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- Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia.
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- Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia at the regular session of the General Assembly at Atlanta, Wednesday, June 24, 1914
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- Georgia. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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- [Decatur, Ga.] : [Bowen Press],
- Date of Original:
- 1914
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- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE Of GEORGIA
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
At Atlanta, Wednesday, June 24, 1914.
ATLANTA. GA. Chu. P. Byrd, State PriDtr.
1914.
JOURNAL
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1914.
The House met pursuant to law, was called to order by the Speaker and was opened with prayer by Bishop Warren A. Candler.
T!he Roll was- called and the following members answered to their names.
Adams, Hall,
Cole,
Foster,
Adams, Pike,
Coleman, Calhoun, Fowler,
Akin,
Coleman,; Laurens, Fullbright,
Allen, Glascock,
Oollins,
Garlington,
Allen, Jackson,
Connor,
Gower,
Allen, Pickens,
Cook,
Greene, Houston,
Anderson, Banks, Cooper,
Green, Wilkes,
Anderson, Murray, Oorn,
Griffin,
Arnold, Henry,
Crawley,
Grimes,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Culpepper, Clinch, Hammack,
BaJUtrd,
Culpepper, .Meriwtr., Hardeman,
Beck,
Davidson,
Hardin,
Bell,
Dean,
Harrell,
Bennett,
DeVaughn,
Harris,
Blaekburn,
Dodd,
Hart,
Booker,
Dorough,
Hayes,
Brinson,
Dorris,
Heath,
Brookshear,
Duncan,
Henderson,
Bullard,
Edmondson,
Hendrix,
Burney,
Ellis,
Herrington,
Carlton,.
Ennis,
Hines,
Carter, Appling, Estes,
Horlges,
Carter, Stewart,
Evans,
Hollberg,
Cheney,
. Thriss,
Holtzclaw,
c:mnents,
Field,
Hopkins,
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Jackson, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,
Ledbette,r,
Lee, Lee,
Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, Me Cants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wiloox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills,
Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palm our, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Rlaglan(l, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, R-eiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadlburn, Sheppard, Shirpp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Hlade,
ThOS!e absent were Messrs.-
Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Raibun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StiOV'all, Elbert, StovalL, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, \Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, \Voods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Cechran,
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, the Secretary thereof:
111r. Speaker:
I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1914.
of Representatives that the Senate has convened in regular session and is ready for the transaction of business.
On motion of Mr. Fowl~r of Bibb, the Clerk of the House waS' instructed to inform the Senate that the House had convened in regular session and was ready for the transaction of business.
The following message was received froin 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 to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has convened in regular session.
The committee under the above resolution, on part of the Senate, is Messrs. Stark and Bush.
The following message was .received from His Excellency, the Governor, through ihis secretary, Mr. Perry:
To the House of Representatives:
I beg to advise that since your last session the election of the following new members of your body
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has been certified to this office by the Secretary of State:
T. B. Carroll, Representative from Catoosa County, to succeed J. C. Bryan, deceased.
George G. Glenn, Representative from Whitfield County, to succeed S. E.. Berry, deceased.
Bion Williams, Representative from Meriwether County, to succeed 0. W. McGehee, deceased.
Asa P. Deadwyler, Representative from Elbert County, to- succeed J. N. Wall, resigned.
H. A. Peacock, Representative from Dougherty County, to succeed C. M. Clark, Sr., deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
JoHN M. SLA~ON, Governor.
Messrs. Carroll of Catoosa, Glenn of Whitfield, Williams of Meriwether, Deadwyler of Elbert and Peacock of Dougherty came forward to the Clerk's desk and were sworn in as members of the House, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable William H. Fish, Chief J usti"ce of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
The Speaker appointed Mr. Dorough of Franklin as vice-chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Clark of Dougherty.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, the follow-
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ing Resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in:
By Mr. Starke of the 33d District-
A resolution to provide for a joint committee of the Senate and the House to notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly had convened in regular session, and was ready for the transaction of business.
The Speaker appointed the following members as the committee on the part of the House.
Messrs. Blackburn, Wheatley, Henderson of Jones.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, the House granted unanimous consent to dispense with the call of the roll of counties for the purpose of introducing new matter.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Wright of ~-,loyd-
A bill to prescribe the lawful mediums of legal advertising.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Hapeville. Referred to C.ommittee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to amend Section 588, Code of Ga. 1910, relative to county treasurers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Moon of TroupA bill to amend Section 1439, Code 1910, relative
to uniformity of text-books. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for Quitman.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Wimberly of BibbA bill to protect trade and commerce. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Neal of GordonA bill to amend the charter of Fairmount. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1914.
!J
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
A bill to amend the constitution relative to exemption of certain property from taxation.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Bullard of CampbellA bill to amend an Act providing for the reviver
of the charter of a corporation.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to amend an Act to levy and collect tax. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Harrell of DecaturA bill to amend an Act to charter the city of
Bainbridge. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Cook of ChattahoocheeA bill to change the time of holding Chattahoochee
Superior Court. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to provide for a municipal school system for Fairmount.
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Referred to Committee on Education.
By Messrs. Green and Booker-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town uf Tignall.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Greene of HoustonA bill to regulate garnishment proceedings. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Harrell of DecaturA bill to amend an Act chartering the city of
Bainbridge relative to esta1blishment of hospitals. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Ennis and Holtzclaw-
A bill to supplement appropriations to the Georgia State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.
By Mr. Hays of StephensA bill to incorporate the town of Mullins Ford.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Nevil of BullochA bill to incorporate the town of Portal.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1914. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Stovall of McDuffie and Meaders of Oconee-
A bill to repeal t]:le tax equalization Act. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Green and Booker of WilkesA bill to change the time of holding the grand
jury sessions of Wilkes County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Oliver, Garlington and Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to amend Secti"on 5233, Code 1910, relative to condemning overflow land.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Allen of J acksonA bill to amend Section 695, Code of 1910, relative
to commutation tax. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Wimberly and Fowler of BibbA bill to license and regulate the sale of beer. Referred to Committee on Temperance.
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By Messrs. Moss and Cheney of Cob~
A bill to repeal Act to amend Section 414, Code l910, relative to running freight trains on Sunday.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
J3y Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend Section 696, Code 1910, relative to public road fund in certain counties.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Carter of Appling- A bill to amend Section 695, Code of 1910, relative
to road law in certain counties. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Moss and Cheney of CobbA bill to amend Section 414, Code 1910, to strike
paragraph 4 of the same. . Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Culpepper, Fullbright, et aL-
A bill to amend 2824, Code 1910, relative to the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on University and 'Branches.
By Messrs. Picque~, Oliver and Garlington, of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city .council of Augusta to condemn certain lands.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal G.overmnent.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
.. 1 '
'l,...l.
A bill to amend an Act to. incorporate tow:r;t; of
Clermont.
' '.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Adams of HallA bill to amend an Act to create Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Hall.
Referred t<? Special Judiciary Committee..
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to repeal an Act to regulate assessment of property for taxation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide for judicial cognizance of proceedings for condemnation of private property for public purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the Sta~~ Normal School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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By Mr. Holtzclaw of HoustonA resolution to appropriate $4,300.00 to pay
penswns.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA resolution to amend Rule 47. Referred to Committee'on Rules. The following resolutions were read and adopted:
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution extending the sympathy of the House to Hon. Ralph 0. Cochran during his illness.
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether, Wheatley of Sumter and Hardeman of Jefferson-
A Resolution:
Be it resolved that the House of Representatives has learned, with profound sorrow, of the death of the distinguished gentleman from Whitfield, Hon. S. E. Berry; of the distinguished gentleman from Meriwether, Hon. 0. W. McGehee; of the distinguished gentleman from Mcintosh, Hon. G. E. Atwood; of the distinguished gentleman from Catoosa, Hon. J. C. Bryan, and of the distinguished gentleman from Dougherty, Hon. C. M. Clark, Sr.
Be it resolved further that the House of Representatives of Georgia extends its sincere sympathy
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1914.
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to the bereaved families of these deceased gentlemen.
Be it resolved further, that as a mark of respect to their memories that this House now stand adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, and that these resolutions be spread upon the House Journal.
II MEMORIAM
HON.S.E.BERRY
WHITFIELD COUNTJ
II MEMORIAM
HON. 0. W. M CEHEE
MERIWETHER COUNTY
II MEMORIAM
HON. C. E. ATWOOD
MciNTOSH COUNTY
II MEMORIAM
HON.J.C.BRYAN
CATOOSA COUNTY
II MEMORIAM
HON. C. M. CLARK!I SR.
DOUGHERTY COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1914.
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By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A resolution commending the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Oliver of Quitman.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Griffin of Lowndes from Wednesday, June 24th, until Monday, June 29th, on account of sickness.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., June 25, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m., this day; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following bill was withdrawn.
By Mr. MeWhorter of GreeneA bill to amend Section 999, Code 1910, House
Bill No. 218.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were read and referred to committees:
By Mr. Moss of CobbA bill to equalize and regulate the payment of
taxes. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Ful1bright of BurkeA bill to amend Section 2632, of the Code of 1910,
relative to publication of freight rates.
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Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 to be expended by the Railroad Commission in preparing new freight classifications.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham- _
A bill to amend Section 1898, of the Code of 19iO, relative to pilot boats.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to authoriz.e the city of Savannah to close certain streets.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Parker of Liberty-
A bill to protect the live stock of non-residents of incorporated cities in the county of Liberty.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Williams and Culpepper of Meriwether.
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code 1910, so as to add the city of Manchester to list of State depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
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By Messrs. Coleman and Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to create a lien in favor of surveyors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to establish a Legislative Reference Department..
Referred to Committee on Public Library.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State relative to the qualifications of voters.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Melson of Clayton-
A bill to amend an .Act relative to the distribution of the automobile tax.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Mr. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to authorize certain towns and cities to own and operate ice plants.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Adams of Pike-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Concord.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Allen of Jackson.,-
A bill to amend the constitution of Georgia so as. to provide for the initiative and referendum.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Messrs. Meadows of Wayne and Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to require all public weighers to keep a record book.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to repeal an Act inc0;rporating the town of Crandall.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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By Mr. Melson of Clayton-
A bill to amend Section 80, of the Code of 1910, relative to managers of elections counting votes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Meadows of Wayne-
A bill to amend the constitution of Georgia relative to the per diem of members of the legislature.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendment.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to provide for the employment of a certain number of male convicts on a certain trunk line road.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.
By Mr. Bell of ClayA bill to incorporate the city of Fort Gaines. R.eferred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Parker of LibertyA bill to further equalize the burden of taxation. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to amend the constitution of Georgia so as to limit tax rate to four mills.
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Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Allen of Glascock-
. A bill to amend the constitution of Georgia relative to property owned by Confederate soldiers.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr: Smith of Fannin-
A bill to provide that the clerk of Superior Court
a in certain counties shall keep recordation of maps,
etc.
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Bell of Clay-
A bill to repeal an .A:ct providing for the registration of voters of the city of Fort Gaines.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution to establish a new Standing Committee on Good Roads.
R.eferred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution giving assent to the State of Georgia
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to an Act of Congress. providing for co-operative agricultural work.
Referred to GeneralAgriculture Committee No. 1.
By Messrs..Stovall of Elbert and Fullbright of Burke-
A resolution to appropriate $10,000.00 to place statueg in National Statuary Hall.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- r A resolution to appropriate five thousand dollars
to Edgar \atkins and Carroll Latimer. Re!erred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Carter of Appling~ A resolution to make House Bill No. 110 a special
order July 8, 1914. Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Hardin of MonroeA resolution to pay pension of J. I. Jacobs. Referred to Committee on Pensions. The following resolution was read and was
ordered to lie on the table for oue day.
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By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution-to authorize the Secretary of State to furnish High Rock Water for the use of the House.
The following resolution was read and adopted.
By Messrs. Nunnally of Floyd, Wisdom of Forsyth, and Rhodes of Clark-
A resolution extending sympathies of the House to Mr. Swift of Muscogee in his illness.
By unanimo-q.s consent House Bill No. 760 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 and re-committed to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1; House Bill No. 759 was withdrawn from the Committee on Railroads and re-committed to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1; House Bill No. 705 was withdrawn from the Committee on Railroads and re-committed to the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
Tlhe 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 boqy a communication in
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writing to which he respectfully invites your consideration.
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 bill of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pas's:
House Bill No. 775. Entitled ''An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to acquire by condemnation or other proceedings any real property in the city of Augusta or the county of Richmond which may be necessary for the protection of said .city or county from damage by floods or freshet'S" and for other purposes.
PrcQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration:
House BiB No. 757. The same being an Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of
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Chattahoochee County, and providing that the terms of said court shall be held on the fourth Mo:u.days in March, September, instead of the fourth Mondays in February and August 6f each year, and have instructed me, as their chairman, to report same back to the House, with the recommendation that same "do pass."
Respectfully submitted,
WISDOM,
Chairman of Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time:
By Messrs. Piequet, Olive and Garlington of Rich-
mond-
A bill to authorize the city council to condemn c.ertain real estate in the county of Richmond.
By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee-
A bill to change the time of holding Chattahoochee Superior Court.
The following communication from Hon. Wm. A. Wright, Comptroller-General, was read:
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
REPORT
To the General Assembly of the State of Georgia: I hand you herewith tabulation of all fee reports filed in
the office of the Comptroller-General since my report to the Legislature under date of July 15, 1913.
Respectfully, WM. A. WRIGHT. Comptroller-General. .
EXHIBIT ''A.''
. FEE REPORTs, STATE HousE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES.
Third Quarter, 1913. Total Fees
Z. D. Harrison, Clerk Supreme Court ................ $ 107.90 Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court of Appeals............ 75.00 W. H. Harrison, Corporation Tax Clerk, Office of
Comptroller-General ............., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.50 J. 0. Anderson, Chief Clerk and Assistant Bond Com-
missioner, Office of State Treasurer .... . . . . . . . . . 11.25
Fourth Quarter, 1913. Total Fees
Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court of Appeals ............. $ 167.75 W. H. Harrison, Corporation Tax Clerk, Office of
Comptroller-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.10 J. 0. Anderson, Chief Clerk and Assistant Bond Com-
missioner, Office of State Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.25
First Quarter, 1914. Total Fees
Z. D. Harris.on, Clerk Supreme Court ................ $ 363.30 Logan Bleckley, Cierk Court of Appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.20 W. H. Harrison, Corporation Tax Clerk, Office of
Comptroller-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 B. F. Johnson, Clerk, Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50 J. 0. Anderson, Chief Clerk and Assistant Bond Com-
missioner, Office o State Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.00
THURSDAY; JUNE 25, 1914.
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EXHIBIT "B."
FEE REPOR'l'S, SHERIFFS OF CITY COURTS.
Third Quarter, 1913.
City Court of Savannah.-Criminal insolvent costs earned, $1 , 808.00; money received, $1,099.58; expenses, $298.45.
Fourth Quarter, 1913. City Court of Savannah.-Criminal insolvent costs earned, $1,-
670.50; received from all sources, $1,537.55; expenses, $335.98. City Court of Dublin.-Total collected, $1,141.68; paid deputies, $740.00.
First Quarter, 1914. City Court 9f Savannah.-Criminal insolvent costs earned, $1,.
303.00; total received from all sources, $947.00; expenses, $229.05. City Court of Dublin.-Receipts, $469.74; expenses, $332.50.
EXHIBIT ''C.''
Third Quarter, 1913.
FEE REPORTS, CouRT REPORTERS AND STENOGRAPHERS.
Court Reporter, Albany Circuit, Total, $860.00. Stenographer, Atlantic Circuit, Total, $385.00. Stenographer, Coweta Circuit, Total, $435.00.
Fourth Quarter, 1913.
Stenographer, City Court of Americus.-Earned $196.25;. col-
, lected, $171.65; expense, $20.00.
Stenographer, Atlantic Circuit-Total, $430.00.
Stenographer, Cordele Circuit.-Earned, $1,003.'30; collected,
$780.90; expense, $164.58.
Stenographer, Coweta Circuit-Total, $597.00.
Stenographer, Southwestern Circuit.-Earned, $586.15; col-
lected, $542.80; expense, $121.25.
First Quarter, 1914.
Stenographer, Atlantic Circuit-Total, $252.50.
Stenographer, Coweta Circuit.-Total, $427.QO.
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EXHIBIT "D."
FEE REPORTS, JUDGES CITY, AND CouNTY CouRTS.
Third Quarter, 1913.
County Judge, Oconee County.-Total cost, $4.00.
Judge and ex-Officio Clerk, Wayne County Court.-Total re-
ceipts, $297.80, expenses $60.00; balance, $237.80.
Fourth Quarter, 1913.
Judge, Oconee County Court.-Total fees, $60.00.
Judge, Cou:pty Court Wilkinson County-Total other than
salary, $26.00.
First Quarter, 1914.
Judge, City Court of Columbus.-No fees or compensation except
salary.
Judge, Oconee County Court.-Total fees, $57.00.
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Judge, County Court Wilkinson County.-Received $18.00 in
addition to salary.
EXHIBIT "E."
CouNTY TREASURERS, THIRD QuARTER, 1913. - Commissions.
Banks, 2d quarter ..... $ Banks .............. . Ben Hill ............ Bleckley ............ . Brooks .... , ........ . Camden, Earned .... .
(received nothing.) Clarke .............. . Cobb ............... Colquitt ............ . Dawson ............ . DeKalb ............. Dodge .............. . Echols .............. Edfingham .......... . F~anklin ............ . Glascock ............ . Glynn, net .......... . Grady .............. Hall ............... .. Houston ............ . Jackson .............
47,73 23.00 180.97 35.00 135.14
28
889.55 14.62 75.21 9.45 160.36 59.63 55.02 80.1.9 21.42 27.97 222.58 247.19 500.00 99.65 205.34
Jasper .............. . Jeff Davis .......... . Liberty ............. Macon .............. . Madison ............ . Marion ............. . Morgan ............. . Newton ............. . Oconee ............. . Polk ................ Putnam ............. . Schley .............. . Thomas,. ............ Tift ............ .. . Turner ............. Upson ............. Warren ............ .. Washington ......~ .. Wayne ............. . Webster ............ . Wilkes .............
74.08 104.56 149.55 128.80
.2.77 200.00 188.22 184.35
74.11 37.44 7.35 312.00 211.28 207.78 268.09 19.78 6.33 197.93 109.96 224.96 142.25
T'HURSDAY, JuNE 25, 1914.
35
CouNTY TREASURERs, FouRTH QuARTER, 1913.
Commissions.
Banks
231.43
Jasper ..... , ....... .
Bartow ............. 202.08
Laurens ............ .
Ben Hill ............ . 120.00
Liberty ............. .
Bibb ............... 750.00
Lumpkin ............ .
Bleckley , ........... . 675.00
Macon .............. .
Brooks ............ . 212.04
Madison ............
Calhoun ............ . 208.65
Morgan ............. .
Camden ............. . 596.57
Newton ............. .
Cla.rke .............. . 1,700.85
Oconee ............. .
Clay ................ 913.00
Putn.am .............
Cobb ............... . 1,721.54
Spalding, for year ....
Colquitt ............ . 807.67
Stewart .............
D'eKai.b ............. . 2,039.67
Sumter, Apr. 1 to Dec.
Dodge .............. . 208.98
31 ................
Douglas ............ . 3U3.76
Thomas ............. .
Eehols .............. . 42.64
Tift ................ .
F~anklin ............ . 651.40
Towns .............. .
Gilmer .............. . 221.85
Upson .............. .
Glascock ............ . 285.78
Warren ............. .
Grady .............. . 349.05
Washington ......... .
Hall ................ 927.55
Wayne .............. .
Houston ............ . 416.19
Webster ............ .
Jackson ............. . 127.81 Wilkes ............. .
631.43 1,247.18
332.89 304.42 233.74 349.15 420.78 335.50 87.16 566.28 1,966.60 329.57
969.36 514.85 345.77 150.00 161.86 350.00 954.91 184.48 118.30 272.40
CouNTY TREASURERs, FIRST QuARTER, 1914.
Commissions.
Banks ............... $ 503.37
Madison ............ .
Bartow ............. .. 987.60
Marion ............ ..
Ben Hill ............ 725.00
Morgan ............. .
Bibb ............... . 750.00
Newton ............. .
Bleckley ............ . 1,050.00
Oconee ............
Brooks ............. . 728.65
Polk ............ , ... .
Colquitt, balance 1913 ..
8.63
Putnam .............
Colquitt ............ . 980.87
Stewart .............
Dawson ............. . 64.32
Sumter
DeKalb ............. . 1,167.87
Thomas ............. .
DougJ.as ............. . 281.90
Tift ................ .
Franklin ............ . 671.92
Turner .............. .
Grady .............. . 51.27 Upson .............. .
Greene .............. . 583.13
'Vwrren ............. .
Jackson ............ . 934.95
Washington ......... .
Liberty ............. . 544.07
Wayne .. ............ .
Lown!les ............ . 1,000.00
'Vebster ............ .
Lumpkin ............ . 50.00
Wilkes ............. .
1\!acon .............. . 661.77
551.01 687.00 1,002.52 1,090.97 364.76 1,532.50 51(}.01 625.74 1,708.32 536.99 894.58 750.00 725.92 605.61 506.26 668.29 237.07 789.45
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EXHIBIT "F."
FEE REPORTS, SoLICITORs-GENERAL.
Third Quarter, 19i3.
Albany Circuit.-Total fees, $1,028.94.
Atlanta Circuit.-Collections, $269.75; expense, $600.00.
Atlantic Circuit.-Collections, $544.15.
Augusta Cirduit.-Cost bill McDuffie Superior Court, $901.25,
paid; solvent and insolvent cost bill Columbia Superior
Court, $496.00, no distribution of funds and can not say
what amount will be paid and what amount will be un-
paid; expenses, $165.00.
Blue Ridge Circuit.-Receipts, $2,923.25; disbursements, $1,-
016.75; net receipts, $1,906.50.
Brunswick Circuit.-Total receipts, $669.00.
Chattahoochee Circuit.-Cash collections, $1,135.63; amount in-
solvent costs earned, but not funds with which to pay
same, $68.42.
Cherokee Circuit.-Gordon Superior Court, insolvent costs due,
$109.25; fines collected, $20.30; costs collected, $167.50; .
total, $296.05.
,
Murray Superior Court.-Insolvent costs due, $363.25;
fines collected, $16.48; costs including overruling for-
feitures, $107.03; total, $486.76.
Dade Superior Court.-Insolvent costs due, $65.00; costs
and fines collected, $140.00; total, $205.00.
Coweta Circuit.-Total, $620.72.
Dublin Circuit.-Total, $429.80. Eastern Cir'cuit.-Fees and compensation, including $62.50
salary, $222.50; expenses, $296.10; as prosecuting officer
of City Court of Savannah received $2,233.00.
Flint Circuit.-Earned, $1,456 ; collected, $1,086.50.
Macon Circuit.-Total fees and compensation received, $4,683.95.
Middle Circuit.-Cash received, $1,208.19; insolvent costs, $1,-
132.64.
Northeastern Circuit.-Total, $1,897.82.
Ocmulgee Circuit.-Total, $1,256.68.
Pataula Circuit.-Total, $687.02.
Rome Circuit.-Total, $1,863.50.
THURSDAY, JUNE :25, 1914.
37
Southern Circuit.-Total, $407.00.. Southwestern Circuit.-Total received, $162.50. Stone Mountain Circuit.-Total, $1,121.45. Tallapoosa Circuit.-Total, $1,196:50. Toombs Circuit-Total, $572.35. Waycross Circuit.-Total, $445.07. Western Circuit.-Total, $2,598.92.
Fourth Quarter, 1913. .Albany Circuit-Total, $2,091.77. .Atlanta Circuit.-Income, $4,325.75; expenses, $1,235.24; net
income, $3,090.51. .Atlantic Circuit.-Total, 808.50. .Augusta Circuit.-Cost bill for October term Burke Superior
Court is $905.25, of which amount $234.93 was paid from :fines and $339.55 was paid by the county by special arrangement; cost bill for Richmond Superior court is $1,956.75, of which amount $638.10 was paid from fines and $368.05 was paid by county, leaving unpaid $1,296.53; expenses, $165.00.
Blue Ridge Circuit.-Total, $1,596.25; disbursements, $460: Brunswick Circuit.-Total collected, $938.55; paid out, $44.50;
costs earned, $1,731.00. Chattahoochee Circuit-Amount of direct and insolvent costs
received, $4,946.76; amount of insolvent costs earned and not paid for lack of funds, $1,422.81.
Cherokee Circuit-Amount costs and fines collected, with . amounts of insolvent allowed: Oct. term Whitfield Sup. Court, :fines and costs, $354.72; insolvent, $531.00; Nov. term Gordon Sup. Court, fines and costs, $593.34; insolvent, $675.00; Bartow Sup. Court July adjd. term, fines and costs, $453.15; insolvent, $327.50; Murray Sup. Court Nov. terms, fines and costs, $206.88; insolvent, $102.50.
Coweta Circuit.-Total amount received, $1,832.66. Dublin Circuit.-Total, $2,157.45. Eastern Circuit.-Superior Court, $967.50; expenses, $4.95.10;
as prosecuting officer of City Court of Savannah, $3,354.80. Flint Circuit.-Fees earned, $4,332.50~ fees collected, $3,530.4~.
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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,
Macon Circuit.-Total income, $6,563.30. Northeastern Circuit.-Total, $1,934.66. Ocmulgee Circuit.-Total receipts, $1,817.97. Pataula Circuit.-Total, $3,823.61. Rome Circuit.-Total, $339.50. Southern Circuit.-$1,743.75, total received as salary and fees.
Southwestern Circuit.-Fees received, $3,051.45. Stone Mountain Circuit.-Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, when Solicitor-Gen-
eral C. S. Reid retired, total, $879.25. Stone Mountain Circuit.-Two months of Quarter that Solicitor-
General Geo. M. Napier served, total, $1,054.67.
Tallapoosa Circuit.-Total, $1,191.02. Toombs Circuit.-Total compensation, $1,252.75.
Waycross Circuit.-Total, $1,549.64.
First Quarter, 1914.
Albany Circuit.-Total, $3,528.00. Atlanta Circuit.-Receip~s, $4,041.94; expenses, $693.50; net
income for quarter, $3,348.44.
Atlantic Circuit.-Total, $595.00. Augusta Circuit.-Entire cost bill _January term Richmond
Superior Court, $1,786.25, of which amount $549.00 was paid from fines and the balance, $1,237.25, will be paid from the county treasury ; entire cost bill March term McDuffie Superior Court, $345.50, which will be paid; Entire cost bill March term Columbia Superior Court1 $280.50; the distribution of fines in this county has nof yet been made. Stenographer's hire, $105.00. Special criminal bailiff, $75.00. Blue Ridge.-Total, $1,817.50; expenses, $380.00; balance, $1, 437.50.
Brunswick Circuit.-Total receipts, $487.00; insoJvent cost earned, $1,115.75.
Chattahoochee Circuit.-Direct and insolvent costs paid $783.01 ;
insolvent costs earned but not paid $1,058.99. Coweta Circuit.-Total fees received, $995.81. Dublin Circuit.-Total, $2,017.13.
25, THuRSDAY, JuNE 1914.
39
Eastern Circuit.-Received in Superior Court inc'fuding salary from State $1,468.30. As prosecutor in City Court, $1,101.00; in addition to foregoing on first of January of each year Chatham County pays to Solicitor-General $800.00 on account of insolvent costs in City Court and the further sum of $800.00 on account of insolvent costs in Superior Court; Court of Appeals, $180.00; Supreme Court, $100.00; expenses, $481.45.
Flint Circuit.-Earned, $1,779.00; received, $1,199.00. Macon Circuit.-Total income, $9,234.33. Northeastern Circuit.-Total, $2,185.14. Ocmulgee Circuit..:._Total receipts, $2,784.81. Pataula Circuit.-T.otal, $1,078.53. 'Rome Circuit.-Total income, $2,513.00. Southern Circuit.-Total, $2,543.00. Southwestern Circuit.-Total receipts, $521.00. Stone Mountain Circuit.-Total, $1,510.28. Tallapoosa Circuit-Total, $1,743.94. Toombs Circuit.-Total, $1,460.11. Waycross Circuit.-Total, 1,231.50.
EXHIBIT "G." FEE REPORTS, CLERKS, CITY AND COUNTY COURTS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913.
~
I Amount
Received
Total Fees I Insolvent No. Men Cost Clerk Fees in Fees in for Court Fees for
or Un- Employed Hire Qriminal Civil Cases Work Recording
collected
Cases
Papers
City Court of Bainbridge_________________ I$ 978.701$
---~ Court of Ben Hill County___________ _ Court of Elberton_ _________________ _ Court of Macon___________________ _
537.85
356.40 2,199.19
CCoouurrtt
of of
Monticello__ _ Oglethorpe ________________
_
313.561 595.60
357.55IS 60.60
185.851$ 477.25
30.~
154.70: 1,467.40
126.80 204.601
173.70 28. 686.791 45.00
32915..O1O0!-!_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
~
q0
~
'm: ~~Court of Savannah_________________ _ 2
~;;~".J Court of Screv~n County __
expense
~~~- ----67~i<>l-- _~~~- ______~~~~~1- ___~~~~~~~
~
0
~,City Court of Washington_______________ _
199.70
86.25 One
64.40 17.55
l:lj
J.- '
1 whole
~
time See Sup.
~
r<Qty Court of Waycross__ -------------~--
336. 951 300.001 1 t time Crt. report!
336. 95'1_---------
trJ
P:l
EXHIBIT "G." FEE REPORTS, CLERKS, CITY AND COUNTY COURTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913.
q0
U1
$-!
