _
Itandolph_________ _ ,EtichEnond ________ _ Itoekdale ________ _ Schley____________ _

Fees.

Screven~
SptiJding

__________-_-_-_--_-_S

Stephens ____ : __ ~-~
Stewart__________ _
Sumter___________ _ Talbot ___________ _

Taliaferro_________ _ TattnalL _________ _

Taylor ___ --------Telfair____ -------Terrell ___________ _
Thomas __________ _

Tift_---- _________ _ Toombs __________ _ Towns ___________ _
Troup____________ _
Turner ___________ _ Twiggs___________ _

Union____________ _ Upson____________ _

VVVVaallktoenr ______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- -_
VVare ________ ~---VVarren ___________ _
VVashington _______ _ VVayne ___________ _ VVebster __________ _ VVhite ____________ _ VVhitfield _________ _ VVilcox ___________ _ VVilkes ___________ _ VVilkinson ________ _ VVorth ____________ _

Fees. 10.00

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

511

EXHIBIT "0."
COUNTY SURVEYORS, FIRST QUARTER, ENDING MARCH 31, 1913.

Appling ________.___ $
Baker_~-----------
BBaanldksw_i_n____-_-_-_--_-_-_-_--_
Bartow____________
Ben :Hm___________
~en____________
Bibb______________
Bryan____________ _ Bulloch___________ _ Burke ____________ _
Butts______ ------_ Calhoun__________ _ Caznden _________ _ Caznpbell _________ _ Carroll___________ _
Catoosa __________ _ Charlton _________ _ chathazn_________ _
Chattahoochee____ _ ChattoQga________ _ Ch~ee _________ _ Clarke ___________ _
CC~la-y-t-o-n-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_ Clinch ____________ _ Cobb_____________ _ Coffee____________ _
Colquitt_---------Columbia_________ _ Coweta___________ _ Crawford _________ _ <Aisp _____________ _
I>ade _____________ _
I>a~n___________
I>ecatur __________ _ ~b __________ _ l)odge_____________
I>ooly_____________ I>ougherty__ -------

Fees. 180.00 137.75 81.00 100.00
108. 00 16.25 48.50 119.70

El)arol~y-_-__-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_'
EEcffhinog~h-a-m--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Elbert____ _______ _ EmanueL ________ _ Fannin___________ _ Fayette__________ _ Floyd____________ _ Forsyth__________ _ Franklin__________ _ Fulton ___________ _
Gilmer____________ G~k _________ _
Glynn_____________ Gordon ___________ _
Grady--- __ ------_Greene ___________ _ Gwinnett _________ _ Habershazn _______ _ Hill______________ _ Ilall _____________ _ IIancock __________ _ IIaralspn _________ _
IIlIa~r-t _-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_
IIlleenarryd_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--, Ilouston __________ _ Irwin_____________ _ Jackson __________ _ Jasper_____________ Jeff Davis_________
Jefferson __________ _ Jenkins ___________ _
Johnson __________ _ Jones ____________ _
LLeaeur_e_n_s________-_-_-_-_____--_
Liberty------------

Fees.
5.50 149.25
5. 00 18.00 150.55

512

JoURNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT" 0 "-Continued.

lincoln____________ $ I.ovr.ndes __________ _ LUDapkin _________ _ !4acon___________ _ !4adison__________ _ !4arion___________ _ !4cl>uf6e _________ _ !4clntosh_________ _ Meriwether _______ _ Miller ____________ _ !4ilton___________ _
Mitchell __________ _ Monroe __________ _
Montgoinery ______ _ Morgan __________ _ Murray __________ _
]4uscogee_________ _
Newton___ -------Oconee ___________ _ Oglethorpe________ _ Paulding _________ _ Pickens __________ _ Pierce ____________ _ Pike _____________ ~ Poll! _____________ _
~-----------P~t ui tnnaa Dnl___-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
ltabun ___________ _ ~dolph _________ _ RichDlond ________ _ Rockdale _________ _ Schley ____________ _

Fees. 28.00 None
120.25 671.60
107.50 42.00 195.00

Screven ____________ $
Spalding_~--------
Stephens----~-----Stewart_____ -----~terc __________ _
Talbot ___________ _ Taliaferro _________ _ TattnalL __________
TTeafyflaorrr _________-_-_-_-_-_-_- -_
Terrell ___________ _ Thoinas __________ _
Tift ______________ _
Tooinbs __________ _ Towns ___________ _ Troup ____________ _ Turner ___________ _
l~Jn-i-on-_-_-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-_
lJpson____________ _ VValker ___________ _ VValton ___________ _ VVare _____________ _ VVarren ___________ _
VVashington _______ _ VVayne ___________ _ VVebster __________ _ VVhite ____________ _
VVhitfield _________ _ VVilcox ___________ _ VVilkes ___________ _ VVilkinson ________ _ VVorth ___________ _

Fees.
112.50 92.50 56.50 33.25

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

513

EXHIBIT" 0 "-Continued.

FEE REPORTS, COUNTY SURVEYORS, SECOND QUARTER, 1913.

Amt. of

Amt. of

Appling __________C_o$mmissions. Baker____________ _

Commissions. Dooly_____________$ 58.70 Dougherty________ _

BBaalndk~s_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_ Bartow___________ _ Ben Hill__________ _ Ber.rien ___________ _ Bibb _____________ _ Brooks ___________ _

11(}.00 71.75 72.50 100.00

Douglas __________ _
EEcahrolyff_i _____-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Eflinghazn ________ _
Elbert____________ _ EmanueL ________ _
Fannrnn ___________ _

Bryan____________ _

Fayette__________ _

Bulloch___________ _

Floyd _______ ~-----

Burke____________ _

Forsyth __________ _

c:...,

Butts____________ _

Franklin__________ _

Calhoun __________ _

Fulton ___________ _

Caznden __________ _ Caznpbell _________ _ CarrolL __________ _ Catoosa__________ _

Gilmer __ ---------Glascock _________ _ Glynn____________ _
Go~on ___________ _

33.00

Charlton_________ _ Chathazn _________ _

Grady____________ _ Greene ___________ _

Chattahoochee____ _ Chattooga________ _

Gwinnett_________ _ Ilabersham_______ _

Cherokee_--------Clarke___________ _ Clay_____________ _

IIllaanlcl_oc-k--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~_--_ Ilaralson _________ _

Clayton__________ _ Clinch____________ _
Cobb_------------Coffee ____________ _
Colquitt___ -------Columbia_________ _ Coweta___________ _
~awfo~---------Crisp____ --- ------Dade_____________ _ Dawson __________ _ Decatur__________ _ DeKalb__________ _ Dodge ____________ _

58.25
23.00 23.00

Ilarris_____----- --Ilart _____________ _
!Ieard ____________ _
Ilenry____________ _ Ilouston __________ _
J~a~c-k-so-n-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_ Jasper____________ _
Jeff I>avis ________ _ Jefferson __________ _ Jenkins___________ _ Johnson __________ _ Jones ____________ _
Laurens __________ _

26.00

514

J OUBNAL OF THE HousE,

EXHIBIT "0 "-continued.

Amt.

CoiJlDlissions.

I~J-b-e-r-ty-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_ IJncohl ___________ _
Lowndes_________ _

26.90 17.50

Lunapkin_________ _

~aeon ___________ _

__________ _ ~attison

~arion ___________ _

_________ _ ~cl>uffie

_________ _ ~clntosh

Meriwether _______ _

~ ~i illlteorn-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

~itchelL _________ _ ~onroe __________ _

~ontgoDlery_______
~organ __________ _

400.00

~urray____________ . ~uscogee _________ _

ONceownteoen________-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Oglethorpe________ _ Paulding _________ _

PPiiecrkceeD_B_-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-__-_--_
Pike______________
Polk _____________ _
Pulaaki____________
Putn&Dl __________ _

46.50 50.oo

QItuaibtDuln&_n_________-_-_-_-_-_--_

Itandolph____ -----FtichDlond_________
Rockdale_---------

195.00

Amt. Schley____________C_o$DliD.issions. Screven __________ _ Spalding__________ _

Stephens _________ _ Stewart __________ _

Sunater___________ _

Talbot____ -- ___ - __ Taliaferro _________ _

Tattnall _______ -- _-

Taylor___ --------TTeelrfraeilrl_______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

Tholll.aS __________ _ 11ft______________ _

TooDlbs __________ _ Towns ___________ _

Troup____________ _ Turner ___________ _

Twiggs ___________ _

Union _____________ . Upson ____________ _ VValker ___________ _ VValton ___________ _ VVare ____________ _

VVarren ___________ _ VVashington _______ _

VVayne____________ 168.40 VVebster __________ _

VVhite_____________ VVhitfi.eld _______ -- _ VVilcox ___________ _

14.00

VVilkes ___________ _

~V~VoDr-th-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-_

4'- ... ,.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.

5f5

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Oliver of Quitman; Mr. Perkins of Habersham; and Mr. Warren of Turner.
The hour of 1 o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m.

-

516

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 17th, 1913.

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

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

-

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike,
AAlklienn', Glascock,

Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor,

Griffin, Grimes, Hammack, Hlardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson.

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1913.

517

LeSueur, Liles, lipscomb, .Loyd,
McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Sladt>, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday's .Tournal was dispensed with.

The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Akin-
A Resolution to set House Bill No. 6 as_a special order Tuesday morning July 22, 1913.

518

JoURNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Swift of Muscogee-
A ReS'Olution that the Speaker appoint a committee to consider all bills relating to equalization of taxes.
On the request of the author the following bill was placed on the calendar for a second reading.
House Bill No. 267. A bill to create the new County of Atkinson.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents.
1. Introduction of Local Bills.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading of Senate Bills the first time.
4. Reading bills favora:bly reported the second time..
5. Passage of local bills and general bills with local application.
6. Introduction of general bills limited the number to one for each member.
The following bills were introduced read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dooly County.

THUBSDAY, JULY 17, 1913.

5H)

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to create a board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dooly County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Stovall and Wall-
A bill to amend an Act providing for a Board of Commissioners for Elbert County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Mr. Dorough of Franklin County, Gh.airman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Library have had under consideration the following bill of the House No. 313 and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the HouS'e with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted, DoROUGH, Chairman.

Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

520

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report. same back to the House witr the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 53. To change County Site of Murray County. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 445. To define the offices of search warrants. Do pass.
House Bill No. 455. To amend Section 3298, VoL 1, Code 1910. Do pass.
Rouse Bill No. 134. To provide that in cr~minai trials the accused shall have the right to be sworn as witness. Do pass.
House Bill No. 52. To provide for the publication of Court Reports. Do pass.
House Resolution No. 40. To cause a new Great Seal to be made. Do pass.
House Bill No. 422. To amend Section 3319 of Code. Do not pass.

House Bill No. 247. To allow solicitors to amend indictments. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T.. GowER, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman

THURSDAY, JuLY 17, 1913.

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of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 311. Prevent cruelty to animals. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 239. To authorize the appointment of public defender. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 151. To regulate running automobiles. Do not pass.
HouS'e Bill No. 282. Amend Charter of Atlanta. Do pass as amended.
WoHLWENDEB, Chairman.

Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Beaker:
Your Committee on Apropriations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me .as their Chairman .to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:

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A Bill to provide for the ordinary expenses of the executive, judicial and legislative departments of the State and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.

Mr. Myrick of Chatharm County, Chairman of the Cop1mittee on Amendments to the Constitution, submffrted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the !following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:
House Bill No. 236. To propose an amendment to the Constitution for the Creation of a new county to be known as Griggs.
SHAELY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of the Coonmittee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:

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House Bill No. 136._To make final sales of supplies furnished by landlords to croppers, etc., recommend that the same do pass.

House Bill No. 159. To prevent spreading of hog cholera and other contagious diseases of hogs in Georgia, do pass as amended.

Amend the ~ill by striking out Section 2 and substituting the following: ''Be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply only to territory known as stock law territory and to militia districts and counties adjoining said stock law territory.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.

Mr. Cle111ents of Irwin County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture have had under consideration the following bills of the House No. 342 by Messrs. Stovall and Kimbrough, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recom!nendation that same do pass as amended by the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
J AS. B. CLEMENTs, Chairman.

The following Senate Bills were read the first time and referred to committees.

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By Mr. Olliff of the 4th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.

Referred to Committee ou Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Stark of 33rd. District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Jones of 39th District-
A bill to prescribe a method of giving notice in writing of charges against members of County Boards of Education.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Starke of 33rd District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of J e:fferson.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Richardson of 13th District-
A bi1l to amend an Act creating a system of public schools for the city of Oglethorpe.
Referred to Committee on Education.
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The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time.

By Messrs. Culpepper and Slade-
A bill to provide for the publication of the reports of the Superior Court.

By Mr. Anderson of MurrayA bill to change the county site of Murray County.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
. A bill to provide that in all criminal cases the accused shall be sworn.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to make penal the sale of fertilizers, etc., furnished by landlords for croppers.

By Messrs. McMichael, Greene and PickettA bill to prevent the spreading of hog cholera.

By Messrs. Bell and PickettA bill to create the new county of Griggs.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran_,..
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Atlanta.

By Mr. Reese of T.homas-
A bill to amend Section 203 of the Code of 1910, relative to furnishing books to State officers.

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By Mr. Brinson of JenkinsA bill to define the offices of search warrant.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend Section 3298 of the Code of 1910, relative to billS' of sales.

By Messrs Stovall and Kimbrough-
A bill to amend Section 1811 of the Code of 1910, relative to compensation of the General Oil Inspector.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary ex-
penses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government.

By Mr. Nunnally of Floyd-
A resolution to cause a new Great Seal of the State to be made.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Estes of Lincoln-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for Lincoln County.
The favorable report of the committee waS' agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119~ nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jackson of White-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a,Board of Coonmissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb-
A bill for the relief of S. J. Cartlege.
The favorable reportof the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the aye.s were 119, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads .and Revenues for Coffee County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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Oii the assage of the bill ithe p.yes were 140, nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. McGehee and Culpepper-
A bill to create a new Charter for the Town of Woodbury.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pa:Ssed.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Americus.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed io.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, jlays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an .Act to incorporate the Town 'Of Comer.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
,On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed~

By Mr. Adams of Pike--
A "bill to incorporate the Town of Meansville.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed
to.
On tbe passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The "bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Jtfr. Thompson of Madison-
A 'bill to incorporate the City of Comer.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed .to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121~ nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-. tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A bill to incorporate the Town of Kramer.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the pasS'age of the bill the ayes were 107,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu~ ti'Onal majority, was passed.

By Mr. Tootle of T'attnall-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Glennville.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed -to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120 nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran-
A bill to add an additional Judge of the Superior Court for the Atlanta Circuit.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By MessrS'. Wheatley and Sheppard-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Charter of the City of Americus.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed
-to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed

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By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson-
A bill to transfer Wilkinson county from the Ocmulgee to the Dublin Judicial circuit.
The following amendments of the committee were adopted:

To add the following: "Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that immediately from and after the passage of this Act, that the Solicitor-General of the said Dublin Judicial Circuit shall discharge any and all the duties of SolicitorGeneral in and for said County of Wilkinson.
To ame~d further by making Section 3 of the. original bill Section 4.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-tional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the town of Eastman.
The following amendment by Mr. Methvin of Dodge was adopted.
To amend by striking the letter '' D'' in line two of Section 1 after the figure '' 1'' and before the word "of," and to further strike the letter "D"-

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wherever the same may appear in said Act following the word ''Section'' and the figure denoting number of Section referred to.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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

By Messrs. Holtzclaw and Greene-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Houston.
The following amendment was adopted.

By Messrs. Greene and Holtzclaw-
To amend the Caption by inserting before the words ''and for other purposes,'' the following: ''So as to change the jurisdiction of said court, to change the time of holding said court, to deny t.o persons charged with misdemeanors the right t.o demand indictments by the grand jury of Houston County.'' Also to insert before the first word -of said Caption the words ''A bill to be entitled.''
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 139,. nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitu-tional majority, was passed as amended.

The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committee.

:By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend Section 722 of the Code of 1910 -relative to personal property held under conditional -purchase.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

:By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A bill to regulate ai:td control all fraternal benefit -societies in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

:By Messrs Davidson, Hopk1ns and Pickett-
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a Special Agent of the State for the Western and .Atlantic Railroad.
Referred to Committee on Western and Atlantic "Railroad.

-:By Messrs. Nunnally and Wisdom-
A bill to amend section 957 of the Code of 1910 which provides for tax on soft drinks.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A bill to define certain acts and declare same as a felony.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend Section 1800 of the Code of 1910 relative to inspection of oils.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No.2.

By Mr. Hardeman of JeffersonA bill to create an Assistant Commissioner of
Pensions. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Anderson of MurrayA bill to provide remuneration to prospectors,
miners or other persons :finding minerals on lands of another.
Referred to Committee on Mines and Mining.

By Mr. Moon of TroupA bill to fix the compensation of Tax Collectors. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.

By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to provide for rotation of Judges of the Superior Court of this State.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide for prompt payment of the school teachers.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as levy a certain school tax.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con-stitution.

By Mr. Cheney, of Cobb-
A Resolution to pay _A. H. Gilbert $50.00 as areturn of a certain fee.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
The following bill, having been set as a special -order at this time was taken up for passage.

By Mr. Turner of Bulloch-
A bill to create the new County of Candler.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, moved the previous -question on the bill and pending .amendments which motion was sustained and the main question was .ordered.

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The following amendments of the Committee were adopted:
Amend the said proposed amendment to the Constitution by striking from the said amendment the following words, to-wit: "It shall be the duty of the Governor after the proposed amendment to the Constitution is adopted to order an election for county officers for said new county,'' and insert in lieu of words so stricken, ''there shall be on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed amendment to the Constitution if adopted an election for the comity officers herein named, in and for said new county."
Amend further by inserting in said amendment after the words "Superior Courts" in the twentysecond line of the second page the words ''of the Middle circuit.''

Amend further by inserting after the words, ''designate the place,'' in the twenty-fourth line of the second page the words ''of meeting.''

.Amend further by filling the blank on the third page immediately before the words ''senatorial district'' by inserting in said blank the word ''Seventeenth.''
Amend further by inserting in the blank before the word "Monday" the word "third."

Amend further by inserting in the blank immediately preceding the word "Month" the words February and August."

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
The ayes and nays were ordered, a ballot viva -voce was held and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

.AdalliS, Hall, .Akin, .Anderson, Murray, .Arnold, Henry, Beck, Bell, Berry, Blackburn, Brookshear, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Cochran, Cole, Ool~man, Calhoun, Collins, Connor, Corn, Davidson, DeVaughn, Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Field, Foster,

Fowler, Greene, Houston,
Griffin, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Herrington, Hodges, Hollberg, Jackson,
James, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, MeCalla, McCurry, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wucox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Ml.'thvin,

MMiollosr'e,
Moss, Myrick,
Neal, N'1IDD8.lly, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Pickett, Rainey; Reese, Milton, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Ra.bun, Stone, Taliaferro, Taylor, Washington,
Thompson, Turner, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom,
W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, .Allen, Jackson, .Anderson, Banks, Atwood,

Ballard, Bennett, Booker, Bryan, Bullard,

Burney, Carlton, Coleman, Laurens, Cook, Cooper,

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Crawley,

Jones, Coweta,

Culpepper, Clinch, Lane, Decatur,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., I.Aldbetter,

Dean,

Loyd,

Dodd,

McCants,

Dorough,

McCrory,

Estes,

McGehee,

Follbright,

McLendon,

Gower,

McMichael,

Green, Wilkes,

Miller,

Grimes,

Moon,

Hammack,

Moye,

Hlardeman,

Nevil,

Hardin,

Olive,

Harrell,

Parker,

Heath,

Parks,

Henderson,

Pharr,

Hendrix,

Ragland,

Hines,

Ransom,

Holtzclaw,

Redwine,

Hopkins,

Reese, Thomas,

Johnson,

Reiser,

Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, Fnlton, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, IStov'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie,.
Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Tracy, Wall, Wheatley, Wood, Walton, Wright,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Pickens,

Lee, Lee,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, MklCarthy,

Brinson,

Meadows, Wayne,

Ennis,

Middleton,

Evans,

Oliver,

Fariss,

Paulk, Berrien,

Garlington,

Perkins,

Ayes 83, nays 80.

Picquet, Shadburn, Slater, Spence, Mitchell,. Swift, Warren,

The roll call was verified.

An the passage of the bill as amended the ayes were 83, nays 80.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite Con-
stitutional majority, was lost.

Mr. Wohlwender of Musoogee, gave notice that at

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the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill.
The following message was received) ~rom the Senate through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate towit:
A bill to require factories and work shops to provide proper ventilation and sufficient heat during the winter months.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution inviting United States Senator A. 0. Bacon to address the General Assembly in Joint session. Committee on the part of Senate under above resolution are:
Messrs. MeNeil, Moore.

The following resolution having been set for a special order at this. time was taken up for passage.

By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A resolution io appoint a joint Committee io inquire into the purchase of the ,A. B. & A. Railroad by the State.
Mr. Moss of Cobb moved the previous question

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on the resolution and pending amendments which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The following amendments were adopted.
The Committee amends by striking out the word .: 'twelve-,' wherever it occurs and inserting the word "''three." Also by striking out the word "five" wherever it occurs and inserting the word ''two.''
Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill, to amend by striking from lines 12, 13 and 14 of the resolution the words "one -of whom shall be from each congressional district.''
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed
to as amended.
The resolution was adopted as amended.
On request of the author H. B. 154 was withdrawn from the House.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Farris of Walker; Mr. Clements of Irwin and Mr. Burney of Morgan.

On motion of Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. m.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 18th, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m., was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
By unanimous conoont House Bill No. 6, tax equalization bill, was re-referred to the. Committe& on Ways and Means.
By unanimous consent the following was estab lished as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consent.
1. Introduction of local bills.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading Senate Bills the first time.
4. Reading bills favorably reported the second time.
5. Passage of local bills. 6. Passage of general bills with local application.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

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By Mr. Taylor of LaurensA bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of
Dublin.
Referred to .Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Pelham.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

"By Mr. Loyd of NewtonA bill to create the office of Commissioner of
:Roads and Revenues for Newton County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

~By Messrs.....Slade, Wohlwender and SwiftA bill to change the time of holding Muscogee
:Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

"By Mr. Reese of ThomasA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pavo. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

"By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to authorize the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Perry, Ga., to sell .certain real estate.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Field and SmithA bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for
the Town of Decatur. Referred to Committee on MUI1icipal Government..

By Mr. Spencer of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter forthe City of Camilla.
Referred to committee on Municipal Government..

By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 25and House Bill No. 27, were withdrawn from theCommittee on Appropriations and re-referred tothe Committee on Pensions.
Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of theCommittee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker;
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following Bills and Resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chair-

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man to report same back to the House with the reoommendation that same do pass:

To provide payment of $100.00 to W. T. Jones for the capture of Andrew McCullough.

They also recommend that the following be recommitted to the Committee on Pensions: House Resolutions Nos. 25 and 27.

Also that House ReS'olution No. 38, to appropriate $340.90 for deficiency in salary of the assistant Librarian.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.

Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution has had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
House Bill No. 244. By Mr. Corn of Towns, (by request) ) to. propose an amendment to the Con.stitution to provide for a new County to be known as Northern.
SHELBY MYRicK, Chairman.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the Hous'e with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 216. Relative to catching of creek suckers by means of gill nets, etc. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 108. Prohibiting the killing, shooting or driving of Elk, etc. Do pass.
House Bill No. 174. Prescribing time for hunting and shooting certain game. Do pass with the following amendment. Amend by striking the words ''July 15th'' where the same appears ~n S'aid bill, and. inserting in lieu thereof the words ''August 15th.''
House Bill No. 169. To repeal the Acts creating the game and fish commission, etc. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 430. Prescribing the time for shooting certain game, etc. Do pass as amended. Amend by striking the words of "September 1st," where the same appears in said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''October 1st.''
RAINEY, Chairman.

Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that S'ame do pass, to-wit:
House Bill No. 110. By Mr. Carter of Appling, to propose an amendment to the Constitution to pro-
vide for a new county to be known as Hardeman.
House Bill No. 54. By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery; to propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a new County to be known as Trentlin.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Slater of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute, to-wit:
House Bill No. 156. House Bill No. 299 and House Bill No. 300.
SLATER, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer, Chairman of the Committee on Educ~tion, submitted the following report.

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education, has had under consideration the following bills of the house and instructed me as their chairman to report as follows :
House Bill No. 101. By Mr. Fullbright of Burke. Do pass by substitute as amended.
House Bill No. 449. By Mr. Clements of Irwin. Do pass.
House Bill No. 450. By Mr. Clements of Irwin. Do pass as amended.
JAMES, Chairma:Q.

Mr. Myrick, of Chath81lll County, Chair:Qian of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Coonmittee on Amendments to the Constitu. tion, have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pas-s, to-wit:
Honse Bj]] No. 504. By Mr. Gower of Crisp, to propose an amendment to the Constitution providing that each County after January 1st, 1915, shall levy a tax of not less than one nor more than five mills for maintenance of public schools, etc.
House Bill No. 287. By Messrs. Cheney and Moss, of Cobb, and Nelson of Clayton, to propose an

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amendment to the Constitution to provide for an increase in the number of Senatorial Districts and a re-arrangement of Counties, etc.
House Bill No. 415. By Mr. Fullbright of Burke, to propose an amendment to the -constitution to provide for a levy of special tax for the years 1915 and 1916 to meet deficiencies in appropriations in Corn~ man schools.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Coinm.ittee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary having had under consideration the following Bills of .the House, have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back to the House with the following recommendations :
House Bill 180. To abolish the City Court of Pulaski, to provide for the disposition of all books, papers records, etc., and to provide that this Act shall not go into effect unless approved at an election held by the voters of Pulaski. Do pass.
House Bill 181. To provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski and to prescribe the time for holding same. Do pass.
House Bill 215. T:o provide quarterly terms of. the Superior Court of Walker County. Do pass.

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House Bill 229. To amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla in and for the County of Mitchell. Do pass.
House Bill 423. To amend the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta. Do pase.

House Bill 404. To provide for four -terms of the Superior court of Troup County in the Coweta Circuit; to prescribe the time for holding same. Do pass.
WisDOM, Chairman.

The following Senate bill was read the first time and referred to committee.

By Mr. Kea of 16th District-
A bill to require factories and work shops to provide proper ventilation.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation
'Ifue following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amned the Constitution of Georgia so as to create the new County of Trentland.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burk~
A bill to require children of certain ages to attend school.

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By Mr. Paulk.of Ben Hill-
A bill to prohibit the killing, shooting or driving Elk in this State.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to create the new County of Hardeman.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to provide for the inspection of all county
jails.

By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game
animals, bird and fish.

By Mr. Shipp of PulaskiA bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Pulaski Superior Court.

By Mr. Farriss of Walker-
A bill to provide quarterly tel"'Ds of Walker Superior Court.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell:_
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla.

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By My. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to provide for the inspection all county jails.

By Messrs. Cheney, Moss and Melson-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to increase the number of Senatorial Districts in Georgia.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to amend Section 1193 of the Code of 1910 relative to salary of the Penitentiary Wardens.

By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to provide for four terms of Troup Superior Court.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia to provide for a. levy of a special tax for the years 1915 and 1916 to meet deficiencies in appropriations for common schools.

By Messrs Jones and Griffin-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act amending an Act establishing the Department of Game and Fish.

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By Mr. Clements of Irwin-.
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a public school sys-tem for the city of Ocilla.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to establish a public school system for the City of Ocilla.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to aJIDend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide that each county may levy a tax for maintenance of public schools.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson~
A resolution to pay assistant Librarian $340.28, back salary.

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A resolution to pay $100.00 to W. T. Jones for capturing a certain escaped convict.
The following bms were read the third time and
placed on their pas'Sage.

By Messrs. Picquet and Olive-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Augusta.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Ballard of Columbia-
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the payment of certain insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Circuit so far as same applies to Columbia County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140t
nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Coc-hran-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
The following amendments of the Committee were adopted.
By striking Section 185, 186, 187, 188 and 189 and by numbering succeeding Sections accordingly.
By striking the words "Five Hundred Dollars'" wherever the same occurs in Section 206 and insert in lieu thereof two hundred dollars, and by striking the words ''Sixty Days'' wherever the same occurs in Section 206 and insert in lieu thereof Thirty Days.
To strike Section 100 and insert in lieu thereof the
following:

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Section 109. The Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to pr-Ovide by ordinances for the punishment of offenses against the ordinances of the City on conviction in the Recorder's Court by S'entence to work on the public works not exceeding thirty days or a :fine not exceeding two hundred Dollars, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder.

By adding a new and distinct section to be'known as Section - as follows:

Section -. The foregoing Act shall not become effective nor of force unless the majority of the qualified voters of the City of Atlanta voting a;t a special election hereby called for the fourth Wednesday in September, 1913, shall vote in favor thereof. Said election shall be held, managed and the votes canvassed and the result declared in the same manner as regular municipal elections are now held under the charter and ordinances of said- City. At said election all citizens who :shall have paid their State, County and City taxes prior to the year 1913 and who shall have registered fifteen days prior to the date herein :fixed for said election shall be qualified to vote. Those voting in favor of this Act, shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words:

''For the amended charter of the City of Atlanta aS' provided by Act of the General Assembly of 1913. ''

Those opposed thereto shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words:

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'' Agalinst the amended charter of the City of Atlanta as provided by Act of the General Assemhlv of 1913.''

If a majority of the votes cast in said election is in favor of this Act, the same shall thereupon becoone a law. If a majority of the V()tes cast is against this Act, the same shall not become a law. At said special election no other matter shall be voted on than the approval or rejection of this charter so submitted, provided, that the voting precincts be arranged and the voting r~gulations be in accordance with the same booth methods that prevailed in the City primary held in 1912 and that all ballots be printed in the same type on plain white paper which shall be thick enough to shield the character of the ballot when polled. Provided, further, that the provisions of the foregoing Act providing for the closing and abandonment of Wyman Street from its intersection with Tennelle Street and running North to the right of way of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Oompany shall not be submitted in said election but S'ame shall become a law when this Act is approved by the Governor.

By numbering Section 220, Two Hm1dred and Twenty One.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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The bill haveing received the requisite Constitutional majority wa~ passed as amended.
On motion of Mr. Wheatley of :Sumter, three hundred copies of House Bill No. 389, the General Appropriation Bill, were ordered printed.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, moved that when this House adjourns today the same will stand adjourned until Monday at 11 o'clock a. m., which motion was carried.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the
Committee o:ri Rules submitted the following report.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RULES
Mr. Speaker,
Your Committee on Rules having had under consideration the perfecting and completing of the standing rules of the House, begs leave to submit the following report:
Your committee recommends that the standing rules of the House for the sessions 1911-12 be adopted as the standing rules of this House with the following changes towit:
Rule 22. Amend by striking the words in the third, fourth and fifth lines thereof, between the word ''interested'' in the third line and the word "in" in the fifth line, so that said rule when amended shall read as follows:
"No member shall vote upon any question in the

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result of which he is immediately and particularly

interested. In every case where the seat of a mem-

ber is being contested the sitting member and the

contestant shall both retire from the House before

the vote is taken.'' Adopted.

-

Rule 34. Amend by substituting the following

therefor. "No member shall be allowed to addreS'S

himself to any question and then make any motion,

the effect of which is to cut off debate without re-

linquishing the floor."

Adopted.

Strike out entirely rule 64. Adopted.

Rule 67. Amend by inserting after the word "motions" in the 11th line thereof, the following words : ''Except one motion to reconsider the action in ordering the main question.''
Adopted.

Rule 71. Strike out entirely rule 71. Adopted.

Rule 99. Amend by striking the word "back" in the last line thereof.
Adopted.

Rule 101. Amend by striking the word paragraph in the 2nd line thereof and inserting the following words: ''Part of a bill or resolution.'' Amend further by striking the word "paragraph" in the third line thereof and inserting the following

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words : ''part proposed to be stricken,'' so that said rule when amended shall read as follows:
''Rule 101. When a motion is made to amend by striking out part of a bill or resolution any amendment offered to perfect the part proposed to be stricken shall be put first before the question is put for striking it out.''
Adopted.
Rule 108. Amend ;by striking the words in the second line thereof ''confirmation of the Journal'' and insert in lieu thereof the word order of "unanimous consent."
Adopted.
Rule 168. Amend by substituting for the word "correcting" in the second line thereof, the word ''correct.''
Adopted.
Rule 177. The speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter nor to read any bill or resolution the second time or any local bill or resolution a third time, o:r to put any local 'bill or resolution on its passage or to make special orders for any bill or resolution, except during the first thirty minutes after the confirmation of the Journal or after the reading of the Journal bas been dispensed with. Nor shall the Speaker recognize any memlber at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to put any general bill or resolution upon its passage.



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The Speaker shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time.
Adopted.
Rule 188. Amend by striking third, fourth and fifth lines thereof beginning with the word "if."
Adopted.
Rule 195. Amend by making order of business No. 3. Report of Committee on the Journal. Order of business No. 8, House Bills, favorably reported for a second reading. Order No. 12, strike out "House Bills for second reading" and substitute the following: ''on Tuesdays House Bills on the calendar adversely reported for a second reading.''
Adopted.

Substitute for the second paragraph of order of business No. 19 the following: "Unless otherwise ordered by the House, no general bills or resolution shall be in order for a third reading or for reconsideration at Saturday's session. General Bills or resolutions otherwise in order for reconsideration on Saturday shall stand over until the following Monday.''
Adopted.
Adopt the following as a new rule:
"Rule 199. No committee of the House shall consist of more than eighteen members and no member of the House shall serve upon more than three committees. This rule, however, shall not apply as to limiting members on the following committees :
Appropriations.
.

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561

General Agriculture No. 1.
General Agriculture No. 2.
General Judiciary No. 1.
General Judiciary No. 2.
Penitentiary.
Ways & Means.
Rule 194. Amend by striking out the following :Standing committees: Immigration, Internal improvements; Reapportionment; Special Agriculture, for consideration of special and local bills State of the Republic; Wild Lands:
Adopted.
Amend further by striking out the last paragraph of said rule beginning with the word "Resolved" .and ending with the word ''district.'' Amend further by adding "General Agriculture No. 2."
Adopted. Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.

The report of the committee was adopted on motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, 300 copies of the above report were ordered printed for the use of the House.
The following resolution, having been set as a special order at this time was taken up for passage.

By Messrs. Wright and HendrixA resolution to a:uthorize the Governor to investi-

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gate the differences between the citizens of Georgia. and certain copper companies of Tennessee.
Mr. Fullbright of Burke moved the previous question on the resolution which motion was sustaine and the main question was ordered.

Mr. Stewart of Coffee, called for the ayes and ' nays which call was sustained.
By unanimous consent the House reconsidered its action in calling the ayes and nays.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 103, nays 15.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Corn of Towns, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in pas'Sing the resolution.

The hour of 12 o'clock Meridian, having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session convened for the purpose of hearing an address by Ron. Hoke Smith, United States Senator from Georgia, was called to order by Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, President of the Senate.

'Uhe resolution providing for the joint assembly was read by the Secretary of the Senate.
After the delivery of Senator Smith's address, the joint ses'Sion was dissolved on motion and the Senate

FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913. retiring, the Speaker again called! the House to order.
Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report. Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for transmission to the Governor, the following Resolution:
A resolution to authorize the payment of the earned :salary of the Insurance Clerk.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Carter of Appling; Mr. Moye of Johnson; Mr. Meadows of Wayne, Mr. Brinson of Jenkins and Mr. McWlhorter of Greene.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 11 o'clock a. m. Monday July 21st, 1913. .
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 21st, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 ~'clock a. m., was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

'Tihe roll was called and the following members. answered to their names.

Adams, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Oo1lins,

Hammack,

Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hiardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

H11rris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

CU'lpepper, Clineh, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaUJg'hn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,..

Carlton,

Fiel~,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,



Clark, Clements,

Garlington, Gower,

Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes, _ Lee, Wilkinson,.

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565

LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadbnrn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the period of unanimous consents.
1. Introduction of local bills.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.

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3. Reading bills favorably reported the second time.
4. Reading Senate bills the first time. 5. Passage of local bills. 6. Passage of general bills with local application.
The following bills were introduced read the first time and referred to Committees.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to authorize County Commissioners of Sumter County to work county chaingang on streets of the City of Americus.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Com!Illis:sioner of RoadS' and Revenues for Telfair County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hays of StephensA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Toccoa. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
-By Mr. Evans of ScrevenA bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court
.of Sylvania.

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567

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Parker of LibertyA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of
Ludowici. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Picquet of RichmondA bill to create a board of Civil Service Commis-
sion for the City of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Governmnt.

By Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Lawrenceville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted ,th following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the- following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended, to-wit:
House Bill No. 457. A bill to create the office of Hotel Inspector.
Respectfully submitted, S. C. ALLEN, Chairinan.

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Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
No. 59. To incorporate the City of Danielsville.
No. 29. To incorporate the City of Chickamauga.
No. 320. To amend the Charter of the City of Buford.
No. 378. To create a new Charter for the Town of McCaysville.
No. 377. 'Do incorporate the Town of Cotton.
No. 491. To incorporate the Town of Mauk.
No. 58. To repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Danielsville.
No. 385. To amend an Act incorporating the town Sycamore.
D. B. BULLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

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569

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
A bill to levy and collect an increase tax for the support of the State government.
Your Commttee has had under consderation House Resolution and instruct me as their Chairman
to report same back to the House with the recom-
mendation that same do not pass. House Resolution to appoint a Special Committee of House arid Senate to investigate and report recommendation upon tax equalization.
Also a Bill to pay Ordinaries of thiS' State 5 per cent. on tax of near beer collected up to $10,000 and 22 per cent. on amounts over $10,000, with recommendation that same do not pass.
Respectfully :submitted,
L. R. .AxrN, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following Bills of the Senate, towit:
A bill to provide for verdicts to be rendered at the appearance term of the City and Superior

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Courts upon suits on unconditional ~o:rrtrac:ts lin writing and verified accounts.

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fitzgerald.

A bill to incorporate the City of Colquitt in lieu of the Town of Colquitt and confer additional powers upon said City.

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of-Colquitt.

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware.

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro.

The following resolution was read and adopted.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A res'olution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, July 22nd, 1913, at 12 o'clock for the purpose of consolidating the vote oost for United States Senator in the special election held on July 15th, instant and declaring the result thereof.

By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered
to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The following resolution was read and referred to Committee on Rules.

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571

By Mr. Swift of Muscogee-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 19 a special order for Thursday, July 24th, 1913.
The following bills favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Farris of Walker. A bill to incorporate the City of Chickamauga.

By Mr. Thon:npson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Danielsville.

By Mr. 'Ifuompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the City of Danielsville.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A bill to levy and collect an income tax for the support of the State government.

By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnettA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Buford.
By Mr. Spence of MitchellA bill to incorporate the Town of Cotton.
By Mr. Smith of FanninA bill to create a new Charter for the town of
McCaysville.

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By Mr. Warren of Turner-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Sycamore.

By Mr. Stone of TaliaferroA bill to create the office of Hotel Inspector.

By Mr. McCants of Taylor-
A bill to incorporate the Town of Mauk.
Mr. Wheatley on behalf of the Committee on Appropriations requested that the name of Mr. McLendon of Early be added to that committee, which request was granted.
The following bills were read the third time and placed upon their pasS'age.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City
. Court of Camilla.
'l'he favorable report of the committee was agreed
to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 135, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Moon of TroupA bill to provide for four terms of Troup Superior
Court.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes' were 148, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-tional majority, was passed.

:By Messrs Griffin and Jones-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court <Of Valdosta.
The favorable report of the C()lmmittee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

:By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Pulaski Superior Court.
The favorable report of the c01mmittee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 141,
nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to abolish the city Court of Pulaski County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Farris of Walker-
A bill to provide quarterly terms of Walker Superior Court.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to establish a public school system' for Oci]la.
The following amendments of the committee. were adopted.
Amend by striking from Section 7 of said bill the following ''Charge and collect such entrance fees and tuition as they may deem proper, to be paid by

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575.

all pupils entering said school whether they reside in or out of said City." .

Amend by striking from Section 7 of said bill the

following language, ''That said Board shall as often

as they may deem proper take a census of all pupils

residing in said City, who are under the law entitled

to participate in the Sta;te school fund and furnish

a report of the result of said census to the State

School Commissioner within thirty days after said

census is taken.''

.....

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish a public school system for the City of Ocilla.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following resolution was read the second time and adopted.

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By Mr. Foster of Floyd-
A resolution providing that the COflil:IIlittee Qn the Georgia School for the Deaf be authorized to visit the school during the interium during the sessions 1913 and 1914.
Under the order of Reconsideration Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the following bi1l of the House, to-wit:

By Mr. Turner of BullochA bill to create the new County of Candler.
By unanimous consent the following members were allowed to cast their votes previous to roll call on account of attendance upon a committee, on the motion to reconsider and they voted as follows:
Mr. Stovall of Elbert, nay. Mr. Akin, nay. Mr. Garlington, nay. Mr. Suggs, nay. Mr. Smith of Fulton, nay.
Mr. Swift, aye.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, moved the previous question, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham called for the ayeS' and nays, which call was sustained and a ballot viva-voce being had, the v~te was as follows

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Arnold, Henry, Bell, Berry, Blackburn, Brookshear, Bullard, Garter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Oollins, Oonnor, Oorn, Crawley, DavidsOI, DeVaughn, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Ennis, Evans, Fariss, Foster, Fowler, Gower, Greene, Houston, Griffin,

Hart, Hodges, &IIberg, JMkson, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Miller, Mills, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour,

Parker, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Swift, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,
AAkllienn', Glascock,
Allen. Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Atwood,

Ballard,
Beck,
Bennett, Bryan,
Burney, Carlton,
Coleman, Laurens, Culpepper, Clinch,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Dean, Dodd, Dorough, Dorris, Estes, Fullbright, Garlington,

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Grimes, Hammack, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hayes, Heath, Hines, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, Lane, Decatur,

LeSue-ur, McCants, McGehee, Moon, Parks, Perkins, Pharr, Ragland, Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Simpson,

Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Wall, Wright,

Tihose not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Oglethorpe, James,

Moore,



Booker, Brinson,

Ledbetter, Lipscomb,

Moye, Paulk, Ben Hill,

Oarter, Appling, Loyd,

Paulk, Berrien,

Cook,

McCalla,

Ransom,

Cooper,

McCarthy,

Reynolds,

Field,

~urry,

Spence, Mitchell,

Green, Wilkes,

MeWhorter,

Strickland,

Henderson,

Meadows, Wayne, Tootle,

Hendrix,

Melson,

Whitaker,

Herrington,

Middleton,

The roll call was verified.

On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 92, nays 59.

The motion to reconsider prevailed and the bill
went to the heel of the calendar._

Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the session of the House be extended ten minutes for the purpose of reconsidering the action of the House in passing House Resolution No. 56, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter the session of the House was further extended ten minutes for the purpose of introducing new bills.

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579

Mr. Corn of Towns mov{ld to reconsider the action
of the House id pa:ssing the following resolution, to-wit:

By Messrs Wright and Hendrix-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to investigate the di:fierences between the citizens of Georgia and certain copper companies of 'Tiennessee.
Mr. Corn of Towns moved the previous question which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 40, nays 66.
The IIIlotion to reconsider was lost.
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read. the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A resolution to set House Bill No. 441 as a special order on July 30th.
Rules.

By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A resolution to set House Bill No. 445 as a special order on July 30th.
Rules.

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By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to validate the defective witnessing at~esta tion, certification, acknowledgement or proof of execution of any deed.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to change paragraphs two, three and four of Section two, Article five of the Constitution of this State relative to the salaries of certain Stat~ House officials.
Referred to Committee on Constitutionai Amendment.

By Messrs. Ellis and McCroryA bill to amend Section 6003 of the Code of 1910,
relative to fees of the Justices of the Peace.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2..
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A bill to change the season for shooting and kill-
ing doves. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Rainey of JacksonA bill for the protection of the Oyster Industries. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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581

By Messrs. Ellis & McCrory-
A bill to repeal Section 6004 of the Code of 1910, relative to fees of constables.

Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran-
A bill to carry into effect the Constitutional .amendment abolishing Justice Courts in the City of Atlanta.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 951 of the Code of 1910, relative to occupation tax.
Re~erred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By. Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham.
A bill to amend Section 4168 of the Code of 1910,
relative to possession for twenty years gives title.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Ellis and McCrory-
A bill to amend Section 6006 of the Code of 1910, relative to fees of constables in certain militia disticts.
Referred to General Committee Judiciary No.2.

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By Messrs. McCarthy and ShuptrineA bill to amend an Act providing for the support
of the Government. Referred to Committee on Ways and Mea.ns.

By Messrs. Slater and Akin-
A bill to amend Section 950 of the Code of 1910 relative to occupation tax.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend a.n Act to amend Section 2166 of the Code of 1910, relative to incorporation of Rail:r~ad Companies.
Referred to General Juriciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to aanend an Act amending Section 1795 of the Code of 1910, relative to expense of making fertilizer inspections..
Referred to General Agriculture No. 1.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge--
A bill to require seed offered for sale to be branded.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2.

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583

By Messrs. Hopkins and Edmondson-
A bill to ref~d $1,000.00 to the Downing Company.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Ellis and McCrory-
A bill to repeal Section 6002 of the Code of 1910, relative to the fees <>f Justices of the Peace.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mess'rs. Methvin, McMichael and Slater-
A bill to prescribe the manner in which school districts may incur a bonded indebtedness for educational purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. James of Gilmer-
A bill to provide for the establishment of kindergarten schools.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A bill to appropriate a suffi:cient sum to pay salary and certain expenses of the Chief Food Inspector and the Chief Drug Inspector.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to provide for the inspection of Slaughter houses, meat markets, etc.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Olive of Richmond.
A bill to authorize Judges of the Superior Courts to grant corporate powers and privileges to private corporations in vacation.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendment.

By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to repeal Sections 6108 and 6109 of the Code of 1910, relative to the appointment of a Superior Court Judge to preside in the Supreme Court in certain instances.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Lee of WinkinsonA resolution to pay the per diem and expenses of
the Committee of the Academy for the Blind while visiting that institution.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Moon of TroupA resofution for the relief of J. A. Perry, E. A.
Williams, and Henry Bulloch.

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585

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A resolution for relief of the State of Georgia against the Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Company and the Tennessee Copper Company.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Moss and Cheney-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Martha J:
Reed.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Reese, Wisdom and Simpson-
A resolution to refund certain licenses taxes collected from certain persons and firms in the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Carter of Colquitt-
A resolution to furnish certain volumes of Georgia reports to the Ordinary of Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Methvin of Dodge.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. m.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 22nd, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m. was called to order by the Speaker pro-tempore and opened with prayer by Hon. W. D. Hammock of Randolph.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the Senate throug'h Mr. N orthen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following Resolution of the House to-wit:
A rewlution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly Tuesday, July 22, 1913 at 1Z o'clock m. for the purpose of consolidating the vote for U. S. Senator at special election of July 15, 1913.
The following 1message was received from the Senate through Mr. N orthen, Secretary thereof::
M 1. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills' of the Senate,. to-wit:

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1913.

587

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court .of Vienna.

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Dolquitt.

A bill to provide for holding monthly sessions of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of .Stewart County.

A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the 'Down .of Alamo.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the re-quisite Constitutional majority the following Bill .of the House, to-~t:
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Tunnel Hill.
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 City of Griffin.
A bill to amend an Act approved _Aug. 22, 1907, by repealing the provisions for three Commission-ers Districts in Ben Hill County.
A bill to incorporate the town of Clermont in th~ County of Hall.

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A bill to create the office of City Recorder of LaGrange.
A bill to amend an Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Roone.
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Athens.
A bill to authorize the Mayor and T'own Council of Lithonia to issue bonds.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating t~e Town of Unadilla.
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Jackson.

A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Greensboro.

A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Oglethorpe.

A bill to amend the Charter of the Tow.n of Norwood.

A bill to amend an Act to prescribe the duties and' powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County.

The followi~g resolutions were read and adapte:d..

By Messrs. Fullbright, Hardeman and Wheatley,
A resolution: . Whereas the House of Representatives has learned with profound sorrow of the death

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589

of Miss Ruth Burwell, the sister of our distinguished and beloved Speaker.
Therefore, be it resolved that this House extends to the Speaker and his family its deepest sympathy.
Be it further resolved, That as a mark of respect to our Speaker, that this House now take a recess until 11.45 a. m. today.
Be it further resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House and that a copy of the same be furnished to our Speaker by the Clerk of the House.

By Messrs. Fullbright and Hardeman-
A resolution: Resolved that the house convene beginning Wednesday morning, July 23rd, 1913, at nine o'clock a. m. and daily thereafter at said hour and that it stand adjourned at 1 o'clock p. m. until further ordered by the House.
The hour of 11.45 o'clock having arrived the
Speaker pro tern again called the House to order.
By unan:ilmous consent the following local bills were read the third time and placed on their passage, to-wit:

By Mr. Farris of Walker-
A bill to incorporate the City of Chickamauga.. The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

590

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.
%e bill having received the requisite Constitu-
tional majority was passed.

:By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Buford.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays 0.
~e bill having received the requisite Constitu-tJ..[)nal majority was passed.

By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the City of Danielsville.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
T.he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville.
-The favorable reportof the committee was agreed
to.

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On the pass-age of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0.
'Ifue bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Warren of Turner-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Sycamore.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the p~ssage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
Tlhe bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority wa.s passed.

By Mr. McCants of Taylor-
A bill to incorporate the town of Ma.uk.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
Tlhe bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of Fann~-

A bill to create a new Charter for the '1\}wn of

McCaysville.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed
to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
Tfu.e bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By My Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to incorporate the Town of Cotton.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the, passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
'Ifue bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, 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 bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairnnan to report same back to the liouse with the recommendation that same do pass as amended:.
A bill to provide a system of equalization of assessments of property for taxation, and to pro-
;

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-vide for just and adequate returns of property for taxation and equitable valuation thereof.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of -the Committee on General Agriculture, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

I

Your Committee on General Agriculture have had llllder consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as fol-

lows:

I

House Bill No. 360. To prescribe authority of Commissioner of Agriculture of State of Georgia, -etc. Do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted,

KIMBROUGH, Chairman.

I

Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your. Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.

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No. 550 to authorize and require a Board of Commissioners of RoadS' and Revenues of the County of

l

Sumter to work County Chaingang force upon

streets of Americus.

D. B. BuLLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Gowen of Crisp County, Chairman of theCommittee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary .No.2 havehad under consideration the following bills of theHouse and instructed me as their Chairman to re-

l

port same back to the House with recommendations.

as follows:

To prescribe the minimum punishment" of felonies. Do not pass.

I

To prevent County authorities paying insolvent

costs. Do not pass.

To amend Section 838 of Penal Code. Do not: pass.
To amend Section 750, 754, Vol. 2 Code. Do pass_

To prohibit untrue advertisements. Do pass as amended.

To amend Section 371 Code 1910. Do pass by substitute.

Respectfully submitted,

0. T. GowER, Chairman_

TuESDAY, JULY 22, 1913.

595

By unanimous consent the following bills favor.ably reported were read the second time.

By Messrs. Meadows and Sugg~
A bill to amend Section 371 of the Code of 1910, relative to the crime of incest.

:By Mr. Smith, of Fulton-
A bill to prohibit untrue and misleading advertisements.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb--
A bill to amend Section 750 and 754 of the Code .of 1910, relative to cruelty to animals in certain -cities.

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
. A bill to prescribe the authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Sumter County to work county -chain gang on the streets of the City of Americus.
By unanimous consent House Bills No. 223, No. -267 and No. 298 were withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill 515 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary .and re-referred to Committee on Insurance.

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On motion of Mr. Akin of Glynn 300 copies of House Bill No. 6, known as the T'ax Equalization Bip with the Committee Amendments were ordered printed for the use of members.
On motion the House took a recess, subject to the call of the Speaker.
'Tille Hour of 12 o'clock Meridian having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor of the Hall of the House and the joint session convened for the purpose of cons'olidating the vote cast in the special election held on July 15th, 1913, for a United .States. Senator from Georgia and of declaring the results. thereof, was called to order by the President of the Senate, Hon. J. Randolph Anderson.
The resolution providing for the joint session was read by the Secretary of the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, the President appointed the following members of the Senate and House as tellers to canvass the vote as cast in the special election for a United States Senator held ~n July 15th, 1913, to-wit:
Senate Jones, Taylor, Tarver, 'l'nrner, Bush,
House Miller, McCrory, Edmondson, Smith of :Fulton, Culpepper of Meriwether.

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The tellers appointed to canvass the returns submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
We the undersigned tellers respectfully report ~hat upon the consolidation of the votes of the several counties cast in the special election held on July 15th, 1913, for a United States Senator from the State of Georgia, for the term ending March 3, 1919, it appears that the Honorable Augustus 0. Bacon, of the County of Bibb received 25529 votes, the same being a majority of all the votes cast at the said election.
JONES, TARVER, TuRNER, BusH, TAYLOR, Tellers on part of Senate

MILLER, McCRORY, EDMONDSON, SMITH,
of Fulton, CuLPEPPER,
of Meriwether, Tellers on part of House.
The Honorable Augustus 0. Bacon of the County of Bibb, having received all the votes vast was declared by the President of the Senate the duly

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elected Senator of the United States from the State .of Georgia for tl;te term ending March 3rd, 1919.
On motion of Mr. Longino of the 36th District the joint session was dissolved.
The Senate retiring froo:n the Hall, the Speaker pro-tempore again called the House to order.
On motion of Mr. Fullbright of Burke, the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23; 1913.

599

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. July 23rd, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock a. m., 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, Hall,

Coleman, Laurens, Hammack,

Adams, Pike,

Collins,

Hardeman,

Akin,

Connor,

Hardin,

Allen, Glascock,

Cook,

Harrell,

Allen, Jackson,

Cooper,

Harris,

Allen, Pickens,

Corn,

Hart,

Anderson, Banks, Crawley,

Hayes,

Anderson; Murray, Culpepper, Clinch, Heath,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Henderson,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Davidson,

Hendrix,

Atwood,

Dean,

Herrington,

Ballard,

DeVaughn,

Hines,

Beck,

Dodd,

Hodges,

Hell,

Dorough,

Hallberg,

Bennett,

Dorris,

Holtzclaw,

Berry,

Duncan,

Hopkins,

Blackburn,

Edmondson,

J'ackson,

Booker,

Ellis,

James,

Brinson,

Ennis,

.Johnson,

Brookshear,

Estes,

Jones, Coweta,

Bryan,

Ervans,

Jones, Lowndes,

Bullard,

Fariss,

Keen,

Burney,

Field,

Kidd,

Carlton,

Foster,

Kimbrough,

Carter, Appling, Fowler,

Lane, Decatur,

Carter, Stewart,

Fullbright,

Lane, Jasper,

Cheney,

Garlington,

Ledbetter,

Clark,

Gower,

Lee, Lee,

Clements,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Wilkinson,

Cochran,-

Green, Wilkes,

LeSueur,

Cole,

Griffin,

Liles,

Coleman, Calhoun, Grimes,

Lipscomb,

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Loyd, MeCalla, McCants, :MlcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry,
Mc~hee,
McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton,
Miller, Mills,
Moon,
Moore,
Moss, 'Moye, Myrick,
Neal,
Nevil, NliJlDlilly, Olive, Oliver, Palmour,

Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Miloon, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard,
Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson,
Sl~tde,
Slater, Smi.th, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks,

Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StoV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterdays journal was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents.

1. Introduction of new matter. 2. Reports of Standing Committees. 3. Reading House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time.

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601

4. Reading Senate bills the first time. 5. Passage of Local Bills. 6. Passage of General Bills with local application. The f-ollowing bills and resoluti-ons were introduced read the :first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Burney of Morgan-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Messrs. Akin, McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptrine--
.A bill to appropriate $5,000 for purp-ose of erecting a training wall in Frederica River.
Referred to C-ommittee on Appropriati-ons.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Putnam County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters-

By Mr. Dorough -of Franklin-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia relative to pensions of widows of Confederate Veterans.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

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By Mr. Picquet of RichmondA bill to prevent the illegal issuance of process of
garnishment. R.eferred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

By Mr. Rhodes of Clarke-
A bill to aJmcmd an Act providing a Charter for the City of Athens. Referred to Committee on Municipal Givernment.

By Mr. McCurry of HartA bill to change the time of holding Superior
Court of Hart County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Ballard of Columbia-
A bill to create a new Charter for the town of 1Iarlem.
R.eferred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Henderson of JonesA bill to provide for the abolition of the terms of
the Supreme Court. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. '.naylor of Washington-
A bill to incorporate the Davisboro School District.

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603

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of
Royston. Referred to Municipal Government.

By Mr. Warren of Turner-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for a Board of County Commissioners for Mitchell County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Lipscomb of AthensA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Athens.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Dorris of Douglas-
A bill to limit the time of registering electors of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to create the office pf commissioner of Jones County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tift County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Perkins of HabershamA bill to appropriate $10,000 to the Ninth Con-
gressional Agricultural School. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Smith and FieldA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia
relative to payment of pensions. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con-
stitution.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to abolish the Board of Roads and Bridges Commission of Appling County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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605

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County .Matters.

By Messrs. Slade, Cheney, Green et al-
A bill to amend Section 5298 of the Code of 1910, -relative to garnishment.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptrine--
A bill to provide for holding primary elections in -the city of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

:By Messrs. Moon and Hines-
A bill to require all purchasers of seed cotton to keep a record thereof:
Referred to General Agricultural Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A resolution to appropriate $10,000 to the Department of Agriculture.
Referred to Committe on Appropriations.

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JouRNAL _OF THE HousE,-

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of East. Lake.
Referred to Committee Municipal Government..

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and CountyMatters.

By Mr. Smith of Rabun-
A bill to make the Clayton Board of Education the legal successor to the Trustees of Clayton Academy..
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to establish the office of Superintendent or
Public Printing.
Referred to Committee on Public Printing.

By Mr. Spence of MitchellA resolution to make an appropriation for the~
Military Departm~nt. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. McMichael of MarionA resolution that the Treasurer of the State be-

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607

directed to pay the members of the General Assem-bly for se8'sion of 1914 in certificates of indebtedness due in six months without interest.
Referred to Committee on Education.

:By Mr. Wright of Floyd-

A resolution to set House Bill 73 as special order.

Referred to Committee on Rules.



:By Mr. Carlton of Colquitt-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for -the City of Moultrie.
Referred to Committee on Corpor8Jtions.
The following resolution was read and ordered -placed on the table for one day.
By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A resolution to request Dr. A.M. Soule to appear -before, the Committee on Appropriations to answer -certain charges preferred against him by the South.ern Fancier-Farmer.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary summitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary having had under consideration the following bills of the House, bave instructed me, as their Chairman to report

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same ba<'-k to the House with the followfug recommendation:

House Bill No. 111. .An Act to provide manner and method of revising Jury List. Do pass by substitute.

House Bill No. 462. To repeal an Act to establish: the City Court of Ocilla in Irwin County. Do pass..

House Bill No. 463. To establish the City Court of Irwin County, to define its jurisdiction and pow-ers and for other purposes. Do pass.
House Bill No. 476. An Act to amend an Act ii::t~ corporating the Town of Unadilla in the County of Dooly. Do pass.
House Bill No. 516. To create the office of Com-missioner of Roads and Revenue for the County of Newton; to provide for his election, recall, etc. Do, pass.
House Bill No. 520. To change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court from the first Monday in August to first Monday in September. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 16. To amend an Act creating theCity Court of Jefferson so as to change the time ot holding the sessions of same. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 42. To amend the Act creatingthe City Court of Jefferson so as to provide an official stenographer for said Court. Do pass.
WisDOM, of Forsyth,
Chairman_

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Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as. their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 87. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 270. Do pas's by substitute.
House Bill No. 546. Do pass. RAmEY, Chairman.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instruoted me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 534. To amend Charter of T,occoa. Do pass.
House Bill No. 461. To create a new Charter for . Carnesville. Do pass.
House Bill No. 465. To amend Charter of West Point. Do pass.

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House Bill NQ. 543'. To create a Board of Civil Service for Augusta. Do pass.
House Bill No. 440. To amend Charter of Macon. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 483. To create a new Charter for Eastman. Do pass.
House Bill No. 472. To amend Charter of Ocilla. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 480. To amend Charter of Valdosta. Do pass.
House Bill No. 494. Amend Charter of Oakfield. Do pass.
House Bill No. 460. To amend Charter of Columbus. Do pass.
House Bill No. 432. Amend Charter of Plainville. Do pass.
PrcQUET, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that :
No. 358. A bill to am~d an Act to abolish the

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Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes Gounty. Do pass.

No 466. An Act to amend an Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Early County. Do pass.

Senate Bill No. 15. To amend an Act creating

Board of Commissioners Roads and Revenue Charl-

ton Gounty. Do pass.

No. 467. An Act to amend an Act to authorize Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bibb

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County to contribute to the City Hospital. Do pass.

No. 51L An Act to amend an Act creating Board of County Commissioners for Elbert. County. Do pass as amended, and have instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Cooper of Ware County ,Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Y.our Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following Bill No. 443 of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
To amend Section 2818 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, providing for the organization

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and management of Trust Companies, by striking the word ''fifteen'' in the third line and the word ''fifteen'' in the seventh line of said Section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-five" in each of said Jines and for other purposes.
CooPER, Chairman.

Mr. Akin of Glenn County, 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 bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House ~th the recommendation that S'ame do not pass.

A resolution to provide a joint committee to revise tax system and tax laws of Ga.

A bill to provide just and adequate system of tax revision, provide for State and County Boards.

A bill to provide tax assessors for each militia

district.

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A bill to amend Section 12 General Tax Act relative to taxes by bankS'.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Clements of Irwin County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
House Bill No. 503, by Smith and Field of DeKalb. To be entitled an Act to amend Seetion 1800 of the Code of Georgia, by striking out all of said Section after the word ''appoint'' in the 3'd line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof certain words in caption and body thereof set forth. Said Act here to be amended approved August 1, 1912. The amendment to be intended to strike the word $10 per ca. and insert $15.00.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. CLEMENTS, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Musoogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Y.our Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report s81Ille back to the House with the recommendation that:
To amend Section 2571 of Code 1910. Do pass as amended.

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To allow women to practice law. Do pass. Amend Acts of August 17, 1912. Do pass. Amend Section 5600 of Code. Do pass.
WoHLWENDEB, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following Resolution, to-wit:
A reS'olution in reference to the_ Order of Business of the House of Representatives.
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following Bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Sections 4424 and 4425 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, relating to recovery for homicide and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Edison.
The following bill~:~ ~avorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Hollberg of Coweta-
A bill to regulate the meshes of seines, nets and traps.

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By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 2571 of the Code of 1910
relative to directors of navigation companies.

By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to provide manner and method of revising jury lists.

By Mr. Cooper of Ware-
A bill to give women the right to practiQe law in this State.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
A bill to amend Section 604 of the Code of 1910,
relative to killing fish with dynamite.

By Mr. Green of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to amend Section 5600 of the Code of 1910, relative to successors of a guardian.

By Mr. Neal of GordonA Bill to amend the Charter of Plainville.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and MillerA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Macon.

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By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A bill to amend Section 2818 of the Code of 1910, relative to the organization of Trust Companies.

By Messrs. Wohlwender, Slade and Swift-
A bill to amend an Act requiring certain county and State officials to make sworn itemized state-. ments to the Comptroller-General.

By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of O>lumbus.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Carnesville.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ocilla.

By Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to establish the City Court of Irwin County.
By Messrs. Moon and HinesA bill to aJIIJ.end the several Acts to incorporate the
City of West Point.

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By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Miller and Fowler-
A bill to amend an Act to empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bibb County to contribute to the support of a certain hospital operated by the Macon Hotel Association.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of
Ocilla.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Unadilla.

By Messrs. Jones and Griffin-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Valdosta.

By Mr. Methvinof Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Eastman.

13y Mr. Sumner of Worth-

A bill to arrtend the Charter 6f the t&Wn of Oak-

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By Messrs. Stovall and Wall-

A bill to amend an Act to provide for Commissioners for the County of Elbert.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Newton.

By Messrs. Slade Swift and Wohlwender-
A bill to change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court.

By Mr. Hays of StephensA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Toccoa.

By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to create a board of Civil Service Commission for the City of Augusta.

Mr. Mr. Rainey of Jackson-
A bill for the protection of the Oyster Industries~ The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Olliff of the 4th District-
, A bill to amend. an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.

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By Mr. Stark of 33rd District-
A bill to amend the Act creating the city Court of Jefferson.

By MT-. Stark of 33rd District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to require the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Sumter County to "\_V'Ork the County chaingang on the streets of the C\i.ty of Americus.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having rooeived the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to change the County Site of Murray County.
The following amendment of the committee. was adopted. .
.\mend by striking the wor.d~;_ ~'poll tax pay9rs,as
~hown by the tax digest lmtt made out" in the4llti:td

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and fourth lines of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''registered voters as shown by the registration list last made out.''
Amend further by striking Section 2 of the bill and numbering the following Sections accordingly.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
The previous question was moved which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The ayes and nays were ordered, and on a ballot viva voce being had the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, J ac.kson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Andel'S()n, Murray, Ballard, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Broo.kshear, Bryan, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney,
Clark1
Cochran,

Cole,

.l<'oster,

Coleman, Calhoun, Gower,

Coleman, Laurens, Greene, Houston,.

Collins,

Green, Wilkes,

Connor,

Griffin,

Cook,

Hammack,

Cooper,

Hla.rdeman,

Corn,

Hardin,

Crawley,

Harris,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hart,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hayes,

Davidson,

Heath,

Dean,

Henderson,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Dodd,

Rines,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Ennis,

James,

Estes,

Johnson,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

F'a.riss,

Jones, Lowndes,.

Field,

Kidd,

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Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, lipscomb, Loyd. McCalla, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore,

Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Perkine. Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey, 'Ransom, Reese, Milton, R~ese, Thomas, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb,

Smith, Fulton,

Smith; Rabun,

Spence, Carroll,

Spence, Mitchell,

Stewart,

Stone, Dawson,

. Stone, Taliaferro,

Stovall, McDuffie,

Strickland,

Suggs,

Sumner,

Swift,

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Taylor, Laurens.

Taylor, Washington,

Tootle,

Tracy,

Turner,

Wall,

Warren,

Wheatley,

Whitaker,

Wisdom,

Wohlwender,

Wood, Twiggs,

Wood, Walton,

Woods, Emanuel,

Wright,

ThoS'e voting in the negative were Messrs.-

.Allen, Glascock, Arnold, Henry, Beck,_

Clements, Fullbright, Hodges,

Reiser, Smith, Fannin, Sparks,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hendrix,

Atwood,

Keen;

Dorough,

MklCarthy,

Fowler,

Meaders, Oconee,

Garlington,

Methvin,

Grimes,

Moss,

Harrell,

;~r... Paulk, Ben Hill,

Paulk, Berrien,

Ragland,

Redwine,

Slater,

Stovall, Elbert,

Thompson, Wimberly,

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By unanimous consent the verfication of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 154, nays 9.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following communications of United States Senator Baoon and United !States Senator John W. Kern, were read.
Letter From Senator Bacon:
UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHINGTON, D. c.
July 21st, 1913.

Messrs. D. C. Pickett, C. H. Conner, Minter Wimberly, Committee on part of the House.
and
Messrs. W. D. McNeil, J. H. Moore, Committee on the part of the Senate,

Atlanta, Georgia.

Gentlemen:
I am today in receipt of your notification to ~e of the concurrent resolution adopted .by the General A~sembly inviting me to address on a convenient

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day the Senate and Honse of Representatives in joint session.
I am deeply sensible of the compliment and honor of this invitation, and did the duties devolving upon me here permit me to do so, I would without hestation accept the same-in so doing performing a duty and, as well, enjoying a personal pleasure.
Before receiving your very kind note I had been previously informed through the press dispatches of this action by the General Assembly and, without awaiting the arrival of the forma1 notification, I undertook to ascertain whether, in view of the condition of the public business, it would be practicable for me now or in the near future to absent myself from the daily sessions of the Senate. Upon submitting the question to my Democratic colleagues in the Senate their response has been without exception in the negative; and the view thus held held by them has been expressed in a letter addressed to me by Senator Kern, the dhoS'en leadel'l andi o)fficial ~pokesman of the Democratic majority in the Senate. I herewith enclose this original letter. The slender majority we now have in the Senate and the importance of the daily presence of every Democratic Senator, is therein strongly presented. The absence for a single day of a Democratic Senator might seriously embai-rass us in the enadlm.ent ;'of the proposed tariff law now continuously and actively engaging the attention and consideration of the Senate. In addition to thiS' consideration, the acute conditions in some of our present foreign relations render my daily presence here imperative. .

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In these circumstances I do not permit myself to doubt that you will recognize it as incumbent upon me to remain continuously at this my post of duty.

But while for these reasons I (am den'ied )the pleasure of accepting this flattering invitation, this reply gives me the opportunity of which I gladly
avail myself to express to the General Assemb1y,
and through them to the people of Georgia, my profound and most grateful thanks for the great and unsurpassed honor which has been conferred upon me in electing me to a fourth consecutive term in the Senate of the United States. I well know that no service which can be rendered by me can make an adequate return for such an evidence of their trust and confidence. In this full recognition I can only make partial return in consecrating myself anew and without reservation to the work devolved upon me through their too partial favor and kindness. If in so doing I can continue to enjoy the approval of the people of Georgia to whom I am so unspeakably indebted, I shall prize that as the greatest of all possible rewards.

Regretting that by official duties ihere deny

to me the pleasure of meeting personally the Sena-

tors and Representatives of the General Assembly,

and with the renewed expression of my thanks for-

the honor of thisconsiderate invitation, I beg gentle-

men to remaiil., :

Very sincerely yours,

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A.:.. o~ BAooN.-

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Letter From Senator Kern.
l!NITED STATES SENATE, wASHINGTON1
July 19th, 1913.

Ron A. 0. Bacon,
My Dear Senator: Answering your recent inquiry will say that with our slender majority in the Senate it is of the highest importance that every Senator should be present every day while the tariff bill is being considered as the absence of any .one may put us at the mercy of our adversaries. ~here is another potential reason why you should decline invitations which will take you away from .the capitol, and that is that our relations with certain -foreign governments are so strained that as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee your presence here might be imperatively demanded at :any moment. I sincerely hope that all Democratic Senators will remain at their posts however m"Qch they may desire to accommodate their constituents.
Very truly,
JHO. w. KERN.
The following bill was read the third time and -taken up for passage.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make an appropria1ion for- the support of
the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Depart~IDents of the State and for ether purposes.

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By unanimous consent the committee of the whole was instructed to dispense with the reading of the bill and to take up the reading of the bill by Sections.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton the committee of the whole was instructed to limit individual speeches to five minutes.
.An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the Whole and designated as Chairman Mr. McMichael of Marion.
The Committee of the Whole arose and through their Chairman, Mr. McMichael of Marion reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Mr. Wright moved_th~t when this House adjourns it adjourns to meet at 3 o'clock p.m. today for the purpose of the further consideration of the General Appropriation Bill and to remain in session until 5 o'clock p.m.

On the motion Mr. Wright of Floyd called the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot viva voce was held and the vote was as follows.

Those voting in the affi.Tmative were Messrs.-

Akin, Ba:llard,
Bell, Booker, Burney, Carlton,
Carter, Stewart,
Coleman, Calhoun,

Collins,

Green, Wilkes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Griffin,

Davidson,

Hammack,

Dorris,

Hiardeman,

Estes,

Herrington,

Evans,

Hodges,

Gower,

Hopkins;

Greene, Houston, _J'~Wlkson,

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;IoneS, Lowndes,
:Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Ledbetter, Loyd, McCants, :McCrory, :McMichael, .McRae,: Wilcox, :McWhorter, Melson, :Middleton,

Moon,
M.oore,
Nevil, Parker, PiCloquet, Redwine,
Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Shipp, Shuptrine,
Simpson, .

Slater, Sparks, Stewart, Stovall, McDuffie, Suggs, Taylor, Wru~hington, Tootle, Tracy, Wheatley, Wisdom, Wright,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Ada.ms, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, .Anderson, Banks, .Atwood, Book, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Brinson, Brookshear, Bryan, Bullard, Oheney, Clark, Clements, Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Conn()r, Cook, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Dean, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough, Duncan, Edmondson,

Ellis, Ennis, Fariss, Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Hardin, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Henderson, Hines, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, James, Johnson, Jones, Cowet.a, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Lipscomb, McCalla,. McLendon, McRae, Telfair, Meaders, Oconee, Miller,

Mills, Moye, Myrick, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Pharr, Pickett, Rainey, Ransom, Reese, Miltxm, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. ThoJ:JJpson, Turner, Wall,

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Warren, Whitaker, Wimiberly,

Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,

Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Keen,

Anderson, Murray, LeSueur,

Arnold, Henry,

Liles,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, McCarthy,

Carter, Appling, McCurry,

Cochran,

McGehee,

Cooper,

Meadows, Wayne,

Grimes,

Methvin,

Harris,

Moss,

Hendrix,

Neal,
Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill,.
Perkins, Ragland, Sheppard, Smith, Fannin, Spence, Mitchell,
Strickland,

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

On the motion the ayes were 58 nays 97.

The motion was lost.

Ueave of absenee was granted Mlr. Parker of Liberty.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 oclock a. m.

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REPRESENTA'.riVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga.,
July 24th, 1913.
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The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M. 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, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

AAkllienn', Glascock,

Collins, Connor,

Hammack, Hlardeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

!tines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, LowndEIIlr

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Oarter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Oheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gawer,

Ledbetter,

Cochran, Cole,

Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Uiles, lipscomb, Loyd, lli!Calla, McCants, MlcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, "McGehee, McLendon, 1rfcMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, "Middleton, 1tfiller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, 1rlyrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, {)live,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, .Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland,
Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tayfor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender,
wood, Twiggs,
Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterdays Journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the f~llowing was established as the order of business during the period of 1Jnanimous Consents.

1st. Introduction of local.biDs.

2d. Reports of Standing Committees.

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3d. Reading bills favorably reported the second time.

4th. Reading Senate bills the first time.

5th. Passage of local House and Senate bills and general bills with a local application.

6th. Introduction of general bills, limited one to each member.

The following resolution was read and referred to the General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution, That certain State House Officials report in writing to the House whether or not they are receiving fees.

By unanimous consent, the following Senate amendment to House Bill No. 30, to amend the charter of the town of Tunnel Hill, was concurred in.
Amend by adding a new section to be properly numbered as follows: ''Section 4, Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts thereof herewith conflicting are repealed.''

By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 288 was recommitted to the Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

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By Mr. Rae of WilcoxA bill to amend an Act to to incorporate the town
of Pineview. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Pickett of TerrellA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrell County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Lane of DecaturA bill to provide for the appointment of Trustees
for local School Districts. Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. 1Stovall and CooperA bill to provide for the appointment of State Tax
Agents.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
To abolish the office of County Treasurer for Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
A bill to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver for Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Booker and Green-
A bill to set aside an Act establishing the Georgia Experiment Station.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2.

By Mr. Davidson of PutnamA bill to amend an Act to provide for electing the
solicitor of the County Court of Putnam County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia, relative to the creation of new counties.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Olive and Picquet-
A bill to provide the manner of paying insolvent costs of the Solicitor of the City Court of Richmond County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
A bill to create the office of Custodian of County Funds for Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to erect a monument over the grave of Gen.eral William Mcintosh.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Pembrok&-'-
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to establish the County Court of Bryan
'County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-A bill to authorize Incorporated Cemeteries to
hold in trust certain property. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.
By Messrs. Fullbright and HardemanA resolution that all bills proposing to create new
.counties be postponed until the session of 1914.

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House Resolution, by Parks of Upson. Mrs. Mary :Brannen, widow of E. W. Brannen, a Confederate Pensioner, did make application for and was paid pension due her husband. Since then, she has not made application for pension of 1913. She has a right to be on the role of indigent pensioners and .only needs to make application as indigent widow.
Appropriation unfavorably reported.

House Resolution, by Mr. Wheatley of Sumter. Mr. Henry W. Vandefer of Sumter County was en-titled to a pension under Act of 1910. Without fault .of his was prevented from :filing his paper for pen.sion for 1913. Wants appropriation to pay his pension for 1913.
Unfavorably reported.

House Resolution, by Mr. Hardin of Monroe. Application for money by appropriation to pay funeral -expenses of indigent pensioner, who received his pension for 1912 and died in 1912.
Unfavorably reported.
House Resolution, by Messrs. Moss and Cheney <lf Cobb County. Application to pay pension of J. W. Reed, due to J. W. Reed, who died in the year 1911, which was not applied for by his widow.
Unfavorably reported.

An Act entitled an Act, to make it unlawful for the ordinaries of the several counties of this State,

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to charge any fee or commission for any serviceS' rendered in connection with the payment of pensions to Confederate Veterans and the widows of' Confederate Veterans, and for other purposes.
Recommended. that it do not pass.
MeWHORTER, Chairman..

Mr. James of Gilmer, Chairman of Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education has had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass:

By Mr. Simpson of Cherokee-
Relative to the Public School System of Canton.. Do pass.
Also the following House Bills with the recommendation that same do not pass.

By Mr. James of GilmerA bill relative to increasing the number of School
Supervisors of the State. Do not pass.
By Mr. Adams of HallRelative to Compulsory Education. Do not pass.

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Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies upon reasonable terms..
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of theCommittee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County Matters.
have had under consideration the following House Bills:
No 471,
No. 501,
No. 502,
No. 59,
No. 562, No. 539, and instructed me as their chairman to report sameback to the House, with the recommendation that the, same do pass.
MINTER WIMBERLY,
Chairman.
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairm~n of the Gen-

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eral Judiciary Committee No. 2, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Y.our General Judiciary Committee No. 2 have had under consideration the following Bills of the House, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:

No. 129. To provide for ''Pure'' Shoes. Do not pass.

No. 20. To provide for Stamping Shoes. Do not pass.

No. 424. not pass.

To annul Section 1804, Code 1910. Do
Respectfully submitted, GowER, Chairman.

Mr. MeWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions beg leave to report as follows:
House Resolution to pay the funeral expenses of Mrs. S. E. Glynn, a widow pensioner, who received the pension due her for 1912, and died 27th Dec. 1912.
Committee recommends that it be unfavorably reported.
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By Mr. Adams of Hall-
Relative to Compulsory Education. Do not pass.
Also House Resolution No. 23, by Messrs. Moye of Johnson and Moss of Cobb, instructing the Governor to borrow money. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 28, relative to giving notice to members of County Boards of Education of charges against them. Do pass. July 21, 1913.
W. B. JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the Con1mittee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following Resolution of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.

By Mr. McCrary of Schley-
To provide for the payment of claims on the State Treasury according to priority. Do pass by substitute.
JAMEs, Chairman. July 24, 1913.

Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of

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the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submit.ted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 200, relative to inspection of Gasoline, Benzine, Naptha and other purposes. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 84, in reference to floating of Saw Dust in streams of Georgia and for other purposes. Do not pass.
KIMBROUGH of Harris, Chairman.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, 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 bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill to fix Commissions of Tax Collectors for collecting county. taxes on property of Public Service Corporations.

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Also a bill to enable individuals to ship in car lots goods and merchandise for individual use, and recommend that the same do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee, on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 445. To amend charter of Ludowici.
House Bill No. 542. To amend charter of Lawrenceville.
House Bill No. 552. To provide for holding pri- mary elections in Savannah.
PICQUET, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your General Judiciary Committee No. 1 have

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had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendations:
House Bill 60. Free pass to sheriffs. Do not pass.
House Bill 45. Defining Larceny. Do pass.
House Bill 76. Requiring certain officers to file statement. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 41. Regarding executions. Do pass.
House Bill No. 86. Regulating carrying pistols. Do not pass.
WoHLWENDEB, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute:

By Mr. McCrary, To empower the State Superintendent of Schools to publish certain school books.

July 22, 1913.

W. B. JAMES, Chairman.

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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 authorize judges of the superior courts of this State to grant charters to private companies in vacation and for other purposes.
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A bill to put in force the constitutional amendment ratified at the November election, 1912, to exempt farm products from taxation.

A bill to prohibit any person or private carrier from shipping malt and intoxicating liquors into this $-tate.

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 to authorize the Committees on School for the Deaf, to visit said institution m interim between sessions of 1913 and 1914.
The following Senate bills were read the first time:

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By Mr. Smith of 9th District-
A bill to provide verdicts and judgments to be rendered at the appearance term of certain courts on unconditional contracts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No~_2.

By Mr. Elkins of 15th District-

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fitzgerald.

.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Bush of 8th DistrictA bill to incorporate the City of Col_quitt. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Bush of 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Sweat of 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Parrish of 17th District-
A hill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Tarver of 43d District-
A bill to amend Sections 4424 and 4425 of the Code of '1910, relative to recovery for homicide.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

By Mr. Rushin of 14th District-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Harrell of 12th District-
A bill to provide for holding monthly sessions of Boards of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Stewart County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Elkins of the 15th-

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

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By-Mr. Smith of the 9th DistrictA bill to amend the charter of the City of Edison. Referred to Committee on &rporations. The following bills and resolutions favorably re-
ported were read the second time :

By Messrs. McCrary and Connor-
A bill to Create a Text Book Commission for the State.

By Mr. Garlington of Richmond-
A hilL to require executions to be liens.: on land only in the county where recorded.

By Messrs. Strickland and Myrick-
A bill to amend Section 174 of the Code of 1910 relative to larceny.

By Mr. McCrary of Schley-
A bill to require the State Treasurer to list all claims due by the State.

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By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines.

By Mr. Simpson of Cherokee-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a public school system for the town of Canton.

By Mr. Bryan of Catoosa-
A bill to provide for an additional levy of tax by the Commissioners of Catoosa County.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dooly County.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dooly County.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.

By Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lawrenceville.

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By Mr. Parker of Liberty-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Ludowici.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick-
A bill to provide for the holding of primary elections in Savannah.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
.A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Putnam County.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A resolution to make of full force and effect an Act relative to vacant lands in Chatham County.

By Messrs. Lane and Decatur-
A hill to enable individuals to. ship goods for individual use in car load lots without paying the special tax as dealers.

By Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to fix the Commission of Tax Collectors for collecting tax from public service corporations.
The following bill of the Senate was read the second time.

By Mr. Jones of the 39th DistrictA bill to prescribe a method of giving notice in

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writing of charges against members of County Board of Education.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage :

By Mr. Green of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkes County.
The favorable report of the committee was agre.ed to.
On the pas~:~age of the bills the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The hill having received the req~site constitutional majority, was passed. By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Plainville.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Slade, Swift and WohlwenderA bill to amend the charter of the City of
Columbus.

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The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150;

nays 0.

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

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Carnesville.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ocilla.
The favorable re:rort of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to establish the City Court of Irwin County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 129; . nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Moon and Hines-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of West Point.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, waspassed.

By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Early County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the ayes were 118 ; nays, 0.

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

By Messrs. Wamberly, Miller and Fowler-
A bill to amend an Act to empower the Commissioners of R.oads and Revenues of Bibb County to contribute to the support of the hospital operated in Macon by the Macon Hospital Association.
The favorable report of the Ctmmittee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Eastman.
The favorable ireport of the CommittE:ie was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 135 ;: nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town o:C Unadilla.

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The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs Jones and Griffin-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Valdosta.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill havlng received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

:Jly Mr. Sumner of. WorthA bill to amend the charter of the town of
Oakfield.
The favorable report of the Committee w'as agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Loyd of NewtonA bill to create the office of Commissioner of
Roads and Revenues for Newton County.

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~he favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.

The bill having rec-eived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A biil to amend the charter of the City of Toccoa.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to create a Board of Civil Service Commission for the City of Augusta.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes wer~ 117; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon.
The following amendments of the Committee were adopted:
Amend Section Seven by inserting in the sixth line thereof after the word ''rent'' the following words, to-wit: ''Due by said delinquent consumer.''
Amend Section Nine by inserting in the fifth line thereof after the word "of" the following words, to-wit: "Not less than."
Amend further. by inserting in the eighth line of said Section after the word "of" the following words, to-wit: "Not less than."
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to amend 'an Act incorporating the City of Ocilla.
The following amendment of the Committee was adopted:
Amend the bill by striking from the twenty-sixth

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line of Section 1 the following words: ''East side of Irwin Avenue extended," and inserting in lieu thereof the following words : ''West side of Beech Street extended.''
The favorable report of the Committee was ~greed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 141 ; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite t:!onstitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Messrs. :Stovall and Wall-
A bill to amend an Act to provide a Board of Commissioners for Elbert County.
The following amendment of the Senate was adopted:
Amend in Section 6 by beginning in line 17 after the word per annum and striking out the words ~'and shall pay his own expenses incident to his duties,'' so it will read ''he shall be paid a salary not to exceed $1,000.00, to be paid monthly.''
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority ,was passed as amended.

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The following Senate bills were read the third time and placed on their passage, to-wit:

By Mr. Olliff of the 4th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stark of the 33d District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson so as to change time of holding its sessions.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Stark of the 33d District-

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court

of Jefferson so as to provide an official stenographer.

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The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0..
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill was tabled on the motion of Mr~ W ohlwender of Muscogee.

By Messrs Slade, Swift and W ohlwender-
A bill to change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court.
The following bill being a special and continuing order, at this time was taken up for passage.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make appropriation for the support of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Department of the State.
An appropriation being involved, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the wholeand designated as Chairman, Mr. McMichael of Marion.
The Committee of the whole House arose and through their Chairman, Mr. McMichael of Marion, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Leave of absence was _granted the Committee on

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the A-cademy for the Blind for Saturday, July 26th, 1913.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Woods of Emanuel; Mr. Lane of Decatur.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until

tomorrow at 9 o'clock A. M.



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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 25th, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 q'clock A. M. Was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with.
By_ unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents:
1st. Introduction of local bills. 2d. Reports of Standing Committees. 3d. Reading Senate bills the first time. 4th. Reading all bills favorably reported the second time.
The following bills and resolutions were introduc- . ed, read the first time and referred to committees.
By Messrs. Cooper and CrawleyA bill to amend an Act establishing a public school
system for the City of Waycross. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waycross relative to the authority of the Mayor and Aldermen.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to amend an Act oo establish a new charter
for the City of Waycross by defining the duty of certain officers.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-
A bill to create a,p.ew charter for the City of Talbotton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Jackson of WhiteA bill to incorporate the City of Robertstown. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to prevent trespass upon the property of the State at Midway, near Milledgeville.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Messrs Taylor and Harris-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue~ for Washington County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to create the City Court of Gray for Jones County.
Referred to 1Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. DeVaughan of Macon-
A bill to authorize working of streets of towns in Macon County by the County Chaingang.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Berry, Bryan, Anderson, ~t al-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the City of Cartersville relative to public school ;ayatem.

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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the Georgia Ex-
periment Station at Griffin. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to grant permission to the National Guard in Chatham County, to volunteer service to the sheriff for the automobile races in November.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Hartwell.
Referred to Committee on Municipal GovernmenL
By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
A bill to repeal an Act changing the number of members of the Board Qf Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Hardeman and Wheatley-
A resolution requesting the two United States
Senators from Georgia to vote for a certain portion

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of the Tariff bill relating to the killing of wild birds for plumage, etc.

Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Arnold of Henry-
A resolution that the House defer final action on the Appropriation bill until the Ways and Means report the tax bills. Rules.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted:

By Messrs Bullard, Hardeman and Ledbetter, et al.
A resolution endorsing Hon. Walker P. Andrews for the post of Consul General to Paris, France.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules:

By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to set House Resolution 57 as a special order for Tuesday morning the 29th, at 10 o'clock.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and referred to committees:
'
By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to authorize judges of Superior Courts of this S~te to grant charters to private companies in vacation.

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Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Pope of 44th, Hixon of 37th, Irwin of 34th and Tarver of 43d-
A bill to put in force the constitutional amendment to exempt certain farm products from taxation. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture N'O. 2.

By Mr. Hixon of 37th District-
A bill to prohibit any person, public or private carrier from shipping malt and intoxicating liquors into tbis State.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have bad under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass :
House Bill No. 227. To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia,for the creation of a new county to be called Tate.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

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Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee ori Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
House Bill No. 421. To propose an amendment to the Constitution for the creation of a new county to be known as Lamar.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman. .July 25th, 1913.

Mr. Hardin of Monroe County, Chairman of the Committee on Conservation, submitted the following report:

Mr Speaker:
Your Committee on Conservation have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:

By Mr. Keen of Echols to encourage the protection of pine forests in this State. Do pass.

July 25, 1913.

T. J. HARDIN, Chairman.

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Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, sU'bmitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had 1,1nder consideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass :
Senate Bill No. 137. To amend the charter of the City of Edison.
Senate Bill No. 45. To amend an Aet to incorporate the City of Colquitt.
Senate Bill No. 33. To amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt.
Senate Bill No. 44. To incorporate the City of Colquitt.
Senate Bill No. 131. To amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alamo.
BULLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hjgiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bill of the

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House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill to provide for the inspection and supervi:Sion of slaughter houses, meat market, etc.
Your Committee has also had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
A bill to revoke the license of physicians.
Your Committee recommends that the following bill of the Senate do pass :
A bill to require factories and work-shops to provide proper ventilation.
Respectfully submitted, ALLEN, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties a,nd County Matters have had under consideration the following House bills, and have instructed me as their Chairman to report same back with recommendation that the .same do pass.
No. 515. To create a Board of Commissioners,

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Road and Revenues for Wheeler County. Do pass by substitute.

No. 567. To repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners, Roads and Revenues for Jones County. Do pass.

No. 569. To create the office of County Commissioners, Roads and Revenues of Jones County. Do pass.
MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report :

Mr Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
No. 407. To amend the charter of the town of Lumber City.
No. 514. To authorize and empower the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 8outh, of Perry, Ga.
No. 518. To amend the charter of the City of Camilla.

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No. 575. To make the Clayton Board of Education, of the City of Clayton, Ga., the successors of the Trustees of Clayton Academy.

No. 517. To amend the charter of the town of Pavo in the County of Thomas.
D. B. BuLLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Myrick or Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.

House Bill No. 294. To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia for the creation of a new county to be called Warner.

July 24th, 1913.

SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following Bill No. 353 of the

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House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
A bill to be entitled an Act to create the department of Banking in the State of Ga., and for other purposes.
CooPER, Chairman.

The following hills of the House and Senate fa-vorably reported were read the second time.
By Mr. Neal of GordonA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia, so
as to create the new County of Tate.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to create the Department of Banking in this State.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act creating the charter of the town of Lumber City.

By Mr. Keen of Echols-
A bill to conserve the pine forests of this State.
By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to authorize tlie trustees of the Methodis't
Episcopal Church, South, of Perry to sell certain lands.

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By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.

By Mr. Reese of ThomasA bill to amend the charter of the town of Pavo.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act creating the new charter of Camilla.

By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to provide for the inspection of slaughter houses.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act and all amendments thereto, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Jones County.
By Mr. Smith of Rabun-
A bill to make the Clayton Board of Education the legal successor to the Trustees of Clayton Academy.

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By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt.

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to incorporate the City of Colquitt in lieu of the town of Colquitt.

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District--
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Colquitt.

By Mr. Kea of the 16th DistrictA bill to require factories and work-shops to pro-
vide proper ventilation.
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th DistrictA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Alamo.

By Mr. Smith of the 9th DistrictA bill to amend the charter of the city of Edison.

By unanimous consent, House Resolution No. 8 was recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Blackburn moved that -when the House adjourns today- it will stand adjourned until10 o'clock A. M. Saturday, which motion was carried.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to-wit:
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County to contribute from the treasury towards the support of the hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association in the City of Albany.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the CoUIIlty of Chattahoochee.
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Miller. Approved August 6th, 1909.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Miller.
A bill to create a new charter fo:r.: the City of Lithonia. .
A bill to amend the Act creating Commissioners
for Mcintosh County.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Sharpsburg.
A bill to incorporate the town of Meansville.
A bill to repeal the Act authorizing the County

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Commissioners of Bibb Comity to issue and sell bonds for specified purposes.
A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners for Bibb County to issue bonds for certain purposes.
A bill to incorporate the town of Box Springs in Talbot County.
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of county funds of said county, certam costs of the City Court of Buford.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Comer.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Darien.
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.
A bill to incorporate the town of Kramer, in Wilcox County.
A bill to amend an Ad establishing the City Court of Monroe.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Griffin.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Glennville.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta.
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 amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bulloch.
The following bill being a special and continui~g order was taken up for passage:

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make appropriation for the suport of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State.
An appropriatidn being involved, the .Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the whole House and designated as Chairman, Mr. McMichael, of Marion.
The Committee of the whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
_Mr. Slater of Bryan, moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The following amendments of the Committee, to the printed copy of the original bill, were adopted.
Amend Section Four (4), in line thirty-one there-

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of, by striking the figures "$25,000.00," and inserting in lieu thereof, the sum of thirty thousand dollars.

Amend Section 5, line 81, by adding after the word ''fund'' the following words: ''Provided further that the poll tax, one-half the rental of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, show taxes, dividends from Georgia Railroad, stock and funds realized from taxation of dogs and other funds set aside, shall not be expended or used for any other purpose, than for the support of the common schools of this State."

Amend Section 5, line 3, of printed bill by striking "State School Commissioners" and inserting in lieu thereof ''State Superintendent of Schools.''

Amend Section 5, lines 74 and 75, by striking from each the words, ''State School Commissioners'' and inserting in lieu thereof, the words '''State Superintendent of Schools.''

Amend Section 5, by striking in line 5 thereof, after the word "University" the words" of Athens" and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''of Georgia at Athens."

Amend by striking from Section 1 and the 87th line thereof~ the words ''eighteen hundred dollars,'' and insert in lieu thereof the words, "twenty-four hundred dollars.''

Amend line 78, page 10, by striking ''two. million, five hundred thousand ($2,500.00), and insert in

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place of same "two million, five hundred and fifty thousand ($2,550,000).''
Amend by adding a new Section to be Number 9, and renumbering remaining Sections accordingly.

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of Three million, six hundred and seven.ty-ninethousand ($3,679,000) dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the bonds of the 1State, which mature in 1915, the same to be paid out of funds provided by law for that purpose.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
The ayes and nays were ordered, and a ballot viva voce being had, the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messra.-

Adams, Pike,
Akin,

Bryan, Bullard,

Dean, DeVaughn,

Allen, Glaseock,

Burney,

Dodd,

Allen, Jaekson,

Carlton,

Dorris,

Allen, Pickens,

Carter, Appling, Ellis,

Anderson, Banks, Oarter, Stewart,

Ennis,

Anderson, Murray, Cheney,

Evans,

Arnold, Henry,

Clark,

Fariss,

Arnold, Ogietborpe, Clements,

Field,

Atwood,

C.Ochran,

Foster,

Ballard,

C<>le,

Fowler,

Beck,

Coleman, Calhoun, Fullbright,

Bell,

Connor,

Garlington,

Bennett,

Cook,

Greene, Houston,

Berry,

Cooper,

Green, Wilkes,

Blaclronrn,

Crawley,

Griffin,

Booker,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hammack,

Brookshear,

Davidson,

Hardeman,

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Hardin, H'lll'ris, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, !Lollberg, Hopkins, James, Johnson, J'Ones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Lipscomb, McCarthy, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee,

Meadows, Wayne,

Melson,

-Middleboo,

Miller,

Mills,

Moon,

Moore,

Moye,

Neal,

Nevil,

Nunnally,

Olive,

Oliver,

Palmour,

Paulk, Berrien,

Perkins,

Pharr,

Pickett,

Picquet,

R'Sg'land,

Rainey,

Ran sam,

Redwine,

Reese, Milton,

Reese, Thomas.

Reiser,



Reynolds,

Shadburn,

Sheppard,

Shipp,

Shuptrine, Slade, Slater,
Smith, DeKalb,
Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stowill, Elbert, StoV'Illl, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, WISdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twtggs, Wood, Walton,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

McGehee,

Wright,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,
Brinson, Q>leman, Laurens,
Oollins, Corn, Culpepper, Clineh, Dorough,

Duncan, Edmondson, Estes,
Gower, Grimes, Harrell, Holtzclaw,

J'OOkson, Keen, Kidd,
Lane, Decatur, Liles, Loyd, McCalla,

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McCants, McCurry, McRae, Teltair, Methvin, Moss, Myrick,

Parker; Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Rhodes, Simpson,

Ayes, 144; nays, 2.

Smith, Fannin, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Warren, Woods, Emanuel,

By unanimous consent, the verjfication of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 144; nays, 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent, the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, moved that when the House adjourns on Saturday, it will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock A.M.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, moved to amend the motion by making the hour of meeting at 11 o'clock A.M.
The motion was carried as amended.
On motion of Mr. Ellis of Tift, the session was extended ten minutes for the purpose of the introduction of new matter.
The following bill having been set for a special order at this time, was taken up for passage.

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By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Drugs in this State.
By unanimous consent, the session of the House
was extended until this bill will have been disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Slater of Bryan, the bill was postponed until Tuesday, July 29th, when the orders of the day are reached.
By unanimous consent, 200 copies of the committee substitut~ to the bill were ordered printed for the use of members.
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the running of automobiles, etc., in this State.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 964 of the Code of 1910, reiative to fixing the occupation tax.
Referred to Commitee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an. Act to prohibit attorneys and agents from lob~ying .f<>:r ~ompe:nsatio:Q..~,..

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh-
A bill to prescribe the minimum number of employees to be used in the operation of passenger trains in this State.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Messrs Cooper an<I CrawleyA bill to require the atendance of school children
upon the schools of the State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs Ellis, Bryan, Cooper, et al.
A bill to remove the Georgia Experiment Station to a point in South Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to authorize the Governor to issue bonds tOo pay off certain portion of the Public Bonded debt.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. James of GilmerA bill to amend the charter of the town of East
Ellijay~
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Nelson of Clayton-
A bill to make it the duty of the Governor to appoint a State Auditor.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to amend the constitution of Georgia relative to prompt payment .of school teachers.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. McGehee of Meriwether-
A bill to prescribe the manner in which felony convicts of the State shall be apporti,oned to the several counties in this State.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. McGehee. of Meriwether-
A bill to require the Boards. of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the several counties in the State to work county chaingangs on the streets of incorporated towns.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Reiser of Effingham-

A bill to amendithe charter.of the City. ofSpring-

field.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Smith of FultonA resolution to pay R. R. Smith, surveyor, $250~00
for certain work.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Smith of DeKalb-A resolution to set House Bill No. 142 as a special
order on Tuesday, July 29th, 1913. Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to set House Bill No. 6 as a special orller for Monday, July 28th, 1913.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following resolution was read and ordered placed on the table for one day.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution to endorse and commend the Georgia. Chamber of Commerce.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Wood of ""\\7alton; Mr. Beck of Carroll; Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin; Mr. Sumner of Worth; Mr. Coleman of Cal-houn and Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh.
. .The Speaker announced the House adjourne.-J until tomorrow at 10 o'clock A.M.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 26, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M. Was called to order by the Speaker, pro-tempore, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. ~Y unanimous consent, the following was established. as the order of business for today:
1st. Introduction of new matter. 2d. Reading Senate bills the first time. 3d. Reports of Standing Committees. 4th. Reading bills favorably reported the second time. 5th. Passage of local House and Senate bills. The following bills were mtrodueed, read the first time and referred to Committees.
By Mr. Shipp of PulaskiA bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Cochran. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court. of LaGrange.
I
. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. .Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Jackson of WhiteA bill to incorporate the town of Helen. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Fariss of Walker-. A bill to establish a new charter for the town of
Rossville. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bleckley County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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A bill to repeal the County' Court Act so far a8

same appli~~. t<>: if:oJ:!es Cplll!ty. ~- ,

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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
A bill to incorporate the town of Aline in Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to provide for service of Bills of Exceptions on defendants in error.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
The following Senate bill was read the first time and referred to committee.

By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-

A bill to an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bulloch County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County

Matters.

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Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairma.n of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:

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A resolution authorizing Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies upon reasonable terms.

A bill to amend Sec. 951 of Code 1910, relative to oceupation tax payable by foreign corporation.

A bill to amend Sec. 950 of Code 1910 relative to occupation tax payable by corporations.

A bill to provide for appointment of State Tax Agents, provide their duties and compensation.

Your Committee on Ways and Means have also had under consideration following House bills and instruct me to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do not pass.

A bill to tax Coca Cola.
.A hill to provide revenue by requiring a license
to be obtained by any persons, firms or corporations selling soft drinks.

A bill to amend Act of August 16, 1909, providing tax for support of State by repealing Section 974, Code 1910.
A bill to amend Section 957, Code of 1910, which provides tax on soft drinks.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the

Committee on Appropriations, suhmitted.the,follow'-

ing report :

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that -same do pass :

By Mr. Hammack, et al. To appropriate money for

the support of the State Board of Em.tomolqgy. Also the following do not pass.

House Resolution 47. To make appropriation Jor the Georgia Roster Commission.

House Resolution 91. To appropriate $10,000 to the Department of Agriculture.

House Resolution 29. To appropriate money to the Whitehall Tatum Company.

House Resolution 33. To pay money to S. Title-baum of Fulton County.

House Resolution 15. To provide for appointment of a commission to compile information con.cerning the general agricultural interest of the .State.

House Bill No. 416. To provide appropriations

-to
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the

District

Agricul.tural

Schools.

Also the following do pass :

House Bill No. 533. To. appropriate money for

inspection of foods, etc.

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Respectfully submitted,

CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.

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The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time.

By _Messrs-. Hammack and Slater-
A bill to appropriate $20,000 to the State Board of Entomology for two years.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 951 of the Code of 1910 -relative to the occupation tax.

By Messrs Slater and Akin-
A bill to amend Section 950 of the Code of 1910 relative to occupation tax.

By Messrs Stovall and Cooper-
A bill to provide for the appointment of State Tax Agents.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies.

By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A bill to appropriate money from certain f~ds to pay Chief Food Inspector and Chief Drug Inspector.
The following bills were read the third time and placed upon their passage.

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:By Mr. Simpson of Cherokee-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the town of Canton.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

:By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dooly CQunty.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118 ; nays, 0.
. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

:By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for. Dooly County.

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the Committee .

was

agreed to.

, .Qn ..~~~: p~~age ~f the }>.ill t_he ~yes were 118; nays, 0.

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

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for Telfair County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett-

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lawrenceville.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93 ;

nays, 0.

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

By Mr. Parker of Liberty-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Ludowici.
The favorable report of the Committee was. agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bryan of Catoosa-
A bill to provide for an additional levy of a tax by the County Commissioners. of Catoosa County.
The favorable report of the Co:nnnittee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptrine-
A bill to provide for the holding of primary elections in Savannah.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite. constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an A~t to create a Board of Com-

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missioners of Roads and Revenues for Putnam County.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118 ; nays, 0.

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

By Mr McRae of Telfair-
.A bill to amend the charter of the town of McRae.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-

A bill to authorize the Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1South, of Perry to sell certain lands.

The favorable report of the Oommittee was agreed to.

On the_ passage of the bill the ayes were 139;

nays, 0.

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The bill having received the re,q~~site. con~itu:

tional ml!-jority, was passed. .

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By Mr. Reese of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pavo.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Camilla.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act and amendments thereto creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were il8; nays, 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of Rabun-
A bill to make the Clayton Board of Education the legal successor to the Trustees of the Clayton Academy.
The favorable report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-

A bill to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County.

The following amendments offered by Mr. Henderson of Jones were adopted.

Amend by striking the word "surplus" appearing in line 3, ~Section 11, and substituting therefor the word ''supplies.''

Amend further, by striking the word "and" in line 8, Section 11, al}d substituti:Q.g therefor the word "or."

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118 ;: nays, 0.

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

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage :

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to incorporate the City of Colquitt in lieu of the town of Colquitt.
The favorable report of the Committe was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

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'By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorp.orate the City of Colquitt; approved Aug. 7th, 1912.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bills the ayes were 109 ; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

.By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alamo.
The favorable report of the Committee was .agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

:By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Edison.
The favorable report of the Committee was .agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109 ; nays, 0.

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

By unanimous consent, two hundred copies were ordered printed of substitute to House Bill No. 22 for the use of members.

By unanimous consent, two hundred copies of substitute to House Bill No. 222 were ordered printed for the use of members.

By unanimous consent, House Bills No. 406 and 457 were recommitted to the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By unanimous consent, a copy of House Bill No. 301 was established as the bill, with the reading, etc., the original bill being misplaced after the same had gone into the hands of the Committee on Municipal Government.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn, the House adjourned until Monday at 11 o'clock A.M.

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REPRESENTATIVE IIALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 o'clock A. M. 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, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, .Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe,
Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bryan, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, .Cheney, Clark, Clements, .COOhran, Cole,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Oollins,

Hammack,

Connor,

Hiardeman,

Cook,

Hardin,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Oorn,

Harris,

Crawley,

Hart,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

Davidson,

He~erson,

Dean,

Hendrix,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Dodd,

Hines,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Dorris,

Rollberg,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Ellis,

J-ookson,

Ennis,

James,

Estes,

Johnson,

Evans,

J~nes, Coweta,

Fariss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Field,

Keen,

Foster,

Kidd,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Garlinfl;on,

Lane, Jasper,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, :McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, :McGehee, .McLendon, McMichael, :McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, :Meaders, Oconee, :Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middlebon, Miller, Mills, Moon, :Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, .Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Pau.Ij, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, R-agland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas; Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadiburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StoV'Rll, Elbert, Stovall; McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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

By unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents:
1st. Introduction of local bills.
2d. Reports of Standing Committees.

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3d. Reading all bills favorably repo::;ted the second time.
The following message W{\S 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 confer upon the Railroad Commission of Georgia, the power to require two or more railroads entering the same town, to erect joint passenger depots.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Honse,. to-wit:
A bill to provide upon what conditions a foreign fire insurance company', which reinsnres its policies,. may withdraw from the State.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committee :

By Messrs. Olive and Garlington-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta.
Mr. Olive of Richmond moved to refer the bill t() the General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
Mr. Picqnet of Richmond moved as a substitute

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to the above motion that the bill be referred to the Committee on Municipal Government.
The motion by' substitute prevailed and the bill was referred to the Committee on Municipal Government.

.By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon.
Mr. Miller of Bibb asked unanimous consent, that the bill be referred to the General Judiciary Committee No. 2, which request was granted and the bill was referred to the General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

.By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta
lteferred to Committee on Corporations.

.By Messrs Berry~ Bryan, Anderson, et alA bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the
City of Cartersville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

.By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of :Roads and Revenues for Heard County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend and Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Heard County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the several Acts creating and relating to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Gordon County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of theCommittee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that samedo pass:

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By Mr. Taylor of Washington County, to incorporate the Davidsboro School District. Do pass.
W. B. JAMES, Chairman. July 25, 1913.

Mr. Wohlwender of Moscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No.1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your General Judiciary Committee No.1 have had under consideration the following bills and resolution of the House and instructed me as their Chair-

-

man to report same back to the House with the rec-

ommendation that: #

Abolish Justice Courts in the City of Atlanta. Do

pass.

Fix weight of barrel of Cement. Do pass.

To waive ten days notice to commit Lunatics. Do pass.

Amend Paragraph 4, Section 1037, Code of Georgia. Do not pass.

Declare misdemeanor to utter any check without funds. Do not pass.

Authorize the issuance County Bonds. Do pass.

Granting marriage license and provide penalty. Do not pass.

Make Tax Collectors Ex-Officio Sheriffs. J)lo pass by substitute.

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To provide for overdrawing checks. Do not pass.
To prescribe salaries for Judges of Superior Courts. Do pass.
Require State House Officials to report regarding fees. Do pass.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
House Bill No. 297. To propose an amendment to the Constitution, to provide for a new county to be known as Hansell with Meigs as the County Site.
House Bill No. 115. By Mr. Akin of Glynn, to propose an amendment to the Constitution, to provide for refunding of Municipal Bonds; and the substitute offered in the Committee for the original bill to allow Brunswick, Georgia, to refund certain bonded indebtedness.
House Resolution 18. By Mr. Moss of Cobb, a resolution to investigate the necesity for a constitutional convention.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

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Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the Mouse with the recommendation that same do not pass:

House Bill No. 245. To propose an amendment to the Constitution providing for a new county to be known as Norwood County.

\-

SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Akin of Glynn County, 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 bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:-
A bill to amend Act of August 13, 1910, relative to license tax on automobiles, etc.
A bill to amend Paragraph 964 of Code of 1910, as to license tax on Bottling Beverages.

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A bill to amend Act of August 19, 1911, regulating Lobbying.
A bill to authorize Governor to borrow money and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.

Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report saine back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 5. Entitled an Act to authorize and empower the judges of the Superior Courts of this State to grant charters to private companies in vacation, etc.
House Bill No. 484. By Mr. Miller of Bibb, to propose an amendment to the Constitution providing for payment of additional salary to judge of Superior Court out of Treasury of Bibb County.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Foster of Floyd, Chairman of the Committee on the Georgia School for the Deaf, _submitted the following report:

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Committee for the School for the Deaf beg to make the following report:
Bill No. 433. To establish a branch school; recommend that it do pass as amended.
FosTER, Chairman.

The following bills ana resolutions favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. Garlington of RichmondA bill to fix standard of barrel of cement.

By Mr. Crawley of Ware-
A bill to make tax collectors in all counties exofficio sheriffs in certain cases.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb--
A bill to prescribe salaries for the judges of Superior Courts.

By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to give the three nearest adult relatives of an insane person the right to waive ten days notice.
A bill to amend the law now of force and effect in this State with reference to the Aeademy for the Deaf and Dumb.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-A biH to authorize the issuance of County Bonds

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by any County of this State upon the assent of twothirds of the qualified voters thereof.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia, relative to the salaries of judges of .Superior Courts, so as to increase the salary of the Judge of the Bibb County Superior Court.

By Messrs Blackburn, Smith and CochranA bill to carry into effect the constitutional amend-
ment which abolishes the Justice Courts in certain Cities.
By Mr. Taylor of WashingtonA bill to incorporate the Davisboro School District.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-_
A bill to amend Act regulating the running of automobiles in this State.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 964 of the Code of 1910, relative to persons engaged in bottling beverages.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate lobbying for compensation.

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711

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to authorize the issue of bonds to pay off a portion of the Public Bonded Debt.

By Mr. Wohlwender of Columbus-
A resolution that certain State House Officials report in writing whether they receive fees or not.
The following Senate bill favorably reported was read the second time :

By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to authorize the judges of the Superior Courts of this State to grant charters in vacation.

By unanimous. consent, House Bill No. 418 was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee No. 1 and re-referred to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. Also House Bill No. 512 was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee No. 1, and re-referred to the Qommittee on Insurance.
The folowing message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention:

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Special Message
To THE GENERAL AssEMBLY:
By appropriate action, the Constitution of the United States has been amended to provide for the election of United States Senators by the people. The amendment adopted reads as follows:
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.
"When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of elootion to fill such vacancies; provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
''This amendment shall not be construed as to effect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becoones valid as part of the Constitution.''
The provisions of the amendment are such, that the Legislatures of each State must provide for filling vacancies, and should a vacancy in the United
States Senate, from <:feorgia, occur without the Legislature having acted, this State, would, to that extent, be without representation in the Senate.
I, therefore, recommend that you provide by appropriate legislation for the filling of vacancies contemplated by the amendment to the Federal Constitution upon this subject.

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713

I recommend the immediate passage of an Act

covering this subject.

In the absence of action by this Legislature, there

would be no authority in the Governor to make a

temporary appointment of Senator, in the event of

a vacancy.

BoRBowr_NG PoWER.

The Legislature in 1911 submitted a proposition

to 81Illend the Constitution of the State with refer-

ence to its borrowing power, which amendment was

adopted by the people.

This amendment not only substituted the sum of

$500,000 for $200,000 but also amended the con-

stitutional provisions in other particulars. The

amended section had not been considered, and in

view of the acute condition of the Treasury, I deemed

it important that an official constitution thereof be

obtained from the Attorney General for the guidance

both of the Legislature and the Governor.

Therefore, on the day of

I wrote

the Attorney General a letter (copy of which is

attached) asking his construction of the amendment,

and also the difference between the practical appli-

cation of the former provision of the Constitution

and its consideration as amended. I beg to submit

the reply of the Attorney General of July 21st,

1913:

July 21st, 1913.

HoN. JoHN M. SLATON, Governor, Capitol.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of .your communication requesting a construction of the provision of the

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Constitution fixing the borrowing power of the State, as the same was amended by the people at the last general election, and I note your desire for a construction of the old as well as the new law.
The old law reads as follows: ''No debt shall be contracted by or on be-
half of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, and defend the State in tirzne of war, or to pay the existing public debt 1 but the debt created to supply the deficiencies in revenue shall not exceed, in the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars. 1 ' ( Constitution, Article 7, Section 3, Paragraph 1.)
By the amendment the words, ''casual deficiencies of revenue' 1 were stricken and ill lieu thereof were inserted the words ''such temporary deficit as may exist in the Treasury in any year from necessary delay in collecting the taxes of that year''; the paragraph was further amended by striking "two hundred thousand dollars'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words. ''five hundred thousand dollars, and any loan made for this purpose shall be repaid out of the taxes levied for the year in which the loan is made.''
Beyond the difference in amounts you ask : ''1st. Does the amendment enlarge or re-
strict in its general effect the borrowing power of the State t If so, in what respectst' ~ The evident purpose of the General Assembly in proposing the amendment was to enlarge the borrowing power of the State, and I think its adoption by the people has the general effect of accomplishing this purpose. The particular evil which it was sought to remedy was the delay in the payment of' appropriations to the common schools and to pensions by anticipating in any year the collection oi

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the ad valorem taxes. (See Inaugural Address of Governor Smith, House Journal 1911, p. 212-a).
In 1909, a bill was introduced proposing to enlarge the borrowing power of the State by simply increasing the amount. The measure brought forth a discussion of the meaning of ''casual deficiencies.'' It was contended by Legislators of experience and legal ability that to leave these words in the paragraph would be to so restrict the power to borrow as to prevent the accomplishment of the very purpose of making a change in the law; that the Supreme Court had since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877 defined the expression ''casual deficiencies,'' and that its meaning was no longer an open question.
''The word 'casual' means that which happens by accident or is brought about by an unknown cause; and we think the framers of the Constitution, in using this language; meant some unforeseen or unexpected deficiency, or an insuffiiciency of funds to meet some unforeseen and necessary expense.'' Lewis vs. Lofley, 92 Ga. 804; Hall vs. County of Greene, 119 Ga. 253.
It was urged that under this definition money could not be borrowed to pay an appropriation which had been made by the General Assembly; that an obligation of this character could not be classed as unforeseen or as having happened by accident. To meet this objection the bill of 1911 struck the words "casual deficiencies" and inserted in lieu thereof the words heretofore stated. ''Temporary deficit" is a broader term and may include casual deficit. The State now in borrowingmoney is not limited to borrowing it for the puFpose of meeting a deficit which has happened by accident and which could not be foreseen, but it may do so to meet any deficit in the Treasury of a temporary nature, pro-

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vided the same is cauS'ed from necessary delay in

collecting the taxes of the year, and provided that

the loan is repaid out of the taxes of that year.

''2nd. Prior to the amendment could the

State have borrowed for the purpose of supplying the deficiency arising because the ap~

propriations exceeded the revenues T Can it.

do so nowT''

Since the adoption of the amendment the State

can unquestionably borrow for the purpose of sup-

plying a deficiency arising because the appropria-

tions exceed the revenues, provided, of course, the

deficiency is caused by the necessary delay in collect-

ing the taxes of the year, and that the loan made for

the purpose of meeting the deficiency is repaid out.

of the taxes levied for the year in which the loan is.

made. Prior to the adoption of the amendment it

was very questionable whether a borrow could be

made for the purpose of supplying a deficiency of

the character you mention. We know, of course,.

that it was done, and while this was the executive

construction of the Constitution, it is extremely

doubtful if the judicial department of our govern-

ment would have followed such construction had the

question been presented to it.



''3rd. Prior to the amendment could the

State have borrowed money to be paid from

taxes levied for other years than that in which

the loan was madeT Can it do so now!"

'11le first part of this question I answer in the-

affirmative; the second part in the negative.

''4th. What is the meaning of the expres--

sion contained in the amended Section: 'Ex-

cept to supply such temporary deficit as may exist in the Treasury in any year from neces-

sary delay in collecting the taxes of that yeart.

What effect does it have on the borrowing

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power of the State and what practical difference qoes it create between the former Constitutional provision and the present provision
as amendedt"
The calendar year is the fiscal year of the State. Under our system of taxation the ad valorem tax is levied in the summer and its collection is begun in the f.all, but the tax-payer has until the 20th day of December before the collection of the tax can be enforced: The Tax Collectors have until the 20th day of April of the succeeding year to make their final accounting with the State. The practical effect of the system is that a large part of the revenue detivable from taxes is not available until near the cloS'e of the year, some not being collected until the succeeding year, and this "necessary delay" in the collection of the State's revenue causes yearly a temporary deficit in the Treasury. Of interest on this point is the opinion of Justice Evans rendered in the case of Butts County vs. Jackson Banking C"ompany, 129 Ga. 801, 809. As the provision now reads the borrowing power may be used to obtain mon~y to meet a deficit which is temporary in its nature and which is brought about from the fact that the taxes for the year have not yet come into the Treasury.
Under the Constitution as it stood before the amendment was adopted funds could not be borrowed except to meet "casual deficiencies."
"5th. If there be a deficit in the Treasury from preceding years WQuld the Governor be authorized to borrow under the existing Constitutional provision for the purpose of operating the institutions of the State where the funds were exhausted because of said deficit! Could the Governt>r have done so prior to the adoption of said amendment!"
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Under the Constitution as amended l think money
can be borrowed to meet appropriations which have
been made for the institutions of the ::State, if at the time there is a deficit in the Treasury caused from the necessary delay in the collection of the taxes of the particular year in which it is proposed to make the borrow, and that the loan so made can be re-paid out of said taxes when collected. In other words, if
:it would be legal at the time to pay a particular ap-
propriation were the funds then actually in the Treasury from the collection of the taxes levied for the particular year, then the collection of the taxes may be anticipated and the money borrowed to meet the deficit.
Under the Constitution as it stood before the ;tmendment the loan could not be made for any pur-
rose except t? meet a casual deficiency.
''6th. Generally in view of the authority usually given the Governor by the Legislature to borrow under this Section of the Constitution, what practical effect would the passage of the amendment have upon the exercise of the borrowing power by him, and what precautions should he observe, if any, di:ft:erent from those imposed by the Constitution prior to the adoption of said amendment Y''
I th' nk the answers to the preceding questions make a specific answer to this question unnecessary.
With :tssurances of highest respect, I ann, Very truly yourS',
s. T. FELDER,
Attorney General.
You will observe, from the opinion of the Attorney
General, that any money borrowed in pursuance of
this amended Section of the Constitution must be
re-paid out of the taxes levied for the year in which

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the loan is made, and further that the deficiency authorizing the money must be caused by the necessary delay in collecting the taxes of the year.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
I am iriformed by the Commissioner of Agriculture that by the Act of 1912, the sum of $500.00 was appropriated for the payment of expenses of that office, but in fact this service required the expenditure of a sum in excess of $9,000.00 and by necessity the Agricultural Department was forced to retain a sufficient fund to meet the expenses.
Sue~ action creates a discrepancy between the books of the Agricultural Department and those of the State Treasury, and I am infol"med that Legislation is now pending to meet the conditionS'. I submit this matter for information as well as for the purpose of providing a record in the event of futur'~ investigations.
FINANCES.
I beg to further submit for your information the
suin total of the appropriations carried by the general appropriation bill which has passed the House.
The Comptroller General, at my request, has cal.culated this amount and the general appropriation bill, which has been transmitted to the Senate, carries appropriations amounting to $5,953,634.00.
For the year 1912, the Legislature appropriated, both by special bills and by the general appropriation bill, $6,071,578.00.
For the year 1913 the Legislature appropriated, both by special bills and by the general appropria~ tion bill, $5,994,612.00.

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You will, therefore, observe that without the passage of any special bills your general appropriation bill carries $5,953,634.
In this connection I beg to refer you to page 5 of the Comptroller General's report, in which he states the estimated revenue of 1913 to be $5,673,005.00.
The returns of fifteen counties received up to date show a loss of $130,015.00.
I attach hereto the tabulated report made by the Comptroller General of the appropriations covered by the general appropriation act which has been transmitted to the Senate.
It is my purpose to keep you advised Qf the facts which come to my attention with reference to the State's financeS', since such information will enable you to so legislate as to meet the actual conditions.
This situation is not a matter of speculation, but of facts which any one of you may verify from the office of the Comptroller General or of the State Treasurer.
Unless, therefore, some means for obtaining in- creased revenue be adopted your general appropriation bill alone will carry an appropriation of $280,629.00 more than the revenue, estimating the revenue to be the same as that of the year 1913.
Respectfully S'Ubmitted, JOHN M. SLATON, Governor.

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(COPY)

::HoN. T. E. FELDER,

July 7th, 1913.

Attorney General,

Capitol.

Dear Sir: Paragraph 1, of the Third Section of
Article 7, of the Constitution of Georgia was
.amended by the people in accordance with the pro-
posal by the General Assembly, found on page 49 of
-the Acts of 1911, so that said paragraph as amended
reads as follows:
No debt shall be contracted by or on behalf of the :State, except to supply such temporary deficit as may exist in the Treasury in any year from necessary delay in collecting the taxes of that year, to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, and defend -the State in time of war, or to pay the existing public -debt; but the debt created to supply deficiencies in revenue shall not exceed, in the aggregate, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, and any loan made for -this purpose shall be repaid out of the taxes levied for the year in which the loan is made.
By said amendment the words, '' Oasual Deficien .
.cies of Revenue,'' were stricken and in lieu thereof
were substituted the words, ''Such temporary deficit
:as may exist in the Treasury in any year from neces-
sary delay in collecting the taxes of that year," and
by said amendment there were stricken the words,
''Two Hundred Thousand Dollars,'' and in lieu thereof were substituted the words~ "Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars, and any loan made for thiS' pur-
pose shall be repaid out of the taxes levied for the year in which the loan is made.''

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Beyond the difference in amounts will you please give me your opinion on the following matters :
1st. Does the amendment enlarge or restrict in its general effect the borrowing power of the Statet If so, in what respects?
2nd. Prior to the amendment could the State have borrowed for the purpose of supplying the deficiency arising because the appropriations exceeded the revenues? Can it do so now?
3rd. Prior to the amendment could the State have borrowed money to be paid from taxes levied for other years than that in which the loan was made? Can it do so now!
4th. what is the meaning of the expression contained in the amended Section: ''Except to supply such temporary deficit as may exist in the Treasury in any year from necessary delay in collecting the taxes of the year?'' What effect does it have on the borrowing power of the State and what practical difference does it create between the former Constitutional provision and the present provisi"on as amendedT
5th. If there be a deficit in the Treasu;ry from preceding years would the Governor be authorized to borrow under the existing Constitutional provision for the purpose of operating the institutions of the State where the funds were exhausted because of said deficit T Could the Governor have done soprior to the adoption of said amendment 7
6th. Generally in view of the authority usually given the Governor by the Legislature to bon:ow under this Section of the Constitution, what practi-

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eal effect would the passage of the amendment have upon the exercise of the borrowing power by him, and what precautions should he observe, if any, different from those imposed by the Constitution prior to the adoption of said wmendmentT
I desire to obtain for my guidance your interpretation of the Constitutional provision as amended and to have pointed out the practical di:fference-:hetween the paragraph of the Constitution as now existing and as existed heretofore and if the answer to one of the questions be also an answer to another query, it may be disregarded.
Yours very truly,
~m./~

<lovernor.

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APPROPRIATIONS.

AcademyFfoorr Blind_______________ _
!cultural SchooL ___ ----------BBmoadridngofJHoueranlathls_______-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ _____________ _ ~vilE6tablis~ents
Cle( rk~ st Ce od st) C_o_u_r_t_o_f_A__p_p_e_a_l_s _____ _ College for Colored______________ _ Compiler of Records _____________ _
Contingent Fund_________________ Contingent Fund R. R. C_________ Contg. Fund Crt. Appeals__ _______ Contg. Fund Supreme Court_______ Dept. Commerce & Labor_________

1912 $ 30,000
110,000 550
30,500 231,000
none 8,000
656
15,000 3,000 1, 000 1,200 5,338

1913 $ 30,000
110,000 550
30,500 231,000
500 8,000 contract 3,120 15,000 3,000 1, 000 1,200 6,000

1914 $ 30,000
110,000 550
30 500 231:000-
3,120 25 000
3'000 1:000 1 200 6'000

Department Agriculture_---------Game Protec. Fund_______________ Geological Fund__________________
Ga. Normal & Ind________________ Ga. Normal & Ind. (Special)_______ Ga. Experiment Station_ __________

58,732 58,732

7,416(est) 5,600

10,000 10,000

52,500 52,500

1,294

800

800

53:750
w:5 600 ()()()>
52,500
800

Horticultural Fund________________ 23,000 23,000 23,000

Incidental Exp. G. A.___ ______ __ _

150

150

150

IndexingJourna.Is_________________
IInnsdpiaenctSopr roifngOsilPs_._C_______________________________

150 110 1,470

150 110 1,470

150 110 1,470

Ins. Department Fund____________

2,625

7,500

7,500

Ins. Pub. Building_----------_____ 37,500 37,500

Law Scrip Fund__________________

6,310

6,310

1,000 6,310'

Legislative Pay Roll ___ ----------- 75,993 67,500 67,500

LibraryFund____________________

3,000

3,000

3,000

Library Fund Court Appeals_______ Military Fund___________________

1, 000 42,500

1, 000 25,000

1, 000 25,000

North Ga. A & M---------------- 21,500 21,500 21,500 Overpayment taxes_______________ 11 ,400(est)12, OOO(est)12, 000 PerunonFund____________________ 1,194,000 1,180,000 1,070,000

~~.ainting Fund____________________ ;;>Jfimting Fund Geol. Dept_ ________

40,000 2, 500

40,000 2, 500

35,000 2, 500 ~

Printing Fund R. R_______________

2,000

2,000 22,000

PrisonFund______________________ 85,000 80,000 80,000

Public Bldg. & Grds______________ 36,800 26,800 26,800

Publishing Ga. Reports___________ 10,000 10,000 7,500

Pub. Ga. Records (Col. & Cond.) ___

2,050

2,000

2,000

Public Debt______________________ 387,945 383,445 378,945

~ar~d~-~~================= :;~ :;~ ::~ School for Deaf___________________ 60,000 50,000 45,fr-

School Fund______________________ 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,550,000

School Technology________________ Soldiers Home____________________
SSopleicciiatlorAGppen. .MFiusncdL_____________________________

80,000 80,000 30,000 30,000
7,150 7,000 8,109(est) 1,000

80,000 30,000
7,000.. 1,000"

Spec. Appr. 1st Dist. Agr. College__ Spec. Appr. 3rd Dist. Agr. College__

7,500 --------- --------6,000 --------- ----------

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APPROPRIATIONS.-Continued.

For

1912

1913

1914

Spec. Appr. 7th Dist. Agr. College__ 5,000 ---------

Spec. Appr. lOth Dist. Agr. CoL___ 3,387 ---------

Spec.Appr. Jo~n ~onurnent_ _ 2,500 -------- ---------

State Normal School-------------- 47,000 47,000 47,000

State Sanatarium-------------- _ 530,000 530,000 540,000 State University__________________ 52,500 52,500 52,500

State University Agr. College______ 100,000 100,000 100,000

State Univ. Farmers lnst__________ 2,500 2,500

State University Summer SchooL__ 5,000 5,000 5,000

So. Ga. Agr. College, Valdosta_____ 30,000 25,000 25,000

State University Med. College______ none

none

30 000

TStuabteiorcnuelroysiGs eSna.nA__s_se_m__b_ly___________________

700 30,000

700 30,000

'700 20,000

Temporary Loan Refunded not fig-

To~W-J-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__----6--,-0-7--1--,--5-7--8---5,-9-94-,-6-12- -5-, 9-5-3-, 6-3-4

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Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules having had under con~ideration the fixing an order of business for Monday, July 28th next, after the expiration of the hour fixed for unanimous consents, respectfully recommend, That next after the expiration of the hour for unanimous consents that all House bills now on the calendar having an adverse report be placed upon a second reading for the purpose of moving to disagree.

Also your Committee recommends that the following House bills be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday, July 29th, 1913, immediately af!er the expiration of the order fixed for unanimous consents in the following order, to-wit:
House Bill No. 6. Equalization Tax.
House Bill No. 413. Fixing School Tax of 20 mills.
House Bill No. 414. Pensions at 10 mills.
_House Bill No. 415. Amending Constitution levy, 1 mill for 1915, and 0 mill for 1916.
House Bill No. 524. Occupation Tax on Corporations.
House Bill No. 611. Tax on Bottling Works.
House Bill No. 612. Tax on Lobbyist.

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House Bill No. 610. Tax on Automobiles.
House Bill No. 19. Inheritance Tax.
All of which is respectfully recommended. R. B. BLACKBURN' Vice-Chairman.

The above report of the Rules Committee was read and adopted.

The following bills unfavorably reported were taken up for the second reading:

By Messrs Meadows and Brookshear-
A bill to require all policy holders of life insurance to return for taxatipn the cash surrender value thereof.
The unfavorable report of the Committee was agreed to and the bill was lost.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Miller and Fowler-
A bill to establish a Board of Examiners in optometry in this State.
Mr. Kidd moved the previous 'question, w!hich motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.

The following minority report on the above bill, House Bill No. 100, was filed and read:
Minority report of Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation with regard to Bill105:

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Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned do hereby present this as aminority report and does respectfully beg to submit the following reasons, to-wit:
Inasmuch as we deem that it is to the betterment of the public, and, inasmuch as we believe in education in all branches of science, and, inasmuch as it now exists, the optometrist of the State of Georgia cannot say who shall, and who shall not, fit glasses to the human eye, and, inasmuch as it is important that the incompetent and unscrupulous be weeded from this profession as it is from that of
every other, we do ask and recommend that the
bill do pass. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. SHUPTRINE,
G. W. TooTLE, W. H. EsTES, GEO. A. PAULK.
The unfavorable report of the Committee was agreed to and the bill was lost.
By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to repeal Hections 1651 and 1652 of the Code of 1910 relative to the sale of narcotic drugs.
Mr. Adams of Hall moved the previous question, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The unfavorable report of. the Committee was agreed to and the bill was lost.

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

By Mr. Foster of Floyd-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 71 a special order on Ja.ly 29, 1913.
Referred tr Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent, the session of the House was extended for a few moments for the purpose of reading the Governor's Message.
By unanimous consent, the session of the House was further extended for the purpose of reading the following resolution which was adopted.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution endorsing the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
The Message of the Governor was read.
On motion of Mr. Adams of Hall, the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock A. M.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M. 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, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin;

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Collins,

Hammack,

.Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hlardeman,

.Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

.Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Corn,

Harris,

.Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

.Arnold, Henry,

Cu~pepper, Clinch, Hayes,

.Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

.Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

Jackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Evans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Fariss,

Jones, Lownd~

.Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

.Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Cheney, Clark,

Fullbright, Garlington,

Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran, Cole,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

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73'1

LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb,
Loyd, Me Calla, McCants, :MklCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, WJ.leox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore,
Moss, Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb,
Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rahun,

:::lparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitehell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, 81\'ift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,
Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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

By unanimous consent, the following order of business was established during the period of Unanimous Consents.
1st. Introduction of local and General bills.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time. ,

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3d. Reports of Standing Committees.
4th. Reading bills favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of local bills and general bills with local application.

The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees :

:By Messrs Crawley and Cooper-
A bill to amend Section 129 of the Code of 1910 so .as to provide an early primary.
Referred General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Tootle of Tattnall-
A bill to amend the various Acts relating to the duties of Grand Juries.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Clarke and Strickland-
A bill to repeal Section 426 to and inclusive of Sections 434 of the Code of 1910 relative to manufacture and sale of intoxicants.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By Mr. Foster of Floyd-
A bill to amend Section 1800 of the Code of 1910 relative to tax on illuminating oils.

. TUESDAY, JuLY 29, 1913.

733

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.
.
.By Messrs. Smith of Fulton and Olive of Richmond-
A bill relative to the custody and control of minor .children.
~ferred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

"By Mr. Melson of ClaytonA bill to prohibit detectives and all other officers
:from giving out evidence on criminals except under oath.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
.By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to provide for the employment of a limited
number of convicts upon Trunk Line Public Road. Referr~d to Committee on Penitentiary.

:By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to enjoin and restrain the keepers of lewd
:houses. Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

By Mr. Greene of HoustonA oill to establish a school of Agriculture and Me-
ehanical Arts for colored youths in this State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A "&ill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government~

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to prohibit the executor of a deceased executor fr()m becoming the representatives of the original estate.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2'..

By Mr. Collins of Grady-
A bill to amend Section 695 of the Code of 191() relative to commutation tax.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. L
The following Senate bill was read the first time. and referred to committee:

By Mr. Tarver_ of the 43d District-
A bill to confer upon the R.ailroad Commission of Georgia the authority to require of two or more railroads entering the same town or City to erect union passenger depots.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and .Sanitation, submitted the following report:

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735

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation ~ave had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the reMmmendation that same do pass, to-wit:
House Bill No. 470. A bill to provide for the registration and tabulation of births and deaths.
Your Committee have also considered the following bill of the House and recommend that the same do not pass:
House Bill 426. A bill to regulate the practice of suggestive therapeutics.
Respectfully submitted, L. C. ALLEN, Chairman.

'Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that
House Bill No. 168. To amend Section 612. Do pass by substitute.
House Resolution No. 100 Do pass. RAINEY, Chairman.

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Mr. W ohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of General Judiciary Committee No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your General Judiciary Committee No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that
Increase salary of Judge of the City Court of Macon. Do pass.
Prohibit unfair commercial discrimination. Do pass by substitute as amended.
Proviae secret ballot in Augusta. Do pass.
Require passengers separated on street cars. DQ not pass.
WoHLWENDER, Chairman.

Mr. Field, Chairman of the Committee on Publie Property, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Property have had under consideration the following House Resolution No. 69 and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
Fmw, Chairman.

TuESDAY, JuLY 29, 1913.

737

Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your General Judiciary Committee No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
To amend Section 5298 Volume I Code of 1910 relating to garnishments. Do not pass.
To amend Section 5858 Code of 1910 relating to evidence. Do pass.
To provide for collection of attorneys fees. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T. GowER, Chairman.

Mr. McWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bill by Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson :
A bill to create an Assistant Commissioner of Pensions, provide for his appointment and term

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of office, prescribe his duties and fix compensation therefor and for other purposes.
Recommended that the bill do not pass. MeWHORTER, Chairman.

The following message was received from the 8enate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary there9f:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to make the President of the Board of Trustees of the South Georgia Normal College Ex-officio, a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Heorgia.
A bill to confer upon the Railroad Commission the power to place a time limit in orders hereafter issued, approving the issuance of stocks, bonds and other securities.
A bill to amend Sectio:r;t 2878 of the Code of 1910; to define the term ''other like associations'' therein referred to, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend Section 2626 of the Civil Code of 1910 so as to authorize the Chairman as well as the Secretary of the Railroad Commission to certify copies of reports, schedules, orders and other rec. ords of the Railroad Commission, and for other purposes.

TuESDAY, JULY 29, 1913.

739

A bill to provide that notice by the carrier shall be given to consignors of freight before undelivered go9ds may be sold.
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 Senate, to-wit:
A resolution providing for the appointment of a Commission to investigate the necessity of a State Sanitarium for "dope fiends" and inebriates.
The following messa,ge 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 the charter of the City of Americus.
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Johnson County.
A bill to change the time of holding 'the Superior Court of Irvin County.
A bill to amend an Act approve,d August 18, 1906 amending the charter of the City of Americus.

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A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of

public schools in the City of Ocilla.



Upon the requests of the Authors, the following bills and resolutions were placed on the calendar for a second reading:

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
House Bill 169. A bill to repeal an Act amending an Act for the protection of game, animals, birds and fish.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Mary Brannen.

By Mr. Garlington of Richmond-
A bill to amend Section 1804 of the Code of 1910 relative to fees of inspectors of oils.

By Mr. Carter of ApplingA bill to be known as the pure Shoe Law.

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to further regulate the running of automobiles.
The following resolutions were read and referred to the Committee on Rules:

TuESDAY, JULY 29, 1913.

741

By Mr. Melson of Clayton-
A resolution to set House Bill No. 165 as a spe:cal order.

By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A resolution to set House Resolution No. 45 as a special order.

By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 304: was withdrawn from General Judiciary No. 2 and rereferred to General Judiciary No. 1.
The following bills favorably reported were read the second time :

By Messrs. Nevil and Turner-
A bill to amend Section 612 of the Code of 1910 relative to fishing in certain waters.

By Messrs. Garlington and Olive-
A bill to provide for the collection of attorney's fees in mortgage notes by foreclosure of such mortgage.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to prohibit unfair discrimination between different sections, communities or localities.

By Messrs. Garlington and Olive-
A bill to provide secret ballot in the City of Augusta.

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Allen of Jackson-
A bill to provide for the registration of births and deaths in this State.

By _Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 5858 of the Code of 1910 relative to deceased or insane agent of a corporation.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to increase the salary of the judge of the City Court of Macon.

By Messrs Cooper and Crawley-
A resolution to memorialize Congress to l!ede cer-
tain lands to the State of Georgia.

By Messrs. Hardem~n and Wheatley-
A resolution requesting the United States Senators from Heorgia to vote against the Clapp amendment to the Tariff Bill.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage :

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 1 of Sec. 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the Stateof Georgia regulating the salaries of the judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts by ropivding for the payment from the County

. TuESDAY, JULY 29, 1913.

, 743

Treasury of Bibb County to the judge of the Superior Court of the Circuit of which said County is a part, of additional compensation.
'SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gener~l Assem.bly of the State of Georgia, That Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia as amended by the Act of the General Assembly approved August 3d, 1910, and duly ratified iby the people according to law, he and the same is hereby amended by . inserting the word "Bibb" in the proviso contained in said amendment between the words "the Counties of" and the word "Chatham" so that said proviso so amended by this amendment shall read as follows:
Provided, however, That the Counties of Bibb, Chatham, Fulton and Richmond shall pay from their respective county treasuries to the Superior Court Judges of the Circuit of which they are a part, and the County of Fulton to the Judge of the Stone Mountain Circuit, or the Judge of such other Circuit as may hereafter be required to regularly preside therein, for additional services rendered in the Superior Court of Fulton County, suc:h sums as will with the salaries paid each Judge from the State Treasury, make a salary of $5,000.00 per annum to each Judge; and said payments are declared to be a part of the Court expenses of such counties, .such payments to be made to the judges now in office as well as their suceessors.
SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That if this constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds

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of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on each Journal, with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each Congressional District for two months immediately preceding. the next general election, and the voters thereat shall have written or printed on their ticket, ''For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, 8ection 13, Article 6 of the Constitution" (providing for additional compensation of the Superior Court Judge in Bibb Superior Court} or ''Against ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution (against providing additional compensation for the Superior Court Judge in Bibb Superior Court, as they may choose, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the next General Assembly voting, shall vote in favor of ratification, then said amendment shall become a part of Article 6, Section 13, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof.

Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, repealed.

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

The ayes and nays were ordered, and a ballot vivo voce being had the vote was as follows:

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745

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Foster,

Adams, Pike,

Fowler,

Akin,

.

Fullbright,

Allen, Glascock,

Garlington,

Allen, Jackson,

Gower,

Anderson, Banks, Greene, Houston,

Anderson, Murray, Green, Wilkes,

Arnold, Helll"Y,

Griffin,

Atwood,

Grimes,

Beck,

Hammack,

Bell,

-HJa.rdeman,

Bennett,

Hardin,

Berry,

Harris,

Blackburn,

Hayes,

Booker,

Heath,

Brinson,

Hendrix,

Brookshear,

Hines,

Bullard,

Hodges,

Carlton,

Hollberg,

Carter, Appling, Hopkins,

Carter, Stewar.t,

Jackson,

.Cheney,

James,

Clark,

Johnson,

Cole,

Jones, Coweta,

Coleman, Calhoun, Jones, Lowndes,

Coleman, Laurens, Kidd,

O>llins,

Kimbrough,

Connor,

Lane, Decatur,

Cook,

Lane, Jasper,

Cooper,

Ledbetter,

Crawley,

Lee, Lee,

Cwlpepper, Clinch, Lee, Wilkinson,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Liles,

Davidson,

Lipscomb,

Dean,

Loyd,

DeVaughn,

~fcCalla,

Dorris,

McCants,

Duncan,

MJeCarthy,

Edmondson,

MoCrory,

Ennis,

MeGehee,

Estes,

MeMie.hael,

Evans,

McRae, W'Iloox,

Fariss,

MeWhorter,

Meaders, Oeonee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middlebon, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hiil, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett,
Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sjui.rks, Stone, Dawson,

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Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle,

Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker,

Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Waltou, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Bryan,

Spence, Carroll, Stovall, Elbert,

'Illiose not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, Pickens, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard, Burney, Clements, Cochran, Corn, Dodd, Dorough, Ellis, Field,

Harrell, Hart, Henderson, Herrington, Holtzclaw, Keen, LeSueur, McCurry, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, Paulk, Berrien,

Redwine, Reynolds, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,

Ayes, 147; nays, 3.

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 147; nays, 3.

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

By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.

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747

The following substitute of the Committee was ac'.opted:
.A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of County Commissioners in Wheeler County; to define their duties and powers, to provide for their compensation and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembl 'I of Georgia and it is here'by enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this A ct there shall be created in and for the county of "Wheeler a Board of County Commissioners to be known as the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wheeler County.

'SEc. 2. There shall be three county commissioners constituting the membership of said board, and one of them shall be elected from each of the three road districts of said county as hereinafter defined. For t~e purpose of this Act the County of Wheeler shall be divided into tliree road districts composed from the Militia Districts of said county as follows : Road District No. 1 shall be composed of Alamo and Fork (or as it is sometimes called, McArthur) Militia Districts; ROad District No. 2 shall be coruposed of 'Glenwood and Landsberg Militia Districts and Road District No. 3 shall be composed of Springbill and Erick Militia Districts.
SEc. 3. Until the membership of said BO'ard shall be elected as hereinafter provided, the following persons are hereby designated and named as the

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County Commissioners of said county; from Dis-
trict No.1, J. F. Sikes; from District No. 2, Thomas Kent; from District No. 3, J as. A. Clegg. At the
general election for county officers of said county to be held in the year 1914, a successor to the commissioner designated for the First Road District shall be elected; at the general election for county officers of said county to be held in the year 1916, a commissioner from the Third Road District shall be elected, and at the general election for county of-ficers of said county to be held in the year 1918, a commissioner from District No. 2 shall be elected. The term of office of each commissioner shall be for six years beginning with the first of the year next succeeding the general election 'at which he is elected and at the general election for county officers next prior to the expiration of the term of any commissioner, a successor from the road district he represents shall be elected.
Only the qualified voters from the road districtfrom which the commissioner is to be elected shall be qualified to vote for the commissioner to be electedfrom that district. In case of a vacancy occuring, the judge of the Superior Court shall have the power to fill the vacancy by appointment and the appointee or the judge shall hold until the next general election when a successor for the unexpired term of the encumbent from the district in which the vacancy exists shaH be elected, provided that if the vacancy occurs within less than six months of the expiration of the term the appointee of the judge shall hold"_ until the end of the unexpired term.

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SEc. 4. The returns of the election shall be made to the ordinary who shaJl declare the result of the election.
SEc. 5. Each commissioner before entering upon the duties of his office shall take before the ordinary of the county an oath faithfully to perform the duties of County Commissioner as prescribed by law, which oath the ordinary shall record and each commissioner shall furthermore before entering upon the duties of his office give bond with some solvent surety or guaranty company as surety, to be payable to the Governor of the State and approved by him in the sum of five thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as County Commissioner and the Governor shall upon the election and qualification of each County Commissioner issue to him a commission for the term of office for which he shall be elected as in the case of other county offieers.
SEc. 6. Said County Commissioners shall have jurisdiction over all county matters, such as have been conferred by law upon the ordinaries or other tribunals, having in charge county matters and shall have authority to levy and collect road taxes, commutation taxes, ;s~ervise the working of public roads, the building of bridges and over all such other county matters as are within the supervision and control of the Inferior Court when sitting for county purposes, prior to the adoption of the Constitution . of 1868, provided nevertheless that the County Com- missioners shall not have the power to create any

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debt in behalf of the said County of Wheeler for any purpose whatsoever in excess of the sum of twenty thousand dollars without first submitting the same to the qualified voters of said county in a special election to be called by the ordinary of the county upon a petition signed by two-fifths of the qualified voters of said county, and upon the same being authorized by the votes of a majority of the votes cast at such election. At said election those favoring the removal of this limitation shall have written on their ballots "In favor of increasing county debt" and those desiring to vote against same shall have written or printed upon their ballots "Against increasing County Debt." Said election to be held in the same manner as elections for county officers are held except that the returns thereof shall be made to the ordinary of the county, who shall canvass the result and declare the same.

SEc. 7. Each County Commissioner shall receive

two hundred dollars per annum for all services per-

formed by him of every kind and shall receive no

extra compensation and the same shall be paid to

him in monthly installments by warrant drawn by

the Coutlty Commissioners upon the T'reasurer but

if any County Commissioner shall fail to attend any

regular or called meeting of said Board of which

he has notice, there shall be deducted from his

monthly salary ten dollars for each day he is absent

from the meetings of said BO'Rrd unless he shall

show to the Board that such absence was caused by

providential cause.



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SEc. 8. Said Qounty Commissioners shall hold a regular court for the transaction of the public business of said county on the first Tuesday in each month at the Court House or at such other time as they may fix or determine by general order passed and entered upon their minutes. They shall cause to be kept an accurate minute of all county matters transacted hy them and correct books of accounts of all public moneys received and expended under th~ir direction, showing the sources from which said moneys are received and for what purpose expended and said books shall be subject at all times to public inspection. They shall have power to administer oaths and to liear testimony in matters over which they have jurisdiction and when sitting in regular session shall have power to punish for contempt under the same rules and regulations as pt'ovided for other courts in an amoUnt not exceeding $100 fine or five days imprisonment.
SEo. 9. 1Said commissioners shall have authority to designate one of their number as chairman and shall have the authority to make new designations of the chairmanship from time to time. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings, approve and sign the minutes and officially sign all orders, warrants, and processes issued by the commissioners. In his temporary absence, one of the commissioners may be designated as chairman pro tern and may perform the duties of chairman. Said board shall also elect a clerk at such rate of compensation as they may fix, not exceeding three hun-

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dred dollars per annum, whose duties it shall be to attend all meetings of the board, keep an accurate record and minute of all business transacted by the board and all orders drawn by it, and keep and file all petitions, applications and other papers addressed to the commissioners, and in a separate book to make a record of the payment of moneys out of the treasury. No member of the board shall be eligible to be clerk. The term of the clerk shall be two years and until his successor is elected and qualified, but the board itself may fill vacancies. Before entering upon the duties of his office the clerk shall take an oath before the ordinary that he will faithfully perform the duties of clerk to the Board of County Commissioners and shall give bond in the sum of $1,000 paya"ble to the commissioners to be approved by them and to be filed in the office of the ordinary for the faithful performance of his duties as clerk to said Board.
SEc. 10. 'Said County Commissioners are authorized to retain a competent attorney at law to give them legal advice concerning matters coming before them and to provide for his compensation for such advice not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum, and cause the same to be paid out of the County Treasury.
SEc. 11. All orders drawn upon the County Treasurer for the payment of county money shall be signed officially by the chairman and the clerk of said Board.

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SEc. 12. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to by substitute.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

"By Mr. Taylor of Washington-
A bill to incorporate the Davisboro School District.
The favorable report of the Committee was .agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu-tional majority, was passed.
The following bill having been set for a special .order for this time was taken up for passage and -read the third time.

"By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to provide for a system of equalization of _-assessments of property for taxation.

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On motion of Mr. Miller of Bibb, the bill was taken up for consideration and adoption by sections.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock A.M.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 30th, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M. Was called to order by the Speak.er and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Hall,

Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Laurens, Grimes,

Akin,

Collins,

Hammack,

Allen, Glascock,

Connor,

Hlardeman,

Allen. Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, Banks, Oorn,

Harris,

Andel'S()n, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, Henry,

Culpepper, Clineh, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hea.th,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beck,

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

l)()rris,

Rollberg,

Blackburn,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

Ellis,

J'ackson,

Brookshear,

Ennis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

Johnson,

Bullard,

Ervans,

Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

F\lri.ss,

Jones, Lowndes,

Carlton,

Field,

Keen,

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough,

Oheney,

Fullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, Jasper,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Cochran, Cole,

Greene, Houston, . Lee, Lee,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, lfuCarthy, MoCrory, McCurry, MeGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter,
Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon,
Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, BeiTien, Perkins, PhaiT, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smit~ DeKulb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,

Sparks, Spenoe, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart,
Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, 1Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDufll.e, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington,. Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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

By unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents:

1st. Introduction of local and general bills.

2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.

3d. Reports of Standing Committees.

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4th. Reading all bills favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of local and general bills having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. Hardeman of JeffersonA bill to provide for the election of United States
Senators by the people. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Smith of FultonA resolution to set House Bill No. 69 as a special
order for Friday, August 1st.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A resolution that House Bill No. 22 be a special order after the present official order.

By Mr. Kid.d of Baker-
A resolution that the Committee on Temperance be instructed to report on Senate Bill No. 8 by August 4th, 1913.
Lie on table one day.

By Mr. Collins of GradyA bill to incorporate the town of Reno.

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Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller-
A bill to amend the Constitution of -Georgia with reference to moving the Oapitol to Macon.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler, Miller, et al-
A bill to submit to the legally qualified voters of this State the change of location of the Capitol from the City of Atlanta to the City of Macon.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Taylor and ColemanA bill to amend an Act to ?-ncorporate the town of
Rentz.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. McLendon of EarlyA bill to abolish the City Court of Blakely. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so that general laws shall not have uniform operation throughout the State.

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Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to establish a new charter for the City of Waycross.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Cole and DoddA bill to protect the streams in Georgia. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Hopkins and ReeseA bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to provide for holding terms a year of
Franklin Superior Court. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Tootle of TattnallA resolution with reference to the powers and
privileges of civil authority over that of the military.
Referred to Committee on Amendments" to Consti-
tution.
By Mr. Smith of FultonA resolution to appropriate $1,300 to Crankshaw

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Jewelry Company to. pay for certain silver service for the battleship Georgia.
Referred to. Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-
A resolution for the relief of R. L. Graham. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Stovall of ElbertA resolution to set House Bill No. 75 as a special
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 381 a special order Monday, August 4th.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following resolution was read the first time and ordered placed on the table for one day:

By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A resolution relative to the eradication of the Boll Weevil.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend Acts incorporating the City of Marietta.

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Referred to Committee on Corporation.

By Mr. Herrington of EmanuelA bill to incorporate the town of Wesley. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Woods of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley- A bill to establish a Park and Tree Commi.ssion for the City of Waycross.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910,
so as to add the City of Boston to the list of State Depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined1 found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts to-wit:

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An Act to amend an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.
An Act to amend an Act approved August 22, 1907, by repealing the provisions calling for three .commissioner districts for Ben Hill County.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris, Chairman of Committee on General Agriculture No.1, asks leave to make following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, have had under consideration several House bills and instructed their Chairman to make following recommendations:
House Bill No. 148. To create a Board of Arbitrators, etc. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 233. To establish an Agricultural School in the 5th Congressional District, which bill was recommended to your committee for reconsideration, that same do pass.
House Bill No. 566. Relating to keeping record .()f Seed Cotton bought with name of seller, etc. Do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman. July 29, 1913.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the iollowing report :

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No. 513. To amend Act creating a new charter for Decatur. Do pass as amended.
No. 570. To amend charters of Athens. Do pass. No. 464. To amend charter of Kirkwood. Do pass. No. 596. To amend charter of Cartersville. Do not pass. No. 632. To amend charter of Cartersville. fu not pass.
No. 643. Do pass to amend charter of Lavonia. PICQUET, Chairman.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submited the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
No. 513. A bill to amend charter of Decatur as amended.
No. 301. A bill to create a new charter for the town of Newborn.
No. 496. To amend the charter of the City of Dublin.

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No. 464. To amend the charter of Kirkwood.
No. 597. To amend charter of City of Waycross.
No. 599. To amend an Act creating a new charter {)f City of Waycross.
No. 598. To amend an Act establishing a system of public schools of City of Waycross.
No. 564. To amend charter of town of East Lake.
No. 355. To repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Lakeview, as amended.
No. 555. To create a new charter for the town of Harlem.
No. 574. To amend the Act providing for a charter of City of Athens.
No. 617. To amend charter of town of East Ellijay.
No. 623. To create a new charter for the town of Rossville.
No. 561. Do pass. Respectfully submitted, C. W. PICQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Clements of Irwin County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr~ Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of

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the Senate and instructed ine as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommen.(lation that same do pass :
No.7. To put in force constitutional amendment, .Article 7, Section 2, Paragraph 2, authorizing exemption from taxation farm products.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. CLEMENTS, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters bave had under consideration the following bills of
-the House and instructed me as their Chairman to
report same back to the House with the recommen-dation th~t same do pass:
House Bill No. 563. An Act to amend an Act to
.create a Board of Commissioner of Roads and Rev-enues for Tift County.
House Bill No. 591. An Act to amend an Act to .create a Board of Commission of Roads and Rev-enues for Terrell County.
House Bill No. 609. An Act to create a Board of Commission of Roads and Revenues for Washing-ton County.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of

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the Committee on Corporations, submtited the following report :

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of. the House and instructed me as their Ohairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.

A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pine-
VIeW.

A bill to create a new charter for the town of Talbotton.

A bill to incorporate the town of Olive.

A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for

the City of Hawkinsville.

.

A bill to create a new charter for the town of

Cochran.

Respebtfully submitted,

D. B. BULLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Thompson of Madison County, Chairman of the Committee on State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8'peaker: Your Committee on State Sanitarium have had

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illlder consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:

House Bill No. 288. To amend Act to authorize Board of State 8anitarium to establish a training sch~ol . Do pass by substitute.
THOMPSON, Chairman.

Mr. Harris of Washington County, Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Manufactures have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 392 and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
HAR&rs, Chairman.

Mr. Holtzclaw, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Railroads beg leave to make the following report :
We have had under consideration the following
bills which we report to the House with the recom-
mendation as indicated:
House Bill No. 90. To authorize the Railroad

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Commission of this State to abolish or E?afe-guardgrade crossings by railroads, over the public highways of the State, and we recommend that it do pass by substitute.

Also House Bill No. 211. Requiring all persons or corporations operating railroads in this State to erect sign board at certain points along the rightof-way of said roads, which we recommend do pass as amended.

Also House Bill No. 217. To regulate the transportation and carriage of explosives Fhich we rec-ommend. Do pass.

Also House Bill No. 232. To amend Section 414of the Penal Code of Georgia prohibiting the receiving of freight trains on the Sabbath, except as. therein permitted, etc., which we recommend do pass~

Also House Bill No. 327. To authorize and empower railroad companies owning and operating orwhich may hereafter own or operate a railroad orany part thereof, to better improve_ their lines oi railroad by relocation of their tracks, etc., whick we recommend do pass.
Most respectfully submitted,
HoLTZCLAw, Chairman.

Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

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.Mr. Speaker:

Your Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and instruct'ed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the following recommendations:

Senate Bill No. 19. Amending Act creating City Court of Fitzgerald. Do pass.

!Senate Bill No. 114. To provide for holding

monthly sessions of Board of Commissioners of

Stewart County. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 120. To amend an Act creating

.

the City Court of Statesboro.. Do pass.

House Resolution No. 44. Relieving M. J. Dolan and J. W. Seals of the County of Ware from further obligations on an appearance bond. Do pass.

House Bill No. 99. Repealing an Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla, in the County of Butts. Do pass.

House Bill No. 475. Amending an Act incorporating the City of Lilly in the County of Dooly. Do pass.

House Bill No. 481. To abolish the County Court of Jeff DavisCounty. Do pass.

House Bill No. 482. To abolish the City Court of Hazlehurst. Do pass.

House Bill No. 519. To amend an Act establishing a City Court in the town of Pelham. Do pass.

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House Bill No. 521. To amend an Act creating the City Court of Dublin. Do pass.
House Bill No. 526. To amend an Act establishing the City Court of Slyvania. Do pass.
House Bill No. 554. To amend an Act to estab-
lish the City Court of Madison, in Morgan County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 571. To change the time of holding the 'Superior Court of Hart County. Do pass.

House Bill No. 582. To amend an Act entitled an Act establishing the County Court of Putnam. Do pass.

House Bill No..593. To repeal an Act creating the City Court of Pembroke. Do pass.

House Bill No. 594. To establish a County Court in Bryan County. Do pass.

House Bill No. 603. To create the City .Court of Gray. Do pass as amended.

House Bill No. 624. To repeal an Act to create a County Court in and for the County of Jones. Do pass.

House Bill No. 627. To amend an Act establiship.g the City Court of LaGrange, in Troup County.
Do pass.

House Bill No. 638. To repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide for a County Board of Commissioners, for the County of Heard. Do pass.

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House Bill No. 639. To create the office of Com-

missioner of Roads and Revenues in and for the

County of Heard. Do pass.

'

This, the 30th day of July, 1913.