-,:i. Court of Bainbridge________________ _
-,;:- -~~ ' Court of Elberton____________-______ _
Court of Forsyth______ --------- ____ _
. :::;?--~t
798.041 Occasional!$ 27.50.I$ help ----------1I
-E~1i~i~l
373.861$
245.45 86.01
--------;:;;.1----------j - 2,372801..=0
40.~---------------6"0-0-.0-0-1
1,978.35 190.03
742. ---------- Two
75.00 367.65
339.251$ 13.70: 161.30,
7~~:~1-----~~~~
374.901__________ ----------
lii1tt.:/
~Court
o
f
Savannah__________________
,~.. .t. y
Court
of
Screv~n
County____________
k" ~Court ofWasbington________________
f.~ c.city Court of Waycross__________________
-JUdge and Ex officio Clerk______ ________
{; Wayne County Court__.________________ {
I I Costs
R2e,c5e9iv9e. d 2ea,5rn0e2d.80 Two
& ex6p1e9n.s2e5
Collected
222. 75 _________ _
---------- One
63.50
560. 00~1-- ________________ _
Expense
--------------------
60.00i
128.651
~-
I
1-3
EXHIBIT "G." FEE REPORTS, CLERKS, CITY AND COUNTY COURTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.
qIII
l:d
,,'-aty ~ Court of Bainbridge_________________ s 514.rojs 139.501
Is
}r(lty Court of Elberton___________ --------
402.55
4o.oo!s
~~
f~ C9urt of Fitzgerald_________________ 1,079.60i
. City Court of Forsyth___________________
453.20
~
q
f~' ..
z
1:>1
.:,:City Court of Macon ___________ _
~ - 1 ~,' City .Qty
Court Court
of of
Monticello____ _ Oglethorpe ________________
_
;~~
,:t;;
.
~~-
~ty Court of Savannah_________________ _
3 '~: ~f-- -:N~n.-e-- -~-- -:N~n.-;,---
231.55 190.00 Two Insolvent
costs
earned 1,638.30 1,919.70 Two
1'-.:.> ~<:Jt f-l
~
f-l
~
City Court of Screven County_ City Court of Wasbington___ _ City Court of Waycross_________________ _
123.05---------- ----------
296.10 12.75 168.80 _______ ___
One One
Judge and ExofficioClerk ______________ {
Wayne County Court_________________ _
~ ......
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EXHIBIT "H". FEE REPORTS, SOLICITORS, CITY AND COUNTY C<YURTS. THIRD QUARTER, 1913.
Insol-
I
vent or No. Men Cost
Total Fees Uncol- Employ- Clerk
lected ed Hire
Costs
Fees CriminalCases
City Court of Americus __ ;$
.
679.00
________
I
----------------
512.00
Criminal Court of Atlanta 3, 001. 20 ________ Three 766.64 --------
City Court of Bainbridge_ BaJ.dwin Count}3 Court____ City Court of lackshear-
757.40 -------- -------- None 757.40
153.00 -------- -------- -------- --------
341.25 -------- -------- -------- --------
accrued
City Court of Cairo ______ 131.75 64.00 -------- -------- --------
(:ity Court of Carrollton__
352.80 Solicitor p
--------
rotem.
--
-----
-
---
-----
-----
---
City Court of Cartersville { 2nd. Quar ter, Cost s due $37 5, collect ed $2.55
3rd. Quar ter, Cost sdue $21 5.25, coli ected
$401.05
City Court of Douglas____ City Court of Eastman____
341.00 -------- -------- -------- -------713.00 -------- None None --------
expense
Floyd County City Court_ City Court of Forsyth ____
684.86 401.50
--------
collecte
------.-d $380.6 9,
58.36 --------
insolve nt.
$20.81.
City Court of Gray_______ 224.40 -------- -------- -------- --------
CoCuonutyntyC_o__u_rt___o_f__H__e_n_r_y
310.00 120.00 uncollec ted.
C iCt younCtoyu_r_t___o_f __H__o_u_s_t_o_n
collected 1,211.26
195.94 -------- -------- --------
collected
City Court of LaGrange__ City Court of Leesburg ___
110.46 497.00
367.79 208.00
--------
Cash $2
-------89.00.
--------
City Court of Lexington __ Solvent co sts $46.25. Insol vent cost s $185.
City Court of Monroe_____ City Court of Newnan ____
Oconee County Solicitor___
336.94 --------
--------
425.00 65.00
--------
--------
-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-t-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
---------------
City Court of Oglethorpe __ City Court of Polk County
441.00 Costs $26
--------
7.27, Ins
-------olvent $1
------23.76.
-
--------
collected
City Court of Reidsville___ 331.50 41.00 -------- -------- --------
0 Cig" ~~ _~~ _~i~~~~~ 2,884.25 Receive d $1,014.,33 and in solvent
costs ea rned $1,8 69.92, Cl1erk hire$ 105.00.
City Court of Sparta______ 199.25 and $25 .02 proralting fine s.
. City Court of Statesboro __ .
Wayne County Court_____
520.63 -------- -------- -------- --------
580.60 -------- -------- -------- 580.60
CiBtyarCneosuvritlloef__Z_e_b_u_l_o_n__a_n_d
328.90 -------- -------- -------- --------
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
43
EXHIBIT "H". F;EE REPORTS, SOLICITORS, CITY AND COUNTY
COURTS. FOURTH QUARTER, 1913.
.
Insol-
vent or No. Men
Total Fees Uncollected
E~toy
Costs
Cost Fees dlerk CrimiHire nalCases
City Court of Americus ___ $ 950.00 -------- -------- -------- "950.00
and ex-
Criminal Court of Atlanta_
City Court of Bainbridge__ Baldwin County__________ City Court of Blackshear__ City Court of Cairo_______
3,598.46 -------- lfnhsreee 799.98 --------
collected 1,141.00
466.82 -------- -------- _____ .., __
211.76 300.00 185.00
---------------
Insolve
--------
--------
nt costs
---------------
accrued
$--1----5--6--.2----5--,
collecte d $74.48 . Grand total for year
$1,626. 98, collec ted $708. 98, insol vent
costs ac crued $9 18.00.
City Court of Carrollton__ City Court of Columbus__
382.20 476.37
-c-a-s-h---$-4
1-7--.0-3--'i-n-s
-------olvent co
--------
st.
City Court of"Douglas____ City Court of Eastman____
924.74 434.93
----------------
------None
-
-------Nothing
----------------
expense
Floyd County City Court_ 1,361.30 -------- -------- 210.00 -------collected
City Court of Forsyth____ 240.50 19.55 -------- 320.95 --------
cash
City Court of Fort Gaines_ Henry County Court _____
109.60 385.00 -------- -------- -------400.00 70.00 -------- -------- --------
Ci~0~~~__~~ _ -~~~~:~~
City Court of LaGrange___ City Court of Leesburg___
857.97 491.78
79.50 --------
--------
None
-------Nothing
---------------
767.55 -------- None -------- --------
Ci~u~~~-~f--~!~1~----
City Court of Newnan ____ Oconee County___________
145.50 ----- -~-- -------- -------- --------
1,015.68 85.00
--------
--------
---------------
---------------
---------------
City Court of O~lethorpe: 783.00 -------- -------- -------- --------
City Court of Po k County 444.58 -------- -------- -------- --------
City Court of Reidsville__ 395.50 -------- -------- -------- --------
CiCtyouCnotyu_r_t __o_f__R_i_c_h_m__o_n_d 1,729.25 -------- Two 131).00 --------
Received under loc allaw $1 67. Dis tribu-
tion sur plus fines $1,292.0 6. Amo unt in-
solvent costs $1, 146.25.
City Court of ~arta______ City Court of tatesboro __ Wayne County Court_____
Sol44~2~t7..0~7~~-~--~~-~--~
-__
-------Insolve n --------
t--$-1-7-0-.-0-0 --------
--------
--------
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EXHIBIT "H." FEE REPORTS, SOLICITORS, CITY AND COUNTY COURTS. FIRST QUARTER, 1914:
Insol-
.
vent or No. Men Cost Fees Total Fees Uncol- Employ- Clerk ~rimi-
lected ed
Hire
Cases
Costs
City Court of Americus ___ $ 786.00 -------- -------- -------- $ 786.00
Criminal Court of Atlanta Baldwin County__________
3,395.62 -------- Three $ 799.98 --------
475.00 Uncollect-
--------
--------
--------
--------
ed.
City Couit of Blackshear__ City Court of Cairo_______
50.00$ 161.25 Received $483.15.
--------
Accrue
-------d and un
-------collected
City Court of Columbus__ $613132..5705.________ _, -------- -------- --------
collected
City Court of Douglas ____
120.00 25.00 -------- -------- --------
expense
Floyd County City Court_ City Court of Forsyth_--_
460.00 546.50
--------
350.78
--------
(collect
20.00 ed$195.7
~-.-) -
---
--
City Court of Fort Gaines_ Insolvent $95.00. Cash $76 .00.
City Court of Hazlehurst_ City Court of Jeffersonville.
141.02 -------- -------- -------- --------
25.75 earned and recei ved.
Received
City Court of LaGrange___ City Court of Leesburg___
Ci~u~~:r._ _~f- _~i~~~____
315.38 66.77 None -------- -------370.00 -------- -------- -------- --------
20.00 earned and colle cted. Np ex-
pense.
Oconee County Court_____
City Court of Polk County City Court of Reidsville ___
Cig'ou~:r._ _~f- _~~~~~~
40.00 330.97
None
--------
-_-__-_-_-_--...-_
--------
--------
--------
--------
260.00 -------- -------- -------- --------
Total bill $3, 069. 50, collect ed $1,69 4.97.
Insolve nt costs earned $1, 374.53. Two
clerks, hire $135 .00.
--)-------- Received
City Court of Sparta______ City Court of Statesboro__
184.43 390.75
----------------------
--------
--------
--------
--------
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
45
EXHIBIT "1." FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 19130RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Insolvent l?r
Total Uncollected No. Men Cost Clerk
Commissions Costs
Employed
Hire
Appling ____________ $
Baker______ ------BBaalndkwsi_n______________________ __ Bartow____________ _ Ben Hill__ ______ ~--Berrien____________ _
Bibb ______________ _ Bleckley___________ _ Bro~ks ____________ _ B~an _____________ ~
Bulloch _________ ---
Burke___ "----------
Butts_____________ _ Calhoun_____ .______ _
Camden___________ _ CampbelL _________ _ CarrolL __________ _ Catoosa___________ _ Charlton __________ _ Chatham__________ _ Chattahoochee_____ _ Chattooga_________ _ Cherokee__________ _ Clarke ____________ _ Clay______________ _ Clayton ___________ _ Clinch ____________ _ Cobb _____________ _ Coffee ____________ _ Colquitt___________ _ Columbia__________ _ Coweta ___________ _ Crisp______________ _ Dade _____________ _ Dawson ___________ _ Decatur___________ _ DeKalb ___________ _ Dodge __ ~--------- DDoooulgyhe-r-t-y-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_--_ Douglas___________ _ Echols ____________ _ Effingham _________ _ Elbert ____________ _ EmanueL _________ _
245.50$
34.50 None
Postage
192.00
30.00 _____________$________3_._75_
331.80 ___________________________________ _
35.00
60.00 None
546.18 _______ ___ One
Nqne 120.00
416.oc
155.oo One
21.00
200.00 None
None 1 regular
10.00
1,317501.8.105-------2-8-.-8-0- __1__p_a_r_t_t_i_m_e________2_5_0_._00_ 562.72 ___________________________________ _
410656..3400
12500..7050 ____N__o_'n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
399.50
92.35 Marked 4th quarter.
Received Oct. 2. 150.00 __________________ ~----~------------
204.40
27.75 None
None
16045..5900 2_n_d__. __q_u_a_r_t_e_r _______________________ _
499.78
68.15------------ --------:---
421.00 None
None
75.00
211421..2035 _______3_6__.3_7______N_o_n_e_________N_o__n_e__ _
1,185.35 _~--- __ _____ Four
355.00
37.86
12.22 None
None
187.05
49.75 None
None
81.50
40.50 One
50.00
414376..2250 ______2_0_0_._0_0_________________________________3_0_._00_
17413..5150 _______7_9__.0_5______N_o_n_e_______N__o_t_h_in_g__ _
440.00
20.00 One
461.95________________________
60.00 10.00
533.22
261.15____________
5.25
134.73
'29.55 One
284.10 ____________ --------
52.59 85.00
347.00
50.00 One
None
14323.0.70 5__-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_________6_._00_
548.50
13.25 _______________________ _
437.65
137.90 Two
229. 75col. 47.00 uncollected
375.60
25.00 One
175.00____________ 1 and 2
137.86
5.90 One
43.50
16.00 None
315370..6605, _______1_9_._2_5 12 378.24 ___________ _
0 day help
One
23.oo
3:oo 1 week
165.90
210.00 20.00 Nothing
0 24.00 128.31
46
JOURNAL OF THE HousE,
EXHIBIT "I.;' FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 19130RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Insolvent or
Total Uncollected No. ~en Cost Clerk
CoDlDlissions Costs Etnployed
Hire
F&DIUn_____________ $ 49.501
9. 55 1 tnonth is__________ _
FFlaoyyedtt_e______-_-_-_-_-_-_-____ __ FrarUdin ___________ _ Fulton____________ _ (}iliner____________ _ (}la.scock __________ _
((}}olyrndnon_________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
(}rady___ --- _-----(}reene_________ - --(}winnett __________ _ HHaablle_r_s_h_a_m_________________ __ Hancock __________ _ Haralson _______ -- __ Har.ris ____________ _ Heard ____________ _ Henry_____________ _
138.93
55.20 None
None
650.55
140.00 One
150.00
285.85
124.50 None
5,024.75____________ Six
None 2,355.00
75.50
15.00 One
60.00
43.25
8.25 None
None
459.90
12.75 None
None
172.00 249.70
89.00 None ------------
00
00
00
263.00 None
One
50.00
384.35
210.25 One
135.00
285.10
3.00 One
37.50,
299.45
115.95 One
295.25____________ One
24.00 6.00
412. 00
325. 55 One
250.00________________________
120. 00 6.00
314924..2954 _______5_2_._5_0_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~__-_-__-_-_-_-_-_--_
Irwin _____________ _ Jackson ___________ _ Jeff. Davis _________ _ Jefferson __________ _ Jenkins____________ _ Johnson___________ _ Jones _____________ _ LLeaeu_r_en__s______________________ __
LLiinbceorltny_-_-_--_-_-_____________ __
Lowndes__________ _ Lunapkin __________ _ ~aeon ____________ _ ~adison ___________ _ ~arion ____________ _ ~cDuffie _________ _ ~cintosh _________ _
311.17------------------------------------
486.67------------ One
75.00
94.20
20.00 None
None
207.75
60.25 One
95.00
288.50
27.50 None
None
212894..9856 _______1__9_.5_0______N_o_n_e___ _
None 25
247483..6816 Non9e7.10 _____N_o_n_e___ _
15.00 18.40 .
186. 94 col. 41. 00 None
Nothing
78.75
42.50 None
None
Received
542.00
212.00 One
150.00
93.75
5.25 None
None
288.21
37.45 None
6.95
431. 35
263. 65 One
37. 00
133.50
2. 75 None
None
26505..1550________2_0_._0_0 ____N__o_n_e_______N__o_th__in_g__ _
~eriwether ________ _ ~iller ____________ _ ~ilton ____________ _
~itchelL _________ _ ~onroe ___________ _
_______ _ ~ontgotnery ~organ ___________ _ ~urray ___________ _ _________ _ ~uscogee Newton ___________ _ Oconee ____________ _
253.00 ____________ 1 part time
25.00
116.55------------ ------------ ------------
66.43
51.43 None
None
208.75____________ One
, 120.00
217251..1550________3_0_._0_0________________________________6_0_._00_
426.35 164.50
24.95 ~yself
00
20.00 ____________ ------------
1,059.10____________ One
325.00
314922:.0795 Non4e2.50 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
Oglethorpe_________ _ Paulding__________ _
87.32------------------------------------
550.15
94.50 One
120.00
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
47
EXHIBIT "I." FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 19130RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Insolvent or
Total Uncollected No. Men Cost Clerk
Commissions Costs Employed
Hire
Pickens____________ PPiikerec_e____________________________
164.00
. 15.00 ____________ ------------
113773..6070 ________9_._5_0____________00____________00_
Pulaski_ ____________ ------------------------------------------------
Putnam _________2_n_d_.
250.00 180.00
50.00____________ 25.00____________
25.00 20.00
Rabun_c __________ _ Randolph _________ _ Richmond _________ _ Rockdale __________ _
212.41
340.00 1,271.41
97.10
12.00 One
90.00
125.00-- ~------ --- ------ --- ---
595.00 One
225.00
9.10 None
None
SScchrelv~eYn--_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
219099..7109 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e____ ----N--o-n-e----
Spalding __________ _ Stephens __________ _ Stewart ___________ _
197.43 211856..8800
16.60 One
130.00
578..7355 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
Sumter ___________ _ Talbot ____________ _
251274.5.000-------5-3--.5-0- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_________3_5_._00_
Taliaferro _________ _ TattnaJL _________ _
39683..1310
82..0000 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
Taylor ____________ _ Telfair ____________ _ 'I:errell ____________ _ Thomas ___________ _
TTiofwt_.n_s_________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
Troup_____ --------Turner____ --- _____ _ Twiggs ____________ _ Union _____________ _
126.80
29.25
150.20 _-----------
369.30
78.75
683.47
9.82
86.00 _____ __ ____ _
One
None One ONnoene
60.00
None 20.00
Non8e1.00
93334..2450 _________________________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
140.65 ____________ -----------------------6430..7500 None7.50 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
Upson _____________ _
158.25 ____________ None ___________ _
Walker____________ _ Walton ____________ _ Ware _____________ _
390.00 639352..0265
45.00 One
50.00
41053..2755 ____O__n_e____________1_5_0_._0_0
Warren___________ :_ Washington________ _ Wayne____________ _ Webster___________ _ Whitfield __________ _ Wilcox ____________ _ Wilkes ____________ _ Wilkinson _________ _ Worth ____________ _
74.75
17.50 None
None
334.75------------------------
264.25
0
0
15.00 0
58.57------------ ------------ ------------
98.78 423.20 215.30
41.03------------ ------------
None
None
None
0 One
20.00
188.00
8.00 One
36.0(}
416.51
147.75 None
14.25
48
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
EXHIBIT"!." FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 19130RDINARIES.
COUNTY
M~n Total !Insolvent orl No.
Cost Clerk
I Commissions Uncollected Employed
Hire
Costs
1 - - - - -1
Appling ____________ $ 263.02~$
47o57 None $
3o75
Baker_____________ _ Baldwin___________ _ Banks ____________ _
Bartow__________ ---
!
Postage
198075~
8000 ____________ ------------
476 0so: ___________ . None
50 000
1750001
60000 None
510.40: _________ ,__ One
None 120000
Ben HilL _________ _ Bibb__________ ----BBlreocokklse_y_-_-_-_--__~ __________ __ B~an _____________ _
Bulloch ___________ _ Burke_____________ _
Calhoun___________ _ Camden ___________ _
CampbelL _________ _ CarrolL __________ _ Catoosa___________ _ Charlton __________ _
347o00
68o25 None
01,093.15 _____ __ __ ___ 1 & extra
None '200000
206000
20000 None
None
584000------------------------
201034
24045------------
30000 2025
956888o60090------9-2-o-2-5--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- -------2-5-o-0-0-
332 o05
107.45 None ___________ _
88o00 None
None
None
456.84 799000 258. 70 142.10
153033------------ -----------
None
One
75000
3 000 None
Nothing
44025 ____________ ------------
Chattahoochee _____ _ Chattooga_________ _ Cherokee__________ _ Clay______________ _ Clayton___________ _ Clinch ____________ _
CCoofbfebe___-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
2170030.657 -------5-0-o~7-5--_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
197.55------------ One
150000
212034003457 ------1-5-4-o-7-5------N-o-n-e---------N-o-n-e---~
78.75------------ None
453000
200000 One
None 75000
505035------------------------
10000
Collected
Incidentals
Colquitt___________ _ Coweta ___________ _ Crisp_______ "- _____ _ I>ade _____________ _
819.o30
280 053------------
33 000
1,309.32------------ ------------
450 00
471.70------------ ------------ -----------140.95 ____________ ------------------------
I>awson ___________ _ I>ecatur___________ _
68354009500 _____.__3__6_0_1_0 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
I>eKalb ___________ _
547021
230050 Two
165090
Collected
I>odge ____________ _
368090
20000 ____________ ------------
I>ooly---- _________ _
4550 50
250 00 One ___________ _
I>ougherty _________ _
350000--------- ___ Two
270000
I>oug)Jaa___________ _
231.30
5000 One
14000
2nd Qo
Early ______
{
3rd 4th
Q. Qo
Echols-_- _________ _
187045 206065 218035 21.75
21.20 8090 16065 None
0 0 0 None
0 0 0 None
Effingham_________ _
107065
12.75 None
None
Elbert _____ -------EmanueL __ ~-- ____ _ Fannin____________ _
5675210.4705_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_1_____O_n_e_____
219010
52045! None
12474005920 None
Fayette __________ - _ Floyd _____________ _ Franklin ________ --_ Fulton __________ __ _
337o15
69000 None
604025 368o35
190000[1 One 110030____________
5,944095 ----------- Seven
None 150o00 10000
2,395000
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
49
EXHIBIT "I." FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 19130RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Total Insolvent or No. ~en Cost Clerk
Commissions UncQUected Employed
Hire
Costs
Gilmer ________ .: ___ _ $ Glascock __________ _
249.00$__________ _ One
155.10
23.00 None
60.00 None
Glynn _____________ _ GordOIIl ____________ _ Graqy _~ __________ _ G~e ____________ _
Gwinnett __________ _
Collected 288.35
26.35____________ None
334.00------------ ------------ -------- _ __ -
312.40 ____________ ------------------------
320.50 N~ne
On!!
50.00
795.25
329.50 One
45.00
Hall ______________ _ Ilancock __________ _
None 452627..6950 ______1_9_6__.6_5____r_e_g_u_l_a_r_________.__1_2_._00_
Ilaralson __________ _ Ilarris ____________ _
464.75
132.45 One
415.75________________________
120.00 9.00
Ileard_____________ _ Ilenry ____________ _ Irwin _____________ _
Jackson ___________ _
336643..4295 ______1_1__7_.6_6______N_o_n__e___ ------------------------
494.00 None
None
None
563.35
9.50 One
75.00
Jasper ____________ _
Dec. 13 to D~. 31, Acting Ordinary. 89.25 ___ __ _______ One
28.00
Jeff Davis__ _____ .. Je1ikins ___________ _ Johnson___________ _
128.45
40.00 None
None
320658..0300 _______1_7__.5_0______N_o_n_e_____________7_._00_
LJoanuersen-s-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_~_-_--_
LLiebee_rty-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_"_-_--_ Lincoln _____ ~ _____ _
Lowndes __________ _ Lumpkin__________ _ ~aeon ____________ _
~aqison __________ _ ~anon ___________ _ ~cDuffie _________ _ ~eriwether ________ _ ~mer___________ --~itchelL _________ _ ~onroe ___________ _ ~ontgomery _______ _ ~organ ___________ _ ~urray ___________ _ ~uscogee __________ _ Newton ________ "--Oconee ____________ _ Paulding __________ _ Pickens ___________ _ Pierce_____________ _ Pike______________ _ Rabun ____________ _
Randolph__________ _
289.20________________________
1.25
918.56________________________
25.00
244.63
42.20 None
None
193.78
79.70 None
Nothing
147.75
25.50 None
None
Collected
936.16
124.00 One
155.00
85.25 361.44
5.50 None 30.00 None
None 7.35
Expense
265279..8300 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e____________1_5_._00_
335545.5.70_5_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_- ----O--n-e----- -------4--5-.0--0
510800..5755,______~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_------O-n-e----- ------1--2-0-.-0-0
386.75 ____________ One
60.00
143.00
15.oo____________
1.oo
493.05
34.50 ____________ ------------
128.50
5.00 None
None
1,020. 50------------ One
325.00
34701o..2120 ____N__o_n_e________N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
514368..4050
21292..0500 ____O__n_e____________1_2_0_._0(_)
335334..5530 ___________0____________0____________0_
. 520.00
20.00 One
120.0()
520.00
100.00------------ ------------
1,155.00 Fees collected 1913. 100 uncollected.
50
JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
EXHIBIT ''1.'' FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913-
0RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Total , Insolvent or No. Men Cost Clerk
Commissions Uncollected Employed
Hire
Costs
Richmond __________ Rockdale ___________ Schley ______________ Screven ____________ Stephens ___________ Stewart ____________ Talbot _____________
Taliaferro __________ TattnalL __________ Talflol _____________ Te air _____________
TerrelL_~ __________
852.60: 1,227.40 One
225.00
199.951
10.00 None
None
111.5. 001_ ---- ------- None
None
447679.:~
0
0
0
4.00 None
None
223.44
9.30 None
None
254.60 25il..76
55.25 None
----N--o-n-e----
----N--o-n-e----
629.35 234.85
--------5-0-.8--5
----O--n-e-----
1.00 60.00
225.25 412.35
8.00 78.15
----O--n-e-----
--------1-3-.0--0
Thomas ____________ T i f t ________________
Toombs ____________ Towns _____________ Troup___________ --_
Turner _____________ Union ______________
Upson _____________ VValker _____________
Collected
850.02
888.75 this one
Nov.
258.45 & Dec.
------------
None
76.25 None
None
Bal.
43.50 1,063.65
456.13
------------------------
-----------------------
268.40 None
None
56.95
10.70 ------------
395.95 527.05
--------2-5-.00
None One
810.00 None
Nothing.
-----------------------
None
---E-x-p-e-n-s-e---
13.25 75.00
VValton_c ___________ VVare __________ c ___ VVarren _____________ VVashington _________ VVayne _____________
557.75
345.90 171.00 649.75 231.00
531.76 One
150.00
40.25 23.00
00
---------------O--n-e-----
------------------2--5-.0--0
00
0
0
VVebster ____________ VVhitfield___ {4th Q. VVilcox ________3_r_d__Q_. VVilkes _____________
162.75 310.43 232.42 400.20
--------8-1-.0--4
50.08 None
----------------------------N-o-n-e----
---------------------------N--o-n-e----
480.00
13.30 Two
40.00
VVilkinson __________ VVorth _____________
241.00 418.55
9.00 One 103.85 None
48.00 9.75
THURSDAY, JuNE 25, 1914.
51
EXHIBIT ''1.'' FEE REPORTS, FIRSl' QUARTER, 1914.-
0RDINARIES. .
COUNTY
Total Insolvent or No. Men I Cost Clerk
Commissions Uncollected Employed
Hire
Costs
,
Appling ________ c ___ '$ Baker_____________ _ Baldwin___________ _ Banks_____________ _ Bartow____________ _ Ben Hill___________ _
197.80$
16.55 One $
7.50
203.751
25.00----------- -'--- ---------
265.50------------ ------------1------------
264.00
75.00 One
25.00
56fJ._77 ------------ One
360 ..00
59.75 16 davs
120.00 12.00
BBliebcbkl-e-y-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Bryan_____________ _ Burke______________ 'j
1,189.00 ____________ 1 & eXtra
200.00
168.20 None
None
None
319208..1305
5411..2455 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
Calhoun___________ _
CampbelL_________ i
CarrolL ____________ , Catoosa___________ _
260.25
603.015 510.65 372.07
55.60 Norie ----l...------
142.25------------ -----~------
0 One
75.00
62.80 None
Nothiiig
CChhaetrtoakheoeo_c_h__e_e__________ __
349.21
0
0
313.15____________ O.ne ,
0 150.00
Clarke ____________ _ Clay______________ _ Clayton___________ _ Coffee _____________ I
7~t~l============ ~~~~-~~~ -------~~~~~
216.50j
79.00 None
None
422.80------------------------
10.00
Colquitt__ _________ _ Columbia__________ _ Coweta____________ _ Crisp _____________ _ I>ade _____________ _
I>awson ___________ _ I>ecatur___________ _
DeKalb ___________ _
Collected
Incidentals
538.53 127.75
109.83-----------12.00____________
- 92.00 50~
lflt~~:~~=~:: ~~~~~=~~~~~=~= == ====~~~~
601.80
55.50------------ ------------
720.88------------ Two I
161.70
I>odge ____________ _
I>ooly_____________ _
I>ougherty_________ _ I>ouglas___________ _ Echols ____________ _ Effingham_________ _ Elbert ____ --~ _____ _
Collected
180.50
50.00 None ------------
405.001 343.00 168.10
50.00------------1------------
25.00 Two I
270.00
None
One
12.00
22.25 None
None
Nothing
147.00
0
01
0
614.25 ____________ ------------
25.00
FEamnanninue__L______-_-_-_-_-_--___ Fayette_____ ~ _____ _ Floyd_____________ _ Franklin __________ _
431.00 ____ --~ __ __ _
165.30
41.55
242.71
41.25
580.50
190.00
336.35
30.00
One
None None One None
174.20
None None
150.00 None
Fulton____________ _ Gilmer __________ "__
Receipts 6,'310581. 0.011__-_-_-_-_--__-_--_-__------O--n-e-----
2,44650..0000
Glascock __________ _ Collec5t5ed.50
15.00 _______________________ _
Glynn_____________ _
Collected 515.35
32.90 ___ ______ ___ None
GGroarddoyn__________-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Greene____________ _
215.85
121.35------------ ------------
301,45------------------------------------
191.55 None
One 1
62.50
52
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
EXHIBIT "I." FE~ REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.0RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Total Insolvent or No. ~en Cost Clerk
Co=issions Uncollected Employed
Hire
Costs
GwinnetL _________ 1$
HalL _____________ _
409.35$ 487.35
67.75 One $ 228. 80 One occa-
135.00 15.75
Hancock __________ _
244.30
13.00 ___s_io_n_a_H_._y______________ _
Haramon __________ _
Harris_____________ _ Heard_____________ _ lrwill_____________ _
318.03
49.60 One
120.00
332550950..27.5300_-_-_-_-_-_-_-3_-4_-_.-1-_0-_-_-_-__-N_-_-o_-n_-e_-_-_-_- --_--__--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_----_
Jackson ___________ _ Jasper ____________ _ Jeff Da,!s_________ _ Johnson___________ _
440.85 ___ ____ _____ One
75.00
379.68
173.90 Two
210.25
16802..5105 ________6_._5_0______N_o_n_e_________N_o_n_e___ _
Jones _____________ _ Rec~~~~461_ ----------- ------------
1. 50
Laurens___________ _ Lee_______________ _
Liberty ___________ _ Lincoln ___________ _
730.00------------ ------------
134.80
50.70 None
185.50
50.00 None
127.75
55.25 None
25 0 00 None. Nothing None
Lovnndes __________ _ LUinpklll __________ _ ~aeon ____________ _
Cash 896.55 147.26 358.61
80.00 One
150.00
10.00 ____________ ------------
None
None
12.85
~adison ____ ------Marion_______ ----_~cDuffie __________ _
325897..2750 ____N__o_n_e_________N_o_n_e____________1_5_._00_ 451.00 ___________________________________ _
~itchelL __________ _ ~onroe ___________ _
~organ ___________ _
~urray ___________ _ ~uscogee _________ _ Newton ___________ _
390.75____________ One
75.00
234.50----------- _ One
384.65
137.00 None
45.00 None
158.75
10.00 None
None
1,141394.2.605_______________________________________________________3_5_0_._00_
PPiaeurcled_i_n_g____-_--_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Pike ______________ _ Rabun____________ _ Randolph__________ _ Richmond _________ _ Rockdale __________ _ Screven ___________ _ Stephens _________ _ SSUteiwntaerrt_____-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_--_ Talbot ____________ _ Taliaferro _________ _ TattnalL __________ _ Taylor ____________ _ TerrelL ___________ _
TThifot~__-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_ Toombs ___________ _
375885..1550 _______9_2_._3_0______O_n_e____________1_2_0_._00_ 231.75 ___________________________________ _
335.20
24.00 One
120.00
400.00 1,592.15
47.00------------------------
248.90 One
225.00
180.50
~2.0
None 0
None 0
None 0
433.25
4.00 None
240.75____________ . None
None None
608.05
25.00 None
25.00
238.90
59.00 None
None
191.88 None
No.ne
None
470.05 401.75
32.45------------ ------------
64.55 One
6o.oo
216.25
121.75 One
14.00
One
collected
732.27
802.47 this Q.
228.25 None
None
84.00 None
108.25 None
None
None
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
53
EXHIBIT "1." FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.0RDINARIES.
COUNTY
Total Insolvent or No. Men Cost Clerk
Commissions Uncollected Employed . Hire Costs
Towns _____________ $ Troup___________ --_ 1rurner____________ _ Urrlon _____________ _ Upson_____________ _ VValker ____________ _ VValton ____________ _ VVare _____________ _ VVarren ____________ _ VVashington ________ _ VVayne _____________ _
VVVVielcbosxte_r_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
WWiillkkeinss_o_n___________________ __ Worth ____________ _
917103..4705$_______________________________________________$__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
187.50
40.60 None
None
34194.:1500_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
465.20
8.20 One
25.00
744.20
189.90 One
120.00
585.90
32.50------------ ------------
157.00
*23.00
0
0
353.50________________________
30.00
17560..6705 ___________0____________0____________0_
573.50________________________
550.10
15.00 Two
207.00
16.00 One
492.60
84.70 None
10.00
60.00 48.00 6.00
EXHffiiT "J". FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
01
~
COUNTY
fo~Fees Total Fees
Amount In-
I solvent or INo. Men Em-
Cost Clerk
Fees in Crim-Fees in
Received Civil Court Work
for Recording
Uncollected ployed
Hire
inal Cases Cases
Papers
Baker_______________ _ Baldwin_____________ _ Banks______________ _
413967.1.7851______3ii-2(f ----O-n-e-----
M.OO 75.63
~.00
62.55
~-~~
44.30
~.00
243.70
501.10
2 Regular
100.001
112.00
292.7
22.20
74.20
Bartow______________ _ Ben Bill_____________ _ 1 errien______________ _
835.501 282.62 1,618.52
152.701 1 Extra 152.47 One 282.001 Two
396.00 135.00
375.00 and office
617.60
None 318.001
66.201 152.47
777.87
Non4e8.001 175.00
103.70
~ 0
130.15 ~
299.60 .z~..
Bibb________________ _ Bleckley_____________ _ Brooks______________ _ B~an_______________ _
expense
4,008.70____________ Six
1,808.95
204.76
97.66 One
57.00
279334..5500
45550..6005 _____O_n_e____________1_5_0_._00_
79345..58051 178.60
9.00
1,137.15
2.00 288.86 26.35
t"'
183.55 1,893.50 0
3.~
84.10 "':!
17 .10, 11.701
250.60 1-3 190.80 ~
BBuulrlkoec_k_______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-___ B~uo t tu s _n _____-_-_-_-_-__- _-_-_-_-_- -_ CCaamnXpbiLe_lL______________-_-_-____ __
1,438.71 1;951.28
905.55____________
350.00
97.00
1,051.52____________
630.82
173.25
855.25
149.46
One Two
One None
None One
225.00 185.00
50.00 None None
223.35
292.97
65.35 168.00
233.00 229.94 409.30
498. 65.27 85.00 34.20
73 .45 174.95
47.80 28.00 15.00 15.00
78. 881 82.00
599.34 t9
746:93 ~ 70.00 0
285.00 ~
75.30
Ul
t9
189.00 ~
CCah~ar-l-to-n-_-_-__-_-_-_~__-_-_-_-_ Chatham____________ _
390.42 323.00 .3,164.84
143.04 None 35. -----------6,375.54 Three
None 25.00
1,456.00
67.70i 35203.0.7001 I
3595..2058 ________6_0_._90_
523.20
234.00
79.55
182.95 2,082.74
Chattahoochee_______ _ CChheartotokoege_a___________________-_--_
216.70 1,080.00____________
196.28
142.98____________
684.48____________ One
5.001 15.00 108.59
2, 745.001 30.80 387.70:
78.00 76.28
91.~
6.00 32.00
67.30.
94.45
57.20 138.08
coBected
and expenSe
I
CCJllaaryk_e__________-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-___
Cla~n--------7-,--,
839.52
88.43 Three
48875..7000
___
7
124.50
________
_
One
414.60 150.00:
26.10 294.50
428. 65.001
96.001 30.
289.12 96.50
~-----~~-~---~-----~-~----~-----~---,
~Ccohb_b ~_-_-__-_~___-___-__-_-_-_
158.60 No earned None
998.20
640.00 1to4
No4n9e9.1~0
None 521.25
None 87.19
3. 159.15
155.60 230.61
Coffee _______________
:
1,021.56
2 part of time 458.73 One
270.
479.40 . 300.
440.83
242.16
CCoolluqmuibtti_a________-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_C~a ow wf eo tar_d____-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-
1,237.50
427.5 Four
350.00
222.50
360.00 next report 1,212792..4000,_______6_1_5_.__
----T--w-o-----
One
120.00 next report
130.00
316.85
and
25.00 expense
------------
112.5 176.
-------4--0-.0-0-
23.50
96.00
50.00 ------------
475.00 144.00 46.05 122.00
I~>-a-d-e -__-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_ I>a~n ______________
I>ecatur ______________ ~b ______________ l)odge _______________ Dooley _______________ Dougherty ____________
725.23
76.89 One
260.56
7.50
361. 27.55
115.80
------------
------------
------------
7.15
-a-n-d--p-o-s-t-a-g-e-
89.75
------------
467.75
1.85 One
254.50
20.15
1,205.70
361.95 Four
498.00
283.15
1,044.95
508.
Two
280.00
303.00
870.25
344.00 One
100.00
16.50
1,598.69
930.05 Three
. 600 . 00
82.89
criminal
346.66
19.30
155.90
18.00
7.30 ------------
42.30 118.25
------1--0-2-.0-5-
508.
42.00
140.25
70.00
412.35
80.00
241.95 22.15 20.25
~ ~ q
~
403.45 702.25 233.95
~
~~
319.25 285.45
<:...;
dz
Do~--------------
~lY----------------
Echols_-
~gbazn
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
~--------------Fannin _______________
408.65
233.55 One
40.00
117.40 103.50
68.00
119.75
510.00
115.95 &e
120.00
76.05
200.60
19.50
170.00
------2--5-8-.-4-0
482.20
67.75
-------1-9-1-.-7-5
----------O--n--e----------
25.00
-------1-3-5-.0--0
33.50
-------5--7-.4--0
23.00
-------7--5-.8--0
34.90
--------5-4-.0--0
50.40
------2--9-5-.0-0-
miscellaneous
200.39
26.59 One
2.00
39.75
22.70
71.06
. 66.88
tri t.:> ~Ct.
1-' <:0 1-' ~
Fayette ______________ Floyd ________________
525.02 1,775.75
272.97 One 432.00 Three
7.30 975.20
6.00 214.50
393.72 833.20
21.00 135.40
97.00 592.65
Forsyth---------~----
475.67
234.50 Two
20.00
F~u-l-to-n -__-_-__-_-__-_-__-__-_-_ (}iliner _______________ (}IascoCk _____________
((}}alyrdnonn_________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
(}rady--- ------------
567.52 11,809.44
228.78 1,836.74
-T--h-i-r-ty--O-n--e-
-----------9,881.49
47.90
-----1-,4-1--3-.5--0
-------1-1-5-.0--0
208.95
One
----T--w-o-----
60.00 15.00 747.58
511.85 798.40
93.10 275.31
---'-T-w--o-----
60.00 115.30
178.00 225.32 1,171.78
5.50 96.00 257.10 304.65 269.15
25.
100.
135.00
76.60
4,073.45
454.40
15.50
3.00
75.50 395.25
-------1-4-3-.9-5-
63.65 161.80
--------6-3-.5--5
100.00
130.60
6,109.81
23.90
17.50
617.20
143.55 299.40
Ct. Ct.
EXHIBIT "J". FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
~
0')
COUNTY
In-~ I I I Total Fees Asmolovuenntt or No. Men Em- Cost Clerk Fees in Crim-Fees in Civili!GReocueritvedWoforkr\FeecsorfdoirngRe-
Uncollected .ployed
Hire
inal Cases
Cases
Papers
(}reene______________ _ (}winnett_ ___________ _
HHaanlLco_c_k__________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
HHaafrarli.ss_o_n______________ _ Hart________________ _ Heard______ _ Henry______________ _ Houston_____________ _ Irwin __
313.75
72.70
1,965.79 1,463.9511
1,033.27
236.70
862.78
415.79
670.801
242.80
101.90
383.80
737.70i
355.30
1'~~~: ~gl_--- --~~~~'
Jackson _____________ _ Jasper______________ _
Jeff Davis___________ _
Jefferson __
1~xr:: ------298~35
780.00 498.05
400.00 175.85
Jenkins______________ Johnson______________ Jones________________
Laurens______________
606.801 711.75 163.60 1,592.03
Liberty-------------Lincoln______________
360599..77851l
Lumpkin_____________
69. 00.
Macon _______________ ------------
Madison_____________
599.75
MMacrli>ounf_f_ie__________________________
232.70
~~ether.
316.901 One 325.00 One 31.80 One 232612..5350 ____F__o_u_r___ _
102.40 One
None
One
One
One
One
78.00 185.77 300.00
~:~
328.32
_______ 39:60 156.85
75.40
-------9--6-.4--0
60.00
115.48
61.30
125.
345.40
290.
90.50
53.50
45.00 30.00
-------9-0--.1-5---------4-5-.4--5
-------3--6-.1--5
48.00 75.00 172.50
207.80 86.60 258.78
181".90 71.25 57.10
------------------1--9-.2--0
180.00 ------------
91.7
19.95
111.64 111.66 275.00
130.34 71.50 300.00
86.75 148.50 60.00 10.10
131.75 57.
129.90
26.00
3.00
None
-----'-2-5-4--.6-5- -------7--2-.8--5
86.50
18.45
i~:~l_______:~:~~ -------~~:~~
162.75
102.07
215.00
194.11 236.10
~ 0
101.40 ~
212.05 160.80 197.55
~ ~
>
t"
216.85 0
283.68 I'!Ej
f-:3
245.15 III
122.25 t_:<j
145.00 197.70
~
0
~
158.15 219.65
r:Fl _t<J
103.60
001.50
314.73
199.40
39.00
118.00
139.86
127.75
108.65
~1.75
~~ it lto en r-_-_-_-___-_-_____-_-_--_
~onroe _____________ _
~ontgomery__________ ~organ _____________ _ ~uxray _____________ _ ___________ _ ~uscogee ~ewton _____________ _ ()conee______________ _
Oglethorpe_----------
P~~ik~ej_~_-_~_~_=_~_=_=_=_=_=_=_=_=__~=_
2i5450..9050
8521..3050[____N__o_n_e___ _
435.16____________ One
1,009.00 599.20 219.24
1,165.92 575.70
342.35
777.20 1,080.15
170.80 302.54 41.85
----------
One
One
~one
Two Two ~one
761004..92!>0
569.30 687.65
211160..140 -----O-n-e-----
49.50 One 73.65 One
None J 7.50
44.601 69.
115104.0.0001 ________5_0_._ _
122.00
~one
950.00 .
81.25
~one
270.00 73.15 192.92
21.oo 145.45] 159.65 181.00 183.80 210.85
Polk________________ _
~tnaln _____________ _ ~tman ____________ _
llabun ______________ _
llanddlph ___________ _
ItichSmuopn.da_n_d__C__i_ty__C__rt_. ltockdaJe____________ _
2,489.17
244.301 Four
40.60 ____________ ------------
Schley___ _ Screven_ Step~ens ____________ _
------------ ------------ 132.00------------ ------------ --- _: ~- -----
306.25----------- -I--------~---
45.45
1,242.00
255.75 . One
51.00
499.00
SStuenwataerrt____-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_--_ Talbot ______________ _
238.00 earned, $24430 collected, $ 75.00 pa~d for help.
1,375.25____________ Two
130.00
635.
444.26____________ One 1
164.00
200.001
One regular
Tattnall______________ 1,656.52
176.00. Two partly
180.00'
217.35
Taylor_______________ ThollllU!_ __ ___ _____ __ _
114.55
72.78 One
979 .401_ __ ___ ___ __ _ Two
150.00 ------------
465.00
339.95
Tift______________.____
911.50
414.10]1 Two
300.00
299.75
Toombs______________ --- _____________________ I One
147.00
12.001
Towns_______________
180.85
21. 5Q. __ _
89.
I
13.25
15.0011 95.00 680.90 58.05 82. 128. 172.20 99.35, 384.00.
78.351
157.001 186.50
None 39.00 58.05 43.101 106.20. 18. 420.
2485..59001 36.15 54.00 50.10 47.20
127.70
836.501 12.001 2386..1400 _________6_.2_0_1I
440.00
21.00
334.20
50.101
51.93-----------~
1,~:~~1-------~~~~1
225315.8.4001 43.70 38.00
. 6244..6150 40.101' 16.00
38.10
66.00
232.11
151.10
165.85
64.05
425.00
303.90
71.15
t{ 124.40
81.20 128.90 q 243.10 ~
-~ 396.70 ~
127.25
29.25 123.56
<q:..t
132.85 z
1.>:1
1,076.25 ~
28.60 _C.l1
52.25 ......
269.85 282.05
~ ......
~
355.49 114.55
100.25 100.80
387.65 311.70
257.43 16.35 ~ -:a
EXHIBIT "J". FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
<:Jt
00
COUNTY
I I I Total Fees I Asmolovuenntt oInr-~No. Men Em- Cost Clerk Fees in Crim-Fees in Civil\CRoecueritvedWoforkr\FeecsorfdoirngRe-
Uncollected ployed
Hire
inal Cases
Cases
Papers
Troup_______________ _ Turner ______________ _ Union ______ _ Upson __ _
Walker______________ _ Walton______________ _
Ware _______________ _ Warren _____________ _ Washington __________ _ Wayne______________ _ Webster_____ _ WWhheiteel_e_r_______________ _ Whitfield____________ _
W~?i~lk=i=n=so=n=_=_=========
Worth ______________ _
923.95
One and extra help
One
263.561 532.801
112.15 48.00
48.15,_ ----------0'
89.00
740.70
198.10
19.05 155.15
~
c0
250.00 71.00
~
~
304.73 60.90
0
b;l
220.10 ~ 309.30 Ill 50.00 tz:l
169.25 102.27 50.00
~
c0
182.80 243.25
'{fl
_r:l
80.44
376.55
EXHIBIT "J"
FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913. SUPERIOR COURTS.
CLERKS,
I
EXHIBIT "J". FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
~
0')
0
COUNTY
In-~No. Em-~ Amount
Men
Cost Clerk [Fees in Crim_IIFees in Civil![ Received for IFees for Re-
Total Fees I solvent or ployed
Hire
inal Cases
Cases . Court Work I cording
Uncollected
Papers
Baker_______________ _
200. oo
220.oo ____________ s 50. ool's___________ s
4. oo1s___________ s 194.oo
Baldwin_________ -----
387.50____________________________________
24.00
99.95
16.80
246.75
~---------------Bartow-----
240.00 920.83
Marked 1914
908.701
1913
Ben HilL____________
780.89
Berrien_______________ 1,692.70
Bibb_________________ 3,828.99
Bleckley_____ ______ __ _
700. 50, __ _
59.95 None 499.75____________
One
One Two Five One
None 412.50 45.00 45.00 375.00
1,462.90 61.00
64.00 520.15 205.101 53.45 60.00 74.85 324.55
23425..5180_1____N_o_n_e____
141.30 158.10 ~
399.65 q0
323. 7'4 759.65
t11 ~~------634~35
zt:d
E.=;
1,275.85
407.45 2,070.84 0
153.20:
24.00
144.85 "'l
.
Collected
BrookS_______________ 1,034. 50
Bryan________________
334.10
362.80i One 154.40 None
160.00 None
239.55 38.80!
96.151 47.70
404.00 1p-:3: 55.60 tr}
Solvent and
Insolvent
Bullock ____ _ Burke_______________ _
2,427.68 693.0L
675.89 Two Two
275.00 . 115.00[
All1913
Calhoun______ Campbell____________ _ Carroll______________ _ Catoosa_____________ _
Charlton ____________ _
~g: ~~ ~ 11,,269.25 ==== =1=4==0=.0=0======O=n=e== ===c === ====== =
244.96
38.19 None
295. 00
35. 00 One
220.
326.30; 12.98
95.90'
4.ool
42. 501
15. 001
75.10i
6.00
340.25i
151.20
i~: Z~l--- ---- i5~oo
II:
633.75 q0
664.73
U1
J"J
242.65 155.20 368.00 159.10 180.00
Chatham____________ _
Collected 3,841.65
6,834.24
Chattahoochee_______ _ Chattooga___________ _
205.60--147.33
Per diem
834.30
237.
96.551 __ _
10.00,------------
2,029.60 109.05 24.85
Cherokee__________ --C~ke ______________ _ Clay________________ _ Clayton_____________ _
Clinch_ Cobb __
Coffee __ _
Colquitt____ ---------Columbia________ ----Coweta_____________ _
~wfo~-------------
Crisp_-
I>a~n
-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
__
I>ecatur_____________ _ DeKatb_ Dodge __
~Ehff~in=g=h=a=m=_=_=__=_=_=__=_=-=-=_
EFalbnenrint__-_-_-___________ _
Fayette_, ______ - __ --F1oyd_______________ _ Forsyth ___ _ Franklin_ - FG\idlmtoenr__~_-_-__-_--_--------
GWicock_---Glynn_______ ---------Go~on ____ _ Grady __ _ Greene______________ _
Gwinnett___ "____ -----
One
Three One
None .e to four! 2 part time
One
Three One 926.1~------------ . Two
1,~i~:~~------362~32 ____ ()0;----
328.25
100.75 One
Two extra
824.85
118.001 One
1,308. 05------.------ Four
1,793.75
757.65 wo to Three
299.35.
One
. 43.60"
261.80
334.80i
1,004.23:
537.94
2,038.57
511.00)
14,855919.9.1001
109.66
!miscellaneousl
2.50
102.81
'9.50
210.31
469.35'
302.40
400.46
113.101
372.50
150.
210.00
40.00
24.~
156.75
110.6
76.20
33.~
. 73.55
None
19.00
22.50
15.00;
155.40
590.00
297.45
273.25
318.40
257.51
225.00
450.60
420.
I 734.751
38{).90
300.00 100.00)
162.~ 25.~1
283.50
227.50 77.00 317.41
245.7 250.79
7.501------------
187.50------------:
53.00 232.
3135..20001
59.50
15.00:
326.93
24.001
26.50
15.001
482.50 135.00 342.90
8
qII:
105.47 l;d
-~ 438.83 rn 17.50
288.201
37.50
454.~~------------
157.50 268.85
9.65 73.65
,502.20 ~ 965.55 q
300.~
429.60
898.95
72.001
393.20 z
~~:oo
No~~~~~----~~~~~~~----~~~~~~~~------~~~~
t:-:1
1-.:l _01
99.85____________
9.001
398.20 243:75
306.98
107.20
123.80 ____________ )
605.30
199.401
195.95 ~
111.40 (.0
105.50 851.35
~
tl"-
250.00
150.001
261.00
56.96
16.00,
274.75
4,670.81 1,409.191 5,493.59
TI.40
56.1~
56.50
45.00 436.88
1073..50001
154.23 ----------- -!
~-50
526.65
180.65
373.30
21.00
528.90
157.60 -------~~~~~------:~~~~~ c...-....
EXHIBIT "J". FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
1?5
COUNTY
Amount In- No. Men Em- Cost Clerk Fees in Crim- Fees in Civil Received for Fees for Re-
I Total Fees solvent or ployed
Hire
inal Cases Cases Court Work cording
Uncollected
Papers
Hancock _____________ Haralson _____________
~-~~~============ HH~o-u-s-to-n-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Irwin ________________
Jackson ______________ Jasper _______________
Jeff Davis ____________ Jefferson _____________ Laurens ______________
Lee __________________
Lincoln _______________ Luunpkin _____________ Macon _______________ Madison _____________ Marion _______________ McDuffie _____________ Mcintosh ____________ Meriwether ___________ Miller ________________ Monroe ______________ Montgomery __________ Morgan ______________ Murray ______________ Muscogee ____________
861.80
112.14 One
75.00
270.05
434.80
115.50 One
Half
12.00
Postage
782.00
60.00 One
60.00
410.00
1,860.95
842.40 One
30.00
139.50
402.00 1,277.95
218.00 690.74
-----O-n-e-----
25.00
200.~
193.00 196.41
878.12
207.39 One
180.00
58.32
716.23 322.75
----N--o-n-e----
---
-------One
70.00
101.64
225.00. None
950.(_)()
200.00 One
30.00
300.~
1,037.00
'398.10 Two
225.00
403.70
2,991.84
396.14 Four
575.37 1,572.30
1,308.55
360.97 One
210.00
539.80
868.40
354.55 One
90.00
320.80
254.38 366.90
77.70 50.15
----T--w-o-----
------1--5-0-.0--0
11056.:~
848.14
169.52 Two
200.00
245.77
885.20
119.40 One
120.00
270.60
387.19 508.16 620.03 342.(_)()
-------83~74
-------5--6-.0--0
One
-----O-n-e-----
None
6.75
-------1-5-0-.-0-0
None
6.45 153.95 150.38 107.40
605.25
325.00 One
g:~l------~~~~~
One One
150.00 128.00
--------6-0-.0--0
140.00
316.50
331.25[
50.00 None
None
131.65
1,619.45i
163.81 Two
950.00.
883.95
364.20
51.70
47.15 ------------
100.00
46.00
1,303.00
76.90
9.00
15.00
47.90
132.10
326.40
58.40
4613.:~
250.00
33.50
-------7--5-.0--0
266.90
42.65
244.80
84.00
460.96
52.95
352.50
15.~
90.00
19.00
60.00
18.70
337.85 76.95
-------5--7-.6--5
182.94 236.96
-------2--2-.0--0
75.00 24.00
--------1-9-.0--0
35.00 102.05
-------3--6-.0--0
83.55
23.90
56.00
25.00
147.50.
204.00
17.58 365.65
226.00 341.55 145.00 .
~
q0 ,
340.80 435.00 517.89
z!;lj
>
t'
281.75 125.00 324.05
0 "':! 1-'l
1,090.74 Ill
254.85 trJ
161.60 58.00 233.05
~ q0
264.52 360.60
rl1
_r:l
197.80
95.25
394.65
135.60
570.25
226.80
285.60
119.60
384.00
Newton_-------______ Oconee_______________
1, 1fi:4. 051 ____________ ! Two 21~. 05 ___ __ _____ __ None
121. 25 None
187 0 50 None
240.25
65.00
6.00 None
550.05 208.05
Paulding_____________
366.85
Pietce_____ ___ ________ 1, 164.00
276.601 One 375.451 One
80.00 179.00
94.00 237.30
60.00 239.50
27.00 122.50
208.40 300.45
Pike_________________ Rabun_______________
~dolph ___ --------Richmond____ ~------Rockdale_____________ Schley_______________ Screven______________
Stephens_____________ Stewart______________ Sumter_______________ Talbot_______________
1,618.28
100.00 One
209.95 ____ _____ __ _ One
1,4'29.00 2,478.05
-
-
-
-
-
-5-7-6-.-3-0-11
Two Four
309.60
27.75,-- _________ _
536.18
74.40 ____________ ,_
476.65 ___________ -1------- ____ -
377.00 1,423.05
41.00 One 1
138.01 One
2,019.92____________ Two
520.90
45.75 One
100.00
650.58
3.00
51.80
113.65
908.65
919.00
313.40
12.00
130.50
--- ~-g-:-g--g -N-~1~7e-7-.-4-2~
225.00 130.00 52.00
356.80 794.25 203.80
36467..3255 _______1_0_3_._15_
121.85
105.00
825.40
214.00,
13.15
18.00
112.25
30.30
33 0 801 __ ----------
61.651 None
622.05
112.20
445.32:
173.05
101.95
417.30
91.80
293.50
1,125.25
~ 120.20
17.4.11
442.85 q
315.35
!;l:l rfl
332.00 t:!
571.30 215.15
~~
Sup. and City Courts TattnalL____________ Taylor_______________ Thomas______________
~-----------------
Toombs______________
Collected 1,639.32
only 512.92
836.50
150.00
1,693.25____________
1,430.55
176.95
310.15____________
One One Two
Two One
180.00
288.47
150.00 155.00
330.00 152.00
325.00
480.85
149.00____________
75.80 25.00 119.00
13.20 42.10
~
382.55
300.00 827.90
q
z
tz:j
I\.:)
452.50 184.60
~01
Towns_______________
Troup________________ Turner_______________
126.30
1,373.40 1,127.46
109.56________________________
142.61 One
180.00
376.08 One
75.00
109.56
522.09 219.15
15.00
279.49 350.51
51.30 428.21
cf-.'oo
f-'o
400.80 tl"-
Union________________ ------------
123.95 One
6.00
60.25
26.70
40.80
Upson_______________
985.25------------ One
159.0
526.85
64.60
106.75
287.05
Walker_______________
800.
300.00 One
75.00____________
300.00
3.00
200.00
Walton______________
474.65
.
Collected and
83.30 One
150.00 ____________ ------------------------1------------
Uncollected
Ware________________ 1,039.15
Warren______________
314.37
Washington___________ 1,046.60
291.501 Two 10.88 One
217.00 One
375.001 60.00 225.00
200.001 77.371 473.60
107.40j 168.60,
304.05
24.80 28.20
440.25 143.60 240.95
0':.
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EXHIBIT "J". FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
0)
~
COUNTY
I Amount In- No. Men Em-] Cost C1erk !Fees in Crim- Fees in Civil Received for Fees for Re-
Total Fees solvent or ployed
Hire I inal Cases
Cases Court Work cording
Uncollected
Papers
Wayne _______________ Webster ______________
VVheeler ______________
VVhite ________________ Wilcox _______________ Wilkes _______________ Wilkinson ____________
Worth_______________ [
517.50 403.75 618.50
416.07
853.96 442.70
419.15 1,436.70
.132.55 None
186.25
------------ ---------- --!--
------------------------
Ono
90.00
---------293.75 62.08
-------7--7-.5--0
124.17
----------------1--2--.----~------1-3--2.-.00-0-0
126.70 Two
26.501
157.00
58.70
12.
61.67
300.00 One 55.60 One
1gg:ggl--- ----4o~68------iao~7o----- --38~95----- -276~85
176.13 One
84.67,____________
42.00
18.00
148.35
481.50 One
180. 00:_-- ---------
178.20 ------------
777.00
i
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~
1-3
~
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EXHIBIT "J"
FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914. SUPERIOR COURTS.
CLERKS,
EXHIBIT "J". FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914. CLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
~
COUNTY
Amount In-~No. Men Em-1 Cost Clerk Fees in Crim-(Fees in Civil !Received for Fees for Re-
Total Fees solvent or ployed
Hire
inal Cases Cases !Court Work cording
Uncollected
I
Papers
Baldwin______________ '$ 1,265. o71$- _________ -1- ___________ $ ___________ $
318.72$
321. ~so!$
83. oojs 541.85
Banks________________ ,
578.501
377.90 ____________ ------------
150.00
200.
33.40
195.10
Ben Hill______________ '
806.44
184.00, One
135.00____________
34.7 ~------------
587.68
Berrien_______________ [ 2,455.79. 1,612.73[ Two
Bibb________________ -! 6, 111. 76: ____________ I Six
Bleckley ______________
838.961
305.02 One
390.00 1,845.10
65.00
330.00 1, 860. 80
154.23
1,117.00 1,077. 551
239.55
164.90. 490.85 61.00
651.89 2,682.56
384.18
g<:....(
Bryan________________ ,1
.1 I Bullock _____ ~--------
216.85
59.15 None
None
None
38.10, None
119.60
Paid .
I
1
!
1,087. 76---------- --.-- ---------- ------------ ---- ----- ---~-- ------- ---!-- ---------- ------------
Unpaid I
i
j
I
1,377.99
704.49i Two ,
345.00.
268.06
481.45
68.5
943.25
~
t<
~.
Burke________________
g~~beic== ===== ====
Carroll _______________ Catoosa______________ 1
974.51 1____________
Three '
120.00
17.70
32.251
28.