WisDOM, 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 Senate, towit:
A bill to regulate the practice of Medicine in this State and for other purposes.
The following Senate bills and resolution were read the first time and referred to committees :

By Mr. Tarver of 43d District-
A resolution providing for the appointment of a commission to investigate the necessity of a State Sanitarium for "dope fiends" and inebriates.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene atJ.d Sanitation

By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910 relative to Loan and Saving Associations.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-

A bill to amend Section 2626 of the Code of 1910 relative to the chairman of Railroad Commission, certifying reports.

Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to provide that notice by carrier shall be given to consignors of freight before undelivered goods may be sold.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to confer upon the Railroad Commission to place a time limit in: orders issued by it.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. DuBose of, the 30th District-
A bill to make the .President of the Board of Trustees of the South Georgia Normal College exofficio a member of the Board of Trlistees of the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee o~ University of Georgia and its Branches.
The following bills and resolution favorably reported were read the second time :

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By Mr. Carlton of Colquitt-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Moultrie.

By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of of Pineview.

By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-

A bill to create a new charter for the City of Talbotton.

By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-



A bill to incorporate the town of Olive.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A hill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cochran.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission to abolish or safe-guard grade crossings.

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla.

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By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to require persons or corporations operating railroads to erect sign boards at certain points.

By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to regulate the transportation and carriage of explosives.

By Mr. Wimberly of BibbA bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of 1910,
prohibiting the running of freight trains on the Sab bath.
By Messrs. Field and SmithA bill to establish an Agricultural School in the
Fifth Congressional District.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Newborn.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to authorize persons operating railroads to improve their lines.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to repeal and Act to incorporate the town of Lakeview.

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By Mr. Berry of WhitfieldA bill to regulate the sale of cotton duck.
I

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood.

By Mr. Duncan of Dooly-
~ bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lilly.

By Mr. Moore of Jeff DavisA bill to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis.

By Mr. Moore of J e:ff DavisA bill to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst.

By Messrs. Taylor and ColemanA bill to amend the charter of the City of Dublin.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-

'.

A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for

the town of Decatur.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Pelham.

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By Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act creating ,the City Court of Dublin.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania.

By Mr. Burney of Morgan-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison.

By Mr. Ballard of Columbia-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Harlem.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
the A bill to amend an Act to incorporate City of
Royston.

By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tift County.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Lake.

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777

By Messrs. Hines and Moon-
A bill to require all purchasers of seed cotton to keep a record thereof.

By Mr. Lipscomb of ClarkeA bill to amend the charter of the City of Athens. '
By Mr. McCurry of HartA bill to change the time of holding Hart Superior
Court.

By Mr. Rhodes of Clarke-
A bill to amend an Act providing a charter for the City of Athens.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the election of the Solicitor of _Putnam County Court.

By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for TerrellCounty.

By Mr. Slater ofBryan-

A bill. to repeal an Actto. create ~e City Court of

Pembroke.

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By Mr. .Slater of Bryan-'-
.A bill to establish the County Court of Bryan County.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A biU to amend the charter of the City of Waycross.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
.A bill to amend an .Act to establish a public setool system for the City of Waycross.

l3y Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to amend .an .Aet to establish a new charter for the City of Waycross.

By Mr. Henderson of JonesA bill to create the City Court of Gray.

By Messrs. T'aylor and Harris-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of I
Roads and Revenues for Washington County.

- By Mr. James of Gilmer.:_
.A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Ellijay.

By Mr. Fariss of Walker-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Rossville.

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,By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a County Court of Jones County.

By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of LaGrange.

By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to repeal an Act as amended to provide for a Board of County Commissioners for Heard County.

By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to create the office of County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Heard County.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia.

By Mr. Crawley of WareA resolution to relieve .M. J. Dolon and J. W.
Seals. The following Senate bills were read the second
time:
By Messrs. Pope, Hixon, Turner and IrwinA bill to put in force the .constitutional amend-

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ment exempting certain farm products from taxation.

By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fitzgerald.

By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to provide for monthly sessions of the County Commissioners of Stewart County.

By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Americus.

'The following bills were read the third time and

placed on their passage :

'.

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Macon.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140;. nays, 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitution. al majority, was passed.

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By Messrs. Olive and Garlington-

A bill to provide secret iballot in the City of Augusta.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays, 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitu-

tional majority, was passed.

,.r.

By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 546 was r~ committed to the Committee on Game and Fish, and House Bill No. 633 was recommitted to the Committee on Corporations.

By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 418 was withdrawn from the General Judiciary Committee No. 1, and re-referred to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, and House Bill No. 488 was withdrawn from the Special Judiciary Committee and re-referred to the General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

The following bill having been set as a special and continuing order, was taken up for passage: By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-

A bill to provide for the equalization of assessment of property for taxation.

Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson moved that when the House adjourns it will adjourn to meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock and continue in session until :).

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o'clock P. M., for the further consideration of this bill, the motion was carried.
Leave of absence was granted for this afternoon to Messrs James, Warren, Moss, Smith of Fannin, Corn, Hendrix.
On motion of Mr. Meadows of Wayne, the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock.

3 o'CLOCK.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock P. M., and was called to order by the Speaker.

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

Adams, Hall,

Brinson,

Adams, Pike,

Brookshear,

AAlklienn', Glascock,

Bryan, Bullard,

Allen, Jackson,

Burney,

Allen, Pickens,

Carlton,

Anderson; Banks, Carter, Appling,

Anderson, Murray, Oarter, Stewart,

Arnold, Henry,

Cheney,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Clark,

Atwood,

Clements,

Ballard,

Cochran,

Beck,

Cole,

Bell,

Coleman, Calhoun,

Bennett,

Coleman, Laurens,

Berry,

Oollins;

Blaekbum,

'Connor,

Booker,

Cook,

Cooper, Oom, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Davidson,
Dean, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough, Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Evans, Fariss,

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Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Gower, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes,
Griffin, Grimes, Hammack,
H:a.rdeman, Hardin, Harrell,
H-arris, HBrt, Hayes, Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, Hallberg, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, J-ackson, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, . Ledbetter, Lee, l.ile, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla,

McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middlelxm, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally,
Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet,
~and,
Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser,

Reynolds, RID odes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stwall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie,. Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, WtSdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

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Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Oglethorpe.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Unadilla.
An Act to amend the charter of Norwood, Georgia.
An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter of the City of Jackson.
An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Athens.
An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County to contribute toward the support of the Hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Associatio~.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome, Floyd County.
An Act to create Commissioners for Mcintosh

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County, so as to make them elective by the qualified voters for terms of two years.
Respectfully submitted,
c. G. EDMONDSON,
Chairman.

The following 'hill was taken up as a speci~;~.l and continuing order at this time:

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to provide for the equalizing of assessments of property for taxation.
Mr. Moss of Cobb, moved the previous question on Section 16 of the bill and all the amendments thereto; which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
On the amendment by Mr. Stovall of Elbert, to strike Section 16 of the bill; Mr. Sheppard of Sumter called the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot viva voce being had the vote was as follows:

ThoS'e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Allen, Glasoock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, -
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Atwood, Beck, Booker,

Brinson, Bryan, Bullard, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Clark, Clements, O>chran, Coleman, Calhoun,

O>leman, Laurens, Oollins, O>nnor, Cook, Oorn, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Dean, Dorris,

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Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Estes, Fariss, Field, Foster, Greene, Honston, Green, Wilkes, GrimeS, Harrell, H'llrris, Hart,
Hayes, Heath, Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, J'ackson, Johnson, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee,

Lee, Wilkinson,
~Sueur,
Boyd, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Mills, Moye, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Perkins, Ransom, Redwine,. Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard,

Shipp, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro,. StoV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Wasbington,. Thompson, Tootle.
Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Whitaker, Wimberly, W ohlwender, Wood, Twip.gs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,.

'r.hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

AAkllienn', Jackson,

DeVaughn, Dodd,

Anderson, Banks, Dorough,

Ballard,

Evans,

Bell,

Fowler,

Bennett,

Fullbright,

Berry,

Garlington,

Blackburn,

Gower,

Brookshear,

Griffin,

Burney,

Hammack,

Carter, Stewart,

Hiard~U~&D,

Cheney,

Hardin,

Cole,

Henderson,

Cooper,

Hollberg,

Crawley,

Holtzelaw,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hopkins,

James, Jones, Coweta, McMichael, Jones, Lowndes,. Ledbetler, Liles, Lipscomb, McCalla, McCarthy, McWhorter, Meadows, Wayne,.. Melson, Middlellon, Miller, Moon, Moore,

)loss, Myrick,
:Nmmally,
Olive, Palmour, Pickett,
:Picquet,

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\

Roagland, Rainey, Reese, Thomas, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin,

Smith, Rabun, Suggs, Swift, Wheatley, Wisdom, Wright,

'Tihose not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Ennis, Keen, McRae, Telfair,

Neal, _ Paulk, Berrien, Pharr,

Shadburn, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell,

The roll call was verified.

On the amendment to strike Section 16 of the bill -the ayes were 105; nays, 68. The amendment wa~ .adopted.

On motion of Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson the ~House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock A.M.

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:lbPBEsBNr.r.A.TIVE HALL, ATL.A.N'r.A., GA., July 31st, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock, a. m. was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent _the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following was estabished_as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents.
1. Introduction of local and general bills.
2. Reading of Senate Bills the first time.
3. Reports of Standing Committees.
4. Reading of all bills favorably reported the second time.
5. Passage of local bills and general bills with a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees.
By :Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of
Osierfield.

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789

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Franklin. Referred to Committee on Municipal Gpyernment.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to authorize the Atlantic Waycross and
Northern Railroad Co., to lease, purchase and take possession of the tracks, etc., of the Southern Railroad and Georgia Terminal Company.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to repeal all Acts incorporating the City of Manchester and to incorporate the same as the City of College Park.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Berry of Whitfield-
A bill to amend an Act to consolidate the various Acts incorporating the City of Dalton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth County.

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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. .Berry of Whitfield-
A bill to amend Section 1676 of the Code of 1910 with reference to eradication of contagious diseases.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita~ tion.

By Mr. Berry of Whitfield-
A bill to amend Section 699 of The Code of 1910, relative to expenditure of funds by countieS' for road purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Swift of MuscogeeA bill to amend Section 720 of the Code of 1910
relative to wrongful sale of mortgaged property.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to 8ill1end Section 1249 of the Code of 1910 so as to add the town of Cochran to the list of State Depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Greene Of Houston-
A Resolution to make House Bill No. 159 a gpecial order on August 4th.

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791

Re~erred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Stovall of ElbertA resolution to appropriate $160.00 to pay for
Swifts Lithia water.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to repeal an Act to assist the Georgia In~ firmary.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Carter of ApplingA bill to provide for holding four terms a year of
Appling Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Arnold of OglethorpeA bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court
of Lexington.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe-
A bill to change the time of holding Oglethorpe Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

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By Mr. Carter of ApplingA bill to repea,l an Act to establish the City
Court of Baxley. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By MeS!Srs. Slade, Wohlwender and SwiftA bill to provide for a commission form of gov-
ernment for the City of Columbus.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mess~s. Anderson of Murray and Adams of Pike-
A bill to amend Section 4747 of the Code of 1910, Telative to compensation of jurors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A resolution authorizing the Committee on the University and its Branches to visit the institutions during the interim between the regular sessions of the General Assembly.
Referred to Qommittee University of Georgia and
its Branches.

Ey Mr. Cooper of WareA resolution to make H~use Bill No. 208 a special
.order on August 5th, 1913.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A resolution to authorize the Committee on Geor-
gia State Sa~tarinm to visit the institution during the interim between the regular sessions of theGeneral Assembly.
Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A resolution to make Honse Bill No. 200 a speeiaJ.. order on August 2nd, 1913.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted to the Committeeon General J ndiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to provide for the election of the United' States Senators by the people.
Upon request of the author, Honse Bill No. 532,. unfavorably reported was placed on the calender.
By unanimous consent, Honse Bill No. 283, nn- favorably reported was recommitted to the Committee on Insurance.
By unanimous consent 300 copies of Honse Bill No. 470, were ordered printed for th40) use of members.
Mr. Spence of Mitchell County, Chairman of the-

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Committee on military Affairs, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the following 'Resolution of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:

House Resolution No. 99. By Mr. Myrick of Chat-

bam, to authorize the Governor to order out such

portion of the National Guard in Chatham County

.as volunteer their services to guard certain roads in

Chatham CO'Unty during the automobile races in

November, 1913.

.

J. M. SPENCE, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the

Dommittee on Education, submitted the following

report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under -consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
By Mr. Spence of Mitchell to incorporate the Camilla School District. Do pass.
Also House Bill No. 361, by Mr. Hart of Warren to change the scholastic year. Do not pass.

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By Mr. James of Gilmer to provide for the establishment of kindergarten schools. Do not pass.
Also Senate Bill No. 59 by Mr. Richardson of 13'th District to amend the Act creating the public school system of the City of Oglethorpe. Do pass.
JAMEs, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of theCommittee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters: have had under consideration the following Bills or the House and Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House and Senate with the recommendation th~t same do pass::
Hlouse Bill No. 556. Do pass.
House Bill No. 557. Do pass.
House Bill No. 601. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 26. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 73. Do pass substitute. MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of theCommittee on Education, submitted the followingreport:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education have had under con--

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sideration the following Bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley of Ware, to regulate and require the attendance of children upon the public schools. Do not pass.
.!).so House Resolution No. 92 by Mr. McMichael of Marion. Do pass.
JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. Ellis of Tift County, Chairman of the Committee on Reformatories, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Reformatories have had under consideration the following House Bill No. .393, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, ELLis Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Oonstitutional majority the following Bills of the Senate, to-wit:

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797

A bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction authority in certain cases so to mould their sentences as to allow defendants, upon rendition of a verdict of guilty, to serve same outside the confines of the chain gang, jail or other places of detention, etc.
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following Bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to change the County site of Murray County from Spring Place to Chatsworth.
'11he following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:-
The 8'enate has passed by substitute as amended by the requisite Constitutional majority the following Resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution authorizing and directing the Governor of Georgia to investigate and give direction to difference between citizens of the State of Georgia and certain copper companies located in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes.
The following Senate bill was read the first time and referred to Committee.

J3y Messrs. Longino of 36th and Richardson of 13th-
A bill to regulate the practice of medicine in this State.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

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The following bills and resolution of the Houseand Senate favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Spencer of MitchellA bill to incorporate the Camilla School District~

By 'Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of 191(}relative to Children's Courts.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to abolish the Board of Roads and Bridge: Commission for Appling County.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
.A bill to create a Board of Commissioners or Roads and Revenues for Appling County.

By Mr. De Vaughn of Macon-
A bill to authorize \the working of streets of. towns in Macon County by the county chaingang.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution to pa:y members of General Assemblyfor session of 1914, with certificates of indebtedness..

By Mr. Rushin of the 14th District-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna.



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799

"By Mr. Richardson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend Act creating a public school system for the City of Oglethorpe.

By Mr. Sw~at of the 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for Ware County.
By unanimous consent House Bills No. 115 and No. 224, were withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 114 was
recommitted to the Committee on Counties and
County Matters and House Bill No. 475 was recommited to the Ooo:nmittee on Municipal Government.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 52 was withdrawn from General Judiciary Committee No.1, andre-referred to General judiciary Co~ttee No. 2. House Bill No. 324 and House Bill No. 488, were withdrawn from Special Judiciary Committee and re-referred to General Judiciary Committee No..2.
The following bills were read the third time and _placed on their passage.

"By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to create City Court of Gray.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed
to.
On tbe passage of the bill the ayes were 160, :nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. HenderS'On of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a f1ounty Court for Jones County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Carlton of Colquitt-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Moultrie.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town . of Pineview.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-

A bill to create a new charter for the. City of Talbotton.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed

to.



On the pa;ssage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite 0ollJStitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
A bill to incorporate the town of Olive.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Coillstitutional majority, was passed.
.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Hawkinsville.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to atiD.end the Charter of the Town of Cochran.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a new Qharter for the Town of Newborn.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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803

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Kirkwood.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite O>nstitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ballard of Columbia-
A bill to create a new Charter for the Town of Harlem.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of
Royston.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to amend an Act a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Tift County.
- The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of East Lake.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrell County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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805

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150,

nays 0.

:,

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-

A bill to amend Section 17 of the Charter of the Oity of Waycross.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140,

nays 0.

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Tlhe bill having received the requisite Constitutio~al majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new Charter for the City of Waycross.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the .ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pas-sed.

By Messrs. Taylor ~nd Harri!r-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Washington County.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-

A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Athens.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,

nays 0.

'

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Rhodes of Clarke--
A bill to 81Illend Act providing a Charter for the Oity of Athens.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Whitaker of HeardA bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Com-
missioners for Heard County.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, 'was passed.

By Mr. Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to create the offi-ce of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Heard County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pas,sed.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Con-stitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City (J{)urt of Flovilla.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill th~ ayes were 130,
nays 0.
Tlhe bill having ..received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passeO..

By Mr. Moore of Jeff Davis-
A bill to abolish the County Court of Jeff Davis.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were. 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pas-sed.

By Mr. Moore of Jeff Davis-
A bill to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla.
The favorable report o.f the committee was agreed
t.-o.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
'11he bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Dublin.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed
to.
On the passagQ of the bill the ayes were 13'0, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional maj9rity, was passed.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
A bill to amend an Act to esta;blish the City Court of Sylvania.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Burney of Morgan-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court C' ~ Madison.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pas~sed.

By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to change the time of holding Hart Superior Court.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 139, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend to provide for the election of the Solicitor of Putnam County Court.
The favorable report of the oommittee was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-

A bill to repeal an Act crea.ting the City Court of Pembroke.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed

to.

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On the passage of the bil~ the Ayes were 138, nays 0.
The bill having reooiv~d the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

"By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to establish the County Court of Bryan County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed
to.
On the passage of the bill the _ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-tional majority, was passed.

:By Messrs Taylor and ColemanA bill to .a~end the .Charter of the City of Dublin.

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The favora;ble report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. James of Gilmer-
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of East Ellijay.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140t nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran-
A bill to put in effect in the City of Atlanta a Constitutional amendment abolishing justice courts.
Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran offered a substitute for the bill.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

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By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of LaGrange.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
'Dte bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-

A resolution to authorize the Governor to grant

permission to the National Guard in Chatham

County to volunteer service to the Sheriff for the

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;

automobile races in November. The resolution was adopted.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of

Lakeview.



The following amendment of the committee was adopted.

Amend by striking Section 2 of the Bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 2. Be it further enaeted that this Act shall not go into effect and become law until ratified by a majority of the legal voters of said town~
voting at a special election to be held for said pur-

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pose on the first Wednesday in September, 1913. All persons who are legally entitled fifteen days before such election to vote for members of the General Assembly, and State House officers shall be entitled to vote at said special election.

The Ordinary of DeKalb County shall appoint the managers of said election, and said election shall be held in the same manner and subject to the same rules as elections for members of the General Assembly and State House officers.

The managers of said election shall make return

of the result of the same to the Ordinary of DeKalb

County, and he shall publish notice of the result of

the same once in the newspaper in which the Sher-

iff's advertisements are published in said county. Those who shall vote for the ratification of this

l

Act shall have printed on their ballots "For Charter

Repeal," and those opposing the ratification of this

Act shall have printed on their ballots the. words,

''Against Charter Repeal.''

In the event a majority of the votes cast in said election shall be for Charter Repeal, then this Act shall go into effect upon publication of notice of the same as hereinbefore provided.

The registration books for said special election
shall be closed fifteen days before the date for holding the same, and it shall be the duty of the l~gal Registrars of DeKalb County to. ,furnish to .the
Managers of said election a correct and certified list

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of the persons residing within the limits of said town who are qualified to vote at said election.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the town of Decatur.
The following amendments of the Committee were adopted.
1. Committee amends said Act by striking all of Section 6 of same and substituting in lieu thereof the following, io be known as Section 6:
''Be it further enacted, That in the event a majority of the qualified voters of said Town cast their vote in said election in favor of the question~ ''For the amendment which provides that the Mayor. and Councilmen are ineligible for successive re-election and for the election of Clerk of Council, Town Marshal, Town Treasurer, Superintendent of Constru"tion & Waterworks, by vote of the qualified votel"S of said Town of Decatur," that the same be, and the same is hereby amended, and ihe Act shall be effective.
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2. Committee amends by striking all of Section 7 of said Act.
3. Committee aiiilends by renumbering the remaining three Sections of said Act'as follows: That Section being numbered No. 8 be changed to N-o. 7; that Section being numbered N. 9 be changed to No. 8; that Secti-on being numbered No. 10 be changed to No. 9; that Section being numbered N-o. 11 be changed to No. 10.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill t!J.e ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to provide for holding monthly sessions of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stewart County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed
- to. On the pas'Sage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu.. tional majority, was passed

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By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court"of
Statesboro.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fitzgerald.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pas'Sed.
The following bill set for a special and continuing order was again taken up.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to provide for the equalization of assessments of property for taxation.
Mr. Swift of Muscogee moved the previoUS: on the amendment of Mr. Stovall of Elbert to strike Sec-

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tion 20 of the bill, which motion was sustained and th\ main question was ordered.
Mr. Stewart of Coffee called the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot viva-voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Green, Wilkes,

Adams, Pike,

Grimes,

Allen, Glascock,

Harrell,

Allen, Pickens,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Hayes,

Arnold, Henry,

Heath,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hendrix,

Atwood,

Herrington,

Ballard,

Hines,

Beck,

Hodges,

Bell,

Jack:son,

Booker,

Johnson,

Brinson,

Keen,

Bryan,

Kidd,

Bullard,

Lane, Decatur,

Carlton,

Lane, Jasper,

Carter, Appling, Lee, Lee,

Clark,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Clements,

LeSueur,

Cochran,

McCants,

Ooleman, Calhoun, McCrory,

Coleman, Laurens, McCurry,

Oollins,

M'CGehee,

Connor,

McRae, Wilcox,

Cook,

Methvin,

Corn,

Mills,

Culpepper, Clinch, Moye,

Dean,

Neal,

Dorris,

Nevil,

Duncan,.

Oliver,

Edmondson,

Parker,

Ellis,

Parks,

Fariss,

Paulk, Ben Hill,

Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Picquet, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Akin,

Greene, Houston,

Allen, Jackson,

Griffin,

Anderson, Banks, Hammack,

Bennett,

Biardeman,

Berry,

Hardin,

Blackburn,

Hart,

Brookshear,

Henderson,

Burney,

HoB berg,

Carter, Stewar.t,

Holtzclaw,

Cheney,

Hopkins,

Cole,

James,

Cooper,

Jones, Coweta,

Crawley,

Jones, Lowndes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Kimbrough,

Davidson,

Ledbetter,

DeVaughn,

Lipscomb,

Dodd,

Loyd,

Dorough,

McC11lla,

Ennis,

McCarthy,

Estes,

McLendon,

Evans,

McMichael,

Field,

McWhorter,

Foster,

Meaders, Oconee,

Fowler,

Meadows, Wayne,

Fullbright,

Melson,

Garlington,

Middleton.

Gower,

Miller, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Olive, Palmour, Pharr, Pickett, Ragland, Rainey, Reese, Thomas,
Shad:bur~..:,
Shuptrine, S.lade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Suggs, Swift, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom, 'Vohlwender, Wright,

'lfuose not voting were Messrs.-

Liles, McRae, Telfair,

Nunnally, Rhodes,

Spence, Mitehell,

The call of the roll was verified.

On the amendment to strike Section 20 of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 79.

The amendment was adopted and Section 20 was stricken.

On motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, 250 copiee

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of the Wright substitute for House Bill No. 6 was ordered printed for the use of members.
By unaniurous consent the following members were added to the Oommittee on Georgia State Sanitarium: Messrs. Atwood of Mcintosh, Arnold of Henry, Lee of Wilkinson, and Ennis of Baldwin.
By unanimous consent, the name of Mr. Ennis of Baldwin was added to the Committee on Penitentiary.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee; Mr. Middleton of Dade; and Mr. Moore, of Jeff Davis.

The hour of 1 o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m.

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REPRESENTATIVE fuLL, ATLANTA, GA., Friday August, 1st, 1913.
The Honse met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock a.m., was called to order by the Speaker and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the- roll was di~ pensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterd-ay's journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following was estab. lished as the order of business during the period of unanimous consents.
1. Introduction of _local and general bills.
2. Reading Senate hills the first time.
3. Reports of Standing Committees.
4. Reading of all bills favorably reported the second time.
5. Passage of local bills and general hills having a local :application.
6. Honse bills with Senate amendments to be concnrred in.
The following bills and resolutions were intro-
duced, read the first time and referred to committees.

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By MessTs. Hardeman, Ellis, Meadows, et alA bill to appropriate $6,000, minimum amount, to
each of the eleven District Agricultural Schools. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Allen of Glascock-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of
Gibson~
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Whitaker of Heard-
A bill to amend Section 3296 of the Code relative to notice to mortgage foreclosure.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Cochran and SmithA bill to amend Section 6038 of the Code of 1910,
relative to levy and sale. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2:
By Messrs. Hopkins and BlackburnA resolution that the privileges of the floor
be extended to Miss Evelyn Holtzclaw. Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor.
By Mr. Akin of GlynnAresolution to make Hous.e.Bill No. 468 a special
order on August 2nd, 1913.

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823.

Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time andre-referred to the O<>mmittee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A hill to enjoin and restrain the keepers of lewd houses.

By Mr. Spence of CarrollA resolution to make House Bill No. 8 a special
order on August 5th, 1913.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Messrs. Melson, Cheney and Moss'A resolution to make House Bill No. 287 a special
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Allen of Jackson-
A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 104 a special order on August 5th, 1913.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 159 a special order on August 5th.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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By Mr. Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 971 of the Code of 1910,
relative to licenses of real estate dealers.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Reiger of Effingham-
!A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, so as to add Springfield to the list of State Depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Messrs. Hart and Allen-
A bill to allow the catching of certain game during
the month of February.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to amend .an Act creating the City Court of Athens.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Ledbetter of PolkA bill to regulate life insurance !lg'ents. Referred to Committee on Insurance.

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825

The following resolution was read and ordered placed on the table one day.

By Mr. Slade of Mnscogee-
A resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to report Honse Bills Nos. 18 and 48 on Saturday, August 2nd, 1913'.

The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution to make House Bill 273 a special order after the tax revenue bills.
'The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to committees :

By Mr. Tarver of the 43rd District-
A bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction in the State the authority in certain cases to allow defendants to serve sentence outside the confines of the chaingang.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted.

Mr. Nunnally of Floyd-
A resolution endorsing Hon. J. Lindsay Johnson for the post of Consul-General in the Orient.

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By unanimous consent House Bill No. 20 was -withdrawn from the House.

On the request of the author of House Bill No. 620 and No. 621, unfavorably reported, were placed on ihe calendar fora second reading.

The following mesS'age was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, "Mr. Perry, to-wit:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 17, to authorize the payment of the earned salary of the insurance clerk, under Section 248 of the Code of 1910.
An _Acl to provide for the holding of a special .election for Senator of the United States from the State of Georgia for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 3, 1919, and to declare the
. result thereof and for other purposes:. An Act to amend :an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County, etc.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Athens, Ga., etc.
An Act to amend an Act approved August 22, 1907, by repealing the provision calling for three

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827

Commissioner districts, regulalting ~rm. of office for Ben Hill County, etc.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend,. consolidate and supersede the several Acts incor-' porating the City of Rome, Floyd County, State oi Georgia.
An Act to amend an Act of the legislature incorporating the town of Unadilla in the County o(: Dooly, approved December 24, 1890, so as to authorize the mayor and council to exercise the right o~ eminent domain generally, etc.

An Act to amend an Act approved August 14r 1909, creating a new charter of the City of Jackson.

An Act to amend the charter of Norwood, Ga.

An Act .to create Commissioners for Mcintosh County, so as to make them elective by the qualified voters for terms of two years and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the charter of the City of Ogle-thorpe, Macon County, Georgia, etc.

An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Dougherty from the Treasury of said County toe contribute towards the support and maintenance of the Hospital operated by the Albany Hospital Association in the City of Albany, and for other purposes.

An Act to amend an Act approved August 7th,. 1912, entitled an Act to Create a Board of County-

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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Miller and for other purposes so as to provide for the election of a clerk of the said Board, to fix the salary of the same, and for other purposes.
Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report: ,

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following House bills and instructed me as their Chairman to report s:ame back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 681. An Act to amend Section 1249, Volume 1, Code of Georgia, adding Cochran in Bleckley County to the list of cities as State depositories.
House Bill No. 660. An Act to amend Section 124, Volume 1, Code of Georgia, adding the City of Boston in Thomas County to the list of Cities as .State depositories.
House Bill No. 375. An Act to amend an Act to Create in the Treasury Department a Bank Bureau and other purposes, approved August 22, 1907, by amending Sections 5 and 24 of said Act and for other purposes.
CooPER, Chairman.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 439, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, as amended.
Respectfully submitted, MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Slater of l3ryan County, Chairman of the .Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following :report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under -consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass: House Bill No. 621; House Bill No. 620.
MR. SLATER, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Penitentiary beg leave to further recommend that House Bill No. 649 be withdrawn from the Committee and that the same be referred to the Committee on General Judiciary,
MR. SLATER, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Counties and County Matters, sub-

mitted the following report:

M't. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of
the House 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 repeal an Act creating Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Washington County.
Respectfully submitted, MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate No. 25 and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back tq the House with the recommendation that same do pass :
Senate Bill No. 25. An Act to amend Section 287S of the Code of 1910.
CooPER, ChaiNnan.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

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M,.. 8 peaker:

Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration tlie following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:

No. 605 to incorporate the town of Robertson.

No. 606, to amend charter of city of Hartwell.

No. 655, to create a park and tre.e commission for

City of Waycross.



No. 682, to amend an Act to repeal Acts incorporating City of Manchester.

No. 657, to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of Franklin.

No. 678, to aJillend Act creating Board of County Commissioners Roads and Revenue for the County of Franklin.

No. 626, to incorporate the town of Helen as .amended.

Your Committee further recommend that House Bill No. 636, to amend the charter of Augusta and provide a commission form of government do not pasfl
PrcQUET, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following ;report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit:
By Mr. Lane of Decatur. To provide for the appointment of trustees for local school districts in certain counties.
JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and F'ish, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following Bill No. 546 of the House and instructed me aS' their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
RAINEY, Chairman.
Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, and instructed me as their Chairman to

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report same back to the House with the reoommen-
dati~n that same do pass: '
A bill to regulate ihe practi,ce of medicine in this
State. Respectfully submitted, ALLEN, Chairman.

Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2, have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:

To provide a right of action for killing dogs. Do pass as ain.eilded. -

To amend S.OOtion 129, Volume 1, Code. Do pass

as amended.

.



_To amend Section 2201, Code. Do pass as amended.
To fix compensation of tax collectors. Do pass. -

To define crime of .rape and fix age of consent.

Do not pass~



To prevent unfair trade practices. Do notpass.

To authorize the commitment of habitual drunkards. Do not pass.

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Providing for defenses in Justice Court. Do not

pass.

Respectfully submitted, 0. H. GoWER, Chairman.

Mr. Thompson of Madison County, Chairman of the Committee on State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on State Sanitarium have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
To oo entitled an Act to change the name of the
Georgia 8tate Sanitarium to that of Georgia State Hospital for the Insane and for other purposes.
We also recommend that House Bill No. 479, do not pass. To be entitled an Acl to abolish the office of treasurer of Georgia State Sanitarium and to authorize the Board of Trustees with Governors ap- proval to appoint a bank or banks of deposit as the custodian of sanitarium funds and for other purposes.
THoMPSON, Chairman.
Mr. Holtzc.law of Houston, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee o.n Railroads beg leave to report

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that it has had under consideration the following bills which I am instructed to report to the House as indicated, to-wit:
House Bill No. 161. To provide for selling unclaimed freight, etc., which the Committee recommend do pass as amended.
House bill No. 207, to provide that notice by the
carrier shall be given to consignors of freight before undelivered goods may be sold, etc., which the Committee recommend do not pass.
HoLTZCLAw, Chairman.

Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Railroads beg leave to report

that it bas bad for Consideration the following bills

of the Senate and the House and report the same to

the House with the recommendations as indicated,

to-wit:



Senate Bill No. 3, to confer upon the Railroad Commission of Georgia, the power and authority to require two or more railroads entering the same
-town or city to erect a union depot, etc., which the
Committee recommend do pass as amended.

House Bill.No. 124. To empower the Railroad Commission of Georgia to appoint or employ experts to examine, inspect and report on the physical conditions of the properties under the jurisdiction

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of said Commission, etc., which the Committee re~ commend do pass.

House Bill No. 425. To permit electric railroad companies and electric power companies to purchase, own and operate gas companies, which the Commit~ tee recommend do not pass.

House Bill No. 352. To amend Section 520 of Volume 2 of the Code of 1910, which the Committee recommend do not pass.

House Bill No. 437, to require telephone and telegraph companies to maintain union central station at the juncture of two or more similar lines, etc., which the Committee recommend do not pass.
HoLTZCLAw, Chairman.

Mr. Wisdom, of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had
under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back tQ the House, with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 98. To repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of J~ckson in and for the County of Butts. Do pass.
House Bill No. 475. To be entitled an Act to

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amend an Act incorporating the City of Lilly, in the County of Dooly. Do not pass..
House Bill No. 662. To be entitled an Act to abolish the City Court of Bleckley. Do pass.
House Bill No. 668. To be entitled a11 Act to
amend an Act to establish the Cio/ Court of Lexing-
ton. Do pass.
House Bill No. 669. To be entitled an Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County. Do paS's.
House Bill No. 675. To repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Baxley, in Appling County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 676. To provide for holding four tel'IIlls a year of the Supenor Court of Appling County. Do pa,ss.
House Bill No. 684. To be entitled an Act to amend Section 3 of an Act entitled an Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Forsyth County. Do pass. .
Respectfully submitted, Lours E. WrsnoM, Chairman.

Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on Enro11ment, submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit:

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An Act to amend, alter, modify and change certain portions of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 17, 1905, establishing the City Court of Monroe, in Walton County.
An Act to amend the Charter of City of Greensboro.
Respectfully submitted, G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.

The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary Mr. Perry, to-wit:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to amend alter, modify, and change certain portions of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 17, 1905, establishing the City Court of Monroe, in Walton County, Georgia.
An Act to amend the charter of City of Greensboro.
The following message was received tfrom :!the Senate through Mr. Northe:ri, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by substitute, by the requisite Constitutional majority the following Bill of the House, to-wit:

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839

A bill to provide for an extra levy of tax by the County Commissioners of Catoosa County.
The Senate has passed as amended, by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to create and incorporate the City of Comer, in the County of Madison.

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

Mr. 8 peaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following House bills, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the City of Chickamauga.
A bill to create a new chart~r for the town of Woodbury.
A bill to establish a system of public schools for the City of Ocilla.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
A bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several acts, incorporating the City of West Point.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Unadilla.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pavo in the Counties of Thomas and Brooks.

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A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lawrenceville.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eastman.
A bill to require the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Sum~cer County to work the County chaingang upon the streets of the City of Americus.
A bill to establish a system of public schools for the town of Eastman.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville.
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Toccoa.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Ocilla.
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jones.
A bi11 to amend the charter of the town of Plainville.

A bill to make the. Clayton Board of Education the legal successor of the Trustees of Clayton Academy.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta.

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841

A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Commissioners of Roads: and Revenues of Wilkes County.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Buford.
A bill to amend an 'Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Canton.
A bill to incorporate the City of Danielsville.
A bill to incorporate the Town of Mauk in the County of Taylor.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Wakefield.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Sycamore.
A bill to incorporate the Town of Cotton in the County of Mitchell.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary, thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Semite has passed the following Resolution of the Senate, to-wit:

A resolution to authorize the Governor upon request of the Sheriff of Chatham County to order out such of the National Guard as may volunteer for the purpose of carrying out certain orders of the County Coo:nmissioners of Chatham County.

The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitu-

tional .majority the following Bills .of the Senate,

to-wit:

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A bill to regulate and control the operation of certain insurance companies.
A bill to amend Section 6134 of the Civil Code of 1910 fixing the salaries of stenographers of the ~upreme Court.
A bill to prescribe the amount of costs in certain cases in the City Court of Dublin.
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Macon.
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Arlington.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lavonia.
A bill to provide for a revision of jury lists.
A bill for the relief of T. B. Hicks of Dublin1 Laurens County.
'Tihe following bills df. the House and Senate, favorably reported, ;were read the second time.

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Jackson.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission of the State to employ experts to inspect railroad properties.

By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA bill to provide for the selling of unclaimed

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843

arti~les of freight or express in the hands of common carriers.
r
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee-
A bill to provide a right of action against any person killing a dog.

By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-
A bill to create in the Treasury Department a Bank. Bureau.

By Messrs. Wimberly, Miller and FowlerA bill to prevent the pollution of the waters of
the Ocmulgee River.
By :Mr. Akin of Glynn. A bill to amend Section 2201 of the Code of 1910,
relative to change of capital stock of corporations.
By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to fix the compensation of Tax Collectors.
By Mr. Lane of DecaturA bill to provide for the apportionment of Trus-
tees of local school districts.

By Mr. Jackson 9f White-:- A bill to incorporate the City of Robertstown.

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By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Hartwell.

By Messrs. Taylor and Harris-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Washington County.

By Mr. Jackson of WhiteA bill to incorporate the town of Helen.

By Messers. Crawley and CooperA bill to amend Section 129 of the Code of 1910,
so as to provide for an early primary.
By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to establish a park and tree commission for
City of Waycross.

By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to provide for holding four terms a year of
the Franklin Superior Court.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910
so as to add Boston to the list of State Depositories.
By Mr. McLendon of EarlyA bill to abolish the City Court of Blakely.

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845

By Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe-
.! bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Lexington.

By Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe-
- A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court.of Oglethorpe County.

.By Mr. Oarter of Appling-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Baxley.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Appling Superior Court.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910 S'O as to add Cochran to the list of State Depositories.

By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth County.
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By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin_:.
A bill to change the name of the Georgia State Sanitarium.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to repeal all laws incorporating the City of Manchester and to incorporate the same as College Park.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend tlie Acts incorporating the City of Marietta.
The following Senate bills favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Tarver of the 43rd District-
A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission to require two or more railroads entering the same town to erect a union passenger station.

By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 1910, relative to loan and savings associations.
By Messrs. Longino and Richardson-
A bill to regulate the practice of medicine in this State.
The following bills Were read the third time. and
placed on their passage.

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847

'By Mr. Spence of MitchellA bill to incorpooote the Camilla School District.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. DeVaughan of Macon-
A bill to authorize working of streets of towns in Macon County by the county chaingang.
The favorable report of the committee was: agreed to.
Upon the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to abolish the Board of Bridges and Road Commission for Appling County.
The favorable report of the committee was: agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received f.he requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Co~stitu tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Fariss of Walker-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Rossville.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150; nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin-
A bill to amend an Act relative to killing squirrels in certain counties.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes we1e 140, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following Bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Rushin of the 14th District-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Vienna.
The favorable report of the committee waS' agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By.Mr. Richardson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating a public school system for the City of Oglethorpe.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu- tional majority, was passed.

By' Mr. Sweat of the 5th DistrictA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com-

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missioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware.
The following substitute of the committee was adopted.

A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to createa Board of Commissioners of Roads and RevenueSfor the County of Ware, approved August 19,. 1912, hy increasing the number of said Board, changing the manner of their selection, otherwise amending said 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 an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware, approved August 19th, 1912, be and the same is hereby amended so that said Board shall consist of seven members instead of six, as now provided by said Act; four of said members to be residents of the Waycross, or 1231st District G. M., with one of the three remaining members each to be a resident of the other three districts as now constituted by said Act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that at the General State election immediately preceding the expiration of the terms of office of each of the members of said Board they shall be elected by a popular vote of thepeople of the respective road districts, of said County of Ware, the seventh, or additional member herein provided for to be elected for a term of threeyears at the first General .State election to be held

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after tbe passage of this Act. The proVisions of the Act sought to be amended shall prevail, until the members provided for in this Act are elected and .qualified.
.Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Act shall -also be so changed and amended as to authorize and require said Board to elect a Chairman thereof from _its members, without regard to the district of which :he may be a resident, and that said Chairman .shall .only have the right and power of voting in case of a tie created in the vote on any question or election before said Board, said Oh~irman to have the right :and power to break any such tie by casting the de.ciding vote.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that the clerk to be .employed as authorized in Section 6 of the Act of 1912, creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads .and Revenues of Ware County, Georgia, shall in no -wise be related to any of the aforesaid commissioners, nor shall he be in any wise connected with any .elective office, state or county, of the State of Georgia.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that the Board of -commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Ware County he and they are hereby authorized and re.quired to work the entire county chaingang of such County of Wsre upon the streets of the City of Waycross for not exceeding three months in each :year after the passage of this Act beginning with the
present year 1913, except that said Board are not
.authorized and required to work longer than forty-

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five days duting the present year upon said streets. At such time, ali" mules, plOWB, wagons, scrapes, utensils, guards and all other things pertaining to the convicts and to the road equipment, shall be used if necessary upon the streets of the City of Waycross free of charge to said city. The county convicts and road force shall do such work at such time as may be suitable to said board and at such places as may be designated by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Waycross or it~ authority. The streets shall be worked and graded under the direction of such person or persons as are so autliorized by the Mayor and City Council of Waycross and the Mayor and City Council of Waycross shall not be called upon or required to pay any portion or any part of the expense of feeding, maintaining, guarding or caring for S'aid county convicts.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict ~th this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The favorable report of the committee w:as: agreed
to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.

The following resolution was taken up for concurrence in the Senate substitute as amended by the Senate.

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By Messrs. Wright and Hendrix~
A resolution to authorize the Governor to investigate the differences between certain citizens of this State and certain copper companies located in ths State of Tennessee.
Mr. Adams of Hall, moved the previous question on the Senate substitute as amended to the res~lu tion and all amendments which motion was sustaine~ and the main question was ordered.
The following Senate substitute as amended by the Senate was concurred in:
A Resolution authorizing the Governor of the State of Georgia to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Copper Company for and on behalf of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, an action entitled "State of Georgia by its Attorney General, complainant, versus Tennessee Copper Company, et al Defendants is pending in the Supreme court of the United States, and
WHEREAS, it has been the policy .of the State of Georgia from the inception of said litigation topro. teet her citizens and at the same time to do no unnecessary injury to said Copper industry, and realizing the vast interest involved to the said copper companies and the peopJe dependent thereon and the citizens of Georgia living in the vicinity of said copper operations as well as the benefits derived through the manufacture of sulphuric acid, and otherwise, to the citizens of Georgia and of the south generally,

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WHEREAS, the State of Georgia is unwilling in any wise to waive its right, except under the terms and for the time as hereinafter set out, but has always insisted and now insists upon its right to an ultimate decree of injunction against either or both of said copper companies, if the same should become necessary, and
WHEREAS, the State is willing to and desires, pending the final determination of said cause, to provide for the compensation by the Tennessee Copper Company to the extent as hereinafter provided of individual citizens of the State who may suffer injury at the hands of the said Tennessee Copper Company.
Now therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor of the State of Georgia be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into the following agreement with the Tennessee Copper Oonipany for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, to-wit:

''IN THE SUPRIDM'E COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, OCTOBER TERM, 1913.

State of Georgia,

By its Attorney General,

Complainant.

vs.

Tennessee Copper Company, et al, Defendants. Original Cause No.-- In Equity.
Agreement and Stipulation.

"In the above entitled cause it is agreed and

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stipulatea by and between the State of Georgia by and through His Excellency, John M. Slaton, Governor of s:aid State, hereinafter called the State and the Tennessee Copper Company, hereinafter called the Company, as follows:
''1. The Company agrees that it will maintain and operate its acid plant and its acid making appliances and its processes at the highest practical state of efficiency.
'' 2. The Company further ag:rees that from and after the passage of this resolution, and up to October 1st, 1913, and from April lOth to October 1st, both inclusive, of each and every year, beginning with the year 1914, it will not, during the life of this agreement operate more green ore furnaces than it finds necessary to permit of operating its sulphuric acid plant at its normal full capacity.
'' 3. The Company shall make sworn reports to the Governor of the State or such person as he may designate as to the tonnage of green ore smelted and tonnage of acid made during operations under this contract, suc{l reports to be made at such intervals and in such form and manner as may be subscribed by the Governor of the State or such persons as h~ may designate, with full right on the part of such person as the Governor may designate, to inspect the plant of the company, at such time or times and for such period of time during the life of this contract between said dates of each year as to the Governor niay seem advisable or necessary for hie information as to such tonnage or ore smelted and

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.acid made during said period from year to year, the oompensation of such inspector not to exceed one hundred and t._wenty five dollars per month during the time engaged in such work, to 'be paid by the Tennessee Copper Company on the warrant of the Governor, exclusive of the amount of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) hereinafter provided.
'' 4. 'The Company agrees to set aside on or before August 15th, 1913, and on or before January loth, on every year thereafter duririg the life of this
oontract in some National Bank to be selected by it
and approved by the Governor the sum of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) which shall be available during that year and during succeeding years as hereinafter provided for the payment of .awards that ma:y be made for damages caused by Sulphur Dioxide Gases from the plant of the Company by a Board of Arbitration to be constituted as provided in Clause 5 hereof.

'' 5. Said Board of arbitration shall be composed :as follows: The Tennessee Copper Company shall appoint one arbitr.ator whose compensation and expense shall be paid by the Tennessee Copper Company. The Governor of the State of Georgia shall appoint one arbitrator whose compensation shall, together with actual expenses incurred while engaged in work of such Board be paid out of said - fund. The Governor of the State of Georgia shall appoint a referee, who shall when necessary and upon notice as hereinafter provided, act as a stand-

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ing umpire and whose compensation and actual expenses while engaged in the work of such Board shallbe paid, one half by the Tennessee Copper Company, and one half out of said fund. The decision of tlie Arbitrator for the State and for the Company, . in cases where they agree shall be rendered in writing ;and shall be final.
''Whenever said two arbitrators cannot. agree they or either of them shall notify said umpire by such notice as may be prescribed under the ruleS' and regulations mentioned in the sixth paragraph hereof, '\ and the decision of any two of the three members of said Board so constituted shall be :final.

"Said arbitrators shall personally investigate each claim submitted for arbitration hereunder by citizens .of Georgia for damage to their crops ortimber caused by Sulphur dioxide, fumes from the plant of the C()lmpany, and shall appraise such damage, if any, and make an award in cash out of said fund therefor, which award shall be paid upon such . warrant as may be prescribed in the rules referred to in seetion six hereof.

'' 6. ImmediaJtely upon this con~act ibecoming effective or as soon thereafter as may be convenient,. the Governor of the State of Georgia or such person as he may designate, and a representative of the company shall meet and formulate rules and regulations for the government. of the arbitraJtion proceedings satisfactory to the Governor.

"7. Whenever there shall remain in said fund

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.at the end of each or any year any portion thereof, the fund so remaining shall be cumulative and such :surplus shall be applied to the satistaction of such .awards as may be made in excess of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars during any succeeding year or years of the life of this contract; provided, however, that such balance as may remain of such accumulated fund at the expiration of this contract shall revert to the company. Whenever the expenses and compen:Sation of the arbitrators appointed by the State of Georgia and the award of such Board of Arbitration shall in the aggregate exceed the sum of sixteen
I
thousand five hundred dollars during any calendar year such excess shall be paid out of the funds available for the following year or years during the life of this contract under such conditions as may be prescribed by the rules mentioned in the ninth paragraph hereof.
''.The company agrees to be 'bound by each and -every award made by said Board of Arbitration to the aggregate extent of any not exceeding the amount of money available for payment of such awards out of the sixteen thousand five hundred dollars annual appropriation.
'' 8. No citizen of the State of Georgia having or .-claiming to have any right of action for damages on account of injury shall be bound by the terms of this contract unless such ~itizen shall voluntarily submit his claim to arbitration under the rules and regulations referred to in paragraph sixth.
'' 9. The State agrees that provided this con-

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tract shall not have been breached by the Company, it will not, within at least three years from and after October 1st, 1913, apply for" injunction or other relief against the Tennessee Copper Company in the above entitled manner. Upon the termination this agreement whether by breach by the Tennessee Copper Company or by lapse of time, the rights and defensesof the parties hereto shall not be abridged and the status of the above entitled cause s:q.an be as though no contract has been entered into between the parties and the State shall have the right to undertake to obtain relief therein and the Company shall have the right to undertake to make defense thereto, except that upon cancellation or termination here~f as above provided the Company agrees that it shall not have the right to and will not make the defense that the State has waived or been deprived of the-
right to an ultimate decree of injunction because this
contract has been entered into between the parties herein.
''10. Whenever from time to time in the opinion or the Governor of the State, there shall arise the necessity for a determination of the bona fide performance of this contract then upon thirty days writ-
ten notice to the Company, addressed to it at No. 2""
Rector Street, New York City, the Company shall appoint one arbitrator of its own selection; the St.,teby the Governor shall appoint the State chemist of the State of Georgia, or such other person as the Governor may deem proper, as abritrator for the State and such two -arbitrators shall select some competent person as umpire and in the event said'.

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two arbitrators cannot agree on an mnpire, then such umpire shall be a:ppointed by the President of the University of Vi:tginia,which board so created shall determine .the questions of the bona fide performance of this contract and a majority finding of such board on that question shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto and in the event such finding is that there has been a breach of this contract by the Company, th~ State may thereupon at its election, treat this contract as at an end, and the status of the above entitled cause shall thereupon be as though no contract has been entered into between the parties and the State shall have the right to undertake to obtain relief therein and the Company shall have the right to undertake to make a defense thereto. In the event of canc~llation, as provided in this clause and funds then on deposit under the terms hereof shall rema:ln on deposit' until exhausted by payments of such awards and expenses as may have. theretofore been made or as may thereafter during the period covered by this contract be made under the terms hereof.

'' 11. Neither of the parties hereto admits any of _the claims or contentions of the other parties hereto in the above entitled cause and nothing herein contained shall be constr:ued as an admiS'sion 'by the Co~pany that any damage is now being or will hereafter be done to property of citizens of Georgia or to the State of Georgia.
'' 12. This contract unless terminated by breach as provided in paragraph 10 shall remain in effect for

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at least the period of time hereinbefore provided. It shall continue thereafter unless at least six months previous notice in writing shall be given by eithet party to the other party of its intention to terminate the contract.
"This contract is made subject to its being per mitted by the court to be filed or entered in the above entitled cause in the supreme court of the United States in lieu of the stipulation heretofore entered at the October Term 1910. ''
Be it further resolved that said agreement shaE be binding and effective from and after the date of its execution.
Resolved further that all laws and parts of law~ in conflict with this resolution be and the same are hereby repealed.
The following Senate amendment to the Senate substitute to the resolution was concurred in:
Amend by inserting at the end of the second paragraph on page one of the-preamble of the Senate substitute, the following:
"The State of Georgia recognizing that the Tennessee Copper Company has been and_is endeavoring to control the gases generated in the treatmen;; of its ores and being willing that said company shall have an extension of time for opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of its acid plant and acid making appliances, and to make all necessary improvements to maintain said plant and appliances to the highe~t known standard of efficiency, is therefore willing to

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extend the time as hereinafter mentioned and specifically set out."
The follo-~ing bill set as a special and continuing order was taken up.

By Mr. Lips'Comb of Clarke-
A bill to provide for the equalization of assess:.. ments of property for taxation.
Mr. Blackhurn of Fulton, asked unanimous consent to extend the session until the consideratiou or this bill be brought to a conclusion, which rettuesil was granted.
Mr. Adams of Hall, moved the previous question on the bill and the pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was. ordered.
The following minority report on House Bill No~6 was submitted.
We, the undersigned members of the Committeeon Ways and Means do hereby submit this, a Minor-ity Report. We recommend that the bill do not pass_
Our objection to the passage of this bill is baseq: mainly on the ground that it creates a State Board'_ of Equalizers with absolute power to fix values one property returned for taxes. What the State needs; is to have unreturned property both real and personal placed on the digest and there will be no necessity to raise valuation on property already returned. This relief can be accomplished through the County

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Boards without placing absolute power in the hands

of these men.

Respectfully submitted, /

J. E. SHEPPARD,
c. E. STEWART,

T. N. OLIVIER,

W. I. DoRRis,

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. J. R. P. THOMPSON,

w. T. PAULK,

0. W. McGEHEE,

R. 0. CocHRAN,

D. B. BuLLARD.

On the .Sheppard substitute, as amended, the ayes and nays were ordered.
A ballot viva-voce was had and the vote was as follows:

ThoS'e voting in tlie affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock,

Collins,

Harrell,

Allen, Pickens,

Connor,

Hart,

.Anderson, Banks, Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

_Anderson, Murray, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Heath,

~old, Heury,

Davidson,

Hendrix,

..Arnold, Oglethorpe, Dean,

Hines,

.Atwood,

DeVaughn,

Hodges,

Ballard,

Dorough,

Rollberg,

:Beck,

Dorris,

Jackson,

:Bell,

Dtmcan,

Keen,

:Bennett,

Ellis,

Kidd,

:Booker,

Fariss,

Kimbrough,

Brinson,

Foster,

Lane, Decatm

~rookshear,

Fowler,

Lane, Jasper,

Carter, Appling, Garlington,

Lee, Lee,

Clark,

Greene, HQuston, Lee, Wilkinson,

Clements,

Green, Wilkes,

Loyd,

Coleman, Calhoun, Grimes,

McCants,

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McCrory, McGehee, McLendon,
McRae,. Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Meado~ Wayne, Methvin, Moss, Moye, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins,

Pharr, Picquet, Ransom, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Mitehell, Stewut,

Stone, Dawson, Stovtall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Stnckland, . Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

A,dams, Hall,

Hardeman,

Adams, Pike,

Hardin,

Akin,

Harris,

Allen, Jackson,

Henderson,

Berry,

Herrington,

Blackburn,

Hopkins,

Bryan,

James,

Bullard,

Johnson,

Burney,

Jones, Coweta,

Carter, Stewart,

Jones, Lowndes,

Cheney,

Ledbetter,

Cochran,

LeSueur,

/ Cole,

Liles,

Coleman, Laurens, Lipscomb,

Cooper,

McCalla,

Oorn,

McCarthy,

Crawley,

McCurry,

Dodd,

McMichael,

Edmondson,

McWhorter,

Ennis,

Melson,

Estes,

Miller,

Evans,

Mills,

Field,

Moon,

Fullbright,

Neal,

Gower,

Nunnally,

Griffin,

Olive,

Hammack,

Palm our,

Parks,

Pickett,

Ragland,

Rainey,

Redwine,

R~e, Milton,

Reese, Thomas,

Rhodes,

Shuptrine,

Slade,

Slater,

Smith, Fannin,

Smith, Fulton,

Spence, Carroll,

Stone, Taliaferro,

Suggs,

Swift,

Taylor, Laurens.

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Wheatley,

Whitaker,

Wimberly,

Wisdom,

'Vohhvender,

Wright,

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T.hose _not voting. wer~ Messrs.-

Carlton, Cook, Holtzelaw,

McRae, Telfair,
Middlelxm,
. Moore,

Ayes 96, nays 79.

Myrick, Paulk, Ben Hill,

The roll call was verified.

On the Sheppard substitute as amended the ayes . were 96, nays 79. '

The following substitute, known as the Sheppard, substitute, was adopted as amended. '

A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for a system of .

equalization of assessments of property for taxa-

tion, to provide'for a County Board of Tax Equal-

izers and define its duties, and provide how the

members of B11ch board shall he appointed, their

term of office and compensation, a:nd to provide

'for just aitd adequate returns of properlyfor tax-

. ation, arid equitable' valuation thereof, to' proVide.

for the employment of a Ta:t. Agent in. the:~everal

of counties this State, arid to'provide f<)r the duti~s

of'the'Comptroller General with reference tlie~eto,

. and for other purpoSeS'.

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each, of the_sev~;ral com;1ties this ~tate a Board of

County T~ . Equalizers~ Wherever . the ;words

"ooun1;y PoQ.rcl'' appe~r in this Act they sl1.all be

construed ~ r~ferri~g .to said County Board of Tax

Equalizers,. Said County Board .. shall consist of

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three members to be appointed hy the Judges of the Superior Court of the circuit which embraces the county, upon the recommendation of the Ordinary of the county, provided that in those counties where the county affairs are under the jurisdiction and control of a Board of County Cominissioners, the appointment shall be made upon the recommendation of the Board of County Commissioners, or a majority thereof. The members of said County Board shall be appointed for a term of six years and to hold until their successors are appointed and qualified, provided that the first appointment under this Act shall be of one member for two years, one member for four years, and one member for six years, and thereafter the members sh~;tll be appointed for a term of six years except in case of an appointment to fill an existing vacancy. If there should be a vacancy .in said County Board at any time, caused by death, resignation, expiration of term of office, otherwise .the v~cancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as herein provide,d for the appointmen,t o{ the members of the said County Board. . The members, of said County Board shall be paid as compensation for their services, such an amount as may be fixed from time to time b~ the Ordinary or Board of County' Co~is sioners of the county a:s the affairs of the county may be under the jurisdiction of the one or_ the other, provided the compensation to be paid said members shall not be less than two ($2.00) dollars per da.y for the time they are in actual discharge of the. duties required of them, arid. shall not be ~ore than five

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($5.00) dollats per day. Said memben~ of the County Board shall take an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer an oath to perform faithfully and impartially the duties imposed upon them by this Act, and also the oath required of all civil officers. The members of said County Board shall be freeholders of the county and shall for the term for which they are appointed and for two years thereafter be ineligible to hold any State, County, or Municipal office, but they may be appointed to succeed themselves as members of the County Board.

Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority

aforesaid, that the members of the County Board

shall require no other commission than a certificate

from the Clerk of 'the Superior Court that such per-

sons ha'Ve_ been duly apJ>ointed . ~nd have taken the

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aforesaid,: t~1i the first appointment under thiS Aof

sh~J..U:~~ a~ :s~on,a~ 'practicable after the passage ~f

this .Act7 and they shall be appointed for terms of oflice, .1respectively begii.tning ;on. the first: day: or

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Section ~e if further enacted by aut:horit}t;

oi af6resaid, that the County:Board shalf el'ect one

their tiliJ:Ilbe~ a~ ~hai.~an for. such term as Jh~y 's:haii

fiX,'~~e~ s~au~o~ ~-leSS,-~han,two}"eary_,~~nd ~.d

County :B-oard' shall meet at such ti:mes as shall ~

any determined'by.it,an:d inay'be c~lled together at

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Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that as soon as practicable after the first day of January, 1914, and as soon as is practicable after the first day of January in each year thereafter, -said County Board shall meet, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the county to lay before them the copy of the Tax Digest of the county for the preceding year which is on file in his office, provided if the Tax Receiver of the county has in his offioo or his possession a copy of such Digest, then the copy in the office of the Tax Receiver may be used. The County Board shall go through s.aid Tax Digest and a&'Sess for taxation for the current year the value of all the real estate ~eturned upon such Digest and make note on the Digest opposite the name of each tax payer the amount at which such real estate shall be returned for taxation. When such assessments thus made have been noted on the Digest, such Digest shall be deliverM to the Tax Roo~iver of the county and it shall be the duty of the Tax. Receiver to place on the Digest of the eurrent year, the valuation of the property thus ftxed by the County Board, provided that .if' any tax payer shall object to the assessment thus made he may Within five days after he has made his returns to tJt~ Tax Receiver enter in writing an appeal to the County :Qoard and shall. set forth the ~~ds ~f ~~.ppeal a.nd .when. sooh appeal has ~n filed wth :~)le. chaignan
y.(th~, CountY Board, -said County;Board, sltallih a
t~t~le for hearing and shall ,proceed in a snmm~ ~ay to hear such evidence as ~ay. be offered by the tax payer or the Tax Receiver. After hearing the

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evidence the County Board shall fix and determine the valuation to be made upon said property of said tax payer.
Section 6. Be it further enacted by the authotit~ aforesaid, that said Couniy Board shall als'O examine the returns of personal property of each tax payer on the Digest of the. preceding year, and. if in the opinion of said County Board any tax pay~r has failed to return. his personal property at a true valuation or bas omitted froJ;Il his returns personal property that should be returned, said Co11nty Board shall cause a written notice to be serveil upon said tax payer to appear before it at such tillle and place as may be fixed in the notice, .and shaJl proceed to examine said tax payer under oath, and also to examine such witnesses as .the tax payer may see fit to call and such witnesses as the Board may see fit to
stinuitons. Mter the hearing the County Boatd shall
1ix the amount of the return to be made by the tax payer oil. his personal ptoperty for the cutt~tit )fear
and the Tax Receiver shall entet- the sam~ ()n the
Digest for the current year:
Section7. Be it further enacted by the authority
is af9resaid, that it. the purpose and intent of this
Act. to provide .fqr the valuation .of all property assessed for taxation at a reasonable and fair market value and to so equalize the valuation of property in .the !;leverai counties. that each tax payer .will. pay as ;near as may be only hls proportionate share of Un.es .
. Section K .Be it further enacted .by the authority

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aforesaid, that whenever under the provision of this Act any notices, subpoenas or writings are required to be served such notices, subpoenas or writings may be served by mailing the same through the United States mails.

Section 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the County Board is authorized to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses', and if any witness so served shall fail or refuse to attend, or refuse to answer quesiions propounded, said WitnesS' may be punished for contempt by application to the Ordinary of the .county, who shall, after a summary hearing, impose such punishment as he may deeni proper not exceeding a fine of TwentyFive Dollars or imprisonment not exceeding three days, either or both, in'the diseretion ofthe court.

Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the: duty of the. county board to diligently inquire for the purpose of ascertaining what prope:rty is subject to taxation, and said Board is authorized to require a production by any person of all his books, papers and documents which may throw any light upon the question of
any liability of taxes' upon pl,"o:Perty of any class. 'If
persOn who shail have been notified by the Cou~ty Board to produ~e .bOoks, .papers or doc~ments shall fail or refuse. to produce for examination by. the County Board such .books, .papers. and documents, such person . swill be cietd to appear 'before the_ Ordinary who shall hear in a summary way the reasons or excuses of such person for not producibg

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~-::uch papers, books and documents and .impose such punishment upon said person as he may see proper, not to exceed a fine of Twenty Five Dollars or imprisonment to exceed three days, either or both in the discretion of the court.

Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Ordinary or County Commissioners in those counties .having Commissioners may in their discretion employ a person to be known as 'rax Agent at an expense not to exceed $5.00 per day. It shall be the auty -of said Tax Agent to seek out such property, both real and personal, in their respective counties as has not been returned and call the attention of the County Board to such unreturned property.
Section 12.. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the compensation of the members of t4e County Board, and such ,other expenses as may be necessary to be incurred in the performance of the duties by the members of the County Board, under the reuirements of this Act, shall be paid from the treasury of the county upon the order of 'the Ordinary or the Board of County Commissioners. as the case may be.
Section 13. Be it further enacted by the.authority aforesaid, that the County Board. shall seioot one of their number as clerk of the COunty Board, who shall
one hold office for such term rurthe County :Board shan
determi~e,. not less tha:q. yea~. The cierk of the County Board shall.keep a record of the proceedings of the. County Board :and shall be paid in addition to

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his compensation as a meniber of the County Board the sum of Two ($2.00) Dollars per day for each day that the County Board is in actual session.

Section 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the County Board may by rule or regulation provide the :manner of ascertaining the value for taxation of property not appearing in the Digest of the preceding year, and in cases where there has been a change of ownership either by sale, division, or otherwise, it being the purpose and intent of this Act to confer upon the several County Boards fuil power and authority to have placed upon the Di~t of the current year an assessment or valuation of all property of every character in the county.

Section 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforeS'aid, that wherewr this Act confers any ~ power or authority upon the CoUn.tY Board such
power and authority may be exercised tby a Iiiaj()rity . of County Board

Sectio)l16. . Be it further ~Jl8CteP by tbe authority

aforesaid,.~ in order to.sooure ~. equali.zatioJl of

the burdens of taxation as between the 09unties in

t:tlls State it shall be the duty of the Crrn.ptroUer~

Generar tO e~i.Iie th,e Tttx D~~t:~t .of .the se~ei:al

counties apd it it. app~ars .that there are any in.-

~~alities ~~ cormQUni~te wit4 the CoUnti .BQ~~

calllng t~~ir. attention to. such ~tnd SlJggestjn,~ Sii~h

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aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same aie hereby repeaeld.
The following amendments offered by Mr. Shep pard of .Sumter to the Sheppard substitute were
adopted~
Amend by striking from the third, sixth, and seventh lines of Section 6 of the substitute the words "personal" wherever it appears, also to strike f.rom the fourth line of said Section the words ''of the preceding year."
Amend by striking Section five and numbering'the remaining sections accordingly.
'Tille report of the committee which was favorable to the pa.ssage of the bill by substitute was agreed to as amended.
Mr. Ful1bright of Burke called the a:yes and nays on the passage of the bill, which call was sustained.

A ballot Viva-voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

AAlklienn', Glaseoek,
Allen, Piekens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Atwood, Ba.llard, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Blaekbum,

B:rinson,

Dodd,

B.ookshea.r,

Dorough,

Carter, Appling, Dorris,

Clark,

Duncan,

Goleman, Calhoun, Ellis,

Oonnor,

Evans,

Cooper,

Flariss,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., F08ter,

Davidson,

Fowler,

Dean,

Fullbright,

DeVaughn,

Garlington,

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Gower, Greene, Houston, Hammack, !Iw.-deman, Harrell,
Ha.rt, He.a.th, Henderson, Hollberg, Hopkins, .T11ekson, James, .Tones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, McCants, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, MeWhortet

Meadows, Wayne,

Methvin,

1.filler,

Moss,

Nevil,-

Nunnally,

Olive-r,

Parker,

Parks,

Paulk, Berrien,

Perkins,



Pharr,

Pickett,

Picquet,

Ransom,

Reiser,

Reynolds,

Rhodes,

Shadburn,

Sheppa-rd,

Shipp,

Shuptrine,

_Slater,

Smith, DeKalb,

Smith, Fa'nnin,

Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stov'llll, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, W ashingtou, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, '\Varren, Wheatley, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood; Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,

Those voting in the :Qegative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Allen, Jackson, Arnold; HeDI',Y, Arn9ld, Oglethorpe, Beek, Bryan, Bullard, Burney, Cheney, Clemenm, Cochran, Cole,
Coleman, Laurens,
Collins, Oorn,

Crawley, Culpepper, Clineh, Edmondson, Estes;
Field,~
Griffin, Hardin, Harris; Hayes, Hendrix, Herrington, : Hines, Hodges, .Johnsm1, Ledbetter, LeSueur,

Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCurry, Meaders, Oconee, Melson; Mills, Moon, Moye, Neal, Olive, Palmour, Ragland, Rainey, Redwine,-

neese, Mill;()n, Ifeese, Thomas,
Simpson, Slade,

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. Sp~nce, CaJ.TOll, StOvall, Elbert,
Suggs, Taylor, Laurens~

Thomp110n,
Whitaker; '
Wimberly,

Tl101?e. not voting were Messrs.-

Booker, Carlton, Carter, Stew~n,t,
COOk, .
Ennis, Green, WHkes;

Griu1es; Holtzclaw, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Wilkinson, MtcCarthy, McGehee,

The roll call was verified;

McRae, Telfair, Middleton, Moore,
Myrick, Paulk, Ben 'Hill;
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 59.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute, as amended.

Mr. McMichael of Marion, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing the bill.

Mr. Fullbright of Burke asked unanimous consent that the House convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow instead of the usual hour of 9 o'clock. The request was granted and the House will meet at 10 a 'clock tomorrow.

Leave of absence was: granted the following members provided that said leave of absence does not extend beyond Monday's session, to-wit: Mr. Whitaker of Heard; Mr. Kimbrough of Harris; Mr. Evans of Screven; Mr. Taylor of Washington; lr. Allen of Pickens; Mr. Methvin of Dodge; Mr. Har-

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ris of Washington.; Mr. Corn of Towns; Mr. Dean of Paulding; Mr. McWhorter of Green; Mr. Loyd of Newton; Mr. Clements of Irwin; Mr. Crawley of Ware; Mr. Connor of Spalding; Mr. G<>wer of Crisp: Mr. Anderson of Murray; Mr; Arnold of Henry; Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe; Mr. Swift of Mu8cogee; Mr. Wimberly of Bibb; Mr. Simpson of Cherokee; Mr. Burney of Morgan; Mr. James of Gilmer; Mr. Duncan of Dooly; Mr. Cooper of Ware; Mr. Nunnally of Floyd; Mr. Carlton of Colquitt; Mr. Ham mack of Randolph and Mr. Allen of Jackson.
The Speaker announced the House adjQu:rned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL" ATLANTA,_ GA., August 2d, 191~~-

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A.M. ;was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dispensed With.

Mr. Miller of Bibb, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in concurring in the Senate substitute as amended by the Senate to House Resolution No. 56.

By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday 'sJ ournal was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent, the following was estah lished as the order of business for the day:

1st. Introduction general' and local bills.

2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.

3d. Reports of Standing Committees.
4th. Reading all biBs favorably reported the sec- ond time.

5th. Passage of uncontested l"cal hills.

The follo-wing bills'wef(dntrodri.ced, read the fi~qt

time and referred to committees:

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.By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill' ~iving Judges presiding in Criminal Case::~
the right to sentence females convicted of. misdemeanor to serve said time in barracks.
Reff:lrred to Special Judi<'iary Committee.

By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Alston.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Scotland.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. :McRae of Telfair--=
A bill to establish a system of public schools in the
town of Scotland.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

B); Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to put in force a Constitutional amendment relative to payment of pensions.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

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By Mr. RagJand -of, Talb(>t-

A bill to incorporate the town of Geneva.

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A bill to amend the charter of the City of Sylvester.
Referred to Committee !.ln ~Iunicipal Government.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to make it a misdemeanor for any man witl1:. out j~st cause to desert or fail to support his wife.
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee No. 2,

By Mr. Thompson;of Madison-:--
A bill to provide for four terms of the Madison County Superior Court. '
Referred to Spe('ial j udi'ciary Committee.
The following Senate bills were read the firRt time and referred to commit~~s:

By Mr. Bush of the 8th Hi~t-rict..L.l . ';

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By Messrs. Searcy of 26th and Mr. Smith of the 19th District-
A bill to amend Section 6134 of the Code of 1910 fixing the salaries of the Supreme Court Stenographers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. JoQnes, Foster and BurchA bill to revise jury lists. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Kea of the 16th DistrictA bill to prescribe the costs in cases involving
amounts of $100.00 or less in the City Court of Dublin.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Kea of the 16th DistrictA bill for the relief of T. B. Hicks of Dublin, Lau-
rens County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. MeNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon.
Referred 'to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Smith of tlie 9th Distric~
A bill to ainend.the charter of the town of Arling-
ton.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Govermnent.

By :Mr. Peyton of the 31st Distric~

A bill to incorporate the City of ~avonia.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on

Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, fc;mnd properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and, Resolution, to-wit:
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Chattahoochee.
An Act to amend an Act, etc., incorporating the City of Americus iii the County of Sumter.
An Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County, Georgia, in the Dublin Judicial Circuit.
An Act to incorporate the town of Meansville in the County of Pike.
An Act to change the time of holding the Superio:<"
. Court in Irwin Countv, in the Cordele. Circu. it.

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An Act to amend the charter of the Qi.ty of Griffin.
.An Act to amend the charter of.the City of Glennvi1le .
.A.n Act to ,authorize the Mayor 8lld Town Council
of Lithonia to hold an election to determine whether or not bonds shall be issued for certain purposes.
An Act to repeal the Act authorizing the Board of County, Commisf?~oners of Bibb. County, to issue and se11 county bonds for certain specified purposes.

An Act to create the office of .Commis.sioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County.

An Act to amend an Act, approved August 18, 1906, amending Section 29 'of the charter of the City of Americus, as provided in the Act approved Nov. 11, 1889, ~ith reference to paving said streets of said City.

.An..Act t.o. .a. mend the charter -o. f the town of Tunnel Hill.

4.n, Act. to amend an Act. of the City Court of
)fine~ c~~~ty,, _app.roved Au~st1 6, 1~0~.

, An...:\pt ~~: ~menQ. a)}; .Act. to c:r~te a cha~ter ror

t~~.~;~tY;rofQ-riffin.,,,

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An .Act to provide upon what conditions a foreig'li ~1.e.ms.uJrtUloo. company, doing, business in ~this State, may retire and withdraw from the State.

~~n ,.A:Ct' to .tepeal an Aet to' cFeate a: Board of CommisSionets. ofRoads and. -Revenues for I:nvin

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883

County, approved August 11, 1908, and a~endment~ thereto.

An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Comer, in Madison County.
to An Act create the office of City Recorder for the
City of LaGrange.

..\n Act to authorize the Board of Commissioners for Bibb County to issue and sell bonds for remodeling of County Cou.rt .House and construction ef
f ........ ' ',. . . . .
school buildings: '

An Act to incorporate the town of Box Springs, in Talbot County.

An Act to incorporate the town of Kramer, m ".ilcox County.

An Act to amend the City charter of Augusta, so t~at certain members of the Police and Fire Departments may be retired.

An Act to repeal an Act approved Dec. 17th, 1902, to establish a public school system for the City of OciHa, in Irwin County.

An Act to amend the charter of the City of Darien.

An Act to authorize the County Commissioners

of Gwi:Q.nett County to pay out of County funds cer-

tain court costs of the City of Buford.

1\n Act to change the county site of Murray Coun-



ty from Spring Place to Chatsworth.

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884

JOOBNAL OJ' THB HousE,

An Act t_o authorize the County Commissioners of Gwinnett County to pay out certain funds.
An Aet to create a new charter for the town of Sharpsburg in the County of Coweta.
An Act, to create a new charter for the City of Lithonia, Georgia.
A resolution to authorize the Committee on the School for the Deaf, to visit said institutions in between sessions 1913-1914.
Respectfully submitted, G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.

The following bills and resolution were read the third time and placed on their passage :

By Mr. Jackson of White-
A bill to incorporate the City of Robertstown.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional major~ty, was passed.

By Mr. McCorry of Hart:-

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.

.

. .I

A bill. to amend the chart~r of the City of Hart-: .

well.

.'

,

..

The favorable report of the -oo1nmittee was

agreed to.

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885

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Taylor and Harris-

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Com-

missioners of Roads and Revenues for W asbington

County.

;' ~ l I

The favorable report of the Committee was

agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional ~ajority, was passed.

By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-

A bill to amend an Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads a:nd Re"\l'enues for Forsyth County.
The favorable report of the Committe~ was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the' ayes were 130,

nays 0..

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I



.f '

The bill.-:-ha~ received/ tie .reqnitite Con~itu.

tional ma.jority;1was'paksed.. ,, 1

,

886

JouRNAL oF THE HousE;

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Coristitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to establish a Park and Tree Commission for the City of Waycross.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were l~lO, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Jackson of White-
A bill to incorporate the town of Helen.
'l"he following amendments of the Committee were adopted: By striking Paragraph 2, of Section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: R. 0. Byars, Mayor; J. N. Banner, J. M. Taylor,~- F. Shuler, W. \ A. White, Walter Oakes, F. E. Mason, Councilmen.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913.

887

Amend Section 3, so that it shall read as .f-ollows:

''Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 'l"hat the corporate limits of said town shall extend as follows: 'Beginning at the middle of Chattar hoochee River, south of. the corners of original lots of land numbers 26 and 27; thence running north one-half mile; thence west to corporate limits of RObertstown; thence along said corporate limits to the middle of Chattahoochee River; thence down said river to a point within one-half mile of the northwe1:1t corner of the Bank Building of 'Bank of Helen;' thence in a southerly directi-on within a radius of one-half mile distance at all p-oints from said corner of said Bank Building .of 'Bank of Helen,' to n line running due north to a point one hundred and fifty (150) feet east of the end of north sid~ of Main street- bridge; thence west to the middle of said Chattahoochee River; thence down said river to heginning point.' '' .
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes. 'were 13()~ nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Smith of Fult-on-
A bill to repeal an Act and all Acts amendatory
thereof incorporating the City of Manchester, so as I

JoltBNAL: OP THE HousE,

to incorporate the same under the name of College

Park,



The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130,
nays 0.'

The bill having r~ceived the requisite Constitutional majority, was-passed.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A resolution relative to ungranted lands in the County of Chatham.
The favorable ~ report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Smith of Fulton, the House adjourned until Monday at 9 o'clock A. M.

MoNDAY, AuGusT 4, 1913.

889

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., August 4, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayed by the Chaplain.

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

Adams, Hall,

(',oleman, Calhoun, Griffin,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, La1ll"8D8, Grimes,

AAlklienn', Glascock,

Collins, Connor,

Hammack, lfurdeman,

Allen, Jackson,

Cook,

Hardin,

Allen, Pickens,

Cooper,

Harrell,

Anderson, BaDb, Oorn,

Harris,

Anderson, Murray, Crawley,

Hart,

Arnold, H8111)',

Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Meriwtr., HeaHJ.,

Atwood,

Davidson,

Henderson,

Ballard,

Dean,

Hendrix,

Beek, .

DeVaughn,

Herrington,

Bell,

Dodd,

Hines,

Bennett,

Dorough,

Hodges,

Berry,

Dorris,

Rollberg,

Blaek.bum,

Duncan,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,

Edmondson,

Hopkins,

Brinson,

EJ}is,

Jacksop,

Brookshea.r,

Eimis,

James,

Bryan,

Estes,

.Johnson,

Bnllard,

Evans,

.Jones, Coweta,

Burney,

Foriss,

Jonee; LQwndes,

Carlton,

F.eld,

Keen, .

Carter, Appling, Foster,

Kidd,

Carter, Stewart,

Fowler,

Kimbrough, .

Cheney,

l"'ullbright,

Lane, Decatur,

Clark,

Garlington,

Lane, J8$1)er,

Clements,

Gower,

Ledbetter,

Coohran,

Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,

Cole,

Green; Wilkes, ' Lee, Willrltmou,

890

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

LeSueur, Liles, Li.pBOOmb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry,
McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, W a.yne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss,
Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,

Oliver,

Palmour,

Parker,

Parks,

Paulk, Ben Hill,

Paulk, Berrien,

Perkins,



Pharr,

Pickett,

Piequet,

R11gland,

Rainey,

Ransom,

R.edwine,

Reese, Milton,

Reese, Thomas,

Reiser,

Reynolds,

Rhodes,

Shadburn,

Sheppard,

Shipp,

Shuptrine,

Simpson,

Slade.

Slater,

Smith, DeKalb,

Snrith, Fannin,

Smith, Fulton,

Smith, Rabun,

:-!parks, Hpence, Carroll, l:ipenee, Mitchell, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stowll, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, S<ttickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, ThQlllpson,
Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Wbitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood. Walton, \Voods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Spe.aker.

By unanimous consent, the reading of Saturday's .Tonrnnl was dispensed with.