1
,
~~: ~~~1------
162.25 333.851
258~ 39\=
380.271 48.30
========== One None
=I!------2-3752~.7o9o-----None
3i3~2o------
520.95 82. 70~
246~ 58-----
21504..8405[1
--75~ oo 86.00 45.00
~~~: ~~ 776.56 1-'l Pl t;l
263.65 187.05
~
0
Chattahoochee ________ !1 Cherokee _____________ ,
310.00,------------:------------1
654.39[
10.75\ One ,
9.00 115.00
35.82 245.6
22.55 80.13
25.55 32.00
j 226.10
296.66
Clarke_________ ------~ 1 ,262.19[
63.151 Three
500.00
322.44
370.75
61.00
508.00
Clay_________________
879.601
Clayton______________ --------____
334.65. One 75. 90 ___ ____ _____
150.00 25.00
479.85 130.05
52.50 51. 50,
147.25 33.4
200.00 99.30
Cobb _______________ _! Coffee ______________ -1
854.00) ~,
. 290.00 One to Four
427.00
345.00
109.00'1
~~
190.00
210.00
~~
998.98
810.80
928.451 _______________________ -~ ____________ ____________
309.48 ___ _________
421.47
Columbia_____________
796.10:
406.95 One
Coweta___ -----------~ 1, 144.951------------ Two
Crisp________________ 1,482.28
631.21 Two
175. 00,_ _________ _ _
210.80 302.91 1
63.80 54.87
134. 00'\ 366.75 595.90
25.00 76. TOI 42.00
637.10 637.70 478.55
II>>eac~ant-u-r_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-1_
])~b _____________ _
I>odge ______________ _
114.041 1,458.91
128.~-----------246.~~~0neandextra
1,550.80
136.50 Four
902. 951Two to Three
From City
7.~Qi 421.~
347857..6oo911.
51.041 243.801 163.35, 445.491
~1~:04.5~ _______~15~.~-
946.
74.10
38.00 904.01
967.00 558.80
I>ougherty------ ____ - _, __
I>o~as _____________ _ Echols _______ --- ___ --
EEflbfienrgth__am______ -------
Court 3 mos.1 385.191
Criminal 243.50/
Three One
1
300. 1oo~
30.~
I 251.001 90.30I
224.151 33.15
65.101 96.501
oo ____________ 110690..65
42.30,____________
14.20,
25.00
20.2
24.70
,________________________ !_________________________________ _
611.3
298.83 One
150.00
48.70
21.85
37.
F~---------------
= ~F~Jl~d'~tyo~~n~~_~_==_==_=_==_=__==_==_=_==_=_==_===_
(}urnner ______________ _
331.04
7.12,1_________ ---
25.0011
58.90
miscellaneous
41.00
47.25
809.41
502.06,____________
15.60
158.95
360.82
42.501
___ 1,7'91.39 785.00
13, 6~r7s6:.0~8t
328.001. Three
475. OOi Two
871.68 50.00/
144.901 200.00
~~~5:4~.~1~2~T--w-e-~-~-~--i-g-h-t- ----9--, 7-~-g-:-~--- __ -~ ~~9=8~.~9~8~1
489.20
83.60
495.00
30.00
5, 132~0t.~56 ______:5~5~.~5~0
649.31
0.80
8
~
~
~
IJl
183.89 247.14
1,';3.69
~
..>. <l
60.00 ~
401.10 5,624.21
~z
103.26 t1:J
(( }} layrdn no_n________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- -_
1,165.35 587.64
298.70 Two 252.24 One
632.50> 76.00
186.15 227.96
439.05 117.15
106.701 33.00
433.45 253.40
1:\:) ~01
((}}rreaednye_-_-_--__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
llancock ____________ _
lllaln~cnis-_~_-_-__-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_ llart________________ _ lle&fd _______________ _ lrwfn ________ c ______ _ Jackson _____________ _
Jasper__ _ Jeff ])avis___________ _
1,691. 20 1,276. 81 One
985.53
220.10 One
i,029.77
335.56 Two
472. 14
384.90 One
669.00____________ One
1,203.05 6$9.00
14.71 One 412.00____________
1,07,.3.99
187.16 One
1,351.44____________ One
1, 109.85
185.40 One
825.00
275.00 One
156.25
179.20
431.35
74. 70'
103.50
212.63
159.85
73.45
100.00
282.81
97.75
92.75
472. 14
422.79
100.00
16.80 ____________ ------------
98. 5, 10.0
35.00
176.85
448.
2~. 701
18.00
125.
~-
180.00 195.
87.48 53.36
221436.-~-------1--8-3-.-~-
240.00 90.00
271.15 250.00
107.9
300. j
7750..030;:I:1
805.95 I-'
539.60 ~
220.90 323.00
I-'
~
. 508.00
536.79
247.00
740.51
901.00
660.50
150.00
Jefferson __
1,218.94
200.65 Two
225.001
149.43
205.11
26.10
838.30
Johnaon------ 1,546.87
269.90 One
40.00
531.07
352.00
30.
363.90 CJ)
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EXHIBIT "J''. FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.--oLERKS, SUPERIOR COURTS.
0)
00
COUNTY
I In-~No. Crim~Fees Total Fees
I
Amount solvent
or
Men Em-1. Cost Clerk Fees in
ployed 1 Hire
inal Cases
in Civill Received for Fees for ReCases Court Work cording
Uncollected
!
Papers
Laurens_____________ _ 2,495.40
78.9~ Four
648.~
600.45
53.951.
116.05 1,724.95
LeeS_u_p_._a_n_d__C__it_y__C_o___ _
ldncOln _____________ _
Sup. and City Court, Valdosta. LLouwmnpdkeisn~______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Macon______________ _ Madlison ____________ _ Marion______________ _ McDuffie____________ _ McintoSh ___________ _ Meriwether__________ _
829.95 535.00
52.85 One 1127.2p One
210. 16'5. 00 90. ------------
247.75 1,53.701
16.551 3.
----- -.-- 1,769.491
242.3l.Two to Four
i~:~- ~tfgg----t;~-
500.001
504.801
634.40,
39.001
~~: ~~----- -2~~~~~= == ===~~i~~i[= === ==ii~.~~
582. 51____________ One
570.05
210. 631_ -----------
120. OOi
29. 59,
39.00----------- -I
113.67
9.50 ____________ ------------ ------------j
928.06 ____________ ------------------------
75.511
88.50:------- ____ _
171. 3~
20. 00
6.00~------------.
95.00
170.51
400.65
374.05 ~
q0
589.29 128.80 439.35
z!;d
~
t'
439.85 464.45
0 "'J
378.75 8 98.17 ~
757.55 1:;1
Monroe___ _ Montgomery_________ _
MMuorrrgaayn____-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Muscogee __________ ~_ Newton _____________ _
1,408.3 ------------One and extra
200.00
1,069.18 973.75 375.05
568.45 791.32 246.10
_____OO_nn_ee_____ 11;_______11_23_80_.._05_00
1,452.37
471.03 Two 1
580.90 Dont know Two & extra
950.00 80.60
110. 00! 85.001 327.00i 136.05,
495.371 75. 001
40.001 241.45 32.40 151.9511
228.00 201.65.1
70.00 100.00 117.80 15.00
187.001 38.90
1,188.34 500.73 496.55
~ q0
87.05 542.00
rfl 1:;1
165.25
Oconee_~---
886.45
155.7.5 N()ne ! None
181.2.0.
164.10:
61.85
387.85
PPiaeurlcdei_n_g_______________ _ Pike________________ _ Polk______ _ Ftabun ______________ _
546.40 1,188.37 1,052.80
1,093.31 460.15
101.75 One 368.20 One 162.00 One
80.&2 One 212.30 Two
Randolph ___ _
57p. 65 ~wiifh;'C'l;;,~ie- ~o
90.00
75.00
150.00
30.50i1
145.001
156.801
-i 55486..64501
~44.351
187.55,
145. 351___________
114.751 179. 7o;
30.00 109.15
207.451
19.50
136.45:
158.'301'
100.40;
23.70
218.55 ___________ _
256.65 486.70
66~.05
554.21 148.50
355.10
RichEnond ___________ _ 2,268.75 nnextreport F1ve
1
1,003.00.
470.50:
434.75[
143.00 1,220.50
~dBle ____________ _
SScchrelevye_n _____________ _ Stephens____________ _
SSuteoownaterrt_______________ _
TTaatltbnoaltl__-_-_-_-___-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Taylor___________ ---_ TToifott_n_b__s_______-_-_-_-_-_---_-_-_-_,
To~---------------
Troup ______________ _ ~er______________ _ lJ!Uon_______________ _ lVJVpsaolkner_________________ _ VValton _______________ . VVare __ vv~-------------VVVVaeybnsete-r-_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__--_
VVlllte_______________ _
VVilkes ______________ _
One One One Two
93. 81.251 225. 175. 157. 180.
One
171.
One
90.
One
175.
One
200.
One
48.351
140.25
221.55
1,184.60
245.60
754.75
921.70
676.55
436.60
400.00
496.65 8
371.55 Ill
65.52
c1
td
Ul
~~ 655.69
676.75
23.95
788.30 ~
225.00 368.00 492.20
cz1
t;l
239.90 330.00
~
_01.
229.50 1-'
128.57 ~
776.90
1-'
~
0) ~
EXHIBIT "K." FEE REPORTS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913.--BHERIFFS.
t COUNTY
~ I Baker: _______________ $
Baldwm___ ___ ___ __ ___
650.00 387. 56
Insolvent or Uncollected Costs No. Men Em
st Clerk Hire\. Fees Criminal I Fees Civil Cases
ployed .
Cases
I~ ~-
250.00
None
_______________________________
$ None ,__________ -
____
-1,I$------2-5-0--.-0--0-------I$
200.00
-::J 0
Banks_______________
1,83. 70 ,
83.70
None
!
None
40.00
Bartow______________ Ben HilL____________ Bibb_________________
421.63 1,847.43 7 ,242. 54
146.00 53.00
1_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Two Three
Ten
18.75
371.63
1,419.20
965.95
4,567.65 expenses ___________ _
~
q0
Bleckley______________ Bryan________________
Burke________________ Butts________________
~oun______________
CampbelL___________
Carroll_______________
225.00 81.58
456.67 327.00 . 409.00 1, 185.42
1,680.00
175.65
Three ,
10.50
48.70
Two
/
None
1---------------109.00
Two One
~75.00
I
65.00
I
\
100.00 551.21
None
\
None
_______________________________
-!
490.00
One
474.30 '
125.00 34.70
198.20. 189.00 204.00 423.96
969.00
100.00 46.88
258.47
~
~
29.00 105.00
0
t.;j
210.25
1-'l
221.00
~
Catoosa______________ ----------------1
Chatham___________ --~1
776.69 i
Chattahoochee________ Cherokee _____________
240.30 303.40
Ij
50.00 11,059.17
79.00 138.20
None One ---------------Two
None 53.30 126.30 --------------
75.00 55.50 79.00 134.40
85.00
tzj
721.19 35.00 76.00
l:I:I
0 q
8t~n==============
Clinch_______________
1
1~~:gg ~-------~=~~~---- ------~~e______ ------~~~~~---- -------~~~~----
124.00 I
25.00
Two
35.00
96.00
127.19 28.00
C/1
!'J
Cobb_________________ 1,102.43 ,About 100.
One
551.21
1,014.56
87.87
Coffee________________
225.00 1. ___ ______ ______
Two
360.00
372.49
133. 72
Columbia_____________ Don't know. 'I
CCroawweftoar.d._:________________________ I
514896..0400 I-------2-0-.-0-0------_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_--_I
510340..0090
3465..0400
DDDaeawcdasetou.nr-..-._-__-__-__-_-_-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-1--I.
DeKalb ______________ l
54184..7593 1,211. 22
883.11
1- _____2_7_3__.5_0______-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_'J-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_------_-_-_-_--/------2-9-2--.6-8------------2-2-1-.8--5----
._ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ __
1\yo
j
122.00 j
445.07 j
97.00
1
374.68 ----------------
108.00
335.00
172.93
Dodge_______________! 1,000.00
250.00
Three
30.00
400.00
350.00
Dougherty____________ 1,393.02
1,043. 70
Three
600.00
918.32
474.70
Douglas______________ .
247.73 ----------------
None
None
153.38
94.35
Echols ______________ _! Effingham___________ _!
149.85
35.20 --------------------------------
91.85
58.00
181.98 ________________________________________________ ------------ _--- ------------ _---
Elbert_______________ i
FFaanyneitnte_____________________________
472.03 813135..6970
157.00 ----------------~----------------1 44.50 1----------------~---------------________________ _______ : ________ I________________
300.00 71755..9800
172.03 4538..3070
Floyd ________________________________
587.52
F1ve
150.00
445.63
189.36
Franklin_____________
627.85 .1
217.25
None
None
325.00
85.60
1-3
Fulton_______________ $ 9,745.41
$
135.51
11 Eighteen
And
S
prison 9,394.66
food,IS
7,540.50
Total collected si:nce last report.
$ 2,069.40
~
q
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GGllyasncno_c_k___________________________ 1,118212.,4850
111065..7159 r------T-w--o-------~------3-4-5--.0-0-----
96.80 231.25
26.00 115.90
~~
Gordon_______________
516.20
237.05
One
None
2'37.05
279.15
Greene_______________
540. 'Z3
Gwinnett___ __ __ ______ 1, 060.00
159.25 636.00
________ ---- ----
One
___________ -----
1
Habersham ___________ 1 1 ________________
Hall _________________
530.30
~::;~~~===========i1 :~: ~~ ~1
500.00
One
1,.82.30
One
I 18.00
120.00
rs~:i~ ------~~~------ ------~~~~----
Hams_______________ , Heard________________ ,
124.75 294.10
~----------------
,
200.00
Two One
42.00 40.00 1
Henry_______________
180.00 I
75.00
One
75.00
210.15 813.80
50.00 284.60 305.15 237.67
81.00 212.10 180.00
65.33
246.20 75 jail diet
<:....j
q
z
tz:j
50.00
245.70 175.00
t-:) ~Ot
109.07
f-A
43.75 82.00
~
~
Houston _____________ 1,049.73 1
266.19
One
120.00
716.04
67.50
Jackson______________
624.32 1
201.00 j
One
0
231.92
247.00
Jeff ~avis____________
50.00 ,
200.00 ----------------
~~~Y
200.00
300.00
150
Jenkins______________ .1 1,009.00 I
463.50
One
156 ex
178.00
288.50
Laurens______________
Lee__________________
I 250.40 ,_ ________ _______
1,303. 75
468.50
None Two
None 454.00
Jail fees 185.40 900.00
65.00 403.75
Deputy LibertY--------
50.00 147.26
20.00 50.00
None One
None None
None l8.26
30.00 129.00
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EXlliBI'r "IV, FEE REPORTS, TIUR.D QUARTER, 1913.-SlffiRIFFS.
'-I
t.;)
COUNTY
Total Fees
Insolvent or Un-1 collected Costs
No. Men Employed
I ICo~
Clerk_ Hirej
Fees Criminal Cases
I Fees Civil Cases
97.00 30.00
.'S
25.40 \$ None
None IS
36.00 IS
61.00
. 236.55
None
I
None
117.00
119.55
344.60
104.67
274.30
70.30
327.70 474.;'15
262.07
68.00
78.00
One
259.70 405.00 143.90
68.00 69.35 118.17
~
q0
436.34 165.00 549.50
45.00 276.00
One
135.00
Two
1
170.00
,300.89
59.50 146.00
135.45 60.50 127.00
~
~
563.30 60i.50
219.70 358.00
CollecTtewdo $343160I 94.50
52.50
102.50
~
1,499.00
289.61
One
128.00
1,370.00
\30. court fees
128.00
1-'3
~
MMuusrcraoyg_ee___________ _
Newton ___ _ Oconee______________ _ Oglethorpe___________ _ Paulding ____________ _ ~ckens _____________ _ ~erce _______________ _
128.40 405.93 522.20 198.90 144.50 794.10 219.46 526.26
88.50 34.00
56.85 88.20 350.00 444.30 75.75 235.00
None One
Two None One Two None
One
None 88.00 310.15 None Fees divided
None 41.00
67.50
~77.53
301.95 112.18
79.30 242.80
159.75 175.60
30.90
tz;j
238.40 162.85 83.72
l:II
q0
69.20 94.00
rJ1
J'.1
59.41
74.66
P~oelk-________________ _ Putnam_____________ _ Quitman____________ _ Rabun ______________ _
Randolph____________ _ Richmond ___________ _
646.98 721.,01 62'9.80 408.76
300.00 468.55 884.51
225.00
Two
237.75
114.51
Two
198. 7p ~---------------
53.65
I 189.06 -------------------------------
51.55
None
:
None
------~~~~---- ~~~ I Per4~~~e
344.80 515.89 599.80 219.70
240.00 250.60 478.00
110.00 211.12
48.00 17.35 60.00 62.95 401.51
Rockdale______ ------- 1
41.6.00
Jail fees I
386.50
12.50
16.00
Stephens_____________ , Stewart__ ------ __ --~-
810.64 398.35
166.75 \
One
62.00 .
One
----------------1 353.89
_______________ _
3'03.38
290.00 94.47
1,527.98 net
I
I
~:Hi:~ ------~::~----~==== Tif_t_________________
231.65 500.00
132.45 ) ==~==o=n=e=== ========= =1==1=.0=0=== ==
200.00
~one
50.00
756.05
678.90 321.00 62.65 265.10
297.77 105.00
819.75 169.00 235.00
Toombs______________ ________________
75.00
One
150.00
To'wns--------------Troup________________ Turner_______________ Upson_______________ Walker_______________ Walton_______________
151.30 334.62 662.20 485.00 510.00
462.25
----------------
Two
1------------------
391.17
One
1
172.55
288.20
One
293.00
75.00
Two
I
50.00
__ ---- _____ ----- ______ ---- ______ I________ - _______ :
115.25 ______ ~ -------- _j_----------- --- -i
291.00
325.00
1-0--2-.0-5----- ------2--3-5-.5--7
220.73
441.47
150.00
60.00
400.00
110.00
305.00
42.00
8
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Washington___________ Wayne_______________ Webster______________ Wheeler______________
~ilcox_______________
WVVtliklkeisn_son ___________ _ VVorth __ _
~g:~
826.07 745,50 86,30 262,90 2,284,27
393,15 311,04 614,70
------~:~~~~---- ------~:~------1'
150.00
Two
I
274,75 77,90
One
~one
II
201,20
One
F::~~
285.00 150,00 ~one
18,00
415.60 54.75 200.00 261,35 21,40 95,00
243.65
30.55
~
476.07 234,15
64,90
dz
t'J
167,90
~
~Ol
139,00 Collected.
168.70
Two Two
I --E-q-u-a-l--d-i-v-i-si-o-n--~--------------------------------
of all
146,15
1(8,00
1-'
~
1-'
tf>o.
424,80 ----------------
614,70
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EXHIBIT "K." FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER, 1913.-SIIER.IFFS.
~
COUNTY
Hire\ Total fees !Insolvent or Un-J No. Men JCost Clerk
Fees Criminal I Fees Civil Cases
collected Costs
Employed
Cases
Baldwin______________ IS Banks_______________ _
389.80 581.75
Total fees for yeJar 1913 1~585.62.
$ 446.00
One
None
$
82.50 $
53.25
Bartow______________ _ Ben HilL___________ _
Bibb________________ _
BBlreycaknle_y__-_--_-_-_________________ __ Bulloch _____________ _ Burke_______________ _ Calhoun_____________ _
Collected 706.04
1,526.35
8,348327..5010 309.42
1,855.52 982.39 344.52
383.20 1,241.95
Two
Four
I$
------1-7--5-.0-0------------T-w-o-------
133.50
Two
----------------
Two
----------------
Two
91.62
One
490.45 Expense
5,75390..9080 None
525.00 375.00
10.00
463.90 858.83
287.00 84.69 537.92 371.70 50.00
242.90
667.52
~
150.00 91.23
g0
z
1,317.60
E:<
610.67 294.52
0 "':l
C()aatrorooslal_"_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_
1,891.25 203.00
"34.4.80 50.00
Two None
674.58 None
Chattahoochee_______ _ Cherokee____________ _ ~ke ______________ _ Clayton_____________ _ Cobb_______________ _
Coffee_______________ _ Coweta_____________ _ Craw1ord ____________ _
~e _______________ _
I>awson _____________ _ I>ecatur_____________ _ I>eFUUb _____________ _ I>odge______________ _
I>ouglas_____________ _
115692..6905 788.14 220.80 826.42
---------------966.63
4<Y7.11 85.95 145.00
2,215.00 434.95 422.51
8136..1955 ------T--w-o---------------1-4-.5--5----
245.75
One
197.03
220.80 150.00
None One
None 361.42
--'--------------
Two
277.99
330.00
--- -- - --- ----- --- --,--43~7o-
------N~~;--
-N~~;--
100.75
None
----------------
Two
------5-0-0-.-0-0------------T-h-r-e-e-----
None
1,637.50 12058..0000
662.79 25.00 99.10 13.00
181.80 722.85 464.53 550.75 290.00
12.00 243.75
209.99 300.00 184.90
444.11
1-:3
128.00
~
60.60
1.;1
149.95
~
39.00
q0
103.57 160.00
J-1
137.89
117.11
73.95
None
1,153.39
225.05
122.51
58.00
Echols __________ -----
70.67
12.00
One
33.35
37.32
Effingham ____________
EFalbneirritn____-____-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Fayette ______________ Floyd ________________ Franklin _____________
1
280.51 600.00 514.53 601.35
------3--0-8-.6-0-----
------2--0-0-.0-0-----
80.64 48.40 633.47 64.00
------O--n-e------------T--w-o-------
Five None
---------------------------------------------------1--5-0-.0--0----
None
------4--0-0-.0-0-----
314.70 582.35 490.17 171.20
------2-0--0-.0-0-----
62.19 19.00 468.52 73.40
And feeding pris ners.
Fulton _______________ <iilrner _______________ <ilascock _____________
14,056.45 399.00 71.00
600.00
Eighteen
13,293.72
150 00
Two
None
47 collected ---------------- ----------------
9,528.50 249.00 10.00 Jail
3,927.95
-------6--1-.0--0----
(<}iolyrdnonn_________-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_<ireene _______________ llancock _____________ IIaraffion _____________ Ilarris _______________ IIeard ________________ Ilouston ______________ Irwin ________________
1,260.77 406.40 757.61
------1--3-0-.0--0----
156.00
Two Deputy
None
345.00
1,114.90
------N--o-n-e------
152.40 203.00
145.87 254.00 493.11
545.23
491.89
One
150.00
304.46
240.77
------3--0-8-.8-4-----
216.50 1,431.55
-----------------------6--.5--0----
174.13
------O--n-e-------
One One
--------------2----7--.0----0--------
120.00
50.95 307.50
------7--7-5-.4--6----
119.47 61.34
____ ------149~46
1,023.65
530.40
Two
None
223.55
263.70
1-3 Pq l
t>:j Ul
.t.:.1.
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Jackson ______________ Jenkins ______________ Laurens ______________ Lee __________________
Liberty _________D__e_p_u_t_y Lincoln _______________ LUinpkin _____________ ~adison _____________ Marion _______________ ~c))uffie _____________ ~eriwether ___________ ~iller ________________ ~ton _______________ Monroe ______________ Montgomery __________
1,172.91 926.00
1,303.05 1,100.00
45.00 64.80 444.75 145.00 731.80 426.23 240.23 403.40 803.25 127.75 602.45 330.75
479.79 62.00 211.07 205.00
------O--n-e-------
One Two
_____
,
209.00 295.00 _4__2_.0__0____
542.01
----1--,0-8--5-.0--5----
675.00
630.90
-------8--0-.0--0----
220.00
10.00 103.00 101.00
------3--5-1-.0-0-----
56.00
-------6--6-.0-0-----
----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----- -(b;e-- -----
-----------------------------7-------5----.0------0------------------
---------------------N--o-n-e------
5.00 16.80 180.00 125.00 510.85 213.66 109.80 152.40
40.00 48.00 163.75 20.00 220.95 156.57 130.43 185.00
t-.:>
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f-l
~
f-l
t""-
- ---- -----------
-------1-2-4-.3--0----
167.50
One
---------------------T--w-o-------
135.00
-------48~00----
142.50
612.40
----------------------8--0-.0--0----
190.85 127.75
------2--3-2-.5--0----
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EXHIBIT ''K." FEE REPORTS, FOURTH QUARTER; 1913.--BHERIFFS.
'I
0)
tOUNTY
Total Fees !Insolvent or Un-j No. Men ICost Clerk Hire Fees Criminal 'Fees Civil Cases
eolleeted Costs Employed
Cases
---------------- Morgan ______________ $
Murray _______ . ______
Muscogee _____________ Newton ______________ Oconee _______________
Oglethorpe ____________ Paulding _____________ Pierce ________________
1,513.86 202.92
709.63 529.40 153.71
435.50 473.25
$
Pike _________________ Polk _________________
P u t n a m ______________ ltabun _______________
Randolph _____________ Richmond ____________
1,479.15 717.67 520.15
----1--,5-3--1-.2--0----
1,281.62
Rockdale _____________ Stephens _____________ Stewart ______________
609.22 200.00. 1,364.35
392.34
One
1$
100.00 $ 1,221.66 $
62.25
None
None
127.42
26.78
One
100.00
491.10
68.85
Two
352.85
220.85
52.55
None
None
78.10
500.00 1 and extra. Divide fees.
235.50
168.25
Two
32.00
170.00
130.50
Two
31.00
150.17
104.00
Two
597.00
534.00
212.80 178.25 170.75
One
------O--n-e-------
-------7--1-.9-1-----
None
531.62 401.15 110.62
150.00
One
150.00
1,306.73
186.77
Two
420.00
430.98
28.22
95.00 160.13
------O--n-e-------
One
-------------------------------
___ ---~ti~~-blll
111.00 85.00
773.36
292.20 75.50 91.75 239.70 75.61
200.00 108.00 265.00 163.10
186.05 119.00 26.00
74.50 850.64
65.00 20.00
430.86
Sumter_______________
Talbot. ______________ TattnalL _____________ Taylor______________ -
TToifwt_n_s______-_-_-_-_._._-_-_-_-_-_-_T r o u p ________________ Turner _______________ Upson __________ . ____
Walton __________ . ____ I
2,300.92
240.58 532.09 730.03 615.90 67.05 917.71 366.40 1,129.75 521.45
-------1-3-6-.2--0---------3-7--8-.0--5----
-------------------------------
Three One
283.84
------1--2-3-.0--0----
32.00
859.55 257.70 199.74 192.45
543.26 119.08 332.35 159.53
240.70
One
---------------- 200.40
149.80
-------1-2-8-.5--0---- ------T--w-o------- ------1--9-2-.7--5---- ------6--4-0-.1-6----- -------1-4-9-.0--5
80.70
One
146.87
170.75
195.65
217.00
One
100.00
608.75
304.00
310.50 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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to:!
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Ware _______ _ Wwcren _____________ _ Wasbllrrgton __________ _ Wayne______________ _ Webster_____________ _ Wheeler_____________ . VVUkes ______________ _ Willliinson ___________ _
Worth __
971.32 454.78
890.36
895.12 215.00 218.00 462.92 455.57 764.48
64.50.
25.70 200.00 400.50 None 48.00 45.00 102.30 471.28
Two
One Two None One Four One Two
115.00
612.87
68.75
98.60
128.02
300.36
165.00
596.75
298.37
180.00
35.00
98.00
120.00
306.97
155.95
273.80 --------------------------1I
60.75 764.48
8
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EXHIBIT "K." FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.-BHERIFFS.
-:t
00
COUNTY
Total Fees !Insolvent or Un-1 No. Men !Cost Clerk HueJ Fees Criminal Fees Civil Cases
1 collected Costs
Employed
i
Cases
Ben Hill ______________ !$ 1,973.09 '$
72.40
:$ Three $ 1,221.80
165.75 I$ 1,522.54
Bibb_________________
Receipts 9,624.96
______ __ ____ ____ Eleven
An4d,86e1x.p4e8nse ________________,_______________ _
Bleckley_____ _________
271.00
120.00
Three
10.50
96.00
55.00
Bryan_______________ Burke________________ Calhoun______________ \
112.35 544.86 217.35
43.3{) ----------------
121.21
None Two None
None 375.00 None
30.85 260.70 100.20
81.50
284.16 117.15
~
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Carroll_______________
1,594.75
Catoosa______________ 1 _______________ _
340.00 40.00
Two None
551.63 None
960.15 100.00
Chattahoochee_______ _ Cherokee____________ _ Clarke______________ _ Clayton_____________ _
243.78 155.20
797.67 404.65
175.00 133.05 49. 00 62.10
None Two One None
None 69.00 199.16 None
1 100.00
.,
50.20
_______________ _
I
339.90
&rr~====== === === Craw1ord_______=_=__=___=!1
I>awson ______________ 1 I>ecatur_____________ _ I>eKalb _____________ _ I>odge ______________ _ Echom ______________ _ Effingham____________ 1
EFalbnenritn______-_-_-_-_-_-______-_-_--_
FFaloyyedtt_e_______________ _ Franklin___ _
811.97 432.00 177.85 64.00 269.50
3 '" 25 687.55 103.10 219.31 565.00 68.85 485.20
461.50
250.00
One
405.96
672.55
199.25
One
----------------j
315.00
----------------,--------------------------------I
54.00 I
None
None
98.00 62.00
One
Cash 1,482.39. 1Expense 980.90
I ------2-8--2-.0-0------------F-iv--e------
26.45
One
------~l-o6-80-..-o0-o0----11
27364..040o 17.60
114.81 175.00
-------------------------------1- -------------------------------1-I
--
--
---------300.00
I 27.60
60.00
----------------'----------------
Two
!_______________ -~
3it68 ------~~~~-----_1_ _____ ~5~~~----
14.60 359.90
~1:~
294.85 50.00 75.00
~
>
t"
105.00
-6-4--.7-5-----
139.42
0 ":! 1-3
II:
117.00
t;j
79.85 2.00
~ q0
321.83
Ul
120.00
l"l
85.50
265.00 54.25 394.85 394.85 100.00
Fulton _______________ , 14,362.14
426.40
I
Twenty-One
I,
And feeding 13,758.35
prisoners.
I 10,547.24
3,814.90
Gilmer_______________ 1
Glascock _____________ 1 Glynn_________ ._. ____ Gordon ______________
Greene _______________ l l a n c o c k _____________ llan-is________________
IIeard ________________
Jeff Davis____________ Lee __________________ Liberty_______________ Lincoln_c _____________ I Lumpkin_____________ ,
Madison______________ 1 Marion_________ -______ :
McDuffie___________ ._ I
Meriwether_________ -Miller ________________
I1
MontgoDlery __________ . Morgan ______________ I
Murray ______________ ,
MUscogee ____________
Newton ______________
Oconee _______________
Oglethorpe ___________ Pike _________________
Polk _________________
~tnanl ______________
Randolph _____________
ItichDlond ____________
Stephens _____________
SuDlter _______________ Talbot ____________ ---
100.00 122.00 1,623.10 456.85 685.21 548.53 118.88 356.60 1,085.00
1,07~.45
104.30 153.20 63.00 305.56 124.08 190.00 338.20 284.53 876.00 1,737.90 244.51 716.48 616.05 348.12 525.75 434.55 408.90 619.23 518.80 716.04 591.44 1,660.25 538.05
40.oo 1
Two
Total collected 180
266.50
Two
None
34.51 .00
221.50
One
Expense
69.00
None
188.15
680.60
-------9--1-.0--0----
One Two One
I-------1-s-o-.o--o~---
35.00
275.00
Two
100.00
114.00
Two
428.00
10.00
One
None
62.00 ---------------- ----------------
----------------
--------8~60----
------------------------------------------------
-------75~00----
----------------
21,9.00 39.00
------o~e------ ------ii~~;-----
------5-0--7-.0--0---- ------o~e------ -------9--0-.0-0-----
291.72
One
None
------2--8-5-.2-0-----
None One
None 80.00
182.15
Two
410.70
100.88
None
None
575.00 64.00
------T--w-o-------
Divide fees 185.00
71.30
Two
None
385.40 100.00
------O--n-e-------
37.50 150.00
I
I I
I
236.75 152.75 Paid out 169.38 212.45
I
Two
One
. 420.00
None
Per dieDl
Jail fees
I 124.00
5.68. 50
I---------------- ----------------
40.00 94.00 180.50 273.90
302.26 430.46 57.65 306.6!) 500.00 919.45 69.30 48.00 18.00 227.95 65.93 Jail fees 120.00 179.20 74.00 193.00 1,210.83 119.26 435.00 297.40 169.25 325.50 :tp4. 00 255.59 450.90 348.10 310.53 334.19
715.70 331.00
20.00 28.00 237.60 182.95
313.95
118.07
61.13
50.00
585.00
1-3
1,.60.00 35.00 45.00
q~
~ Ul
45.00
~
77,61
~>1
50.15
70.00 120.00 210.53
~ q !2:
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86.00 527.11
1:-.:>
~01
124.25 281.48 136.50
<f-:ol
f-l ~
77.99
200.25
96.00
82.01
168.63
70.1-0
405.51
1{)4.50
252.05 207.05
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EXHIBIT "K." FEE REPORTS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.-8HERIFFS.
~
COUNTY
Total Fees [Insolvent or Unl No. Men I Cost Clerk Hire /Fees Criminal Fees Civil Cases
collected Costs Employed
Cases
Tattnall______________ Taylor _______________ 11ft__________________ Towns _______________ Troup ________________
~U-p-so-n-_-_-__-_-_-__-_-_-__-_-_-_ Walker _______________ Ware ________________ Warren _______________ Waslrington ___________
WWae~-s-te-r-_-_-__-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_ VVheruer ______________
Wilkes------------~--
4.75 471.85 235.00 224.50 1,085. 71
248.35 241. 7;5
535.00 982.85 357.82
728.27
527.80 118.85 387.25 422.50
------2--1-6-.5--0----
Two None
17'9.00 None
7:5.00
None
10.00
12.00 308.22
------- ------o~i----
-27o~oo--- -~
190.60
One
Work on fees
91.75
One
15.00
------409~00---- ------T--w-o----- --------3--6-0-.0--0----
150.00 200.00
------T--w-o----- ---------2-8-0-.-0-0----
300.00
Two
150.00
------1--4-5-.0--0---- ------o~i---- --------N--o-n-e------
248.50
Two
! receipts
33.75
1~9.57
185.00 224.50
456.74 61.20 100.00
M.OO
364.70 170.87
242.25 277.80
54.60
254.00 219.75
1~.00 3 2.28
50.00
____ ------a2o~75
1:--.
187.15 50.00 55.00 618.15
0
~
41.50 486.02
~
250.00 64.25
1-:3
III
133.25
l:;l
202.75
p:j
-
0
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
81
EXHIBIT "L". FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913.
COUNTY
Amount In-
Total
solvent or No. Men Em- Total Cost
Commis'ns Uncollected ployed. Clerk Hire
Costs
Appling._._. __ . ____ $ Baker..... _______ .. Baldwin___ . _. _~ ___ _ Banks...'.. ___ ._. __ . Ben HilL _________ _
Bibb_______________ Bleckley_____ ... _. _.
9.00$ __________ $ __________ $ ----------
883.00 ____________ ------------------------
12.45 None
None 25 cts. stamps
1.00. ___________ ------------ __________.__
307.50
150.001 man 2 wks. 170.00 also
cost of bond
674.80____________ Three
525.00
1. 00. __________ . ______ .. ___ . ___________ _
Brooks______ ...... _
= ~~l~~h_:=
Burke____ .
. .==__=_=.=_==. .=
Calhoun______ ......
Camden~-----------
CampbelL ___ ... _... .
CarrolL_ ........ __ . 1 Catoosa___ ... __ .. __ !
Charlton. __ .. _. ____ i
826.60 ________________ . ------- ------------
5g2~1:.0g0g-_-__~_~__~__~_-__-_
---
-~~~-e---One
--
-
-~~~~3-5-.0-0-
23.00 _____ .. ____ . _____ .... ___ ------------
2.00 None
None
None
9.00 _______ . _. __ ... _____ . __ . _____ -- _--- _
38.60 _____ . _____ . _____ . _____ .. __________ _
13.50. __ . _______ ... __________ . ______ - ___ _
9. 64 . __ ..... ___ . ____ . __ . ___ . ___________ _
Chatham________ : __ 1 Chattahoochee. ____ . :
429.77 None
Four
870.00
2. 75 ________________________ ------------
Chattooga.... __ . __ . i Cherokee.. __ . __ . __ . : Clarke _____________ Clay__ ... __________ 1
None
None
None
Nothing
17.50------------ None
None
193.85 None
None
Nothing
2. 50 ..... _______ ~. _. _.. ____ . __ ....... --.
Clayton___ .. __ ..... 1 Clinch _____________ I Cobb ______________ I
2. 50------------ None
None
2.5Q ____________ ------------------------
15.00 ____________ ------------
81.00
Coffee_____________ ! 87.253rd 17.752nd 26.251st
:2nd 125.00
25.00 One
25.00
Colquitt..... -------~ Columbia_____ ......
8.50
22.50------------------------
5. 00. _______________ . __ -. --- ------- .. ---
Coweta____________ i
27.75 None
Three
53.80
Crawford... _____ . __ !
30.00 _. _____ __ ___ Ten
10.00
2nd 49.50 None
One
50.00
CrisP--------------1 Dawson____________ , DeKalb ____________
Dooly______________ i1
214.09 None 1.00 None 16.00 .. __________
23.85____________
One None Two One
100.00 None
66.00 40.00
Echols_____________ None
None
None
None
Effingham.. ______ .
9.02 None
One
13.15
None
None
None
None
Elbert. _... _______ See quarter! y report special and monthly report Gen.
EFlmoayndu_e_l_.___._._._________. ._
Tax. 7972,.0520 1--1-6-.5-0 ___T _____________________
Franklin.... __ .. __ _ Fulton. __ . __ .. _. __ _ Gilmer ____________ _ Glascock.----- ____ . Glynn...... _____ ._ Gordon.... _. _____ _
68.00--------- ___ 1,044.29 1,413. 79
2.00 None
One Eight None
7.88 3,052.50 None
Nothing ------------ ------------ ----------- 5181..7030 _______8_5_._0_0_____N__o_n_e_______N__ot"h_i_n_g__ _
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EXHIBIT "L". FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913.
COUNTY
Amount In-
Total
solvent or No. Men Em- Total Cost
Commis'ns Uncollected ployed Clerk Hire
Costs
Grady _____________ ]$
GGwreiennnee_tt_____________________ _-[
1
ool 19.501$ ---------- ____________ $
26.00
65.
798.50 None ___________ _
8.00 ________________________ ___________ _
Habersham _________ ____________ :------------ Blank 1------------
HHHaaannlnclao_c_-k_-__-__-_-__-_-__-__-__-__-__-__--__1I
22. 501_----------- ------------ ------------
2.93 None
None
None
Hart______________ _
None
None
213.27 ___ ________ _
None One
None 10.00
Nothii~: =~~~~= =~~ ~~~66 Heard_____________ _
Henry ____________ _ Irwin_____________ _
=== ====== === =i=======
Jackson ___________ _
JJeenffkDinasv_i_s__________________ __ Lovrndes __________ _
38.00------------ ------------------------
18.50 None
None
None
10.00 None
None
51.50 ____________ One
None 180.00
Luinpkin__________ _ Macon ____________ _ Marion ___________ _
McDuffie _________ _ Miller_____________ _ Monroe ___________ _
6.50------------------------------------
None ------------ None
None
2.00 None
None
None
42.50------------ None
Nothing
6.00 ____________ ------------------------
1.00 ____________ ------------------------
Montgomery_______ _
34.50 None
None
None
NMeowrtgoann__--_"_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Oconee ____________ _ Paulding__________ _
14.50____________ One
25.50
Nothing to report.
46.84
160.00------------ ------------
~ckens ___________ _ ~e ______________ _
Polk______________ _ Pulaski ___________ _
6.00------------------------------------
7.00 None
None
None
None
None
One
38.00
48. 50 Total Corn. Oct. 8.
2.00
480.00 None
None
Putnam___________ _
3 quarters 1,046.00
300.00Two to Three
200.00
Rabun ____________ _ Randolph _________ _ Richmond _________ _ Rockdale__________ _
3 quarters 551.54
22.50 One
20.00
50.80------------ ------------ ------------
49.50------------ Two
375.00
6.00 None
None
None
. Schley__ ----------_
18.50------------ None
None
SStpeawladritn_g____-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-
I 1
Sumter____________ _
9.00------------------------------------
42.18 None
None
None
150.96------------ None
None
Talbot_ ___________ _ Taliaferro_________ _
1.00------------------------------------
None
None
None
None
Tattnall___________ _ Taylor ____________ _ Terrell ____________ _ Thomas___________ _
12.50------------ One
35.00
18.76------------ None
None
15.50 ------------ ------------ ------------
Tift ______________ _ Towns ____________ _ Troup ____________ _ Turner____________ _
3.50------------------------------------
15.00 ------------ One
30.00
None
None
None
None
______4__5_._5_0_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_------O-n-e-----
2550..0000
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
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EXHIBIT "L". FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, THIRD QUARTER, 1913.
COUNTY
Amount In-
Total solvent or No.MenEm- Total Cost Commis'ns Uncollected ployed Clerk Hire
Costs
TUwniiogngs____________-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-$ Upson _____________ Walton _____________ 1Ware ______________ 1Warren ____________
1WNellbltset_e_r________________________ vv-~cox _____________ 1Wilkes _____________ Worth _____________
-----~---
7.00$ None
One Is
20.00
None
None
None
None
4.00 78.28 130.62 None
-------------------N----o--n--e--------
One
--------N----o--n--e--------
50.00
--------1-8-.0--0
None
1.50 None
None
None
1.00 None
None
None
17.50 13.50 65.00
--------N----o--n--e--------
One
One Two
150.00 5.00
10-4-.5-0-
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EXHIBIT "L." FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, FOUR 11I QUARTER, 1913.
---~------~-------''-------.-----~----~----
COUNTY
Total Commissions
Amoulnt Insolvent
or Un-
collected Costs
No. ~en Employed
Total
Cost Clerk Hire
Appling __ ---------- iS
Baker--------------1 BBaalndk~s~_n_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_1,
636418..0912_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_________!_$_____-_-_-_--_-__-_-_-_~-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
992.78 ___________________________________ _ 503.50 ___________________________________ _
Ben HilL __________ , Bibb _______________
1
1,139.87------------ Two 4,612.63________________________
72.50 531.03
Bleckley___________ _ Brcoks____________ _ Bryan_____________ _
Burke_____________ _ Calhoun___________ _ Camden___________ _
Campbell__________ _ CarrelL __________ _ Chatham.. ________ _
Can't answer 652.81 yet 4~. 72____________
1to2 One
562.77------------ One 837.50------------ One 310.52________________________
12.50-----------269.99____________ 1,264.83____________
None One One
2,798.87 None Four
75.00 60.00
20.00 107.00 20.00
None 1 28.5() 300.00 870.00
Chattahoochee. ____ _ Clarke. ___________ _ Clay______________ _ Clayton___________ _ Cobb______________ _ Crawiord__________ _ DeKalb. __________ _ Dooly_____________ _
EDoch~o-l-s.-_-_-__-_-_-_- -__-_-_ EFflfoiDy.dJ_il_ia_m___________________ __ Franklin___________ _ Flllton____________ _ (}iliner____________ _
(}lascock. _________ _
312.15 Don'tknow ------------
19.0()
2,186.11 ... ------------------~--
7.50
~~I: g<J ========= == =--- -o~~- ---,------ro:oo
1,619.20____________ One
55.00
300.00____________ Ten
50.00
N;:oo 2,522. 76____________ Five 65g:~~----N~~;--- ----N~~;---
279:9&
Can't tell. Don't know. None
912.48 None
One
2,303. 71. 660.00 Three
1,123.~------------ Four
12,725.uv 3,411.90 ] 1 this Qr.
None
None
None
301.07 Can't say.
One
Nothing 15.00
205.00
59.35
~.;590.00
.None 25.00
(}lSyinnnc_e__l_a_s_t__r_e_p_o__rt_.
((}}rreaednye-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_--_ HaberSham ________ _ Hall ______________ _
Irwin _____________ _
Jackson___________ _ Jasper____________ _
11,,638293..8123 ____N__o_n_e___ _
None One
None 115.65
1,084711..0607 _______7_9_1_._0_0 _ Two
140.00
1,149.00 ___________ _ --Ci~~----------225:oo
830.83 ___________ _ 866.61 ___________ _
One One
150.00 30.0()
20.50 None
None
None
Jeff Davis. ________ Liberty ___________ _ Lumnpkin __________ _ ~aeon ____________ _
McDuffie__________ _ ~iller _____________ _ Monrce ___________ _ Morgan ___________ _ Newton ___________ _
440.34 None
None
656.13 ____________ 1 One
None 46.5()
~I~:~1~============ None
None
-------44:oo . 730.07------------ -o~e-----
401.14 None
None
None
14. -----------1,333.97------------
None One
None 50.00
396.16------------. - --------- ------------
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
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EXHlBIT "L." FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, FOURTH
QUARTER, 1913.
COUNTY
~ ~=t Total
Commissio
or Uncollected
Costs
No. Men Employed
Total Cost Clerk
Hire
----------1 Oconee_____________ i$
354.431$
One $
7.00
JP>ikoUe_k_____________________________ 1,145924.1.328:_____________________________F_iv__e___________1_4_5_._00_
Quitman___________ Rabun_____________
Randolph__________ Richmond_________ Rockdale___________ Spalding___________
Stephens.
23l$rndtdQQQ__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-
None
None
None
None
512.72____________ One
3.00
790.00------- _____ ------------ ------- ____ _
4,853.33____________ Three
781.50
637.09 None
None
None
817.64
1.67 Two
75.00
817.64
1.67 Two
75.00
335..5708_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_____O__n_e_____________1_0_._00_
4th Q------------
Stewart_----------Sumter_____________ Talbot_____________ Taliaferro___________ Tattnall____________
Taylor_--------_--TerrelL____________ TThifot_m_a_s________________________
175. 62____________ Two
85.00
982.86 -------- ____ ------------
75.00
1,545.20 None
None
None
551.38------------ One
45.00
10.00____________ 1lawyer
10.00
592.46------------ One
75.00
268.!1------------ ------------
3. 00
iS. uu ------------ ------------ __ ----------
1,474533.5.403_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 0--n-e--a-t--ti-m--e-s
71;55..0000
To Fourth T~UuPr-n-e-r_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_ Upson_____________ _ WWaalrtroenn________________________ __
Webster----------WWihUekeelse_r_____________-_-_-_-_--_
2,461077.Q. 7I;0J________________________
2
part time Three
9.00 _______________________ _
318.61 __________________ ____ _
.11!1.81____________ One
524.68 None
None
510.89 None
One
329.~------------------------
200.00 75.00
25.00 90.00 50.00 None 68.00 104.00
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EXHIBIT "L". FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.
Amount In- I
COUNTY
Total
solvent or No. Men Em- Total Cost
Commis'ns Uncollected I ployed Clerk Hire
Costs
--------1------
I
1
~-----
Baldwin ____________ $ Ben HilL _________ _
Bibb ______________ _
Brooks____________ _ Bryan_____________ _ Calhoun___________ _ CampbelL ________ _ Chatham__________ _ Chattahoochee _____ _ Cherokee__________ _ Clarke ____________ _ Clayton ___________ _
Cobb_ _____________ Crawford___________ DeKalb_ ________ ___ Dooly____ __________
i~~:~g ~= =i~== ============= == ====== E=x=p=e=n=s=e===
4,362.99 ___________ _ Three
214.46 536.99
cost of bond
1'081. 08 ------------ c----------611.36____________ One
172 0 50 30.00
501.38 Dont know None
Nothing
605.44_------ ----- ------------
2,246.21 None
Four
None
None
None
10 0 00 870.00 None
83.50------------------------------------
631.52------------1 occMionally
10.50
523.85 None
One
25.00
Cost of bond
602. 11 ____________ One
192.50 150. 00
116.49 None ------------
10.00
727.71 _______ __ __ _ One
120.00
780.00 ___________________________________ _
EDfofuinggllhl8a_m_____________________
23096..2965 ____N_o__n_e________N__o_n_e________N__o_n_e___ _
EmanueL__________
100.00 ___ ________ _ One
6. 80
Franklin___________
73. 74____________ One
14.00
Fulton_____________ 16,147.13 1,800.00 Fourteen Gilmer_____________ ____________ ____________ One
4,225.00 20.00
GGllyMncno_c_k_______________________
624182..9312 "- _____1_0__.0_0______O_n_e_____________3_0_.0_(_}
Habersham_________
12.50 ___________________________________ _
HalL_____________ Hancock___________
397.50--------- ___ One
185.12 None
None
50.00 None
Heard_____________ c Irwin_ ____ __ __ __ ___
91.56------------------------------------
645.76------- _____ One
100.00
Jackson____________
574.09
200.00 Two
30.00
Jasper_____________ Jeff Davis__________ Liberty____________
43.50------------------------------------
189. 74_ __ __ __ ___ __ None
3. 0()
321.21 ________________________________ --- _
Lumpkin___________ Macon_____________ McDuffie___________
Miller______________
Monroe____________ Morgan____________ Newton____________ Oconee_____________ Rabun_____________ Randolph__________
20.00 ____________ ------------------------
816.09-----------------------93 .11_ ___ __ _____ _ One
25.00 10.00
468.60 None
None
None
66.00------------------------------------
852.70------------------------------------
960.78 ____________ ------------------------
421.58------------------------------------
92.44 ____________ ------------------------
675.00 __ ___ __ __ ___ One
125.00
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1911:.
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EXHIBIT "L". FEE REPORTS, TAX COLLECTORS, FIRST QUARTER, 1914.
COUNTY
o) Total Insolvent
No. Men
Commissions Uncollected Employed
Costs
Cost Clerk Hire .
Stamps and
Itichrnond _________ _ Rockdale__________ _ :Stephens __________ _ ;Stewart ___________ _
3,479.64_ ___ _____ __ _ Three
bond 878.50
174.02
27.00 None
None
862.54 None I One
50.00
85.63 ________________________ ------------
For bond
170.00
~sumter ____________ _
1,028.35 _______________________ _
Clerk hire 18.00
TTaayttlnora_l_L____-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ 'TerrelL ___________ _ Thomas___________ _
727. 03 ____________ One Blank report.
25.00
55088..5500_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- ------------------------------------------------
Tift____ ------------
TTur Or nUe rP. .- -_-_-_-_-_-_- -_-_-_-_- -_ Upson_____________ _ warren ___________ _
884.33
82.000ne at times
607.98____________ One
395.42____________ Three
40.50 150.00 75.00
111.00
109.00 One
30.00
129.49------------------------ ------------
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EXHIBIT "M."
TAx RECEIVERs, THIRD QuARTER, 1913.
Commissions.
Baldwin ............. $ 116.00 Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.00 Crawford ........... \ ..... 23.91
Macon .............. . Newton ............ .. Richmond ...........
417.65 10.40 3,388.45
TAX RECEIVERS, l!'OURTH OUARTER, 1913.
Commissions.
Appling, whole year ... $ 552.00
Ben Hill .. o.......... 781.85
Campbell, whole year .. 664.99
Clarke . 1,534.34 0 o o 0 0 0.
Colquitt ... o o
554.00
DeKalb ......... 0 0 0 0. J.,705.96
Franklin . 0 o 0. o. o o 0.
777.66
Fulton, whole year 0 14,801.93
Gllmer . 0 0 0 o o 0 o
277.09
Henry . 0 0 o o o o
850.00
Jones ............... . Macon ............. Madison ............ . Newton ....... o Pike ................ . Polk ................ Upson ............ o Walton .. o 0. 0 0 'Vebster ............ .
290.41 250 00 345.80 960.48 597.55 983.0& 596.86 831.00" 363.0'T
TAX RECEIVERS, FIRsT QuARTER, 1914.
Commissions.
Crawford ............ $ 239.00
G1yn, 1913 ..... o o o 1,256.18
M.acon . . o o
83.31
Pike ................ . Upson .............
261.01 8.45
EXHIBIT "N."
CoRONERS, THIRD QuAnTER, 1913.
Fees.
Clarke, 2d quarter ... 0$
Clarke ......... o. 0
Jeff Davis ...... o Lincoln, 2d quarter ...
30.00 60.00 10.00 20.00
Thomas ............
Tift
. 0
Upson .............. .
CoRONERs, FouRTH QuARTER, 1913.
Fees.
Hart ...............$ 10.00
Twiggs .............
Thomas
40.00
Upson ..........
CoRONERS, FIRsT QuARTER, 1914
Fees.
Clarke Hart ............... .
10.00 12.00
Lincoln .......... Upson ..............
40.00 30.00 10.00
10.00 10.00.
10.00 10.00
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
EXHIBIT "0."
CouNTY SuRVEYORs, THIRD QuARTER, 1913. Fees.
:Eartow ..............$ :Ben Hill ............ . Berrien ............. . Bibb ............... . .Colquitt ............. . Dawson ............. :Dodge .............
126.00 86.00 50.25 65.50 80.00
1.50 8.00
Dooly ............... . Gilmer ............... . Jeff Davis ........... . Liberty ............. . Pike .............. Wayne ............. . White .............. .
80.25 20.50 5.0(} 114.95 100.00 240.25 19.00
CouNTY SuRVEYORs, FouRTH QuARTER, 1913. Fees.
Ben Hil1 ............. $ Berrien ............. . Bibb ............... . Colquitt, uncollected .. -colquitt ............. . Dawson ............. . Dodge, whole yr ...... . Dodge .............. .
181.25 131.50
65.50 15.25 85.50 10.00 169.75 87.75
DIOoly .............. . Gilmer .............. . Pike ................ . Polk ............... . Upson, 3d quarter ..... . Upson .............. . w.ayne .............. . White .............. .
140.25 6.00
33.00 191.75 105.50 138.50 185.00
15.25
CouNTY SuRVEYORS, FIRST QuARTER, 1914.
Fees.
Oolquitt ............ . Dawson ............. . Dodge .............. . Dooly .............. .
103.03 13.40 85.00 57.25
Pike ................ . Upson Wayne White
84.00 81.00 217.00 42.95
The following reports, one for the First Quarter of 1913, and all the rest for the Second Quarter of 1913, were filed after the report of July 15, 1913 (for First and Second Quarters, 1913) has been sent to the Legis"lature:
First Quarter, 1913. <Ordinary, Chattooga County; total commissions, $261.65.
Second Quarter, 1913. 'Stenographer, Coweta Circuit; total fees $677.50. Judge, CitY. Court of Columbus; no compensation except salary. .Judge, County Court of Clinch County; total fees, $28.50.
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Treasurer, Appling County; total commissions, $175.81. Treasurer, Colquitt County; total commissions, $336.68. Treasurer, Lumpkin County; total commissions, $93.48. Treasurer, Spalding County; no commissions received during quarter. Solicitor, City Court of Jeffersonville; fees earned, $70.50;: fees received, $17.60. Solicitor, City Court of Leesburg; total received, $173.50. Solicitor, City Court of Nashville; total, $646.80. Solicitor, City Court of Oglethorpe; total, $125.00. Ordinary, Chattooga County; total commissions, $264.80. Ordinary, Forsyth County; total commissions, $174.30;: Amount insolvent or uncollected, $77.15; one man employed five days, cost of clerk hire, $10.00. Ordinary, Jasper County; total commissions, $302.73; oneman employed, cost of clerk hire, $75.00. Ordinary, Quitman County; total commissions, $87.40; amount insolvent or uncollected, $6.50; no clerks employed. Clerk, Superior Court Chattooga County; total fees, $87.50; amount insolvent or uncollected, $51.30; cost clerk hire, $4.00; fees for recording papers, $36.20. Clerk, Superior Court Grady County; total fees, $952.40;: one clerk and extra help employed, cost of clerk hire, $141.00; fees in criminal cases, $220.60; fees in civil cases $149.00; received for court work, $24.00; fees for recording papers, $514.70. Clerk, Superior Court Miller County; total fees $300.50;: amount insolvent or uncollected, $76.25; 'fees in criminal cases, $66.00; fees in civil cases, $84.15; received for court work, $14.00; fees for recording papers, $136.35. Clerk, Superior Court Mitchell County; total fees, $2,152.55 ;amount insolvent or uncollected, $755.10; one clerk employed, cost of clerk hire, $100.00; fees in criminal cases, $830.20; fees in civil cases, $427.00; received for court work, $163.70; feeS' for recording papers, $731.65. Clerk, Superior Court Oconee County; total fees, $301.40;
no clerks employed ; fees in criminal cases, $26.30 ; received fol"' court work, $37.50; fees for recording papers, $237.-60.
Clerk, Superior Court Thomas County; Total fees collected,.
$1,495.05; two clerks employed, cost clerk hire, $465.00.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
91
Sheriff, Dade County; total $284.95. Sheriff, Harris County; amount insolvent or uncollected, $51.00; two men employed, cost deputy hire, $78.00; fees criminal cases, $337.40; fees in civil cases, $30.00. Sheriff, Hart County; total fees, $199.52; insolvent or uncollected costs, $52.75; fees in criminal cases, $80.15; fees in civil cases, $66.62. Sheriff, Jeff Davis County; Total fees, $1,260.00; amount insolvent or uncollected, $485.00; number of men employed 3, cost clerk hire, $100.00; fees in criminal cases, $325.00; fees in civil cases, $400.00; received for court work, $50.00; amount received, $420.00. Sheriff, Jenkins County; total fees, $480.30; insolvent or uncollected costs, $80.50; fees in criminal cases, $31.50; fees in civil cases, $17.00. Sheriff, Thomas County; total fees, $1,092.10; insolvent or uncollectea costs, $150.00; number of men employed .1, cost clerk hire, $30.00; fees in criminal cases; $444.30; fees civil cases, $467.80. Sheriff, Wilcox County; total cash received, $1,081.00. Tax Collector, Crawford County; total commissions, $97.30. Tax Collector, Grady County; total commissions, $112.00; amount insolvent or. uncollected, $50.00; no clerks employed. Tax Receiver, Baldwin County, received nothing. Tax Receiver, Effingham County, received, $11.10. Tax Receiver, Fulton County, received nothing. Tax receiver, Muscogee County, Received no fees or compensation. Tax Receiver, Wilkes County; expenses, $201.00. Coroner, Thomas County; received no fees. Coroner, Upson County; total received, $10.00. Surveyor, Jasper County; total receipts, $27.50.
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The following message from His Excellency, the Governor, was received:
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Atlanta, June 25th, 1914.
To the General Assembly:
I rejoice with you in the general prosperity which has blessed the State during the past year. Since our last session the people have enjoyed the favors of a generous Providence. Their crops have been bountiful, their industries have flourished to a degree hitherto unki:J.own. The farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer, has utilized with ceaseless energy his opportunities, unrestrained in effort by the hampering effect of unwise laws. Th~ schools and institutions of learning are giving to the children and youth the keys of knowledge and providing them with that equality of opportunity which is all the worthy can demand. And more important than all, the Church in every community is teaching the lessons of Him upon obedience to whose statutes rests the welfare of all nations.
You are entitled to the thanks of a great constituency for the achievements of the session of 1913'. You did not multiply laws, but with courage and in-
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
93
telligence met and solved problems, not of your own creation, but which affected the honor and fair name of Georgia.
As an aid in the exercise of the suffrage, you provided a permanent registration system which will remove unnecessary encumbrances in the way of the voter, and at the same time preserve proper safeguards. You made it possible for the farmer, often remote, to mail or send his taxes by his neighbor without risk of disfranchisement. The merchant, the travelling man, in fact, all classes, occupied with the affairs of business, are placed on an equal footing with the professional politician who never forgets the last day for registering.
You provided not only for the present, but for the future in the education of the children, and for the affiicted in the institutions, and recalling the past and our obligations to those who cheerfully imperiled their all in behalf of the South, you made provision for the declining days of the Confederate. Veterans.
FINANCE.
In future years, your body will be distinguished as the debt-paying Legislature. When the dishonor of repudiation may blight the fair name of other States, you and your descendants may point with pride to the enactment of laws establishing a :financial system which paid the debt of the State; made possible the refunding 9f our bonded indebtedness, rehabilitated our fiscal system, and, above all, gave to people the means. of checking expenditures by
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making the tax levy reflect the amount appropriated by their representatives.
Now it will be easy for the people to know what appropriations their agents are making. Any condition which permits concealment, or interferes with a ready understanding by the principal of the ac. tions of the agents is indefensible.
I have seen a Constitutional amendment submitted to the people involving an extra annual appropriation of half million dollars, without provision being made for raising the money, and so arranged as to conceal the necessity for an extra revenue. However worthy the cause, such legislation is indefensible.