Ry unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during .the period of Unanim011s Consents:

1st. ln~roduction of genernl and local bills.

2.d. Reports of Standing Committees.

MoNDAY, AuousT 4, 1913.

891

3d. Reading all bills favorably reported the second time.

4th. ,Passage of local bills.



5th. Passage plication.

of general

bills

having a

local

ap-

The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time. and referred to committees:

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- . A bill to require the maintenance of sheds.in the
construction and repair of <m.rs. Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By.

Mr.

Fowler

of

Bibb.

A bill to authorize School Commissioners to lieense studies of the Georgia Normal and Industrial Col-

lege.

Referi~d to Committee on Education~ r. ,

By Mr. Field of DeKalb--
A bill to amend Section 1063 of the Code of 1910, relative to puni~hment for certain offences.. .,
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Gower of Cris~-
A bill to amend an Act creating. a new charter
for the City of Cordele. Referred to Committee 011 Municipal Go~ernment.

892

J OltB1!fAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele providing for a Bond Com-
- mission. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Duektown Sulphur, Copper an.d Iron Company.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.

By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 359 a special order after special orders now pending.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
Mr. Field of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report :

Mr. 8p6aker:
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Your Coinmittee on Pnblic Ptoperty have had under eonsideration the following House Resolution No. 42, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
ALoNzo FIELD, Chairman.
Mr. Wlieatl~y of. Sumter County, Chairman of the

TuESDAY, AuousT 5, 1913.

893

Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

ltlr. 8 peaker:

Y()ur Conmrlttee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions ()f the House and instructed me as their Chairlilan to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass :

To refund $1,000.00 to the Downing Co.

To appropriate $25,000.00 to the Department of Agriculture.

To amend Section 2084 of 1910 so as to increase the appr()priation for the Department ofAgrioulO:. ture.
To appropriate $7,500.00 for t'he Dep'artment of Agricultilre.
To pay annual appropriation for bond of School Treasurer.
Proceeding for refund of $50.00 to. AI .Gilbertt of Marietta, Georgia.

To pay expenses of Hon. T. H. Kinlbrough as a member of;. the Cotton Tare Convention.
House Resolution No. 58: To refund license' tax to Covington and Oxford Railway CQmpanies~ ,

Respectfully submitted,

.,,

C~AwFoRP WHBATbEY, Chairman,

894

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. Anderson of the 1st District-

A .resolution to authorize. the. GoverJ].or upon the

reques~ of the Sheriff of Chatham County, to order.

.. out such .

of

the

Na.tional

Guard

in

sa.id

oountv

as

may volunteer for the purpose of carrying o~t the

orders of the County Commissioners.

The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time: By Mr. Reese of Milton-'-

A bill to amend Section 2084 of the Code of 1910 relative to appropriation for the Department of Agriculture.

~y Mr. Wimberly of ~ib~
A bill to appropriate $7,500 to the Chemi~al:U~et partment of the Agricultureal Department.

By Messrs. Hopkins and EdmondsonA bill to refund $1,000 to the Downing Company.

By... Mr~. ,-.B.ooket;'-.of

Wilkes~
.

.

A bill to appropriate $25,000 to the Department: of

Agri~ultur~ ..
.

..

By Mr.. '\Vright of Floyd~

A bill to appropriate funds to pay premium on the:bond -of the State Treasurer.

.Mo:NrlAY, AuGusT 4, 1913.

8%

By }Ir. Loyd of Newton-
A resolution to refund $100:oo to the Covington and Oxford Street Railway Company.

By }lr. Cheney of CobbA resolution to return fee paid by A. H. Gilbert.

By }lr. "\Yohlwender of :Muscogee-
.A resolntio.n to pay expenses of Hon. T .. H. l}:i.mhrough.
Thefollowing resolution favorably reported was read the second time:

By }[r. Methvin of Dodge-
A resolution to ereate a commission for the purpose of making disposi~ion of the Executive Mansion.
The following resolution was read and referreJ to the Committee on Rules.

By :Mr. Berry of Whitfield-

A resolution to make House Bill No. 392 a special

on .i\.ugust 7, 1913.

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The following resolution was. read and adopted:

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By .Mr. ~ullbright~

A resolution that beginning Tuesday; Attgt1st :5th, Hll3, the House shall meet in afternoon sessioB each day from three to five o'clock.

896

JoURNAL oF mE Hous:e,

The following bills were read the third time and _pl~.c~~. 011: their passage:

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Jackson. ,
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin_:_
A bill. to provide for holding four terms a year of Franklin Superior Court.
agreed T}le favorable report of the Committee was
t<>.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill :having received -the .requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By ':M:r~ Arnold of Oglethorpe-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Lexington.
The favorable report of the Cominittee was agreed to.

MoNDAY, AuGusT 4, 1913.

897

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe-
A bill to change the time of holding Oglethorpe Superior Court.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Couit of Baxley.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bil1 the ayes were 30, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Carter of Appling-

- A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of

Appling Superior Court.

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898

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

The favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ~yes were 119, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A biU to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, so as to add Boston to list of State Depositories.
The favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill having rE;ceived the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, so as to add Cochran to the list of State Depositories.
The favorable report pf the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

MoNDAY, AuousT 4, 1913.

899.

By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to abolish the City Court of Blakely.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules:

By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 8 and 459 special orders on August 6th.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following bills were taken .up for the purpose of conc~rring in Senate amendments:

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A. bill to incorporate the City of Comer.
The following amendment of the Senate was con:. cnrred in:
Amend by inserting in Section 42, line 18, theword "reasonable',' between the words "any'' and "loc~tion" in saidline so as to make the line read:
"To any reasonable location designated by the
Mayor and Council.''

900

JoURNAL OF THE HousE,

Mr. Thompson of Madison, asked that the Senate be immediately notified of the concurrence in the above Senate amendment, which request was granted.

By Mr. Bryan of Catoosa-

A bill to provide for. an additional levy of tax by the ( 'ommissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa ('ounty.

The following substitute of the Senate was concurred in:

A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the Board of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to levy a tax of- not less than twenty cents per hundred on all the taxable property in Catoosa Cmmty and not more than fifty cents per hundred on aH the taxable property in said county for the purpose of building and improving the public roads and highways !n said county and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by

authority .of the ~mm~, That the Board of Commis-

sioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of

Caroosa are hereby authorized to l~vy a tax of. not

less than twenty cents on the hundred dollars of all

taxable property in Catoosa County and not more

.

I

than fi_fty cents on the hundred dollars of all taxable

property in said county for the purpose of building

MoNDAY, AuGusT 4, 1913.

901

and improving the public roads and highways of said county.
Sec. 2. 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..
Mr. McMichael of Marion, by unanimous consent, withdrew his notice to reconsider the action of. the House in passing House Bill No. 6 by substitute as amended.
Mr. Miller of Bibb moved to reconsider the action of the House in concurring in the Senate substitute as amended by the Senate to the House resolution No. 56.
The House failed to reconsider its action in concurring in the said substitute as amended by the Senate.
The following 'bills set for special order at this time were read the third time and on motion were postponed until Tuesday, August 5th, 1913, immediately after the expiration of the order of Unanimous Consents, in respective order:

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia as to provide the pro rata tax levy for the common schools of Georgia.

By Mr. Burwell of HancockA .bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia as to

902

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

provide for pro rata ad valorem tax levy for pensions of the State.
By unanimous consent, the following bill set for a special order at this time was read the third time and postponed until Wednesday, August 6th, immediately after the expiration of the order of Unanimous Consents.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia as to provide for the levy of a special tax for the years 1915 and 1916.
The following joint resolution was read and adopted as amended:

By Messrs. Wheatley and Hardeman-
A resolution inviting Hon. Harvey Jordan to address the General Assembly August 8th at 12 :30 o'clock P. M.
The following amendment offered by Mr. F1ullbright of Burke was adopted :
To amend last line by all of said line and inserting the following, Thursday, August 7th at 8 :30 P. M. o'clock.
The following message was :.;eceived from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitu-

MoNDAY, AuausT 4, 1913.

903

tiQnal majority, the following bills of the Senate, tQ-wit:
A bill to provide for the inspection of all county jails, to provide for the indeterminate sentence in felony and misdemean9r cases and for other purposes.
A bill to amend Sections 2135 and 2136 of the Code Qf 1910, in reference to quarantine on shipments of certain articles from territory infested with Mexican Boll Weevil.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Forest Park.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Black. shear.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has pass by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following billr:; 9f the House, to-wit:
A bill to create a new charter of the City of Carnesville.
A bill to amend the charter of the town -of Ludowin .
.A bill to create a Board of Civil Service Oommission~rs for City of Augusta.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon.

904

JoURNAL oF THE HousE,

A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski County.

A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Camilla.

A bill to add an additional Judge of the Superior Court for the Atlanta Circuit.

A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Wilcox County.

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dooly County.

The Senate has passed, as amended, by the re-

quisite Constitutional majority, the following bills

of the House, to-wit:



A bill to amend an Act to provide a Board of Commissioners for the County of Elbert..

: -4 . bill to arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits. .by taking Jenkins County .from the Middle and adding it to the .Augusta Circuit.

The following bills set for a special.and J:ontinuing order were read the third time and placed on their passage, to-wit:

By Messrs. Slater and Akin-
A bill to amend House Bill No. 549, Section 951 of the Code of 1910 relative to occupation tax of domestic corporations.

MoNDAY, AuGusT 4, 1913.

905

By unanimous consent, the above bill and Ho' use Bill No. 524 were considered as one and the same time.

The favorable report of the Committee on House Bill No. 549 was agreed to.

On the passage of the bi1l, House Bill No. 549, the ayes were 109, nays 13.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend House Bill No. 524, Section 951,
. of the Code of 1910 relative to occupation tax of
foreign corporations.
The report 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 8.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 964 of the Code of 1910 relative to tax on bottling works.
The report 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 16.

906

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act relative to lobbying.
After being read the third time the bill was tabled on motion by Mr. Adams of Hall.
Mr. Stovall of Elbert, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in tabling the bill.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the running of automobiles in this -state.
Mr. Pickett of Terrell, moved to table the bilL
On the motion to table the bill, Mr. Akin of Glynn, called the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Foster,

Allen, Glascock,

Griffin,

Allen, Jackson,

Heath,

Arnold, Henry,

Keen,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Kidd,

Bennett,

Lee, Lee,

Bullard,

LeSueur,

Cheney,

Loyd,

Clements,

l\.IcCalla,

Coleman, Laurens, McCrory,

Dodd,

.McGehee,

McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Miller, Mills, Moye, Myrick, Nunnally, Oliver, Paulk, Berrien, . Pickett, Redwine,

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907

Reese, Milton, Rhodes, Smith, Fannin, Stovall, Elbert;

Taylor, Laurena. Th()mpson, Wall, Whitaker,

Wimberly, 'Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wright,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,

Gower,

Akin,

Greene, Houston,

Allen, Pickens,

Grimes,

Anderson, Banks, Ha.mmack,

Anders()n, Murray, Hardin,

Atwood,

Harrell,

Ballard,

Hart,

Beck,

Hayes,

Berry,

Hendrix,

Blackburn,

Hines,

Booker,

Hodges,

Brinson,

Hollberg,

Brookshear,

Holtzclaw,

Bryan,

Hopkins,

Burney,

James,

Carter, Appling, Johnson,

Carter, Stewart,

Jones, Coweta,

Clark,

Jones, Lowndes,

Cochran,

Kimbrough,

Cole,

Lane, Jasper,

~Ieman, Calhoun, Ledbetter,

Collins,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Culpepper, Clinch, Liles,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lipscomb,

Davidson,

lfuCarthy,

Dean,

McCurry,

DeVaughn,

McLendon,

Dorough,

McMichael,

Dorris,

Meaders, Oconee,

Ellis,

Melson,

Ennis,

Middlebon,

Estes,

Moon,

Evans,

Moore,

Fariss,

Neal,

Fowier,

Nevil,

Fullbright,

Olive,

Ayes, 45; nays, 107.

Palmour, Parker, Parks, Perkins, Pharr, Ragland, Rainey, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bell, Carlton, ()moor,
Cook, Cooper, Oorn, Crawley, Duncan, Edmondson, Field,

Garlington, Green, Wilkes, Hardeman, Harris, Henderson, Herrington, Jackson, Lane, Decatur, McCants, McWhorter,

Meadows, Wayne, Methvin, Moss, Paulk, Ben Hill, Piequet, Ransom, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Taylor, Washington, Wisdom,

The call of the roll was verified.
On the motion to table, the ayes were 45, nays 107.
The motion to table the bill was lost.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Dean of Paulding and Mr. Booker of Wilkes.
r.l'he hour of 1 o'clock P. M. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 9 oclock tomQrrow morning.

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909

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, August 5, 1913.

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

Adams, Hall,

Cole,

Greene, H<mston,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Calhoun, Green, Wilkes,

AAkllienn', Glascoek,

Coleina.n, Laurens, Oollins,

GGrriimffiens',

Allen, Jackson,

Connor,

Hammack,

Allen, Pickens,

Cook,

Hiard001an,

Anderson, Banks, Cooper,

Hardin,

Anderson, Murray, Corn,

Harrell,

Arnold, Henry,

Crawley,

Harris,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Clinch, Hart,

Atwood,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hayes,

Ballard,

Davidson,

Heath,

Beck,

Dean,

Henderson,

Bell,

DeVaughn,

Hendrix,

Bennett,

Dodd,

Herrington,

Berry,

Dorough,

Hines,

Blackburn,

norris,

Hodges,

Booker,

Duncan,

Hallberg,

Brinson,

Edmondson,

Holtzclaw,

Brookshear,

Ellis,

Hopkins,

Bryan,

Ennis,

.J"ackson,

Bullard,

Estes,

James;

Burney,,

Evans,

.Johnson,

Carlton;

'FarisS,

J cines, Coweta,

Carter, Appling, Field,

.Jones, Lowndes,

(',.arter, Stewart,

Foster,

Keen,

Cheney,

Fowler,

Ennis,

Clark,

.Fullbright,

ltirobrough,

Clem"'nts,

G:arlipgton,

. . Lane, Decatur,

f'~chra'n,

Gower,

l.ane, Jasper,

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Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, I.Jee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles; Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil,

Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, R,hodes,
Shad:burn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson,
~lade,
Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Rmith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,

Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tayior, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, \Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, En1ll.nuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent the reading of yesterdays journal was dispensed with.

1Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Viee Chairman of the
. Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

~Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Rules having had under considerati?n the following amendment to the standing

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rules of the House and as its Chairman I am instructed to report same back with the recommendation that same do pass.
Respectfully submitted, R. B. BLAOKBURN, Chairman.

The following amendment to Rule 108 as reported by the Committee on Rules was adopted, to-wit:
Amend Rule 108 by adding the following: ''Provided further that the action of the House on Senate amendments shall be in o.rder for reconsideration immediately and not otherwise.''
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction general and local bills.
2nd. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3rd. Reports of Standing Committees.
4~. Reading al~ bills favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of local bills and general bills having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.

By Mr. Moss of Cobb-

. '.. ..

;r.

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners .of

Roads and Revenues for cibb Connty.



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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to make uniform the law of negotiable instruments.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

By Mr. Hart of Warren-

. A bill to amend Section 4914 of the Code of 1910,

relative to the duties of sheriffs.



Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Booker of Wilkes-
A hill to provide for the election of the State Game and Fish Commissioner by the qualified voters of this State.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to provide for the returns of mortgages, notes and other evidences of indebtedness for taxation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Neal of GordonA bil.l to revoke the charter of the town of Ranger. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Myrtck of Chatham-
A bill to provide that in every case decided by the .Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals the losing s:hall have ten days within which to file a motion for rehearing.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Hays of Stephens-
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Martin. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA bill to provide seperate books for the recorda-
tion of maps, plans and surveys.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to impose a license tax on peddling or travelling vendors.

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Melson of Clayton.A bill to facilitate and encourage the owners Qf
swamp lands to drain such lands.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.

By Mr. Moon of TroupA bill to amend the charter of the City of La-
Grange.
Referred to Committee on Municipal (}overnment.

By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A Resolution relative to a Legislative Reference Bureau.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 21 a specia1 order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Evans of ScrevenA resolution to make H~use bill No. 137 a specia]
order.

Referred io Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Adams of Hall-

A resolution to make House Reso~ution No. 3.0 a

special order.

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915

Referred to_ Committee on Rule.:-.

By Mes~srs. Myrick and GowerA resolution to make Senate Bill No. 11 a special
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A resolution to make Hopse Bill No. 293 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 488 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 456 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Smith of DeKalb--
A resolution to make House Bill No. 142 a special .order.
Referred to Committee on Rules. -

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By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A resolution to m8!ke Senate Bill No. 21 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Slater of BryanA resolution to make House Bill No. 22 a special
order. Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 34 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:

By Mr. Foster of the 27th District-
A bill to regulate the manner of sentencing persons convicted of certain felonies..
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Ford of the lOth District-
A bill to amend Sections 2135 and 2136 of the Code of 1910, relative to quarantine on shipments from certain territory.
Referred to General Agriculture No. 1.

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917

By Mr. Huie of 35th Distric~ A bill to amend the charter of the town of Forest
Park. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Tarver of the 3rd District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Blackshear.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Mr. Thompson of Madison County, Chairman of the Committee on State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on State Sanitarium have had under consideration the following Resolution of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the Honse with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Resolution No. 123. Resolved that the _House, the Senate concurring, that the Committee on State Sanitarium and State Penitentiary of the Honse and the Senate be authorized to visit the farm and State Sanitarium at Milledgeville during the recess of the General Assembly and that they be allowed their per diem and actual expenses, said per diem not to exceed five days~
THOMPSON, Chairman.
Mr. James o.f Gilmer County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
By Mr. Greene, of Houston, to establish and maintain an Agricultural school for colored youths do not pass.
By MeS'srs. Methvin, McMichael and Slater, to prescribe the manner of creating a bonded indebtedness in school Districts for the purchase of real estate and building school houses. Do not pass.
JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. 'Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, sub mitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have bad under consideration fthe following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 23, providing for an amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Constitution by substitute.

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919

House Bill No. 196, providing for an amendment to Article 3, Section 5 of the Constitution by substitute.
House Bill No. 197, providing for an amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the Constitution by substitute.
House Bill 194, an Act to amend Section 337 of the Code by substitute.
House Bill No. 195, an Act to provide for an election of a lieutenant Governor iby ~amending Section 266 of Code by substitute.
MYRicK, Chairman.
Mr. Slater of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the follo-wing House Bill No. 62, an Act to amend an Act to provide for the amendment of Section 1039 of the Code of 1911, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that saine do pass.
MR.. SLATER, Chail'lman.
M:r. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Commj.ttee on General Judiciary No. 2, s'U'bmitted the following. report :

Mr. Speaker: ..
.. Your Committee on GerieralJudiciary No.2, have

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. had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
To prohibit an execution of an executor representing the original estate. Do pass as amended.
To amend .Section 813 of Volume 2, Code 1910. Do pass.
To define the liability of employers to employees. Do pass.
To amend Section 4747 Code of 1910. Do pass.
To amend Section 347 Penal Code 1910. Do not pags.
To regulate selling pistols and cartridges. Do not pass.
'Th punish persons guilty of carrying concealed pistols. Do not pass.
To authorize grand juries to employs stenographers. Do not pass.
IT'o make it unla'\flul to carry pistols. Do not pass.
Also the following Senate Bills:
To relieve T. B. Hicks of Laurens County from liability on bond. Do pass as amended.
To give courts authority to allow defendants to serve sentence in misdemeanor cases outside of chaingang. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T. GowER, Chairman.

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921

Mr.Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Jfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele.
A bill to amend an Act aJmending the charter of the City of Cordele.
Respectfully submitted, P. N. PICQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:
Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under oonsiderwtion Alhe following bills of the House and instructed me as their Ohairman to report sanie back __to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 50; to propose an a!mendment to the Constitution providing for additional qualifications for electors, amending Paragraph 4: of Section 1-of Article 2 of the Constitution.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

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Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 653. A bill to incorporate the town of Reno in the County of Grady.
House Bill No. 654. An Act to amend the Act providing and establishing a new charter for the City of Waycross in the County of Ware, etc.
House Bill No. 658. To incorporate the town of Wesley in County of Emanuel.
House Bill No. 659. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Meigs in Thomas County.
House Bill No. 663. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate town of Rentz in Laurens County.
House Bill No. 666. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro, Ga., in Emanuel County.
BULLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

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92i$.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had mider consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 622. An Act to Amend the Charter of the City of Springfield and for other purposes in Eiiingham County.
House Bill No. 673. Do pass by substitute, to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved February 24th, 1874, entitled an Act to consolidate, amend and Codify the various Acts incorporating the CitJ' of Dalton in County of Whitfield.
BuLLARD, Chai~man..

Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the follt>wing report:

Mr. S pea.ker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report sameback to the HouS'e with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 701. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Scotland in the Comities of Telfair and Wheeler approved August 19th, 1911,
by changing the corporate limits of said to-wn and

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by changing the tax limits from one-half of one per cent to one per cent.
Senate Bill No. 179. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia in the County of Franklin and for other purposes.
BuLLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following 'bills of the House 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 :~ill to revise the health Jaws of the State of
Georgia.
Yorir Committee has also had under consideration the following Resolution of the Senate:
A resolution providing for a Commission to investigate the necessity for a State Sanitarium for "Dope fiends" and inebriates, and recommend that same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, ALLEN, Chairman.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, sub~ mitted the following report:

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925

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Oommittee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following House Bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
Provide for election of United States Senators and fill vacancies. Do pass.
Provide for awarding minors to mothers. Do pass by substitute.
Permit county officers to levy taxes sufficient to pay necessary legal expenses without regard to percentage. Do pass.
Create permanent quaiification book for voters. Do pass.
To pay actual expenses to bring back fugutives. Do pass.
Abolish Justice of Peace Courts in Macon. D,o pass as amended.
To provide for tax discover in each county. Do pass.
Establish what constitutes a colored person. Do pass.
To authorize the_ appointment of county police. Do pass.
W?HLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the folJowing report:

M 1. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the following recOIIIlmendationB':
Senate Bill No. 54.. To be entitled an Act to revise jury lists. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 153. To be entitled an Act to prescribe the amount of costs in cases involving $100.00 or less in the City Court of Dublin. Do pass.
House Bill No. 683. To provide for a Commission form oof Government for the City of Columbus, Georgia. Do pas'S, as amended.
House Bill No. 690. To be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Athens. Do pass.
House Bill No. 696. To establish a system of public schools in the town of Scotland. Do pass. .
House Bill No. 702. To provide for the holding of four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, WrsnoM, Chairman.

The f'Ollowing message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

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927

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit:

A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of



Quitma~.

The_ Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:

A bill to establish the City Court of Irwin County.

A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the payment of insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit.

A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta.

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ocilla.

A bill to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County.

A bill to authorize the T'rustees of the Methodist _ Episoopal Church, South, oif Perry, Ga., ito ~ell
certain real estate situated in the City of Perry, Ga.

A bill to amend an Act authorizing the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Bibb to contribute from t~e County Treasury to the support of the Hospital operated by the Maoon Hospital Association.

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')

A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com-

missioners of Roads and Revenues for the County

of Putnam.

A bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the

City Court of 1Macon.

A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Com-



mis'Sioner of Road.s and Revenues for the County of

Telfair.

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

Mr. Speaker:
'llhe Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Section 1079 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910.
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County.
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Lexington.
A bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Oglethorpe.
A bill to amend an Act providing for a system of draining wet swamp and oyerflowed land.s.
The following meB'S'&.ge was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

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929

Mr. Speaker:

His ;Inxcellency the. Governor has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit:

Ail Aet to incorporate the town of Kramer in Wilcox Oo1lnty.

An ActctO amend an Act of the Superior Court of Miller County, approved August 6th, 1909, and for other purposes.

- An Act to change the time of holding the Superior

- Cou~t in IrWni County in the Cordele Circuit and

for other purposes.



An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Americus in the County of Sumter.

An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town
of Comer: :in: Madison County, and for other pur-'
poses~

An Act tO create the office of Commissioner- of Roaas and &venues for Irwin Connty, to provide for compensation of office and appointment of said commissioner, to define. his powers; ete., and succes.;. sion, working of convicts and division of Irwin County intq, road districts and for other purposes.

An Act to Create the office of City Recorder for the City of LaGrange; to provide for election of a city recorder, to fi:x: hiS' compensation and 'bond, to define his powers, duties and liabilities and for other purposes.

Ali Act to authorize the mayor and toWJi council

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of Lithonia, in the County of DeKalb, to order and have held ail election by the qualified voters of said town, to determine whether or not bonds shall be issued by the town of Lithonia, to be sold for the purpose of erecting, acquiring and equipping a City Hall and Jail combined for Lithonia and to authorize the issue of said bonds and the assessing, levying, etc., of a tax on a1l property to pay interest on said bonds, as well as princip31 and for other purposes.

An Act to Hmend an Act approved August 18, 1906, amending Section 29, of the charter of the City of Americus as provided in the Act approved November 11th, 1889, with :r;eference to paving said streets of said city and for other purposes.

An Act to create u new charter for the City of

Lithonia, Ga., to fix the incorporate limits, to create

the 9fficers of said city and define their duties and

fix their compensation, to provide for public im-

provement and sanitary and police regulations and

for other purposes.

.

An Act to create a hoard of commissioners of Roads and R.even:ues .in und for the ()ounty ~of Chattahoochee, Ga., u:nd for other purposes..

Aii Act 1o amend the Charter' of the City of Glennville...
An Act to repeal the Act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Bibb County to issue and sell -county lands for certain specified purposes, and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Grif-

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fin, to provide for the members Of the Board of Education of the City of Griffin and for other purposes.

An Act to rumend the charter of the City of Darien so as to allow cash to be deposited in lieu of land in police court cases, and for other purposes.

An Act to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County; approved August 11th, 1908, and amendments thereto and for other purposes.

An Act to create a new charter for the town of Sharpsburg in the County of Coweta.

An Act to :.;epeal an Act approved December 17th, 1912, to establish a public school system for the City of Ocilla in lrwin County and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the City Charter of Augusta so that certain members of the. police and fire departments nl.ay be retired and for other pur:Poses.

An Act to incorporate the town of Box Sp~ings in Talbot County.

Mr. Edmondson, Chairmati of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr~Sphikeri

:

.

. '

"l'

.,i

Your Committee on Enrollment have ex8Jlllined

and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready

for delivery to the Governor, the fQ.llowing resolh-

tion; to-wit:

.

,.

A resolution authorizing and directing' th~. Griver~

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nor of Georgia to investigate and give direction to
differences between citizens of Georgia and certain copper companies located in T.ennessee.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.

.By unanimous consent House Bill No. 104, unfavorably reported was placed on the calendar for the second reading.

By unanimous consent House Bill No. 425 was rereferred to the Committee on Railroads and House Bill No. 37 was re-referred to the Cominittee on General Judiciary No. 2.

The following bills and resolutions favor81bly reported were read the second time.

By Messrs. Swift, Wohlwender and SladeA bill to authorize counties to appoint a county
police.
By .Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and SwiftA bill to estRJblish what con~it...es a colored
person.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender, Swift, Wimberly and Clarke-
A bill to amend the Constitution of G~rgia sp as to provide for additional qualifications of elec-
t'Ol'S.
By Mr. Lee of LeeA bill to amend an Act to provide for the future
employment of convicts on public roads.

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933

By Messrs. Cole and Wright-

A bill ~create a permanent qualification book for

qualified voters.



By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to revise the Health laws of this State. By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and.Shuptrine-
A bill to permit county officers to levy taxes sufficient to pay the necessary legal expenses without regard to percentage of the State tax.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptrine-
A bill to provide for payment by counties of actual necessary expenses for bringing .back fugitives froon justice.

By Messrs. Smith, Wright an.d McCarthy-
A bill to define the liability of employers to employees in hazardous employment.
By Mr. McMichael of MarionA hill to provide for a Tax Discount in each
County.
By Mr. Moye of JohnsonA bill to amend Section 813 of the Code of 1910,
relative to appointment of jury commissioners.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb---,-
A, bill to abolish ..Justice. .Courts in the City of Macon.

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By Mr. Reiser of Effingham-
A bill to a~end the charter of the City of Spring-
field.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to prohibit the executor of a de~ased executor from becoming the representative of the original estate.

By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill relative to the custody and control ~f minor
children.
By Mr. Collins of Grady_:_
A bill to incorpo. rate.the town of Reno.
By Messrs. Cooper and CrawleyA bill to emend an Act establishing a new charter
for the City of Waycross.

By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel- A bill to incorporate the town of Wesley: '

By Messrs. Hopkins and Reese-



.

i-

.

.

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

By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman-

A bill to amend an Act to i:rieorporate the town of

Rentz.

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By Mr. Woodg of Emanuel- .
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate. the City of Swainsboro.

By Messrs. Adams and Anderson-
A bill t'O amend Section 4747 of the Code of 1910, relative tothe compensation of jurors.

By Mr. Berry of Whit.field-:A bill to amend the various Acts incorporating
the Cityof Dalton.
By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift- .
A bill to provide for a commi'SSion form of government for the City of Colmpbus.

By Mr. Jjipscomb of Athens-

A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Athens.
By M!. MeRae of Telfair-
A bill to establish a p~blic school system in the town of Scotland.

.By McRae of Telfair-

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

Scotland.

'

By Mr. Thompson of Madis~n--
.A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Madison Superior Court.

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By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new eharter for the City of Cordele.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-

A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of

the City of Cordel~.



By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter_;_
A bin to a~mend Section 337 of the Code of 1910, relative to the election of President pro-tempore of the Senate _and Speaker pro tern of the House of Representatives.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend the Constitution of . Georgia relative to the death, r~signation of the Governor.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
.. A bill to amend the .C~nstitution of .Georgia relative to the presiding officer of the Se~ate. . -

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia relative to the Executive Department.

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-937

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-

A resolution to permit the Sanitarium Committee to visit the asylum during the interim.

The following Senate Bills lfavornbly reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Tarver of the 43rd DistriCt- ' A hill to give all Gourts of original jurisdiction
the right to allow convicted per.sons to serve sentence outside of chaingang.
By Messrs. Jones, Fost~r and BurtzA bill to revise jucy lists.

By Mr. Kea of the 16th DistrictA bill for the relief of T. B. Hicks.
By Mr. Kea "Of 16th District~ A bill to prescribe amount of costs in cases in-
volving $100.00 or less in the City Court of Dublin.

By 'Mr. Peyton of the 31st District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of
Lavonia.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Cheney of.Cobb--
' A bill to amend the Acts incorporating the City
of Marietta.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays.O.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed~

By Messrs. Wimb'erly, Fowler and Miller~

A bill to prevent the poll11tion of the waters of the Ocmulgee River.

The following amendments of the committee were adopted.

Amend by inserting in the 6th lin'i! of Section .1, after the word ''Macon,'' the following words, towit: ''And above the present water plant of said city or below said plant at a poi~t so near thereto as to -contaminate the water of said stream taken in by Mid water plant for use in snid City, such point
to be fixed by the Board of Health of the City of
Macon.''

Amend further by inserting in the lOth lin~ of

Section 1, after the word "river," the following

words, to-wit : ''Provided, said creek, branch or

other strea:m empties inta:said ri"'erabove the}jrcs-

ent water plant of the City of -Macon or below said

plant at a point so near thereto as to contaminate

the water of said stream taken' in by' said plailt for

use in s~id .~ity. ''~

.,

Amend further .by inserting in the 12t11 H~e of

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939

Section 1, after the word "use," the following words, to-wit: '.'EXcept as herein excepted."
Amend further by striking in the 11th and 13th
lines in Sootion 1 the words "iii the said County of
Bibb" and the words "in the County of Bibb," respectively.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu~ tional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules having had under consideration request for the special assignment of specified House and Senate bills and House resolutions instruct me aS' its Vice Chairman to report as follows:
That after these bills already signed as a special and continuing order and now on the calendar as having been made a special and continuing order, are considered and heard, that the following House and Senate bills and House resolutions be assigned upon the calendar and be made a special and contin"uing order, in the order named, immediately

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after reaching on each succeeding day, the "Order of the Day," as follows:

House Bill No. 360. An Act to prescribe the authority of the .Commissioner of Agriculture and for other purposes.

House Bill No. 411. An Act entitled an Act to appropriate $7,500.00 for the Department of Agriculture for Chemical Department and other purposes.

House Bill No. 446. An Act to appropriate $25,000.00 to Department of Agriculture for carrying out designs for which department was created and other purposes.

Hous'e Bill No. 533. An Act to provide for the payment of salaries of food inspector and chief drug inspector.

House bill No. 200. An Act to provide for the inspection of gasoline, benzine land napthas a.nd other purposes.

House Bill No.8. An Act to regulate the. sale of stocks, etc., known as "the blue sky bill."

House Bill No. 159. To prevent the spreading of hog cholera ~nd other contagious diseases.

An Act to appropriate $20,000.00 to prevent the spread of the boll .weevil and black .root.

House Bill 165. An Act to encourage the, raising

of cattle and other purposes.

.

House Bill No. 73. '-Do provide for the creation

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941

of a commission to investigate and report the terms and form of a leaBe for the W. & .A_ Railroad.

House Resolution No. 57. For the appointment of a committee to secure legislation on cotton tare and for other purposes.

Senate Bill No. 25. An Act to amend Section 2878 of the Code.

House Bill No. 45. An Act to refund certain licenS'e tax and other purposes.

House Bill No. 400. An Act to give 3 nearest
relatives of an insane person the right to waive ten days notice and other purposes.

House Bill No. 137. An Act to amend Section 3442 and for other purposes'.

House Bill No. 459. To require certain officers to

make report as to fees collected and for other pur-

I 11'

.II} II t.

poses..

.T!U'-lll ,hlotn/.

HouS'e Bill No. 93. To amend Sectiffl1'1.25'1i U~~~~

,Code Of Georgia.

.IH<III'J:I

House Bill No. 375. An Act to crea~n~Mi~'ili~

Treasury Department a Bank Bureau. iqq/, _,.,ln:''

.

:,1 ,rll:lll'liP'I

House Bill No. 77. An Act regulating the rnJ)aiag

of Automo:biles.

.n,.,

House Bill No. 308. .Azi Act to provide for spooial
registration in bond elections.

House Bill.N<O. 4. For wayward girls. I.
All of Whi!ili' 'is respectfully s~bmitted.
B_LAcKBuR:N;Vice Chairman. ..

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For reading second time Bills 18 and 48.
Mr. Gower of Crisp, moved the previous question on the adoption of the report of the Rules Committee and .the pending amendments, which call was sustained.
Mr. 'McCrory of Schley offered the following amendment: Amend by placing on the calendar for today House Bill No. 22 and House Resolution No. 30.
Mr. Sheppard called the ayes and nays on the adoption of the amendment, which call was sustained.
A ballot viva-voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, GlllSClQck,

Garlington,

Allen, fickens,

Hardin,

Arnold, Henry,

Harrell,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hart,

Beck,

Hayes,

Bennett,

Hea.th,

Brinson,

Hendrix,

Brookshear,

Hines,

Carter, Appling, Hodges,

Col~an, I..aurens, .Johnson,

C'.ollms, (',orn,

Keen, Kidd,

Crawley,

Lane, Decatur,

Dean,

Lane, Jasper,

Dorough,

Lee, I.ee,

Dorris,

LeSueur,

Edmondson,

McCants,

Ellio;,

McCrory,

Foster,

MeCurry,

Fowler,

:McGehee,

McLendon, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Moon, Moore, Moye, Nevil, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Perkins, Pharr, Reese, Milhm, Reiser, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp,

.~

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943

Slater,

Traey,

Turner,

Smith, Rabun,

Strickland,

Wall,

Spenee, Carroll,

Suggs,

Wheatley,

Stewart,

Sumner,

Whitaker,

Stone, Dawson,

Taylor, Laurens. Wood, Twiggs,

Stovall, Elbert,

Thompson,

Wood, Walton,

Stovall, McDuffie, Tootle,

Woods, Emanuel,

~ '11lose voting in the negative were 'Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,

Fariss,

Akin,

'

Field,

Allen, Jackson,

Gower,

Anderson, Banks, Greene, Honsron,

Anderson, Mu~ay, Green, Wilkes,

Atwood,

Griffin,

Ballar~,

Hammack,

Bell,

Hiardeman,

Berry,

Henderson,

Blackburn,

Herrington,

Bryan,

Hollberg, ':

Bullard,

Holtzclaw,

Burney,

Hopkins,

Carter, Stewart,

James,

Cheney,

Jones, Coweta,

Clark,

Jones, Lowndes,

Clements;

Kimbrough,

Cochran,

Ledbetter,

Cole,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Ooleman, Calhoun, Liles,

Connor,

Lipsoomb,

Cook;

Loyd,

Culpepper, Clineh, i\feCalla,

Culpepper, Mer,iwtr., McMichael, Davidson; : ~ "' '' McRae, T"elf8ir,

Dodd,

McWhorter,

Duncan,

Methvin,

Ennis,

Middleton,

E'V'ans,

Miller,

Mills, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nunn11.llv. Olive, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Stone, Taliaferro, Swift,
Warren, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohh~ender, .

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Booker, ""
Carlton, Cooper, DeVaughn,

Estes, Fullbrigllt, . Grimes,
Harris, Jaekson,

McCarthy,.

Pi~guet,_-

_..

Spence, Mitch~ll, .

Taylor, Washingto11,

Wright,

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The roll call was verified.
On the adoption of the amendment the ayes were 81, nays 87.
The 811Ilendment was lost.
Mr. Stovall of Elbert, offered .the., following amendment: Amend after the "order of the day" as follows : House Bill No. 75 on Income tax bill.
On the adoption of the amendment the ayes and nays were called, which call was sustained.
A ballot viva-voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in. the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock, Allen, Piekens, Beck, Brookshear, Coleman, Laurens, Oollins, Oorn, Culpepper, Clinch, Dorough, Edmondson, Hart,

Hayes, Hendrix,
Hod~,
Keen, Kidd, Lee, Lee, McCrory, McGehee, McLendon, Nevil, Reynolds,

Sheppard, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, .Stone, Dawson, Stovtall, Elbert, Thompson, Tootle, Wall, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

'Tihose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Bell,

Adams, Pike,

Berry,

AAlklienn', Jaekson,

Blackburn, Bryan,

Anderson, Banks, Bullard,

Anderson, Murray, Burney,

Arnold, Henry,

C.arter, Appling,

Arnold, Ogleth011pe, Carter, Stewart,

A~,

Cheney,

Ballard,

Clark,

Olements, Cochran, Coleman, Calhoun, Connor, Cook,-
Crawleyt Culpepper, Meriwtr., Davidson, DeVaughn, Dodd,

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945

lJ1.1llean, Enriis, Evans, Fariss, Foster, Fowler,
Gower, Greene, Houston,
Green, Wilkes, Griffin, . Hammack, Hiardeman, Hardill,_
Hams,
Heath, Henderson, Rines, Hiollberg, Holtzelaw, Hopkins, James, Johnson, Jones, Lpwndes,
Kimbrough,
Lane, Jasper,
Ledbetter, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur,
Lipscomb,. Loyd,

McCants, McCarthy, McCurry, McMichael, M~Rae, TeJfair, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows,. Wayne, Melson, Methvin,. Middleton, Miller,
Moon, Moore,
Moss,
Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nunnalfy, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, :Bemen, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Piequet, Ragland, Rainey,

:aa.n9001l, .

Redwtne,

Reese, Milton,

Reese, Reiser,

Th.om. as,

.

R::godes,

Shadburn, Shuptrine,

Simpson,

Slade, Slater,

Smith, DeKalb,

Smith, Fa.nnU:a, Smith, Fulton, Sparb,

Stova.II, McDuflle,

Strickland, Suggs,

Sumner, Swift, Tracy,

Turner,

Warren,

Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly;

Wisdom,

W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Bennett, Booker, Brinson, Carlton, Cole,
Cooper,
Dean, Dorris, Ellis, EStes, Field,

Fullbright, Garlington, Grimes, Harrell,. Herrington, Jaekson, Jones, Coweta, Lane, Decatur, Liles, McCalla, MeRae, Wileoll:,

Mills, Olive, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Shipp, Spenee, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Taylor, Laurens. T~Jylor, Washington, Wright,

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with,
on. the adoption of the. ameddment the ayes .were
32, nays 118. _
The amendment was lost.
The report of the Rules Committee was agreed to.
The: order of business recommended by the Rules Comlnittee. was adopted.
The following privileged resolution was taken up for adoption.

By Mr. Kidd of Baker-
. A resolution instructing the Committee on Temperance to report Senate Bill No. 8 to this House tomorrow morning.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Carlton of Colquitt and Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham.
The hour of 1 o'clock having arrived the Speaker
declared the House adjourned urltha 6'clock .this
afternoon.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3
o'clock -p. m. to_day and was called to order by. the
Speaker.
The roll was called and the foB owing members ans-Wered to their nam~s.; .

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H47

Adams, Hall,

Dorough,

Adams, Pike,

Dorris,

Akin,

Duncan,

Allen, Glascock,

lt~dmondson,

Allen, J Mkson,

Ellis,

Allen, Pickens1

It:nnis,

Anderson, Banks, Estes,

Anderson, Murray, Evans,

Arnold, Henry,

Fariss,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Field,

Atwood,

Foster,

Ballard,

Fowler,

Beck,

Fullbright,

Bell,

Garlington,

Bennett,

Gower,

Berry,

Greene, H<>uston,

Blackburn,

Green, Wilkes,

Booker,

Griffin,

Brinson,

Grimes,

Brookshear,

Hammack,

Bryan,

Hardeman,

Bullard,

Hardin,

Burney,

Harrell,

Carlton,

Harris,

Carter, Appling, Hart,

Carter, Stewart,

Hayes,

Cheney,

Hea.th,

Clark,

Henderson,

CleiOOnts,

Hendrix,

Cochran,

Herrington,

Cole,

Hines,

Ooleman, Calhoun, Hodges,

Coleman, Laurens, Hollberg,

Oollins,

Holtzclaw,

Connor,

Hopkins,

Cook,

Joaekson,

Cooper,

James,

Corn,.

Jolmson,

Crawley,

Jones, Coweta,

Cnlpepper, Clinch, .Jones, Lowndes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Keen,

Davidson,

Kidd,

Dean,

Kimbrough,

DeVaugiui,

Lane, Decatur,

Dodd,

lAine, Jasper,

Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSu_eur, Liles, Lipse.omb. Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, MeCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWh()rter,
Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Piequet, Ragland,

948

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, ThOIII88, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadbnrn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smit.h, Fannin,

Smith, Fulton,

Thompson,

Smith, Rabun,

Tootle,

Sparks,

Tracy,

Spence, Carroll,

Turner,

Spence, Mit~hell,

Wall,

Stewart.,

Warren,

Stone, Dawson,

Wheatley,

Stone, Taliaferro, Whitaker,

Stovall, Elbert,

Wimberly,

Stovall, McDuffie, Wisdom,

Strickland,

\V ohlwender,

Suggs,

Wood, Twiggs,

Sumner,

Wood, Walton,

Swift,

Woods, Emanuel,

Taylor, Laurens.

Wright,

Taylor, Washington, 'fr. Speaker.

'I1he following resolution came over from the morning session as unfinished :business and was again taken up for action.

By Mr. Kidd of Baker-
A resolution instructing the Committee on Temperance to report Senate Bill No. 8 to this House tomorrow morning.
1:\he following message was received 'from !the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed, as amended, by the re-

quisite Constitutional majority, the following bill

of the House, to-wit:

...

A bill to make appropriationS' for the ordinary expenses of the_ Executive, Legislative and Judicial

TuESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1913.

949

Departments of the Government and for other purposes.
Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Act, to-wit:
An Act to create a Board of Civil Service Commission for the City of Augusta.
G. 0. EDMONDSON, Ohainnan.
The hour of 5 o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker declared the Honse adjourned until tomorrow at 9 ()'clock a. m..



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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

REPRESENTA'l'IVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
August 6, .1913.

'l'he House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; 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, Hall,

Coohran,

Garlington,

Adams, Pike,

Cole,

Gower,

Akin,

CQleman, Calhoun, Greene, Houston,

Allen, Glascock,

Coleman, Laurens, Green, Wilkes,

Allen, Jackson,

Collins,

Griffin,

Allen, Pickens,

Connor,

Grimes,

Anderson, Banks, Cook,

'Hammack,

Anderson, Murray, Cooper,

Hardeman,

Arnold, Henry,

Com,

Hardin,

Arnold, Oglethol"pe, Crawley,

Harrell,

Atwood,

Culpepper, Clinch, Harris,

Ballard,

Culpepper, :Meriwtr., Hart,

Book,

Davidson,

Hayes,

Beii, .

Dean,

Heath,

Bennett,

DeVaughn,

Henderson,

Berry,

Dodd,

Hendrix,

Blackburn,

Dorough,

Herrington,

Booker,

Dorris,

Hines,

Brinson,

Duncan,

Hodges,

Brookshear,

Edmondson,

Rollberg,

Bryan,

Ellis,

Holtzclaw,

Bullard,

Ennis,

Hopkins,

Burney,

Estes,

Jackson,

Carlton,

Evans,

James,

Carter, Appling, Fariss,

Jolmson,

Carter, Stewart,

Field,

J~nes, Coweta,

Cheney,

Foster,

Jones, I.owndes,

Clark,

Fowler,

Keen,

Clements,

Fullbright,

Kidd,

...

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913.

951

Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,. Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wi.J.Wtson, LeSueur,
Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, MeCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, MeMiehlrel, McRae, Telfair, l(cRae, Wilcox, . McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne,. Melson, Methvin, Middleron, Miller, Mills, Moon,
Moore,
Moss, Moye, Myrick,

Neal, Nevil, Nunnally,
Olive, Oliver, Pabnour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben H1ll, Paulk, Berrien,
Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Rei8er, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard,
ShiPP, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, ,Slater,. Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin,

Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell,
SteW1lrt, Stone, Dawson, Stone, 'Taliaferro,
Stovall, Elbert, . Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner,
Wa:ll,
Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, 'Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

T.bft.Jou:r,nal of,yesterday,'c~J:pJ'oc~e~gs was read and confirmed.

By un~j,IuQUS conseJJ,t; :the .following was. estab-

lished as the order of business during the period of

unanimous consents. : : '"" f



.! ;1st. Tntrodtl!etinnof generala:ndIocal bills;
2d. Reading Senate bilJs the first tiirie1

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JouRNAL OF'THE HousE,

3d. Reports of Standing Committees.
4th. Reading all bills favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of local bills and general bills having a local application.
6th. Concurence in S~nate amendments to House bills.
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. Arnold of Henry-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Henry County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to make uniform the law of bill of ladings. Referred to CommiTtee on Railroads.

By Mr. McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to make uniform the law of warehouse receipts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to provide for the protection of fish in DeKalb County.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6~ 19'13.

953

Referred to Committee on Ganie 'and Fish.

By Mr. ~~enof Jackson-:A bill tQ _compel all hotels, boarding houses, etc.,
to keep do~r~ and windows screened. . Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-
tion..

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to make uniform the law of sales of goods. Referred to General Jud~ciary Committee No. ~

By Mr. Redwine of Fayet~
A bill to repeal an .c'\ct to incorporate the towi:I of Brooks in the County of Fayette and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-
A bill to create a new charter for the- town ' of

Referred to Committee 6n Oorpomtions. -

The following bills of the Senate wer~ read the

first time and referred to committees:

I

~

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

A hill~ amend an Act prQViding.for p.system oi

draiJling and _reclaiming wet. swamps



R.eferred to Committee on Conservation.

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J OUBNAL oF .THE HousE, .,

By Mr. Perry of the 28th District-
A bill to amend Section 1079 of the Code of l!HO relative to the return of property for taxation.
Referred to S:pecial Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Richardson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. DuBose of the 30th DistrictA bill to change the time of holding the Oglethorpe
Superior Court. Referred to Special .Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Lexington.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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 inviting Ron. Harvie Jordan to deliver an address to the General Assembly August 7th, 1913 at. 8:30 o'clock P. M.

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955

Upon the request of the author; House Bills 18 and 48 unfavorably reported, were placed on the calendar for the second reading.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

~ Your Committee' on Counties and County Mat-

ters have had under consideration the following bills

of the House and instructed me as their Chairman

to report same back to the House, with the recom-

mendation that same do pass:

'

J'
I[o~s~. ~ill No. 114. Do pass.

House Bill No. 635. Do pass. ; ' l

House Bill No. 634. Do pass.

. ~OllSe Bill. No. 679. Do pass.

House Bill No. 604. Do not pass~
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of
the Committee on General Agric1ilture, snbrilitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture hav.e h~d under consideration the following bills of the House -aud: Senate and instructed me a:s their Chairman to repdtt Saine back to the House with the' recommendation 'nsfollows:

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House Bill No..644. Relating to compensation of inspectors. Do paSil.
Senate Bill No. 129. Quarantining against boll weevil. Do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
Mr. Olive of Richmond County, Vice-Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report :
Your General Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills of the House, Bills No. 716 and 717, and ~structed me as their Chairman to rep9rt same back to the House with the recommendation that same be read a second time and be. recommitted:
M.B. OLIVE, Vice-Chairman. August 5th, 1913.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee further recomniends that Senate
Bill No. 21 do pass.
MB. OLIVE, Vice-Chairman. August 5th, 1913.
Mr. Spence of Mitchell County, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on.Military affairs have had un.der consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to rep0rt same

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back io the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
To establish Section 1434 of Code, Volume 2, 1910. To repeal the Act of session of 1912, repealing Section 1435, of Volume 2, of Code 1910.
SPENCE, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No. 1, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker :
Your General Judicary Committee have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as. their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 719. By Mr. Myrick of. Chatham, to provide separate books for recordation of IIUlPS~ plans, etc.
M~. McRae of Telfair County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted. the following report: .
Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had UI!der consideration the foHowing House :Bill No. 260 and 512 of the H~mse, and jnstruc~ me as their. Chairman to report same back to the House with the. ,recommendation that same do pass:

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No. 260. 'ro amend Section :!408, Code of 1911, by striking out all of_ same and substituting one in lieu thereof defining the character of investments to be made by insuran~e companies doing business in this State and for other purposes (minority report by Mr. Gower).

No. 512. To be entitled an Act to regulate and control fraternal benefit societies, to prescribe admission into this State and for other purposes.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

M t. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have }lad under consideration the following bill of th~ Ho~se and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recorrrmeridatiori that same do pass:
House Bill No. 633. An Act to amend, conso'tidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta, so as to create a Commission- form of Government, etc., and for other purposes. :A minority report has been filed by one member of Committee.
House Bill No. 674. An Act to repeal' an Act approved August 19th, 1912, to incorporate' the City of OsieHieTd in Irwin County~ and for other purposes; D<) pass as amended.
BuLLAlli>, Chairman.

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.Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Enrollment have examined,

found properly enrolled, duly signed ~nd ready for

delivery to the Governor the 'following Act, to-wit:

.

An Act to increase the salary of the Judges of the City Court of Macon in and for.Bibb County.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.

The following bills favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to allow county authorities to appoint county police.

By Mr. Meaders of Oconee--
A bill to amend Section 2408 of the Code of 1910 relative insurance companies.

By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-A bill to regulate all fraternal benefit societies.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend t'he several-Acts ineQrporating the City of Marietta.

By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-A bill to amend an Act tocreate .a Board of Com-

missioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.

By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the . several Acts creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Gordon.

By Mr. Foster of Floyd-'-
A bill to amend Section 1800 of the Code of 1910 relative to fees of inspectors of illuminating oils.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of
Osierfield.

By Mr~ Myrick of Chatham-

A bill to repeal an Act to assist the Georgia In-

firmary.

.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to provide the recordation of maps, plans and surveys.
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time:'

By Mr. Foster of the 27th District-

A bill to regulate the manner of sentencing per-

sons convicted of certain felonies.



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By Mr. Ford of the lOth District-
A bill to amend Sections 2135 and 2136 of the Code of 1910 relative to quarantine against the boll weevil.
By unanimous consent, the following bills were read the second time and re-referred.

By Mr. Moss of CobbA biH to repeal an Act to create a Board of Com-
misioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.
By Mr. Moss of Cob~ A bill to create a Boardof Commissioners of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.

By Mr. Miller of Bib~
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage :
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the City of Waycross.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were l:_tO, uays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

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By Mr. Herrington of Emanuel-
. A bill to incorporate the town of Wesley.
The favora'ble report . of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0..
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Hopkins and Reese-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes . were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Taylor and Harris-
}... bill t9 amend an Act to incorporate the town of Rentz.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

. On the passage of the. bill the ayes were 130,
nays 0.

.



The
. ':.

bill

having

received

t.he

requisite

Cons.titu-

tlonal majority, was passed.

..

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By Mr. Woods of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill_ the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having .received the requisite CQnstitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-

A bill to establish a system of public schools in

the town of Scotland.

;

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130,
nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. McRae of Telfair-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporat~ the town o! Scotland.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
: On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Cordele.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to amend an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele.
The favorable report of the Committee was n.~rf!ed to.

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965

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Reiser of Effingham-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Spring-field.
The favorable report of the Committee w-as agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, naysO.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Collins of GradyA bill to incorporate the town of Reno. The favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130,
nays 0. The bill having received the requisite Constitu-
tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Berry of WhitfieldA bill to amend an Act amending the several Acts
incorporating the City of Dalton.

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rrhe substitute offered by the Committee was adopted.
T.h~ report of the Committee which was favora ble to the passage of the bill by substitute was agreed to.
On the pasage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0..
The bill having received the requisite Constitu tional majority, _was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Athens.
The following amendments offered by Mr. Lips-. comb of Clarke were adopted:
Mr. Lipscomb moves to amend the bill by striking the word ''two'' in line 30 on Page 1 of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the.words ''two thousand,'' and by'striking the word "three" in line 31 on Page
i of" the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"twenty-seven hundred." To amend further by striking the words "thr~e. thousand'' in line 4 on Page 2 of the bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-seven hundred.''
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended. . On. the passage of the bill the ayes were ~130, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent, the bill was ordered to be
immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Messrs. Slade Wohlwender and Swift-
A bill to provide for the Commission form of Government for the City of Columbus.
The following amendments proposed by the Committee were adopted:
Amend Section 5 by striking out the words ''Sat-
urday the 2oth of December, 1913" on Page 2, lines 37 and 38 and inserting in lieu thereof, '' Wednesday the 21st of January, 1914."
And further amends Section 5, by striking out the words "whose term of office shall begin on the Wednesday first following the 20th of December, 1913'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words "whose term of office shall begin on Wednesday the 28th of Januacy, 1914.''
Amend Section 6 by striking out the following words : ''The first Wednesday in December'' on Page 3, Line 31, and inserting in lieu thereof ''the first Wednesday in January;" and further amends Section 6 by striking out the words "Wednesday the 3rd of December, 1913" Line 33 Page 3, and inserting in lieu thereof awednesday the 7th of January, 1914," and further amends Section 6 by striking out the word "December" wherever :lt occurs in this section and inserting in lieu thereof ''January,''

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and further amends Section 6 by striking out the words "Saturday the 20th of December, 1913," Line 4, Page 4, and inserting in lieu thereof ''Wednesday the 21st of January, 1914."
Amend Section 30 by striking out the words '' October 22nd, 1913'' Lines 9 and 10 on Page 19 and inserting in lieu theteof ''the lOth of December, 1913.''
Amend Section 38, by striking out the word "printing" on Page 32, Line 19 and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''writing.!'
Amend Section 40 by striking out the words "shall within five days after the passage of this Act'' Page 33, Lines 9 and 10 and inserting in lieu thereof ''shall on Wednesday, October 22nd, 1913.''
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0,
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Miller of BibbA bill to abolish Justice Courts in .the City of
Macon. The following amendments proposed by the Com-
mittee were adopted: Amendments by Committee to House Bill No. 485:
Amend further by striking all of Section 3 after

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the word "votet:_s" in the 4th Line thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: ''Of the County of Bibb quadrennially at the regular State Election for the election of State House officers and members of the General Assembly; provided that the Judge of said Court first elected under the terms of this Act shall be elected on the third Wednesday in September, 1913, at the election to be held for Water Commissioner of the City of Macon; provided further, that all qualified voters of the county resident outside of the City of Macon shall be permitted to vote .in said election at the Court House precinct, and it shall be the duty of the County Registrars to furnish the managers of said election at said precinct a list of the registered voters living outside of said city qualified to participate in said election.
Amend further by striking the figures "1918" in the 4th line of Section 6, and substituting in lieu thereof the figures '' 1915.''
Amend further by striking in the lOth Section of the bill the 4th and 5th lines thereof the words eighteen hundred and fifteen hundred, respectively, and substitute in lieu thereof the following: Fifteen hundred and twelve hundred in the order named.
Amend further by striking in the last line of Section 14 the words "twelve hundred" and substituting in lieu thereof ''nine hundred.''
Amend by inserting in Section 11 in the 16th Line thereof after the word ''State,'' the following words, to-wit: "Provided, however, that said judge shall

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have no power to impose punishment for contempt exceeding a fine of twenty-five dollars or three days in the County Jail."

Amend further by striking the words in the 5th Line of Section 9, to-wit: '' Mter a regular municipal election held in and for said city,'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: '' Mter the regular State election held in and for the County of Bibb."

Amend further by striking all of Section 29 after the word "thereof" in the 8th Line of said section. The part stricken beginning with the words "the officers" and ending with the words "have been paid.''

Amend further by striking in the 5th and 6th Lines of Section 30, the following words: ''Deposit on account of costs filing of affidavit in forma pauperis, and refunding of deposit.''

Amend further by striking in the 9th and lOth Lines of Section 30, the following words: ''And the required deposit for account of costs shall be six dollars.''

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

On tlie passage of the bill .the ayes were 130, nays 0.

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

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>971

The following Senate bills were read the third time and placed on their pasage :

By Mr. Kea of the 16th District-
A bill to prescribe the amount of costs in cases involving $100.00 or less iri the City Court of Dublin.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Pey_ton of the 31st District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage M the bill the ayes were 130,
nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bills were taken up for the purpose of concurrence in Senate amendments thereto :

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A bill to provide Board of Commisioners for the County of Elbert.

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rrhe following Senate amendment was concurred in: ''Amend Section six by striking the figures $750.00 in said section and inserting in place thereof $840.00.''

By Mr. Brinson of .Jenkins-
A bill to re-arrange the Middle and Augusta ,J udicial Circuits.
'l'he following amendments of the Senate were disagreed to:
Amend by adding to Section 2, and at the end . thereof, the following:
Provided that the provisions of this Act shall not go into effect until the same shall have been submitted to a. vote of the qualified electors of Jenkins County and ratified by them in the manner hereinafter provided for, to-wit: At the next general election to be held in Jenkins County the qualified voters of said county shall vote upon the question as to whether this Act shall go into effect or not. Those favoring the provisions of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballot the words ''in favor of transferring Jenkins County from the Middle to the Augusta Circuit" and those opposed to the Act going into effect shall have written or printed on their ballots the. words ''against transferring J enkins County from the Middle to the Augusta Circuit." The returns of said election as relate to this question shall be made to the Ordinary of Jenkins County who shall proceed_ to canvass the vote and

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declare the result, and if it appears that a majority of those voting at said election have voted in favor of the Ad going into effect the Ordinary shall so de.clare and thereupon the Act shall go into effect, but if a majority have voted for the contrary the Ordinary shall so declare and the Act shall not go into effect.
Amend the title by adding between the words ''the Augusta Circuit" on the last line of the -title and the words ''and for other purposes'' the following words : ''To provide for the submission to the qualified voters of Jenkins County the question as to
.whether the contemplated change shall be made.'' The following amendment of the Senate was concurred in:
To amend Section 1 of House Bill No. 66 by adding the following language to the end thereof: ''Provided, this Act does not affect the rights of the Solicitor General of the Middle Circuit during the present term of office, and he is still authorized to discharge the duties of said office during said term as though this Act had not been passed."

By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Quitman.
The following amendments of the Senate were disagreed to:
Amend the amendment by striking the word ''fourth'' in the 6th Line of said amendment, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "fifth," said line

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having been so amended, shall read as follows: ''Of Brooks County to be held on the fifth Wednesday in October."
Amend by striking Section 6 and in lieu thereof substitute the following:
''Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall not take effect until a majority of the dUly qualified voters of Brooks County, as duly registered according to law, as shown by the registration list of said county, shall so affirmatively vote at an election to be called by the Ordinary of Brooks County to be held on the fourth W ednesd~y in October, 1913, said call to be advertised once a week for four weeks prior thereto, in like manner as sheriff sales are advertised in said county. Said special election shall be held under like rules and regulations as are prescribed by law for holding elections for county officers, except that the returns of the election shall be made to the Ordinary, who shall determine the question as to whether a majority of the duly qualified registered voters of said county as shown by the registration list, have affirmatively voted in favor of this Act taking effect, and if he so finds he shall declare the result accordingly, and thereupon this Act shall become effective on the 31st day of December, 1913; but if a majority of the said qualified voters do not so vote, then this Act shall not go into effect. Those desiring to vote in favor of this Act going into effect shall have written or printed upon. their ballots the following words: "In favor of the Act to abolish the City

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Court,'' and those to .the contrary shall have written or printed upon their ballots the following words: ''Against the Aet to abolish the City Court.''
The following resolution came over from yesterday afternoon's session as unfinished business and was again taken up for action:

By Mr. Kidd of Baker-
A resolution instructing the Committee on Temperance to report Senate Bill No. 8 to the House tomorrow morning.
.Mr. Stewart of Coffee arose to the point of order that inasmuch as the time had arrived for reporting of the Senate Bill No. 8 as provided by the instruc.tions included in the resolution and as the resolution had not been adopted, that the further consideration of the resolution was out or order.
The Speaker ruled that the further consideration of the resolution was out of order.
T'he following bill came up as unfinished business and was taken up for passage:

By Mr. Akin.of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the running of automobiles in this State.
The following amendment offered by Mr. Me.,. Michael of Marion was adopted:
Amend by adding the following at ~nd of Section 14: "The funds raised under this Act shall be

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]mown as a State Road Fund and the same shall be apportioned among the several counties of the State by the State Treasurer in proportion to the number of miles of rural route roads in the several counties the same to be determined upon United States Government reports.''

1"'he favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

The ayes and nays were called and the call was sustained.

A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was a;.; follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bryan, Burney, Carter, Appling, Carter. f'tewart, Clark, Cochran, Cole, Ooleman, C'alhoun, Cook, Cooper,

Corn,

Hayes,

Crawley,

Hendrix,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hodges,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hollberg,

Davidson,

Hopkins,

Dean,

James,

DeVauglm,

Jones, Coweta,

Dorough,

Jones, Lowndes,

Dorris,

Kidd,

Duncan,

Kimbrough,

Edmondson,

Lane, Jasper,

Ellis,

Liles,

Estes,

Lipscomb,

Thriss,

McCants,

Field,

McLendon,

Gower,

McMichael,

Green, Wilkes,

McWhorter,

Griffin,

Meaders, Oconee,

Grimes,

Meadows, Wayne,

Hammack,

Methvin,

Htardeman,

Middlet()n,

Harrell,

Moon,

Harris,

Moore,

Hart,

Moss,

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1\Ioye, Neal, Nevil, Palmour, Parker, Perkins, PhaiT, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Ransom, Reese, Thomas,

Reynolds, Shadburn, Shipp, Simp:wn, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smit.h, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spenee, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson,

Stovall, :MeDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Tracy, Warren, Wheatley, Wisdom, wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

'.rnlose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock, Arnold, Henry, Bell, Bennett, Bullard, Cheney, Clements, Collins, Connor, Ennis, EYans, Foster, Fullbright, Garlington, Greene, Houston, Hardin, Heath, Henderson, Herrington, Hines, Holtzclaw, Jackson,

J:nmson, Keen, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, LoytJ, :McCalla, M!eCart.by, 1\feCrory, McCurry, McGehee, :McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Melson, Miller, Mills, 1\Iyrick, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Parks,

Paulk, Ben Hill, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shuptrine, S.lade, Smit.h, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovail, Elbert, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle, Turner, Wall, Whitaker,
"T"\Vohlwender, ood, Twiggs,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, J aekson, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Carlton, Coleman, Laurens,

Dodd, Fowler, Lane, Decatur, Ledbetter,

Paulk. Berrien, Rainey, Wimberly, Wright.

Ayes 107, nays 64.

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By unanimous consent, the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage 9f the bill the ayes were 107, nays 64.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu~ tional majority, was passed as amended.
The following bill set for a special and continuing order was read the third time and placed on its passage:

By Mr. Burwell of Hanccok-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide the pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools of Georgia.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hammack of H.a:ndolph, Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett, Mr. Carter of Stewart and Mr. Lane of Decatur.
The hour of 1 o'clock having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this
~fternoon.

3 0 1CLOCK P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock this afternoon; was called to order by the Speaker.
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names :

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Adams, Hall,

Dorough,

Adams, Pike,

Dorris,

Akin,

Duncan,

Allen, Glascock,

Edmondson,

Allen, JackSon,

Ellis,

Allen, Pickens,

Ennis,

Anderson, Ba~ . Estes,

Anderson, Murray~ Evans,

Arnold, Heney,

Fariss,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Field,

Atwood,

Foster,

Ballard,

Fowler,

Beck,

Fullbright,

Bell,

Garlington,

Bennett,

QQwer,

Berry,

Greene, Ho0uston,

Blackburn,

Green, Wilkes,

Booker,

Griffin,

Brinson,

Grimes,

Brookshear,

Hammack,

Bryan,

Hardeman,

Bullard,

Hardin,

Burney,

Harrell,

Carlton,

Harris,

C-arter, Appling,

H~rt,

(',.arter, Stewart,

Hayes,

Cheney,

Heath,

Clark,

Henderson,_

Clements,

Hendrix,

Coohran,

Herrington,

Cole,

Hines,

Coleman, Calhoun, Hodges,

Coleman, Laurens, Hollberg,

Collins,

Holtzclaw,

C-onnor,

Hopkins,

Cook,

.Jackson,

Cooper,

James,

Corn,

.Johnson,

Crawley,

Jones, Coweta,

Culpepper, Clinch, Jones, Lowndes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Keen,

Davidson,

Kidd,

Dean,

Kimbrough,

DeVaughn,

Lane, Decatur,

Dro--dd,.-.. -.. '"'".

-

..

Lane,__Jasp~r,
.

Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipseomb,
Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Ne,'il, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palm our, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland,

.

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Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, R'hodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin,

Smith, I<'ulton,

Thompson,

Smith, Rabun,

Tootle,

Sparks,

Tracy,

Spence, Carroll,

Turner,

Spence, Mitchell, Wall,

Stewsrt,

\Varren,

Stone, Dawson,

Wheatley,

Stone, Taliaferro, Whitaker,

Stovall, Elbert,

Wimberly,

Stovall, McDuffie, Wisdom,

Strickland,

W'"ohlwender,

Suggs,

Wood, Twiggs,

Sumner,

Wood, Walton,

Swift,

\Voods, Emanuel,

Taylor, Laurens.

Wright,

Taylor, Washington, Mr. Speaker.

The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor through his Secretary Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts and Resolution, to-wit:
An Act to provide upon .what conditions and m what manner a foreign fire insurance company or associati9n doing business in this State, which reinsures all its policies and contracts in force in this State, may retire and withdraw from the State, in<'ludjng any nnd n11 securities on deposit with State officials and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Tunnel Hill and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the town of Meansville m the County of Pike and for other purposes.

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981

An Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in Johnson County, Georgia in the Dublin Judicial Circuit; to change the number of terms of said court to be held each year, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act to create a charter for the City of Griffin.
An Act to authorize and direct the County Com missioners of Gwinnett County to pay out of the county funds of said county, raised by taxation for paying expenses of court to the officers Qf the City Court of Buford, the actual costs and expenses of bringing the defendant to trial when he shall be sent to the Gwinnett County Chaingang from said court.
An Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners for Bibb County to issue and sell bonds for the following purposes, to-wit:
For remodeling of County Court House and the construction of school buildings in said county.
A resolution to authorize the Committee on the School for the Deaf to visit said institution in interim between sessions.
A resolution authorizing and directing the Governor <Jf Georgia to investigate and give directjon to diffe~ences between citizensof Georgia and certain
Copper Com.panies located in. Tennessee and for oth-
er purposes.
The following bi II came over from the mornmg

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session as unfinished business and was again taken up for action :

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-

A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide for a pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools.

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

Mr. Gower of Crisp moved the previous question,

which motion was sustained and the main question

was ordered.



The ayes and nays were ordered and a ballot viva voce being had the vote was as follows :

ThOS'e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Bryan, Bullard, Burney, Carter, Appling, Cheney, Clark, Clements,

Cole, Ooleman, Calhoun, Connor, Cook, Cooper, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch. Davidson, DeVaughn, Duncan, Ennis, Estes, Evans, Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Gower, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin,

Hardeman,
Hardin, Heath, Henderson, Hines, HQIIberg,
Holtzclaw, Hopkins, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, WilkinsQn, LeSueur, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCarthy, McMichael,

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McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wueox, McWhorter, Methvili, Middleron, Moss, Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevil, Nunnally,
Olive, Palmour, Parker, Parks,

Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Ragland, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb,

Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Suggs, Swift, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wisdom,
W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wright,

Tlhose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock,

Herrington,

Allen, PickellS,

Hodges,

Arnold, Henry,

Jackson,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Keen,

Bennett,

Kidd,

Brookshear,

Lee, Lee,

Cochran,

Liles,

Coleman, Laurens, McCants,

Collins,

McCrory,

Corn,

McCurry,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., McGehee,

Dean,

McLendon,

Dorough,

Meaders, Oconee,

Dorris,

Meadows, Wayne,

Edmondson,

Melson,

Ellis,

!filler,

Fariss,

Mills,

Grimes,

Moon,

Harrell,

Oliver,

Harris,

Perkins.

I:Iart,

Pharr,

Hayes,

Picquet,

Hendrix,

Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Sheppard, Shipp, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly,
'Vood, :Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

Those notvoting were Messrs.-----:-

Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Dodd, Garlington,

Hammack, Lane, Decatur, -McCalla,

Moore, Rainey, Shadburn,,

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Ayes 106, nays 67.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the hili the ayes were 106, nays 67.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite Contltitutional majority, was lost.
The following bill set for a special and continuing order at this ti~e was taken up for aetion:

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide a pro rata ad valorem tax lev.y for pensions.
Mr. Myrick moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments, which call was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment offered by Mr. Fullbright of Burke was adopted:
The General Assembly shall not appropriate for any one year for pensions of the State, any sum in excess of that which may be raised by a levy for that purpose_ not to exceed one and one-half (10) mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State, for the preceding year, and said sum so appropriated shall not exceed one mi1lion one hundred thousand dollars per annum.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
The ayes and nays were ordered.

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By unanimous consent, Rule 31 was suspended during the roll call.
A ballot viva voce was had and the Vote was as follows:

ThO'S'e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Greene, Houston,

Akin,

Hiardeman,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, lblrt,

Atwood,

Heath,

Ballard,

Henderson,

Bell,

Holtzclaw,

Berry,

Hopkins,

Booker,

James,

Brinson,

Jones, Coweta,

Bryan,

Jones,. Lowndes,

Burney,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Lane, Jasper,

Clark,

Lee, Lee,

Clements,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Coleman, Calhoun, Lipscomb,

Connor,

Loyd,

Cooper,

McMichael,

Crawley,

McRae, Telfair,

Culpepper, Clinch, McWhorter,

Duncan,

Methvin,

Ennis,

Middleton,

Estes,

Moss,

Evaus,

Moye,

Field,

Myrick,

Fowler,

Neal,

Fullbright,

Nunnally,

Gower,

Olive, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Ransom,
Reiser, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro,
Suggs, Swift, Wall, Warren,
Wisdom, Wohlwender,
wOQd, r~.
Wood, Walton, Wright,

I Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

. Adams, Pike,
Allen, Glaseoek, Allen, Jackson,

Arnold, Henry, Beck, Bennett,

Cochran,
Coleman, Laurens, Collins,

Allen, Pickens,

Brookshear,

Cook,

Anderson, Banks, Bullard,

Corn,

Anderson, Murray, Carter, Appling, Culpepper, Meriwtr.,

986
Davidson, Dean, DeVaughn, Dorough, Dorris, Edmondson, Thriss, Foster, Griffin, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hayes, Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hodge;, Jackson, Johnson, Keen, Kidd,

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Ledbetter, Liles, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Mliller, Moon, Nevil, Oliver, Perkins, PhaiT, Picquet, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas,

Reynolds, Sheppard, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stowll, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Whitaker, Wimberly, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Blackburn, Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Cole, Dodd, Ellis, Garlington, Green, Wilkes,
Grim~,

Hammack, Hollberg, Lane, Decatur, LeSueur, ..
McCalla, McLendon, Mills, Moore,

Rlagland, Rainey, Redwine, Shadburn, Shipp, Slater, Taylor, Laurens. Wheatley,

Ayes 79, nays 79..

By unanimous consent~ the verifica~ion of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 79,

l

nays 79.

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987,

The bill having failed to receive the requisite Constitutional majority, was lost.
The hour of 5 o'clock P. M. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until tomorrom at 9 o'clock A. M.

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REPRESENTATIYJ<: HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, August 7th, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock a.m., was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Fullbright of Burke gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of House Bills No. 413 and No. 414.
By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday's journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the period of unanimous consents.
1. Introduction of general and local bills.
2. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3. Reports of Standing Committees.
4. R.eading all bills favorably reported the second 1ime.
5. Passage of local bills and general bills having n local application.
The following bilJs were i~troduced, read the first time and referred to committees.

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989

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of PulaS'ki.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Hart, Allen, 'furner and MooreA bill to regulate the inspection of asylums,
sanitariums, convents, etc.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to appropriate $13,286.80 to pay for work already done on the State Capitol.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to amend the Act to amend the several Acts
incorporating the City of Rome. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. Upon request of Mr. Berry of Whitfield, Senate

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Resolution No. 14, unfavorably reported, was placed on the calendar for the second reading.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Conun.ittee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the House. and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
A bill to impose a license tax on peddlerS' and traveling venders.
,A bill to provide the ret~rn of notes and mortgages and other evidences of . debt for taxation, provide for s-tamping the same and for other purposes:
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chaiiman.
Mr. Gower of Crisp c6unty, Chairman of the
Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Coo:nmittee on General Judiciary No. 2, have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and ~nstructed me as 'bQ.eir {Jhait;!man. 'to report same back to the House with the followi~g reoommendations:

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991

To increase the power of ordinaries in correcting records. Do not' pass.
To authorize the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Co. Do pass.
T() amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon, approved Nov. 21, 1893. Do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T. GowER, Chairman.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Co~rations, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Co~rations have had under considerati()n the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report s811Ile back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 729. An Act to .create a new charter f()r the town of Brooks. in the,,County of Fayette and for ()ther purposes.
House Bill No. 728. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks in the County of Fayette, approved Augusu 3rd, 1910 and for no other purposes.
BULLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of

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the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 166 and instructed me as their Chairman to report .same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
Senate Bill No. 166. To amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon, providing for the extension of the corporate limits of said City.
PICQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House With the recommendation that same do pass as amended.
A bill to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia State Industrial Home for Girls.
Respectfully submitted, CRAwFORD WHEATLEY, Chainnan.
Mr. Bryan of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, submitted the following report :

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993

Mr. 8 peaker:

Your Committe~ on Pub1ic Printing 'have 1had under consideration the fol1owing bills of the House Nos. 157 and 576 and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House 'with the recommendation that same do not pass.

Bill No. 157. A bill entit1ed an" Act to amend an Act to regu]ate the manner of selecting official county newspapers, to provide how the same shaH be chang~ and for Qther purposes.'' Recommended that same do not pass.

Bill No. 576. A bill to be entitled an H Act to

estab1ish-tbe office of Superintendent of public print-

ing and for other purposes.'' Recommended that same .do not pa!')s. Tbis August ~6th, 1913. .

.

J. C. BRYAN, Chairman.

:;.',

Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the

Committee on IDducation, submitted the following

report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills of the House and . instrpcted me as t}leir Chail"'llan to report same baek: to the. House with. the_ recommendation that same .do not pass.
, By Mr. Fowler of Bibb, to authorize the State Superintendent of Sehools a:nd County Superintendents to grant a teachers license to graduates of the

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Georgia Normal and IndustrialCollege at Milledgeville, without standing an examination.
JAMES, Chairman.

Mr. Middleton of Dodge, C,hairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report:

Mr. Spea!ker:
Your Committee on Mines and mining have had under consideration H'Ouse Bill No. 498, and instruct me as Chairman, to report same back with the recommendation that sarrne do pa~s.
D.. S. MmnLETON, Chai~an.
Mr. Clements of Ii-win County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the .(~llowing report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of ihe House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to, the House with the .recommendation that same do pas~.
. No. 615. To be entitled an Act to provide for the removal of the Georgia Experiment station to a point iii South Georgia; to further define its purposes and to establish a closer relation between s~id station and the .State C~llege of Agriculture and Mecanic Arts and for other purposes.

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995

Committee recommends that folJowing bills do not pass_:

No. 537.

No. 581.

.Respectfully submitted, J. B. CLEMENTs, Chairman.

Mr. Spence of Mitchell County, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report :

Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Military AfFairs have had under consideration the following Resolution of,:the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the reoo~menda tion tha.t same do pass a:S' amended.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll, calling for a legislative
the investigation of the necessity of (1st). calling .out
militia; (2d). wa.s it nece~sary t"o kill the parties
shot in order to protect life and property ; and to appropriate $2,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the per diem and expenS'eS of the . committee. .
SPENcE% Chairman.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Govermnent_s, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:~ Your Committee on Municipal Government have

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had under consideratio~ the following Senate Bill No. 170; House Bills Nos. 708, 695, 698, 709, and instruoted me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.

Senate Bill No. 170. To amend the charter of Arlington.

House Bill No. 708. To an:nend charter of town of Mtartin.

House Bill No. 695. To amend an Act incorporating the town of Alston.

House Bill .No. 698. To incorporate the town of Geneva.

House bill No. 709. To amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
PmQUET, Chairman.

Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the

Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the fol-

lowing report:



Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following Bills of the Senate ; and instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back to the House, with the following recommendations:
Senate Bill No. 123. To amend Section 1079 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910 of the State of Georgia. Do pass.



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997

Senate Bill No. 181. To change the time of holding the Superior Court of Ogletho~ C<?unty in the Northern Judicial Circuit. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 184. To amend the Act establishing the City Court of Lexington. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, WrsooM, Chairman.

Mr. Duncan of Dooly, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under Consideration Blouse Bill No. 628 and beg. leave to report the same with recommendation do pass.
DuNcAN, Vice Chairman.
The following message_ .w:as received from His Excellency 'the Governor, through his Secretaey Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to change the County site of Murray County from Spring Place to Chatsworth.
An Act to increase the salary of the Judge of the City Oourt of Macon in and for Bibb County and other purposes.

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The following me8sage was received from''the
Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr.. Speaker:

The Senate has pass~ the follow~g Resolution. of the House, to~Wit;

A resolution relative to the ungranted lands in

the County of Chatham, and approving Acts Feb~

ruary 1st, 1788, December 21st, 1829 and Act ap-

proved March 1st, 1856.



The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit:

.A bill to tepeal ali Act to establish the. City .Court of .Aob'beville.

A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court ofHouston.

A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court

of Camilla.



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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following Resolution of the Senate, to-wit:

A resolution providing for the appointment of a

commission to . revise the .civil and .criJD.i.nal p,ro-

cedure of the State.

,. ,

The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitu-;

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999

tional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to provide for a permanent registration of voters of this State.
A bill to amend Section 2 of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State go as to abolish the office of County Treasurer.
T,he following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to provide .remuneration to prospectors, miners, etc., finding minerals on the lands of others.

By _Messrs. Ellis, Slater, Sheppard, et al-
A bill to provide for the removalof the Georgia Experiment Station to a point in South Georgia.
Br Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to .create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bleckley County.

By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to ao:nend an Act in~orporating t~ town pf Alston.

By Mr. Ragsland of TalbotA bill to incorporate the town of Gen~va.

~y ~Mr. Hayes of Stephens.,A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Martin.

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By Messrs. Swift, Slade and Wohlwender-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Columbus.

By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks.

- By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Brooks.

By Mr. Swift of Fannin-
A resolution authorizing the Governor of Georgia to enter into an agreement with the DuektoWii Sui~ phur, Copper and Iron Company.

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the ~m called insurrection in Augusta.
The following Bills .of the Senate favorably reported were read the seoond time.

By Mr. Perry of the 28th-
A bill to amend Section 1079 of the Code of 1910 relative to return of property for taxation.

By Mr. MeNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new chartet for the City of Macon.

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By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the present town of Arlington.

By Mr. DuBose of the 3oth District-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County.

ByMr. DuBose of the- 3oth District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City &urt - of Lexington.
The following bills were read the third time and . placed upon their passage.

By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act t<> incorp<>rate the City of Osierfield.
The following amendment of the committee was adopted.
To amend by adding the following language at the end of Section 1. ''That said Act shall only become effective after said city has paid all its indebtedness .and said indebtedness if any shall be paid not l;ater than January 1st, 1914 and said mayor and aldermen shall have power to levy sufficient tax to liquidate present indebtedness."
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The biil having received the requisite co~stltu tional majority was passed as amended. -

By Mr. Methvin of Dodg~
A bill to amend an .Aet to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
The favorable report of the committee was' agreed to. .
On the passage of the bill the ayes were -140, nays 0.
The bill having received _the requisite Constitu, tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Neal of Gordon-

A bill to amend the several Acts creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Gordon County.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

The bill having received,the requisite Donstihf-

tional majority, was passed.' ' :.. '

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. A bill to amend the several Acts incorporftting the

City of .Marietta.

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The following minority report was filed:

Mr. Speaker:
House Bill No. 633 by. Mr.. Ch~ney of Cobb County coming on before your committee on Corporations this day for consideration and. a majoJi.ty of said committee having recommended 'that the same "do pass" the undersigned having voted against recommending the passage of said bill~ begs leave as a member .of said committe~ .to submit this his minority report,.and recommends .that the same do not pass for the reason that said bill is impractical and 'not for' the' best. interest of the people of the City of Marietta.
''Jliis.A:ugust 5, i913.
w. ' .G. HARRELL,
.,. Member. Committee on Corporations.

Tpe favoJ,"able report of the committee was ,agreed to, .

011! the passage of the bill' the ayes were 101,

nays 7.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitu-
.tional majority; was passed.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham- .

A bill to repeal an Act to assist the Georgia In-

finnary.



The fav()rable report of the committee :was agreed
to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Wimberly and Miller-

A bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Macon.

The following amendmenfs proposed by the committee were adopted.

Amend by adding after the word ''act'' in t.he

third line of the third condition of the second Sec-

, tion the following words, to-wit.: "and Pine Street."

And amend further by striking from the third

condition of the second paragraph the following

words : ''That part of said streets described in Sec-

tion one (1) of this Act, and the use and occupation

thereof of the said Central of Georgia Railway Com-

pany with a railway passenger station or .de~t in

the ninth, tenth and eleventh lines of said third con-

dition.

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And amend further by. add~-..~t .the end of. the

fourth condition of the Second Section the following

words : ''and the Mayor l;lJ1d: .c~\l~pil, 9~ t:P-e (Jity of

Macon."
b;. The Committee- f~rther ~e~ds st~g f,.-om

Section 3 all of the words in said section beginning with the''~tds,-1"and' in'the''ele~eiltn :lhi~' of ~aid section'' and substitute therefor the following wotd~,

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to-wit: "Sixty-six and two thirds feet," and shall be laid off from the intersection of Plum Street and fifth Street through and across the property of the Central of Georgia Railway Company to. Pine Street at the Central Railroad shops so as to make it continuous. The title to said street shall be vested in the Mayor and Council of the City of Maoon by the Central of Georgia Railway Compa~y before any of
this the terms of Act shall become operative, and
the Mayqr and Council of th~ City of Macon shall' have full power and control over said stre~t and with full power to require construction and maintenance of viaduets or underpasses for railroad traeks whenever in its diseretion the public necessities shall require.

Amend the first line under Condition 1of Section

2, so that the same :when amended shall read as fol

lo~s, to-wit: That so. much of the part of Cherry Street lyj.ng between Fifth Street and S~th Street

as. may .be det~rmjn~ by the. Railrqad Co~ission

of, Geor.gi.a to be n~a;ry for ~~ purpose shall be

used.and pccup~eq {.()r. :Bt .Union:Fass~er -Station,

or d~po!..; ,

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J!inend bf 1addilig at the' e:tfd df said first Condi-

ti'<in of ~ti6n 2, the folldwing: Under reasonable

rule~ arid :regnhitions as to charges, to be approved

by the 1Da.itro~d 'Commission of this State. ''

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th.~.f.o~~~nv,p~.g:~ord~i "hy t.h~ M~yQr a:q~,QQlp,lcil,of

the City of Macon, and.''

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Amend Condition fifth of Section two by striking

the first nine lines thereof and mserting in lieu

thereof the following: ''Said Railway Com:Pan-r shall

erect and :inaintain on its properly along" its entire

frontage facing Broadway, formerly Fourth Street,

and lying between the Southern Express Company
a alley and Plum Street, building or buildmgs of

brick or stone not less than two stories high and not

less than. eighty feet in depth,' to be used eith~r by

said Railway Company, or other persons for }msi-

ness or commercial purposes.''

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Amend Section Three ofsaid Bill by inserting in the 11th line thereof, after the words "Plum St:reet" the words ''To be paved with regillar brick approved by the City Engineer."

Amend Section four by adding at the end thereof, the following, toe.wit: ''And when the provisions of this Act are accepted by said Central of Georgia. Railway Company within the time herein prescribed, all right, title and interest of said Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and of the State of Georgia in the portions of the streets which are atrlhorized to be closed and abolished by this Act, shall, when so closed and abolished for the purpose herein mentioned and in pursuance of the tel'!llls .of this Act become vested in S'aid Central of Georgia Railway Company and its successors and assigns, provided, however, that in the event said Central of Georgia Railway Company fails to accept the terms and provisions of this Act in the manner and within the time herein provided, this Act shall become null

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and void and inoperative and the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall not thereafter have any nower to close said etreets, or any of .them. And provided further, that. neither said Central of Georgia Railway Company, nor the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon shall close up, or discontinue for. use of _the general public that part of Cherry Street herein described until actual cons,truclion has been begun on the Union Passenger Station Building.

Amend further by adding to Section 4 the following words, to-wit: "Provided .nevertheless that the Central of Georgia Railway Company shall have no right or title to any .of the property herein des~ribed . or to close any of the streets here~ before mentioned or anf part thereof until it has faithfully complied with all of the terms and conditions of this Act.

Committee further amends by a,;dding another Section at the end of Section four to be known as Section 4.

This Act is intended to authorize the Mayor and
Council of'the City of Macon to enter into a contract with the Central of Georgia Raiiway Company upon such ter:ins and conditions as maY: be pr~scribed by
it not in conflict with the terms o this ACt, and the
Centraf-of Georgia Railway Compaity shall acquire no right to close any of s'aid streets.. or any title. t'o
a.I!Y of the landS' in said streets and' alleys except upon their faithful compliance with 'all the term;
ot and conditions of this Act and the coritract' with

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the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon herein
provided for.
oorr- That the Union Passenger Station shall be
structed before the freight terminals are rearranged and constructed and the title to the street herein to be closed 'S'hall not vest. in the Central of Georgia Railway Company until the Union Passenger Station is completed in accordance with the plans approved by the Railroad Commission and Mayor and
Council.
Amend Bill 'by adding at the end of Paragraph 3, Section 2, the following: That the said Central of Georgia Railway Company shall 1before closing or . occupying any of the said streets which the said Mayor and Connell are authorized to convey to it first pay to any persons owning property on any of said streets any and all damages that he may sustain to his said property by reason of the closing of the streets as ~erein provided, and in the event that the property owner and the said Contra! of Georgia Railway Company shall fail to agree on the amount of damage to the property '()f the said property owner located on any of said streets; then the damage to the property shall be ascertained in the manner now provided by law for corporations or perS'ons auth'()rized to take or dam~ge private property for public purposes as provided for in Sections 5206-523'5 inclusive of the Code of 1910.
Amend by striking all of the second paragraph of Section two and by adding after Section 4 to be known as Section 4 "a" as follows:

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''In no event shall the City of Macon or the Central of Georgia Railway Company be relieved from liability for damages to any property owner by reason of the exercises of any right~ conferred by this Act."

The fav{)rable report of the committee was agreed

to as amended.



On the. pas'Sage of the bill the ayes were 140 nays 0.

The bill having received t,he requisite Constitutional majority, -was passed as amended.

Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman on the Committee of Rules, submitted the following report.

Mr. Speaker:
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Your Committee on Rules fix the calendar for today, August 7, as follows:
l. Inheritance Tax Bill. 2. House Bill No. 667.
3. Resolution of Mr. Foster providing for the Governor to borrow $500,000.
4. Constitutional amendment providing 1 and 1% millS' extra tax for year 1915-16. No. 415.
5. House Btl No. 317.
6. Senate Bill No. 104.
7..House Resolution No. 30.

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After conclusion of above regular order as hereafter fixed.
And further recommend that individual speeches on all bills and measures be limited to ten minutes.
And further recommend that House Resolution No.
By Mr. Hardeman 00: Je:fferson providing for transaction of Senate business on Saturday, August 10. Be adopted.
Respectfully submitted, . BLACKBURN, Vice Ohairman.
The report of the Committee on/Rules was agr~ed to.
'rhe order of business recommended by the Committee on Rules, was adopted.
The following resolution favorably reported by the Rules Committee was adopted.

By Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson-

A resolution providing an order of business for Saturday August lOth, 1913.

The House. adopted the recommendation of tha Committee on Rules limiting individual speooheS' <m aJJ bills and motions to ten minutes.

The following bill :set for a special order at this

time was taken up for passage.

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By 1\fr. Swift of Musoogee-+ ' A bill to create and provide for an inheritanc~ tax.

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Mr. Go-wer of Crisp_ moved the_previQUS question

on the bill and the pending amendments, which

motion wa.S sustained and the main question was

or~ered.



.'l'he f.ollowing amendments. of the Co-mmittee were ad-opted.
Amend by striking from said )>ill SectiQns 1 ~d 2, as now w:ritt~n and substituting; therefor, the following:_
Section 1. .Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the -State of Georgia and it is her~by enacted by authority of the same that from and after the passag; of. this act all property within the jurisdiction of this State ~eal and personal and every estate and interest therein, whether belonging to the inhwbitants of this State or not, which.- shall pass on the death of a decedent by will o-r by the laws -regulating descents and distributions or by deed,: grant, or gift, exc~pt in cases of a bona fide purchase for a full consideration, made or "intended to take effect
mpossession -or enjoyment, after the d~ath of the
or gr~ntor or donor, to any. person. or persons, bodies
politic .corporate, in trust or otherwise, shall be subject to taxes and shall pay the f-ollowing tax to . this State:
(1) ''Upon a transfer taxable under this Act of property. or any beneficial 'interest therein, of an amount in excess of the value of five tho11S'Bnd ($5,000) dollars to any father, mother, husband, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or widow of a son, or any child or children adopt~d as such, in confor-

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m.ity with the laws of this State, of the decedent, grantor, donor, or vendor or to 1:\ny lineal descend:-
ant of such decedent, grantor, dori.~r or vehdor, born
in lawful wedlock, the tax shall be at the rate -of 1 per cent on any amount in excess of five thousand ($5,000) dollars.

(2) Upon a tran'Sfer taxable under this Act of

property or any beneficial interest therein of any

amount to any person or corporati-on or association

other than those enumerated in paragraph 1 of this

Section the tax shall be at the rate -of 5 per cent.

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Section 2. Be it further enacted that if any SOO:.

tion of this Act or any part of any Seciio~ of this

Act be hereinafter declared invalid the remain<ler

of said Act shall stand. .

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The following amendments proposed by Mr. Swift of Muscogee were adopted.

Amend by striking the w-ord''' transferred'' in iine
three of Section 10 and substituting in lieu thereof

the word ''transferes,'' and by striking the word

"of" after the word~''contingencies" in line three

of section 10. and' snbstit~ting in" ii(m 'thereof the

word "or."

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Amen~ by ~trikil;lg }.~~ word. ,'~no")~,line 2 of

Section 11 of House Bilf 10.. . . . ,

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.. Amend by striking 1the word "in'' in:iine 7 of

Sectmn,16 and-snbstittrting in:lieu thereof the'word

."on.''

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to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to as amended.
On the pa~sage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays 13.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu.., tional majority was passed as amended.
The following bill set for a special order at this time was read the third time and .placed upon its pa8sage.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to pro..vide for the election of United States Senators by the people.

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

On the passage -of the bill the ayes :were 125,

nays 0.

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The bill, h~ving recei:v~. the r~uj,site 09:r;tStitu-

tional m~JorltY was p~ssea. . . . '

.

The following resolution was read the third time and placed on its pass~e.

;
By Mr~ _Slar of Bryan-

A resolu~i.on to authorize the Governor to bo~row

money to. supply deficiencies.

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The favorable report of. the Committee.. _was

agreed to. .' : ~ /

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On. the passage .of the resolution the ayes were 113, nays 0.

'!1he resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

The following bill set for a special order at this

time was pll\ced on its passage.

.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-

A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide a special tax levy for the years 1915 and 1916.

Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett moved the previous question on the bill, which motion was sustained, and the main question was ordered.

1.'he report 9f the oominittee which was favorable
to the passage of the bill was agreed to;

The ayes .and .nays were ordered, a ballot viva-

voce being had, the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

I
Adams, Hall,

C{)leman, Calhoun,

Adams, Pike,

. Coleman, Laurens,

Akin,

Cooper,

Anderson, Murray, Culpepper, Clinch,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Davidson,

Beck,

Dodd,

Bell,

Ellis,

Berry, Blackbum,

EEvnanniss',

Brinson,

Field,

Bryan,

Futlbright,

Carter, Stewart, Gower,

Cheney,

.Harrell,

Hart, Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, James, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Liles, lipscomb, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCurry,

McMichael, Methvin, Middleron, Moss, Myrick, Nunnally, Olive, PhllllT, Rlllg'land, Rainey, Ransom,

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Redwine, Reese, Tholll88, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell,

Stovall, McDuffie, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tracy, Wall, Wheatiey, Whitaker, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton,

'Ifuose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock,

Fowler,

Allen, Pickens,

Garlington,

Anderson, Banks, Greene, Houston,

Arnold, Henry, Atwood,

GGrriimffiens', .

Ballard,

Hnrdeman,

Bennett,

Hardin,

Booker,

Hayes,

Brookshear:

Herrington,

Bullard,

Hines,

Burney,

Hodges,

Carter, Appling, Hollberg,

Clark,

Holtzclaw,

Olements,

Hopkins,

Cochran,

.Jaekson,

Cole;.

.Johnson,

Connor,

Jones, Coweta,

Cook,

.Jones, Lowndes,

Corn,

Keen,

Crawley,

Kidd,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lee, Lee,

Dean,

Lee, Wilkinson,

:DeVaughn,

LeSueur,

Dorough,

Loyd,

Dorris,

McCrory,

Duncan,

McGehee,

Edmondson,

McLendon,

Estes,

McRae, Telfair,

Thrus,

McRae, Wilcox,

Fosier,

McWhorter,

Meaders, Oconee,

Meadows, Wayne,. Melson, :1 Miller,. Mqon,.
'Moore,

Moye,

Neal, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Perkins,

Picquet,

Ree;e, Milton,

Reiser, Reynolds,

S.hepP,ard, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Snrith, Rabun;

Sp&l'ks,-.

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Spence, Carroll,

Stewsrt,

Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Strickland,

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Suggs, Sumner, Thompson,

Tootle, Turner, Warren,

Wisdom, Woods, Emantul, Wright,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Allen, J aekson, Carlton,
Oollins, Green, Wilkes, Hammack,

Harris, Lane, Decatur,
Ledbetter,
Mills,
Palmour,

Paulk, Berrien: Pickett, Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,

The call of the roll was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 7H, nays 99.
.The bill having failed to receive the requisite Constitutional majority, was lost.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
The hour ()f 1 o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock p.m.

3 O'CLOCK P. M.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock this afternoon and was called to order by the Speaker.

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

Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike,
AAlklienn', Glascock,
Allen, Jackson,

Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, :Murray, Arnold, Jienry, Arnold, Oglethorpe,

Atwuod, Ballard,
Beck, Bell, :&>nnett.

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Berry,

Greene, Houston, McRae, Telfair,

Blaekhum, Booker,

, Green, Wilkes,
Griffin

McRae, Wiloox, McWhorter,

Brinson,

Grimes,

Meaders, Oconee,

Brookshear,

Hammaek,

Meadows, Wayne,

Bryan,

Hardeman,

Melson,

Bullard,

Hardin,

Methvin,

Burney,

Harrell,

Middleron,

Carltmi,

Harris,

Miller,

Carter, Appling, Oarter, Stewari,

Hart, Hayes,

MMiololsn',

Cheney,

Heath,

Moore;

Clark, Olements,

Henderson, Hendrix,

Moss,
Mote,

Cochran,

He:rrington,

.Myrick,-

Cole,

ffines,

Neal,

Coleman, Calhoun, HIOdges,

Nevil,.

Coleman, Launms, Hollberg,

Nunnally,

Collins,

Holt~,.

Olive,

Connor,

Hopkins,

Oliver,

Cook,-

.Jaebon,

Palinour,

Cooper,

J!lmes,

Pa.*~.-

Corn,

Johnson,

Parks,

Crawley,

Jones, Coweta,

Paulk, Ben Hill,

Culpepper, Clinch, Jones, Lowndes,

Paulk, Berrien,

Culpepper, lleriwtr., Keen,

D.a.vidlton,

Kidd,

Perkins, Plultt;

...

.

Dean, DeVaughn, Dodd,

Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,

Piekett, Picquet, lblgiand,

Dorough, Dorris,

Ledbetter,
Lee, Lee, .

Rainey, Ransom,

Dun~,

Lee, WilkiBson, . Redwine,

Edmondson,

LeSueur?_

R~, Milton;

Ellis,
Ennis,_ Es~

Lilils, .LiP!i!OODI-b_, Loy'd,

.. Reese, Thoinas,
~~ "'Reynolds,

E~ans,

M~afla,

Rhode8,

Fariss,

McCants,

-~-an,

Field,

McCarthy,

Sheppard,

Foster, Fowler,

McCrory,. McCUrry,

Shipp, - 'Shuptrine,

Fullbtight,

M~,

SimpsOfl,, I

Garlington,

McLendon,

Slade,

Gower,

McMichael,

Slater,

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Sto,all, McDuffie, Smith; Fannin,

Strickland,

Smith, Fulton,

Suggs,

Smith, Rabun,

Sumner,

Sparks,

Swift,

Spence, Carroll,

Taylor, Laurens. Spence, Mitchell,

Taylor, Washington, Stewart,

Thompson,

Stone, Dawson,

Tootle,

Stone, Taliaferro,

Tracy,

Stonlll, Elbert,

Turner,

Wall,

Smitlh, DeKalb,

'\Tarren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

The following bill set for a special order .at this

time was taken up for action.

By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-:-
A bill to create a Commissioner of DrugS'.
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved the previous question on the bill and pending 8JID.endments, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 71 nays 85.
The bi~l having failed to receive the requisite Constitutional majority wa:S' lost.
The following,bill of the Senate set for a special order at this time was read the third time and placed upon its passage.

By Messrs. Longino and Searcy-:-
A bill to regulate the practice of Medicine in this State.

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The f'()llowing minority report was filed and .

read:

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To the Speaker and members o:f.th~ .Bouse of.Rep-

.rese~tatives of the Legislature., of .the Sta~ of

Georgia:

Gentlemen-As members of the Gonimittee on
we Hygiene 'and Sanitation of this House, desiie. tO

submit for conSideration of your 'honorable bOdy a

. m.lnority report ori the ''Medical Piacti~ .A.ct'' now

pendmg which had its hearing ~:fore 'our Com-

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mittee, July 14, 1913.

We. are moved to make this minOfl.ty repor:t for

the following reasons:

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1. 'lllls ~bill provides for one board o.f medical examiners f-or the State of Georgia to consist of eight members; five of which shall -be of. the allopathle school. The present law provides f.Or four separate and independent boards of -five 'members each, representing the four schools recogri.ized by laws~of our State~ These boards are: working harmoniously and there is no reason why this part of
our. medical law should be changed. In !this pro-
vision,- each school has its oomplete Uberty and freedom to work out its own problems without hindrance of :any <3oin:petitive system. This is in accord with the fundamental principles of our :governlnent, whicli gives equal privileges and rights' to" all.
This bH:l antagonit.es these principles in that it sets- up a monopoly of -interests of one school-over
those of the other three school-s mentioned in the

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bill. Before the couun.ittee the supporters of the bill claimed that because of their superior numbers they should have a majority on the board. If they use numbers a.s an argument in their favor, they should remember that they, one school; are asking that they shall rule three schools, when they ask that this one school be placed with abnormal majority over the other schools. Besides this the separate boards are working harmoniously aild the one board is purely an experiment with us and ~e see no reason for rushQlg into perils Unknown when the present is satisfactory. It is a fact that the other S'Chools are satis:fie.d with their separate boards which are of no expense to the State for each pays its own expenses.
_Another argument presented in favor of one board is -that four boards hold forthe a-- precedent for still another board if another school of heal4lg should develop and also this mak~ differe]lt staudards in the roedical practice. The facts are that all r~g
nized medical schools all ove;r the county have praetioally 1he same oourse of study and it is also true that with the four boards now existing .in our State
there is practically no dit'fereooe in -the standard required as- a minimum education-in the profession. If there can be no standard of education with different boa.lds then under the old law, that has existed for nineteen years, there has been no .standard._ But even if another school should oome into existence
and it should grow to 'SUCh an &xtent that the State thought it should have recogniti-oJl, there is no reason why it lhoold not b0 granted -and there is BO Pe&'S'on to suggest that its standards would hi> any

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lower than those now in existence. All of these surmises are gratuitous on the part of the advocates of one board and without any foundation in fact, as exemplified by the present status of the recognized schools in Georgia~
But those advocating the board on account of the fear of the precedent of another board h~ve made a very inconsistent record in the bill itS'elf, for it leaves the osteopaths with their board and if this bill passes we have two boards yet in existence, so that this objection still stands as in the caS'e of four boards for here is still the .precedent of another board while the eclectics and .the homeopaths have theirs taken from them T We see neither reason nor consistency nor justice in any senS'e for such a state of affairs.
If this bill becomes a .law the state of Georgia has established a trust or monopoly in the art of healing for the reason that it turns over to one school of healing machinery of the State in such a way as. to work to a diS'advantage of all other COJ,Ilpeting schools for power is put into the hands of one school with all of the machinery of the State in tilese interests that may be used to its. advantage.
2. The advocates of this biJf state that the object of the bill is to raise the standard of medical education in thestate. Their inS'inuation is that the other three schools are opposed to the biU on that account and they thus place the other schools in the a*titude . of opposing the bill for this reason. All of this is a method employed by the advocates of the one board

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to draw attention from the one object they have in view, that of getting a board with a majority of their school on it.

We make this statement and call_ especial atten-: tion to it for the rea:S'on that the other sch-ools who are opposing the bill are in hearty cooperation with every requirement of its educational features and on no oooasion have we ever contended for anything else. The educati-onal standard of this bill is only such a standard as all medical schools all over the United States have had for several years past and every school in Georgia has had to Hve upto it and have been living up to it all of the past years since the schools passed from a three year course to a four year course. Unless these sch-ools in Georgia had lived up to the requirements of their own National Association their schools would have been dropped and their students could not have gone to other States at all. So that this billonly provides for what the mediCal schools have been required. to liv,e up to all the time. Thus the 'bill itself does not raise any standard. On the other hand it only con~ firms what the schoo18 have been doing in Georgia all thetime. Hence, it is a~bsurd on its face when y-ou knowthe facts to insi.riuate that the minority oppose it on these grounds for nothing i~ more absurd.

There is one clause, however, that \\e :Call especial attention to as it strikes at the eclectic school in Atlanta and will. put it <nit of business if. this bill passes. The bill in speaking of what -a: medical ~chool shall have in its course of studysays a:mong

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other things, shall ''afford its students adequate clinicall!D.d hospital facilities.'' Now, the allopath schools in Atlanta have access to the Grady hospital for their hospital facilities. This hospital is supported by taxes of the people and belongs to the public.~ If any school of medicine is allowed to hold clinics there any other medical' school chartered by the Staie should have the saine privilege, but th~ in~ stitution is so organized that no doctor is. on the staff but an allopath. They make. the rules that no one can hold clinics except he is on the staff. Hence, this cuts the eclectic school out of hospital facilities. This bill requires hospital facilities of every school and putS all the power into the hands of allopaths to soo that. the school Jives up to its provisions. When they have the hospitals in their possession, not ac-
of oording to law, but according- to the manipulation
their politicians, they can Withhold these hospital facilities from the eclectic sohool as they have done for years 1md with the operation of this law in their
hands can close. this school by failing to' recognize
their graduates because of the Tequirement men"'
tion.OO here. If this bill is passed it -should be' so
amendea as to require that every public hospital or charity institution of this State that admits medical students into its wards for hospital experience should be open alike to all Jlledieal mstitJ;ttions chartered by this State.
It is, .fuerefC>re, manifestly unjust to-pass a law and make ,a :requirement of 'any .sehool that is physically!. impossible to carry . out wbile .the same au.thorities. provide facilities for a competing school.

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It amounts to nothing less than confiscating the property of the unfortunate medical school, for this board is empow-ered to close the doors of any medical !rehool that fails to live up to its provisions:
3. There is another serious objection to this bill in that it nowhere recognizes or provides for any other systems of treating disease than the schools, mentioned in the bill, the eelectics, the allopatlis, the homeopaths, the osteopaths.
The fundamental maxim .of law in these matters may be stated as follows: The State has the right to regulate all systems of treating disease, but it never suppresses any method of healing. In other words, just as the State of Georgia has no theological opinion, but leaves its citizens free to choose in these matters, so the State of Georgia does not set up one system of healing 8ll.d fost-er it as scientific while it places a ban npon :Other. systems. It is the function of the State to foster science, not. to 'SUppress it. It is the function of the State to give every system the same opportunity to develop; so fat as legislation is concerned, so long as science is .so vague and un1mttled, for it is only in sueh an atmosphere of freedom that we hope to make the most of our beginnings.
Now, the bill which was passed some years ago and is our present law, contahis this clause, which was supposed to provide .equa] privileges to all methodS' of healing: "If an applicant desires to practice any other system than those represented by these boards, he seleet or choose the 'boaid before

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whom he shaH go, and if his examination is satisfactory to the committee, it shall grant him a license to practice his profession in this State." Only a few yearS' ago, this law was tested in our courts and the court held that in as much as this clause did not specifically state what subjects the applicant should be examined in, that it had no meaning whatever and that our present law has no jurisdiction whatever over any one not mentioned in the bill.
But the pending bilJ does not even mention any other system than those named, yet its definition of the practice of medicine includes everything one could think of as a method of dealing with disease. Then why pass a bill that is much more out of harmony with the principle enunciated in the decision of the Supreme Court mentioned here T But even if this were not true, the bill, if passed establishes a second monopoly in favor of four schools mentioned in the bilL Thus the bill is a monopoly witiH.n a monopoly, a trust within a trust, a wheel within a wheel, the blind leaders of the blind both and all of which fall into the ditch according to the decision of the Supreme Court mentioned here.
4. This bi11 is very objectionable and obnoxious to the minority on account of another clause which reads: "the reputa'bility and standing of all m'edical co11eges shall be determined by this board.''
Why should one system of medicine be empowereQ to pass upon the standing and reputability of a medical college of another system any more than the State should pass a law Constituting a board of

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religions with five members of one school of theology
on a board of eight and then empower this board to
pass upon the orthodoxy of the other schools of theology in the State T Manifestly it should not.
Many of the States have composite boards, but no State gives a majority to any one school now. Kentucky tried it and they had five allopaths and. one each of the other three schools. How did they conduct affairs T In Kentucky the board of examiners and the board of health is t4e same body, or rather this one board performs both functions in that State. Wben this monopoly board first met, what did they doT They elected officers and organized for the year. They elected an allopath President of the Board. Then they elected another allopath the Secretary-Treasurer. They then passed a resolution that the President should appoint a committee of three who should have charge of all the health interests during the year. Now, please take notice of the generosity of the allopaths: The president of the ooard was an allopath and the SecretaryTreasurer was an allopath. Now the president was directed to appoint a committee of three to take charge of the health interests for the year. He appointed the remaining three allopaths on this committee. This left the other members out of the board entirely so far their having any voice whatever in running the affairs they were appointed to look after. Why not have had a board of five allopathsT Indeed, that was all they did have. Allopaths in Georgia are of the same brand as Kentucky. Any

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10:!7

wseitllobfemuennfwaihrowwhielln

ask to they

get do

in on an get in.

unfair basis Everybody

.lmows that. Kentucky has repudiated this thing

for they saw it did not work except to the detriment

of the small schools. All of the sta-tes where the

board is empowered to determine the reputability of

medical schools provideS' tbat each member of the

board shall be allowed to dete11mine the reputability

of his own schools, but no one shall sit in judgment

on a school which he does not represent. This is

just and right. rrhis bill should be so amended.

There is no board in existence in any State in the

United State'S' that allows a medical school o{ one

kind to be judged by doctors of another sect. Geor-

gia should not adopt such a measure. Each of you

place yourselves in the position of the schools who

are opposed to this monopoly and you will realize
the injustice of it an.

One of the greatest modern social philosophers says: "Moved as are the projectors of a railway, who, whilst secretly hoping for salaries,. persuade themselves and others that the proposed railway will be beneficial to the public-moved, as all men are under such circumstances,. by nine parts .of selfinterest gilt over.with one part of pilanthropy-surgeonS' and physicians are vigorously striving to erect a medical establishment akin to our religious one. Little do the public at large know how actively professional publications are agitating for State appointed overseers of public health."

These prophetic words of the great Herbert

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Spencer in his works on Social Ethics, while directed at the medical profession in his owii country, is just as applicable to the American Medical Association as seen in its aggressions in our own country to establish a National Department of Health in Washington, D. C., a few years ago, with the head of this department a member of the President's cabinet and whose appointment should be recommended by this same school of medicine. The committee of the .American Medical Association which had this bill in charge reported at the late meeting of this organization in Minneapolis, Minn., that they had spent $136,000 in their work. All who believe that the American Medical Association have spent all this amount of money with an eye single to the public good will please contribute $25 to the charity association. 'lfue allopaths claim that they have 2700 members in their Georgia Association. Several mem'bers have said that the association assessed a tax $5 each upon the membership to put this pending bill through. If any one doubts that the Georgia Association is acting otherwise than for the benefit of the masses let him be anathema.
The fact that President Wilson has started an investigation of the lobbies maintained at W aS'hington an() that since then, at the meeting of the American Medical Association at Minneapolis, this Nat- ional Health Committee has been discharged, is a signficant fact. In the light of these aggressions of the .American Medical Association and the fact that this pending bill is the "regular stock bill" of thiR Rame Rssociation, as one may find, in their pub-

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Jished literature, we see in this effort to make this bill a law in Georgia a part of the movement all over our country to establish State medicine and a monopoly by this one school of all of the health interests of our entire country.
Hence, no state ha:S' enacted this law as it is presented to us in this bill. In every state where they have composite boards either the law names how many of each school shall,be appointed on the board and does this in such a way that no school has a majority on the board or as is most usual states that the Governor shall appoint the members of the board in such a way as that all schools shall be represented while no school shall have a majority on the board.
We beg your pardon for going into these extended explanations, but the average layman knows little about the actual condition of those matterS' and this explanation is necessary that he may act intelligently upon this subject.
5. We call attention in a few words to the fact that this same organization which is so generous to the rest of the medical world has left the osteopaths with their separate board. But how did they do it 1 The osteopaths have a regular course of study just as any other medical college in their schools which includes surgery in the course. Their law in !this State licenses them to practice surgery. The clause in this bill which exempts them from this law reads, ''nor to osteopaths so long as they do not use drugs or
prescribe medicines~'' How Carl one practice sur-
gery without the use of anesthetics and antiseptics 1

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This school knows all of this, but they are so narrow as to try to pass laws destroying all competition and do this in the name of education for the benefit of the public. We believe that if the layman understands the whole situation he will not tolerate such a condition as this bill will bring upon the State of Georgia. No other State has so tied up the other schools of medicine.

The:re are many other things in this bill which we might notice but we have now devoted entirely too much time to it, but we have only done thiS' in the interest of justice and right toward the health interests of' the whole State. We speak for the people at large, those who if they knew the situation, would rise up and smite a trust that strikes at the vitals of the great boon of liberty that our institutions give us.

In view of the above considerations, we recommend the following amendments:
In Sec. 2 strjke out, ''five members of this board shall be regular physicians, two shall be eclectic physicians and one shall be ~n homeopathic physician.'' and substitute the following: ''The members of this board shall be appoini!ed by the Governor in such a way as that the eclectics, the homeopaths and the allop-athic schools shall all be represented on the board, but in such a way that no one school shall have a majority on said board.''
To provide equal hospital facilities for all schools equally we recommend the following be inserted

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l!_s a new section and other S'ections changed in number so as to conform to this added section.
"Sec.- Be it further enacted, That every person, persons, corporation or associations conducting any hospital or hospitals not held for private or corporate profit but that are conducted for charity who1ly and purely and that are exempt from all taxes, either State, county or municipal tax by reason thereof, shall not in any manner discriminate between schools of medicine chartered by this state in the matter of allowing their wards to be used by medical students for clinical or hospital experience, but aU such institutions which allow any school of medicine such privileges shall allow any other school chartered by this State the same privileges. Furthermore these institutionS' shall not in any manner discrimi- nate between the patients of any regularly licensed physician by reason of the fact that said physician is not a member of the medical staff of said hospital, or for any other reason, but said hospitals are here-. by compelled to admit and care for the patients of any regularly licensed physician or physicians under the same terms and conditions as may be promulgated by the management of said hospital as the patients of any other regularly licensed physician.''
To make provision for all other methods of treating disease and to regulate all of . the.se other methoqs, .we recommend the following .as a sootion to be added and properly numbered: ''Sec. Be it further enacted, That if an applicant desires to practice another system not represented by this board, he ID4\Y make application to the board as required in

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Section 5 of this Act and present a diploma from the school he represents which school shall 'be chartered by the State in which it is located. The board shall then give him an examination upon subjectS' enumerated in Section 10 of this Act and if his examination is satisfactory as to the general average as required by this Act, the board shall grant him a certificate which shall be his license to practice his system in this State when it is recorded by the clerk of the Superior Court as required by thiS' Act. If he shall state in his application that he does not propose to practice surgery, the board shaH omit major surgery from his examination.''

As stated above this bill endeavors among other .. things to take from the osteopaths the rights to prac-
tice surgery, which the State has already granted them. This clause in the bill shows up the animus of the supporters of the measure in any thing but a good light. Hence, we recommend that this bill be amended by striking out, from Sec. 15, ''nor to osteopaths not prescribing medicines or administering drugs" and substituting the fol1owing: "nor to osteopaths Hcensed by their board.''
In order that every schoolshall be judged by its own people who a.re qualified to determine its reputability and standing we move to strike out the following from Sec. 7 : '' sai(i board shall be empowered by this Act to pass upon the good standing and reputability of any medical college" and for it substitute the following: "the reputability and good standing of a medical college shall be determined by

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the members of this board representing such institution, and that they S'hall only pass upon coneges of their own distinctive school of medicine.''
Respectfully submitted, R. J. ARNOLD.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Shuptrine of -

Chatham.

'

On motion of Mr. Fullbright of Banks, the House adjourned unti1 9 o'c1ock tomorrow morning.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
August 8th, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker and was opened with prayer by the Qhaplain.
By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of b~siness during the period of Unanimous Consents:
1st. Introduction of general or local bills. 2nd. Reading 'Senate bills the first time. 3d. Reports of Standing Committees. 4th. Reading of all bills favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of all local bills incontested and general bills having a local application.
6th. House bills with Senate amendments for concurrence.
The following bills and resolution were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:
By Messrs. Myrick and McCarthyA bill to create the Commisioners of Chatham
County.

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1035

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Swift and Slade-
A bill to appropriate $2,000.00 to cover the expen~ of re-intering the remains of .John Clark.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. Stark of the 33rd District-
A bill to provide a Permanent Registration for voters who have once qualified.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend the Constitution ,of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Irwin of 31st District-
A resolution providing for appointment of a commission to revise the civil and criminal procedure of the State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. Mr. Hardin of Monroe County, Chairman of thE: Committee on Conservation, submitted the foilowing report:

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Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Conservation have had under consideration the following bill of the Sente and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill for the purpose of draining certain wet
lands. D!o pass.
HABDIN, Chairman. August 7, 1913.
Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute:
A bill providing. for the sanitation of bakeries, canneries, meat markets, etc.
Respectfully submitted, ALLEN, Chairman.
Mr. Dorough of Franklin County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913.

1037

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Public Library have had under consideration the following Resolution No. 151 of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the reCommendation that same do pass.

Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the

Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the follow-

ing report:



Mr. Speaker:
Your Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 694. To be entitled an Act giving judges presiding in criminal cases, the right to sentence females convicted of misdemeanor, to serve said time in barracks in any county having a population of one hundred thousand or more.
Respectfully submitted, WrsnoM, Chairman.
This 7th day of August, 1913.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, su'bmitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your ~'ommittee on ( 'orporations have had under

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consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 685. An Act to create a new charter for the town of Gibson in the County of Glasscock, and to re-incorporate said town and define its territorial limits, etc. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 721. An Act to revoke the charter of the town of Ranger in State of Georgia and for other purposes in Gordon County.
Senate Bill No. 182. A bill to amend the charter of Forest Park.
BULLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following House hil1s and instructed me aR their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 731. Do pass.
House Bill No. 730. Do pass.
MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with- the reCommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 285. To propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a new county called Hansell.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No.1, submitted the following report:

Mr: Speaker:

Your General Judiciary Committee No.1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommen- dation..tha.t. same do pass:

.To: amend Sections 4-424:--a.nd 4425 of the Code: "l?o pass."

To e~tab1i'S.k Publ'ic Highway Com'mi'ssion. ''J.)~

pa:;s as amended."

!.

.,w:!i,.>_. ''

'

.,;Do Repeal Commission of R.oads. and Reven,ues qf

C'obb>Coti"ntf

pass_,., '' ' ;r,

... ;

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Establish Commission of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County. "Do pass."
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chainnan of the Co.mmittee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill to amend Section 971, Code of 1910. Also a bill to protect streams in Georgia and recommend that same be recommitted to Committee on Game and Fish.
Respectfully submitted, D. R. AKIN, Chairman.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Jl r. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report sallte back to the House with the recommendation that
House Bill No. 688. Do pass as amended. RAINEY, Chairman.
Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the

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Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill to appropriate $13,286.80 for repairs on the State Capitol.
Mr. Duncan of Dooly, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters submit the following report: Bill No. 376, recommended to "do pass" as amended. Bill No. 578, recommended to ''do- pass.''
C. C. DuNCAN, Vice-Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr._ Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend -Section 1037, Paragraph 4 of the Penal Code of 1910 relative to the competency uf -

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husband and wife as witnesses in criminal proceedings.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Marshallville.
A bill to provide for election of United St~;ttes Senators by the people.
A bill to provide for maintaining caus-eways and approaches to public bridges between counties.
A bill to authorize the execution of lost deeds to be proved as to land in any county where the said lost deed was never recorded.
A bill to prohibit any person from inveigling any females into any house of ill-fame.

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

Mr. B peaker:

The Senate recedes from its amendments Nos. 1 and 2 to the following bill of the House, to-wit:

A bill to rearrange_ the Middle and Au,gusta..J u-,.
by diciai 'circuits taking J e~kins County from the
Middle Circuit and adding said county ~o the AYgus.: ta Judicial Circuit.

Tbe. Senate has ~~ssed as amended, 'by the" TequisJ.

ite Constitutional majority, the following bills .-of

the Hous~, tq~'Y'it _: , ;

__ , ..

- A bill' to repeal an Act creating a Board' of Com-

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913.

1043

missioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Coffee County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee.
A bill to create a new charter for town of McCaysville.
A bill to amend Section 950, of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910 so as to provide the occupation tax for corporations.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waycross.
A bill to authorize the working of streets of towns in Macon County, by county chaingang.
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, towit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town Qf Kirkwood.
A bill to add the City of Boston to Jist of State depositories.
A bill to add the town of Cochran to Jist of State depositories.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Lake.

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A bill to amend Section 17 of the charter of City of Waycross.
A bill to amend Section 951 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to occupation tax.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of HartwelL A bill to amend the charter of the City of Athens. A bill to amend Section 964 of Civil Code of 1910; for fixing the tax on bottling of beverages. A bill to incorporate the town of Aline. A bill to amend the charter of City of Hawkinsville. A bill to amend the charter of City of Moultrie. A bill to amend the charter of town of Pineview. A bill to amend the charter of City of Royston. A bill to create a new charter for town of Cochran. A bill to repeal the charter of the town of Lakeview.
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Springfield.
A bill to establish a Park and Tree Commission for City of Waycross..
A bill to amend the charter of City of Lavonia.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Ro~ds an~ Revenues for the County of Wheeler.
A bill to carry into effect the Constitutional

FRIDAY, AuausT 8, 1913.

1045

amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6 of the Constitution, etc., to create a Municipal Court in the City of Atlanta.
A bill to establish the City Court for Hazlehurst in the County of J e:ff Davis.
/
A bill to amend the charter- of the town of Decatur.
A bill to abolish the County Court of J e:ff Davis.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Newborn.
The following _bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to establish a Public Highway Commission
for Georgia.
By Mr. Coleman of CalhounA bill to provide for the creation of Hansen
County.

By Mr. Rhodes of ClarkeA bill to amend an Act to create the_ Board, of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clarke.
By Mr. Spence ~f- MitchellA hill to amend an .:\et anwndin!(- an .\ct to pro-

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vide a County Board of t'ommiHsioners for Mitehell County.

By Mr. Allen of Glascock-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson.

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill giving judges presiding in criminal cases the right to sentence females to the barracks.

By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to revoke the charter of the town of Ranger.
j
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to appropriate $13,286.60 for -repairs on we State Capitol.

By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
. A resolution relative to Commission on a Legislative Reference Bureau.

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1047

By Messrs. Hart and Allen-
A bill to allow catching of certain fish during certain months to the citizens of Warren and Glascock Counties.
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time:

By Mr. Tarver of the 43d District-
A bill to amend Sections 4424 and 4425 of the Code of 1910 relative to recovery for homicide.

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act providing for a system of draining wet swamp lands.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Forest Park.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage :

By Mr. Shipp of Pulask~-

- :

t'

A bill to create the office of Commissioner of

Roads :~nd Revenues for Bleckley County:

:The favorable report of ''the Committee wa:-;

agreed to.

.

<:in the passttge Of the mn the' ~)tes we~e NO,

nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Johnson of ,Montgomery-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Alston.
The favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 145, Iiays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-
A bill to incorporate the town of Geneva.
The. favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.
On the passage of the bil1 the ayes were 150, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hayes of Stepheas~
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Martin:
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
, On .the passage .of the bill the ayes were 135, nays 0.

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1049

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Brooks.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 148, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
The following amendment offered by Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee was adopted.

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That Section 1 be amended by striking the following language, to-wit: "Who may have reported any police officer for failure to discharge his duties or for any misconduct of such police as a witness before said board at any hearing before said board instituted for the purpose of investigating such charge or charges so reported against any of the police officers of said city," and inserting in lieu thereof the following language, to-wit: "As a witness before said board to testify at any hearing instituted for the purpose of investigating any charge or charges preferred against any of the police or police officers of said city.''

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of !he bill the ayes were 125,

nays 0.

'

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

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage:

By Mr. McNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon..
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 145,
nays 0.

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1051

- The bill having received the requisite Constitu! tional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to amend an Act relative to the present charter of the town of Arlington.
rrhe favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 145, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
Upon the request of" the authors, House Bills No. 247, No. 416 and No. 537 unfavorably reported, were placed upon the calendar for the second reading.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 245 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 656 was withdrawn from the Committee on Ways and Means andre-referred to the Committee on Game and Fish.
Under the order of reconsideration, Mr. Fullbright moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the following bill, to-wit:

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide a pro. rata ad valorem tax levy for the common schools.

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Mr. Paulk of Berrien !fiOVed the previous question on the motion to reconsider, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 86, nays 57.
The motion to reconsider was carried and the bill went to the heel of the calendar.
Mr. Fullbright of Burke moved to reconsid~r the action of the House in defeating the passage of the following bill, to-wit:

By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide the pro rata ad valorem tax levy for the pensions.
On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 86, nays 67.
The motion to reconsider was carried and the bill went to the heel of the calendar.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate insists on its amendments to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A hill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Quitman.
The .Senate has passed as amended, by. the requis-

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1053

ite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit:
, A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.
The following bill of the Senate came over from the session of yesterday afternoon and was again taken up for action :

By :Messrs. Longino and Searcy-
A bill to regulate the practice of medicine in thi8 State.
Mr. Slater of Bryan, move? to indefinitely postpone.
On the motion to indefinitely postpone, Mr. Connor moved the previous question, which motion was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to indefinitely postpone, the ayes were 60, nays 83.
The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost.
Mr. Miller moved that the House consider the bill by sections, which motion was sustained.
The following amendment by Mr. Connor of Spalding was adopted:
Amend by striking the "eight" wherever it may occur and insert in lieu thereof the word ten.
The following amendment by Mr. Miller of Bibb was lost:
Amend by adding as Section 1 and numbering oth-

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er sections accordingly : (1) Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, Sections 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693 1694, 1695, 1697 of Volume 1, Code of 1910 creating a Board of Medical Examiners and defining their powers and duties be and the same are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Mr. Heath of Burke, moved to reconsider the action of the House in adoptiug the Connor amendment.
On the motion to reconsider, Mr. Garlington of Richmond, moved the previous question, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Miller of Bibb moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the Miller amendment to Section l.
The motion to reconsider was sustained and the Miller amendment was adopted.
Mr. Adams of Hall, moved the previous question on Section 2 and pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, moved to reconsider the aetion of the House in ordering the bill to be considered by sections, which motion was sustained.
The bill was taken up for consideration as a whole.

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Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, moved the previous question on the bill BJ,ld _pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the mnin question was ordered.
The following amendments were adopted:

By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
Amend by inserting in the first line of the caption after the ''Act to'', the following words: ''Abolish the present State Board of Medical Examiners and to.''

By Mr. Miller of Bibb--
Amend by adding as Section 1 and numbering other sections acordingly: (1) Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, Sections 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1697 of Vohime 1, Code of 1910 creating a Board of Medical Examiners and defining their powers and duties be and the same are hereby repealed in their entirety.

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
Amend by striking the word "eight" wherever it may occur and insert in lieu thereof the word "ten."

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
Amend Section two (2) of the hill by striking from said section the words ''From the latest com-

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plete list of members furnished by the secretaries of the respective State Medical Association.''

By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
Amend by striking the words ''two eclectic physicians," wherever same may appear in said bill and substitute in lieu thereof the words ''Three Eclectic Physicians.''
Amend by striking the words one Homeopathic Physician and substitute in lieu thereof the words ''two Homeopathic physicians.''
By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
Amend Section 2 by striking the word two in line 19 of the printed bill and substitute the word 3 in two years and three in four years.
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agr:eed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
The following resolution was read and referred to a committee:
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A resolution authorizing the House and Senate Committees on Penitentiary to visit the convict camps in vacation.

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Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson, Mr. Herrington of Emanuel, Mr. Akin of Glynn, Mr. Dean of Paulding, Mr. Hays of Stephens, and Mr. Bryan of Catoosa.
On motion of Mr. Myrick of Chatham, the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 0 1CLOCK P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock this afternoon and was called to order by the Speaker.

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

Adams, Hall,

-Bullard,

_Dean,

Adams, Pike,

Burney,

DeVaughn,

' AAlklienn', Glascock,

Carlton, Carter, Appling,

Dodd, Dorough,

Allen, Jackson,

Carter, SteWIU"t,

Dorris,

Allen, Pickens,

Cheney,

Duncan,

Anderson, Banks, Clark,

Edlm.ondson,

Anderson, Murray, Olements,

Ellis,

Arnold, Henry,

Coohran,

Ennis,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Cole,

Estes,

Atwood,

Coleman, Calhoun, Evans,

Ballard,

Coleman, Laurens, Flariss,

Beck,

Oollins,

Field,

Bell,

Connor,

-Foster,

Bennett,

Cook,

Fowler,

Berry,

Cooper,

Fullbright,

Blackburn,

Corn,

G&:'Jington,

Booker,

Crawley,

Gower,

Brinson,

-Culpepper, Clineh, Greene, Houston,

Bxvokshear,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Green, Wilkes,

Bryan,

Davidson,

Griffin,

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Grimes,

McMichael,

Hammaek,

McRae, Telfair,

&rdeman,

McRae, Wiloox,

HHaarrdreinn,,

McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee,

Harris,

Meadows, Wayne,

1furt,

Melson, .

Hayes,

Methvin,

Heath,

Middleron,

Henderson,

Miller,

Hendrix,

Mills,

Herrington,

Moon,

Hines,

Moore,

Hlodges,

Moss,

Hiollberg,

Moye,

Holtzclaw,

Myrick,

Hopkins,

Neal,

Jaebon,

Nevil,

James,

Nwinally,

Johnson,

Olive,

Jones, Coweta,

Oliver,

Jones, Lowndes,

Palmour,

Keen,

Parker,

Kidd,

Parks,

Kimbrough,

' Paulk, Ben Hill,

Lane, Decatur,

Paulk, Berrien,

Lane, Jasper,

Perkins,

Ledbetter,

Pharr,

Lee, Lee,

Pickett,

Lee, Wilkins(m,

Picquet,'

LeSueur,

Ragland,

Liles,

Rainey,

Lipscomb,

Ransom,

Loyd,

Redwtne,

McCalla,

Reese, Milton,

McCants,

Reese, Thomas,

McCarthy,

Reiser,

McCrory,

Reynolds,

McCurry,

Rhodes,

McGehee,

Shadburn,

McLendon,

Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StoV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thoonpson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimbel'ly, WlSdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, submits following report:

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Mr. 8 peaker:
.Your Committee on Enrollment have examined and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, towit:
An Act to amend charter of the City of Macon.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create . a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam.
An Act to incorporate City of Chicamauga.
An Act to provide for an extra or additional levy of a tax by County Commissioners of Catoosa County.
An Act to amend an Act to provide Board of Commissioners, County of Elbert.
An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create Board of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of White County.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create office Commissioner Roads and Revenues, County of Telfair.
An Aet to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Commissioners Roads and Revenues, Wilkes County.
An Aet to create office of County Commissioner of Jones County.
An Act to incorporate town of Clermont in Hall County, and for other purposes.

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An Ad to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Ocilla.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman:

Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, submits the following report:

Mr. 8peaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined and found properly enrolled, dnly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts:
An Act to incorporate the town of Cotton in Mitchell County.
An Act to amend charter of town of Oakfield and for other purposes.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.

An Act to provide for holding four terms each year of Superior Court of Pulaski.
An Act to amend the charter oft he town of Pavo.
An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools, town of Eastman.
An Act to authorize Trustees Methodist Episcopal Church, Perry, Georgia, to sell certain real estate.
An Act to amend charter City of Columbus. An Act to amend an Act creating new charter for City of Eastman.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.
Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of Committee on En-

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 191.3. rollment, submits the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to amend charter of City of Valdosta.
An Act authorizing establishment of public school system of the town of Canton.
An Act to repeal an Act payment insolvent costs in Augusta Judicial Circuit.
An Act to amend establishing City Court of Valdosta.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating City of Sycamore.
An Act to amend charter City of Buford.
An Act to amend an Act to create charter City of Camilla.
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate town of Unadilla.
An Act to amend charter of City of Toccoa.
An Aet to add additional Judge Superior Court Atlanta Circuit.
An Act to declare and make Clayton Board of Edcucation, City of Clayton, suecessor of .Trustees of Clayton Academy.

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An Act to repeal an Aet and all amendments creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, County of Jones.
An Act to amend an Act authorizing Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bibb County to contribute from County Treasury to the support and maintenanc.e of hospital operated by Macon Hospital Association.
An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of Superior Court of Wilcox County.
An Aet to amend the charter of City of Lawrenceville.
An Act to authorize Board of Commissioners, Roads and Revenues, Sumter County, to work county chaingang upon streets of Americus.
An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate town of Danielsville.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating City of Ocilla.
An Act to establish a public school system for Ocilla in Irwin County.
An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create Board of Commissioners, Roads and Revenues, County of Dooly~
The following resolution set for a special order was read the third time and placed on its passage:

By Mr. McCrory of Sehley-
A resolution to appoint a joint eommittee to look into the school text-book question.

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Mr. Meaders of Oconee, moved the previous question an the resolution and the pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered~
The following subs.titute by the Committee to the resolution was adopted:

A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the contract for school books for the public schools of Georgia expires this year, and
Whereas, it appears that the present prices paid for school books are exorbitant when compared to the prices of other school books,
Be it resolved therefore by the House of Representatives the Senate concurring, That a joint committee of seven composed of the Governor and State Superintendent of school, who, together with two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and three members of the House appointed by the Speaker of the House shall be a committee to inquire into and report as soon as practicable on the reasonab1eness of the present price of school books and inquire into the prices of books used elsewhere and also as to the practicability of the State furnishing school books for use in the public schools at cost of publication and to make all investigation that may be necessary touching upon the furnishing of all books used in the Common and High Schools receiving State aid at cost of publication and delivery of the same.
Be it fu.rther resolved, That said committee is

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hereby clothed with authority to subpoena witnesses, to take evidence, to employ a stenographer, and compel the production of documents and to do such other acts as are necessary for this investigation.
Be it further resolved, That said committee shall make a report of its investigation, together with the testimony thereof, to the present session of the General Assembly, provided the investigation shall be concluded in time to render such report at the present session of the General Assembly.
If the report, together with the testimony thereof be not rendered to the present session of the General Assembly, then such report, together with the testimony thereof shall be made at the next regular session of the General Assembly.
Be it further resolved, That said committee is authorized to sit at such times and places as said Committee may direct and if said investigation is not concluded before the adjournment of the present session of the General Assembly, then the members of said committee, except the Governor and the State Superintendent, shall receive each a per diem of four dollars and actual necessary expenses incurred in this investigation except while the Legislature is in session which shall be sworn to, and when approved by the chairman and vice chairman o_f the committee said per diem and expenses shall be paid out of any funds to the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The following amendment to the substitute was adopted:

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McCrory of Schley moved to amend substitute of House Resolution No. 30 as follows:

Be it further resolved, That the State B()ard of Education or School Book Commission, is hereby authorized to make new contracts for school books for five years at the regular time as provided by law,
I
this year with the proviso that said contract can be abrogated as to any adoption after six months' notice to the publishers of said book or books.

Be it further resolved, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this resolution be and the same are hereby repealed.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to by substitute as amended.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 146, nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite Con-

stitutional majority, was passed.



Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth, moved that when the House adjourned Saturday at 1 o'clock P.M., it will stand adjou:rned until Monday at 10 o'clock A. M., which motion was sustained.

By unanimous consent, the session of the House was extended fire minutes for the purpose of acting on House Bills No. 114 and No. 719, and one minute for establishing a copy of House Resolution No. 45 as the resolution and reading the same the second time.

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

By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 22 a speciat order.
The following bills were read the third time and: taken up for passage:

By Mr. Akin of Glynn~
A bill, House Bill No. 114, to allow county author-. ities to appoint county police.
The favorable report of the Committee was. agreed to.
On the passage of the the bill the ayes were 108,. nays 2.
The bill having rec~ived the requisite Constitu-. tio~al majority, was passe~.

By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill, House Bill No. 719, to provide separatebooks for the recordation of maps, pla.ns and surveys.
T'he five minutes having expired, the bill went over as unfinished business.
By unanimous consent, a copy of the followingresolution, House Resolution No. 45, was established. as the resolution with its reading. The resolution_ was read the second time.

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1067

By Mr. Piekett of Terrell-
A resolution to refund to certain persons in the City of Dawson, certain near-bear licenses.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Adams of Hall, Mr. Connor of Spalding, Mr. Gower of Crisp, Mr. Perkins of Habersham and Mr. Meadows of Wayne,
The Speaker declared t~e House adjourned until tomo:rrow at nine o'clock A. M.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., August 9th, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock; 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, Hall,

Cole,

Greene, H<mston,

Adams, Pike,

Coleman, Calhoun, GTeen, Wilkes,

AAkllienn', Glascoek,

Coleman, Laurens, Oollins,

GGrriimffiens',

Allen, Jackson,

Connor,

Hammack,

Allen, Pickens,

Cook,

Hiardeman,

Anderson, Banks, Coooper,

Hardin,

Anderson, Murray, Corn,

Harrell,

Arnold, Henry,

Crawley,

Harris,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Clineh, Ihtrt,

Ahrood,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hayes,

Ballard,

Davidson,

Heath,

Beck,

Dean,

Henderson,

Bell,

DeVaughn,

Hendrix,

Bennett,

Dodd,

Herrington,

Berry,

Dorough,

Hines,

Bl.ack:bnrn,

Dorris,

HJodges,

J

Booker,

Duncan,

HoUberg,

Brinson,

Edmondson,

Holtzclaw,

Brookshear,

Ellis;'

Hoopk.ins,

Bryan,

Ennis,

Jackson,

Bullard,

Estes,

James,

Burney,

Evans,

Johnson,

Carlton,

F\i.riss,

J10nes, Coweta,

Carter, Appling, Field,

Jones, Lowndes,.

Carter, Stewart,

Foster,

Keen,

Cheney,

Fo-Mer,

Kidd,

Clark,

Fullbright,

Kimbrough,

Olements,

Garlington,

Lane, Decatur,.

Cochran,

Gower,

Lane, Jasper,

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Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilk:i.Iison, LeSueur, Liles, LipSCQmb, Loyd, - .
McCalla, McCanb., McCarthy,.
McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, MeMichaiel,. McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middlebon, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil,

Nun:nally, .
Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, PhaJrr, Pickett, Picquet, Rlagland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, MiltOn,
Reese, Thoonas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith,_ DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,

Smith, Rabun,
Sparks, Spenee, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Ston:e, Taliaferro,
Stxwail, Elbert,
Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland,
Suggs, Sumner, . Swift,
Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington,
. Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wall; Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, _ W ohlwender,
wood, Twiggs,
Wood, _.Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

By unanimous consent, the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during the period of Unanimous Consents:
1st. Introduction of local and general bills.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.

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3d. Reports of Standing Committee.
4th. Read~g all bills favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of local bills and general bills having a local application.
6th. Concurrence in Senate amendments to House bills.
7th. Reading Senate resolutions.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committee:

By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to empower any owner of a conditional sale to personal property, to foreclose the same.
Referred to General Judicia.ry Committee No. 1.

:By Mr. Strickland of Piei'ceA bill to prevent the taking of fish' with seines or
nets in any waters of the State above tide water for .a. term of .:five y~ars.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
~Y Mr. Huie of the 35th District. A bill to provide for the election of United States .Senators'by :the people.
Referred to Gene:raLJudiciary Committee.No. 1.

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1071

By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to repeal Sections 2675, 2676, and 2677 of the Code of 1910 relative to public road crossings over railroad tracks.
Referred to C<lmmittee on Railroads.

By Messrs. Blackburn and SmithA bill to abolish the system 9f paying certain pub-
lic offieers by fees in certain counties. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. The following bills of the Senate were read the
first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Tyson of the 2d DistrictA bill to amend Section 1037 of the Code of 191(}
relative to the competency of husband and wife as. witness.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. Rushin of the 14th and Mr. Anderson of the, 1st District-
A bill to provide for maintaining in proper condition causeways and approaches to public bridges.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Bush, Foster and SearcyA bill to prohibit any person from inveigling any-

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female of previous chaste character or any female child under 14 years of age into any house of ill fame.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to authorize the execution of a lost or destroyed deed to be proved.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.

By Mr. Richardson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Marshallville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitutron have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 31. A bill to be entitled an Act to
amend Section 2, of Article 11 of the Constitution of this State so as to authorize the qualified voters in each of the several counties in this State to abolish the office o_f CQunty Treasurer.
SHELBY MYRICK, Chairman.

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1073

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, sub-
mitted the follbwing report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 143, and instructed me as their Chairman
to report same back to the House with the recom-
mendation that same do pass: MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Slater of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under -consideration the following House Resolution No. 155, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
MR. S~TER, Chairman. August 9th, 1913.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters .have had under consideration the following House

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bills and resolution, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that
House Bill No. 219. Do not pass. House Bill No. 735. Do pass.
House Resolution No. 113. Do pass. MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, S!lbmitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Special Judiciary Committee have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended:
Senate Bill No. 169. To amend the Act establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe.
Respectfully submitted, WisDoM, Chairman.
August 9th, 1913.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed .the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, towit:

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1075

A bill to incorporate the City of Robertstown. A bill to amend ari Act to create the City Court of Dublin.
A bill to create the City Court of Gray, in and for
the County of Jones.

A bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Pembroke.

A bill to change tbe time of holding the Superior Court of Hart County.

A bill to amend thecharter of the City of Athens.

A bill to provide for electiilg the Solicitor of the County Court of Putnam County by the qualified voters of said county.

A bill to amend an Act estab~hing_the City C011rt of LaGrange.
A bill _tQ ~hange the time of holding the Superior Court of Aglethorpe County.

A bill to incorporate the Camilla School District.

A bill to amend an Act to abolish the office of Com-

missioner of Roads and ~venues of ForsythCo'D!lty

A bill to ainend the Act to establish the City QQnrt

of Lexington.

A bill to amend an Act creat~g the City Oourt of

Athens. ' ,.,

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A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court

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A bill create a new charter for the town of

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A bill to prevent the pollution of the waters of the Ocmulgee River:
A bill to provide a secret ballot in Augusta, Geor-
gia, in all elections for members of council.
A bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the town of Pelham.
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Newton County.
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and .Rewnues for the County of Tift.
A bill to abolish the Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners of Appling County.
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Dublin.
A bill to amend the Act of 1912 as set forth on Page 494 of Acts' of 1~12 so as to include the County . of Lumpkin.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison.
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court -
of Flovilla.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrill County.
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for a Board of County Commissioners for Heard County.

A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta.

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A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Franklin County.
A bill to incorporate the town of Helen.
A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski.
A bill to incorporate the City of College Park in
lieu of City of Manchester.
A.-bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Heard County.
A bill to amend the Constitution by providing for the payment from tlie County Treasury of Bibb County' of additional compensation to the .Judge of the Superior Court 9f the Circuit in which said countyis .located.
The.following message was received from the Senat through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Sp~aker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the Senate, t()wit:
A 'bill to establish a system of public schools in
the town of Alamo.
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, towit:

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A bill to empower the Governor to declare posi-tions of Trustee or director of State Institutions va.eant, under certain circumstances.
A bill to authorize the appointment of notaries public for the State at large.
The following mesage was received from. the Senate through Mr. Northen, 'Secretary thereof.:

Mr. 8peaker:
The Senate has adopted, with amendment, the substitute of the House to the following bill of the Sen"'" ate, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. 8peaker:

The Senate has passed, as amended, by the req~site Constitutional majoritY the following_ bills o~.

-the House, to-wit:



to K t>i1i create a Board of Commissioners of

Roads ~n:d :Revenues for Appling County.

.

A bill to create the County Court of Bryan CoUn.ty~

The Senate has passed by substitute, by the re-

-qu,isite Constitutional majoritY, the fbllowmg: bill

.of the House, to-wit:

: ''

SATURDAY, AuausT 9, 1913.

1079'

A bill to provide for holding primary elections in the City of Savannah, for Mayor and Aldermen.
The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. Ragland of TalbotA resolution for the relief of R. L. Graham.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptriil.e-
A bill to create the Commissioners of Chatham County.

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
. A resolution authorizing House and Senate Committees to visit convict camps in vacation.
The following bills of the S.enate favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. Watts of the 31st District-
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as
to abolish the office of County Treasurer.

By Mr. Parrish ()f the 7th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Coiilmissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bulloch County.

By Mr. Richardson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court <>f Oglethorpe.

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The following bills were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to revoke the charter of the town of Ranger.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passe(J..

By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act amending an Act to provide for a Board of County Cpmmissioners for Mitchell County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was_ passed.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

SATURDAY, AuGUST 9, 1913.

1081

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130r nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
The. favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 137r nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Allen of Glascock-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson.
The following amendment of the Committee was ad<_?pted:
.Amend Section 42 of the bill by striking from said section the following language: ''And to force said companies to put their wires mider ground at. any time the council in their judgment deems it necessary upo~.., giving said companies notice and
time in which to do so,'' so that said section when
amended shall read as follows:
. ''Beit further enacted, That the town council shaH



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have power and authority to license, regulate and control all hotels, public boarding houses, sleeping .apartments, opera houses, theatres, picture soows, bowling alleys ; to license and regulate drays, hacks, wagons, automobiles, and other vehicles used for business purposes and to regulate the speed thereof; to regulate and control all livery and sale stables, garages, places of amusement, telegraph and telephone companies, to regulate and control all express and railroad companies, mills, factories, and ginneries and all electric, gas, light and water companies doing business in said town. They shall have power to remove any forge blacksmith shop, -stove pipe or any other thing which shall endanger the town by exposure to fire, whenever in their opinion it shall be necessary as a precaution against fire. They shall have power and authority upon proof of the existence or maintenance of a bawdy house or house of ill fame within the town if they shall refuse and fail to leave after three days notice.''
The favorable report of the Committee was .agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 0.
The bill having :received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Rhodes of ClarkeA bill to amend an A-ct to create a Board of Com-
:misioners of Roads and Revenues for Clarke County.
.The following minority report was read and filed:

SATURDAY, AuGusT 9, 1913.

1083

Minority report upon House Bill No. 376:
We, the undersigned members of the Committeeon Counties and County Matters, hereby respectfully file this their minority report to the report of said committee favorable to said bill, and assign as their reason for dissenting from the majority of said committee the following:
First, said bill is a local bill and the two representatives of said county affected have n(!t agreed upon said bill, and changes a law over the objection of one member.
. Second, we believe such local bills should not be favorably recommended to the House unless the local representation is agreed.
Respectfully submitted, G. L. Suoos,
JAMES J. SLADE,
w. B. TAYLOR,
MINTER WIMBERLY,
E. A. SMITH.

The following a~endment by the Committee was. adopted:
Committee amends Section (7) by striking the word November in the 4th line in Sootio:p 7 of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the word December,. and further amends by adding at the end of Sectipn 7, the following:
Provided that the provisions of this Act shall not go into effect until the same has been submitted t()

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the qualified voters of Clarke County and shall have

been ratified by a majority of the voters at an elec-

tion held for that purpose. The ordinary of the

county of the said County of Clarke shall within 30

days after the passage and approval of this Act call

an election for the purpose of submitting the ques-

tion of ratification or rejection of the provisions of

this Act to the qualiled V'oters of Clarke County af-

ter advertising notice of same for 30 days in the pub-

lic Gazette in which advertisements of Sheriff's sales

are made for said county. At which election so cali-

ed those voting in favor of said amendment shall

have written or printed on their ballots "For rat-

ification of the amendment" and those voting aagillst

the amendment shall have written or printed on their

ballots ''Against the ratification of the amendment.''

If it shall appear from the returns of the managers

Qf said election that a majority of the votes cast be

4 '

For

ratification

of

the

amendment''

the

Ordinary

shall so declare and this Act shall become effective

from that date; but shQuld a majority of ali the votes

cast be ''Against ratification of the amendment'' the

Ordinary shall so declare, and i:J?. that event this Act

-shall be of no effect.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 0.

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

SATURDAY~ AUGUST 9, 1913.

1085

The following Senate bill was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Mr; Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Forest Park.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.-
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 135, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill set for a special order was read the third time and placed on its passage:

By Messrs. Hammack and Slater-

A bill to appropriate $20,000 per annum for two years to the State Board of Entomology to eradicate the Mexican Boll Weevil.

The bill involving an appropriation, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the Whole House and designated Mr. Stovall of Elbert, as chairman.

The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman, reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

The report of the Committee, which was favorabl~

to the passage of the bill was agreed to.



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The ayes and nays were ordered and a ballot viva voce being had, the vote was as follows :

Those wting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,

Hart,

AAkllienn', Glascock,

Henderson, Hodges,

Allen, Pickens,

Hollberg,

Anderson, Banks, Holtzclaw,

Anderson, Murray, Hopkins,

Arnold, Henry,

James,

Atwood,

Johnson,

Beck,

J'Ones, Coweta,

Bell,

Jones, Lowndes,

Blackburn,

Keen,

Booker,

Kidd,

Brookshear,

Kimbrough,

Bullard,

Ledbetter,

Burney,

Lee, Lee,

Cheney,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Clements,

LeSueur,

Coleman, Calhonn, Liles,

Cook,

Lipsoomb,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCalla,

Davidson,

McCants,

DeVaughn,

McCarthy,

Dnncan,

McCrory,

Ellis,

McGehee,

EElnitneiss,'

McLendon, McMichael,

Evans,

McRae, Telfair,

Field,

McRae, Wiloox,

Foster,

McWhorter,

Fowler,

Meaders, Oconee,

Fullbright,

Melson,

Garlington,

Methvin,

Greene, Houston, Middleton,

Griffin,

M'iller,

Hammack,

Mills,

Eia.rdeman, Hardin,

Moore,
Moss,

Harrell,

Moye,

Harris,

Myrick,

Neal, Nevil, Nnnnally.
Olive, Oliver,-
Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill~ Paulk, Berrien, Pha!rr, Pickett, Picquet, RJa.gland, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDll1'1ie, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Tumer,

SATuRDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.

1087

Wall, Wheatley, Whitaker,

Wimberly, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs,

Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,

'Tihose voting in the negative 1Vere Messrs.....,....

Allen, Jackson, Ballard, Berry, Brinson, ..
Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewmt, Clark, Cole,
Coleman, Laurens, {}ollins,

Cooper, O>rn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Dodd, Dorris, Edlmondson, Fariss, Heath,

Jackson, Loyd, Moon, Ransom, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Strickland, Warren,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Green, Wilkes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Grimes,

"Bennett,

Hayes,

Bryan,

Hendrix,

Carlton,

Herrington,

Oochran,

Hines,

Connor,

Lane, Decatur,

Dean,

Lane, Jasper,

Dorough,

McCurry,

'Gower,

Meadows, Wayne,

Ayes 126, nays 28.

Perkins, Redwine, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, Elbert, Taylor, Lanrens. Tootle, Wohlwender,

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

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 126, ~ays 28.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was pased.

J3y Messrs.. Wimberly and Kimbrough-
A bill to appropriate $7,500.00 for the Chemical Department of the Agricultural Department.

1088

JoURNAL oF THE HousE,

The bill involving an appropriation the Speakerresolved the House into the Committee of the Whole House and designated Mr. Olive of Richmond as. Chairman.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass~
The favorable report of the Committee was. agreed to.
The ayes and nays were ordered and a ballot viva. voce being had, the vote was as follows:

ThO'S'e voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,
AAlklienn', Glascock,
Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe,
Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carter, Stew,llrl, Cheney, Clark, Olements, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens,

Oollins,

HallmiWk,

Cook,

Hardeman,

Cooper,

Hardin,

Oorn,

Harrell,

Crawley,

Harris,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hart,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hayes,

Davidson,

Heath,

DQdd,

Henderson,

Dorough,

Hlodges,

Dorris,

Hollberg,

Ed!m.ondson,

. Holtzclaw,

Ellis,

Hopkins,

Ennis,

Jaek:son,

Estes,

James,

F\l,riss,

Jolmson,

Field,

J()nes, Coweta,

Foster,

Jones, Lowndes,

Fowler,

Keen,

Fullbright,

Kidd,

G&-lington,

Kimbrough,

Greene, H()uston, J,.edbetter,

Green, Wilkes,

Lee, Lee,

Griffin,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Grimes,

LeSueur,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.

108.9

Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, MeCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McGehee, McLendon, MeMichacl, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wileox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Methvin, Middletxm, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally,

Olive, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Phalrr, Pickett, Picquet, lbl.gland, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, SJade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,

Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, DaW!IOn, Stone, Taliaferro, Slx.Mill, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,

'.Uhose voting in the negative were 'Messrs.-
Anderson, Ba.nb, Evans,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Allen, Pickens, Bell,
l3ryan,
Carlton, Oa.rter, Appling, Cochran, Oonnor, Dean, DeVaughn, . Duncan,

~wer,
Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Liles, McCurry, Meadows, Wayne, Moore, Palmour,

Perkins, Rainey, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Whitaker; 'Vohlwender,

Ayes 149, nays 2.

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.JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

The verification of the roll call was dispen~ed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 149, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to appropriate $25,000 to the Department of Agriculture.
The bill involving an appropriation, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the Whole House and designated Mr. Whitaker of Heard as Chairman.
The Committee arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do .pass as amended.
The following amendment of the Committee was .adopted:
Amends by striking from the caption and from Section 1 the words and figures "twenty-five thousand (25,000) '' and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "ten thousand (10,000)" so that said bill will carry an appropriation of ($10,000.00).
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as am~nded.
The ayes and nays were ordered and a ballot viva . voce being had the vote was as follows:

SATURDAY, AuGUST 9, 1913.

109J

ThoS'e wting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adad:ns, Pike,

Fullbright,

AAkllienn', Glascock,

Garlington, Greene, Houston,

Allen, Jaekson,

Green, Wilkes,

Allen, Pickens,

Griffin,

Anderson, Banks, Grimes,

Anderson, Murray, Hammack,

Arnold, Henry,

Hardin,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Harrell,

A~od,

Harris,

Ballard,

Hart,

Bell,

Hayes,

Berry,

Heath,

Blackburn,

Henderson,

Brinson,

Hines,

Brookshear,

Hollberg,

Bullard,

Holtzclaw,

Burney,

Jackson,

Oarter, Appling, James,

Carter, Stew&rt,

Johnson,

Cheney,

Jones, Lowndes,

Clark,

Keen,

Clements,

Kidd,

Cole,

Kimbrough,

Coleman, Calhoun, Ledbetter,

Coleman, Laurens, Lee, Lee,

Cook,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Cooper,

Liles,

Oorn,

Lipscomb,

Crawley,

Loyd,

Culpepper, Clinob., McCants,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCarthy,

Davidson,

McCrory,

Dorough,

McLendon,

Dorris,

McRae, Telfair,

Edmondson,

McRae, Wiloox,

Ellis,

McWhorter,

Estes,

Meaders, Oconee,

Evans,

Melson,

Fariss,

Methvin,

~eld,

Middlebon,

Foster,

Miller,

Fowler,

Mills,

Moon, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal~ Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pha!r.r, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shipp, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, .Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, 81:oV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Swift,

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JOURNAL ol!' THE HousE,

Taylor, Washington, Warren,

Thompson,

Wheatley,

Traey,

Whitaker,

Turner,

Wimberly,

Wall,

Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

'Dh.ose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Beck,

Oollins,

Wright,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Bennett, Booker, Bryan, Carlton .
1
Cochran, Connor, Dean, DeVaughn, D>dd, Duncan, Ennis, Gower,

Biardeman, Hendrix, Herrington, Hodges, Hopkins, J-ones, Coweta, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, LeSueur, McCalla, McCurry, McGehee, McMichael,

Meadows, Wayne,
Moore,
Palmour, Perkins,
Shadburn, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Spence, Mitchell, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Wohlwender,

Ayes 142, nays 3.

By unanimous consent, the call of the roll was dis-

pensed with.



On the passage of the bill the ayes were 142; nays 3.

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

By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A bill to appropriate funds to pay salaries and expenses of the Pure Food and Drug Department.
The bill involving an appropriation, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the Whole

..

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.

1093

House and designated Mr. Loyd of Newton as Chairman.
The Committee arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

The ayes and nays were ordered, and a 'ballot viva voce being had, the vote was as follows :

Those wting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,
AAkllienn', Glascock,
Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, .Arnold, Oglethorpe,
Atwuod, Ballard, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Olements, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens,

Oollins,

Henderson,

Cook,

Hodges,

Cooper,

Holtzclaw,

Oorn,

Jaclalon,

Crawley,

James,

Culpepper, Cli.neh, Johnson,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jones, Coweta,

Davidson,

Jones, Lowndes,

Dodd,

Keen,

Dorough,

Kidd,

Dorris,

Kimbrough,

Edmondson,

Ledbetter,

Ellis,

Lee, Lee,

Estes,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Evans,

Liles,

Foster,

Loyd,

Fowler,

McCarthy,

Fullbright,

McCrory,

Gwlington,

McGehee,

Greene, Houston, McLendon,

Griffin,

McMichael, ..

Grimes,

McRae, Telfair,

Hammack,

McRae, Wilcox,

Biardeman,

McWhorter,

Harrell,

MelSon,

Harris,

Middleln,

H~rt,

Miller,

Heath,

Moon,

1094

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

Moore, Moss,
Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pha:IT, Pickett, Picquet, Rilgland, Rainey,

Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shipp, Sim.pson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalh, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson,

Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wood, Twiggs, 'Vood, Walton, 'Voods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

FBriss,

McCants,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Beck, Bryan, Carlton, Coohran. Connor, Dean, DeVaughn, Duncan, Ennis, Field, Gower, Green, Wilkes, Hardin, Hayes,

Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hollberg, Hopkins, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, LeSueur, Lipscomb, McCalla, McCurry, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Methvin,

Ayes 13~, nays 2.