The Comptroller-General, in his report of 1913, said: "In other words, the entire appropriations for the year 1913, exclusive of common schools and pensions, could be met by a tax levy of about onethird of one mill.'' In his report for 1914, he declares that, exclusive of common schools and pen.sions, all of the appropriations could be met by a tax levy of about one-half of one mill.
Who would wish to cut those two items of public expenditure and if any one did wish to lessen them, who will say the people will permit it Y With a deficit of over one million dollars and with appropriations eX'ceeding the revenue, how could you cut from items other than common schools and pensions enough to equal the deficit?
For 1913, the total raised from the tax levy on property was $4,300,000, and leading items of expenditure were as follows:
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
95
Public Schools, ---------------$ 2,550,0l'O Pensions, -------------------- 1,180,0CD State Sanitarium, ------------ 550,000 Public Debt, _______________,__ 378,000 Legislative Expenses, _________ 66,000
Sum Total, ~--------------$ 4,724,000
This did not include the Blind Asylum, the School for the Deaf, the salaries of the State House officers, Judges of the Supreme Court, and other institutions.
It is easy to obtain applause by general declamation against expenditure, but it is much easier to obtain execration by attacking any one of the items of expenditure named above.
There are those who would increase popular appropriations and vote to repeal revenue tax acts, but such a course cannot commend itself to any honest thinking citizen. The laws of our State provide that the widows' property may be sold under foreclosure to pay her debts. Should not the State pay its own T It may not be popular for the time, but the people cannot be long misled, will recognize its justice and wisdom. No legislator or officer likes to tax, and the people may well understand that when he does, it is simply under a solemn sense of duty, in the performance of his sworn obligation.
TAX LEGISLATION.
You were faced with a deficit beginning about 1912,. when the appropriations exceeded the revenue $427,000. In 1913, the added excess was $349,000, and in 1914, as estimated by the Treasurer, $313,000.
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Prior to this time the working balance had been exhausted. The tax rate being limited to :five mills prior legislators had exhausted the amount collectable. The State was growing. The teachers were going without their pay, and the Veterans dying before getting their pensions. The Governor was kiting in order ~o maintain the State's institutions and borrowing money to the limit to satisfy current obligations. The people were unwilling for you to cut the great items of expenditure. What were you to doT
With an ability and fearlessness that entitled you to the everlasting admiration of the State, you took the task up in full knowledge of the misconstruction and criticism to which you would be subjected, and succeeded in a statesmanlike manner in rendering to the people as splendid a service as ever they received from public officers.
You recognized that though corporations are necessary to development and enterprise and should not be oppressed by harsh measures, they received special governmental privileges for which they should pay. The amounts they had been contributing were small in comparison to what other States were receiving, and you doubled their occupation tax. I have heard no complaint from that source.
A legitimate source of revenue to all States is an inheritance tax. The right to one's property during life has always been recognized as inherent and fundamental, but to dispose of it after death is a privilege granted by the State. Georgia had never utilized this source of revenue. You passed
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a conservative law providing for an inheritance tax, which will not only be productive of large income, but will have moral effect in disclosing for taxation much invisible property.
Finally, recognizing that many were not bearing their share of the common burden, while many were contributing too much, you passed the Tax Equalization Bill.
I believe no better or more necessary law was ever passed. Its only danger consists in being misunderstood. It may be improved. Time and experience will disclose its imperfections. But who can criticise a law which in simple terms provides for the honest levying of taxes and that burdens sha1l be equa11y borne?
It provides that personalty shall pay alike with land, and means are afforded for accomplishing this result. I am informed that this year's returns will be most conspicuous in an immense increase in personalty, due to this and the inheritance tax law.
There are no new features of taxation engtafted in the Equalization Tax Act. The Act only emphasizes what has always been the law in Georgia, that all property should bear its part of the expenses of government, and that the tax-payers should equally bear their respective burdens. There can be no valid objection urged to these two propositions.
Land cannot escape the notice of the taxing officers, while property in the form of invisible securities can be readily concealed. The main purpose of the Tax Law is to reach invisible property, and that it bear its part of the common burden. Every
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new dollar put on the digest to that extent increases the volume of property taxed, and will result in lowering the tax rate, greatly to the benefit of the landowner, who could not, if he were disposed, conceal his property from taxation. The landowner is especially interested in the new Tax Law and ought to warmly advocate it, if for no other reason than that of self-interest.
It is not intended that the law shall be inquisitorial, but that it shall provide means for disclosure when the citizen who mainly uses the Courts for the collection of his debts flagrantly shirks his duty at contributing to their maintenance. In passing this Act you recognized that in multitudes of instances much land was not given in at all, and my information is that a large part of the increase this year comes from return of land which had not been upon the tax books. What landowner can complain if he and his neighbor owning property of equal value be required to pay the same amount? If the one who has been derelict pay his part, his neighbor will have to pay that much less. In many instances which have come under my observation, the returns of one citizen of a county have been reduced and those of another raised. The purpose is equality and justice. What true Georgian will complain if he and his fellows, say in Dade County and in Glynn are treated alike?
This Tax Act will inevitably lessen the burden of the small property owner who values his limited property and returns it accordingly.
I~ is the owner of large property who will be the
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sufferer from confiscatory tax laws, which will have birth when the deficit in the Treasury has become larger, and the absolute necessity will be recogni~ed for immediate hasty action by the people and the Legislator. It is far better to make provision for the coming flood by opening an easy avenue of relief, rather than to await its destruction of the entire embankment with the devastation that will follow.
In the bill which was passed nearly 25 years ago, there was no method provided for equalization between the counties, and in consequence there was a fierce competition between them to see which could return the property at the lowest figure.
It has been suggested to me in this connection that if the date of return of taxable property was changed from January 1st to January lOth, the debtor would be enabled to satisfy his obligations and such plan would meet with the approval of the people of the State. This suggestion comes from rural communities and if you think it wise I trust it may be put in the form of a law.
The action of Judge Hart in performing his duty as Tax Commissioner has warranted the commendation you saw fit to pay his appointment at the last session. A land owner, in sympathy with the people of his State, he may be trusted to execute the law without harshness and in full spirit of exact justice.
It is pleasing to know that Governor Stuart, of Virginia, unanimously elected Governor of that
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State, practically commended in his message the very law you have' passed.
EcoNOMY.
One strenuous objeetion to the passage of the law has been the feeling that the Legislature would spend any amount found in the Treasury. My experience of seventeen years in the Legislature and my knowledge of the law lead me to prophesy that this Act will not only be productive of great economy, but in arousing the civic virtue and patriotism of the people, will so emphasize the necessity of their watching expenses that henceforth no appropriations will be made which the people with full understanding will not approve.
The Constitution provides that no appropriations can be made excepting upon a call of the roll, and this requirement was adopted in order to check legislative extravagance and to give the people an opportunity to see how their representative voted in matters of appropriation.
So many appeals are made for money and for so many laudable purposes it is hard to resist them. It is easy for the Legislator to glow with personal pride as he expends the taxpayer's money and receives the plaudits of the beneficiaries and the press.
Allow me to urge that you make no appropriations at this session other than those absolutely necessary. Any amount you appropriate will increase the deficit already existing. I earnestly submit that duty viewed from an angle cannot require you to give that which you have not. Such action
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is to be disapproved in the citizen and condemned in the legislator. It is hypocritical to favor economy in general terms and at the same time increase the deficit already existing by spending money not in the Treasury. To appropriate more than the revenue is indefensible, and you can make this answer to the appeals of all institutions: ''To be just before being generous is a cardinal maxim of force in legislation as well as in law."
One of the principal arguments in favor of the Tax Equalization Law is its tendency to force economy. So long as the tax rate is five mills and limited to that amount the legislator is tempted to vote for every popular appropriation, with the knowledge that his constitutent cannot know that he is spending more money than the revenue. The expenditure is not reflected in the tax rate. But when the tax rate is cut below the five n;tills, then no legislator dare raise it without giving a strict accounting to the tax payer. I believe that next year the rate will he reduced below five mills. The people ought not to pay the entire deficit in one year which has acqumulated in several years. But with property on the tax books which has never been returned, and with rigid economy practiced by the Legislature for a short time, the rate should be reduced to three mills, with the certainty that the legislator will be no longer tempted to appropriate beyond the State's ability on the one hand, and cut the revenue on the other hand. The representative who dares to do his duty in opposing extravagance will receive the commendation and support of his people.
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I commend to your careful consideration the report of Comptroller..:General Wright, and call your attention to the compliment his figures pay you for keeping the expenditures below those of preceding years.
REFUNDING THE STATE BoNDs.
On May 1st, 1915, there will come due $227,000 of bonds of the State, and on July 1st, 1915, will come due $3,300,000 of bonds. Provision must be made at this session for refunding these obligations.
We will have in the Treasury from the sale of the North-Eastern Railroad, payable in November, 1914, $153,812.50, which must be utilized in taking up these bonds. I think all the bonded indebtedness falling due in 1915 should be consolidated. Appropriate arrangement may be made by the State for carrying the bonds due in May until the first of July.
For these bonds falling due in 1915, there is no sinking fund. For the remainder of the bonded indebtedness aggregating $3,000,000, a sinking fund of $100,000 .a year is provided, for the retirement of the public debt. Therefore, in 1945, practically the only out-standing bonded indebtedness of- the State will be that falling due in 1915, for which you must make provision.
I do not think it fair or right at this time to make our citizens pay more than the $100,000 a year to the retirement of the public debt. The indebtedness was incurred largely in the construction of the W. & . A. Railroad, which is an inheritance our children will enjoy, and it will lessen their burdens. Our
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institutions in this growing State must be taken care of, and they should not be cramped nor the people burdened unnecessarily by attempting to provide an additional sinking fund.
In addition, I find that 30-year bonds will sell at a higher price than serial bonds. Purchasers of bonds generally desire to make a permanent investment without the necessity of frequent change, and an the financial authorities agree that a 30-year bond can be sold to better advantage.
In addition, when these bonds become due, the sinking fund of $100,000 a year may he continued, which makes the burden of the tax payer easy.
The Governor should be given the power to obtain in his discretion a short time loan for the purpose of caring for these bonds, for the reason that in cases of financial depression or panic, it may be inadvisable to sell the bonds when they come due. Sister States found it necessary to follow this procedure last year, and they preferred to pay practically 7 per cent., rather than put the bonds upon the market at tremendous sacrifice.
I recommend that the Governor be authorized to offer the bonds bearing not more than four and onehalf per cent. interest at not less than par, with the right to advertise for bids in his discretion and to reject any and aU bids, and that your Act be so flexible as to allow not only proper adjustment but also such discretion as may meet the exigencies of the situation at the time the bonds are to be sold.
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AUTOMOBILE TAXES.
The State Treasurer has reported to me that there is in the Treasury $79,000 arising from the Automobile Tax, which you proYided by Act' of 1913 should be distributed to the counties in proportion to the mileage of the roads in these counties, as- shown by the Census of the United States. Federal authorities haYe made no record of this mileage, and therefore the distribution under the plan contemplated in the Act was impossible, and the Attorney-General held that the money should be kept in the Treasury awaiting your direction.
. OFFICIAL BONDS.
I beg to ask your especial consideration of the Comptroller-General's report regarding the decision of the Supreme Court which holds unconstitutional the law allowing that officer to issue executions for amounts due the State by Tax Collectors. \Vhile justice should be done the official, a hearing in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court can be allowed him, and at the same time relieve the State from entering into protracted litigation with consequent deprivation of her revenue. I suggest that your appropriate committee take this matter up at once.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Since .the last session of your Honorable body I have had brought before me in acute form the relation existing between the National Guard of Georgia and the War Department at Washington.
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By statutes embodied in sections 1361, 1362 and 1363, second volume of the Code vf Georgia, the office of Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General are established, each with rank of Brigadier-General. Code sections 1367 and 1368 give general authority to the Governor as Commander-in-Chief regarding the numbers and grades of the officers.
Tille War Department at Washington issued an order requiring in effect that the QuartermasterGeneral in Georgia should have the rank of Major. The failure to comply with the order was visited with the penalty that the Quartermaster-General would not be recognized for the purpose of receiving arms, equipment, etc., nor would he receive pay during manoeuvers.
I asked if this order could be suspended as to Georgia until the Legislature could meet and rleal with the subject, as I maintained that obedience to the laws of Georgia was a superior duty and more binding on me than the orders of the War De!)artment.
This suspension was declined, unless I promiserl to use my influence as Chief Executive with the Legislature to repeal legislation conflicting with the orders of the War Department. This I declined to do, and hence I designated the Adjutant-General to receipt for equipment until the subject could be brought to your attention.
Perhaps it may be the part of practical wisdom to adapt the office of Quartermaster-General to the grade required in the regular army, in order that our National Guard may receive the support of the
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Federal Government, as provided by its laws. But I believe it should be with the strict heed that the National Guard of Georgia shall always owe first allegiance to the State and subject to the order of her Governor as paramount authority. The'National Guard is ready in time of national peril to perform the duties of a soldier against a foreign enemy, and the Government s'houJrl be generous with it and liberally support it on these terms. Its members spend time and money and make a tremendous sacrifice in its service. But I view with disapproval the growing tendency to militarisru, with a large standing army under direct control of one man in Washington. It is not difficult to suppose an occasion when euch a force under the control of some one possessed of audacity, ambition and courage, might make it a menace to our Government and its institutions.
I shall gladly submit the correspondence to such rommittee as you may appoint to consider the mRtter and wili render thew sucl1 aid as may lie in my power.
ScHoor, BooKs.
The State Board of Education had under consideration the adoption of school hooks as provided by law, and performed its duty, in accordance witb the directing statutes.
They could not find a book on Civil Government meeting their approval. Therefore, they tentatively adopted a bookl for the period of 12 months, under the Act of 1913, with the purpose of requesting the Legislature to authorize it to have a book written
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and published for use in Georgia under the super vision of the Department of Education. I commend for "consideration this request of the State Board of 'Education.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCES.
Under the existing laws there is immense latitude given to Judges in the imposition of sentences. The punis'hment may be froin one to twenty years in the penitentiary in many cases. It is difficult to declare why a man is sent four years instead of five or seven years instead of six, and yet one year is a long period to serve. The slightest incident might make the individual Judge, however good, vary the punishment at different times in the identical case.
I submit to you whether it would not be more consistent with justice to provide that the Judge may impose a S'entence between certain limited periods and allow the good behavior of the convict to determine the length of the imprisonment after the minimum sentence has been served. This relieves the Governor of much work under the parole act and places the imposition of punishment where it belongs, with the Courts.
PRISON FARM.
The Prison Commission finds it difficult to meet its obligations in view of its limited appropriations, and this difficulty is increased by an abuse to which I desire to call your attention.
In many cases Courts will sentence a man to the Prison Jfarm for a few months' service, and under
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the law the Prison Commission must send a guard for him, pay the transportation to the Prison Farm, and when the term is completed, pay the return transportation of the convict. For transportation alone the Prison Commission spends annually $10,000.
It seems to me that in cases where the sentence is for a short period either the County should pay the expense of transportation or the sentence should not be to the~ Prison Farm.
PRINTING.
The State Librarian calls my attention to a rapidly increasing accumulation of publications in the basement of the Capitol, largely resulting from statutes requiring the printing of volumes in excess of what are needed. The available space in the Capitol is practically consumed, and thousands of volumes and manuscripts are lying there deteriorating' each . year and practically of value to no one.
It would be an immense saving to correct this condition, and I request that you do investigate and by appropriate legislation correct this inexcusable waste.
MILITARY DEBTS.
In the Augusta strike trouble the militia incurred an indebtedness with merchants of that city which should have been paid over a year ago. Where indebtedness of this character has been incurred the obligation should be satisfied at once. I suggest that the exact amount be ascertained by your appropriate committee and provision be made for immediate payment.
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PRISON DEPARTMENT.
Time has demonstrated the wisdom of placing the convicts upon the roads. From the sta.ndpoint of humanity as well as punitive effect, I think no better disposition could be made of those who have violated the laws of the land and placed upon the people the burden of court houses, jails and pensions.
Practically 80 per cent. of the convicts are negroes. Before the War there was rarely a case of tuberculosis among this population, because they slept in log cabins, which admitted the fresh air
Now consumption is most prevalent among them, and working upon the roads in the open air is bencfi.cial from the .standpoint of health and returns to society in general some compensation for the expense of their conviction.
Of course, the highest humanity should be observed in the treatment of convicts. Cruelty, neglect, improper food, unreasonable service, insufficient clothing, lack of sanitary provision, should not be countenanced. Any cruelty to even the most debased should be met with the severest punishment.
Yet I am not in sympathy with that idea which would provide comforts and luxuries to the murderer, the burglar and the other violator of the law denied to the honest citizen.
There are tho11sands of honest parents in Georgia who find it difficult to provide their children with sufficient apparel to keep them warm in whiter. They learn their lessons by the dim light of a pineknot fire, and as soon M opportunity arises go forth into life to- struggle for bread. They are not pro-
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vided with an education in trades, but must meet the problems facing them with the small equipment that poverty can furnish.
It hardly seems consistent with justice that the privileges of trade education shall be granted only to the criminal, while the honest are deprived of it. I do not believe the struggling head of a family should work longer hours and make more sacri:fices to give facilities to the convict which are not granted to his own children. Especially is this the case when the average age of the convict would be between 25 and 30, and 80 per cent. being negroes having been in the habit of making their living by manual labor.
In addition, it is not fair to create competition between convict lahor and free labor. The honest merchant and artisan should be given every encouragement to maintain and support those dependent upon him, and there is no better citizen than he.
The making of good roads is a trade in its~elf, and is far healthier than employment in mines, with their accompanying hardships.
HIGHWAY CoMMISSION.
In this connection, I beg to call your attention to my preceding recommendations in regard to a highway commission. The Prison Commission has provided an engineer to visit roads nnd solve technical problems. It is hard to exaggerate the amount of waste resulting from the improper supervision and maintenance of highways.
Bills are pending in Congress for the purpose
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of aiding the various States in the construction of good roads, and these bills generally provide for expenditures of these contributions through Highway Commissions.
The Commission might be created without the necessity for extra expense by utilizing the engineer already supplied by the Prison Commission, and the Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Georgia, and the Professor of a similar department at the Georgia School of Technology. Their suggestions and advice would be invaluable and the service would be economical. Any plan, accomplishing the same result, would be equally satisfactory.
While the building of highways from county site to county site is beneficial to them, the great majority of the people of other roads should not be forgotten. Along these roads is the path of the Rural Free Delivery, and in proportion as they can be traveled rapidly, the facility for distribution of mail to those who live in the country is increased. It is impossible to overrate the benefits resulting in the shape of education and increased joy of living that arise from this great privilege. As far as practicable the roads over which mail is delivered should be public roads.
The wisdom of the law providing for the working of convicts on the highways is further demonstrated in the flexible provision made for the small and less wealthy counties of the State. It is impossible for many of them to utilize their own convicts
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except at prohibitive cost, and hence the fe~ture of exchange was wisely included.
!NuUSTRIAL TRAINING ScHOOL FOR WAYWARD GIRLS.
I beg to report to you that in accordance with law I declared on June 20,1914, the Industrial School for Wayward Girls, which was created by you at the last session, open for the reception of those entitled to its privileges.
Fulton County made the donation of the land, which is worth many thousands of dollars.
The Board of Trustees appointed in accordance with your direction represent the various sections of the State, and there is no board of higher personnel than this.
While the segregation of the wayward girl from other criminals is demanded by the loftiest humanity, at the same time the management of the institution must always be accompanied by sanity as well as sympathy.
Tlhere could be no greater crown upon the State than the reformation and reclamation of wayward girls. The problem has always been, and is, a most di~cult one. When the i~ate is not subject to reformation and proves unresponsive to the efforts in her behalf, she should not be permitted to utilize this school as a place for recuperation until she elects to leave and live a vicious and profligate life. Reasonable work is the most wholesome of all corrections, and the purpose of the creation of this school will be largely effectuated if these inmates are made content with the rewards of industry.
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This institution is an experiment in Georgia, and is entitled to the earnest sympathy of the good people of the State, but the expenditures should be measured by the progress achieved. At no time would it be justifiable to make a contrast between the honest hard-working girl and the vicious one living in luxury and idleness and supported by the State.
While only $20,000 was appropriated to this institution it must be remembered that more than four million dollars of taxable values are required to produce this amount. The constitutional limit is five mills and collection costs 6 per cent.
I desire to call your attention to a discrepancy between the books of the Treasurer and the Comptroller-General arising from the law authorizing the Department of Agriculture to draw money directly from the Treasury. This prevents a balance between the books of the T'reasurer and ComptrollerGeneral in the fiscal system of the State. I think this should be remedied by legislation, and request that the matter be investigated by appropriate committees of your body.
AUDITOR.
I again beg to call your attention to the necessity for the creation of State Auditor. So far as I am aware, Georgia is the only State which has no official whose duty it is to examine the various books of the State, with reference to the expenditure of money appropriated by the Legislature.
It is impossible for the Governor to keep check
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on the several institutions or determine their requirements. No money should be drawn from the Treasury excepting when absolutely necessary. So long as the money lies in the Treasury the State draws 2 per cent. interest, but if it lies in bank to the credit of any department the State receives no interest, and its ability to borrow in time of need is lessened.
There can be no wiser provision than constant and efficient checking of all public expenditures. The recommendations of such an officer to the appropriation committees of the Legislature would be invaluable and the money spent would be far more than compensated by increased economy.
PAROLE LAW.
In a large proportion of cases in which I have granted clemency it has been upon the recommendation of the Judge and Solicitor-General, who have been convinced that justice would be served by the exercise of executive clemency.
The parole law is as binding upon the GoYernor as any other law.
It is not 1the number of cases in which executive clemency is exercised, but the character of them, which merits approval or criticism. We have conservation of lands and forests and material resources, but the conservation of human beings is the most essential of all.
So long as ,the effect of punishment is preserved the release and reclamation of the criminal are in accordance with the demands of humane civilization.
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Many are in the convict camp who would make good citizens if released, and it requires the exercise of painstaking care and discretion to wisely exercise the power of the Governor as vested in him by the Constitution.
I submit herewith in accordance with law those cases in which I have exercised clemency.
OFFICIAL REPOR'l'S.
1 beg to call to your attention the reports of the various departments and institutions of State. The heads of these departments are familiar through experience with needed corrections, and I commend them to your careful investigation.
CoNTINGENT FuND.
There are many expenses which by custom have been paid from the contingent fund. I think each department should pay its own expenses of operation and the contingent fund be utilized only in cases of necessity where provision could not be made. In this way economy would be encouraged and the n('eds of the departments be known to the Legislature.
w. & A. RAILROAD LEASE.
The Committee appointed in accordance with n resolution adopted by you at the session of 1913, with power to investigate and report regarding the . leasing of the Western & Atlantic R. R. will make its recommendation. Composed as it is of men of the highest patriotism and experience, I commend their
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recommendation to your serious consideration. It is needless to comment on the permanent importance of this question and the extent to which its correct disposition will affect the entire State.
LAND TITLES.
The National, Government is interested in thEt matter of Rural Credits, and legislation will likely be passed providing for loans to farms art rates that will permit investments in lands, with consequent advantage to the agricultural interests of our StatEt. An essential prerequisite to such a plan is security in land titles. The law should provide an easy and inexpensive method of affording evidence that th~ titles of agricultural lands are good and unincum.:. bered. In many cases it is impossible to give this assurance in Georgia to-day. While the Torrens System may not be practicable in Georgia, I commend the subject to your consideration, in order that this State may be prepared to take advantage of such litigation as may be passed. Congress has recently passed a law allowing loans on land as security, and a large part of< the expense may he eliminated by providing a better system of land titles,. with a consequent reduction of expense to the borrower.
CoNCLUSIONS.
I shall from time to time present such other communications as conditions may require.
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Governor.
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EXHIBIT A.
Report of pardons, commutations, paroles, and respites granted since June 28, 1913.
PARDONS.
JUAN FowLER: Superior Court of Rabun County; Fall term, 1896; voluntary manslaughter; two years in the penitentiary; disabilities removed September 27, 1913'. Applicant served his time with good behavior as shown by his discharge certificates. Since that time, for nearly fifteen years, he has lived as a good citizen.
BuNK ADDISON: Superior Court of Miller County: larceny: disabilities removed October 8, 1913, on recommendation of Judge of the City Court and nearly all of the county officers.
CHARLEY LoNG; City Court of Atlanta, October term, 1913; larceny from the house; $50.00 fine or ten months on the chaingang; pardoned November 18, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor. The showing made clearly shows a miscarriage of justice.
WALTER PHILLIPs; Superior Court of Muscogee County; November adj. ter~, 1903; simple larceny; twelve months on cbaingang, or $100.00 fine; disabilities removed February 11, 1914, on recommendation of officials and leading citizens of Columbus.
FRANK S. VAN CEISEN ; Superior Court of Chat-
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ham County; October term, 1913; malpractice irr. office; $500.00 fine, or twelve months on the chaingang; disabilities removed March 20, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor General, county officers, and members of the General Assembly from Chatham County, because of the fact that applicant has carried out the sentence of the Court and is now wortally ill and not expected to live at most morethan a month.
W. 0. BRowN; Superior Court of Chatham County; November term, 1912; embezzlement; oneyear; disabilities removed March 23, 1914, after he had served sentence with good record and since his discharge has been filling a responsible position ill private life and his conduct has been such 'I~ to be~peak good citizenship in future.
WALTON MARTIN; Superior Court of Laurens County; July term, 1907; larcency from house; $50.00 fine; disabilities removed March 25, 1914. Applicant pleaded guilty to the offense of larceny from the house, and was fined in the February term, 1908,. of Laurens County Superior Court. Since that time he has been regularly employed, and has contributed the large part of his earnings to support of his widowed mother.
JOHN H. HARTLEY; Superior Court of Bibb County; November term, 1911; manslaughter; eight years in the penitentiary; pardoned May 28, 1914. Ought never to have been convicted. Killed deceased in protection of fireside.
DAVID G. BLooM; Superior Court of Muscogee County; September term, 1913'; unlawful shooting;.
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fine of $100.00; pardoned May 29, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor General and several .of the county officers.
PARDON GRANTED AS PER TERMS OF THE PAROLE LAW.
(Note.-The following case was reported m detail as parole, pardon order being promulgated in compliance with the statutes under which he was paroled by Acting Governor, John M. Slaton, in 1!::112.)
A. Y. CHASTAIN; Grady County; attempt to mur .der; pardoned, May 16, 1914.
PAROLES.
ToM SPEER; Superior Court of Pike County; Spring term, 1896; murder; life imprisonment; paroled August 5, 1913, for statutory reasons and .doubt as to his guilt.
CLIFFORD YouNG; Superior Court of Effingham County; November term, 1901; manslaughter; twenty years in the penitentiary; paroled September 11. 1913, for statutory reasons and in view of the ,fact that defendant had served many years longer than the average term for manslaughter.
DocK BALDWIN; Superior Court of Ware County; :Spring term, 1895 ; murder; life imprisonment; paroled September 18, 1913, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of the court officials, including the Judge.
RoMIE WILLIAMS; Superior Court of Tift County; .July term, 1906; manslaughter; ten years in the penitentiary; paroled September 17, 1913, for statutory
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reasons and as a reward for giving alarm when several prisoners tried to escape.
SAM YouNG; Superior Court of Miller County;-. October term, 1898; murder: life imprisonment; paroled October 7, 1913', for statutory reasons and because he had served nearly fifteen years; the offense not being one of extreme character.
JunGE FANT; Superior Court of Franklin County;. March term, 1910; manslaughter; fifteen years; paroled October 10, 1913, for statutory reasons and evidence showing the offense to be involuntary manslaughter as Court of Appeals intimates.
MosE HousTON; Superior Court of Chatham County; March term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled October 15, 1913, for statutory reasons and his youth, being only fourteen years old when the crime was committed. Prior to the offense his record was good and was good in the penitentiary.
AnrsTRJDE> FRANZONI; Superior Court of Pickens County; Spring term, 1912; manslaughter; ten yea:J;"S; paroled October 22, 1913, for statutory reasons and because circumstances showed defendant was not a bad man, but killed Hugo Passani in defense of his daughter.
wrLL JoHNSON; Superior Court of Walton County; August term, 1909; manslaughter; ten years; paroled October 28, 1913, for statutory reasons.
JrM PoPE; Superior Court of Dougherty County; May term, 1910; attempt to murder; eighteen months and seven years; paroled November 13, 1913, for
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statutory reasons and because it was clear that the ~mbined sentences were excessive.
ARTIS WILLIAMS; Superior Court of Harris County; April term, 1909; manslaughter; twenty years; paroled November 28, 1913', for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solie.itor General.
WILLIAM HERRINGTON; Superior Court of Fulton County; May term, 1911; attempt to murder; five years; paroled December 18, 1913, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
GEORGE RoDDY; Superior Court of Calhoun County; December term, 1902; attempt to wreck train; life imprisonment; paroled December 27,1913, for statutory reasons and because of his youth. He was hetween eleven and thirteen years of age when -crime was committed.
J. W. GARNETT; Superior Court of Richmond County, May term, 1911 ; burglary; seven years; paroled December 29, 1913, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General :and all Court officials of Richmond County.
CHARLIE LEAK; Superior Court of Brooks County; November term, 1890; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 2, 1914, for statutory reasons and .on recommendation of jurors and Solicitor General.
Bun CHAPMAN; Superior Court of Bibb County; Spring term, 1903; burglary; twenty years; paroled ...January 5, 1914, for statutory reasons.
AMos KING; Superior Court of Fannin County;
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May term, 1912; burglary; three years in the penitentiary; paroled January 8, 1914, for statutory rea- ' sons, on account of youth of defendant and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
WILEY REDDING; Superior Court of SpaldingCounty; Spring term, 1902; murder; life imprisonment; paroled Ja;nuary 17, 1914, for statutory reasons, previous good character, and on recommendation of trial Judge.
DALTON KELLY; Superior Court of Jasper County; September term, 1894; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 17, 1914, for statutory reasons and because developments subsequent to the trial indicate that the negro was unjustly convicted.
JOHN PLEAS; Superior Court of Meriwether County; Spring term, 1895; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 17,.1914, for statutory reasons.