Mills, Palmour, Perkins, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart,
Suggs,. Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wright,

The verification of the roll call was dispensed with

SATURDAY, AuGUST 9, 1913.

. 1095

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138 nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to prescribe the authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
The following substitute by the Committee was adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 1795, Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, as amended by Acts of 1912, Pages 56 to 59 inclusive, by striking from said section as amended the following: "Provided this expense of said materials lor making inspections and records of said inspections, and for postage in sending out bulletins of said fertilizers shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars per annum,'' and for ot~er purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, That Section 1795, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, as amended by Acts of the General Assembly of 1912, Pages 56 to 59, inclusive, be and the same is hereby amended by striking there-. from the following words: ''Provided this expense of said materials for making inspections and records of such inspections, and for postage in sending out bulletins of said fertilizers shall not exceed the sum

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of five hundred dollars per annum,'' so that said section when so amended shall read as follows:

"Section 1795. Commissioner's Duty as to Collections. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to keep a correct account of money received from the inspection of fertilizers and pay same into the Treasury from day to day as received, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall draw warrants on the Treasury against said funds from time to time for expenses and salaries of inspectors and for tags and bottles used in making such inspections, and the materials used in recording same, and for postage and sending out bulletins pertaining to fertilizers, and other expenses incident to the inspection of fertilizers. The Treasurer shall honor all warrants drawn by the Commissione~ of Agriculture for salaries and expenses above mentioned, and all warrants drawn by the Governor for the payment of money due the several district Agricultural and Industrial Schools, as provided by law, and charge the same against the funds derived from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags. A sufficient sum not to exceed the total amount received from the inspection of fertilizers and sale of tags, is hereby appropriated annually for the purpose of paying salaries herein mentioned and the amounts due the District Agricultural Schools, as provided by law.

Sec. 2. 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.

SATURDAY, AuausT 9, 1913.

1097

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
By unanimous consent, the session of the House was extended for the purpose of acting on House Bills No. 719 and No. 438, and House Resolution No. 38.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline~ benzines, etc.
The following amendment of the Committee was adopted: .
Amend Section 4, line 18, after 9Ie words ''more than,'' by striking the words ''nine hundred dollars'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''twelve hundred dollars,'' and in the last line by striking the words "seventy-five dolla:r:s" and inserting "one hundred dollars."
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayt;Js were 109, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

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By Messrs. McMichael, Green and Pickett--

A bill to prevent the spreading of hog cholera.

The following amendment of the Committee was

adopted:



Amend by striking Section 2, and substituting the following: ''Be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply only to territory known as stock law territory and to Militia districts and counties adjoining such territory.''

The following amendment offered by Mr. Evans of Screven was adopted:

Amend by striking the words ''six hours'' in line

and Section and inserting in lieu thereof ''twelve

hours.''

..

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

On the pasage of the bill the ayes were 87,. nays 27.

The bill having failed to received the requisite Constitutional majority, was lost.

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

By Mr. Allen of Jackson-
A resolution to make House Bill 470 a specia] order.
The following resolution was read and adopted bythe whole membership of the House:

SATURDAY, AuGusT 9, 1913.

1099

By Mr. Smith of DeKalb-
""' A resolution expressing sympathy with Ron. H. M. Stanley in the death of his little son.
Mr. McMichael of Marion, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 159, the Hog Cholera Bill.
The following bills set for a special order at this time were read the third time and placed on their passage:

By Mr. Myriek of Chatham-
A bill to provide separate books for the recordation of maps, plans and surveys.
The following amendment by the Committee was adopted:
Amend the title and caption of the bill by substituting in lieu of the present caption, the following: "An Act to provide that in all counties of this State now or hereafter having a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 125,000, the clerks of the Superior Court thereof shall keep suitable books for the recordation of maps, plans, surveys, subdivisions, and drawings of lands, lot sub-divisions and surveys, to provide means therefor, to make same books of public record and notice for other purposes.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend Section 2201 of the Code of 191() relative to change of name or capital stock of corporations.
The following amendments by the Committee were adopted:
Amend by striking the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th lines. of Section 1, of House Bill No. 468 and substituting: the following: First and thirty-second lines of Section 2201 of the the Code of Georgia the words : ''The unanimous vote of the stockholders present at the meeting held for such purposes'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words: "Two-third vote of theentire capital stock of said company," so that said Section 2201 will read as follows :
Amends further by striking the words '' stockholders present and represented by proxy at the meetingheld for such purposes'' in the 34th and 35th lines of
m Section 1, of House Bill No. 468 and inse~ting lieu
thereof the following words: "Entire capital stock of said company."
The f&vorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96,. nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
The following resolution set for a special order at this time was read the third time and placed on its passage :
By Mr. Hardeman of Je:fferson-
A resolution to pay earned salary of the second assistant State Librarian not appropriated.
The resolution involvfug an appropriation, the Speaker resolved the House into the Committee of the Whole House and designated Mr. Blackburn of Fulton as Chairman.
The Committee arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The favorable report of the Committee was. agreed to.
The ayes and nays were ordered and a ballot viva. voce being had the vote was a.s follows:

Those wting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Ada.ms, Pike, Akin, .Allen, Glascock, .Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Atwood,
BaJ.l~!-rd,
Beek,

Bell, Bennett, Ber:ry, Blacldlurn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Oa.rter, Appling, Oarter, Stewari,

Cheney, Clark, Coleman, Calhoun~ Coleman, Laurens, Oollins, Cooper, Oorn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch,. Davidson, Dorough,

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Dorris, Ellis, Estes, Evans, Fariss, Foster, Fullbright, Garlington, Griffin, Grimes, Hammack, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Hart, Heath, Henderson,
Hlod~
Holtzclaw, Jackson, James, Johnson, .Tones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kidd, Kimbrough, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee,

McCants, McCrory, McLendon, MeMiooaei, McWhorter, Middlebon, Miller, Mills, Moon,
M:'OOI"e,
Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Parker, Parks, Pickett, Pic.quet, Rlagland, Ransom, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes,

Shipp, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Sixmlll, Elbert, Stovall, )fcDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Swift, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly,
wood, Twiggs,
Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Ed!mondson,

Allen, Jackson,

Ennis,

Bryan,

Field,

Carlton,

Fowler,

Clements,

Gower,

Cochran,

Greene, Houston,

Cole,

Green, Wilkes,

Connor,

Harris,

Cook,

Hayes,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hendrix,

Dean,

Herrington,

DeVaughn,

Hines,

Dodd,

ffi>llbei-g,

Duncan,

Hopkiris,

Keen, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Wilkinson,. LeSueur, Liles, Lipsoom.b,
. Loyd, McCalla; McCarthy, McOuiTy, McGehee, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox,

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Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Oliver,
Palmonr, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien,

Perlrlns,
Ph811T, Rainey, Redwine, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Smith, Fulton,

Ayes 117, nays 0.

Spence, Mitchell, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Tootle, WISdom, W ohlwender, Wright,

The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 117, nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Herrington of Emanuel, Mr. Brinson of Jenkins and Mr. Parks of Upson.

The Speaker declared the House adjourned until Monday morning at 1 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., Monday, August 11, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjourriment this day at 10 o'clock a. m. was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's journal was dispensed with.
'llle following order of business recommended by the Rules Committee was adopted.
M,.. 8 peaker: Your Committee on Rules order that the follow-
ing calendar be observed immediately after confirmation of the journal:
Reading Senate first time.
Report of Standing Committees.
House and Senate bills read second time that they be rejected.
House Bill with Senate amendments except General Appropriation.
General bills baring a local application. House Resolution No. 53.

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House Bill No. 393. House Eill No. 688. Senate Resolution No. 41. Honse Resolution No. 45. !llouse Bill No. 3'42. The following message was receiV-ed from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendments of the House, to the following Bill of the Senate, towit:
A bill to regulate the practice of medicine in this State, and for other purposeS'.
The following message was received from "the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following Bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, fqr the County of Wa:shington.
The Senate has pasf_'!ed by substitute; by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Jackson in and for the County of Butts.

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

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit:
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Talbotton.
A bill to amend the charter of Cordele. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Soot.. land.
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Washington County.
A bill to abolish the County Court of Jones County.
A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools for the City of Waycross.
A bill to provide for the relief of S. J. Cartledge.
A bill to $mend the charter of town of Springfield.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Meigs. The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:

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A resolution looking to the preservation of Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, by the United States~
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate towit:
A bill to require school attendance of children of a specified age for a minimum period.
A bill to more thoroughly carry into effect the provisions of an Act to prevent the adulteration of food.
A bill to provide for the sanitation of bakeries, .canneries, groceries, etc.
A bill to require railroads to enact sign .boards at certain points along right of 'Ways.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 21st, 1911, creating the Departmen t of commerce and Labor.
A bill to amend Section 3950 of the Code of 1910, so as to permit any trust company to ibe appointed County Administrator.
A bill to amend Section 2166 of the Code as the same stands amended so as to extend the life o~ railroad cb.arters.
A bill to amend Section 2571 of the Code of 1910 as to the number of directors required of navigation companies.
A bill to increase the number of terms of_ the Superior Court of Paulding County.

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A bill to amend an Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the -City of Rome.
The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His :IDxcellency the Governor to
.deliver to your honorable body a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention.

Special Message
STATE OF GEORGIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
August 11th, 1913. To THE GENERAL AssEMBLY:
In 9~ former message, I declared it to be J!!Y purpose to keep you advised of the financial condition of the State.
Today, the total available balance in the Treasury is $.75,510.25, of which about twenty-five thousand
dollars will be necessary to pay the running ex-
penses of this legislative session. I am paying the State Sanitarium in semi-monthly installments, and on the fifteenth of this month a warrant must be drawn in its favor for about $20,000.00, thus leaving

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about $30,000.00 in the Treasury, with no taxes in sight until Fall. Each of the other institutions and departments of government must be maintained, and you will observe the condition of the Treasury.
For the first time in thirty years the teachers have not been paid by August, one dollar by the State, and yon will perceive that a payment on the Common School fund of even the amount given it by the Constitution would have meant to close the Asylum and prevent the collection of your per diem.
The borrowing power, under the Constitutional Amendment of 1911, is limited to the deficit occasioned only by delay in the collection of taxes, and must be repaid out of the taxes for the year in which the money is borrowed. If, by reason of excessive appropriations, the taxes shall have been exhausted in the fall of the year, the Governor cannot borrow for the purpose of running the Government, since he is not allowed to pay back out of the next year's revenue.
It is appropriate to .say that in anticipation of the
passage of the usual resolution empowering the Governor to borrow, I beJieve I will be able to make - satisfactory arrangements with patriotic financiers whoS'e confidence has been increased by the manifest d~termination on your part to establish the finances of the State o.n a soun.d bnsineRs bas.is.
It is well to remember that when money is borro~ed now; it must be repaid in the fall, and but es~blishes a new period of po13tponemen,t of obliga-
tions due tO app~priations in excess of revepne. .

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TAX EQUALIZATION.

I further desire to submit to your consideration as

lawmakers, and as representatives of the honor of

the State, through whose actions are reflected the

intelligence and. moral tone of Georgia, the eternal

justice of every man and Oounty bearing his propor-

tionate part of the public burden. The man worth a

hundred dollars who pays his fifty cents is the equal

in splendid citizenship with the man who pays

thousands in the same proportion.

Mr. Gladstone, after a half century's public ser-

vice, in the great contest which made him for the last

time Prime Minister of England, made his fight

under the motto : ''Be just and fear not!'' That

splendid spirit and everlasting confidence in the

final success of Justice placed him among the im-

mortals.

In your position as representatives of the best in

the State; as founders of precedents which shall

determine the character and welfare of posterity,
you have it in your power oo disregard the fears of

petty misconstruction, and to place upon the statute

books a perpetual memorial to your courage and

statesmanship;

Why should not each man pay in proportion to

the prQtection he receives from the Governmentt

Why should not each County pay according to its

tax values T Who can ask without blushing, that any

person or section s'hall be the beneficiary of his own

delinqlien~y and the fairness of another! Wh.at

can . siren's voice

sing so sw~etly as to blind o-q.r

to eyes or clOse our ears these fnndanientaltruthiit

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1111

Sections sparsely inhabited or limited in means may and should receive aid from their more fortunate neighbors, when they have done their part. Oounty lines are but imaginary, separating Georgians only by a fiction, and all should be and I believe are willing to contribute their proportion to the general burden. Legislation accomplishing this purpose, both in regard to visible and invisible property, wil~
so operate as to make the same percimtage effective
on every citizen, regardless of the County in which he lives. Such a law would not and should not render property taxable at its full value. A fraction of its worth, if equally returned would be amply sufficient to meet every need of the State. Not one dollar more than is necessary for its economical administration should be exacted from the tax-payer, but his payment should be accompanied ~th the eonsciousness that his neighbor is proportionately bearing his burden.
Another necessary consequence wiH result from tax equalization. Every citizen should keep constant watch over the expenditure of the public money. As long as he collltributes nothing out of his means, appropriations may be extravagantly made without criticism to every new scheme suggested by a passing popular wave. There is no check on waste, and with a feeling of luxurious generosity, the Legislature is encouraged to give to whomsoever may ask. But when the tax-payer knows that for every dollar appropriated, he must go into his pocket for more money, and there is an immediate connection between the expenditure and the draft on his purse, no

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Representative will vote for any appropriwtion bill without being able to give a good rea-son for his action. Every citizen, from whatever County he comes, will be equa:lly interested in economy, and in opening the treasury only to causes for which he is
willing directly to pay his money.
And then he is on constant guard to see that the money is so utilized as to accomplish the best results: and he will hold to stern accomit those entrusted with its stewardship to give the public his money's worth.
It is to be remembered that the greatest disparity in the tax returns of the State is not between the city and rural oommunities, but between the rural counties themselves. One rural county will make returns three times as much in proportion to values as its neighbors. What sound argument can be offered in favor of this injustice 7 . In my opinion, this .system has been permitted to continue only because the attention of the people has not been called to i-t.
The House has wisely paS'Sed a bill taxing inheritances. Its direct revenues are prolJlematical, and cann~t until tried be made the basis of appropriations. But I am informed that it will prove the best instrumentality for bringing into the treasury taxes from personal property. That has been the experience of States which have tried it. Men with personal property in the shape of bonds, notes, etc., will not
like to leave estates evidencing that for years they
have escaped their civic duties, when after their death the State may collect its dues.

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An Equalization Bill, properly enforced, will ten<,l to exact from the delinquent mortgagee a contribu., tion on an equal basis with the land owner.
The report of the Comptroller General shows that for 1912 ,there were 371,0()0 less acres of improved land and 143,000 less acres of wild land in Georgia than in 1911. The returns for 1913 indicate a further shrinkage of thousands of acres, and if it continues Georgia in a few years will disappear from, !he map. If these acres hav~ been omitted entirely from the tax digests, no government should permit such unfairness to be visited on the other citizens. No system should be continued which provides no method for explaining how it came about.
As I have said before, leniency may be shown to the man who pays something from his means for support of government, but the man whose property escapes entirely deserves less consideration.
Tax equalization does not necessarily mean increase of taxes. The man giving in now more than his due should have his valuation reduced to such proportio;naJte amount as universally enforced will economically support the State. The man who is delinquent in this regard should be raised.
The people can then send RepreS'entatives who will spend only such money and for such purposes as their constituents desire. Being aroused to the situation, the tax levy will be entirely and directly under their observation and control.
I submit to you whether under tax equalization, with the tax-rate p_romptly responding to an appro.priation bill, there would or could be a deficit of the

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size now existing. Without considering the business side of the question, is it not the highest aspiration of a statesman in a democratic government to have every citizen interested in public affairs, with his attention constantly directed to legislative action which will affect the happiness and welfare of his family and posterity T
In my judgment, any system without authority to equalize between counties, may result in greater inequality. Now, the per cent on value of tax returns between counties varies from 16 per cent to 324 per cent and such system is unthinkable. Equalization between counties should be established.
No apprehension need be entertained that any system, harsh in itself nor harshly administered will be adopted. Whoever administers it will be Georgians, subject to responsibility to their fellowcitizens. We all yield unhesitating obedience to nature's laws, because they fall impartially upon every man. Contentment will always accompany Justice, and a bill, enforcing this cardinal virtue engraved on our Great Seal, will meet with approval.
You have before you the refunding of the bonds of the State. In the absence of unusual conditions, the price you obtain and the demand they create, will have tremendous influence upon the reputation of the State and the development of its wonderful resources. This responsibility has not fallen upon a Legislature in thirty years. It is peculiarly appropriate that you, upon whom must rest this burden, should establish the State upon a sound financial basis, and sh~w to the world that Georgia, bler:~sed

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with a wealth of climate and untold resources, is peopled by a citizenry worthy of those ancestors who embodied in the Constitution the lasting wisdom of the ages.
Respectfully submitted,

<lovemor.
The following bills qf the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees.
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th DistrictA bill to authorize the appointment of notaries
Public for the Slate at Large. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By. Mr. McGregor of the 19th DistrictA bill to empower the Governor to declare posi-
tions of Trustee on Director of State Institution vacant under certain circumstances.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Elkins of 15th District--A bill to establish a system of public schools in the
town of Alamo. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

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By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-
A bill to amend an Act to prevent the adulteration, misbranding and ~mitation of food. stenographer.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. McNeill of the 22nd District-
A bill to amend Section 3955 of the Code of 1910, relative to Trust Companies being appointed County administrators.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
Referred to Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-

A bill to provide for the sanitation of business canneries, etc.

Referred to- Committee on Hygiene and Sanita-

tion.



By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to require railroads to erect sign boards at certain points along the right away.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Department of .Commerce and La~bor relative to the name of its

~ ..

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By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 2166 of the Code of 1910, relative to the life of Railroad Charters.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Anderson of the 1st District-
A bill to aJID.end Section 2571 of the Code of 1910, relative to directors of navigation companies.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee .No. 1.

By Mr. Spinks of the 3'8th District-
A bill to increase the number of terms of Paulding Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

:By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to require school attendance of children of specified ages.
Referred to Committee on Education.
.
By Mr. Brown of the 42nd District-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating th~ City of Rome.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
'11he following resolution was read the first time and referred to the Committee on pensions.

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By Mr. Atwood of Mcintosh-
A resolution for the relief of Mrs. W. E. Stubbins.
By unanim'Ous consent House Bill No. 656 was. withdrawn from the committee on Game and Fish andre-referred to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the fol-. lowing report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriation$ have had under consideration the following Resolution of theHouse and instructed me as their Chairman to re. port same back to the House with the recommendation that sam'e do pass :
A Resolution providing for refund of near heel" taxes to certain firms and persons.
Respectfully 'SUbmitted, CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the House

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and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that
House Bill No. 656 he recommitted to General ,Tudiciary Committee No. 1.
RAINEY, Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions were read the third time and placed on their paS'sage.

By Messrs. McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick-
A bill to create the Commissioners of Chatham 'County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 126, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitu-tional majority was passed.
The following resolution of the Senate was read ihe secopd time and adopted.

By Mr. Irwin of the 34th District-
A resolution to provide for appointment of a commissioner to revise civil and criminal procedure of this State. .

By Mr. Moss of Oobb-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.

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The following minority report was read and filed.

Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned members of General Judi"' ciary No. 1 having under consideration House Bill No. 716 and No. 717 introduced by Mr. Moss of Cobb, beg leave to submit the following minority report, and recommend that the bills do not pass for the following reasons-:

It appeared at the hearing before the Committee from the evidence of various reputable citizens and tax payers of Cobb county that the present system of County Commissioners of said county, is thoroughly satisfactory to the people of said county; that under this system they are progressing rapidly in the building and maintaining of the public roads and that a great majority of the people of Cobb County are perfectly satisfied with the sy~em and do not desire any change whatever aS' contemplated by the aforesaid bills.

It appears further that it would work a great injury to the county to interfere with this system and that an election upon the subject as called for by the referendum amendment to said bill is not de. sired in sa~d county and would not be to the b.e~t interest of the people concerned. At this hearing, there was no citizen of said county appearing in favor of said bills, while on the other hand there were a large number of large property owners be-

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fore the committee protesting against any change whatever.
Respectfully submitted, .A. L. LoYD, B. L. SMITH,
z. J. CRAWLEY,
H. J. FuLLBRIGHT, H. H. ANDERSON.
The amendment by the committee was adopted.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the 'bill the ayes were 59, nays 38.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite Constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Moss of Cobb, gave notice that at the proper time he would' move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill.
The following bill was read the third time and tabled on motion of Mr. Moss of Cobb.

By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage.

By Mr. Kea of the 16th DistrictA bill for the relief ofT. B. Hicks.

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:The following amendment by the committee was adopted.
Amend by adding thereto the following: Provided that the relief herein provided shall not be effective until all costs for which the principal and surety on said land shall be only paid to the officers of Court authorized to receive same.

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the hill the ayes were 146, nays 0.

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

By Mr. Richardson of the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Oglethorpe. The following amendments by the committee were adopted. Amended by striking therefrom section two, three, four and five of said bill and number rem~ning Sections accordingly. Amend further by strikiilg from the caption thereof the following words, ''appointment of a bailiff.''
'Tihe favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 146, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

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By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bulloch County.
The favor3Jble report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 143,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.
The following bills were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.

By Messrs. Slater and Aiken-

A bill to amend Section 950 of the Code of 1910, relative to corporation occupation tax.

The following amendment of the Senate amend-



ment was agreed to.

Amend caption and bill wherever it occurs in the bill so as to make it read Code of 1910, instead of 1911.

By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Waycross.
The following Senate amendment was agreed to: Amend by striking the words "twenty-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-one."

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By Mr. DeVaughan of Macon-
A bill to authorize the working of county chaingang on the streets of towns in Macon County.
The following Senate amendment was agreed to: Amend by adding to Section 5, "Provided this Act shall not become effective till ratified by the majority of the qualified voters of Macon County at the next general election.''

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County.

The following Senate amendments were agreed

to : Amend by striking from the 1st Section the last

word ''fourteen'' occurring therein and inserting in

lieu thereof the words fifteen provided however that

it shall be lawful to hold an election thereunder prior

thereto as hereinafter prescribed.

Amend by changing the word company in the 21st



line of this section to ''county.''

Amend Section 15 or 16 as numbered by striking the word 'llwo'' in the third line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''three.''

Amend by striking Section 2 of the bill and num.bering the remaining Sections thereof so as to make same correspond consecutively therewith in their appropriate order.

By Mr. Slater of BryanA bill to establish County Court of Bryan.

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The following amendments of the Senate were agreed to.
Amended by adding another paragraph to be numbered appropriately. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passage of this Act, that all defendantS' in the County Court of Bryan County, who are arrested on warrants charging misdemeanor offenses shall not have the right to demand indictment or presentment by the grand jury of Bryan County but shall go to trial in the County Court upon a . written accusa!ion based upon the warrant against the defendant.
Amend by adding another paragraph to be numbered accordingly. ''Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the terms of the 'County Court of . Bryan shall be as follows to~wit: The quarterly terms of said court shall convene on the first Monday in January, April, July and October in each year and the monthly terins of said court shall be held on the first Monday of February, March, May, June, August, September, November and Dece}Ilber. of each year.

By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stewart County.

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The following amendment of the Senate was agreed to.
Amend by striking the word ''fourteen'' ~t the end of Section 2 and in the fourth line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifteen."

By Messrs. Taylor and Harris'--
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Washington County.
Amend by adding the following Section to be known as Section 19, the remaining sections to be numbered accordingly: Section 19. Be it further enacted that the Board of Commissioners herein created shall as far as practicable carry out the system in force now of rotating the work of the several gangs among the road districts as now constituted until each of such districts shall have received its proportionate part of the work of such gangs as contemplated by said system.
Amend further by striking out the word ''five'' wherever it appears in Section 19 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three."

By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to create a board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County.
Amend 1st to omit the repealing clause of said bill as section thirty-two and to add in lieu thereof the following: Section 32. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ordinary of said

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county when presiding as Chairman or while acting as a member of said board shall be paid the sum of two dollars per day for the t~me actually engaged.
Amend 2nd by adding the following Sections to said bill. Section 33. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before the provisions of this Act shall become operative it shall'"be first submitted to the qualified voters of Appling County for ratification at an election to ibe called for that purpose by the ordinary of said county at some date not later than October loth, nor earlier than September 20th, 1913, and if a majority of the votes at said election are cast in favor of the ratification of the provisions of this Act the same shall become operative aS' therein provided. At said election those desiring to vote in favor of said Act shall have printed or written on their ballots ''For the ratification of Board of Commissioners,'' and those desiring to vote against said Act shall have written or printed on their ballots ''Against the ratification of Board of Commis'Sioners. '' Said election shall be held as now provided by law for holding elections except that the returns thereof shall be made to the Ordinary of said County and the said Ordinary shall declare the result thereof.
Section 34. 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 Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of McCaysville.

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The following amendments of the Senate were agreed to.
Amends by adding the word "have" between the words ''shall'' and ''power'' in Line Seven of Section 1 of said Bill.
Amend by striking Section 32 from said Bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following to be known as Section 32 :
Be it further enacted that the corporate limits begin at the center of Fighting Town Creek, where State line crosses between the State of Georgia and the State of Tennessee; thence up said creek to the mouth of King town branch; thence due South to the original land line between lots of land No. 33 and 40 running East and West; thence East with said line to Oconee River; thence a Northern direction to the top of first little knoll just south-east of Railroad Bridge; thence a Northern direction to the top of first hill southeast of Parristown; thence a Northern direction to the original corner on the State line between Georgia and Tennessee; thence said State
line to the beginning point, at the center of Fighting:..
town Creek.

By Mr. Mills of Butts-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the Court of Jackson.
The following substitute by the Senate was agreed to.
Entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act

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to establish the City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts ; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers thereof, to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleadings and practice and new trials therein, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes,'' approved August 1, 1911, as amended by an Act entitled ''An Act to amend an Act entitled' An Act to establish the City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts ; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to pro~ vide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers thereof, and to define their duties; to provide for pleadings and practice and new trials ther~in, aJ:!d for writs of error therefrom, and for other _purposes,' approved August 1, 1911, so that the Solicitor of said City Court shall receive fees for his services instead of a salary, and for the repealing of Sections forty-seven (47), forty-eight (48), forty-nine (49) and fifty (50) of said Act, and to provide for the disposition of fineS' and forfeitures coming into said Court,'' approved August 6, 1912. by providing that the Solicitor of said City Court shall receive a salary for his services instead of fees; to provide for the disposition of the :fines and forfeitures coming into said Court, and to provide for the submitting the question of abolishing said Court to the qualified voters of said County, and to provide for transferring to the Superior Court of Butts County, and the disposition of same, by said Super..ior court, all c.ases, both ~ivil and crimrnal, pending in said Court, together with all records, papers,

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suits, mesne and final procesS'es of whatever nature that may be pending in said City Court of Jackson, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted uy
the authority of the same, That an Act entitled ''An Act to establish the City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts; to define its jurisdicion and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and other officers, and to define theh~ powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and for writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes,'' approved August 1, 1911, as rumended by an Act entitled 'A1~c Act to establish a City Court of Jackson, in and for the County of Butts; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provide for the election of a Judge and Solicitor and officers thereof, and to define theij duties; to provide for pleadings and practice aud new trials therein, and from writs of error therefrom, approved August 1, 1911, so that the SolicitGlL of the said City Court shall receive fees for his services instead of a salary and for the repealing of Sections forty-seven (4:7), forty-eight (48), fortynine (49), and fifty of said Act, and to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures coming into said court,'' approved August 6, 1912, be, and the, same is hereby amended as follows: By repealing Section one (1) of said amending Act.

Section 2. Be it further enacted, That after thepassage of this Act the Solicitor of said Court shall_

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receive for his services as Solicitor of the City Court of Jackson, one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per annum, to be collected out of the fines and forfeitures arising in said court, the remainder, if any, to be paid on the first day of September of each year, into the county treasury of the said county to be used for general purposes.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That immediately upon the signing of this Act by the Governor of this State, the Ordinary of the County of Butts, shall .call an election to be held in said County within twenty days from the date of the publication of said call in the two newspapers of said county, to determine whether such court shall be abolished or not, at which election the qualified voters of said county voting for the Court shall vote a ballot containing the words "For the City Court of Jackson," and those voting against the continuance of the court shall vote a ballot containing the words: ''Against the City Court of Jackson.''
The Ordinary shall consolidate and declare the Tesult of said election, and if a majority of the voters in this election shall vote against the City Court of Jackson, then the said Court shall be, and the same is hereby abolished, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary to so declare : otherwise said Court shall stand, and be continued as amended in this Act.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, that in the event said Court is abolished as provided in Section Three (3) hereof, that all cases pending in said City .Court, at the time this Act. shall go into effect,

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whether civil or criminal, shall he transferred to the Superior Court of Butts County, and said cases shall be tried in the Superior Court of Butts County t and all illegalities, claims and answers to any garnishment proceeding, and all the proceedings growing out of any execution, decree or judgment, or process, or writ, or any order of said City Court, shall be returned to said Superior Court of Butts County for trial; and all witnesses subpoenaed in cases in said City Court shall attend the Superior Court of Butts County from term to tenn, until said cases so transferred shall be disposed of, and in all of said transferred cases, W!hether civil or criminal, !the. costs in such cases shall be taxed and be the same as are fixed and prescribed by the Act creating the City Court of Jackson.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, That all records, papers, books of every nature belonging to said City Court of Jackson be turned over to the Superiol' Co11rt of Butts County, and be deposited in the office of the Clerk of said Court.
Section 6. Be it further enacted, That on the trial of any of such transferred cases the dockets, minutes and other records of the City Court of Jackson, shall be used as original records in any of said cases, and shall be admissable as original evidence; and should said records be required in other counties or jurisdictions, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Butts County sh~;tll be a11thorized and required to certify to the same.
Section 7. Be it further enacted that all laws, and

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parts of laws, in conflict' with this Act, be; and the same are hereby repealed.

By Messrs. McCarthy, ~huptrine and Myrick---,
A bill to provide for holding primary elections in the City of Savannah.
The following substitute by the Senate was agreed to.
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the hol~ ing of primary elections in the City o.f Savanna,ht Georgia, for the selection of Mayor and Aldermen for said city; to fix the rules and regulations un~r which primaries shall be held, the qu~Jifica-
. tions of voters therein, and for other purposes.
~tion 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that on the first Wednesday in January 1915, apd upon the same day in each ~lternate year thereafter, primacy elections shall be held in the City of Savannah by all political parties which have a State or National organization and which .desire to have candidates in the general election for Mayor and Aldermen to be held during suclt year.
Section 2. Be it further enacted l>Y the authority afore~;~aid that at such primary elections each condidat~ for Mayor shall be entitled to name one manager and one clerk at each voting box.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that at said primary elections every per-

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son qualified to vote in the next succeeding regular municipal election and who is further qualified under the rules of his party, shall be entitled to vote.
Section 4. Be it further enacted fiythe authority aforesaid that at all such primary elections there shall be the same number of boxes, the same hours for voting and the same description of ballots used as are provided for by the Act entitled ''An Act to regulate municipal elections in the City of Savan. nah, to provide penalties for violation thereof, and for other purposes,'' approved August 9th, 1912. The Chairman of each political party shall in such primary elections perform the duties prescribed for the Clerk of Council in the said last mentioned Act.
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid that the Execu,'tive Committee cYt each
political party having jurisdiction thereof shall have the authority to arrange and provide for all the rules and regulations and details of the primary not herein provided for and not inconsistent with anything provided for in this Act.

Section 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no person shall be entitled to become a candidate in the regular general election in said .City f9r Mayor or Alderman who has not been nominated by a political party of the description afore.said .at a primary election held under the .terms of this Act, unless any person desiring to enter in said . regular general election .as an independent candi-date shall within five days before said general elec-

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tion in said city file with the Clerk of Council of said city a petition endorsing his candidacy signed by not less than one third of the persons registered and qualified to vote in the next succeeding general election. No vote shall be counted for any person who has not been so nominated by his said party or for any independent candidate who has not filed ~he petition aforesaid.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the candidates for Mayor receiving the highest number of votes in his party shall be declared the nominee of his party, and the twelve candidates for aldermen received the highest number of votes in their party shall be declared the nominees of their party.

Section 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

The following Senate hill was taken up for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House substitute.

By. Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Ware County.
The following Senate amendment to the House substitute was agreed to.
Amend the House substitute by striking Section foTU" of same and then numbering the remaining Sec-

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tions thereof so aS' to make same correspond consecutively therewith.
Amend Section 5 of said substitute by inserting after the word ''Waycross'' where the same occurs in the fourth and fifth lines thereof the following words:
"Connecting with the public highways of the county,'' also amend said section by striking from the fifth line thereof the word "exceeding" and inserting in lieu of same the w6rds ''less than.''

'nle following bill and resolution set as special orders were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Wohlwender of Musc.ogee--

. A resolution to pay the expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough to the cotton tare convention.

'Tihe following amendment of the committee was adopted.

Amend said resolution by adding to said $84.30 the sum of $24.00 for six days making total $108.30.

The resolution involving an approp;riaiion :the

House was resolved into the committee of the whole

House and designated Mr. Heath of Burke as Chair-

.

\'

man.

.The Committee arose and through their Chairman

reported the bill back to the House with the recom-

mendation that same do pass.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
The ayes and nays were oraered and a ballot vivavoce being had the vote was as follows:

Tliose wting in the affirmative were Mes-srs.-

Adams, Pike,

Foster,

Akin,

Fowler,

Allen, Glascock,

Garlington,

Allen, Jackson,

Greene, Houston,

Allen, Pickens,

Green, Wilkes,

Anderson, Banks, Griffin,

Anderson, Murray, Hammack,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, HardemaJJ.,

Atwood,

Hardin,

Bell,

Harris,

Bennett,

Hart,

Berry,

Hines,

Blaekbum,

Hlodges,

Booker,

Holtzelaw,

Bryan,

Hopkins,

Carlton,

Jackson,

Garter, Appling, James,

Cheney,

Jones, Lowndes,

Clark,

Keen,

Olements,

Kidd,

Coleman, Calhoun, Lane, Jasper,

Coleman, Laurens, Lee, Lee,

Connor,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Cook,

LeSueur,

Cooper,

L-oyd,

Crawley,

McCants,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCrory,

Davidson,

McRae, Telfair,

Dean,

McWhorter,

.. ])orris,

Meaders, Oconee,

Duncan,

Melson,

Edmondson,

Middleton,

Ellis,

Miller,

'Ennis,

Mills,

Evans,.

.Moon,

Fariss,

Moore,

Moss,

Moye,

Myrick,

Nevil,

Nunnally,

Olive,

Palmour,

Parker,

Paulk, Ben Hill,

Paulk, Berrien,

Perkins,

Rlagland,

Rainey,

Reese, Milton,

Reese, Thomas,

Reiser,

Reynolds,

Rhodes,

Shadbum,

Sheppard,

Ship.p,

Shuptrine,

Simpson,

Slade,

Smith, DeKalb,

Smith, Fannin,

Smith, Fulton,

smith, Rabun,

Sparks,

stewa Stone' ,

r

tD' awson,

Stone, Taliaferro,

StoV'all, Elbert,

Stovall, M'cDtiffie,

Striekland, ,'

Sumner,

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Swift,

Tracy,

Taylor, Washington, Turner,

Thompson,

Wall,

Tootle,

Warren,

Wimberly, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Wright,

ihose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Heath, Wisdom,

Redwine,

Spence, Carroll,.

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Oarter, Stewart, Cochran, Cole,
Oollins, Corn, Culpepper, Clineh, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough, Estes, Field, Fullbright,

Gower,
Grimes, Harrell, Hayes, Henderson, Hendrix, Herrington, Hallberg, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Kiinbrough, Lane, Decatur, Ledbetter, Liles, Lipscomb, McCalla, McCarthy, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon,

McMichael, McRae, Wiloox, Meadows, Wayne,. Methvin, Neal, Oliver, Parks, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ransom, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Wheatley, Whitaker, W ohlwender, Woods, Emanuel,

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 119, nays 4.
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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-

:By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-

A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of 1910, -relative to children's courts.

The following amendment by the committee was .adopted:

Amend by adding ''Section 2'' which iS' as follows :
"'Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.''

The favorable report of the oommittee was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0.

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

By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert and Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to amend Section 1811 of the Code of 1910, relative to salary of General Oil Inspector.
The following amendments of the committee were .adopted.
Amend Caption by striking out the words ''twenty-five hundred''. and inserting in lieu thereof the words eighteen hundred dollars per annum which shall include all clerk hire in said office.
Also amend Section 1 by striking out "twentyfive hundred dollars per annuin" and inserting in

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lieu thereof the wordS' eighteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall include all clerk hire in said offi;ce, so that when said section is so amende<!, it shall read as follows. ''Section 1811, 'salary of General Inspector. The General Inspector shall be paid a salary not to erceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum including all clerk hire in said office and actual and neces'Sary travelling expenses while in the discharge of his d1.1ties and said salary and traveling expenses shall be paid out of the fees col. lected from oil inspection, provided however this shall not be in conflict with other sections of the Code providing for the appointment and coonpensation to local oil inspectors."

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 8.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-:-

A resolution to refund near beer licenses of certain dealers in the City of Dawson.

The resolution involving an appropriation the

lfunse was resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House an4 the Speaker designated Mr.

Fowler of Bibb as Chairman.



The Committee arose and through their Chair-

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man reported th"e resolution back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The following minority report was filed and read.

Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned members of .your Committee OD Appropriation beg to file a minority report on House Resolution No. 45, which provides for ref~ding near beer tax to certain parties in Terrell County, and which has been favorably reported by the Committee in our opinion such refund would b~ violation of the spirit of the law and a bad precedent to establish.
Respectfully submitted, H. J. FuLLBRIGHT, N. F. CULPEPPER,
L. s. LEDBETTER,
P. L. BURNEY.

The ayes and nays were ordered, a ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows :

Th<Mro wting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, J aekson, Anderson, Banb, Andersoo, Murray, Arnold, Heney, Atwuod, Bennett, Berry, Blacltbum,
Brookshear, Bullard, Carlton; Carter, Appling,

Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Olements, Coohran, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Oollins, Connor, Cook, Cooper, Oorn,

Crawley, Culpepper, Clineh, Dean, DeVaughn, Dorough, Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ennis, Estes, Field, Fowler,

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Greene, Houston, Griffin, Harrell, H11rris, Hines, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, .Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lip9001Dlb,
Loyd, McCalla, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Middleton,

Mills, Moore,
Moss, Moye, Neal, Nevil, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pha;rr,
Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadlburn, Sheppard, Shipp,

Simpson, Slade, Smibh, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, CatTOll, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Strickland, Suggs, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

'Ifuose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,

Evans,

AAkllienn', Glascock,

Foster, Fullbright,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Garlington,

Beck,

Green, Wilkes,

Bell,

Grimes,

Booker,

Hammack,

Bryan,

Hardin,

Burney,.

Hart,

Culpepper; Meriwtr., Heath,

Davidson,

Hodges,

Dodd,

James,

Ellis,

Lane, Jasper,

Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, McGehee, McWhorter, Melson, Miller, Moon, Nunnally, Olive, Reynolds, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Tootle,

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Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Allen, Pickens, Ballard,
B~n,
Cole, Fariss, Gower, Hlardeman, Hayes, Henderson,

Hendrix, Herrington, Hollberg, Lane, Decatur,
Liles, McCants, McCarthy, McCurry,
McRae, Wiloox, Meadows, Wayne,

Myrick, Paulk, Ben Hill, Shuptrine, Slater, Stowll, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Th<mlpson, Wright,

The ve'rification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 114, nays 39. .1
The resolutiott having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.
The following bill was read the third time and indefinitely postponed.

By Messrs. Allen arid Hart-

A bill to allow citizens of Warren and Glascock counties to catch certain fish during certain months.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Dorough of Franklin and Mr. Hammack of Randolph.

The hour of one o'clock p. m. having arrived the

Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 '

o'clock this afternoon.



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3 0 1CLOCK.

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'clock this afternoon and was called to order hy the Speaker.

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

Adams, IJall,

Connor,

Harris,

Adams, Pike,

Cook,

Hart,

Akin,

Cooper,

Hayes,

Allen, Glascock,

Com,

Heath,

Allen, Jackson,

Crawley,

Henderson,

Allen, Pickens,

Culpepper, Clinch, Hendrix,

Anderson, Banks, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Herringfun,

Anderson, Murray, Davidson,

Hines,

Arnold, Henry,

Dean,

Hlodges,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, DeVaughn;

Hiollberg,

Atwood,

l)Qdd,

Holtzclaw,

Ballard,

Dorough,

Hopkins,

Beck,

Dorris,

Jaclreon,

Bell,

Dun cal),

James,

Bennett,

Edmondson,

Johnson,

Berry,

Ellis,

Jones, Coweta,

Blackburn,

Ennis,

Jones, Lowndes,

Booker,

Estes;

Keen,

Brinson,

Evans,

Kidd,

Brooksbear,

Fariss,

Kimbrough,

Bryan,

Field,

Lane, Decatur,

Bullard,

Foster,

Lane, Jasper,

Burney,

Fowler,

Ledbetter,

Carlton,

Fullbright,

Lee, Lee,

Carter, Appling, Ga.rlington,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Darter, Stewart,

Gower, .

LeSueur,

Clieney,

Greene~ Houston, Liles,

Clark, Olements,

Green, Wilkes;
briffin,

Lipsepmb, Loyd,

Cochran,

Grimes,

McCalla,

Cole,

Hammack,

McCants,

Coleman, Calhoun, Hiardeman,

McCarthy,

Coleman, Laurens, Hardin,

. McCrory,

Collins,

Harrell,

McCurry,

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McGehee,

Perkins,

Stewart,

McLendon,

Phaa-r,

Stone, Dawson,

McMichael, .

Pickett,

Stone, Taliaferro,

McRae, Telfair,

Picquet,

Stowll, Elbert,

McRae, Wilcox,

R.lagland,

Stovall, McDuffie,

McWhorter,

Rainey,

Strickland,

Meadt:rs, Oconee, Ransom,

Suggs,

Meadows, Wayne, Redwine,

Sumner,'

Melson,

Reese, Milton,

Swift,

Methvin,

Reese, Thomas,

Taylor, Laurens.

Middleton,

Reiser,

Taylor, Washington,

Millar,

Reynolds,

Thompson,

Mills,

Rhodes,

Tootle,

Moon,

Shadburn,

Tracy,

Moore,

Sheppard,

Turner,

Moss,

Shipp,

Wall,

Moye,

Shuptrine,

Warren,

Myrick,

Simpson,

Wheatley,

Neal,

S.lade,

Whitaker,

Nevil,

Slater,

Wimberly,

Nunnally,

Smith, DeKalb,

Wisdom,

Olive,

Smith, Fannin,

Wohlwender,

Oliver,

Smith, Fulton,

Wood, Twiggs,

Palmour,

Smith, Ra.bun,

Wood, Walton,

Parker,

Sparks,

\Voods, Emanuel,

Parks,

Spence, Carroll,

Wright,

Paulk, Ben Hill, Spence, Mitchell, Mr. Speaker.

,. Paulk, Berrien, The following message was received/ from the

Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following Resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution requesting the House to return to the Senate, House Bill No. 556.
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit:

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A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw. and utter any check, draft or order, where .the drawer has not at the time sufficient funds to meet the same.
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 and Resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code adopted August 15th, 1910, prohibiting the running of freight trains on the Sabbath.
A bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insurance Act.
A bill to amend the Act to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners, etc.
A resolution providing for a commission on the leas'e of theW. & A. Railroad.
The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
IDs Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Act, to-wit:
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a new charter for the City of Camilla, and for other purposes.''


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An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Valdosta so as to provide for the regulation of the qualified voters of said City.
An Act to create the office of County Commis- sioner of Jones County; to provide for his compenS'ation; for the appointment of a clerk for said Cmnmissioner; to provide for his compensation; to define his duties and powers ; and for other purposes.
An Act to repeal an Act and all amendment&
thereto, approved December 12, _1894, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jones and for other purposes.
An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of PulaS'ki ; to prescribe the time for holding the same.
An Act to amend an Act to provide Board of Com-
1-- missioners for tlie County of Elbert, approved February 27, 1875, and for other purposes.
An Act to add an additional judge of the Superior Court for the Atlanta Circuit: to regulate the manner in which the Judges of saia Atlanta circuit shall dispose of the business thereof; to fix the time a.t which said additional Judge shall begin his term and to authorize the.Judges of said Atlanta Circuit to formulate, promulgate and enforce ruleS' of procedure in said circuit and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act authorizing the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Bibb to contribute from the County Treasury to th&

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support and maintenance of th~ Hospital operated by the Macon Hospital Association.
An Act to authorize and require the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Sumter to work county chaingang force upon streets of city of Americus, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Oakfield, and for other purposes.
The following bill was read the third time and placed on its passage.

By Mr. Melson of Clayton-
A Bill to encourage the raising of cattle in this State.
The previous question was called and the main question was ordered on the bill.
The ayes and nays were called, a ballot viva-voce being had the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Arnold, Henry, Bennett, Blaekbum, Booker, Bryan, Bullard, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney,

Coohran, Cole, C.oleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Cooper, Oorn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, DeVaughn, Dodd,

Duncan, Ennis, Field, Foster, Fowler, Gower, Green, Wilkes, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Hooges, Hollberg,

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Johnson,

Jones, Coweta,

Jones, Lowndes,

Kimbrough,

Lane, Jasper,

Lee, Lee,

Lipscomb, McCalla,



McGehee,

McLendon,

McMichael,

Melson,

Miller,

Moore,
1.\Ioss, Neal, Nunnally, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Rlagland, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Milton,

Rhodes, Shipp, -Bola de, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wimberly, Wisdom, 'Vohlwender,

'Ifuose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

AAkllienn', Jackson,

Harrell, Harris,

Allen, Pickens,

Hayes,

Anderson, Banks, Heath,

:Anderson, Murray, Hines,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Holtzclaw,

Atwood,

Hopkins,

Beck,

Jackson,

Bell,

James,

Berry,

Keen,

Brookshear,

Kidd,

Burney,

Ledbetter,

Clark,

l.Ale, Wilkinson,

Olements,

LeSueur,

Oollins,

Liles,

Ccok,

Loyd,_

Dean,

McCants,

Dorris,

McCrory,

Edmondson,

Ellis,

.

McCurry, McRae,. Telfair,

Estes,

McWhorter,

Evans,

Meaders, Oconee,

Fariss,

Methvin,

Fullbright,

Middlebon,

Greene, Houston, Mills,

Griffin,

Moye,

Grimes,

Myrick,

Hammack,

Nevil,

Hla:rdeman,

Oliver,

Palmour, Parker,
Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Pha:rr, Ransom, Reese, Thomas,
Reiser, Reynolds, Shad> urn, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slater, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell,
Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Wall, Wheatley, Whitaker,

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wood, Twiggs,
Wright,

Wood, Walton,

Woods, Emanuel~

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Herrington,

Ballard,

Lane, Decatur,

Brinson,

McCarthy,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., McRae, Wilcox,

Dorough,

Meadows, Wayne,

Garlington,

Moon,

Hendrix,

Olive, Sm!th, DeKalb, St:oV'all, Elbert, Suggs, Swift, Taylor, Laurens.

The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 73,. nays 91.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite Con- stitutional majority was lost.
By unanimous consent 200 copies of the Governor's message were ordered to be printed for the use of the members.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules submitted the following report:.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules request that the afternoon session from today be extended to 6 p. m. and that of the hour of adjournment toda:y 's session be extended for the purpose of acting upon the motion to reconsider House Bill No. 159 and in the event it is reconsidered that said bill be immediately put upon its pa.s'Sage.

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And fix the order of business for the afternoon :session as follows, to-wit:
The report of the Committee was agreed to.
The hour of adjournment was fixed at 6 o'clock.
The House refused to extend the session after 6 '<>'clockp. m. to consider House Bill No. 159.
The following bill was read the third time and :placed on its passage.

By Messrs. Wohlwender and Spence-
A bill to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, debentures and other securities.
Mr. Crawley of Ware moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was 'Ordered.
The following amendment by the committee was adopted:
Amend Section 7 in said hill by striking said Section and inserting in lieu thereof as follows : ''Section 7. Any dealer or agent of a dealer wilfully violating the provisions of this Act upon conviction thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished in accordance with section 1065 criminal Code of Georgia 1910."
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following Senate bill was read the third time and tabled on motion of Wright of Floyd.

By Mr. DuBose of 3oth District-
A bill to amend Section 2878 of the Code of 191Qrelative to loan associations.
The following bill was read the third time and placed upon its pas'Sage.

By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to create a commission to investigate a new lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
The bill involving an appropriation the Hone was resolved into the Committee of the Whole Honse and the Speaker designated Mr. Miller of Bibb as Chairman.
On motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd the Honse instructed the Committee of the Whole House to dispense with the reading of the bill, substitute and amendments.
. The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the session of the House be extended until this bill was disposed of, which motion was sustained.

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Mr. Akin of Glynn moved that the Committee of the Whole HQnse be instructed to report the bill back in ten minutes which motion was sustained.
The Honse was again resolved into the Committee of the Whole Honse with Mr. Miller of Bibb as Chairman.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
Mr. Davidson of Putnam moved the previous ques., tion on the bill and pending amendments, which motion was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment by the Committee was adopted:
Amend 1st. By inserting after the word "Commission" in second line of Section one and before the word "it," the words, "be created."
2nd. By striking out the words "ten thousand dollars'' in second line of Section 2 and inserting in lien thereof the words ''five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neceS'Sary."
3rd. By striking out the words, ''daily salary while in attendance upon meetings of such Commission, together with provided mileage" and inserting the words ''per diem and actual necessary itemized expenses," where this occurs in Section 3' of the Bill.
4th. Also by striking out the words "clerical

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force" in ninth line of Section 3 and inserting the0 words ''other purposes.''
5th. By striking out the words "Attorney-General'' in Section 3 and inserting the words ''Chairman of the Railroad Commission.''
The following amendment by Mr. Gower of Crisp was adopted:
Amend by inserting in line six of Section one, after the word Governor, the following : ''One of which members of said Commission to be appointed by the Governor, shall be an expert in the construction, operation and management"of railroad affairs.''
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
The ayes and nays were ordered and a hallot viva voce being had the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affitrmative were Messrs.-

AAlklienn', Glascock,
Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Berry, Blackburn, Booker,
Brookshear, Bryan, Burney, Carlton,

Carter,_ Appling, Oarter, Stewart, Cheney, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Crawley, DeVaughn, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Evans, Thriss, Foster, Fowler, Garlington, Gower,

Griffin, Hammack, Hardin, Harrell,
.HHaarrrt,is'
Hayes, James, Johnson, J'Ones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, . Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Ledbetter, Lipscomb, McC'.mts,

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McGehee, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McWhorter, Miller, Mills,
Moore, Moss,
Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevil, Nunnally,
Olive,

Parks, Perkins, Pha:rr, Ransom, Reiser, Rhodes, Shitpp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Stewart, Stovall, McDuffie,

Strickland,

Swift,

Taylor, Washington,

Thompson,

Tracy,

Turner,

Wheatley,

Whitaker,

Wimberly,

W ohlwender,

Wood, Twiggs,

Wood, Walton,

Woods, Emanuel,

Wright,



Tlb.ose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Bennett, Oollins, C<>nnor, Davidson, Dorris, Edmondson, Fullbright, Hlodges, Hopkins,

Jackson, Lane, Deeatur, Lane, Jasper,
Lee, Lee,
MeCurry, Moon, Parker, Pickett, Picquet,

Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Slater, Sparks, Stone, Taliaferro, Tootle, Warren, Wisdom,

'Tihose not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Dorough,

Arnold, Henry,

Estes,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Field,

Brinson,

Greene, Houston,

Bullard,

Green, Wilkes,

Clark,

Grimes,

Olements,

Hla.rdeman,

C<>leman, Calhoun, Heath,

Cook,

Henderson,

Cooper,

Hendrix,

Oorn,

Herringtcn,

Culpepper, Clinclt, llines, -

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hollberg,

Dean,

Holtzclaw,

Dodd,

Lee, Wilkinson,

LeSueur, Liles, Loyd, McCalla, McCarthy, McCrory, McLendon, McRae, Wiloox, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middlelx>n, Oliver, Palmour,

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Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Riagland, Rainey, Redwine, Shadlurn,

Sheppard, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitehell, Stone, Dawson,

Stovall, Elbert, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Wall,

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 28.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Leave of absence was granted 1Mr. Stone of Dawson.
The hour o :five o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
August 12, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the. Speaker and opened with praoyer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the roll call was dispensed with.
Mr. Davidson of Putnam gave notice, that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 73.
By unanimous eonsent, the reading of yesterday's .Journal was dispensed with.
The following order of business recommended by the Committee on Rules was adopted:
First 3'0 minutes be devoted exclusively to consideration of the following resolution and specifi-c matters. Introduction of local bills.
1st. Report of Senate bills. Report of Standing Committees.
House bills with Senate amendments concurred and non-concurred.
2d. Report Senate bills specifically reported. House Bill No. 155. House Bill No. 123. The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees:

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By Mr. Ellis of Tift-

A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Tifton.

Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.

The following resolution was read and adopted :

By Mr. Carter of ApplingA resolution relative to the unfinished business of
the session of 1913.
By Mr. Kimbrough of HarrisA bill to incorporate the town of \Vaverly Hall. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Woods of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act providing a charter for the City of Swainsboro.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
The following resolution favorably reported was read the second time.

By Mr. Carlton of Colquitt-
A resolution to furnish the Ordinary of Colqnitt certain Georgia reports.
The following Senate bills and resolution were read the first time and referred to Committees:

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By Mr. Longino of the 36th District-

A resolution providing for a joint committee on the lease of the W. & A. R. R.



Referred to Committee on W. & A. R. R.

By Mr. MeNeill of the 22d District-
A bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of 1910, relative to running freight trains on the Sabbath.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. McNeil of the 22d DistrictA bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insur-
ance Act.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th DistrictA bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw or utter
a check when there are not sufficient funds.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Brown of tlle 42d District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a State Board of
Veterinary Examiners.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Se-ction 2584 of the Code of 1910 relative to the incorporation of railroads.

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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.

The following bill of the House was read the sec-



ond time:

By Mr. Sumner of Worth-
A bill to amend the charter of the .City of Sylvester.
Mr. W ohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. ffpeaker:
Your General Judiciary Committee No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as thrir Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that
To provide a permanent registration, etc. ''Do pass.''
\Vo~LWENDER, Chairman.

Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:

Mr. 8peaker:
Your Special Judiciary Committee have had under -consideration the following bi1ls of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the reconnnendation that same do pass:

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Senate Bill No. 191. To be entitled an Act to increase the number of terms of the Superior Court of Paulding County.
Respectfully submitted, WisDoM, Chairman.
This 11th day of August, 1913.

Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill providing for the Sanitation of bakeries, canneries, etc.
A bill to be entitled an Act amendatory to an Act to prevent the adulteration of food, etc.
Respectfully submitted, L. C. ALLEN, Chairman.

Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr.. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under .consideration the following bill of the Senate and

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instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the Honse with the recommendation that same do pass:

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-

To require children of certain ages to attend

school.

JAMES, Chairman.

August 11, 1913.

Mr. W ohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No.1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your General Judiciary Committee No. 1 havehad under consideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass :

By Mr. Anderson of the 1st District-
Senate Bill No. 175. To_ amend Section 2371 of the Code of 1910, as to the number of directors required for navigation companies.
E. WoHLW~NDEB, Chairman.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of -t-he Committee on Municipal Government, submitted theo following report:

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1163

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following Senate bill of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
'Senate Bill No. 188. To amend an Act to incorporate the town of Blackshear.
House Bill No. 699. To amend the charter of the town of .Sylvester.
Senate Bill No. 193. To amend the charter of the town of Marshallville.
PrcQUET, Chairman.

Mr. H. G. McCants of Taylor County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Library have had un der consideration the following House Resolution No. 79, and instructed me as their Vice Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommen dation that same do pass:
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under

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consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 140. An A-ct to establish a system of public schools in the town of Alamo.

Senate Bill No. 157. An Act to amend Section 3955 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 so as to permit any Trust Company of this State to be appointed County Administrators of the county where it has. its prin'Cipal office and for other purposes.
BULLARD, Chairman.

Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the f~llowing bills, which said committee recommends "do pass", to-wit:

Senate Bills Nos. 29, 122 and 161.

The Committee recommend that the following bills. "do pass by substitute" to-wit: Senate Bills Nos~

30 and 78, and that Senate Bill No. 47 "do pass.

as amended.''



HoLTZC~Aw, Chairman.

Mr. McRae of Telfair County, Chairman of the-
Committee on Insurance, submitted the following: report:

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1165

Mr. S pea.ker:

Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bill No. 24, by Mr. Bush o the Senate, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended:

Amendment striking the -caption and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

A bill to be entitled an Act to better regulate and control the organization and operation of corporations (foreign or domestic) doing an industrial, health, life or accident insurance business in the 'State of Georgia, and to provide penalties, and for other purposes.
McRAE, Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Johnson County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 126, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
B. H. MoYE, Vice Chairman.

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 Constitu.tional majority, the following bill of the Senate, towit:
A bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code of 1910.
The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dooly; to prescribe the duties and powers thereof, and for other purposes. Approved August 13, 1904.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Pavo in the Uounties of Thomas and Brooks. Approved ed August 21st, 1911, so as to change the limit thereof and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Buford in Gwinnett County, so as to authorize the Council of said City to levy a maximum tax rate of one and one-half of one per cent on all property therein which is subject to taxation.
An Act to incorporate the City of Chickamauga in the County of Walker, Georgia, and for other pur]JOses.

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1167

An Act to incorporate the town of Cotton in Mitchell County_.
An Act to repeal an Act approved August 6th, 1909, to establish City Court of Ocilla in Irwin County and for other purposes.

An Act to provide for an additional levy of a tax by the County Commissioners of Catoosa County _on taxable property in the County of Catoosa, and for other purposes.

An Act to incorporate the town of Unadilla in the County of Dooly, and for other purposes.

An Ad to amend an Act entitled an Aet to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam, etc., approved Sept. 8, 1879, to provide for employing a public accountant to audit the books of the county officers and for other purposes.

An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Ocilla in Irwin County, and for other purposes.

An Act to declare and make the Clayton Board of Education of the City of Clayton, Georgia, the legal successor of and to the T'rustees of Clayton Academy and for other purposes.

An Ad to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Wilcox County.
An Act to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes County.

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An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide for the payments of insolvent criminal costs in the Augusta Judicial Circuit.
An Act creating a new charter for the City of Eastman in the County of Dodge and for other purposes.
An Act to authorize and empower the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Perry, Georgia, and their successors in office to sell certain real estate, situated in the City of Perry, Georgia, to make deeds thereto; to receive the purchase price of said real estate and dispose of the same, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Toccoa in the County of Stephens, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Telfair, Georgia; to provide for an appointment to fill said office until January 1, 1911, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Sycamore in the County of Turner, State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporatethe town of Clermont, Hall County, to provide for a Mayor and Council and other officers and election of same; to provide for Municipal Government for said town, to prescribe the powers and duties of the several officers and provide for subs and ordinances and for other purposes.

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1169

An Act approved August 13th, 1904, authorizing the establishment of a public school system for the town of Canton, and for other purposes.

An Act to amend charter of City of Columbus.

..An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of
public schools for the town of Eastman and for other purposes.

An Act to amend the charter of the City of Macon.

An Act to amend the charter of the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and for other purposes.

An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County, etc. Approved Sept. 11, 1891, and the Act amendatory thereof.

An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Danielsville in the County of Madison, and for other purposes.

The following bills of the Senate were read the second time :

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to regulate the operation of ins11rance companies.

By Mr. Stark of the 33'd District-
A bill to provide. a permanent registration for voters.

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By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to require attendance of school children of specified ages.

By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-
A bill to amend an Act to prevent the adulteration of food.

By Mr. Hixon of the 37th DistrictA bill to provide for the sanitation of bakeries, etc.

By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend an 4-ct creating the Department of Commerce and Labor.

By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Alamo.

By Mr. MeNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend Section 3955 of the Code of 1910 relativfl to Trust Companies being County Administrators.

By Mr. Anderson of the 1st District-
A bill to amend Section 2571 of the Code of 1910 relative to directors of navigation companies.

By Mr. Taylor of the 3d District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Blackshear.

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:By :Mr. Spinks of the 38th District-
A bill to increase the number of tel'III18 of Paulding :Superior Court.

_By Mr. Richardson o! the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Marshallville.
The following bill was taken up for the consideration of Senate amendments thereto:

By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for -the City of Atlanta.
The following Senate amendments were agreed to:
Amendment to House Bill No. 282, amending the -.charter of the City of Atlanta, etc., by incorporating therein the following:
Sec. 234(a). That the Tax Assessors and Receiv-ers, acting jointly or, in case of difference of opinion, acting by a majority thereof, shall be the head of the
tax office of the City of Atlanta, and said Tax as-
sessors and Receivers shall have the authority to nominate a Chief Clerk for the tax office, together with the assistants therein, subject to confirmation by the Tax Committee of the General Council and same shall thereafter be submitted to the General Council and be finally subject to confirmation by said General Council. Said Tax Assessors and-Receivers .-shall have authority to receive returns of taxes, ad-

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minister oaths to those making returns in connection with the Chief Clerk and the assistants in the tax office, and said Tax Assessors and Receivers shall have general supervision of the tax office, being the office where returns are made to the City of Atlanta for taxation and assessments are entered thereon. The provisions of Section 2, of an Act to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta, approved August 19, 1913, providing that the tax committee of the General Council shall elect a Chief Clerk for the tax offi~e is hereby stricken, and the same provision is stricken from Section 51 of the Act to which this amendment is offered, and furthermore the provis ions of said Section 2 of the amendment approved aforesaid and the Section 51 above noted providing that the Chief Clerk shall have charge of tax returns in connection with such assistants as the tax committee or the General Council may provide, are likewise stricken.

The provisions of this amendment shall become effective and shall be enforced by the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta when passed by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor and shall not be submitted to a vote of the people with the other provisions of said charter but shall be a law without regard to the vote at the election held under the provisions of the pending bill by which same were referred to a vote of the people.

Sec. 234(b). The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the inspecti()n of freight and pas-

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senger elevators used in the different buildings of the city and also to provide for the inspection of steam boilers wherever used within the limits of said city and to give the officers in charge of such inspection, authority to enter on the premises where such elevators or boilers are located for the purpose of making such inspections. Said Mayor and General Council are likewise authorized to provide, by ordinances, regulations concerning the use of such elevators and steam boilers and to take any other steps necessary to secure the safe operation of said elevators and boilers and the prevention of the use of defective or dangerous elevators or boilers, within the limits of said city Said Mayor and General Council are likewise authorized to provide, by ordinance for punishment by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by sentence upon the public works of the city for not exceeding thirty days, either or both penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the recorder for a violation by any person, firm or corporation of said ordinances and the regulations established thereunder. The provisions of this section shall become a law when this Act is approved by the Governor and shall not be submitted to a vote of the people as provided with referenc~ to the other provisions of this Act.

Further, by striking Sec. 201 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following :

Sec. 201. The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby vested with authority and power to require all social, locker or other clubs in

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which lockers or other similar arrangements are maintained wherein intoxticants of any kind are kept for the use of members, fo secure a permit for the operation of such clubs from the Mayor and General Council before beginning to operate or maintain or continue to operate and maintain same, if now operating, and furthermore said Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized and empowered to impose a license fee or charge against such clubs of not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, payable in such manner as may be provided by ordinance. Said Mayor and and General Council are further authorized and empowered to provide by ordinance for the punishment of any person or persons violating the provisions thereof, as herein provided, by a sentence to pay a fine not exceeding :five hundred dollars or to work upon the public works of said city for not exceeding sixty days, either or both in the discretion of the Recorder.
Further, by adding to Section 215 the following:
Provided :first the result of said election shall not affect the several sections of this Act which provide tliat the provisions of said Ac~ shall become a law when approved by the Governor. Second, tha:t the result of said election shall not affect the provisions of Section 205 (a) which submits to a vote of the people the question of vesting in the Recorder's Court of said city the power to impose a fine of five hundred or a sentence of imprisonment or labor upon the public works for not exceeding sixty days, and

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Section 205(-b), which provides for the submission te> the people the question of incorporating into the charter of said city the principles of the initiative, referendum and recall.
Sec. 215(a). At the same time that the other provisions are submitted to a vote of the people as provided in 'Section 215, there shall likewise be separate-
ly submitted to a vote the following provisions:

REcORDER's CouRT.
That the Mayor and General Council are hereby authorized to provide by ordinance for the punishment of offences against the ordinances of the city, on conviction in the Recorder's Court, by a sentence to work on the public works for a term not exceeding sixty days or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty days or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, either one or two or all of said sentences to be inflicted in the discretion of the Recorder.
Those voting in favor of this provision shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words:
'' (1) For vesting in the Recorder's Court, power to sentenee for a term of labor and imprisonment.for sixty days and by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.''
Those opposed thereto shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words :
"(2) For vesting in the Recorder's Court, power

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to sentence for a term of labor and imprisonment not exceeding thirty days and by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.''

If the majority of the vote::; cast in said election is in favor of vesting in the Recorder's Court, the power set out in the ballot marked (1) as aforesaid, then the provisions of this section hereinbefore set out under the title ''Recorder's Court'' shall thereupon become a law.

If a majority of the votes cast in said election is in favor of vesting in the Recorder's Court, the power to set out in the ballot marked (2) as aforesaid, then the provisions of this section hereinbefore set -out under the title "Recorder's Court" shall be changed as follows: The words ''sixty days,'' in both instances shall be stricken and ''thirty days'' insert~d in lieu .thereof. The words ''five hundred dollars'' shall be stricken and ''two hundred dollars'' inserted in lieu thereof and as so amended, same shall thereupon become a law.

Said election shall be held and the result declared

in the same manner as provided in Section 215 of

this Act with reference to the other provisions of

this Act.


INITIATIVE.

Sec. 215(b). Whenever ten per cent. of the registered voters as disclosed by registration sheets of .the last preceeding general municipal election, shall request, in a petition filed in the office of the Clerk -of the Council of said city, the submission of an or-

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dinance or resolution, the substance of. which is in-

corporated in said petition, for adoption by vote oi

the people, an election shall be called therefor with-

in thirty days after same has been read in Council.

If at said election, said resolution or ordinances 1 e-
a ceives majority of the votes cast, it shall become

operative and cannot be thereafter repealed except

by an election similarly called. Provided, however,.

if the Mayor and General Council adopt the resolu-

tion or ordinance, so petitioned for, then no election

shall be called.



REFERENDUM.

Whenever fifteen per cent. in number of the registered voters, as disclosed by the registration sheets of the last preceding general municipal election, shall so request, in a petition filed with the Clerk of Council, any ordinance or resolution which may have already been adopted by the Mayor and General Council shall thereafter be submitted to the qualified voters of said city at the first regular election following the filing of said petition. Provided, said request is filed within sixty days after the approval of such ordinance or resolutions. If a majority of the votes in said election, are cast against such resolution or ordinance, same shall be thereby repealed and revoked and shall not thereafter be of any effect nor shall same thereafter be adopted by the Mayor and General Council until re-submitted to and adopted by the qualified voters of said city in the same manner as originally submitted. If same receives a majority vote of the people, when so submitted then

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said resolution or ordinance shall stand and be effective in the same manner as other ordinances of the city.
Provided, however, that no ordinance or resolution shall be submitted to the people by referendum, as herein provided, at a date earlier than sixty days .after the date of its approval, nor shall same be submitted at any other time than at the general city election h~ld on the first Wednesday in December of each: year, but same can be submitted at each annual general election if a petition is filed therefor by the voters of the city as herein authorized.
The voting on questions submitted to the people .at the general elections herein provided for under what is known as the initiative and referendum, shall be held in the same manner as the ordinary city elections, by the same managers and at the same time and under the same methods and the result thereof shall be canvassed in the same manner as declared and reported to the General Council for confirmation as the city elections are now held, declared and reported.
The Mayor and General Council of said city shall be authorized to submit to the qualified voters of said city at any regular municipal election, any ordinance or resolution which they may deem proper and in the event a majority of the voters shall vote for such ordinance or resolution, the same shall be adopted. If a majority of the votes cast are against such resolution or ordinance, same shall be defeated and shall not thereafter be adopted by the Mayor

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and General Council until re-submitted to and adopted by the qualified voters of said city. If same receive a majority vote of the qualified voters at a regular municipal election.

RECALL.
The Mayor, Aldermen, Councilmen, officers elected by vote of the people, heads of departments and members of boards shall be subject to removal during their several terms of office in the following manner:
Whenever twenty-five per cent. in number of the registered voters, as disclosed by the registration sheets of the last preceding general municipal election, shall so request, in a petition filed in the office of the Clerk of Council, an election shall be called and held within thirty days from the date of the filing of said petition on the subject only of the recall or non-recall of such official. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to check the names on said list and report to the General Council the number of registered voters thereon in order to see that the required number have signed the said petition. This report shall be submitted to the General Council with the petition which petition must be filed with the Clerk of Council at least five days beft>re the meeting of the General Council to which same is reported in order that it may be checked up as herein provided. When so reported with this certificate, the General Council shall order an election to be held with. in thirty days as above mentioned. Such election

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shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern regular city elections. At this election the ballots shall be as follows : With the names of such officer and office inserted in the blanks.
"For the recall of_ _____Holding the office of_ _____ "
''Against the recall of_ ___Holding the office of_ ___ ''
If a majority of the votes cast in said election are for the recall of such officer, his office is declared vacant at the moment these votes are canvassed by the General Council and the result announced. A meeting of the General Council s'hall be called and held for this purpose if no regular meeting intervenes within not less than five days of the election so held. At this meeting the election managers shall make a return of the votes cast in said election by report of same to the General Council, and the General Coun-cil shall examine this return and declare the result. If a majority of the votes so cast is for the recall {)f the official, his office is vacated at the time the result is so declared by the General Coun-cil as herein provided and a vacancy immediately exists. This vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as vacan,cies are otherwise filled for such offices.
Provided, however, that the provisions of this :Section shall not become a law until submitted to the :people as follows:

At the same time that the other provisions of this Act are submitted to a vote of the people, the foregoing provisions of this section shall also be submitted to a vote of the people as follows :

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Those in favor of the provisions of this section shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words:
''For the initiative, referendum and recall, as provided by Ad of the General Assembly of 1913 amending the charter of the City of Atlanta.''

Those opposed to the provisions of this section shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words :

"Against the initiative, referendum and recall, as provided hy Act of the General Assembly of 1913 amending the charter of the City of Atlanta."

If a majority of the votes cast in said election on this question is in favor of the initiative, referendum and recall, then the provisions of this section shall become a law.

If a majority of the votes cast in said election on this question is against the initiative, referendum and recall, then the provisions of this section shall not become a law.

The election shall be held and the result declared in the same manner as provided in Section 215 for holding an election upon the other provisions of this charter.

Sec. 215(c). That Section 215 be amended by adding after the words "no other matter shall be voted on," the following: "EX1Cept the several matters set out in Sections 215 (a) and 215 (b) of this Act.''

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The following resolution was read the third timeand adopted :

By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A resolution that the House and Senate Sanitarium Committees be authorized to visit the sanitarium in vacation. ,
The following resolution was read the third time and adopted :

By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A resolution authorizing the House and SenateCommittees on Penitentiary to visit convict camps in vacation.
The following bill was read the third time and placed on its passage:

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make an appropriation for repairs on State Capitol.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Harris of Washington as Chairman.
The Committee arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

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The ayes and nays were ordered and a ballot viva voce being had, the vote was as follows :

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,

Evans,

AAlklienn', Glascock,

Fariss, Foster,

Allen, Jackson,

Fullbright,

Anderson, Ba.nks, Garlington,

Anderson, Murray, Gower,

Arnold, Henry,

Greene, Houston,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Green, Wilkes,

Atwood,

Griffin,

Ballard,

Hardeman,

Bell,

Harrell,

"Bennett,

Harris,

Blackburn,

Hart,

Brookshear,

Heath,

Bryan,

Herrington,

Burney,

Hines,

Carlton,

Hodges,

Carter, Appling, Hollberg,

Cheney,

Holtzclaw,

Clark,

Jackson,

Olements,

.James,

Cole,

Johnson,

Coleman, Calhoun, Jones, Coweta,

Coleman, Laurens, Jones, Lowndes,

Collins,

Kimbrough,

Connor,

Ledbetter,

Cooper,

Lee, Lee,

Corn,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Crawley,

Liles,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lipscomb,

Davidson,

McCants,

Dean,

McCurry,

Dodd,

McMichael,

Dorris,

McRae, Wilcox,

Duncan,

McWhorter,

Edmondson,

Melson,

Ellis,

MethviD,

Ennis,

Middleton,

Estes,

Mills,

Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Reiser, Reynolds, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stovall, McDuftle, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. T~tylC'r, Washington, Tracy, Turner,
Wall,

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Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker,

Wimberly, W"JSdom,
Wood, Twiggs,

Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel~

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Hopkins, Stewart,

Reese, Milton,

Reese, Thomas~

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Allen, Picltens, Beck, Berry, Booker, Brinson, Bullard, Oarter, Stewart, Cochran, Cook, Culpepper, Clinch, DeVaughn, Dorough, Field, Fowler,
Grimes, Hammack, Hardin,

Hayes, Henderson, Hendrix, Keen, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, LeSueur, Loyd, McCalla, McCarthy, McCrory, McGehee, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Miller,

Neal, Nevil, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Rhodes, Sbadburn, Sheppard, 8lade, Spence, Carroll~ Spence, Mitchell~ Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro~ Stovall, Elbert, Thompson, Tootle, W ohlwender, Wright,

Ayes 126, nays 4.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 126, nays 4.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

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1185

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill relative to the custody and control of minor
children.
The previous question was calJed and the main question was ordered on the bill and pending amendments.
The following substitute offered by Mr. Smith of Fulton was adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to define the duties, rights and powers of tlie court of this State in al1 cases affecting the custody of minor children and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this Act in all cases where the custody of any minor child or children is involved, between the parents there shall be no prima facie right to the custody of such child or children in the father, but the court hearing such issue of custody may exercise its sound discretion, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case as to whose custody such child or children shall be awarded the duty of the court being in all such cases in exercising such discretion to look to and determine solely what is for the best interests of the child or children and what will best promote their welfare and happiness and make award accordingly.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

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The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to by substitute.
Mr. Smith of Fulton. called the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.
A ballot viva VQce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Allen, Jackson,

Greene, Houston,

Allen, Pickens,

Green, Wilkes,

Anderson, Banks, Griffin,

Arnold, Henry,

Hlardeman,

Atwood,

Harrell,

Ballard,

H'llrris,

Bennett, Blackburn,

HHeanrdt'erson,

Booker,

Herrington,

Bryan,

Hines,

Bullard,

Hollberg,

Burney,

Hopkins,

Carter, Stewart,

James,

Cheney,

Johnson,

Clark,

J~nes, Coweta,

Cole,

Jones, Lowndes,

Coleman, .Calhoun, Kimbrough,

Oollins, .

Lane, Decatur,

Cook,

Lane, Jasper,

Crawley,

Ledbetter,

Oulpepper, Meriwtr., Lee, Wilkinson,

Dodd,

.

Liles,

Duncan,

Lipscomb,

Edmondson,

Loyd,

Ellis,

McCrory,

Ennis,

McMichael,

Estes,

McRae, Telfair,

Evans,

Meaders, Oconee,

Foster,

Methvin,

Fowler,

Middleton,

Fullbright,

Miller,

Gower,

Mills,

Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Perkins, Pharr, R'Bg'land, Rainey, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, Shadbum, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, DeKalh, Smith, Fulton, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, StoV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Tracy, Warren, Wheatley, Wisdom, W ohlwender,
Wright,
. - ' l

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,
.AAlkleinn', Glascoek,
Anderson, Murray, Beck, Bell, Brookshear,
Carlton,
Carter, Appling, Coleman, Laurens, Connor,
Coope~.
Corn, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Dean, DeVaughn, Dorris, F'&riss, Field, Garlington,

Grimes, Hayes, Heath, Hodges, Joaekson, Keen, Kidd, McCalla, McCants, McCurry,
McGehee, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Moon, Moye, Nevil, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Picquet,

Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Shipp, Simpson, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. ThOilllpson, Turner, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Hendrix,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Holtzclaw,

Berry,

Lee, Lee,

Brinson,

LeSueur,

CleJ:Del;lts,

.McCarthy,

Cochrar...

McLendon,

Dorough,

Meadows, Wayne,

Hammack,

Melson,

Hardin,

Nunnally, Pickett, Ransom, Smith, Rabun, .Stone, Dawson, Suggs, Wall, Wimberly,

Ayes 96, nays 62.

The verification of the.. ~,. a-ll was dispensed with.

On the .nays 62.

passage

of

t . ef

.rthe ~Y:eS w~re,r~9:6;, . v

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
Mr. Miller of Bibb moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion was lost.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond, gave notice that at the. proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing the bill.
The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency has approved and signed the following Act, to-wit:
An Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta._
The following bill was read the third time and place on its passage:

By Mr. Redwine of Fayette-

A bill to amend an Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bank Bureau.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.

On the pas~ of the bill the ayes were 112,

nays 13.

.

.. .

r~t; ~T1he mbaijlolrh~tayv,in)gVS~..s~s:d. the requisite Constitu-

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The following House bill was read the third time and placed on its passage:

By Messrs. Cole and Wright-
A bill to create a permanent qualification book for voters.
Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment offered by Mr. Wright of Floyd was adopted:
Add Section 4 and number others accordingly ''Section 4. Be it further enacted, that when any person desires to vote he may he challenged and required to take in addition to the oath now required the following oath in writing: ''I do solemnly swear that I am (here insert the name the same as on registration list) that I duly qualified as a permanent elector and at the time gave my address as (here give address given in registration hook) that I have for the last six months resided at the following addresses: (here give detailed address during last six months with such particularity that the samP. '< can he readily verified or disproved) That I have resided at such places under the name of (here insert any name or alias used). Such written oath shall be filed with the manager of the election and preserved.
The following amendment offered by Mr. lflullhright of Burke, was adopted:

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Amend Section 3 by adding at the end thereof the following: ''Provided that no person shall remain registered longer than he retains the qualifications under which be registered.''
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were llH, nays 14.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.

Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion was sustained.

. Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, moved tl:tat Honse Bill No. 650, be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion was sustained.