JAMES PHILLIPS; Superior Court of Coweta County; Bpring term, 1894; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 20, 1914, for statutory reasons. Defendant served twenty years.
JoHN WRIGHT; Superior Court of Decatur County; May term, 1903; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 20, 1914,for statutory reasons and the fact that offense was not such as would class him as a confirmed criminal.
FoRTUNE ANDERSON ; Superior Court of Liberty County; Spring term, 1903'; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 20,1914, for statutory reasons and extenuating circu:p1stances.
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CRAWFORD HAMPTON ; Superior Court of Johnson County; Fall term, 1899; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 26, 1914, for statutory reasons, his youth and good record.
STANLEY HENDRix ; Superior Court of CherokeeCounty; August term, 1912; involuntary manslaughter; two years; paroled February 6, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
En. CoGWELL; Superior Court of Clinch County; October term, 1897; murder; life imprisonment; paroled January 27, 1914, for statntory reasons. The facts in the case indicate the killing was accidental.
WILL BARE:SDALE; Superior Court of Wilkes County; May term, 1910; voluntary manslaughter; twenty years; paroled February 6, 1914, for statu. tory reasons.
SAM JONEs; Superior Court of Richmond County; January term, 1912; burglary; five years; paroled February 10, 1914, for statutory reasons and on rec. ommendation of trial Judge and Solicitor General.
ALFRED TowERs; Superior Court of Floyd County; .January term, 1907; burglary; fifteen years; paroled February 10, 1914, for statutory reasons and doubt as to his guilt.
BEN PARHAM; Superior Court of Irwin County; Fall term, 1903; murder; life imprisonment; paroled February 11, 1914, for statutory reasons.
JOHN MosELEY; Superior Court of Montgomery County; Spring term, 1895; murder; life imprisonment; paroled March 3, 1914, for statutory reasons and evidence presented since the trial.
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FRANCis ROBERSON; Superior Court of Campbell County; Spring term, 1894; murder; life imprisonment; paroled March 5, 1914, for statutory reasons.
M. J. WEBB; Superior Court of Johnson County; Marcil term, 1910; manslaughter; six years; paroled March 7, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Solicitor General.
JOE GADDIS; Superior Court of "'Whitfield County; April term, 1911; burglary; four years; paroled March 12, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recom.mendation of trial J ~dge, Solicitor General and pros. ecutor.
JoHN CRISP; Superior Court of Fannin County; August term, 1909 ; burglary; ten years ; paroled March 12, 1914, for statutory reasons and previous good conduct.
WILL PHILPOT; Superior Court of Heard County; March term, 1911; manslaughter; five years; paroled Mareh 12, 1914, for statutory reasons.
WEsT CocHRAN; Superior Court of Spalding County; Fall term, 1910; voluntary manslaughter; six years; paroled March 14, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of trial Judge, Solicitor General and all county officers of Spalding County.
REDDIE DoNALSON; Superior Qourt of Pulaski County; February term, 1905 ; manslaughter; fifteen years in penitentiary; paroled March 24, 1914, for statutory reasons.
WILL MoBLEY; Superior Court of Houston
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County; Fall term, 1907; burglary; fifteen years; paroled March 17, 1914, for statutory reasons.
MITCHELL JACKSON; Superior Court of Bibb County; April term, 1909; burglary; seven years; paroled March 19, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of trial Judge who expressed some doubt as to the negro's guilt.
C. E. BAILEY; Superior Court of Upson County; November term, 1909; manslaughter; ten years; paroled March 27, 1914, for statutory reasons and on account of good conduct prior to commission of crime and in the penitentiary, and on recommendation of the leading white people of Upson County.
M. L. LowERY; Superior Court of Glynn County; Spring term, 1897; murder; life imprisonment; paroled March 25, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of trial Judge and Solicitor General who declared that in their opinion he had been sufficiently punished.
FRANK KIMBROUGH ; Superior Court of Greene County; November term, 1910; attempt to murder; seven years; paroled April 3, 1914 for statutory reasons and on recommendation of trial Judge and Solicitor General.
GEORGE HALL; Sup.erior Court of Muscogee County; Spring term, 1911; burglary; five years; paroled April 6, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of prosecutor, county officers and grand jurors in county where he is serving.
WILL HARRIS; Superior Court of Mitchell County; October term, 1900; murder; life imprisonment; pa-
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roled April 15, 1914, for statutory reasons and on account of his fingers being burned off and feet being crushed while working in the penitentiary.
TAP ARMOR; Superior Court of Greene County; March term, 1891; murder; life imprisonment; pa roled April 15, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Solicitor General.
En HooKs; Superior Court of Sumter County; Fall term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled April 15, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Solicitor General. The defendant was only nineteen years old when convicted.
ARCHIE AuausT; Superior Court of, Chatham County; July term, 1912; burglary; two years; paroled April 19, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of authorities of Thunderbolt. This boy was only sixteen years old when offense waR committed; the offense consisting of taking some whiskey.
En DAVIs; Superior Court of Chatham County; Spring term, 1895; murder; life ~mprisonment; paroled April 30, 1914, for statutory reasons.
CLIFF SHAW; Superior Court of Fulton County; Fall term, 1901; burglary; thirty years; paroled May 2, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Chief of Detective Department of Atlanta, and -on account of the exceptionally good conduct of defendant while serving as a convict.
JAM:Es RouNTREE; Superior Court of Emanuel County; Fall term, 1903; murder; life imprisonment; paroled May-4, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
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MANUEL KNIGHT; Superior Court of Pike County; April term, 1903; murder; life imprisonment; paroled May 4, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
BEN CoLLINs; Superior Court of Meriwether County; Spring term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled May 4, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of leading citizens of Meriwether County. This negro made a good record and aided in preventing escapes.
WILL THORNTON; Superior Court of Ware County; December term, 1910; manslaughter; five years; paroled May 14, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of trial Judge and Solicitor General.
JoHN W. MAHONE; Superior Court of -Talbot County; September term, 1903'; murder; life imprisonment; paroled May 19, 1914, for statutory reasons and on account of previous good conduct and recommendation of the leading white men of Talbot County.
GEoRGE F. MooRE; Superior Court of Crisp County; February term, 1912; cheating and swindling; three years; paroled May 28, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of prosecutor.
H. H. BuTLER; Superior Court of Grady County; September term, 1911; attempt to murder; three years; paroled May 28, 1914, for statutory reasons and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
J. D. STRINGER; Superior Court of Wayne
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County; Spring term, 1913; embezzlement; one and one-half years; paroled May 28, 1914, for statutory reasons, because of his youth and on recommendation of prosecutor.
JIM ALLEN; Superior Court of Cobb County; November term, 1910; burglary; ten years in the penitentiary; paroled June 8, 1914, for statutory reasons, on recommendation of Solicitor General, prosecutor and jury.
CALVIN BEACH; Superior Court of Houston County; Fall term, 1901; murder; life imprisonment; paroled June 8, 1914, for statutory reasons, on recommendation of Judge and on account of doubt as to guilt of applicant.
WALTER CREws; Superior Court of Charlton County; April term, 1911; manslaughter; four years in the penitentiary; paroled June 8, 1914, for statutory reasons.
CHARLEs THOMAS; Superior Court of Richmond County; November term, 1903; manslaughter; twenty years; parol'ed June 22, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
COMMUTATIONS.
ALBERT NoRMAN; City Court of Moultrie; July term, 1912; larceny; $50.00 fine and 8 months on
chaingang; commuted July 3, 1913, on statement of court officials that applicant has complied with sentence of court.
LuLA BERBIG; City Court of Fulton County; June term, 1913'; running disorderly house; six months in
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jail or $50.00 fine and three months in jail; commuted July 26, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
HENRY TEw; Superior Court of Spalding County; Fall term, 1910; seduction; eight years; commuted July 14, 1913, on account of applicant's mental condition.
JEssE SEWELL; Superior Court of Coweta County; September term, 1911; bigamy; two years in penitentiary; commuted July 25, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor and on account of applicant's good behavior.
BILL THOMAS; City Court of Houston County; August term, 1911; larceny; $25.00 fine or 6 months on chaingang; commuted July 28, 1913, to payment of fine of $25.00.
JoE PLAYMALE; City Court of Brooks County; May term, 1913; gaming; $75.00 fine or six months on chaingang; commuted July 3'0, 1913, on account of physical condition of applicant.
JACK DAvis; City Court of Chatham County; Spring term, 1913 ; vagrancy; $100.00 fine or six months in jaH; commuted July 30, 1913, on account of physical condition of applicant.
ANNIE LEE BooTH; City Court of Fulton County; August term, 1912; larceny and carrying concealed weapon; commuted August 22, 1913, on account of applicant's youth and on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
MABEL SANDERS; City Court of Valdosta; February ter.m, 1913; vagrancy; twelve months on the
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chaingang; commuted August 22, 1913', on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor, Sheriff and other officers.
HARRISON STEELE; Superior Court of Dougherty County; November term, 1911; perjury; four years in the penitentiary; commuted August 5, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Deputy Sheriff.
W. P. GRIMES; Superior Court of Putnam County; September term, 1911; forgery; four years in the penitentiary; commuted August 8, 1913, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor; Prosecutor and Jury. The amount involved was small and no loss was sustained.
HowARD GuFFIN; City Court of Atlanta; Sep tember term, 1912; wife-beating; twelve months on the chaingang or $200.00 fine; commuted August 22, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor who assert that developments since the trial indicate that prosecution was for spite.
EDWARD MuRPHEY; Superior Court of Fulton County; Fall term, 1911 ; forgery; three years in the penitentiary; commuted September 11, 1913, for statutory reasons.
C. H. SADLER; City Court of Americus; August term, 1913; stealing ride on R. R. train; $50.00 fine or four months on chaingang; commuted September 9, 1913, to payment of fine of $50.00.
LIGE LANE; Superior Court of Clinch County; March term, 1913'; rape; to be hanged; commuteil to life imprisonment September. 9, 1913, on recommendation of Ju<Ige and Solicitor General.
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KELLY HoLDER; Superior Court of Fulton County; May term, 1913; simple larceny; six months on chaingang, or $100.00 fine; commuted August 9, 1913 to payment of $50.00 fine.
CHARLES HoGAN; City Court of Fulton County; December term, 1912; cheating and swindling; twelve . months on the chaingang, two cases; commuted ~ep tember 16, 1913.
D. L. McCoRD; Superior Court of Monroe County; Spring term, 1913; violating prohibition law; 12 months on chaingang; commuted September 23', 1913, on recommendation of Judge.
S. R. HARWELL; City Court of Atlanta; April term, 1913; vagrancy; eight months on the chaingang; commuted September 27, 1913. Relatives of applicant aver that he was sent to jail and later to the chaingang because of his addiction to the use of opiates. The county physician certifies that he is now cured. The deputy warden under whom he has worked, and the Judge and Solicitor who tried him, recommend clemency.
W. J. McNAUGHTON; Superior Court of Emanuel County; October term, 1910; murder; death sentence; commuted to life imprisonment; September 27, 1913, on the ground of extenuating circumstances.
R. G. CoRAM; Superior Court of Murray County, F~bruary term, 1912; assault with intent to mur der; two years in the penitentiary; commuted October 7, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
ALBERT MooRE; City Court of Macon; June termt
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1913 ; gaming; $40.00 fine or six months on the chaingang; commuted October 13', 1913, because of serious illness of applicant, who is in last stages of tuberculosis.
GEORGE OLIVER; Superior Court of DeKalb County; September term, 1913; murder; to be hanged; commuted to life imprisonment October 14, 1913, on recommendation of about one hundred citizens of DeKalh County and Sheriff and other county officers.
GEoRGE BRINKI,EY; Superior Court of Fulton County; shooting at another; fine of $100.00 or six months on the chaingang; commuted to payment of $50.00, October 21, 1913, on recommendation of various parties concerned and officers of the court.
LEwis HARDY; City Court of Butts County; March term, 1913; violating prohibition law; twelve months on the chaingang; commuted to payment of fine of $50.00, on statement of Judge who imposed the sentence that he has no objection to applicant being allowed to pay a fine.
RoBERT A. TucKER; City Court of Fulton County; Fall term, 1912; carrying concealed weapon and 1selling whiskey; twenty-four months or $1,000.00 fine; commuted to payment of fine of $50.00, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor General and prosecutor.
HENRY SMITH; Superior Court of Newto~ County; September term, 1904; murder; life imprisonment in the penitentiary; commuted to present service N~vember 10, 1913, on account of his good conduct,
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and evidence sl,lowing that the murder was not of such extreme character.
WILLIS JoNEs; Superior Court of Morgan County; March term, 1913; murder; death sentence; commuted to life imprisonment November 9, 1913, on recommendation of the Judge, Solicitor General and nearly all of the county qfficers of Morgan County.
MALLARY BEDINGFIELD; Superior Court of Bibb County; April term, 1913'; shooting at another; one year at the State Farm; commuted to payment of fine of $100.00 November 13, 1913. The jury convicting applicant, recommended a misdemeanor punishment. The Judge did not approve this recommendation and imposed a sentence of one year. The Prison Commission, after a thorough investigation, do not believe there was any intentional shooting of prosecutor.
W. L. BENTON; Superior Court of Dougherty County; Spring term, 1911; attempt to murder; three years in the penitentiary; commuted to present service November 13, 1913, on recommendation of trial Judge.
CHAs. D. LANE; City Court of Atlanta; Spring term, 1913'; vagrancy; eight months on the chaingang; commuted to present service November 13, 1913, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
JAMES SPENCE; Superior Court of Whitfield County; April term, 1913'; adultery and fornication; twelve months on the chaingang; commuted November 13, 1913, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor and officers of the Court.
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W. F. WHITEHEAD; Superior Court of Muscogee County; February term, 1913; abortion; twelve months at State Farm; commuted November 28, 1913, on recommendation of trial Judge.
HARRY GIBBONS; City Court of Quitman; October term, 1913; misdemeanor; seven months on the chaingang; commuted December 18, 1913, on account of serious illness of applicant.
WEsLEY HENDRICKs; County Court of Wayne County; July term, 1913,; selling whiskey; $300.00 fine and costs, or twelve months on chaingang; commuted December 19, 1913, on account of critical physical condition of applicant.
MAUDE ScoTT; City Court of Fulton County; November term, 1913; larceny; $50.00 fine or eight months on chaingang; commuted December 27, 1913', on recommendation of J u.dge, Solicitor mid party from whom goods were taken.
HENRY DICKERSON; Superior Court of Fulton County; September term, 1907; sodomy,; life imprisonment; commuted January 3, 1914, on recommendation of trial Judge and on account of good conduct of prisoner.
JIM BAxLEY; Superior Court of Coweta County; March term, 1913; murder; death sentence; commuted to life imprisonment January 6, 1914, on recommendation of Prison Commission, Judge and Solicitor General who tried the case.
WILL OGLESBY; City Court of Atlanta; December term, 1913; vagrancy; $50.00 fine or eight months on the chaingang; commuted to present service Jan-
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nary 8, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
HENRY McKEEVER, alias BuNCH McKEEVER; Su. perior Court of Coweta County; September term,
1906; murder; life imprisonment; commuted Jannary 12, 1914, because of doubt as to guilt of applicant.
I. B. HALL; Superior Court of Tift County; July
term, 1913; murder; death sentence; commuted to
l1fe imprisonment January 15, 1914, on occount of
mental condition of applicant and unanimous rec-
ommendation of Prison Commission.
JOE EDGE; Superior Court of Cobb County; March term, 1910; arson; five years in the penitentiary; commuted January 17, 1914, on account of -youth of applicant and earnest recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
JIM DuNsoN; City Court of Atlanta; October term, 1913; gaming; six months in jail; commuted January 17, 1914, on account of severe injury received by applicant while under arrest.
C. A. WILKEs; City Court of AUanta; October term, 1913; carrying concealed weapons; $75.00 fine or twelve months on the chaingang; commuted to present service January 20, 1914, on payment of $25.00 fine, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
FRANK WHELCHEL; City Court .:>f Gainesville; May term, 1913; larceny from the house (two cases) ; $175.00 fine or twenty-four months on the chaingang; commuted January 20, 1914. Really this ne-
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gro was guilty of only one offense, for which he has more than served the extreme penalty provided by law. The Judge, Solicitor and prosecutor recommend commutation.
ATTICus RICHARDSON; Superior Court of Fulton County; January term, 1913'; forgery; two years in the penitentiary; commuted January 20, 1914, on aceount pf youth of applicant and recommendation of .Judge, Solicitor and other officers of the court.
MILT PATTERSON; Superior Court of Elhert County; September term, 1913; assault with intent to murder; $100.00 fine or twelve months on chaingang; commuted January 24, 1914, on account of physical condition of applicant, he being in the last stages of consumption and liable to die at any moment.
GEORGE WALKER; Superior Court of Laurens County; December term, 1913; selling liquor; $1,000. fine or twelve months on the chaingang; commuted January 26, 1914; to payment of $75.00 fine, on recommendation of Judge and Grand Jury.
LuKE PALMORE; City Court of Waycross; January term, 1914; stealing ride on R. R. train; twelve months at the State Farm; commuted February 14, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor and Prosecutor and on account of youth of applicant.
RoY HARPER; Superior Court of Cobb County; September term, 1913; assault with intent to murder; $150.00 fine or twelve months on chaingang; commuted February 6, 1914, to payment of $75.00 fine. The applicant served one half his term and the Judge and. Solicitor recommend that his fine be
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apportioned according to service of the boy, who was only 17 years old.
SHEP KING; Superior Court of Upson County; November term, 1913; sepjng liquor; twelve months on the chaingang; commuted March 5, 1914, to payment of f~ne of $100.00, on account of the enfeebled condition of applicant and the fact that he has served four months.
J. P. CRONIN; City Court of Macon; November term, 1912; violating prohibition law; twelve months on chaingang, or $500.00 fine and three months in jail; commuted March 6, 1914. Applicant has served four months on the chaingang and has paid the fine of $500.00 and costs. Therefore the service of four months on the chaingang has more than equaled the service of three months in jail.
C. P. Nix; Superior Court of Laurens County; April term, 1913; carrying concealed weapon; twelve months on chaingang; commuted March 9, i914. T'he term of applicant will expire in a few days. T.~ere is another case pending against him in Johnson County Superior Court and the Solicitor General desires to try him at the approaching term of Court. Unless he is released at once, he will claim lack of opportunity for preparing for his trial.
SAM SMITH; Superior Court of Bulloch County; April term, 1913'; selling liquor; $400.00 fine or twelve months on chaingang; commuted March 9, 1914, on account of physical condition of applicant.
ERNEST MERRITT; Superior Court of Spalding County; January term, 1910; murder; life imprison-
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ment; commuted March 14, 1914, on account of doubt as to guilt of defendant and on recommendation of Solicitor, Judge and Grand Jury.
IsAAC PoTTER; Superior Court of Walker County; August term, 1911; seduction; ten years in the penitentiary; commuted March 13, 1914. Evidence submitted since the trial renders it practically impossible for defendant to have been guilty of the crime of seduction.
w. M. HAYES; County Court of vVayne County;
February term, 1914; stealing ride on R. R. train; $30.00 fine or five months on chaingang; commuted March 16, 1914, on recommendation of trial Judge and Department of Charities and Correction of Cincinnati.
Z. A. BRooKs; City Court of Columbus; January term, 1913; keeping lewd house; twelve months on chaingang; commuted March 16, 1914, on recommendation of leading citizens and oflicials of Columbus.
CHARLIE SHEPPARD; City Court of Carrollton; Spring term, 1913; larceny; twelve months on the chaingang; commuted March 19, 1914. The Judge states that the sentence was imposed under a misapprehension and asks that it be reduced.
HoMER JORDAN; Superior Court of Spalding County; August term, 1912; simple larceny; four years in the penitentiary; commuted March 19, 1914, on recommendation of Solicitor General.
CAP FLANIGAN; Superior Court of Walton County; August term, 1913; selling liquor; six and twelve months (two cases); commuted March 19, 1914, to
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payment of fine of $150.00 on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General.
PoMP McLENDON, alias PAUL THOMAS; City Court of Atlanta; February term, 1913; larceny; $150.00 fine or ten months; commuted March 21, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor and in view of time served by applicant.
ToM GRANT; Superior Court of Richmond County; November term, 1913; larceny; twelve months on chaingang; commuted March 21, 1914, on account of physical condition of applicant and on recommendation of the County Commissioners a:nd County Physician of Richmond County.
RoBERT MINOR; Superior Court of Richmond County; January term, 1908; rape; fifte~n years in the penitentiary; commuted March 25, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General and request of father of prosecutor.
. MILEs PIERCE, alias BusTER PIERCE; Superior Court of Greene County; August term, 1909; murder; life imprisonment; commuted March 25, 1914. The developments. since the trial of the applicant leads the tria} Judge and Solicitor General to believe that this applicant is not guilty of the crime charged and they both recommend full pardon.
SAM THOMAS; City Court of Valdosta; June term, 1913; misdemeanor; twelve months on the chaingang; commuted April 6, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor.
GENE ARNoLD; Superior Court of Fayette County; September term, 1913; selling liquor;
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twelve months on the ,chaingang; commuted March 3'0, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor General, Grand Jury and County Commissioners. of Fayette County and on account of physical condition of applicant.
CAP FLANIGAN; Superior Court of Walton County; August term, 1913'; selling liquor; six months and twelve months; commuted to payment of fine of $90. 00 Aprilll, 1914. On March 19, 1914, about a month after the original request for clemency was made by the Judge and' Solicitor, an Order was passed commuting the penalty to a fine of $150.00. The applicant was unable to pay this and has served an additional month. Now the Solicitor asks that the penalty be commuted to a fine of $90.00.
J. F. ALEXANDER; Superior Court of Fulton County; March term, 1913; forgery; three years in the penitentiary; commuted April 11, 1914, on account of menta~ condition of applicant.
A. J. DEKEYSER; City Court of Macon; February term, 1914; misdemeanor; $125.00 fine or six months on chaingang; commuted April 15, 1914, on recommendation of Judge.
GEORGE WRIGHT; Superior Court of Harris County; April term, 1907; murder; life imprisonment; commuted April 16, 1914, because of doubt as to guilt of applicant.
CLYDE AuTREY; City Court of Atlanta; January term, 1914; vagrancy; twelve months; because of the fact that no offense was committed by the boy, and the serious injury he has received, and the emergency recommendation made by Judge Patterson.
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WILLIE STEWART and FosTER SIMPSON; Superior Court of Dodge County; November term, 1911; perjury; four years in the penitentiary; commuted May 2, 1914, on recommendation of trial Judge.
BEsHAZZA CRAWFORD; Superior Court of Oconee County; January term, 1908; attempt to rape; ten years in the penitentiary; commuted April 24, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor and prosecutor.
G. W. BLACKSTOCK; City Court of Atlanta; March term, 1914; vagrancy; six months in jail; commuted May 9, 1914, on account of physical condition of applicant and doubt as to his guilt.
J. M. PETTIGREW; City Court of Macon; December term, 1913; violating the prohibition law; 12 months on the chaingang, or three months in jail and payment of $250.00; commuted May 11, 1914. The defendant has paid the fine of $250.00 and costs and is now serving on jail sentence. His sentence is commuted to present service on account of his physical condition.
JosEPH KELVIN; Criminal Court of Atlanta; April term, 1914; vagrancy; six months in Fulton County Jail; commuted May 11,1914, upon request of Judge and Solicitor.
T.T. MEDLEY, JR.; Criminal Court of Atlanta; October term, 1913; vagrancy; twelve months on the chaingang; commuted May 16, 1914, in view of the facts and the recommendation of Judge and Solicitor and that the committal was for the purpose of saving the man from the cocaine habit.
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JOHN GRUBBS; Superior Court of Stewart County; October term, 1913; cheating and swindling; twelve months on the chaingang, or $125.00 fine; commuted May 23', 1914, to present service upon the payment of $50.00 fine. He has served more than five months.
C. J. NoBLES; Superior Court of Laurens County; October term, 1913; furnishing liquor to a minor; twelve months on the chaingang and costs; commuted May 23, 1914, to payment of fine of $1fi0.00, upon recommendation of Judge, Solicitor, prosecutor and a large number of citizens of Laurens County.
JACK SHEALEY; Superior Court of Sumter County; November term, 1911; murder; life imprisonment; commuted to present service May 28, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General and on account of doubt as to guilt of applicant.
CLIFF GRAY; Superior Court of Taylor County; April term, 1913; larceny; twelve months on the chaingang and $300.00; commuted to present service May 28, 1914, on recommendation of proseautor and many other white citizens of Taylor County.
H. B. MoRGAN; Superior Court of Webster County; April term, 1904; arson; twenty years in the penitentiary; commuted to present service June 3, 1914, on recommendation of Solicitor and many good citizens of Webster County and on account of doubt as to applicant's guilt.
CoLBERT BoNNER; Superior Court of Carroll County; October term, 1905; murder; life imprisonment in the penitentiary; commuted to present ser-
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vice June 3, 1914, on recommendation of Prison Commission and on account of physical condition of applicant.
JETHRO CLEMENTS; Superior Court of Fayette County; March term, 1914; murder; death sentence; commuted to life imprisonment June 5, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Solicitor and leading citizens of Fayette County and on account of mental condition of applicant.
HENRY USHER; Superior Court of Fulton County; April term, 1906; manslaughter; ten years in the penitentiary; commuted to present service June 11, 1914, on account of physical condition o defendant, he having sustained a stroke of paralysis, affecting his entire left side.
CLYDE WooD; City Court of Fulton County; Spring term, 1914; vagrancy; twelve months on the chaingang; ~ommuted to present service June 28, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor. The record shows that this boy has committed no crime, but was addicted to the cocaine habit and sent to prison on the charge of vagrancy.
PRATT JENKINS; Superior Court of Burke County; October term, 1912; shooting at another; four years; commuted to present service June 22, 1914, on recommendation of Judge, Jury and Solicitor General.
0Trs WooD; Superior Court of Newton County; September term, 1906; murder; life imprisonment; . commuted to present service June 23, 1914, on recommendation of Judge and Solicitor General and because of doubt as to his guilt.
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COMMUTATIONS AS THE RESULT OF pAROLES.
(These were reported to previous Legislature in detail as paroles).
JOHN ANTHONY; Hancock County; burglary. MARY FoRTSON; Fulton County; manslaughter. JuLE RENFROE; Lowndes County; attempt to mur-
der. WILL 'KNIGHT; Fulton County; robbery. GEoRGE KiNG; Putnam County; murder. JERRY HoLMES; Chatham County; murder. BEN JONES; Randolph County; murder. PINKIE FosTER; Floyd County; manslaughter. HENRY EvANS; Fulton County; murde'r. WILLIAM LuNDY; Screven County; murder. JAMES BRuo:E; Pickens County; robbery. ANNA WooTEN; Fulton County; murder. JOHN RoBERSON; Washington County; murder. CHARLES SuTTON; Fulton County; robbery. W. C. CARTER; Polk County; manslaughter. JoE TENNYSON; Emanuel County; murder.
RESPITES.
W. J. McNAUGHTON; Emanuel County; murder; from September 5, 1913, to October 3, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
WILL GATHRIGHT; Gwinnett County; murder; from October 10, 1913, to November 14, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
WILLIE JONES; Morgan County; murder; from
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October 24, 1913, to November 14, 1913, to afford time for proper consideration pf application for executive clemency.
JIM BAXLEY; Coweta County; murder; from January 2, 1914, to January 16, 1914, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
GEORGE SMITH ; Lowndes County; murder; from January 16, 1914, to February 6, 1914, to afford time for proper consideration of application for exe-cutive clemency.
JIM CANT~ELL; Hall 9ountyi accessory to murder; from February 27, 1914, to March 27, 1914; from March 27, 1914, to April 24, 1914; from April 24, 1914, to May 29, 1914, and from May 29, 1914, to June 26, 1914, to afford time for the Supreme Court to pass on the Case of Bart Cantrell; also to afford time for Prison Commission to pass on cases of Bart Cantrell and Jim Cantrell, who have applied for executive clemency.
NICK WILBURN; Jones County; murder; from May 29, 1914 to June 12, 1914, to afford time for proper consideration of applicatipn for executive clemency.
JoHN WRIGHT; Fannin County; murder; from June 5, 1914, to June 26, 1914, to afford time for proper consideration of application for executive clemency.
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Leave of absence was granted Mr. Akin of Glynn, Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn of FUlton, the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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FRIDAY, June 26th, 1914.
The House met pursuant to. adjournment at 10 -o'clock a. m. ; was called to order by the Speaker and was opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor:
To the House of Representatives:
I beg to advise that the Secretary of State certified to this office under date of June 25th, the election of the following new member of your body:
John D. Clark, Representative from Mcintosh County, to succeed Hon. Geo. E. Atwood, deceaS'ed.
Respectfully submitted, JoHN M. SLATON, Governor.
Hon. John D. Clark, member-elect from the County of Mcintosh, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Geo. E. Atwood, came forward to the Olerl}'s desk and was sworn in, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable Beverly D. Evans, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
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Mr. Greene of Houston, Chairman of the Committee on the Academy for the Blind, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker and Ge.ntlemen of the House:
Your Committee on the Academy for the Blind' beg leave to submit the following report.
We have made two inspections of the Academy for the Blind, one while the school was in session and another during a suspension of the work. On both occasions the visit of your committee was without previous announcement, so that our inspection was made under absolutely usual and normal conditions.
it is with a great deal of pleasure that we are
able to unqualifiedly endorse the State's plant in Macon, erected for one of our most unfortunate clas~ses of citizens, in every detail of its appointments. The physical plant, it seems, is everything that could be desired for the purposes intended. The completion of the improvements provided for in the recent legislative appropriation has equipped the institution with every requisite for comfort, health and economical administration.
The management of the institution is in keeping with the physical appointments; the Superintendent is peculiarly gifted and fitted for the position he occupies, and is supported by a corps of faithful and efficient assistants. Superintendent and teachers . alike are held in highest esteem and command the confidence of the inmates of the Academy. As was
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remarked by one bright lad when questioned as to the manner in which the affairs of the school were conducted, ''We have no complaint to make; if there is ever any criticism by any of the boys you can put it down it is his fault and not the fault of the institution.''