The following bill was read the third tim(! and placed on its passage:

By Messrs. Mills and Jones-
A bill to establish the Georgia State Industrial Home for girls.
Mr. Sbuptrine moved to table the bill.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, called the ayes and nays on the motion to table, which call was sustained.
.A! ballot viva voce was bad and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,

Green, wilkes,

Allen, Jackson,

Heath,

Atwood,

Hodges,

Ballard,

.Johnson,

Bell,

Jones, Lowndes,

Bennett,

Kidd,

Bryan,

Lee, Lee,

Burney,

Lee, Wilkinson,

Carter, Appling, LeSueur,

Coleman, Calhoun, McCalla,

Coleman, Laurens, Moore,

Cook,

Moye,

Corn,

Myrick,

Crawley,

Nevil,

Culpepper, Clinch, Parker,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Picquet,

DeVaughn,

Rainey,

Dorris,

Reiser,

Reynolds, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Sirr:pson, Slade, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Strickland, Suggs, Swift, Turner, Whitaker, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,

'Ifuose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Akin,Allen, Glascock, Anderson, Murray, Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brookshear, Bullard, Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Cole, Connor, Cooper, Davidson, Dean, Dodd, Dorough, Duncan,

Ellis, Ennis. Estes, F'ariss, Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Gower, Greene, Houston, Griffin, Hammack, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Rines, Hollberg, Holtzclaw,

Hopkins, James, Jones, Coweta, Keen, Kimbrough, Lane~ Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Liles, Lipscomb,
Loyd, . McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson,

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Methvin, Middleton, Mills, Moon, Moss, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Ragland,

Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stowll, Elbert, Stovall, MeDuffie,

Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Tay1 ~r, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Wall, Warren, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wohlwender, Wood, Walton, Wright,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Brinson, Cochran, Collins,

Edmondson, Evans, Garlington, Grimes, Hendrix, Herrington, .J-ackson, McCarthy,

Meadows, Wayne, Miller, Neal, Nunnally, Parks, Ransom, Stone. Dawson,

Ayes 54, nays 106.
The veri:fi'Cation of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the motion to table the bill the ayes were 54, nays 106.
The motion to table was lost.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Moon of Troup as Chairman.
The Committee arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended.

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The following amendments by the Committee were adopted:
Amend, by striking all of Section 2 of said bill and j.nserting in lieu thereof, and to be known as Section 2, the following, to-wit:
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That said Institution shall be located on th~ lands owned by the State at Milledgeville and at such place there as the Prison Commission may designate. And for the purpose of erecting or remodeling necessary buildings, including the cost of plans and specifications, and superintending construction, the purchasing of furniture and other articles required, there is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appr0:pria'ted, the sum of ($20,000.00) twenty thousand dollars. Provided, however, that should the Board of Managers hereinafter created, deem it to the best interests of said Institution to accept a site, with or without buildings located thereon, donated by any city, town, county or person, to induce the location of said Institution, then and in that event said Institution shall be located upon sueh site instead of being located at Milledgeville. Provided further, that for the purpose of maintaining said Institution, paying the current operating expenses of the same for one year, beginning from the time said Institution is made ready for the receptiou of inmates and so declared to be by the Governor, there is appropriate~, the sum of ($10,000) ten thou$and dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Amend Section 3. by striking from the third line,

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immediately after the word ''persons,'' the words, ''not less than.''
Further amend Section 3 by inserting in the 7 line of said section, immediately after the wo~d "named,'' and before the word ''shall,'' the following words, to-wit: "O]le of whom shall be a nian and the other a woman.''
Amend Section 4 by inserting immediately after the word " employees" in the thirty-:first (31) line of said section, and before the word "the" in the same line, the following words, to-wit: "Provided the salary. of said superintendent and said employees, as well as the expenses of the Board of Managers shall be paid out of the maintenance fund, appropriated by Section 2 of this Act.''

Amend said bill by striking all of Section 5, and
inserting in lieu thereof, the following to be known
as Section 5 :

Section 5. Be it further enacted, That should said Board of Managers select a location for said Institution, which is donated for the purpose, an abstract. of title, approved by the Attorney General, showinga good and sufficient title in the person or persons dona.ting the same, shall be filed with the report of the Board of Managers.

Amend the caption of said bill by striking from the third line of the same the words ''for the purchase of a site,'' and by striking from the :fifth line the words "up to and through December 31, 1914.''"

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The Committee amends as follows:

By striking the words ''The Georgia State Industrial Home for Girls'' wherever they appear \hroughout the bill and inserting in lieu thereof. the words "Georgia Training School for Girls."

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

The ayes and nays were ordered, and ballot viva

voce being had, the vote was as follows:

.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike,
AAknidne'rson, Murray,
Atwood, Ballard, Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brookshear, Bullard, Carlton, Darter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Cole, Connor, Cook, Cooper, Crawley, Davidson, Dodd, Dorough, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Fariss,

Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Gower; Greene, Houston, Griffin, Hammack, Hlardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, James, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur,

Ledbetter, LeSueur, Liles, lipscomb, Loyd, McCanta. McCrorY, McCurry, McGehee, McLend<>n, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, McW.horter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson,
Me~hvin,
Milldletx>n, Miller,
Mills, Moon, MOOre, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour,

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Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Phair.r, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadiburn,

Shipp, Shuptrine, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stowll, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Suggs,

Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Wall, Wheatley, Winlberly, 'Vohlwender, Wood, Walton, Wright,

'.Dhose voting in the negative were 'Messrs.-

Allen, Glascock,

Green, Wilkes,

Sparks,

Allen, Pickens,

Grimes,

Spence, Carroll,

Arnold, Henry,

Heath,

Spence, Mitchell,

Bell,

Jackson,

Stewart,

Bennett,

Johnson,

Stone, Taliaferro,

Bryan,

Lane, Jasper,

Strickland,

Burney,

Lee, Lee,

Swift,

Carter, Appling, Lee, Wilkinson,

Tootle,

Cochran,

McCalla,

Tracy,

Coleman, Calhoun, Collins, Corn,

Nevil, Parker, Ragland,

Turner, Warren, Whitaker,

l

Culpepper, Clinch, Reynolds,

Wisdom,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Simpson,

Wood, Twiggs,

DeVaughn,

S.lade,

\Voods, Emanuel,.

Dorris,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Brinson, Clements, Coleman, Laurens, Dean,

Edmondson, Evans, Hendrix, Keen, McCarthy, McRae, Telfair, Meadows, Wayne,

Neal, Parks, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Thomas,. Sheppard, Stone, Dawson,.

Ayes ~15, nays 46.

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The verification of the roll call was dispensed with,
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 46.
The. bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
On motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd, the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Sel}ate.
The following bill was read the third time and placed on its passage :

By Messrs. Crawley and Cooper-
A bill to amend Section 129 of the Code of 1910 so as to provide an early primary.
On motion, the session of the House was extended until the bill was .disposed of and to take up a motion
to reconsider the action of the House in defeating
the passage of House Bill No. 716.
Mr. Carter of Appling moved the previous ques. tion on the bill and pending amendments, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment by the Committee was adopted:
Amend by striking the word "not," between the words "shall" and "fix," in line twenty-one of Section one.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to as amended.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays 4.
. The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Mr. Moss moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of House Bill N9. 716.
ThQ motion was sustained and House Bill No. 716 went to the heel of the calendar.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson.

The Speaker declared the' House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 o'CLOOK P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at three o'clock this afternoon and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent, 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 concurred in the amendments of the House to the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

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A bill for the relief of T. B. Hicks of Dublin, Laurens County.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Oglethorpe, in and for the County of Macon.
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution relative to preparing a statement of unfinished business of fhe General Assembly.
The following message was receive~ from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has pas'Sed by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, towit:
A bill to repeal an Act approved August 16th, 1912, relative to the duty of the Governor in calling out the Militia.
A bill to regulate the manner in which the State Militia may be called out.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by substitute, by the requisite Constitutional majority the follo~g bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to provide for a system of equalization of assessments of property for taxation.

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The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite Constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Ellijay.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the General Judiciary Committee No. 1, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your General Judiciary Committee No.1 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that
To amend Section 2584 of Civil Code. ''Do pass.'' WoHLWENDEB, Chairman.

Mr. Cheney of Cobb County, Chairman of the Committee on Western and Atlantic R. R., submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Western and Atlantic R. R. have had under consideration the following resolution of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A resolution to appoint a Commission on the w..
& A. R. R. Respectfully submitted, JNo. P. CHENEY, Chairman.

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Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman "Of the General Judiciary Commit~e No.1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your General Judiciary Committee No.1 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that .same do pass:
A bill to provide for the election of United States .Senators by the people.
Respectfullysubmitted, En. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.

Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 127 of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass .
MINTER WIMBERLY, Chairman.

Mr. McRae of Telfair County, Chairman of the 'Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under con:. sideration the following Senate bill No. 99, by Mr. MeNeil, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the reco:riunendation that same do pass a:s amended:
No. 99. In regard ~o General Insurance Companies.
McRAE, Chairman.

Mr. Stovall of Elbert, moved to extend the session from five o'clock P.M., to seven o'clock P.M., which motion was sustained.
The following order of business recommended by the Committee on Rules was adopted:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules fix as the order of business this afternoon Aug. 12 1913, as follows:
Senate Bills read the first time as they are reported from the Senate.
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees on Senate bills as referred and as soon as acted upon.
3d. Reading of Senate bills preViously reported.
4th. House Bill No. 6 as amended by the Senate so soon as the same is received by the House.
And further request that the session of this afternoon be extended from 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock P.M., for the transaction of general business.
BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.

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The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. McGregor of the 19th District-
A bill to repeal an Act relative to the Governor calling out the militia.
Referred to Committee on Military Affiairs.

By Mr. McGregor of the 19th District-
A bill to regulate the manner in which the State Military may be called out.
Referred to Committee on Military Affiairs.
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time :

By ~r. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 2626 of the Code of 1910 relative to Chairman of Railroad Commission certifying copies of reports.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to provide that common carrier shall give notice to consigpor of freight undelivered to be sold.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th DistrictA bill to confer upon the Railroad Commission the
power to place a time limit on their orders.
By Mr. MeNeil of the 22d DistrictA bill to require railroads to Arect sign boards.

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By Messrs. Rushin and Anderson:_
A bill to provide for maintaini"ttg causeways and approaches to public bridges.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 2166 of the Code of 1910 relative to life of railroad charters.

"By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A hill to provide for the election of United States Senators by the people.
The following bill was taken up for the consideration of the Senate substitute thereto:

By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to provide for the equalization of assessments of property for taxation.
The substitute of the Senate was as follows:
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the return and assessment of property for taxation in this State; to fix the time for the annual opening and closing of the Tax Digests in theseveral counties in this State; to create and _provide for county Boards of Tax Assessors in each county; to fix their qualifications and compensation; to provide for their appointment and removal and term of office, and to define their duties and powers and oath of office; to provide for just and adequate returns of property for taxation and secure the

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equitable valuation thereof, and provide a method of arbitration for the adjustment of differences and fix the powers and compensation of said arbitrators; to create the office of State Tax Commissioner and provide for his appointment, qualification and term and oath of office; to fix his compensation and provide for his clerical and other necessary expenses ; to define his powers and duties, to provide for the supervision, regulation and correction by him of the County Tax Digest,. 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 the several tax receivers of this State shall open their books for returns of taxes on the first day of February, and shaH close the same on the first day of May of each year, and within ten days thereafter it shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver of each county to present the tax returns of the county for the current year to the County Board of Tax Assessors, created by this Act; for the purpose herein contemplated. and provided. The Tax Receiver shall not transmit copies of his. Tax Digest to the Tax Collector and Ordinary of the county until after the same shall have been finally received and corrected to conform to the final findings. of the State Tax Commissioner under the provisions of Section 14 of this Act. When the tax returns of any county are finally adjusted and fixed, as provided by Section 14 of this Aet, the Tax Receiver shall forthwith send one copy of the revised and corrected County Tax Digest to the Comptroller General and

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oQne copy each to the Tax Collector and Ordinary of the county as now provided by law. The individual
returns made by tax payers to the tax receiver, shall
be for property held and subject to taxation on the first day of January previously.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority .aforesaid, That there shall be and is hereby established in each of the several counties of this State, a Board of County Tax Assessors; said County .Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, or by a majority thereof, or by the . ordinary in counties which have no Board of County Commissioners. The order making such appointment shall be regularly entered upon the record of the Superior Conn: of the county, and a certifi-cate from the Clerk of the Superior Court, reciting said order and that such person has taken the oath required. by law, shall constitute the commission of the members of such County Boards of Tax Assessors and no other or further form of commission shall be required.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority .aforesaid; That the members of said County Board '()f Tax Assessors shall be appointed for a term of six years, and to continue until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, provided that the first appointment under this Act shall be of one member for two years; one member for four years and one member for six years, and thereafter the members shall be appointed for a term of six years except in .cases of an appointment to fill an existing vacancy.

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In case of a vacancy in said county board at any time, caused by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled and the appointment shall be made for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as herein provided for the appointment of the members of the said County Board. The first appointment of the members of said board in the several counties shall be as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act and they shall be appointed for terms of office respectively beginning on the first day of January, 1914.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be qualified to serve as a member of said County Board of Tax Assessors who is not a free holder and a resident of the county; and if any member of said board at any time ceases to possess these qualifications, it shall operate to vacate his office and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided. The members of said board shall take an oath before the Judge or the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county to faithfully and impartially perform the duties imposed upo:p. them by this Act, and also the oath required . of all civil officers. The members of said board, during the time they hold their office and for one year thereafter, shall be ineligible to hold any State,. County or Municipal office, but they may be re-appointed to succeed themselves as members of said board. They shall be paid as compensation for their services an amount as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners or Ordinary,. as the affairs of the county may be under the juris-

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dietion of the one or the other; provided, that the .compensation to be paid said members, shall not be less than three ($3.00) dollars per day each, for the time they are in actual discharge of the duties required of them under this Act.. The compensation of the members of said board and such other expenses as may be necessary to be incurred in the performance of the duties of the board under this Act shall be paid from the County Treasury in the same manner as other payments by the county are made. Upon petition to the .Judge of the Superior Court in term time or at chambers, by ten or more freeholders of the county, that any one or more members of the Board of County Tax Assessors are disqualified under this section or are not properly and impartially discharging their duties under this Act, or are discriminating in favor of certain citizens or classes of citizens and against others, the said judge shall cite the members of said Board of Tax Assessors so complained of to appear before him at a time and place in the county to be :fixed in said citation, not less than twenty nor more than forty days from the date of the presentation of said petition, to appear and make answer to said petition. A copy of said petition shall be attached to said citation and service thereof may be made by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable of this State. The officers making the service shall serve copies and return the original petition and citation to the clerk of the court as other process is now returned. At the time and place fixed in said citation, unless postponed for reasonable cause, the judge shall hear and determine the

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matter without the intervention of a jury and shall render such judgment and order either dismissing the petition or removing the offending member or members of said County Board of Tax Assessors from office and declaring a vacancy therein as may be right and proper. If either party to the controversy is dissatisfied with said judgment and order such party may take the same to the Supreme Court by fast bill of exceptions in the manner provided by Section 5540 of the Code of 1910.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Boards of Tax Assessors shall elect one of their number as chairman for such term as they shall fix but not to be less than two (2) years. The said board shall have authority to employ a competent person to serve as Secretary of the Board. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of said board and shall receive for his services. in this capacity the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day while actually attending sessions of said board~ the same to be paid out of the County Treasury in .the same manner in which other county payments are made. The said board shall have authority to employ an agent to seek out all unreturned property
in the county and bring it to the attention of the
board, and for such services they may allow said agent a commission of ten per cent of the amount of the tax arising to the county from such unreturned property so discovered and placed on the books by his efforts. The commission allowed said agent shall be paid from the county Treasury as a part of the expenses of said board.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of County Tax Assessors in each county shall meet each year within ten days from the date of the closing of the tax re- turns for the current year, to receive and inspect the tax returns to be laid hefore them by the Tax Re~eiver, as hereinbefore provided; it shall be the duty of said board to examine all the returns of both real and personal property of each tax payer, and if, in the opinion of the board any tax payer has omitted from his returns any property that should be returned or has failed to return any of his property at a just and fair valuation the said board shall eorrect such returns and shall assess and fix the just and fair valuation to be placed on said property and shall make a note thereof and attach the same to such returns. It shall be the duty of said board to see that all taxable property within the county is assessed and returned at its just and fair valuation and that valuations as between the individual. tax payer~ are fairly and justly equalized so that each tax payer shall pay as near as may be only his proportionate share of taxes.

When any such corrections, changes, and equali-

zations shall have been made by said board, it shall

be the duty of the board to immediately give notice

to any tax payer of any changes made in his returns

either personally or by leaving same at his resi-

dence or place of business, or in case of non-resi-

dents of the county, by sending said notice through

the United States Mails to his last known place of

address.

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If any tax payer is dissatisfied with the action or said board, he may within ten days from the giving of said notice in case of residents, and within twen-
ty days in case of non~residentS' of the county, give
notice to f'faid board that he demands an arbitration, giving at the same time the name of his arbitrator, the board shall name its arbitrator within three (3) days thereafter and these two shall select a third,. a majority of whom shall fix the assessments and the property on which said tax payer shall pay taxes, and said decision shall be final, except so far as the same may be affected by the findings and orders of' the State Tax Commissioner as hereinafter provided. The said arbitrators shall be free holders of the county and shall render their decision within ten days from the date of the naming of the arbitratorby said board, else the decision of said board shall stand affirmed and shall be binding in the premises. Said arbitration shall be had and the said arbitrator shall be compensated in the same manner as is now provided for the arbitration of individual tax returns except in so far as the existing law may be modified by the provisions of this section.
Before entering upon a hearing the said arbitrators shall take an oath before the tax receiver that they will faithfully and impartially make a true and just assessment of the tax returns and property in question and will determine the matters submitted
to them, according to law and the justice and equity
of the case.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority

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,aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the County Board of Tax Assessors to diligently investigate and inquire into the property owned in the county for the purpose of as-certaining what property, real and personal, is subject to taxation in the county and to require its proper return for taxation.

The said board shall have authority to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and to re-quire the production by any person of all his books, papers and documents which may throw any light upon the question of the existence or liability of property of any class for taxation. If any witness, _so subpoenaed, shall fail or refuse to answer questions propounded or shall fail or refuse to produce -any such books, papers or documents, such person shall be cited by said board to appear before the ordin.ary of the county who shall hear in a summary way the reasons or excuses of such person for such failure or refusal and the ordinary shall have authority to impose such punishment as for a contempt as he may see proper, not to exceed a fine of one hundred ($100.00) dollars or imprisonment not to .exceed ten days or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the County Board of Tax Assessors, may, by rule or regulation, provide the manner of .ascertaining the value for taxation of any property, real or personal, not appearing in the digest, of the preceding year, and in cases where there has been a change of ownership from any cause, it being the

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purpose and intent of this Act to confer upon the said board, full power and authority to have placed upon the digest of the current year an assessment or valuation of all property of every character in
the county that is subject to taxation; provided, that
nothing contained in this Act shall apply to those persons, firms or corporations who are required by existing laws to make their returns to the Comptroller General.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that wherever under the provisions of this Act any noti-ce, subpoenas or writings are required to be given or served, the same may be served by any sheriff of this State or his deputy, or by any lawful constable of this State except as otherwis'il herein provided; and such officer shall be paid for his services, the same fees as are paid officers for serving similar process in civil suits; and the same shall be paid from the County Treasury in the same manner as other payments by the county are made.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That- said County Boards of Tax Assessors sha'l complete their revision and asse~ement of the returns of tax payers in their respective counties by July 1st of each year. The Tax Receivers shall then immediately forward one copy of the completed digest to the Comptroller General of this State for examination and approval by th~ State Tax Commissioner.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office of State Tax Commissioner

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is hereby created. He shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the approval of the Senate and shall hold office for and during the term of six years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. No person ~hall be appointed or be qualified to hold said office who is not a citizen and free holder of this State. The said State Tax Commissioner shall be commissioned by the Governor, and before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe before the Governor, an oath to faith:_ fully discharge the duties of the office and to faithfully and impartially equalize the tax valuations of the several counties of this State.
The State Tax Commissioner shall be paid a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. He shall have his office at the State Capitol in connection with that of the Comptroller General and shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office,. and in addition to the duties imposed upon him; by this Act, he shall also act as assistant to the Comptroller General. He shall be provided with a clerk at a salary of not over fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and a stenograp?er at a salary ofnot over one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum, to be employed by the Comptroller General. The compensation of said State Tax Commissioner and the other salaries herein provided for, shall be paid from the State Treasury o~t of funds not otherwise appropriated and shall be hereafter included and provided for in the general appropriation bill with the other expenses of the State Government.

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Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Tax Commissioner shall investigate all matters of taxation and recommend to the General Assembly through the Comptroller General from time to time such changes and alterations in the tax laws of the State as in his judgment he may deem best to bring about a more perfect, adequate and thorough system of taxation and. valuation of property for the State and county taxation.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commissioner to carefully examine the ta~ digests of the several counties of this State, filed in the office of the Comptroller General, and to compare said digests for the purpose of ascertaining whether the tax valuation of the various classes of property as made in the respective counties of the State is reasonably uniform as between the respective counties. It is the purpose and intent of this Act to bring about as far a~ practicable, an equalization throughout the State of the values of the various classes of property subject to be taxed, so that the values fixed in one county shall not be out of due proportion to the values fixed in other counties on the same class~
es of property. tf it shall appear to said Commis-
sioner that in any one or more of the counties of this State the taxable values fixed upon any one or more classes of property are not reasonably uniform with the values fixed upon the same classes of propelty in other counties, the said commissioner shall invet!tigate and inquire as to the reason therefor, and, after making such investigation and comparison

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shall have authority to adjust and equalize the same,. either by adding a fixed per centum to the county valuation of any class of property in any county if he finds the county valuation was too low, or by deducting .a fixed per centum from the co1mty valuation if he finds the county valuation was too high, as may apPear to be just and right between the counties, and the said State Tax Commissioner shall thereupon notify by United States Mail the chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors of the county affected, that the county valuations upon the classes of property specified in said notice shall be raised or lowered by the per centum .fixed by said State Tax Commissioner and the Comptroller General shall thereupon return to said county its tax digest for correction accordingly.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the giving of any such notice by the State Tax Commissioner of changes or corrections to be made in the County Tax Digest, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the County Board of Tax Assessors of the county affected to call immediately a meeting of said County Board and at said meeting the said County Board shall correct the county valuation upon the class or classes of property specified by the State Tax Commissioner so as to make the same conform to the findings of said commissioner by applying uniformly to the specified class or classes of. property the fixed per centum of increase or of decrease specified by said commissioner and by raising or lowering all the individual re

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turns of all the tax payers of the county upon the specified. class or classes of property accordingly.
If the County Board of Tax Assessors is dissatis fied with the changes and corrections thus ordered to be made by the State Tax Commissioner the chair man of the County Board may within ten days from the giving of said notice, notify the State Tax Commis~ioner that arbitration is demanded on behalf of the county and shall at the same time give the name and post office address of the arbitrator so chosen by the said county clerk. The State Tax Commis-
an sioner shall name arbitrator on behalf of the
State within three days from the receipt of such demand for arbitration and the two thus named, shall select a third within ten days and if they fail to agree upon a third arbitrator within that time, he shall be named and appointed by the Comptroller General. A majority of the board of arbitration thus formed shall have authority to render an award in the premises. No person shall be named as arbitrator by the State Tax Commissioner, and no person shall be selected or appointed as the third arbitrator who is a citizen of or a property owner in the county affected by the arbitration. The said arbitrators shall meet at the county seat of the county, demanding the arbitration and shall have all the powers to require the attendance of witnesses anc. the production of books, papers and documents as a.re conferred upon the County Board of Tax Assessors within the provisions of Section 7 of this Act and to enforce obedience to t~e same by citation before the ordinary of the county in the same manner

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as is therein provided. The session of said arbitration shall be limited to three days and they shall meet and rend~r their decision within twentydays from the date of the selection or appointment of the third arbitrator or otherwise the decision of the State Tax Commissioner in the matter shall stand affirmed and be final. The decision of the arbitrators when made, shall be final and upon the rendering of their decision or upon their failure to make a decision within the time herein limited, it shall be the duty of the County Board .of Tax Assessors to immediately revise and correct the county valuations in the manner hereinbefore in this section contemplated and provided.
The revised and corrected property valuations thus made, shall be the fixed and legal rate of valuations of property for the payment of taxes and it shall be the duty of the tax payer to pay his taxes thereon accordingly. The c9mpensation of said arbitrators shall be seven dollars per day for the time they are actually in session and they shall be allowed mileage at the rate of five cents per mile for the distance travelled in going from and returning to their homes by the nearest practicable route. The eompensation and mileage of said arbitrators shall be paid one-half by the county and one-half by the State.
Before entering upon a hearing, the said arbitrators shall take before the ordinary of the county the same oath as is provided by Section 6 of this Act to be taken in cases of arbitrations of the findings of County Boards of Tax Assessors.

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Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority

aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commissioner to visit annually the several counties

of the State for the purpose of familiarizing himself

with the character and values of the several classes

of taxable property therein, of investigating the

works and methods adopted by the Boards oF. County Tax Assessors and to ascertain wherein existing

laws are defective or are improperly or negligently administered and to report the results of his investi-

gation and the facts ascertained to the Governor through the Comptroller General from time to time

required by him. The actual expenses of said corn-

missioner incurred in complying with the require-

ments of this section shall be paid by the State

Treasury from funds not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. i6. Be it further enacted by the authority

aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in con-

flict with this Act be and the same are hereby re-

pealed.

'

On the agreement to the substitute of the Senate, Mr. Holtzclaw moved the previous question, which motion was sustained an~ the main question was ordered.

Mr. Sheppard of Sumter called the ayes and nays, which call was sustained.

A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were M~ssrs.-

Akin'
Allen', J aekson,

Atwood, Bell,

Bennett, Berry,

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Blackburn,

Griffin,

Brookshear,

Hammack,

Bryan,

Hlardeman,

Burney,

Hardin,

Carlton,

Heath,

Darter, Stewart,

Henderson,

Cheney,

Hollberg,

Clements,

Holtzclaw,

Cole,

Hopkins,

Coleman, Calhoun, James,

Cook,

Jones, Coweta,

Cooper,

Jones, Lowndes,

Oulpepper, Meriwtr., Kimbrough,

Davidson,

Ledbetter,

Dean,

LipSCO'II!b,

DeVaughn,

Loyd,

Dodd,

McLendon,

Dorough,

McMichael,

Ennis,

McRae, Telfair,

Estes,

McWhorter,

Evam:,

Melson,

Foster,

Methvin,

Fowler,

Middleton,

Fullbright,

Miller,

Garlington,

Moore,

Gower,

Moss,

Greene, Houston, Myrick,

Neal, Nunnally,
Olive, Palmour, Pharr, Pickett, Ragland, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, S.Q_ence, Mitchell, Suggs, Swift, Turner, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom,
W ohlwender, Wright, Mr. Speaker.

'Ifuose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethol"pe, Ballard, Beck, Booker, Bullard, Carter, Appling, Clark, Cochran, Coleman, Laurens,

Collins, Connor, Corn, Crawle). Culpepper, Clinch, Dorris, Edmondson, Ellis, F1ariss, Field, Green, Wilkes, Grimes, Harrell, Harris, Hart,

Hayes, Herrington, Rines, Hodges, J'llCkson, Johnsou, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles,
McCalla, McCants,

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McCrory, .McCurry, McGehee, :McRae, Wileox, :Meaders, Oconee,
1Mrfoilolsn',
Moye, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien,

Perkins, Picquet, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro,


SOOV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Tlhompson, Tootle, Tracy, Wall, Warren, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Brinson, Duncan, Hendrix, Keen,

McCarthy, Mead'Ows, Wayne, Rainey, Shadburn,

Smith, Rabun, Stone, Dawson, Taylor, Laurens. Wood, Walton,

Ayes 86, nays 85.
The roll call was verified.
On the -agreement to the substitute of the Senate the ayes were 85, nays 85. Being a tie vote the Speaker voted aye making the final vote as follows: Ayes 86, nays 85.
The substitute of the Senate was agreed to.
Mr. Stovall of Elbert, gave notice that at the proper time h~ would move to reconsider the action of the "House in agreeing to the Senate substitute to House Bill No. 6.
Mr. Gower of Crisp moved that the House do now adjourn.

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Mr. Sheppard of Sumter called the ayes and nays on the motion to adjourn, which call was sustained.
A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative wer~ Messrs.-

Akin,

Gower,

Allen, Jackson,

Greene, H<mston,

Atwood,

Griffin,

Bell,

Hiardeman,

Bennett,

Hardin,

Berry,

H:frris,

Blackburn,

Henderson,

Brookshear,

Hollberg,

Burney,

Hopkins,

Carlton,

Jones, Coweta,

Carter, Stewart,

Jones, Lowndes,

Cheney,

Ledbetter,

Clark,

Lipscomb,

Cole,

Loyd,

Coleman, Calhoun, McLendon,

Cooper,

McMichael,

Oulpepper, lleriwtr., McWhorter,

Davidson,

Melson,

DeVaughn,

Methvin,

Dodd,

MiddletQD,

Dorough,

Miller,

Evans,

Moon,

Foster,

~re,

Fowler,

Moss,

Fullbright,

Myrick,

Garlington,

Neal, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Pha:rr, Ragland, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Suggs, Swift, Tracy, Tunter, Warren, Wheatley, \Visdom, \Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wright,

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, .Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe,

Ballard, Beck, Booker, Bryan, Bullard, Carter, Appling, Clements,

Cochran, C,oleman, Laurens, Oollins, Connor, Com, Cmwley, Culpepper, Clinch,

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Dean,
Dorris, Edmondson, Ellis, Estes, Fariss, Field, Green, Wilkes, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, Jackson, James, Johnson, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,

Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, McCalla, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Mills, Moye, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins,

Picquet, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, SteWRri, S toV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Thompson, Tootle, Wall, Whitaker, Woods, Emanuel,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall, Brinson, Cook, Dtmcan, Ennis, Grimes, Hammack, Hendrix,

Holtzclaw, Keen, Kimbrough, McCarthy, Meadows, Wayne, Pickett, Rainey, Shadburn,

Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, W asbington, Wimberly, Wood, Walton,

Ayes 76, nays 83. The call of the roll was verified. On the motion to adjourn, the ayes were 76, nays 83.

The motion to adjourn was lost.

Mr. Blackburn of Fulton moved that when the

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House adjourns today that it will adjourn to meet at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the House do adjourn.
By unanimous consent asked by Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, the House adjourned.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Parks of Upson.
The Speaker declared the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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1225

REPRESENTATIVE IIALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, August 13, 1913.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock a.m., was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the ~Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterdays Journal was dispensed with.
The following order of businesS' recommended by _the Committee on Rules was adopted:
Reports of Standing Committee: Further provide that reports of Committees be in order to be sent to the clerk's desk at any time, and also Senate bills favorably reported second time.
Second reading of Senate bills favorably reported.
Senate Local Bills and Senate General Bills having a local application.
HouS'e bills with Senate amendments for concurring, etc.
Senate Appropriation Bill No. 183.
Followed by unfinished calendar previously set, passing which the following shall be the calendar for August 13th, 1913.
Mr. Spence of Mitchell County, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the following Bills of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the Hiouse with the recommendation that same do pass.
To-wit:
A bill to regulate the manner in which the State Militia may be called out and to provide for the protection of the Militia and for other purposes.
A bill l'o repeal Act approved August 16, 1912, relative to duty of Governor in calling out the militia in certain purposes.
Respectfully submitted, J. M. SPENCE, Chairman.
Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. S pealker:
Y.our Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw and utter any check, draft or order where the drawer has not at the time, sufficient funds to meet the same,._ etc.
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.

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Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committe on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
Authorize appointment of Notary Public for the State at large.
Amend Code Section 1037, Paragraph 4 of Civil Dode.
To empower the Governor to declare position of Trustrees or Directors of State institution vacant under certain circumstances.
WoHLWENDER, Chairman.

Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of ihe Committee on General Agriculture No. 1; sub. mitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1
liave had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommen-dation as follows:

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No. 138. Creating State Board of Veterinary Examiners. Do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.

Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration ~he following House Bills No. 740 and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 740. A hill to incorporate Town of Waverly.
PrcQUET, Chairman.

Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed ID;e as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
To protect streams in Georgia. Do pass. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1913.

1229

Mr; ~dmQ:r;Ldson, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, subiDits the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled and duly signed, ready for delivery to the Governor the following Act~, to:wit:
An Act to amend an Act creating City Court of Athens.
An Act to create and establish the County Court of Bryan County.
An Act to repeal an Act creating City Court of Pembroke, in Bryan County.
An Act to repeal an Act to create City Court of Flovilla.
An Act to repeal an Act to create City Court of Jackson, County of Butts.
G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.

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

Mr. 8 peaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following Bills of the Houser to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
A bill to abolish the office of Justice of Peace and



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ex-Officio Justice of Peace of Bibb County and to create a Municipal Court for said County.
A bill to amend the several Acts creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Gordon.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Dalton.
A bill to incorporate the town of Wesley.
A bill to amend the charter of City of Macon.
A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County.
A bill to establish a system of Public Schools in the town of Scotland.
A bill to incorporate the City of Reno, in the County of Grady.

A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Franklin.

A bill to amend the charter of City of Swainsboro.
A bill to incorporate the Davisboro School District.

A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Osier:field.
A bill to assist the Georgia Infirmary approved Dec. 13, 1871.
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitu-. tional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit:

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1231

A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow money to supply deficiencies upon reasonable terms.
The following resolutions and bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time.

By Mr. Longino of the 36th District-
A resolution providing for a joint commission on the lease of the W. & A. Railroad.

By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insurance Act.

By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of 1910, relative to running freight trains on the sabbath.

By Mr. Brown of the 42nd District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners.

By Mr. Huie of the 3'5th District-
A bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code of 1910, relative to railroad charters.

By Mr. McGregor of the'19th District-
A bill to repeal an Act relative to the Governor calling out the militia.
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By Mr. McGregor of the 19th District-
A bill to regulate the manner in which the State Militia may be called out.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to declare it a misdemeanor to draw a check when there are no funds.
The following bill of the House favorably reported was read the second ttime.

By Messrs. Dodd and Nunnally.
A bill to protect the streams in Georgia.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted.

By Mr. Olliff of 4th District-
A bill looking to the preservation of Fort Frederica, St. Simon's Island.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Richards'on of the 13th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Marshallville.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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1233

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-

A bill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Alamo.

The favorable report of the Committee was agreed

to.



On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Spinks of the 38th District-
A bill to increase the number of the terms of the Superior Court of Paulding County.
The favorable report of the Committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By .Mr. Taylor of the 3rd District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Blackshear.
'Tihe favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution of the Senate was read
and disagreed to.

By Mr. Taylor of the 3rd District-
A resolution requesting the House to return to the Senate House Bill No. 556.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to provide for the election of United States Senators by the people.
The favorable report of the Committee was
agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was paS'Sed.

By Mr. Perry of the 28th District-
A bill to amend Section 1079 of the Code of 1910, relative to return of property for taxation.
The following amendment by Mr. Lane of Jasper was adopted.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1913.

1235

Amend by striking out the word "Superior" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Supreme" after the word "the" in the 16th line on page 3 of the engrossed bill.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
The following Bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the government.
Amend by striking the word ''fine'' in line - of Section 3 and inserting in lieu thereof the word Hfour."
The amendment No.1 was disagreed to.
Amend Section 4 by adding to the second paragraph of said section the following: And the further sum of $45.00 is hereby appropriated to the S'aid school of the Deaf for the payment of the insurance on said school property, which sum is now due.
The amendment No. 2 was agreed to.

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Amend the second paragraph of Section 5, relating to the University of Athens, by striking from the third line of said paragraph the sum of $52,500.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $48,725.00.
Mr. Meaders of Oconee moved the previous question on Senate amendment No. 3, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Moye of Johnson called the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot was had viva-voce and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Allen, GltlBcoek, Allen, J aekson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Ballard,
Beck,
Bennett, Bryan, Carlton, Oarter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Olements, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Cook, Corn, Crawley, Davidson, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough,

Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Estes, F'ariss, Field, Grimes, Hiardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hayes, Henderson, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, Hopkins, Jaekson, Johnson, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles,

McCalla, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McGehee, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Melson, Mills, Moon, Moss, Moye, Nunnally, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Ransom, Redwine,

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1237

Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Sparks,

Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie,
Striekland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens.

Tootle, Warren, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,. Wright,

'llh.ose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Greene, HQuston,.

AAnkdine'rson, Murray,

Green, Wilkes, Griffin,

Atwood,

Hart,

Bell,

Heath,

Berry,

Hollberg,

Blackburn,

Holtzclaw,

Booker,.

James,

Brookshear,

JoneS, Coweta,

Bullard,

Jones, Lowndes,

Burney,

Kimbrough,

Cheney,

Lane, Jasper,

Clark,

Ledbetter,

Coleman, Calhoun, Lipscomb,

Connor,

Loyd,

Culpepper; Clinch, McCarthy,

Oulpepper, Meriwtr., McMichael,

Dean,

Meaders, Oconee,

Ellis,

Methvin,

Ennis,

Middleton,

Evans,

Miller,

Foster,

Moore,

Fowler,

Myrick,

Fullbright,

Neal,

Garlington,

Nevil,

Gower,

Olive, Palmour, Pharr, Ragland, Rainey, Reiser, Rhodes, Sha.dburn, Shuptririe, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Stovoall, Elbert, Swift, Taylor. Washington,. Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wall, Wheatley, Winlberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender,

Those not voting were Messrs.-

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hammack,

Brinson,

Hendrix,

Cooper,

Keen,

MeadQws, Wayne,. Sheppard, Stone, Dawson,

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The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the agreement to Senate amendment No. 3, the ayes were 98, nays 76.
.Senate amendment No. 3 was agreed to.
Amend the sixth paragraph Section 5 by striking from the third line of said section the sum of $80,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of .$74,400.00.
Senate amendment No. 4 was agreed to.
Amend the 7th paragraph of Section 5 relating to the Normal and Industrial school at Milledgeville hy striking from the 5th line of said Section the sum of $52,500.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum '()f $44,175.00.
Senate amendment No. 5 was disagreed to.
Amend the paragraph of Section 5 relating to the School at Dahlonega by striking out the sum of $21 ,500.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $1!l,'995.00.
Senate amendment No. 5a was agreed to.
Amend the 9th paragraph of Section 5 relating to the Normal School at Athens by striking from tbe 4th line of said Section the sum of $47,500.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $44,175.00.
Senate amendment No. 6 was agreed to.
Amend the lOth paragraph of Section 5 by striking from the third and fourth lines the sums of $tOO,-

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1239

000.00 and $40,000.00 and insertjn.g in lieu of the said sum of $100,000.00 the sum of $93,000.00 and inserting in lieu of said Sll!ID of $40,000.00 the sum of $37,200.00. And further amend said paragraph 10 of Section 5 by striking from the 9th line of said Section the sum of $40,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $37,200.00. And further amend said paragraph of said Section 5 by adding at the end of line 9 of said paragraph the word ''department.''
Senate amendment No. 7 was disagreed to.
Amend the 11th paragraph of Section 5 by striking from the 4th line of said paragraph the sum of $25,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $23,250.00.
Senate amendment No. 8 was disagreed to.
Amend the 13th paragraph of Section 5 by striking from the 4th line of said paragraph the sum of $3'0,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $29,900.00.
Senate amendment No. 9 was disagreed to.
Amend the 17th paragraph of Section 5 relating to common schools by striking from the 4th line of said paragraph the sum of $2,550,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the sum. of $2,371,500.00.
Senate amendment No. 10 was disagreed to.
Amend further the paragraph of Section 7 relating to the payment of pensions to ex-Confederate soldiers and the widows of ex..{)onfederate soldiers

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(married prior to January 1, 1970) by striking from ihe 6th and 7th lines of said paragr~ph of said Section the sum of $385,000.00 and inserting in lieu ihereof the sum of $310,000.00.
Senate amendment No. 11 was disagreed to.
Amend by adding the following words at the end .of line 36, Section 7. Provided however that the fundS' ~erein appropriated shall be paid out on itemized statements made when vouchers are issued _showing the amendment and for what purpose the monies were expended and this provision shall apply to travelling expenses, protection of live stock, cattle tick eradication, and developing the live stock industry and such itemized statement shall be pre.S'erved in the office of the Commissioner and shall be embodied in his annual report.
Senate amendment No. 12 was agreed to.
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing to Senate amendment No. 3, relating to the appropriation to the University of Georgia at Athens, which motion was sustained.
Senate amendment No. 3 was disagreed to on motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd
Mr. Pickett moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing -to Senate amendment No. 4, relating to the appropriation to the School of Technology at Atlanta, which motion was sustained.
On motion of Mr. Smith of Fulton Senate amendment No. 4 was disagreed to.

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1241

Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing to Senate amendment No. 5a relating to an appropriation to the School at Dahlonega which motion .was sustained.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn Senate amendment No. 5a was disagreed to.
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved to reconsider the action of the House in agreeing to Senate amendment No. 6, relating to an appropriation to the Normal School at Athens which motion was sustained.
On motion of Mr. Rhodes of Clarke, Senate amendment No. 6 was disagreed to.
The following bill was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendment thereto.

By Mr. James of Gilmer-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Ellijay.
The following Senate amendment was agreed to:
Amend by striking all of section one of said bill after the word ''except'' in the second line on page two and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "In a northeasterly direction, where the one-half mile limit will intersect the Cartecay River and the said limits shall be the South bank of sa:id river, in a westerly course to a ravine at the corner of the lot of E. T. Ray about two hundred yards above the public bridge; thence across said river, the original limit of one-half mile, thence a southerly course along the

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Jarrett Mountain the half mile limit to the city limits of Ellijay."
The following .resolution was read and adopted.

By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company.
The hour of one o'clock having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

3 o'clock p. m.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this afternoon at 3 o'clock and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on its passage.

By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-

A bill to amend an Act creating the Department of

Labor and Commerce.



The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Huie of the 35 District-
A biU to amend Section 2166 of the Code of 1910, relative to extending the life of railroad charters.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the pasS'age of the bill the ayes were 146, nays 1.
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 amend the Charter of tlie City of Columbus.
A bill to allow county authorities to appoint county police.
A bill to provide quarterly terms of the Superiol" Court of Walker County.
A bill to amend SectiQn 2201 of the Code of Goorgia.
A bill to incorporate the town of Rentz.

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A bill to repeal an Act to create the. office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County -<>f Pulaski.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Martin.
A hill to amend the Act providing a new charter for the City of Waycross.
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines, benzines and napthas.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Alston.
A bill to provide separate books for recording mapS', plans and surveys in certain counties.
A bill to incorporate the town of Geneva.
A hill to amend an Act to provide for a Board of -commissioners for the County of Mitchell.
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bleckley.
A bill to repeal the charter of the town of Brooks.
A bill to amend the charter of City of Cordele.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Brooks.
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
The following message waS' received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed as amended, by the re-

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quisite Constitutional majority, the following Bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Comqnissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Early.
A bill to amend and consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and put on their passage.

By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend Section 2166 of the Code of 1910, :relative to building and loan associations.
The favorable report of the committee was .agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 148,
-nays o.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was paS'Bed..

By Mr. Foster of the 27th District-
A bill to regulate the manner of sentencing per:aons convicted of certain felonies.
On motion of Mr. Connor of Spalding, the bill was tabled.

By Mr. Turner of the 43rd District-
A bill to give all courts of original jurisdiction .authority in certain cases to mold their sentences.

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Mr. McWhorter of Greene moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The favor8'ble report of the committee was agreed to.
Mr. Stewart of Coffee called the ayes and nays. which call was sustained.
.A ballot viva-voce was had and the vote was as follows.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-

Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Gl:ascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Atwood, Ballard,
Beck, Bennett, Berry, Blackburn, Booker, Brookshear, Bryan, Bullard,
Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Coohran, Cole, O>llins, Connor,

Cooper,

Hopkins,

Corn,

J'ackson,

Crawley,

James,

Culpepper, Clinch, Johnson,

Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jones, Coweta,

Davidson,

Jones, Lowndes,.

Dean,

Kidd,

Duncan,

Kimbrough,

Edmondson,

Lane, Deca.tu:!.",.

Ellis,

Lane, Jasper,

F..nnis,

Ledbetter,

Estes,

Liles,

Evans,

Loyd,

Foster,

McCants,

Fullbright,

McCarthy,

Garlinton,

McCrory,

Gower,

McCurry,

Green, Wilkes,

McRae, Wilcox,.

Griffin,

McWhorter,

Hlardeman,

Meaders, Oconee,.

Hart,

Methvin,

Heath,

Mills,

Henderson,

Moon,

Herrington,

Moss,

Hodges,

Myrick,

Holtzclaw,

Neal,

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Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Ransom,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas,

Reynolds, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, StO\"all, Elbert, Strickland, Swift, Thompson,

Tootle, Tracy, Wall, Vvarren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,

'11hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-

Adams, Hall,

Grimes,

Arnold, Henry,

Hardin,

Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hayes,

Bell,

Hollberg,

.Burney,

Lee, Lee,

Carlton,

Lipscomb,

Coleman, Calhoun, Melson,

Coleman, Laurens, Miller,

DeVaughn,

Moore,

Dorough,

Moye,

Dorris,

Palmour,

'Field,

Pickett,

Fowler,

Picquet,

Raglan a, Reiser, Sheppard, Simpson, Smith, Fannin, Sparks, Stewart, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Turner, Wohlwender,

T.hose not voting were Messrs.-

Brinson, Dook, Dodd, Fariss, Greene, Houston, Hammack, Harrell,
HHeanrrdirsi'x,
Hini!S, Keen,

Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, McCalla, McGehee, . McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, Mead<lWS, Wayne, Middleton, Oliver,

Rainey, Redwine, Rhodes, Shadburn, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, .Stone, Dawson, Stovall, McDuffie, Taylor, Washington,

The verification of roll call was dispensed with.

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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114,. nays 38.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Sumner of' Worth County; Mr. McGehee of Meriwether County.
On motion of Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.


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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, August 14, 1913.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following order of business recommended by the Committee on Rules was adopted:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Rules fix the following order for the first thirty minutes:

Introduction of local bills.

House and Senate bills for second reading. Senate local bills put upon their passage.

..

Senate General bills having a local application put upon their passage.

House bills with Senate amendments.

Senate Bill 195.

Senate Bill No. 99.

Senate Bill No. 5. Senate Bill No. 129. Senate Bill No. 7. Senate Bill No. 175.



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Senate Bill No. 54. Senate Bill No. 122. Senate Bill No. 89. Seriate Bill No. 24. Senate Bill No. 78. The following bills were introduced read the first time and referred to Committees.

By Messrs. Field and Smith-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur. Referred to Committee on 'Municipal Government.

By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-

A bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Houston County.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County



Matters.

By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to establish a Road Board for Houston County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters;

By Mr. Arnold of Oglethrop~
A bill to amend an Act to require locomotive to be equipped with electric headlights.

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Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's journal was dispensed with.
The. following resolutions were read and adopted.

By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas- .
A resolution congratulating the Governor oil the appointment of Hon. John C. Hart as Tax Commissioner.

By Mr. Miller of Bib~
A resolution relative to carrying over the unfinished business of the session of 1913.

By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-

A resolution relative to bringing up the unfinished business of the General Assembly.

.The following bill was introduced, read the :first



time and referred to committee.

By Moss of Cob~
A bill to amend an Act amending an Act to incorporate the town of Kennesaw.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
'Ifue following bills favorably- reported were read the second time.

By Mr. Kimbrough of HarrisA bill to incorporate the town of Waverly Hall.

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By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to provide for the employment of convicts on trunk line public roads.
The following bills were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.

By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-

A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Marietta.

The following Senate amendments were agreed to:

Amend by inserting after the word ''adoption'' and before the word "and" in the twelfth line of Section 31, the words ''and shall have written or printed on the ballots the words, ''for ratification and adoption of commission form of government."

Amend further by inserting after the word '' adop-

..

tion'' and before the word ''said'' in the 13th line of said Section the words "against ratification and

adoption of commission form of government.''

Amend by striking out the words ''votes of the City of Marietta" in the 7th line of Section 31 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "votes cast."

Amend further by inserting the word ''election'' between the word "said" and the word 'be" in the 18th line of said Section 3'1.

By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Early County.

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The following Senate amendments were adopted.
Amend by striking the name of 0. E. Hall whereever it occurs in said bill and substituting therefor the name of 0. H. Sheffield and by striking the name of 0. H. Sheffield wherever it occurs in said bill and by substituting therefor the name of 0. E. Hall.
Amend by striking from said bill Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 and substituting therefor the following, to-wit:
Section 8. The terms of the members of 'the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Rhall be for four years, the :first election shall be held. in the year 1916, and every four years thereafter and shall be held in the same manner and at the time as is now provided for members of the General Assembly, except that the election shall be every four years instead of every two years.
Section 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that ballot proposed for the voters of Early County shall have printed thereon under the head of Board of Roads and Revenues the following: 'Committee of Roads" vote for three. "Committee of Revenues'' vote for three.
Section 10. Be it further enacted that upon entering upon their duties as Committee of Roads the members thereof shall as near as practicable estimate the amount of taxes paid by each district and thereafter shall, as near as practicable have the roads of each district worked according to the amount of taxes paid by said disirict.

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Section 11. The committee of roads shall have the authority to work the roads of Early county in the manner and with whatever instrument or utensils as they shall deem bet and shall have the right to make contracts for the working of said roads, to buy road machinery, mules and do all other acts now authorized by law to the committee of roads and revenues.
Section 12. Whatever expenses are incurred by said committee of Roads shall be paid by the Commissioner of R-evenues and upon the refusal of the Commissioner of Revenues to pay said expenses the Committee of Roads shall have the authority to draw its warrant to pay said expenses which warrant shall be paid by the treasurer of Early County. Said warrant shall be signed by each member of the Com mittee on Roads.
Section 13. Be it further enacted that this Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and upon failure of the Board of Roads and Revenues to appoint the committee as aforesaid; said committee shall at once assume their duties as herein prescribed.
Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr. Edmondson, Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:

M,.. 8 peaker : Your Committee on Enrol1ment have examined,

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found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Act.
An Act to provide for equalization of assessment of property for taxation.
Respectfully submitted, G. C. EDMONDSON, Chairman.
Mr. Slater of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

Mr. S pe<iker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following bill No. 648 of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as Amended.
MR. SLATER, ChaiJ.'Illlan.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary instruct me to report that House Bill No. 183 do not pass.
MR. SLATER, Chairman.

Mr. Meaders of Oconee, Chairman of the Com-:mittee on Invalid Pensions and Confederate Soldiers Home, Submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Invalid Pensions and Confederate Soldiers Home, respectfully submit the following report on the Confederate Soldiers Home.

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Your Committee made an examination of the property and inquired into the management of this institution, and we are pleased to report that we find much to commend. We talked with many of the inmates, and as far as we could ascertain they are pleased with the treatment received, and the accommodations furnished by the management.
This property is a most valuable asset to the State, and will ultimately be worth many times more than it cost. There are one hundred and nineteen acres of land belonging to the home, about thirty of which have been cleared and are used for a garden for the use of the inmates. The remainder of the land is fairly well wooded. It lies well and has splendid natural drainage. The main building is a well co.,. structed two story, brick veneered structure, containing about 60 rooms, including a large mess hall, chapel and library.
Two well furnished hospital buildings have been constructed since the home was first accepted by the State. They have small rooms, properly furnished, so that every invalid inmate is comfortably quartered in separate room. The hospitals are in charge of the Surgeon aided by three capable assistants and three trained helpers to handle the helpless men.
An ample supply of pure water is furnished from the Atlanta Water Works without cost to the State.
We find that the main building ne.eds some repairs, and we trust that in the near future provision will be made to have the home thoroughly renovated and repaired.

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'Illie Superintendent and his assistants give close personal attention to the wants of the inmates quartered in the main building.
There are now enrolled in the home 108 veterans, all of whom have honorable records of service rendered in the Confederate Army.
We believe the home is a very necessary benefit institution, and under te:rm:s of the Act accepting it from the original Board of Trustees, who gave it to the State without cost, the State must maintain it properly so long as there may be a need for it.
The inmates are all old, decrepit, and represent the most infirm among the old heroes who fought for the South. They are without families, income or homes, and dependent upon the State.
We commend this noble public institution to the favor of the General Assembly, and trust it may be maintained liberally so long aS' there may be Confederate veterans to be sheltered within its walls.
Many of these old men who have taken shelter in the Home would be in the county alms houses but for this Institution. Quite a number of them were taken from the poor houses and sent here where their surroundings are comfortable and where they are removed from the humiliation which ~bject poverty and decrepitude naturally bring.
They are made to feel that the State provides this home for them aS' a reward for faithful services rendered in a patriotic struggle.
Respectfully submitted, MEADERS, of Oconee, Chairman.

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Mr. Akin of Glynn County, 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 bills of the House and instructed me as _their Ohai:rman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
A resolution to provide for appointment of a joint committee to revise tax system and tax laws of Georgia.
A bill to create a board of Tax Equalizers, define their powers and fix compensation.
A bill to amend Section 16 of General Tax Act of 1909, prescribing rate of taxation of moving picture shows.
Respectfully submitted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.
Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker-:
YOJll' Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass :

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1259

An Act to add the City of Springfield in the County of Effingham, State of Georgia, as a State .Depository to be named as such by the Governor.
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.

The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Governor has approved and signed the the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Flovilla, Butts County.
An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of Jackson in and for the County of Butts~
An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Athens.
An Act to create and establish the County Court of Bryan County.
An Act to repeal an Act creating City Court of Pembroke in Bryan County.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. 8 peaker :
The Senate has passed the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:

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A resolution authorizing the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Sulphur, Gopper and Iron Co. (limited).
A resolution to appropriate $340.98 to pay deficiency due assistant Librarian.
The Senate has passed as amended, the following Resolution of the House to-wit:
A resolution to provide for a commission to investigate the school text book condition.
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, towit:
A bill to provide for a commission form of government for the City of Columbus.
A bill to amend Section 1795, Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 as amended by the Acts of 1912, 56 to 59 inclusive.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:-
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in as amended, the fol-
lowing resolution of the House, to-wit:
A Resolution relative to the bringing up of unfinished business Of the General Assembly.

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1261

The Senate has concurred in the following resolu. tion of the House, to-wit:

A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly.

The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to deliver to your Honorable body a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention:

Executive Department, August 14th, 1913.

To the General Assembly:
By resolution, you have authorized me to borrow not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, in accordance with the Constitutional provisions upon the subject.
I have the honor to report to you, that in accordance with the authority given and the desire implied by the passage of the resolution, I have made arrangement to borrow the sum of four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars at three per cent interest.
The banks agreeing to make the loans are as follows:

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Atlanta National Bank, Atlanta____$200,000.00 Fourth National Bank, Atlanta____ 100,000.00 American National Bank, Atlanta__ 75,000.00 Fulton National Bank, Atlanta_____ 50,000.00 Third National Bank, Atlanta______ 25,000.00 Lowry National Bank, Atlanta_____ 25,000.00

The banks making these loans will be compelled to borrow the money in New York at a rate approximating six per cent (6% ), and their action, in coming to the help of the State at this time, during a severe stringency and their willingness to suffer financial loss to aid the State, entitle them to the gratitude of the people of the State of Georgia.
Their action is a further tribute to your 'body, in that it expresses their confidence in the financial responsibility of the State.
The money so borrowed will be immediately utilized for the payment of the public school teachers, who have not received one dollar from the State up to this time. This confidence in the business methQds of the State and the patriotism of these financiers will result in enhancing the financial reputation of the State of Georgia and will contribute to the disposition of its bonds on more advantageous terms.
It shows that the banks of the City of Atlanta, at the seat of government, have unlimited confidence in the financial responsibility of Georgia and are willing to evidence it in a practical way.
It is appropriate to say that two of the banks-

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the Lowry National Bank and the Third National Bank-are not State Depositories and are therefore under no special obligation to loan the mQney but have done so purely from patriotic motives and principally to aid Georgia in the solution of her financial problems.
I desire to express my thanks to Hon. W. J. Speer, the State Treasurer, for invaluable aid and co-operation in obtaining this loan.
In my judgment, the ability of the State, at this time, to make the best financial arrangement that has been made in the United States, is an approval of your course and may be taken home to your :constitutents as a marked tribute to your services.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. SLAroN, Governor.

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

Mr. Speaker:
'lbe Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend Section 1079 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910.
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitn,tional majority the following bills of the House, towit:
A bill to provide for and req~ire the payment of taxes upon property received by inheritance or succession.

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A bill to create and organize the Commissioners of ChathaPl 'County.
A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Clarke.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Gibson.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 2584 of the Code of 1910, relative to incorporation of railroads.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed..

By Mr. MeNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to repeal Section 31 of the General Insurance Law.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.

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1265

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 64, nays 70.

The bill having received the requisite Constitu-

tional majority, was lost.



Mr. Ledbetter of Polk, moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill.

Mr. Blackburn moved the previous question on the motion to reconsider which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.

On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 15, nays 97.

The motion to reconsider was lost.

By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to authorize the Judges of the Superior Court to grant charters to private companies in vacation.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority; was passed.

By Mr. Ford of the lOth District-
A bill to amend Section 2135 and 2136 of the Code of 1910, relative to quarantine ~ainst the boll weevil.

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The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Messrs. Pope, Hixon and Tarver-
A bill to put in force the Constitutional amendment exempting certain farm products from taxation.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 7.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Anderson of the 1st District-
A bill to amend Section 2571 of the Code of 1910, relative to directors of navigation companies.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed.

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1267

By Messrs. Jones, Foster and Burtz-
A bill to revise' Jury lists.
:Mr. Greene of Houston moved the previous question on the bill and pending amendments which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
The following resolution was taken up for the purpose of considering the Senate amendments thereto.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A resolution to establish a commission to investigate the text book question.
The following Senate amendments were agreed to.
First an:nend line seven on page one by striking therefrom the words ''of seven'' and inserting the words "of eight."
Amend line _eight page one by striking the words "Governor" and State Superintendent of school and inserting as follows: "State Superintendent of
schools and two other members of the State Board
of Edttcation in addition to said Superintendent to be selected by said board.''
Second. iA.mend line ;sevente,en~ /P~e two, by striking the words "Governor and State and State

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Superintendent'' and inserting in lieu thereof as. follows: State Superintendent and two other members of the Board of Education selected by said board.
Third. Amend further by adding after word con-tracts in the second line on last page the following words ''or in its discretion renew the present contracts.''
Fourth. Amend further by striking the word ''six'' in the fifth line of the last page and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''twelve.''

By Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson-
A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly.
The fol~owing amendment of the Senate was agreed to.
Amend the last paragraph by striking out the words "one porter" inserting "two porter's" before the words "of the Senate." -
The following bills of the Senate were read the: third time and placed on their passage.

By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to require railroads to erect sign boards at certain points.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.

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1269

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act providing for a system of draining.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to regulate and control the operation of Insurance Companies.
The following amendments by the committee were adopted.
Strike the Caption and substitute in lieu thereof the following:
A bill to be entitled an Act to better regulate and control the organization and operation of corporations (foreign and domestic) doing an industrial, health, life or accident insurance business in the State of Georgia, and to -provide penalties, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Amend by adding the following proviso:
Provided nothing contained in this Section, nor in this Act shall apply to any company or corporation except to companies or corporations doing an industrial, life, health or accident insurance business; nor shall it apply to any policy, membership or beneficial certificate except it be an industrial, health, life or accident insurance policy, membership or certificate.
Section 6. Amend by striking six and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Insurance Commissioner or the Deputy Insurance Commissioner of this State shall have full power to issue subpoenas and procesS' requiring the presence of witnesses and the production of books and papers before him at the place where any investigation is being had by him, or either of them; and in the event any person who is served with such subpoena fails to comply therewith he shall be punished as for a contempt by the Superior Court of the County in which the hearing is being had, and the Superior Courts of this State are fully empowered hereunto, including -the power to issue attachments or other processes or notice, to the end that the person so .subpoenaed may have his proper notice and his day in Court.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to as amended.

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1271

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104,, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to amend Section ~14 of the Code of 1910, relative to r~g freight trains on the Sabbath.
'r.he following substitute by the committee was agreed to.
A bill to be entitled an Act tQ amend Section 414of the Penal Code of Georgia, adopted August 15, 1910, prohibiting the running of freight trains on the Sabbath, except as therein permitted, by adding thereto an additional paragraph numbered (5) so as to permit the running of solid through trains destined to points beyond the State, and the handling thereon of cars loaded or empties used for the transportation of perishables, live stock and ice.
Belt enacled by the General Assem:bly of Georgia,_ That from and after the passage of this Act Section 414 of the Penal Code of Georgia, adopted August 15, 1910, which prohibits the running of freight trainS' on the Sabbath day in the State, except as especially provided therein, shall be amended by an additional paragraph numbered (5) which shall read as follows:
(5) To solid trains made up of through freight cars, or cars loaded with perishables, live stock or ice or empties for the transportation of same, reaching

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on Sunday any point upon a railroad in the State of Georgia, destined to points within and without the State, such trainS' may continue as solid through trains along line of said railroad through the State of Georgia, and may stop for tlie purpose of delivering such cars loaded with perishables, live stock or ice or empties for transportation of same, at any station to which desti,ned in this State, and niay also stop and pick up at any station, cars loaded with
perishables, live stock or ice destined to points with-
in or without the State. Said trains may stop also for the purpose of changing engines and crews, taking on fuel and water and to receive train orders, but they shall not stop for any other purpose than those enumerated in this paragraph.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

'Tihe favorable report of the committee was agreed to by substitute.

On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, nays 14.
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and on motion were tabled.

By Mr. McGregor of 19th District-
A bill to repeal an Act relative to the Governor calling out the militia.

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By Mr. McGregor of the 19th District-
A bill to regulate the manner of calling out the
militia~
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.

By Messrs. Rushin and Anderson-
A bill to provide for the maintaining of causeways and approaches to public bridges.
The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
An the passage of the bill the ayes were 104,. nays 13.
~e bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. MeNeil of the 22nd District-
A bill to amend Section 3955 of the Code of 1910, relative to trust companies being county administrators.
The favorable report of the committee was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
The hour of one o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'clock p. m.

3 o'cwcK P. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment f.his

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afternoon at 3 o'clock p. m. and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following resolution was read and lost.

By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A resolution requesting the Senate to return .Senate Bill No. 78 unacted on.
The following recommendation by the Rules Committee was adopted:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules request that the session of this afternoon be extended until the House is adjourned by order of the House.
BLACKBURN, Chairman.

The following order of business recommended by ihe Rules Committee was adopted:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on RuleS' fix the following order
for this afternoon August 14, 1913: House Resolution No. 151. Senate Bill No. 108. Senate Bill No. 112. That House bills with Senate amendments be in

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order at any time the same are received from the Senate.
That Senate resolutions be in order to be acted upon as received.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.

The following message was recaived from the SeJ).ate through Mr. N orthen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed an .Amended, by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act approved August 13, 1910, regulating the running of Automobiles.
'Tihe 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 House, to-wit:
A resolution authorizing the House and SenateCommittees on Penitentiary to visit the convict camps of state in vacation.
The Senate has passed by substitute, by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to create a commission to investigate and

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report upon the terms and form of a lease of the W. & A. Railroad.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended, by the requisite Constitutional majority the following House Resolution to-wit:
A resolution to authorize the State Sanit~rium and Penitentiary Committees to visit the State Sanitarium and farm at Milledgeville during vacation.
'Ifu.e following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. ~orthen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to establish an institution to be known as the Georgia Training School for Girls.
The following message was received [rom the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:

.--------

THuRSDAY, AuGusT 14, 1913'.

1277

A resolution providing that it is the sense of the General Assembly that the acceptance on part of Hon. John C. Hart of the office of Tax Commissioner will not conflict with any contracts between the said John C. Hart as attorney and the State of Georgia.
The Senate haS' passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit:
A bill to define the duties and powers of the courts of this State in all cases affecting the custody of minor children.
The following communication was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr.mm.

Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency the Governor has approved and signed the following Act:
An Act to provide for a system of equalization of assessors of property for taxation.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted

By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
A resolution relative to Hon. John C. Hart. The following resolutions were read and adopted :

By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die at 4 :30 o'clock p. m.

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By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A resolution relative to a Legislative Reference Bureau.
The following bills and resolutions of the House were taken up for the purpos'e of considering Senate amendments.

By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the running of automobiles.
The following amendments by the Senate were agreed to.
Amend by striking from the 9th and 32nd lines: of section one the words ''and shall be in lieu of municipal licenses or registrations.''
Amend further by striking the words ''and shall be in lieu of municipal licenses or regulation" where the same appears in lines 18 and 19 page two of the bill.
Amend by adding another section to be numbered four and numbering the other sections in accordance therewith.
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that Section 12 of the Act approved Aug. 13th, 1910~ be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: ''and provided further that any municipality of this State shall have the right to pass ordinances requiring every person~ firm or corporation residing in such municipality for

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a period as long as thirty days and owning or operating any of the machines or vehicles mentioned in this Act, to register the State license number with the clerk of council of said municipality or such other municipal officer as said municipality may direct, together with a brief description of said machine or vehicle as to provide a penalty and such ordinances for failure to comply therewith so that when said Section 12 is amneded it will read as follows:

Section 12. Be it f:Juther enacted by the authority aforesaid, that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as changing or interfering with any regulation or ordinance which has heretofore or hereafter may be adopted by any municipality of this State regulating the running and operation of machines described in this Act; provided such regu.lation or ordinance is not in conflict with the provisions of this Act and provided further than any mUnicipality of this State shall have the right to pass <>rdinances requiring every person, firm or corporation residing in such municipality for a period as long as thirty days and owning or operating any of the machines or vehicles mentioned in this Act to register the State license number with the clerk -of council of said municipality or such municipal -officer as said municipality may direct. Together with a brief description of said machine or vehicle .and to provide a penalty in such ordinances for failure to comply therewith.

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By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to create a commission on the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
The following substitute of the Senate was agreed to.
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of a Commission to receive bids for the re-lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said Commissioner and for other purpases.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is herbey enacted by authority of the same, That a Commission to be known as the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission be and the same is hereby created, to investigate and report to the next Session of the General Assembly upon the following matters:

(a) Upon what tel"ms the said road can be released for terms of thirty, :fifty or one hundred years, including the property at the termini of said road and along its line, not necessary to the operation of said road; and also upon what terms it can be released, excluding said property and further what disposition can be made of said property not necessary to the operation of the road by lease or otherwise.

(b) Upon what terms said road can be re-leased for said periods, together with an agreement by the lessee to double track said road.

(c) Upon what terms said road can be re-leased

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upon a s'liding scale of rental rates, increasing with the life of the lease.

(d) Whether any property in Chattanooga ()r along the line of said road now held adversely to the State is really the property of the State.

Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said commission shall consist of ten members, three from the Senate to be appointed by the President, five from the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker, and two to be appointed by the Governor. The members of said Commission shall receive the usual per diem of members of the General Assembly for the time actually spent in said work, and their actual traveling andother expenses. They shall have authority to employ such stenographic and clerical assistance as they may deem necessary and to pay therefor a reasonable compensation, and may also, in like manner, 'Secure the assistance of experts, should they deem it necessary in the performance of their duties.

The per diem of members of the Commission and expenses of members and of the Commission as a whole shaH be paid by warrant of the Governor, , upon itemized statements approved by the Chairman of the Commission. Said commission shall meet in vacation at the call of the Governor for the purpose of organization and shall as early as practicable begin the discharge of their duties.

Section 3. Be it further enacted that the sum of five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be

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necessary be and the same is hereby appropriated to cover the per diem and expenses of said Commission.
Section 4. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
By Mr. '!Thompson-
A resolution to authorize the Committee on State Sanitarium to visit the institution during vacation.
'.Dhe following amendments by the Senate were agreed to.
Amend by striking the words ''and State Penitentiary'' wherever they occur.
Amend by striking the words ''and state farm'' wherever they occur.

By MesSrs. Mills and Jones-
A bill to establish the Georgia Training S~hool for Girls.
The following amendment by the Senate was agreed to : Amend Section 2 by striking out the figures and words '' ($20,000.00) twenty thousand'' on line 14 of said section and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures ($10,000.00) ten thousand. ..
The following bills of the Senate were I."ead the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Hixon of the 27th District-
A bill to amend an Act to prevent the adulteration of food, etc.

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1283

The favorable report of the committee was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ay.es were 99, nays 34.
The bill having received the req:uisite Constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-
A bill to provide for the sanitation of bakeries, etc.
On motion of Mr.Gower of Crisp the bill was tabled after being read the third time.
On motion of Mr. Moye of Johnson the House adjourned until 8 o'clock p. m.

8 0 10LOCK P. M.

Th'e House met pursuant to adjournment this evening at 8 o'clock p. m. and was called to order bY. the Speaker.

On motion by Mr. Corn of Towns the House took a recess subject to the call of the Speaker.

The House was called to order by the Speaker.

~ The' following resolution was read and adopted.

. 1..' . . .

.

'

By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-

A resolution ihat a joint eommittee be appointed . to notify His Excellency the Governor that the

1284

. JOUBNAL OF THE .HOUSE,

General Assembly has completed the business of the session and is now ready to adjourn.
The Speaker ,appointed as coomnittee on part of the house :
Messrs. Doroug:Q., Wall, Clements.

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

Mr. 8 peaker :
The Senate has passed by the requisite Coll8titutional majority the following resolutio:q of the House, to-wit:
A resolution to pay Hon. T. H. Kimbrough his expenses as a member of the Cotton Tare Committee.
The following message was received from 'the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary th&reof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Se~te has passed as alll.ended by tlt~ l'equisite Constitutiona~ majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to appropriate money to pay for work d0ne and to be done upon the Capito] and Executive Man-
SIOn.
A bill to appropriat-e $7,500to the ..!grio~tur.al Dep~rtment for the use of the Chemical D~partnu~t.

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1285

_,A _pill to apprppri~te $20,000 per annum to the
State.B~arft of. Entomology.
,The followin,g message was received 1from the Se_nate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has ooncurred in the a;mendments of
the House, to the following bill of the Senate, t_o-:

wit:

.

.

.

. ~ l?W t~regplate and.col)trol the orgal)ization and

~pert;l~~n,;~f ~Insurance Companies.

The following bills were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate Amendments thereto.

By Messrs. Wimberly and.Kimbrough-

A bill to appropriate $7,500.00 to the Chemical Departine:rt of the Department of Agriculture.

The following Senate amendments were agreed

to. ,., ..

' .-

. t ..

:. ~~ :b': at~ jn line eleven of Section one
ijte.woN,s; 'i'SA~d.app;rop~ation to be an annual ap-

propriation.''

By Mr.-':iiairimack of Ranclolph.

bW . A. to ~~ ,t;r:u~~~ a,e~J;qp~.l;l#,on t~e State Boarq of

E1.1~omolo~.





'.rnle following amendments by the Senate were adopte4. .-

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Amend by striking in line 1 of Caption the figures $20,000, and substituting in lieu thereof $15,000.00.
Also striking the words ''per annum'' in said line,
also the words "for t\vo years" in the second line of
the caption.
Amend by striking the figures "$20,000" in line two of Seetion one and subStituting in lieu the'rof ' ' $15,000.''
Amend further by striking in line two of Section two the 'words "alllount app'ropriated for 1914 be" and substitute in lieu thereof tne'wo:tds ''said appro~ priation."

By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-

A bill to make appropriation to pay for repairs on State Capitol.

The following_ amendments by. the Senate. wer~ agreed to.

Aniend by adding a new Section tO be.numbered 2, to read as follows: "Be it further enacted that the sum of$96. be and the same1is-ll'ereby appropriated to pay for electric fans for the: Senate Chamber of the Capitol to be paid by warrant."

Amend further by nu~~ring_ ~he ~eJ'El~liJ?.g q~_au~

~tiooa



. Amend Caption by adding th~reto the wotds ''an(}
the sum of ninety-six ($96.00) to pay :for elecfric
f~n!'! in the Senate Chamber.'.',,,_ . ,_ .

Amend by striking out the sum of $13,286.80-where

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ever the same appears and substituting in lieu thereof the sum of $10,000.00.
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 providing for a joint Committee to wait upon his Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has completed an business before it and is ready to adjourn sine die.
The Committee on part of the Senate under the above resolution are: Me8srs. Pope and Jones of 39th District.
The following message was received /from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the substitute of the House to. the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend section 414 of the Penal Code in
reference to ~ing freight trains on the Sabbath.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. No.rthen, Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has receded from its amendments Nos..

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J OUBNAL OF THE HOUSE,

1, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary exp~nses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:

Mt. 8 peaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit:
A bill to create a permanent qualification book for qualified voters of this State.
A bill to amend Section 1811, Volume 1 of the Code of 1910 providing for the compensation of the General Oil Inspector.
A bill to amend Section 887 of the Code of Georgia relative to childrens Court.
A bill to appr:opriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of paying the salaries of the pure food and drug department.
A resolution to appropriate certain money to J. H. Oxford, and others of Dawson, Ga.
A bill to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910, relative to the manner of verifying petitions.
.A bill to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, debentures and other securities.

THUBS:PAY, AuousT 14, 1913'.

1289

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

Mr. Speaker:
The following is the committee- on part of the Senate, under Senate Resolution No. 41, providing ~or investigation and revision of civil and criminal procedure of this State :
Messrs. Irwin, Elkins.

The following is the Committee on part of the Senate, under the provisions of House Bill No. 73, to investigate and report upon the re-lease of the W. & A. Railroad:
MeS'Sr&. Brown, Tarver, McNeil.

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

Mr. 8 peaker:
The Senate- has failed to pass the f~llowing bills of the Honse, to-wit:
A bill to-create the office of Commissioner of Roads and ReveJmes for Lincoln County.
A bill t,o, repe3l ali Act to establish the City Court of Baxley.

1290

JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

A bill to provide four tenus a year of the Superior Court of Appling County.
No. Under the provisions of House Resolution 30,
authorizing the appointment of a joint committee to investigate the sohool book condition, the President has appointed as members of said committee on part of the Senate:
Messrs. Miller, Foster.

Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted, the following report.

Mt.. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the fol1owing Acts and Resolutions, to-wit:
An Act relative to the custody and control of minor children.
A resolution authorizing the Governor to horrow money to supply deficiencies.
An Act to prescribe for the inspection of gasolines, etc.
An Act to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910 so as to add Boston to the list of State Depositories.
,,An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Pineview.

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1291

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood.
An Act to amend Section 964 of the Code of 1910 relative to the tax on bottling of beverages.
An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Moultrie.
An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Madison.
An Act to amend an Act to create the office of CommiS'sioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
An Act to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to increase the salary of the Judge of Bibb County Superior Court.

An Act to abolish the Board of Road and Bridge Commissioners for Appling County.

An Act to amend an ACt to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge
C~unty.

An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla.
An Act to amend an A' ct incorporating the town of Scotland.

An Act to re-arrange the Middle and Augusta Judicial Circuits.

An Act to aomend the charter of the City of Hart-

well.

. ..

1292

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the fown of Lakeview.

An Act to repeal an Act creating Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of washington County.

An Act to amend the City C,ourt of Dublin. :

An Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Newton County.

An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Cochran.

An Act to establish the City Court of Lexington.

An Act to repeal an Act to create a County Court for the County of Jones.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of East

)

Lake.

An Act to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910 so as to provide that Cochran be added to .list of State Depositories..

An Act to provide separate books for the recordation of maps, plans and surveys.

An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of pubiic schools for the City Qf Waycross.

An Act to amend Section 951 of the Code of 1910 relative to occupation tax.
An Act to abolish the County Court" of .Jeff Davis County.

An Act to amend an Act to abolish the office of



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1293

Commissihner of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth Comity:

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Royston.

An Act to amend an Act creating a new Charter

for the City of Cordele.

.

An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus.

An Act to aJinend the several Acts incorporating the City of West Point.

An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Macon.

An Act to incorporate the City of Robertstown.

\

~.Act to abolish the Justice Courts in the City

of Macon.

An ..t\~t for the relief of S. J. Ca:rtledge.

A resolution to authorize the House and Senate Penitentiary Committees .to visit convict camps in vacation.

A resolution to appropriate $340.98 to pay back
of salary second assistant Librarian.

A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the House.
An Act to amend the Charter of the town of Meigs.
An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Brooks.

1294

JouRNAL OF THE. HousE,

An Act to create, provide for and require the payment of taxes on property received by inheritance or succession.
An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Pelham.
An Act to amend an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele.
An Act to repeal an Act to establish the City Court or Abbeville.
An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for 'Terrell County.
An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections in the City of Savannah.
An Act to amend Section 1795 of the Code of Georgia, relatiYe to inspection of fertilizers.

An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County.
An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Osier:field.
An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads ~md Revenues for Coffee County.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Ludowici.
An Act to amend an Act providing a P.harter. for the City of Athens.

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1295

An Act to }."epeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and ~venues for Dooly. County.
An Act to provide quarterly terms of Walker Superior Court.
An Act to amend the Charter of the town of East Ellijay.
An Act to provide for electing the Solicitor of the City Court of Putnam County.
An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia.
An Act to prevent the pollution of the waters of the Ocmulgee River.
An Act to authorize working of streets of towns in Macon County by county chaingangs.
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.
An Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Heard County.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Marietta.
An Act to abolish the City Court of_Pulaski.
An .A.ct to change the time of holding Har~ Superior CQ-qrl.,
An Act to incorporate the toWn. of Mauk.
~An' :Aet to repeal an Act to provide a ;County
Board of Commissioners for Rea.rd County.

1296

JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

An Act to amend the charter of the Ci.ty of Dublin.

An Act to repeal an Act to assist the Georgia Infirmary.

An Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Waycross.

An Act to amend the various Acts incorporating the City of Dalton.

An Act to create a new charter for the town of Newborn.

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Rentz.

An Act to provide for holding four terms of the Franklin Superior Court.

An Act to incorporate the Camilla school district.

An Act to amend Section 17 of the charter of Waycross.

An Act to provide for four terms of Supe_rior

Court of Madison County.

'

An Act to amend an Act to create the City Court of Houston.

An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of LaGrange.

An Act to amend an Act relative to killing squir-
rels in White, Union and Habersham Counties so' as
to add Lumpkin County.

.A,n Act to amend Section 12 of an Aot creating t~e

,City Court -of Springfield. . , :

, ' ,,

::1".

THURSDAY, AuGUST 14, 1913.

1297

An Act to incorporate the town of Aline.
An Act to establish a Park and Tree Commission for the City of Waycross.
An Act to allow county authorities to appoint
county police.
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Athens.

An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville.

Ail Act to amend the charter of the City of Springfield.
An Act to incorporate the Davisboro School District.

An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of !Wads and Revenqes for Tift County.

An Act to create the City Court of Gray.

An Act to amend the charter of the town of Martin.

An Act to repeal alllawsafld amendments to laws, incorporating the City of Manchester.

An Act to_ create a new charter for the tow~ of Woodbury.

An
ville~

A,. ct

t. o

a. m. end

the

charter.

of

the

town

of

Pla.in-

. ~p. Ac~ .to amend ~n Act creating a new ch11rter
for the town of Decatur.
- An Act to.incorporate the-. W.wn of .Danielsville.

1298

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

An Act to create a new charter for the town: of Harlem.
An Act to establish the City Court of Irwin County.
A resolutio:q relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly.
A resolution relative to preparing statement of the unfinished business of the Legislature.
An Act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government.
An Act to amend Section 887 of the Code of 1910, relative to children's courts.
An Act to make appropriations to pay salaries and expenses of the pure food and drug departments.
An Act to amend Section 1811 of the Code of 1910 relative to compensation of General Oil Inspector.
An Act to create th~ Commissioners of Chat!J.am County.
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County.
An Act to incorporate the town of Geneva.
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Alston.
An A-ct to ereate a. charter for the town of Brobks.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913'.

1299

An Act to amend an Act regulating the running of automobiles.

An Act to regulate the sale of stocks, bonds, debentures and other securities.

An Act to incorporate the town Of Reno.

An Act to create a permanent qualification book for qualified voters of this State.

An Act to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.

An Act to establish the Georgia Training .Sch<' for Girls.

An Act to amend Section 5645 of the Code of 1910, relative to the manner of verifying pe~itions.

An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania.

An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clarke . County.

An Act to amend Section 950 of the Code of 1910; relative to an occupation tax.

. An Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Early County.
I
An Act to appropriate $15,000.00 to the State Board of Entomology.

1300

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

An Act to amend an Act to provide a County Board of Commissioners for Mitchell Co.nnty:

An Act ta create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bleckley County.

An Act to amend an Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Gordon County.

An Act to appropriate $7,500.00 for the.Ohemical Department of the Department of Agriculture.

An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Swainsboro.

An Act to create a Commission on the lease of the W. & A. Railroad.

An Act to appropriate $10,000 to pay for repairs on State Capitol and $96.00 for electric fans in the Senate Chamber.

An Act 'to establish a public school system in the town of Scotland.

An Act to incorporate the town of Helen.

A resolution to provide a school text book commis-" sion.

A resolution to authorize the House and Senate Committees on State Sanitarium to make visit in vacation.

A resolution relative to a Legislative Reference

Bureau. .

.

. ..

A resolution to appropriate money to refund cer-
tain near beer licenses to certain citizens of Dawsm:~,
Ga.

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1301

A 'resolrltion to authori'Ze the Governor to enter into an agreement with the Ducktown Sulphur, Cop-
. per and IroJJ. CompaJJ.y. .
An Act to create a new charter for the town of Gibson.

An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Reven-.;tes for Was.hington County.

An Act to carry into effect the Constitutional

amendment so as to create a municipal court in the

City of Atlanta.

.

An Act to create a new .charter for the City of CarneSville.
An Act to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the City of Waycross.
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of ~ads and Revenues for Coffee County.
An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
.An Act to establish the City Court of Hazlehurst.
An Act to proVide for a commis~ion form of gov-
ernment for the City of Colnmbus.'
An Act to amend the charter of the City of Marietta.
-
An Act to incorpo:r-ate the City of Comer.

. An Act to amend Section 2201 of the Code of 1910, relative to change Of name or Chpital stock of corporations.

1302

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A resolution to pay expenses of Hon. T. H. J{imbrough to the cotton tare convention.

A resolution relative to ungranted lanqs in the County of Chatham.

An Act to create a new Charter for the town of McCaysville.

An Act to create a n~w charter for Talbotton.

Respectfully submitted,



W. T. DAVIDSON, Acting 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 relative to a Legislative reference Bureau.
Under the provisions of House Bill No. 73, authorizing a Joint Committee of the House and Senate on the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad the Speaker appointed the following members as committee on the part of the House:
Messrs. Barry Wright, Chairman, H. J. Fullbright, L. R. Akin, A. B. Greene, of Houston, E. D. Cole.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913'.

1303

Under the provisions of HQuse Resolution No. 30, authorizing a Joint Committee on th~ school text book question, the Speaker appointed the following members as committee on the part of the House:
Messrs. C. R. McCrory, Chairman, W. J. Nunnally, Henp.an C. Shuptrine.

Under the provisions of Senate Resolution No. 41, authorizing a Joint Committee on the revision of civil ana criminal procedure in the courts of this State, the Speaker appointed the following members as the Committee on the part of the House:
Messrs. Jno. P. Cheney, Chairman, H. W. Hopkins, N. F. Culpepper of Meriwether.

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

Mr. Spea?cet:
The Senate has adopted the folJowing resolution, to-wit:
A resolution providing that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die. '
:Mr. Dorough of Frauklin, Chairman:of the Committee on.the part of the Hp-qse to notify His Excel-
lency the .Governor, that the General A~s:embly had completed the business of the session of 1913 and
was now ready to adjourn sine die, reported that His Excellehey tlie Governor, had no 'further communi~

1304

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

cation to submit to the General Assembly at this session.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in.

By Mr. Stark of the 33rd District-
A .resolution that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.
Mr. Berry of Whitfield moved that the House give a vote of thanks to the Speaker for his uniform courtesy and fairness to the members of the House, which motion was sustained by a unanimous rising vote.
Mr. James of Gilmer moved that the House give a vote of thanks to the Clerk of the House for his kindness, courtesy and consideration at all times to the members of the House, which motion was sustained by a unanimous rising vote..
The following minority reports were submitted und read:

Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned members of the Committee on Education, beg leave to qissent from the report of the majority of our Committee in recommending that House Resolution No. 30 do pass by substitute, and we herewith file the following as .our reasons
for opposing the passage of the Resolution..
}st. The resoluti~n pro,vide~ ~"Pat th'r~ ~h~ll, be a co~ttee of seven composed of tl\e <!overpor, the

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913.

1305

State Superintendent of Education, tW'O Senators appointed by the President and three Representatives appointed by the Speaker, who shall investigate the questions of writing, manufacturing and supplying school books to the children of Georgia and report their findings to the session of the Legislature in 1914.

The present .five year contracts for supplying school books to our common schools expires at the end of this year, and unles~ some proviJSion is made in the resolution to extend these contracts peding the inVestigation, the bonds of the publishers would be in:tll and void. The resolution reported by the majority makes no such provisions; it simply calls for an investigation. If it should be passed in its present form, the investigation could be made, but there is absolutely nothlng in it to prevent the State Board of Education from making five year contracts next November. In the absence of specific instructions to the State Board of Education it would be their duty under the Acts of 1911, to make a five ye~r contract for books next November.
2nd~ We believe a full and fair investigation of this question should be made, and that the committee making it should be composed of educators and business men in equal numbers. In justice to the great body of men who are devoting their lives to the education of our children, they should be represented upon a committee which is to investigate the writing and making of the tools with which they ate to work.
The idea seems to prevail 'with some tHat paper,

13'06

JouRNAL.OF THE HousE,

cloth, paste and thread can be bought, run through a moohine and books will fall out. In other words that the cost of books is measured by paper weight and material cost, Others believe and know that there are many other considerations, many educational features which largely enter into the cost of satisfactory school books, and those elements are best known and best appreciated by educators, therefore the committee should have an equal number of educators and members.
The people of Georgia and the publishers are entitled to a full and comprehensive investigation; while such investigation is being made the people should be protected by a renewal or extension of contracts for a short definite period; this is what we want, but the resolution as reported, will not accomplish the desired :r;esult.
Respectfully submitted, McMICHAEL of Marion, _ H. H. ANDERSON.

Mr. Speaker:
The undersigned mmnbers of the Ways and Means
Committee hereby desire to disS'ent from the report
of the majority of said committee reporting that House Bill No. 6 do pass by substitute and do disagree to the report of. the majority for the fol.lowing reasons:
Any plan of equalization of tax~s would be ineffec~ tive without a State Board to control and supervise: the .local County Boards o.f Eqalizers.

<,

THuRSDAY, AuGUST 14, 1913.

1307

Equalization of tax returns between counties as counties is as much to be desired as is equalization after return of individuals in counties and this can not be obtained without a State Board.
Respectfully submitted, H. H. SwiFT, F. H. LIPSOOMB,
SHELBY MYBICK,
ORAWFOBD WHEATLEY, D. P. MELSON, GARLAND M. JONES, H. N. RAINEY, JB., SAM F. GARLINGTON, E. D. CoLE.

On motion of Mr. Hardeman the House adjourned sine die.





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INDEX

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TO THE

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HOUSE JOURNAL

FOR. THE

YEAR 1913

I
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ERRATA.
Page 261, line 17-81iould be ''City Court'' instead of ''City Council.''
Page 275, Transpose second and third paragraphs. Pa~re 30li line 7-lnsert words "to report" after the word
''plants. '-, Page 387, line 16--Should be " Mr. Connor " instead of " Mr.
' 'Cannon. ' '
Page 395, line 7-Should be ' ' Committee on Penitentiary '' instead of ''Committee on Printing. ' '
Page 426, line 16--Should be ''Mr. Fowler'' instead of ''Mr. Foster.''
Page 428, line 1-Should be "Mr. Slater" instead of "Mr. Slaten."
Page 550. line 21-Should be ''County of Treutlen'' instead of ' 'County of Trentland.' '
Page 662. line 10--Should be ''Messrs. Taylor and Harrison,'' instead of "Mr. Henderson of .Jones."
Page 662, line 11-Should be "'Vashington County" instead of "Jones County. "
Page 694, line 1o-Should be ''Lumber City'' instead of ''McRae. ''
Page 709------lnsert ''By Mr. Paulk of Berrien'' between lines 18 and 19.
Page i73, line 11--Should be ''town of Aline'' instead of ''town of Olive.''
Page 780, line 11--Should be '' States"boro '' instead of ''Americus. ''
Page 801, line 15-Bhould be ''town of Aline'' instead of ''town of Olive.''
Page 891, line 14--Should be ''students'' instead of ''studies.''
Page 933, line 18-Should be '' Tax Discoverer' ' instead of u Tax Discount. ' '

INDEX

HOUSE BILLS
A A. B. & A. RAILROAD (See House Resolutions)AUADEMY OJ.' DEAP AND DUMB-
To amend Jaw creating (See Errata) ................ 311 7H

ADDRESSEs-

Of the Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

8

Inaugural address of Gov. Jno. M. Slaton............

111

ADMINISTRATORs-

For relief of temporary administrators and their

bondsmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

211

-To provide for estates of personalty leBB than $1,000.00

~!4

ADVERTISEMENTS (See Newspapers)-

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (See

Appropriations)-

To amend Act creating in South Georgia ............ 244 317

To establish 5th Congressional Agricultural School, 249 396 774

-- To establish for colored youths......................

733

APPROPRIA TIONB-

To appropriate $5,000 to Geological Survey. . . . . . . .

27

_, To appropriate $50,000.00 for Academic building_ at

Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

139

To appropriate $15,000 to State Normal School.......

140

- To appropriate $206.72 to State Geologist .......... ~.

231

To appropriate $45,000 to Ga. School for Deaf. . . . . . . .

246

- To appropriate $528.60 to S. N. Titlebaum . . . . . . . . . .

249

To appropriate $48,000 to Ga. Normal and Industrial

College at Milledgeville .... -.. -, ..... ; .. ; . , ..... -- 263

To appropriate $340.98 to pay earned salary of - 2nd-

a811istant" librarian {See Salaries)-..... ....... 27.0 553

-. -To appropriate $100 to W. T. Jones as reward._...... 281 553

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INDEX

To appropriate funds to refund certain near beer li-

censes in Dawson ......................... 290 1067 1140

'fo appropriate $35,000 to School of Technology. . . . . .

290

To make appropriations for expenses of State Govern-

ment ............................ 291 526 625 658 676 1235

To appropriate $20,000 to State Board of Entomology,

292 690 1085 1285

To make appropriations to pay pensions . . . . . . . . . .

297

To make appropriation for Ga. Roster Commission....

297

To appropriate $10.000 to 5th Cong. Agr. School. . . . . .

298

To pay expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough ........ 311 895 1136

To appropriate $7,500 to Chemical Department,

313 894 1087 1285

To appropriate $1,567 to South Georgia Normal College

313

To pay certain "engineers for suneying certain County

lines .................. - - - - To appropriate $50,000 to Law School at Athens .... .

315 . 340

To appropriate for Agricultural Schools ............ .

340

To refund $100 to Oxford and Covington Railway ... 342 895

To appropriate $25,000 to Department of Agriculture,

363 894 1090

To buy Varner Hotel at Indian Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

425

To refund Adams & Price Auto Co. $250.00. . . . . . . . . .

427

To pay A. H. Gilbert $50.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 895
To appropriate $1,000 to Downing cO. as a refund .... 583 894

To appropriate for salaries for food and drug inspectors

583 690 1092

To pay per diem and expenses of Committee on Academy

for Blind to visit institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

584

To refund certain licenses to certain persons, etc., in

Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

585

To appropriate $5,000 for. training wall in Frederica

River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

601

To appropriate $10,000 to Ninth Congressional District

Agricultural School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

004

To appropriate $10,000 to Department of Agriculture. .

605

To make appropriation for Military Department......

606

To appropriate $5,000 to Georgia Experiment Station...

663

To. pay R. R-. Smith, surveyor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

684

To appropriate $1,300.00 to pay for silver service. . . . .

759

To appropriate $160 for water ....... '... . . . . . . . . . .

791

To appropriate $6,000 to each of 11 Agricultural Sehools

822

To appropriate $13,286.80 for repair8 on State Capitol

989 1046 1286

INDEX

1313

To appropriate $2,000 for re-interring remains of John Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1635

ASYLUMS, SANITARIUMS, COJ\TVENTS, ETC.-

To regulate inspection of

989

AUDITOR, STATE-

To create office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Governor to appoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

682

AUTOMOBILES, ETC.-

To amend Act to regulate running ...... 140 336 906 975--1278

To regulate running .............................. 191 740

To make unlawful certain persons to operate........

228

To amend Act to regulate running .................. 681-710

B

BAKERIES, CANNER.IES, ETC., (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-

BANKS AND BANKING-

To make misdemeanor to draw cheeks and have no funds 140

To prohibit overdrawing cheeks or drafts.............

141

To make.unlawful to utter check without funds . . . . . .

143

To ereate Banking Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 671 1188

To create Bank Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 843

B.ARBERS_ (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-

BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS (See Practice and Proeedure)-

BILLS OF LADING-

To make uniform law

952

BIRTHS AND DEATHS (See VitaL Statisties)-

BLUE SKY LAWTo tregulate sale of stocks, bonds, etc ............ 26 380 1151

BOARDS OF EDUCATION-
To prescribe method of charges against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 337 To make Clayton Board of Education successor to
Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 672 696

BONDS, MUNICIPAL-Lithonia to issue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 358 384

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INDEX

BONDS STATE (See Public Bonded Debt)-

BOOTS AND SHOE8-

To require use of leather substitutes to be so stamped. .

29

To provide for pure shoe law ...................... 192 740

To prohibit sale of certain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

200

c

UAPITOL STATE-

To amend Constitution so as to move to Macon

758

To submit moving capitol to Macon to people.........

758

CARTRIDGES (See Wcapons)-

CATTLE (See Live Stock)-

CEMgNTTo fix standard of barrel of cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 709

CEMETERIEs-

To authorize incorporated cemeteries to hold property

in trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

634

CHAINGANGS (See Commissioners of R~ads and Revenues)-

CHARTERS, MlUNICIPAlr:-

To amend charter of Tunnel Hill ............ 129 358 389 631

To create new charter for Lithonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 360 382

To amend Act amending charter of Bluffton .... 141 358 385

To amend charter of Gainesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

189

To amend Act establishing charter for Gainesville....

100

To amend Act establishing charter for Gainesville . . . .

191

To provide charter for Sharpsburg .............. 193 3!)0 386

To amend charter of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 307 323

To amend charter of Oglethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 361 391

To amend charter of Griffin (See Errata),
226 314 361 387 419 530

To amend new charter of Jackson .............. 245 359 390

To amend charter of AmericuS' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26'1 418 531

To amend Act establishing new charter for Atlanta,

262 525 554 1171

To amend eharter of Greensboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 337 386

To amend charter of Buford .................... 264 571 590

To amend eharter of Norwood ................. 264 360 392

To create new charter for Newborn .............. 269 714 802

INDEX

1315

I
To amend charter of Darien .................... 280 358 389

To amend charter of Sycamore ............... : .. 296 572 591

To create charter for McCaysville .......... 297 571 591 1127

To amend charter of Lumber City (See Errata) .... 314 671 694

To amend charter of Glennville .................. 314 419 530 To amend charter of A~ta ................ .. 334 418 553

To amend charter of Plainville ................ 335 615 649

To amend charter of Macon .................... 338 615 655

To create new charter for Woodbury ............ 338 419 528

To amend charter of Columbus ................. . 355 616 649

To create new charter for Carnesville ............371 616 650 To amend charter of ~irkwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 774 803

To amend charter of Oakfield .................. .404 617 653

To amend charter of Valdosta . ' ............... .404 617 653

To amend charter of Dublin ................... .405 775 811

To amend Act creating new charter for Eastman 406 617 652

To amend charter of Pavo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 672 695

To amend Act creating charter for Decatur ...... 544 775 815

To amend Act creating charter for Camilla......544 672 695

To amend charter of Toccoa ....................566 618 654

To amend charter of Ludowici .................. 567 648 692

To amend charter of Lawrenceville ... ........... 567 647 692

'fo amend Act provitling charter for Athens ( Commis-

sion Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 777 806

To create charter for Harlem .................... 602 776 803

To amend charter of Athens .................... 603 777 806

To amend c-harter of East Lake ................ 606 776 804

To create new charter for Moultrie ............. 607 773 800

To amend charter of Waycross ................. 661 778 805

To amend Act creating new charter for Waycr&SS .. 661 778 805

To create new charter for Talbotton ............ 661 773 801

To amend charter of Cartersville ................

662

To amend charter of Hartwell ..................663 845 884

To amend charter of East Ellijay ........... 682 778 812 1241 To amend charter of Springfield ............... 683 ~34 965
To create charter for Cochran .... -- ............. 68& 773 802

To amend Act to create charter for Hawkinsvile... 686 773 801

To establish charter for Rossville ............... 686 7.78 848 To amend ehBirter of Au~~ ...............-........ 702 961 To create charter for ~ ................... 703 934 1004
To amend charter of Meigs .................... 759 934 962

To ereate new charter for Waycross ........759 778 961 1123

To create new charter fot Gibson .......... ; .. 822 1046 1081

Til amend charter of Sylvester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 1160

To amend Act creating charter for Cordele ... : .. 891 936 964

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INDEX

'fo amend Act amending charter of Cordele ...... 892 936 964

To amend charter of Columbus ................ 912 1000 1049

To revoke charter of Ranger .................. 913 1046 1080

To amend charter of Martin .................... 913 999 1048

To amend charter of LaGrange , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

914

To create new charter for Brooks ..............953 1000 1049

To amend Act to provide charter for Swainsboro. . . . . . 1158

To amend charter of Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1250

CHECKS AND DRAFTS (See Banks and Banking)-

CHILD LABOR (See Labor and Labor Statistics)-

CHILDREN (See Minor Children)-

CHOLERA, HOG-

To prevent spread ...........................191 525 1098

CIGARETT:m-

,,_

To prohibit sale

201

CLERKS OF COURT&-

To prescribe duties of Superior Court. . . . . . . . . . . . .

292

COCA-COLA (See Soft Drinks)-

To tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

248

CODE AMENDMENTs-

To amend Sections 1512 and 1513, Code 1910. . . . . . . .

28

To amend Section 1434, Code 1!HO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29

To amend Section 426, Code 1910...................

29

To amend Section 3972, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

132

To auiend Section 5645, Code 1910 ..............132 305 398

To repeal Section 1435, Code 1910..................

133

To amend Section 174, Code 1910 ................... 134 646

To amend Section 3276, Code 1910...........134 305 349 362

1-......... .To amend Section 795, Code 1910................... 135 336

To amend Section 371, Code 1910................. 136 595

To amend Section 2571, Code,l910 .... , ............ 139 615

To amend Section 130, Code

141 305

To amend Section 2696, Code 19Hi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 308

To amend Section 620, Code 1910........... .. . . . . . 144

To amend Section 2798, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 336

To repeal Sections 1651 and 1652, Code 1910 ..... 190 403 728

'To amend Section 1132, Code 1910..................

192

To amend Section 2878, Code 1910 .................. 192 380

INDEX

1317

To amend Section 9t2, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

193

To amend Section 3417, Code 1910 .................. 194 336

To amend Section 80, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

195

To amend Section 2084, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 894

To amend Section 695, Code 1~10..................

197

To amend Section 347, Code 1910..................

197

To amend Section 3442, Code 1910 .................. 1918 307

To amend Section 612, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "200

To amend Section 3137, Code 1910 .................. 200 307

To amend Section 93, Code 1910....................

201

To amend Section 347, Code 1910 ................... 201 307

To amend Section 2665, Code 1910 .................. 224 417

To amend Section 337, Code 1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 936

To amend Section 4356, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

227

To amend Section 414, Code 1910...................

227

To amend Section 720, Code HHO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

230

To repeal Section 388, Code 1910...................

231

To amend Section 999, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 397

To amend Section 1036, Code 1910..................

243

To amend Section 2408, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 959

To amend Section 3276, Code 1910..................

246

To amend Section 60, Code 1910.................... 248 417

To amend Section 604, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 615

To amend Section 203, Code 1910 .................. 263 525

To amend Section 1513, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

263

To amend Section 1193, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 552

To amend Section 838, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

266

To amend Section 59, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 381

To amend Section 443, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 381

To oamend Section 1811, Code 1910 ............. 280 526 1139

To amend Section 2877, Code 1910..................

281

To amend Section 320, Code 1910...................

282

To amend Section 520, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

292

To amend Section 443, Code 1910 ... , ............. 295 381

To amend Section 446, Code 1910..................

296

To amend Sections 750 and 754, Code 1910 ......... 297 595

To amend Section 5600, Code 1910 .............. 298 615

To amend Section 2697, Code 1910..................

311

To amend Section 4737, Code 1910..................

312

To amend Section 887, Code 1910 ........... 314 798 1139

To amend Section 721, Code 1910..................

314

To amend Section 3319, Code 1910.................

340

To amend Section 2936, Code 1910.................

340

To amend Section 1804, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 740

To amend Section 5858, Code 1910 ................ ' .. 341 742

1318

INDEX

To amend Section 2818, Code HllO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 616

To repeal Sections 1552 to 1562, Code 1910. . . . . . . . .

364

To amend Section 3298, Code 1910 ............ _...... 364 526

To amend Section 2201, Code 1910 .............. 424 843 1100

To amend Section 813, Code 1910................... 426 933

To amend Section 1037, Code 1910..................

426

To amend Section 722, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

534

To amend Section 957, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

534

To amend Section 1800, Code 1910.................

535

To amend Section 6003, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

580

To repeal Section 6004, Code 1910..................

581

To amend Section 951, Code 1910 ............... 581 690 904

To amend Section 4168, Code 1910.................

581

To amend Section 6006, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

581

To amend Section 950, Code 1910 ..........582 690 905 1123

To amend Section 2166, Code 1910.................

582

To repeal Section 6002, Code 1910..................

583

To amend Section 1795, Code 1910..................

582

To repeal Sections 6108 and 6109, Code 19W.......

584

To amend Section 5298, Code HHO..................

605

To amend Section 964, Code 1910 ................ 681 710 905

To amend Section 129, Code 1910............... 732 844 1197

To amend Sections 426 to 434, Code 1910............

732

To amend Seetion 1800, Code 1910 .................. 732 960

To amend Section 695, Code 1910..................

734

To amend Section 1249, Code 1910 (Hopkins) ...... 761 844 898

To amend Section 1676, Code 1910..................

790

To amend Section 699, Code 1910..................

790

To amend Section 720, Code 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

790

To amend Section 1249, Code 1910 (Shipp) . . . . . . . . 790 845 898

To amend Section 4747, Code 1910 .................. 792 935

To amend Section 3296, Code HllO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

822

To amend Section 6038, Code 1910..................

822

To amend Section 1249, Code 1910 (Reiser)..........

824

To amend Seetion 971, Code 1910 ......... _ . . . . . . . . .

824

To amend Section 1063, Code 1910..................

891

To amend Section 4914, Code 1910..................

912

To repeal SeetiontJ 2675, 2676 and ~77, Code 1910... 1071

COLORED PERSON-

To define term of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 932
COMMERCE AND LABO~
To require factories, workshops, etc., to report to Department of ................. , ............ 144 305
To amend Act creating Deparlment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 360

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COMM~SSIONER OF AGRICULTURETa prescribe authority of ..................... 291 595 1095

COMMISSIONERS QF ROADS AND REVENUES-

To authorize, of Daugherty County, to support hos

pital in Albany .............................. 28 336 ~7

To create for Chattahoochee County ............ 123 250 384

To amend Act creating for Ben Hill County ..... 129 305 322

To amend Act creating for Ben Hill County ..... 130 306 323

To create for Miller Caunty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 358 388

To amend AICt to change number of, of Emanuel Co..

145

To repeal Act creating for White County ........ 193 417 527

To amend Act creating for Mcintosh County .... 199 358 386

To amend Act orgq1nizing for Gordon County. . . . . . . .

226

Ttt create office of for Lincoln County .......... 261 418 526

To authorize payment of costs to officers of City

Court of Buford (See Errata) ................. 261 382 422

To authorize of Bibb County to issue bonds...... 265 359' 388

To repeal Act to authorize of Bibb County to issue

bonds . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 S59 388

To repeal Act to create for Coffee County ... 267 420 528 1124

To create for Coffee County ............... 269 380 527 1125

To repeal Act creating for Irwin County . . . . . . . . 281 360 390

To create oft'ice of for Irwin County ......... :... 282 359 389

To give power to enact certain regulations. . . . . . . . . .

295

To amend Act creating for Clarke County ...... 296 1045 1082

To amend Act abolishing for Wilkes County.... 297.615 649

To amend Act ereating for Early County ........ 372 617 651

To amend Act authorizing Bibb County to contribute

to support of hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 617 652

To repeal Act to ereate for Dooly County . . . . . . . . 518 647 691

To create for Dooly County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 647 691

To create for Newton County .................. 543 618 653

To amend Act to provide for Elfiert County .. 519 618 656 971

To create for Wheeler County .................. 544 672 746

To work chaingang on streets in towns in Sumter

County .......................................566 595 619

To amend Act to create for Telfair County...... 566 648 692

To amend Act to create for Putnam County ...... 601 64& 693

To amend Act to create for Turner County. . . . . . . . . .

603

To amend Act to provide for Mitchell County .. 603 1045 1080

To create office of for .Tones County ............ 604 672 696

To amend Act to create for Tift County ........ 604 776 804

To abolish for Appling County.................. 604 798 847

To create for Appling County ............ 605 798 848 1126

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To repeal Act creating for Jones County ......... 606 672 695

To amend Act creating for Terrell County . . . . . . . 632 777 804

To create for Washington County ....... 662 778 805 1126

To repeal Act to create for Washington County (See Errata)

662 844 885

To work chaingang on streets of towns in Macon

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 798 847 1124

To repeal Act for Emanuel County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

663

To require to have chaingangs of counties to work

streets of towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

683

To create office of for Bleckley County......... 686 999 1047

To create for Heard County .................... 703 779 806

To repeal Act creating for He~rd County ........ 704 779 807

To amend Act to create office for Dodge County 704 959 1002

To amend Acts creating for Gordon County ...... 704 900 1002

To amend Act to create for Fmnklin County ..... 789 845 886

To amend Act to abolish for Forsyth County.... 7189 845 885

To create for Cobb County .................... 911 961 1121

To repeal Act to create for Cobb County .... 912 961 1119 1198

To amend Act to create for Henry ,County. . . . . . . . . .

952

To create office of for Pulaski County . . . . . . . . 98!1 1046 1080

To repeal Act to create for Pulaski County .... 989 1046 1081

To create Commissioners for Chatham County .1034 1079 1119

To repeal Act to create for Houston County'. . . . . . . . 1250

To establish Rood Board for Houston County........ 1250

C'OMl\UTTEE APPOINTMENTs-

Oliver and .James to Penitt>ntiary Committee (See Errata) 395

Wimberly to Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

396

McLendon to Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

572

Atwood, Arnold of Henry, Lee of Wilkinson, and

Ennis to State Sanitarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

820

Ennis to Penitentiary ._.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

820

COMMITTEES, SPECIAL-

To escort Speaker to Speaker's Stand..............

8

To escort Clerk to Clerk's Desk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

To select Chapl-ain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17

To notify Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18

To arr\lnge for ina~guMl ceremonies............... ' 18

To investigate legality of election of members of

Blackley and Wheeler Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

147

To confer with Senator Smith relative to date of ad-

dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

324

To communicate with Senator Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . .

415

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To notify Governor that General Assembly was ready to adjourn .................................
On Western & Atlantic Railroad ................. On text-books ................................. On civil and criminal procedure

1284 1302 1302 1302

COMMITTEES, ST.AJ.~DING-

Academy for the Blind ........................... . 207 :W8

Amendments to Constitution ...................... .

208

Appropriations .................................. .

208

Auditing ...................................... .

209

Banks and Banking .......................... .

209

Conservation .................................... .

209

Corporations .................................... .

210

Counties and County Matters ...................... .

210

Education ...................................... .

210

Engrossing ............................... .

211

Enrollment ...................................... . ~11 27(1

Excuse of Members

211

Game and Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

:!12

General Agriculture No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

212

General Agriculture No. 2 . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .

~12

General Judiciary No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2l3

General Judiciary No ::: ........................... .

213

Georgia School for The Deaf ...................... .

2H

Georgia State Sanitarium ................ , . . . . .... .

214

Halls and Rooms ............... : . ................ .

~15

Hygiene and Sanitation ........................... .

215

Insurance ....................................... .

215

Invalid Pensions nnd Soldiers Home ................ .

:H-3

Journals ........................................ .

21tj

labor and Labor Statistics ....................... .

216

~Ianufacturers ..... : . ............................ .

216

Military affairs .................................. .

216

Mines and Mining ................................ .

217

.:O.hmicipal Government ........................... .

217

Penitentiary ..................................... .

2li

Pensions ....................................... .

218

Prhileges and Elections ........................... .

218

Privileges of the Floor ............................ .

218

Public Highways ................................. .

219

Public Library .................................. .

219

Public Printing .................................

219

Public Property .............................

219

Railroads .............................

220

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Reformatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

220

Rule8 ..... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 220

Speeial .Juuiciary .... .-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

221

Temperance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

221

University of Georgia and its Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

221

Ways and Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

222

Western and Atlantic Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

222

COM,MON CARRIERS (See Railroads & Street Railway Cos.)-

COMMUNICATION&-

From Board of Lady Managers of Home for old women

148

From Comptroller General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

429

From Senator Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

622

From Senator Kern to Senator Bacon

625

CONORESSIONAL DISTRICT&-

To amend Aet to reapportion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

298

CONSEHVA TIONTo encourage growth of Pine Fmests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 671

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMEN!f&-

To amend Article 11, Section 1, Paragraph 2, County of

Candler ............................... (See new Counties)

To amend Article 5, Section 1, relative Lieutenant

Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 936

To amend Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, relative

to County Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 416

To put in force amendment to Article 7, Section 1,

Paragraph 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

131

To amend Article 11, Section 1, relative to new counties 132

To put in force amendment exempting farm products

from taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 305

To amend Article 6, Section 11, Paragraph 1, to abolish

Solicitor General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

135

To amend Article 7, Section 1, relative to tax levy. . . . . .

136

To put on force amendment relative to pensions . . . . . . 136 307

To amend Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 4, relative to

eleetol'!l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 932

To amend so as to authorize General Assembly to legis

late relati_ve to compensation of certain officers. . .

138

To amend so as to ab'olish office of Solicitor General..

140

To amend so as to authorize counties to pay pensions..

188

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To amend Article 7, Se<otion 7, relative to bonded indeb-

tedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

191

To amend Article 5, Section 1, relative Executive De-

partment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 936

To amend Article 3, Section 5, relative to presiding offi-

cer of Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 936

To amend relative to formation of new counties . . . . . .

244

To amend Article 7, Section 1...................... 247

To amend so as to increase number of Senatorial Dis-

tricts ..

262 552

To put in force amendment to pay pensions ......... .

293

To amend so as to levy pro rata advalorem tax for

schools ......................... 339 419 901 978 979 1051

To amend so as to levy pro rata advalorem tax for pen-

sion.'( ................................... 339 416 984 1052

To amend so as to levy special tax for 1915 and 1916,

339, 552 902 1014

To amend relative to creating new counties . . . . . . . . . .

363

To amend Artiele 7, Section 13, Paragraph 1, relative

to W. & A. Railroad .......................... 133 359 397

To amend Constitution as to bonded debt . . . . . . . . . . . .

427

To amend so as to pay school teachers promptly . . . . . .

536

To amend so as to allow counties to levy S<'hool tax. . . . 536 553

To change Article 5, Section 2, Paragraphs 2, 3, 4,

relative to salary of State House officials..........

580

To amend to pay pensions to Confederates ........-.

601

To amend so as to pay pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

604

To amend relative to creation of new counties . . . . . . .

633

To amenrl Constitution relative to payment of teachers

683

To amend so that general laws shall be uniform . . . . . .

758

To put in force amendment to pay pensions..........

878

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-

To provide for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30

To investigate necessity for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

146

CONTRACTs-

To provide for registration of farm laborers

137

CONVICTS (See Road Laws and Bridges)-

To pay certain convicts a daily wage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

265

To prescribe manner of apportioning among counties..

683

CONVICT MADE g<)OD8-

To require to be labelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

248

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INDEX

CORPORATIONS, Mu.NWIPAL-

To incorporate Chickamauga ...................123 571 589

To incorporate Danielsville ..................... 129 571 59Q

To repeal Act incorporating Danielsville ........ -.129 571 590

To amend Act incorporating Americus ............ 133 418 528

To amend Act to protect sinking funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

142

To amend Acts incorporating Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 361

To incorporate Clermont ........................ 189 361 385

To provide remedy for excessive valuations by . . . . . . . .

189

To create o:ffiee of Recorder for LaGrange ........ 190 306 322

To repeal Act to incorporate Lakeview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

200

To repeal Act providing protection for sinking fund of

202

To incorporate town of Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

225

To incorporate ]deansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 418 529

To amend Act incorporating Unadilla ............ 246 361 392

To incorporate Comer ...................... 260 417 529 899

To repeal Act incorporating Comer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 417 529

To incorporate Box Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 358 390

To incorporate Kramer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 417 530

To repeal Act incorporating Lakeview ........... 293 7i4 813

To incorporate Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 5il 59:!

To amend Acts incorporating West Point ........ 371 616 651

To amend Acts incorporating Unadilla ......... .405 617 652

To amend Act to mcorporate Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 775

To incorporate Mauk ......................... .425 572 591

To amend Act to incorporate Ocilla .............. 425 617 655

To create civil service commission for Augusta ..... 567 618 654

To amend to incorporate Royston ............... 603 776 803

To provide for primary elections in Savannah .... 605 648 693

To amend an Act to incorporate Pineview . . . . . . . . 632 773 800

To incorporate Robertstown .. : ................. 661 843 884

To incorporate Helen ..........................686 844 886

To incorporate Aline (See Errata) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 773 801

To amend Acts incorporating Marietta . . . . . . . . . . 703 959 1002

To amend Acts' incorporating Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . .

703

To amend Act incorporating Lavonia ........... 734 779 807

To incorporate Reno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 934 965

To incorporate Rentz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 934 962

To amend Acts to incorpoMte :Marietta ... 760 846 937 1252

To incorporate Wesley .......................... 761 934 962

To amend to incorporate Swainsboro ............. 761 935 963

To repeal Act to incorporate Osierfield . . . . : . . . . . 7&8 960 1001

To repeal Acts incorporating Manchester and to incor-

porate College Park . . . . . ................... 789 846 887

To amend Acts incorporating Dalton ..... , .... 789 935 965

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To provide Commission Form of Government for

Columbus ................................... 792 935 967

To amend Act to incorporate Alston ............ 878 999 1048

To amend Act to incorporate Scotland ............ 878 935 963

To incorporate Geneva ......................... 879 999 1048

To repeal Act to incorporate Brooks . . . . . . . . . . 953 1000 1049

To amend Act amending Acts incorporating Rome.....

989

To incorporate Waverly Hall ....................1158 1251

To amend Act amending an Act to incorporate Kenne-

saw ....... ~........... 1251

CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE-

To require to audit aft'airs annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

363

To permit Judges to grant powers in vacation . . . . . . . .

584

To regulate the rights, po:wers, etc., of aliens and

corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

424

COSTS AND FEES (See Ordinaries)-

To prohibit paying . insolvent cost bills from general

-funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

123

To provide for collection of attorney's fees in mortgage

notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 741

To :fix cost in action for recovery of personalty . . . . . . .

230

To repeal Act providing for payment of certain insol-

vent costs" ................................ 312 382 554 To requne State House oft'ieial~ to make statement of

fees to Comptroller General . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 616

To make it unlawful for ordinaries _to charge fees on

Pensions . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . ..

365

To abolish fees in certain counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1071

CO. TTON. . AND C.OTTON SEED-

To establish a basis of trade in cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18&

To regulat& ginning of cotton ...................... ;

284

of To require purchasers seed cotton to keep record .... 605 777

COTTON DUCK-:'To regulate manufacture and sale of

312 775

COUNTIES AND COUN'fY -MATTERs-

To change county site of Murray County .......... 133 525 619

To authorize county authoritiei! to appoint police .138 932 1066
'ro all~w county authorities to appoint police ......... 196 959

T~ fix- salaries of county- t:teaiinrera .......-_. . . . . . . . . .

255

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INDEX

To provide for payment of a>etual expenses in bringing

back fugitives from justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 933

Relative to vacant lands in Uhatham ............ 335 648 888

To provide extra tax levy in Catoosa Uounty . .405 646 693 900

To allow county authorities to fix requirements for pow-

der magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

406

To abolish County Treasurer for Emanuel County. . . .

632

To eons'olidate offices of Tax Conector and Tax Re-

ceiver of Emanuel County ........... ; . . . . . . . . . .

633

To create custodian of funds for Emanuel County ... . .

634

To authorize to support the poor .... : ........ : . . . . . . 424

To authorize counties to iBBue bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 710

COUNTY LINE8-

To provide for change

199

COUNTY POLICE (See Counties and County Matters)-

COUNTY TREASURERS (See Counties and County Matters)-

To fix salaries of Uounty Treasurer ...... : . . . . . . . . . . . 255 359

To abolish office of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342

To abolish office of County Treasurer for Emanuel

County . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

632

COURTS, CHILDREN'S (See Code amendments Section 887)-

COVRTS, COUNTY AND UITY-

To amend Act creating City Court of Miller County 134 305 391

To repeal Act creating City Court of Jackson 140 842 896 1128

To repeal Act establishing City Court of Flovilla .. 142 773 808

To repeal Act to establish City Court of Hall County. .

189

To abolish City Court of Pulaski ................ 197 551 574

To repeal Act. to establish City Court of Mon~oo :. . . . .

200

To amend Act to establish City Court of .Camilla .. 229 551 572

To repeal .Act to establish City Court of Douglas 243 306 333

To repeal Act to create City Court of Quitman .. 245 361 420 973

To repeal Act to establish City Court of Abbeville 267 337 393

To amend Act to create City Court of Springfield .. 283 382 421

To amend Act to establish City Court of Monroe .. 295 382 421

To amend Act to establi'!h City Court of Valdosta 334 552 573

To establish City Court of Marietta .... , ...... , . . . .

334

To amend Act. to create City Court of Houl!ton .... 35.5 420 533

To repeal Act to create City Court of Ocilla .... 371 616 650

To establish City Court of Irwin County ........371 616 651

To abolish City Court of Jeff Davis ......... : ... .426 775 808

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To amend Act to create City Court of Dublin .... 543 775 809

To amend Act to create City Court of Pelham ........ 543 775

To create City Court of Hazlehurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 775 808

To amend Act to create City Court of Sylvania .. 56'6 776 809

To amend Act to establish City Court of M.adison .. 601 776 810

To amend Act to provide election for Solicitor of Put-

nam County ................................. 633 777 810

To provide manner of paying insolvent costs of City

Court of Richmond County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

633

To repeal Act creating City Court of Pembroke .. 634 777 811

To establish County Court of Bryan County .. 634 778 811 1124

To create City Court of Gray .................... 662 778 799

To amE'ntl Act to establish City Court of LaGrange 686 778 813

To repeal County Court Act for Jones County .... 686 778 799

To abolish City Court of Blakely ................ 758 844 899

To amend Act to establish City Court of Lexington 791 845 896

'l'o repeal Act to establish City Court of Baxley .... 792 845 897

To amend Act creating City Court of Athens .... 824 935 966

To repeal Act to establish City Court of Tiften

1158

COURTS, JUSTICE OF PEACE, ETC.-

To abolish in Macon .......................... .405 933 968 To abolish in Atlanta ..........................581 710 812

COURTS, SUPREME AND SUPERIOR-

To change time of holding JohDBon Superior Court 137 204 332

To allow judges ~o mold sentences ......... . . . . . ... . 188 337

To provide four terms of Hall Superior Court . . . . . . . .

189

To provide four terms of Pulaski Superior Court .. 198 551 573

To wescribe salaries of Judges of Superior Courts.....

199

To provide four terms of Walton Superior Court . . . . .

200

To provide quarterly terms of Wilkes Superior Court . .

230

To provide fouor terms of Coffee Superior Court 243 306 333

To provide four terms of Wilcox Superior Court .. 263 337 393

To chiUlge time of holding Irwin Superior Court .. 264 337 392

To provide four terms Troup Superior Court .... 311 552 572

To change time of holding Muscogee Superior Court. . . 543 618

To provide four terms Walker S"\lperior Court ........ 551 574

To change time of holding Hart Superior Court .. 603 777 810

To abolish terms of Superior Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

602

To hold four terms of Franklin Superior Court . 759 844 896

To provide four terms of Appling Superior Court 791 845 897

To change time of holding Oglethorpe Superior Court,

791 845 897

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To provide four terms of Madison Superior Court 879 935 964

Relative to motion of rehearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

913

CRIMINAL LAWS (See Practice and Procedure)-

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS-

To further prevent

261

D

DEAD ANIMALS-

To require burial of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

245

DEEDS, MORTGAGES, ETC.-

To validate witnessing, attestation, etc., of execution of

deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

580

DEPUTY PENSION COMMISSIONER (See Constitutional Amendments)-

DETECTIVEs-

Prom giving evidence except under oath

733

DIVORCE&-

To regulate granting of

282

DOGsTo provide right of action against one killing a dog. . . 266-842

DOVES (See Ganie and Fish)DRAINING-
To drain swamp lands

....
914

DRUGsro create Commissioner of Drugs .......... 265 380 681 1018

DRUNKARDs-

To commit to Ga. State Sanitarium

131

DUCKTOWN, TENN.-

Resolution relative to . : ................ 343 381 561 579 853

For relief of State against certain copper companies .. '

585

To authorize to enter agreement with Ducktown S. C.

& I. Co., .................................. 892 1000 1242

INDEX

1329

E

EDUCATIONAL (See Boards of Education)-

ELECTION AND ELECTION LAWS (See Registration)-

Providing for special election of United States Senator,

25, 123 130

Election of Governor declared oooooooooooooooo0 ooo0 o 125

Election of Secretary of State declared ooo . . . . . . 125

Election of Comptroller General declared ooo. . . . . . . . .

125

Election of Treasurer declared .................. , .

125

Election of Attorney General declared .. 1 o......... o 125

To create permanent qualification book .......... 138 932

To protect purity of. ballot .. oo.....................

143

To provide for holding primary ... o. . . . . . 0

193

To proYide B"ecret ballot for Augusta .. oo..... 0 .280 741 781

7o provide how eertain election contests shall be beard 283

To provide for election of Tax Receivers .. oo.. o ooo. 311.

To provide for primary in Savannah o. oo.. o.605 648 693 1133

To provide for election U. So Senators by the people 757 793 1013

ELK (See Game and Fish)-

EMBALMING (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-

EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEEs-

To provide for adjU8tment of difficulties o....... o0 0

194

To define liability .. o. . . . . . . . . . o. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 297 933

ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN, STATIONARY-

To amend Act to create Board of Examiners

29i

EVIDENCE (See Detectives)-

EXECUTION-

To provide permanent place for ..... oo......... o. .

229

To establish permanent place for .. 0 0 o.......... o. .

269

EXECUTIONs. To be liens on lands only in county where recorded. o. o 135 646

EXECUTOR-
To prohibit executor of deceased executor from becoming representative of original estate oo... o, . . . . . 735 934

EXPERIMENT STATION (See Appropriationa)-

To establish in South Georgia ... o... o.... o..... o.

28

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To set. aside Act ('reating Experiment. Station. . . . . . . . .

633

ro remove to South Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 999

EXPLOSIVE&-

To regulate transportation of

229 774

F

FACTORIES (See Lahor and Labor Statisties)-

FEES (See Costs and Fees)-

FELONIE&-

To preseribe .mmrnmm punishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

246

To define certain Acts as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

535

FEMALES (See White Slave Traffic). .Judges to_ sentence to barracks for misdemeanors .... 878 1046

FRATERNAL SOCIETIE&To re~rulate

534 959

G GAME AND FISH-

To regulate meshes of seines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 614

To prohibit killing elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 551

To amend Act to protect game animals and birds. . . . . . 192 551

To repeal Act amending Act to protect game animal

and birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 552

To amend Act relative to killing squirrels ........ 225 417 848

To amend game law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

229

To allow citizens of Towns County to kill squirrels....

267

To amend Act establishing department . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

338

To amend Act for protection of Animals, birds and 1lsh 339 740

To ehange season for doves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

580

To prote('t oyster industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 61~

To eateh fi.sh in Warren and Glascock County ..... 824 1047 1143

To prot.e('t fish in DeKalb County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

952

To prohibit seining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070

GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER-

TO" elect .................. ; .. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

912

GARNISHMENT-

To prevent illegal issuance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

602

INDEX

1331

GAS.CO.MPA.NIES (See Railroads, ete.)-

GWSOLINE. T9 amend A<t to regulate sale .................. 224 647 1097

GEORGIA INFIRMARY-

To repeal Aet to assist ........................ 791 960 1003

GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR DEAF (See Aeademy for Deaf)-

GF..ORGIA STATE SANITARIUM-

To ehange nanw .................................. 293 846

To abolish Treasurer of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

425

(10V ERNOR 'S MANSION (See Publie Property)-

GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE-

To authorize students to reeeive teachers' licenses (See

Errata) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .

891

GUNS (See Weapons)-

H

HEADLIG.HTS, ELECTRIC (See Railroads)-
;
HEALTH (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-

'HiGHWAYS (See Roarl Laws and Bridges)-
s,
HOMESTEAP8-

To define migratory homesteader

196

HOTEL INSPECTORTo create office of ....................... :. 365 572

HOTELS, INNS, BOARDING HOUSEs-

To compel screening of . . . . . . . . . . . .

201

To equip with fire escapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

311

To require rates to be posted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

312

To require to keep doors and windows screened

953

HUSBAND & WIFE-

To make misdemeanor for failure to support wife. . .

879

JbGIENE AND SANITATIONTo regulate occupation of barber

142 380

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To revise health laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 933 To .require sanitation of bakeries, etc .............. 312 419 To amend Act to establish State Board of Embalmmg 314 To inspect slaughter houses, meat markets, etc. . . . . . . 584 672

I

INDUSTRIAL HO~E (Training Schools)To establish for girls ................ 26 361 397 1190 1282

INJUNCTIONS-

To authorize citizens to bring for suppression of certain

misdemeanors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

JXSANE PERSONS-
To provide additional methods of adjudging . . . . . . . . . 298 418 To ghe right to wahe ten days notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 709

INSURANCE-

To provide manner of withdrawing securities on deposit,

27 306 324

To require holders to return cash value of policies for

taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 396 727

To amend Act to create Irururance Department. . . . . . 267 397

To prohibit fire insurance companies from issuing

polieies under other names than their own corpora-

tion ............................ ...............

294

To regulate Life Insurance Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

824

INTEREST-

To make legal rate 11ix per cent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

265

INVESTMENT CO.MPANir.

To define term of ............... ; . . . . . . . . . .

137

INVITATIONS-

To visit Ellijay

149

To \isit Athens

204

To \"isit Br~mswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

240

From Dr. Geo. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

253

To visit Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

273

INDEX

1333

J
JAILSTo provide for inspection of To provide for inspection of

194 551 261 552

JOINT SESSIONS-

To canvass returns of Gubnatorial eleetion . . .. . . . . . . .

124

To inaugurate the Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

150

To bear addresses of Myrick and Jones..............

398

To hear address of Senator Hoke Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . .

562

Too canvass returns of special election for U. S. Senator 596

JUDGES (See Salaries)-

To prescribe duties of .Judges of Superior Courts

292

To add additional judge to Atlanta Circuit ...... 363 419 531

To grant corporate pliwers in vacation ........ 0

584

To provide for rotation of Superior Court . . . . . . . . . . .

535

JUDGMENTS (See Trials)-

JUDICIAL CIRCUITS-

To rearrange Albany and Cordele Circuits ...... 131 336 387 To rearrange Augusta and Middle Circuits 135 343 381 422 972 To transfer Wilkinson from Ocmulgee to Dublin Circuit,
313 382 532

JURIES-

To revise Jury list ........ o.......... o........... . 146 615

To authorize Grand Juries to employ stenographer... .

295

To amend Acts relating to Grand Jn:ries.......... .

732

J:.:V....R. ORs-:-

To prescribe qualifications of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

247

To provide bow shall be drawn . . . .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . .

269

JURY COMMISSIONE~

To provide for appointment of

262

K
KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS (See Schools and School Laws)-
KNUCKS, B:RABS (See Weapons)-

1334

INDEX

r..

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS-

To regulate employment of Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 418

To require factories, etc., to ventilate property . . . . . . . 195 307

To regulate employment of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

427

LANDLORD AND TENANT-
To make penal sale of fertilizers, food, ete., furnished to landlords and croppers ........................ 197 525

LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU'fo establish ................................ 298 1046 1278

LEWD HOUSES (See Femal~)To restrain keepers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 823

LIDRARY (See Public Library)-

LIENS (See F;xeeutions)-

LlEUTENANT llOVJ:Rl\OR (See Constitutional amend ments)-
To provide for election of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 936

LHfETo fix weight of barrel

202 397

LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LAWS-

To prohibit shipment from other states...............

132

LIVE STOCK-

To regulate collection of d111111ages when killed by

Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . .

181

To require State Veterinarian to examine........... 193 308

To encourage raising cattle ........ ...... ;194 380 1148

LOBBYINGAo amend Aet to prohibit ...................... 681 710 906

LOCOMX>TIVES (See Railroads, etc.)-

e

MciNTOSH, GEN. WILLIAM-

To erect monument ........ , ........... .:; . . . . . .

634

INDEX

1335

MANSION, EXECUTIVE (See Public Property)-

MAP8-To provide books for recordation ......-.... 913 960 1066 1099

MARRIAGE LICENSE-

To regulate the issuance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

244

'fo regulate granting of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

264

MEAT MARKETS (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-

~tEMBER8--

Certified list of from Secretary of State. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Sworn in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

Sworn in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

130

MEDICINE AND MEDICAL EXAMINERs-
To regulate practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 380 To regulate itinerant vending of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 420

METHODIST CHURCH, PERRY, GA.To sell real estate ................'.............. 543 671 694

MESSAGES, EXECUTIVE-
Of Gov. Joa. M. Brown............................ 31 108 Ot Uovc .Tohn M. Slaton ........ 711 826 838 929 980 997 1108
1146 1166 1188 1261 1277

MESSAGE~ SENATEr-
15 16 107 147 232 254 259 304 321 362 366 379 415 416 540 569 586 587 614 643 674 676 702 738 739 771 796 797 838 839 841 902 903 927 928 948 954 998 999 1M1 1042 1043 1052 1074 1077 1078 1104 1105 1106 1107 1145 1146 1165 1198 1199 1229 1243 1245 1259 1260 1200 1275 1276 1284 1285 1287 1288 1289 1302 1303

MILITARY AFFAIRs--

To appoint joint committee to' investigate Augusta riot

146

MilNOR CHILDREN-

Relative to cnstody aD.d control of ......... _..... 733 934 1185

MISDEMEANORS-

To allow persons accused by warrant of, to be tried

upon accusation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

141

1336

INDEX

To authorize Solicitor Generai 'to prefer aeeusation....

248

To try easeil upon aceusation by Solicitor General

268

MONUMENTs-

To .James Milton Smith . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .

249

To Gen. William Meintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

634

MORTGAGEs-

To return for taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

913

N

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTs-

To make uniform

912

NEW COUNTIEs-

To ereate County of Ca11dler .............. 26 361 397 576 536

To ereate- County of Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

To create (',ounty of Barrow ...................... 30 206 325

To create County of Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30

To create County of Treutlen (See Errata) ...... 135 550

To create County of Hardeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 551

To create County of Tate ................... ~ .. . . . . 225 671

To create County of Northen . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .

243

To create County of Griggs .................... 244 525

To create County ef Norwood . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. .. . . .. .

248

To create County of Stonewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

249

To create County of Atkinson . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . 249' 518

To create County of Hansell ................... 266 1045

To create County. of Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

266

To create County of Hansell .........:.. .. . . . .. .. .

268

To create- County of James . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

299

To create County of Lamar . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . 342

NEWSPAPERs-

To To

prQhibit untrue advertisements ..... require disbursing o1ficers to publish

.i.n..n.e.w.sp.a.p.e.r.s

135

5!15

quarterly itemized statements ......... ~.........

136.

To regulate manner of selecting oft'ieial ..... : ...... 201

NOTARIES PUBLIC To allow deeds, etc., to be attested by ............

INDEX

1337

0

OCM.ULGEE RIVERTo prevent the pollution of waters of . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 843 938

OPTOMETRYTo establish a Board of Examiners .............. 143 403 727

ORDINARIES (See Costs and Fees)-

To provide payment of pension fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 381

To provide for issuing licenses,. etc..................

20il

To increase powers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

231

To pay certain per cent of near beer tax to..........

338

To authorize ordinaries to order Sheriffs to visit houses

of ill repute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

365

ORGANIZATION-

Ualled to order by Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Election of Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

Election. of Clerk . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

Election of Speaker pro tern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19

Election of Messenger ........ , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

Election of Doorkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23

Appointment of Chaplain ................~ . . . . . . . . .

31

Appointment of Postmistress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.31

OXFORD & COVINGTGON STREET R. R. CO. (See Appropriations)-

OYSTERS (See Game and Fish)-

p

PAINTS AND OILS-

To prevent deception in

195

. PARK coMMISSIONTo establish for Waycross

761 844 886

PEDDLERS-

To impose lieense tax ................. ~ . . . . . . . . .

913

PENSION DEPARTMENT-

.To pay salaries monthly ........ '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342

1338

INDEX

PI<;NSION8-

'ro pay J. \V. Harrell .............................

146

To pay Mrs. S. E. Glynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

203

To pay Mrs. Mary Brannen ....................... . 203 740

To provide for payment of ....................... .

268

To pay pension to widows of Ex-Governors ........... .

294

To pay pension to H. W. Van Riper ................ .

335

To pay pension to Martha Reed ............... .

585

PENSONAI~ PRIVILEGE-

Mr. Hopkins of Thomas

223

PERSONAL PROPERTYTo allow owners of to foreelose

10i0

PHYSICIANs-

To revoke license of certain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

294

PINE FORESTS (See Conservation)-

PISTOLS (See Weapons)-

POWDER MAG~.ZINES (See Counties and County Matters)-

PRACTICE AND PIWCEDURE (See Trials)-

To give State and defense equal number of strikes. . . .

227

To regulate pral'tice in Superior Courts..............

245

To abolish fictitious pleadings in ejectments........

247

To give State and defense equal number of strikes...

245

To allow defen<lant to be sworn in his behalf . . . . . . . . 269 535

To regulate pra...tiee of presenting exceptions . . . . . . . .

341

To allow judges to mold sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 337

To allow acl'used in criminal cases to be sworn. . . . . . . .

195

To provide for service of bills of exception. . . . . . . . . .

687

PRISON COMMISSION-
To increase salary of ...................... 145 336. 367 393
PROSPECTORS, .MINERS, ETC.-
To provide remuneration for when finding mineral on Ian~ .of others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 999

PUBLIC BONDED DEBTTo i88ue bonds to pay oft'

682 710

INDEX

1339

PUBLIC DEFENDER-

To authorize appointment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

247

PUBLIC PRINTING-
300 copies of House Bill No. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 copies of General Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 300 copies of Report adopting new rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 copies House Bill No. 6........................ To create Superintendent of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 copies Commissioner of Drugs bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 eopies House Bill No. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 copies House Bill No. 222 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 copies House Bill No. 470 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 copies Wright substitute No. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 copies Governor's Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

366 557 561 596 606 681 699 699 793 820 1150

PUBLIC PROPERTY-

To sell or exchange Governor's Mansion .............. 283 895

R

RAILROAD COM:i\USSION-
To abolish grade crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 773 To employ inspector of railroads .................... 198 842

RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAY COS.-

To allow to grant free transportation Sheritfs ..... , .

138

To repeal charter of Irwinton Railway Co ........... .

196

To provide for sale of unclaimed freight. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 842

To prohibit erection of obstructions neaT railroad

traek1il .................. .......................

226

To require sign boards to be erected ................ 229 774

To reqtiire notice of carrier before undelivered freight

is sol1 ....................................

230

To regulate service on street ears...............

256

To preseribe number of employees on passenger trains ..

262

To relocate tracks, etc....................... .

280 774

Relative to Electric Cos. owning Gas Cos............ .

341

To p'reaeribe number of employees on passenger trains 682

A. tJv.'& N. to purchase or lease tracks of Southern Rail

way & Ga. Term. Co. . .......................... .

789

Require sheds for repairing ears ................... .

891

Reqnirf' locomotives to hae electric headlights ..... . 1250

INDE:.X::

REPORMATORIE8---

To amend Act creating Ga. State Reformatory. . . . . . . .

202

REGISTRATION LAWS (See Election and Election Laws)-

To create a permanent qualification book ........ 138 417. 1189

To provide for permanent registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

228

To amend registration laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

255

To provide for special registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

269

To provide permanent registration in certain cities. . . . 363 419

To limit time of registering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

603

RJ<;LlEF-

Of S. .J. Cartledge .............................. 193 420 527

Of Wm. B. Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

248

Of M.J. Dolan and J. W. Seals ........ , ........... 299 779

Of J. A. Perry et al . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

584

Of R. L. Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 1079

Of Mrs. W. E. Stubbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1118

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES (Special)-

Of Committee to notify Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25

Of Committee to Select Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30

Of Committee on inauguration ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . .

127

Of Committee on legality of election of members from

Bleekley and Wheeler Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 250

Of Committee on "Cotton Tare" ..........._. . . . . .

235

Of Committee to confer with Senator Smith relative to

to datP of address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

394

REPORTS STANDING COMMI".M'EE8---

Aeademy for Blind ............................... .

Amendments to Constitution, 302 357 410 411 522 545 547 548 665 666 670 706 707 708 918 921 1039 1072
Corporations .. 302 318 406 568 593 667 .669 766 922 923 958 991

,Banks and Banking .... 284 317 374 610 670 828 830 1,226 1258

Conservation ..................................... 666 1086

Corporations ... : . 302 31 8 406 568 593 667 766 922 923 958 991

1037 1163

Counties and County Matters, 301 344 408 610 635 669 7-65 795

.''.'

829 830 955 997 1038 1041 1073 1201

Education, 285 347 373 413 548 638 639 642 704 794 795 832

918 993 1161

Engrossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

240

En'l"oliment, 563 761 784 837 881 931 949 959 1059 1060 1061

1229 1254 1290

INDEX

1341

Game and Fish .................... 545 609 735 832 1037 1118

General Agriculture No 1. ... 288 372 504 593 640 762 955 1227

General Agriculture No 2 ................ 346 523 613 7~4 994

General JudioeiBrj No 1, 286 317 374 521 613 641 705 736 925

957 1039 1J62 1200 1201 1227

General Judiciary No 2, 285 316 357 409 520 594 636 737 833

919 956 990 1160

Georgia School for Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

708

Georgia State Sanitarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 414 766 834 917

Hygiene and Sanitation, 375 412 567 667 734 832 924 1037 1161

Insurance ............................ 300 377 957 1165 1202

Inva1id Pensions and Soldier's Home................ 1255

Labor and Labo-r Statistics ................ 271 348 407 1165

Manufactures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

767

Military Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 956 995 1225

Mines and Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

994

Municipal Government, 345 407 413 609 763 8& 921 992 995

1163 1228

Penitentiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 348 547 829 919 1073 1255

Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 376 636 737

Privileges and Eleetions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

411

Privileges of Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

272

Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 1037 1163

Public P.rinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

993

Public Property ................................... 736 892

Raih-oads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 834 835 1164

Reformatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

700

Rules, 207 257 320 395 401 557 726 910 939 1009 1037 1074 1104

1150 1202 1274

Special .Tudieiary, 287 319 378' 549 607 768 769 836 926 900 1160

University of Georgia and Its Branches.............

315

Ways and Means .... 356 376 409 569 592 612 640 68f 707 990

1040 1258

Western and Atlantic Railroad .................... 356 1200

REPORTS, MINORITY-
On House Bill No. 36 ............................ ,.. On House Bill No. 105............................. On House Bill No. 6............................... On charter of Ma.rietta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Medical Pr81Ctiee Bill, Senate Bill No"104........ On House Bill No. 376, County Commissioners for CJa.rke ................... ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On House Bills Nos. 716 and 717................... On House Resolution No. 45........................

349 728 862 1003 1019
1083 1120 1141

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INDEX

On Ho118e Resolution No. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On House Bill No. 6...............................

1304 1306

REPORTS SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF' APPEALS-
To provide for publication .......................... 137 525 To furnish to Ordinary of Colquitt County.......... 585 1158

ROAD LAWS AND BRIDGES-

To establish highway from Chatham to Camden County,

26 335 366 428

To establish Public Highway Commission ........ 29 1045

To amend Act to provide for future employment of

convicts on publiil Roads ........................137 932

Road obstructions to be removed at expense of county 199

To permit Taylor County to hold election on Alterna-

tive Road Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

228

To employ conviets on Trunk Liqe Roads . . . . . . . . . . 733 1252

s

SALARIES-

Of Insuranee Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 256 275

Of Superior Court Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

199

Of Superior Court .Judges ......................... 292 709

Of Pension_ Department paid monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342

Of second Assistant Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 553 1101

Of .Judge City Court of Maeon increased ......... .404 742 780

Of .Judge Bibb Superior Court ................. .425 710 742

SALES OF GOODS-

To make uniform

953

SAW DUST-

To prohibit floating in RtreamR

143

SCHOOL DTSTRTCT8-

To make farm sebools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 360

Camilla school distriet .......................... 298 798 847

Manner of incurring indebtednes~< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

583

Davisboro Sebool Distriet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 710 753

Appointment of Trustees ........................... 632 843

S('HOOLS A:"<D SCHOOL LAWS (See Text Book Commission)-
Compulsory Educ-ation ..... , ..................... . 141

INDEX

1343

Amend Act revising school laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 418

Use of school fund for summer schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

191

Pension lady teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

202

Revise school laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

244

Compulsory attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

264

System for Canton ............................. 281 647 691

Amend Act 1evising school laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

292

(Jhange scholastic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

294

Syste{ll for l<~astman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 419 532

Amend Act revising school laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

341

Hepe11l system for Ocilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 553 575

J<Jstablish system for Ocilla ...................... 355 553 574

Kindergarten schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

583

Systrm for Waycross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 778

Compulsory attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

682

System for Scotland ............................. 878 935 963

SCHOOL TEACHERs-

To provide prompt payment

312

SEEll-

To be branded when sold

582

SEINES (See Game and Fish)-

SLAUGHTER HOUSES (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-

SMITH, JAMES MILTONMonument to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

249

SOLICITOR GENERAL (See Constitutional Arnendment)-

To abolish fee system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

260

SOI<''r DRINKS (See Coca-Cola)-

Li<ense to sell .......................... ~ . . . . . . . . .

291

SQUIRRELS (See Game and Fish)STREI<~T RAILROADS (See Railroads, etc.)-

T

TAXES AND TAX LAW8-

To provide for inheritance tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 380 1010

To provide for assessing commutation tax . . . . . . . . . . . .

26

To Pqnalize assi'Silment of property for taxation .... 27 416 753

781 785 817 862 1204

t344

INDEX

ro provide for inheritance tax ..................... .

28

'l'o provide committee to revise tax laws ............. .

30

To pro\'ide for State and County Boards of Assessors ..

133

To assess occupation tax .......................... .

145

'l,o le,y income tax ............................... . 145 571

To fix commissions of tax collectors ................ .

198

To proviue for tax assessors ....................... .

228

To create Board of Tax Equalizers ................. .

262

TO permit county officers to levy sufficient taxes ... . 293 933

ro enable individuala to ship in ear load lots ........ . 313 648

To improse an inheritance tax ..................... .

339

To amend General Tax Act relative to moving picture

shows ......................................... .

365

To amen<! Section 12 of Tax Act ................... .

423

To amend General Tax Act ....................... .

423

To amend Gener.al Tax Act ....................... .

582

To provide for State Tax Agents

632 690

TAX COLLECTORS-

To fix commissions of, when collecting from public

service Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 648

To consolidate Tax CollNtor and Tax Receiver of

Emanuel County ....................... l. . . . . . . .

633

Tn make ex-officio Sheriffs ......................... 246 709

T" fix compensation of ............................ 535 843

'l'AX DISCOVERERTo provide for in each county (See Errata) .......... 364 933

TAX RECEIVERS (See Eledions)-

TELEPHON ~: AND TELEGRAPH COS.To require maintain union rentral station at junctions 340

TEXT BOOK COMMISSION-
To create for State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 646 To select text books ...................... 224 303 1062 1267

THERAPEUTIC&-

To regulate practice of

341

TRADE-

To prevent unfair practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

227

To prevent unfair discrimination ................... 249 741

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1345

TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR GIRLB-

To establish Georgia Training School for Girls

26 361

397 1190 1282

To authorize Georgia State Sanitarium to establish . . . 264 306

TRIALS .<See Practice and Procedure)-

To regulate procedure for new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 307

To allow prosecuting attorneys to amend indictments..

243

To regulate oral motions for new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

246

To declare how new trials may be granted . . . . . . . . . . .

260

v

VARNER HOTEL (indian Springs) (See Appropriations)-

VITAL STATISTICsTo provide registration of births and deaths

426 742

w
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTs-

To make uniform law

952

WARRANTsTo define office of search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 526

WEAPONS-

To prohibit having or carrying pistol or gun with less

than 16 inch barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

139

To punish persons carrying concealed pistols..........

142

To make it unlawful to sell pistol cartridges ....... :. i97 416

To regulate selling of pistols and cartridges . . . . . . . . . .

296

To make unlawful to earry brass knucks, et<>.. . . . . . . . .

424

WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.-

To amend Article 7, Section 13, Paragraph 1, relative

to W. & A. R. R. .........................133 359 397

To create commission to investigate lease of 144 360 1152 1280

To provide for lease of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

221

To appoint special agent for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

534

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC-

To prohibit pandering ..... ~.......................

247

To make it unlawful to carnally know certain females..

281

WOMEN:_

To give right to practice law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 615

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INDEX

PART II. IIOUSI<J RESOLUTIONS-

Providing joint committee to make inaugural arrange-

ments ........... ,.............................. .

16

Providing joint committee to notify Governor ....... .

16

To allow confederate soldiers to select their seats .......

17

Provij]ing that rules of last House remain the rules ... .

17

Provid.il!g a committee to select a chap~n ......... .

17

Providing a joint session of Generltl Assembly to can-

vass vote of ele~~tion for Governor and State House

officers ........................................

17

To appoint committee to investigate into legality of

election of members from Bleckley and :Wheeler

Counties ...................................... .

122

To provide drinking water for use of House ......... . 122 242

'fo invite investments into the State ................ .

123

To appoint eommission relative to agricultural interests

145

To appoint a joint committee on new counties ....... . 146 321

To create a commission on revision of penal system ... .

146



To invite Hon. H. ~Jyrick to address General Assembly 147 273

'fo amend rules relative to general bills on Friday .... 203 321

To appoint Committee of House and Senate to request

Gmernor to borrow $.'),000,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

203

To appoint committee on removal of the Georgia School

for Deaf ....................................... .

203

To investigate agricultural colleges .............. 204 308 349

To install electric fan in postoffice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

204

To abolish certain committees and to establish others..

207

To adjourn from Thursday until Monday . . . . . . . . . . . .

232

To- establish enrollment committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 257

To accord members-elect from Bleckley and Wheeler

Counties seats on :floor . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

255

Inviting Senator Smith to address Heneral Assembly . .

259

To extend use of Representative Hall to Suffragettes. . 260 300
a To canse new Great Seal to be made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 526

To consider no new county proposition this seBSion. . 270 321

To tweept invitation to visit Augusta ............... 274 303

To invite Senator Smith to addreBS General Ass~mbly

275

To instruct Committee not to report new county bills. . 283 321

To authorize Committee on Georgia School for Deaf to

visit in Vacation ..................... : . . . . . . . . . . 299 576

S:vmpathizing with l\Jr. Aj[in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

310

To pay expenses of Hon. T. H. Kimbrough . . . . . . 311. 895 1176

That no g{'neral bill ean be placed on passage by umini-

mous COnS{'nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3}5

1347

Relative to introduction of new matter . . . . . . . . . . . . .

335

To appoint committee on advisability of purchasing A.

B. & A. R. R. ...................... 342 359 398 429 541

Relative to differences between citizens of Georgia; and

certain corporations in Tenn ..... 343 381 561 579 853

To add names of Oliver and James to Committee on

Penitentiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 395

To appoint committee on cotton tare ............. 343 381

To appoint Committee on Tax Equalization . . . . . . . . . .

366

To provide joint session for Senator Smith 's address. .

394

To add Wimberly to Railroad Committee............

396

To invite Senator Bacon to address General Assembly..

414

To memo1ialize Congress to cede State certain lands in

Camden County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 742

To have chart of House made ......................

427

T() appoint Committee on Tax Equalization..........

518

To provide for joint session to canvass vote of special

election for United States Senator.................

570

To furnish Georgia Reports to Ordinary of Colquitt

County ......................................... 585 1158

Sympathizing with Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

589

Fixing hour of convening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

589

Directing how members of General Assembly be paid

in 1914 ....................................... 606 7!l~

Requesting Dr. A. M. Soule to answer charges . . . . . . . .

607 .

That certain State House officers report in writing of

fees l'Oilected . . . .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . . . 631 711

To postpone all new county bills until 1914............

634

To authorize the Governor to borrow ............ 635 690 1013

To allow national guard in Chatham County to do police

duty during auto races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 813

To request two U. S. Senators of Georgia to vote

against certain tariff amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 742

To defer action on General Appropriation Bill........

664

To endorse W. P. Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

664

To endorse Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 729

To instruct Temperance Committee to report Senate

Bill No. 8 ...................... 757 946 948 !175

Referring to civil and military authority . . . . . . . . . . . .

75!1

Relative to boll weevil ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

760

Authorize committee to visit University in vacation .... 792 1282

Authorize committee to visit State Sanitarium in

vacation ........................... 793 937 1182

Privileges of floor to Miss Evelyn Holtzclaw. . . . . . . . . .

822



1348

INDEX

Instructing Committee on Military Affairs to report

House Bills Nos. 18 and 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

825

Endorsing J. Lindsay Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

825.

To authorize Governor to enter into 2greement with

Ducktown S. I. & C. Co ...... : . ............. 894 1000. 1242

To fix afternoon sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

895

H; Jordan to /address General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

902

To establish Legislative Reference Bureau ......914 1046 1278

To appoint committee to investigate Augusta insurrection 1000

To authorize Penitentiary Committee to visit camps

in vacation ...............................1056 1079 1182

Sympathy with H. M. Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099

Relative to unfinished business of session 1913. . . . . . . . 1158

Relathe to .John C. Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251

To carry over unfinished business ................... 1251 1268

To bring up unfinished business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251

Request &>nate to return Senate Bill 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1274

To appoint committee to notify Governor about adjourn-

ment

1283

PART III.
SENATE BILLS.

B. BAKERIES, CANNERIES, ETC.-
Provide sanitation .......................... 1116 1170 1283

BOARDS OF EDUCATIONNotice of charges to be in writing

524 648

BOARD OF EXAMINERS (See Veterinary Examiners Part III)-
c
CHARTERS-
Pem1it .Judges to grant in vacation ..... ; ........ 664 711. 1265

CHARTERS MUNICIPAir--
To amend Chartt>r of Edison .................... 646 673 698 To ereate Charter for Macon .................. 880 1000 1050 To amend Charter of Arlington ................ 880 1001 1050 To -amend Charter of Forest Park ............ 917 1047 1085
CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.-
Unlawful to draw without funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159 1232

INDEX

1349

CODE AMJ<~NDMENT&--

To amend Sections 4424 and 4425, Code 1910......... 645 1047

To amend. Section. 2878, Code 1910 .. , , ...... , .. 711 ~ 1152

To amend Section 2626, Code 1910 .............. : .. 772 1203--

To amend Section 6134, Code 1910................ :..

880

To amend Sections 2135 and 2136, Code 1910 .... 916 961 1265

To amend Section 1079, Code 1910 ............ 954 1000 1234

To amend Section 1037, Code 1910................... 1071

To amend Section jl955, Code 1910.............1116 1170 1283

To amend Section 2166, Code 1910 ............ 11I'l 1204 1245

To amend Section 2571, Code 1910............ 1117 1170 1266

To amend Section 414, Code 1910 .............. 1159 1231 1271

To amend Section 2584, Code 1910 ........ 1159 1231 1243 1264

COMM,ERCE AND LABORAmend Act creating department .............. 1116 1170 1242

COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUEs-
To create for pbarlton County .................. 524 618 657
fo To amend Act Create for Ware County.... 644 790 849 1135
Monthly meetip.gs in Stewart County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 780 816 To create for Bullock County ..................687 1079 1122

COM!MON CARRIER (See Railroads Part i l l ) -

CONSTITTJTIONAL AMENDMENTS-

To exempt farm products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 779 1266 To abolish county treasurers ....................... 1035 1079

CONTRACTS, UNCONDITIONAL-

Render verdicts at appearance term................... 644-

CORPO;RATIONS MUNICIPAL-

Amend Act to incorporate Colquitt .............. 644 673 697

Incorporate Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 673 697

Amend Act to incorporate Colquitt ...............6'45 673 698

Am61ld Act .to incorporate Alamo ................ 646 673 698

Incorporate Lavonia ............................ 881 937 971

Amend Act to incorporate Blackshear .......... 917 1170 1233

To incorporate Marshallville ................. 1072 1171 1232

Amendment. Acts incorporating. Rome . . .. . . . . . . . . . .

1117

COUNTY TREASURER (See Constitutional Amendments Part III)-

1350

1NDEX

COURTS CITY AND COUNTY-
Amend Act cteating City Court of Jefferson ...... 524 618 657 Amend Act to create City Court of Jderson ... 524 618 657 Amend Act to create City Court of Fitzgerald .... 644 780 817 Amend Act to create City Court of Statesboro (See
Errata) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 780 817 Repeal Act to establish City Court of Vienna ... 645 798 849 Preseribe costs in City Court of Dublin .......... 880 937 971 Amend Aet to establish City Court of Oglethorpe 954 1079 1122 Amend Act to establish City Court of Lexington .... 9"54 1001
COURTS, SUPREME Al\TD SUPERIOR-
Change time of Oglethorpe Superior Court ............954 1001 TnereaRe terms of Paulding Superior Court ..'... 1117 1171 1233

D DEEDs-
To authorize execution of lost or destroyed

1072

DRAININGTo pro,ioe system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 1047 1269

E

ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS-

United States Senator by people.............1070 1204 1234

.I

F FEMALES-

Unlawful to take to lewd houses

1072

FOOD PUREPrevent adulteration ....................... 1116 1170 1273

I INSlJRANCE-
To regulAte Insurance Companies ............ 879 1169 1269 Amend Section 31 of Insurance Law ......... 1159 1231 1264

J
JUDGES (See Practice and Procedure Part III) (See Con tracts Part III)-
To mold sentences ....................... ; ... 825 937 1245

INDEX

1351

JURYTo revise jury lists ,.............................880 937 1267

'L

LEWD HOUSES (See Females Part !11)-

I..IQUOR AND LIQUOR LAW8-

'fo prohibit shipping into State

665

MEDICINETo regulate practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797 846 1018 1053
MILITARY APl<'AIR8Repeal Act relative to Governor calling out militia, 1203 1231 1272 Regulate manner of calling out militia ...... 120a 1232 1273.

N NOTARIES PUBLIC-
To appoint for State at large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1115

p PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-
To regulate inanner of sentencing persons ........ 916 960 1245

R
RAILROAD fOMMISSIONER-
'fim!l Ii!llit on c;mlers -: . .:-.-_. .......... . 772 1203
RAILROADsTo erect union passenger depots .................... 734 846 To give notice befor!l selling une_laimed freight . . . . . . . . 772 1203 To erect sign board& ........................ 1116 1203 1268
REGISTRATIONPermanent registration for votjlq~ ................ 1035 1169
-RELIEFOf T. B. Hicks ............................... 880 937 1121

1352

INDEX

ROADS AND BRIDGES-
Maintain causeways and approaches to bridges, 1071 1204 1273
8
SCHOOL AND SCHOOL LAWS-
System for Oglethorpe .......................... 524 740 849 System fCYr Alamo .......................... 1115 1170 1233 Compulsory attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 1170

T TRl'STEES-
President of South Georgia Agriculture College a Trustee of University of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Governor to declare Trustees' positions vacant when

712 1115

v
VENTILATIONRequire factories to ventilate properly . o 0 0 0 o o o o 0 0 o o 550 67f
VETERINARY EXA~UN ERS.\mentl Act creating board .. 1159 o o o o. o 0 o 0 0 o o o o o 1231

PART IV.

SENATE RESOLUTIONS-

Pro\'idmg for a joint committee to notify Governor. o

1!l

PrO\itling for a joint seBBion to canvass vote of Uover-

nor 's election ...... ................ . . . . . . .

18

Providing for joint committee on inaugural ceremonies

18

To adjourn from Thursday until Monday ........ : . . .

256

Inviting T. Sambola Jones to address General Assem-

bly ..................... . . . ..

368

To appomt Commission on Sanitarium for Dope Fiends,

etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

771

To allow national guard of Chatham County to do police

duty

0 ; .

8~

To 'appoint committee to revise Civil and Criminal pro-

cedure . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 1119 o 0

To provide committee on lease of W. & A. R. Ro ... o... 1159 1231

To preserve Fort Frederica . . . .. . .. . . .. .. .. . . . 1232

To request House to retu<rn House Bill 556.......... 1234

Relative to Jno. C. Hart ... o......... o............ .1277

General Assembly adjourn sine die o.......... o. . . . . 1303