The State is in this institution :fitting her unfortunate boys and girls for the work of life and the duties of citizenship; rescuing them from a condition of absolute dependence, and equipping them to earn a livelihood. The prime motive' moving our great commonwealth to the expenditure of large sums in the support of this institution is a heart response to the cry of her afflicted little ones; but, as an economical proposition, we are displaying excellent business judgment in an investment of this character.
Incidentally, such splendid judgment was exercised in the selection of the site for the Academy; the State owns such spacious and commodious grounds; and the continued development and proS'perity of the city of Macon are causes which have conspired to the enhancement of the State's property to a very high degree.
Respectfully submitted, A. B. GREENE, of Houston,
Chairman Committee on the Academy for the Blind.
Mr. Iilimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 . have had under consideration the following resolution of the house No. 169, and instructed me as theirChairman to report same hack to the House with therecommendation that same do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bills of theHouse were read the third time and placed upon their passage.
By Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee-
A bill to change the time of holding Chattahoochee Superior Court.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,. nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu. tional majority ~as passed.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris~
A bill to incorporate the town of Waverly Hall.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140,. nays 0.
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'Dhe bill having received the requisite constitu-tional majority was passed.
-By Messrs. Picquet, Olive and Garlington of Richmond-
A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to Condemn certain lands for certain purposes.
The report of the Committee', which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu. tional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A bill to amend Section 6159, of the Code of 1910, relative to filing of a traverse to the returns of the _judge.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
- By Mr. McMichael of MarionA bill to provide for the distribution of the auto-
:mobile tax funds.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA Resolution that House Resolution No. 41 be
committed to the Rules Committee.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A Resolution to amend the standing rules of theHouse.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA resolution that individual speeches be limited tO<
30 minutes.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Smith of FultonA resolution to make House Bill No. 69 a special
order. Referred to Committee on Rules. The following resolutions were read and adopted.
By Messrs. Miller of Bibb and W ohlwender or :M"us co g e e -
A resolution instructing the Clerk of the House to have printed in pamphlet form the report of the Comptroller-General of June 24th, 1912, as to all fee reports filed in his office ~ince his report to theLegislature under date of July 15th, 1913.
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By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A resolution that when the House adjourns today that it adjourn to meet Monday at 11 o'clock.
The following resolution was read and adopted as amended.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A resolution providing for a joint committee of the House and Senate be appointed to attend the dedication of the Federal Monument on Qheatham's Hill on June 27th, 1914.
The following amendment by Mr. Adams of Hall was adopted.
By amending said resolution as follows: By adding the following words to the last paragraph, That said committee shall be composed of Confederate soldiers.
On Motion of Mr. Slade of Muscogee 300 copies of ~ B. No. 50. were ordered to be printed.
By unanimous consent the name of Mr. Smith of Fulton was substituted for the name of Mr. Atwood <>f Mcintosh on H. B. No. 613, the name of Mr. Smith of Fulton to be placed first on the bill.
The following invitation from the Home of Old Women and Widows of Veterans was read:
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To the Members of the Georgia Legislature, Atlanta,. Georgia:
Dear Sirs: The ninth anniversary of the Homefor Old Women and Widows of Veterans will he celebrated by a public reception at the home, No. 61 West End Ave, today F'riday June 26th from 5 to 7 p.m.
A cordial invitation is extended to you and members of your family to be present.
Respectfully, MRs. PuRTELL, J. S. R.
The Speaker appointed the fo1lowing members as. the committee on the part of the Ho~se to attend the dedication of the Federal Monument on Cheat~ ham's Hill, June 27, 1914:
Messrs. Hammack of Randolph,
MeWhorter of Greene, Burney of Morgan.
The Speaker announced the following committeeassignments.
Hon. A. P. Deadwyler of Elbert: General Agriculture Committee No. 1, Committee on Counties and County Matters, Committee on Georgia State Sani:. tarium.
Hon. 'TI. B. Carroll of Catoosa: Committee on Railroads, Committee on Appropriations, Special Judiciary Committee.
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Ron. Bion Williams of Meriwether: Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad, Committee on Public Property, General Agriculture Committee No. 2.
Ron. George G. Glenn: General Judiciary Committee No. 1, Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad, Committee on Anrendments to Constitution.
Hon. H. A. Peacock: General Judiciary Committee No. 2, Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Railroads.
Hon. C. M. Methvin appointed Chairman of Com, mittee on Public Printing to succeed Ron. J, C. Bryan, deceased.
Ron John D. Clark of Mcintosh: Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Western and Atlantic, Counties and County Matters.
Ron. Bion Williams appointed Vice-Chairman of Committee on Public Property to succeed Ron. S. E. Berry, deceased.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to provide for the election of Tax Commissioner by the people.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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By Mr. Anderson of MurrayA bill to provide for a four wire fence in stock
law counties. Referred to General Agriculture Committee No.1.
By Mr. Ledbetter of PolkA bill to incorporate the city of Aragon. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State rel-
ative to pensions to widows of ex-Confederate soldiers.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Messrs. Fullbright of Burke and Smith of Fulton-
A bil1 to supplement appropriation for printing reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Moye of Johnson and Connor of Spaldmg-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game animals, birds and fish.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to regulate the running of automobiles. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Ledbetter of Polk and Culpepper of Meriwether-
A bill to amend Section 14 of the law for the protection of game animals, birds and :fish.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Lane of Decatur~
A bill to amend Section 5298, of the Code of 1910, relative to garnishment.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Parker of Liberty-
A bill to amend Section 2936, of the Code of 1910, relative to publication of notice of intention to marry.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend Chapter of Twelfth Title of the
. Code of 1910, by adding a new section, Section 1676a.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to establish the office of Superintendent of Public Printing.
Referred to Committee on Public Printing.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to make it unlawful to sell, etc. any liquor containing more than one-half of 1 per cent. of alcohol.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Reese of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Coolidge.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend Section 699, of the Code 1910, relative to road funds in certain counties.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Allen of GlascockA bill to amend an Act, approved July 8th, 1910,
relative to pensions. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Pickett of TerrellA bill to change the time of holding Superior
Court of Terrell County.
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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
. By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to amend Section 1131, of the Code of 1910, relative to compensation in criminal cases.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Parker of Liberty-
A bill to amend Section 751, of the Code of Georgia 1895, relative to the demanding of indictments.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to provide how the special exemption of wearing apparel and three hundred dollars worth of kitchen and household furniture may be set aside.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of BibbA resolution in relation to the revised and annota-
ted Code. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Moon of Troup and Harris of Washington-
A resolution commending Hon. D. Mi. Hughes
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relative to his actions regarding printing of textbooks.
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 attend the unveiling of Federal Monument on Cheatham's Hill, near Kenn~saw Mountain on June 27, 1914.
The President of the Senate has appointed as committee on part of the Senate:
Messrs. Searcy and Pope.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Gower of Crisp and Mr. Allen of Jackson.
On motion the House adjourned to meet Monday morning at 11 o'clock a. m.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., June 29, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 0 'clock a. m.; was. called to order by thle Speaker, and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of Friday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. North~n, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
T1he Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following hill of t~e Senate, to-wit.:
A hill to amend the charter of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company.
Tlhe following resolutions were read and unam-. mously adopted.
By Messrs. McCarthy, Shuptrine and Myrick of Chatham-
A resolution: Whereas the House of Representatives of the 8tate of Georgia has heard with deep
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sorrow of the passing away of a noble woman, who preserved and transmitted the gracious memories of an illustrious ancestor, illustrated the qualities that glorify southern womanhood and served her day and generation with conspi~uous :fidelity to the loftiest ideals of christian service, therefore
Be it resolved, by the House, that in the loss of his mother, this House extends to Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, President of the Senate, assurances of inexpressible sorrow and its sincere sympathy.
Resolved further, that the Clerk of the House will furnish him a certified copy of this resolution.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Smith of Fulton-
A resolution: Resolved, by the House of Representatives, that we learn with deep regret of the death of Mrs. Ralph 0. Cochran, the wife of Hon. Ralph 0. Oochran, one of the members from Fulton, and that the sympathy of the members of the House be extended to him in this, his hour of sad bereavement.
Resolved furth~r, that this House adjourn immediately after the confirmation of the Journal aS' a mark of respect to the Hon. Ralph 0. Oochran and Hon. Randolph Anderson, the President of the Senate, because of the death of the wife and mother of these members of the General Assembly.
Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions
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be transmitted to Hon. Ralph 0. Cochran and Hon.
Randolph Anderson.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., June 30, 1914.
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 and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent 250 copies of original bill and substitute of House Bill No. 22, were ordered printed.
By unanimous consent tlhe following 1bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Messrs. Ledbetter of Polk and Stovall of McDuffie-
A bill to amend Section 588, of the Code of 1910, relative to compensation of county treasurers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. ~
By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender, of Mus'cogee-
A bill to amend Section 855, of the Code of 19'10, relative to construction of sewers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
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By Mr. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty County.
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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Myrick, S'huptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend the constitution ofi the State relative to justices of the peace.
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
By Mr. Clements of IrwinA bill to amend oSection 1249, of the Code of 1910,
adding Irwinville to the list of Slate depositories. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Edmondson of Banks-
A bill to amend Section 716, of the Code of 1910, relative to failure to perform service contracted for.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Reynolds of Charlton-
A bill to amend an Act to create a board of county commissioners for Charlton County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Messrs. Sheppard of Sumter and McCarthy of Ohatham-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to withhold any part of the wages of any employee.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to incorporate the town of Cobb in Sumter County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to incorporate the town of West Green in Coffee County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to make unlawful the sale of near beer, etc., in Randolph County.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Strickland of Pierce-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Pierce County.
Referred ~o Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Moss of CobbA bill to regulate the practice of criminal law in
. this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Stone of DawsonA bill to change the time of holding the terms of
the Superior Court of Dawson County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to amend an Act establishing a game and
:fish commission. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Dorris of Douglas~ A bill to amend Acts relative to killing squirrels
at any season. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to provide for the taxation of bonds, notes and mortgages.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to repeal Section 2624, of the Code of 1910,.
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creating'the office of attorney for the Railroad Commission.
Referred to Com~ittee on Railroads.
By Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris and Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act of 1912 appropriating $15,000 annually for the tick eradication.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Miller of BibbA bill to abolish "wild cat" locker clubs by repeal-
ing Section 933, of the Code of 1910.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to ~dd Wrightsville to the list of State depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to amend Section 3 of the Act No. 234 of the General Assembly relative to appropriation for hog cholera.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to authorize the County Board of Commissioners to issue bonds for bridge and road purposes~
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend Section LXX19, of the Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon, relative to street tax.
Referred to :Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon relative to county chain-gang.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Smith of FanninA bill to amend an Act to put in force the constitu-
tional amendment relative to pensions. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Greene County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and CountY. Matters.
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By Mr. Meadows of Wayne-
A bill to provide for the establishment and quieting of title to land in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. McWhorter of Greene-
A hill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Greene County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Moon a:q,d Hines of TroupA bill to provide for mortgaging unplanted crops. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Kimbrough of HarrisA bill to appropriate $7,000 to depa,rtment of
Agriculture for the chemical department.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Sumner of WorthA bill to establish the City Court of Sylvester in
and for the County of vVorth. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to amend an Act to establish a Board for the
examination of accountants.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Allen of GlascockA bill to amend Section 1549, of the Code of 1910,
relative to the scholastic year. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Messrs. Hodges of Brooks and Meadows of Wayne-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kind of cotton seed meal.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Bell of ClayA resolution to make House Bill No. 236 a sp.ecial
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Culp~pper of Meriwether-
A resolution to provide that no general bill or bill with general application be put upon its passage until a copy thereof is placed on des:k of each member.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Messrs. Cole and _Dodd-
A bill to provide for the building of certain bridges and underpasses on the W. & A. R. R.
Referred to Committee on W. & A. Railroad. 4.
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By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A hill to pay expenses of State Board of Education during the time included between July 1st, 1912, to July 1st, 1914.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By unanimous consent House Bills No. 794 and No. 129 were withdrawn from the House.
Mr. Adams of Hall arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House relative to certain newspaper publications regarding the tax equalization bills.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
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Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following resolutions and I am direct-
ed as its vice-chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that they do not pass, to-wit.:
House Resolution No. 182. Providing that until otherwise ordered individual speeches be limited to thirty minutes.
House Resolution No. 165. .Amending Rule No. 47, requiring committees to report on bills.
fHouse Res:olution No. 179. Requiring general
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bills placed upon the calendar by Rules Committee to be printed.
House Resolution No. 170. Providing for the creation of a new committee to be known as ''Committee on Good Roads.''
The consideration of each amendment to be limited to two hours and the time allotted to each shall be equally divided between the friends and opponents of the measure.
Adopted.
Your committee has also had under consideration a resolution asking that House Bills Nos. 18 and 48 be made a special order and instructed me as its chairman to report the same back with a recommendation that these bills be made a special and continuing order immediately after the disposition by the
House of House Bill No. 22.
Adopted.
Am also instructed to report that your committee recommends that all proposed amendments to the constitution be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday July 7th, 1914, immediately after th~ expiration of the order for unanimous consent, the said amendments to be acted upon in numerical order, as the annual proposed amendments appear upon the calendar of the House.
Adopted as amended.
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Your committee also recommend that Rule No. 121 be amended by adding at the end of said rule the following: "And when the regular hour for adjournment of the House arrives, the cottnmittee sha1!1. automatically rise and the Speaker shall assume the chair.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
Adopted.
The followi:og resolutions were taken up for consideration:
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A resolution to limit individual speeches to 30 minutes.
T'he report of the Committee which was unfavorable to the adoption of the resolution was agreed, to and the re11olution was lost.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A resolution to amend Rule 47 relative to committees reporting bills hack to the House.
The previous question was called, which call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
On the agreement to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Moye of Johnson called for the ayes and . nays, which call was sustttined.
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A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows:
T!hose voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, ,
Greene, Houston,
Adams, Pike,
Green, Wilkes,
Akin,
Griffin,
Anderson, Murray, Hardeman,
krnold, Oglethorpe, Henderson,
Bell,
Rines,
Blackburn,
Hollberg:
Brookshear,
Holtzclaw,
Bullard,
James,
Oarter, Stewart,
Johnson,
Oheney,
Jones, Coweta,
Clark,
Jones, Lowndes,
Clements,
Kimbrough,
Cole,
LeSueur,
Coleman, Calhoun, L~Ies, -
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lipscomb,
Davidson,
Loyd,
DeVaughn,
McCalla,
Dodd,
M~Carthy,
Ennis,
McLendon,
Evans,
McMichael,
Field,
McRae, Telfair,
Fowler,
McRae, Wilcox,
Fullbright,
Meadows, Wayne,
Garlington,
Melson,
Glenn,
Miller, Moon, Moore, Myrick, Nunnally,
Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pharr, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Suggs, Wheatley,_ Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Bennett, Booker, Brinson,
:-':nney,
Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Cook, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch,
Deadwyler, Dean, Dorough, Dorris, Edmondson, Estes, Fariss, Foster, Grimes, Hammack,
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Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Hodges, Hopkins, Jackson, Keen, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McWhorter,
Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Middleton, Mills, Moss, Moye, Nevil, Parker, Parks, Perkins, Pickett, Ransom,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson,
Slater, Sm~th, DeKalb, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strick1and, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson,. Tootle, Tracy, Turner, '\Varren, Whitaker, Williams, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
'r'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Jackson, Cochran, Cooper, Duncan, Ellis, Gower,
Hendrix, Herrington, Neal, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Redwine,
Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Swift, Wi.m.be.rly, Wood, Walton,
Ayes 76, nays 90.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the agreement to the report of the committee the ayes were 76, nays 90.
T!he report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the adoption of the resolution, was disagreed to.
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The following amen~ments to the resolution were read and adopted:
By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
To amend the resolution under consideration by striking out the words ''six days'' and inserting the words ''ten days.''
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
Amend by adding the following: Bills and resolutions now before the committees shall be reported in ten days and such committees, if they are unable to consider any bill or resolution, may ask to consider same again, which shall be granted unless a majority of a quorum shall order otherwise.
Mr. Blackburn ~ailed for the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot viva voce was bad and the vote was as follows:
Tlb.ose voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Bennett, Booker, Brinson, Burney, Carlton, Carroll,
Carter, Appling, Dodd,
Carter, Stewart,
Dorough,
Cheney,
Dorris,
Coleman, Laurens, Edmondson,
Collins,
Ervans, '
Connor,
F1ariss,
Cook,
Foster,
Corn,
Fullbright,
Crawley,
Hammack,
Culpepper, Clinch, Hardin,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Harrell,
Dean,
Harris,
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Hart,
Haye<~,
Heath, Hodges, Hopkins, Jackson, James; Johnson, Keen, Kidd,
Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, MeadQws, Wayne,
Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Mills, Moore, Moss, Moye, Nevil, Parker, Parks, Perkins, Pickett, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Miloon, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shad!burn, Sheppard, Simpson, Slater,
Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thampson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Whitaker, Williams, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
'!'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Glenn,
Adams, Pike,
Greene, Houston,
Akin,
Green, Wilkes,
Anderson, Murray, Griffin,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hardeman,
Bell,
Henderson,
Blackburn,
Hollberg,
Brookshear,
Holtzclaw,
Bullard,
Jones, Coweta,
Clark,
Jones, Lowndes,
Clements,
Kimbrough,
Cole,
LeSueur,
Coleman, Calhoun, Liles,
Davidson,
Lipscomb,
DeVaughn,
Loyd,
Ennis,
McCalla,
Field,
MicCarthy,
Fowler,
McLendon,
Garlington,
McMichael,
McRae, Telfair, Miller, Moon, Myrick, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palm~ur, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pharr, Picquet, Ragland,
Rhodes, Shuptrine, S,lade; Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Sparks,
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Suggs, Wheatley,
Wisdom, Wohlwender,
Wood, Twiggs,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Jackson, Cochran, Cooper, Deadwyler, Duncan, Ellis, Estes.
Gower, Grimes, Hendrix, Herrington, H:ines, Neal, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Ayes 100, nays 62.
Rainey, Shipp, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Swift, WimJberly, Wood, Walton,
The roll call was verified.
On the adoption of the resolution as amended the ayes were 100, nays 62.
The resolution having failed to receive the requisite three-fourths vote, the Speaker declared the resolution as amended was lost.
Mr. Blackburn of F'ulton moved that this House do now adjourn, which motion was lost.
Mr. Wright of Floyd appealed from the decision of the chair on the Speaker's ruling that the res'olution, being a change of the rules, requires a threefourths vote.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, withdrew his appeal from the decision of the chair by unanimous consent.
..
Mr. Sheppard of Sumter proper time he would move
gave notice that to reconsider the
at the action
of the House in defeating the resolution as amended.
On motion of Mr. Moye of Johnson the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., July 1, 1914r
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10' o'clock a. m. this day; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call 9f the roll and thereading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, ,Chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake1:
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:
Bill No. 782. To amend the charter of Quitman.
Bill No. 769. To incorporate the town of Cler mont.
Bill No. 761. To amend the charter of the city of' Bainbridge.
Bill No. 812. To incorporate the city of Aragon~
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Bill No. 811. To amend the charter of the city of Rome.
Respectfully submitted,
BuLLARD, 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 back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
A Bill No. 756. An Act to amend an Act providing for the reviver of charters of corporations.
Respectfully submitted, D. B. BuLLARD, Chairman.
Mr. McCarthy of Chatham, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Y,our Committee on Labor and Labor Statistict"> have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as their chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
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A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
Respectfully submitted, J os. McCARTHY, 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 ch~ir man to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 804. An Act to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 9 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State providing for increase in the per diem of the members of the General Assembly.
House Bill No. 834. An Ad to amend Paragraph 1, Section 7 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State, providing that the General Assembly may abolish justice courts in the city of Savannah.
House Bill No: 661. An Act to amend Parag~aph 1, Section 4 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State, authorizing the General As'sembly to abolish the fee system and prescribe the compensation of State and county officers which need not be uniform jn the several counties, as amended by the committee~
MYRICK, Chairman.
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183
Mr. Klimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of
."
-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 Bill of the House No. 816, and instructed me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
Mr. Wheatley, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions and recommend same do pass by substitute:
House Resolution No. 86. To refund money paid for certain license taxes.
Also do pass the following:
House Bill No. 85. T'o appropriate mouey for. printing ~he Georgia reports.
Also the following do not pass :
T'o amend Section 2, of the Acts of 1911.
Respectfully submitted, CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.
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Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke County, Chairman of the-
j
Committee on University of Georgia and its-
\,.,_
Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on University of Georgia and its: Branches have had under considerati~n the following bill of the House, to-wit.: House Bill No. 755, and instructed me as their chairman to report sameback to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
Your Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches have also had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, to-wit.: Senate Bill No. 95, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that: same do pass.
F. A. LIPSCOMB,
Chairman University Committee.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman or the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, sub-mitted the following report:
Mr. Stf'eaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill oi the House No. 865 and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914.
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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 co11.sideration the following bills of the House and Senate and instructed me as their chair:man to report same back to the House with the :recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 741. A bill to provide a charter for Swainsboro.
House Bill No. 753. A bill to incorporate the .town of Portal in the county of Bulloch.
House Bill No. 803. A bill to reincorporate the dty of Fort Gaines.
House Bill No. 806. A bill to repeal an Act to provide for registration of voters of F'ort Gaines.
House Bill No. 798. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Crandall in the county of Murray.
. Senate Bill No. 200. A bill to amend an Act in,
corporating city of Rome, do pass by ;Substitute.
Your committee recommend that House Bill No. 777, a bill to incorporate the town of Mullins F'ord in .Stephens County do not pass.
PICQUET, Chairman.
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By unanimous consent the following bills of the
House and Senate favorably reported were read the
second time.
~.
By Mr. Ledbetter of PolkA bill to incorporate the city of Aragon.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State relative to fees of county officers.
By Mr. Reiser of Effingham-
A oill to add the city of Springfield to the list of State depositories.
By Mr. Woods of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act providing a charter for the city of Swainsboro.
By Mr. Nevil of BullochA bill to incorporate the town of Portal.
By Mr. Harrell of Decatur-
A bill to amend an Act chartering the city of Bainbridge relative to hospital.
By Messrs. Fullbright and H~ath of Burke and Culpepper of Me:Hwether-
A bill to amend .Section 2824, of the Code of 1910, relative to universities.
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By Mr. Adams of Hall-
'
A bill to incorporate the town of Clermont.
By Mr. Edmondson of BrooksA bill to amend the charter of Quitman.
By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Crandall.
By Mr. Bell of ClayA bill to re-incorporate the city of Fort Gaines.
By Mr. Meadows of Wayne-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State fixing the per diem of the 'members of .the General Assembly.
By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to amend an Act for the reviver of certain corporation charters.
By Mr. Bell of Clay-
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of Fort Gaines.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA bi,ll to amend the charter of the city of Rome.
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By Mes'Srs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend the constitution r~ative to justices of the peace.
By Messrs. Hodges of Brooks, and Meadows of Wayne-
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cotton seed meal made from certain kinds of cotton seed.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to make the President of the Board of Trustees of the .South Georgia College, ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia.
By Mr. Brown of the 42d District-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
By Messrs. Fullbright .of Burke and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to supplement appropriation for printing reports of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
By Messrs. Reese of Milton, Wisdom of Forsyth and Simpson of Cherokee-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to tefllnd certain taxes illegally collected.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914.
189
By unanimous consent the following ~bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Messrs. Wohlwender, 8wift and Slade of Muscogee--
A bill to raise the age. of consent and for other purposes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Hart of WarrenA bill to amend Section 1018, of the Code of 1910,
relative to tax on certain property.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Kidd of Baker-
A bill to amend Section 331, of the Code of 1910, relative to the time of meeting of the General Assembly.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender of Mus:cogee-A bill to amend Section 116, of the Code 1910,
relative to giving bond. Referred to General J udici.ary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene--
A bill to provide that the death sentence shall be executed by electrocution.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to prohibit the running of "locker .clubs." Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. .Stone of Taliaferro-
A bill to establish a branch college of the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on University and Its Branches.
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill regulating fire insurance r$ltes of premium thereon.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to amend Section 414, relative to running freight trains on Sunday.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA resolution to pay pension to J. D. Pullian. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
.
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191
By Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris and Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to appropriate $2,000 to the department of agriculture for the culture of nitrate fixing bacteria.
I
Referre'~ to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Loyd of NewtonA resolution to make House Resolution No. 58 a
special order. Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 2 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Melson of Clayton-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the House and Senate to consider the advisability of disposing of the Governor's mansion.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A resolution to instruct the Temperance Committee to report Senate Bill No. 8 and House Bill No. 40 to the House.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
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By Mr. S'heppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 2067, of the Code of 1910, re~ative to the sa:lary of the Clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Sheppard and Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to re-im?urse the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By unanimous consent House Bill, No. 791 was withdrawn from the Committee on Public Library and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations; House Bill No. 576 was recommitted to the Committee on Public Printing; and House Bill No. 776 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 and recommitted to the Committee on Municipal Government.
T'he following resolution was read.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Sheppard of Sumter-
A resolution inviting Mrs. Frances Smith Whitesides to address the House on the question of woman's suffrage on the 2d day of July, 1914, at 12 o'clock.
The following amendments were adopted:
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By Messrs. Fullbright of Burke arid Sheppard of
Sumter-
''Amend by striking 2d day of July and inserting 3d day July."
Amend furthe~ by adding at the end "or upon the adjournment of the session of that morning.''
Mr. Heath of Burke moved to table the resolution as amended.
On the motion to table the ayes were 62, nays 80.
The motion to table was lost.
Mr. Shuptrine of Oluitham called the previous question on the resolution as amended; the call was sustained and the main question was ordered.
On the adoption of the resolution as amended the ayes were 93, nays 49.
The resolution was adopt~d as amended.
Under the order of reconsideration Mr. Wright of Floyd moved to reconsider the action of th~ House in defeating the following resolution:
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A resolution to amend Rule 47 requiring committees to report bills.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Under the order of unfinished business the report of the Rules Committee was taken up for consideration.
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The following res'Olutions reported by the Rules Committee were taken up:
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution to establish a new Standing Committee to be known as "Committee on Good Roads."
The report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the adoption of th.e resolution, was agreed to.
The resolution was lost.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A resolution to amend the standing rules relative to the printing of bills to be placed on their passage.
The report of the Committee, which was unfavorable to the adoption of the res'Olution, was agreed to.
The resolution was lost.
T'he Rules Committee.in their report recommended that House Bills No. 18 and No. 48 be made a special order after the disposition of House Bill No. 22, which recommendation was adopted.
All bills proposing amendments to the constitution, as recommended by the report of the Rules Committee, were made a special and continuing order, to 'be acted upon in numerical order as they appear upon the calendar of the House for Tuesday, July 7th, 1914.
The following amendment to the above recommendation was adopted.
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195
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
Tfuat not more than two hours be consumed in the consideration of su0h amendment and that if at the expiration of two hours the previous question has not been moved that it 'be considered ended at the expiration of such time; provided, that the time allotted to the consideration of each bill shall be equally apportioned to the friends and opponents of such bill.
Adopted.
The following amendment to Rule 121 as recommended by the Rules Committee was adopted.
Amendment by the Committee:
And when the regular hour for adjournment of the House arrives the committee shall automatically rise and the Speaker shall assume the chair.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to establish a Public Highway Commission for Georgia.
On motion of Mr. Stewart of Coffee the bill and
all amendments were tabled.
\
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this
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State, so as to authorize the General Assembly to abolish the office of county treasurer in any county of this State, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia be amended by adding at the end of said paragraph the words ''and may abolish the omce of county treasurer in any County," so that said paragraph when so amended will read as follows, to-wit.: "Paragraph 1. County officers to be uniform. Whatever tribunal, or officers, may hereafter be created by the General Assembly for the transaction of county matters, shall be uniform throughout the State, and of the same name, jurisdiction and remedies, except that the General Assembly may provide for the appointment of com~ missioners of roads and revenues in any county, and may abolish the office of county treasurer in any county.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, T!hat if this amendment shall he agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on their journals with- the yeas 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 same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election, and the voters thereat shall have written or printed on their tickets,
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197
"For ratification of Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State," or "Against ratification of Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State,'' 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 said Article 11, Section 3~ Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State an~ the Governor shall make proclamation thereof.
sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The following amendment by Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, was adopted.
By adding at the end of section one: "Or fix the compensation of county treasurer and such compensation may be fixed without regard to uniformity of such compensation in the various counties.''
Mr. Dorough of Franklin, called the previous question on the bill and pending amendment, wh~ch call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bi11, was agreed to as amended.
A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as. follows:
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'Ifuose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams. Pike,
Ellis,
Akin,
:~il Ennis,
Allen, Glascock,
Estes,
Allen, Jackson,
Fariss,
Allen, Pickens,
Field,
Anderson, Banks, Foster,
Anderson, Murray, J<'ullbright,
Arnold, Henry,
Glenn,
Ballard,
Gower,
Beck,
Greene, Ho0uston,
Bell,
Green, Wilkes,
Bennett,
Hammack,
Blackburn,
Hardin,
Booker,
Harrell,
Brinson,
Harris,
Brookshear,
Hart,
Bullard,
Hayes,
Burney,
Hea.th,
Carlton,
Henderson,
Carroll,
HetTington,
Garter, Appling, Hines,
Carter, Stewart,
Hodges,
Cheney,
Hiollberg,
Clark,
Holtzclaw,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hopkins,
Coleman, Laurens, Jackson,
Collins,
James,
Connor,
.Johnson,
.Cook,
Jones, Coweta,
Cooper,
Jones, Lowndes,
Oor;n,
Keen,
Crawley,
Kimbrough,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lane, Decatur,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lane, Jasper,
Davidson,
Ledbetter,
Deadwyler,
Lee, Lee,
Dean,
Lee, Wilkinson,
DeVaughn,
LeSueur,
Dodd~
Liles,
Dorough,
Lipsoomb,
Dorris,
Loyd,
Duncan,
McCalla,
Edmondson,
McCants,
McCarthy, McCrory, McCun-y, McLendon, McMichael, MeRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, 1\iills, Moon, Moore, Moye, Nevil, Nwmally, Olive, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Peacock, Perkins, Pharrr, Pickett, Piequet, Ragland, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, 8-had/burn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, 8lade, Slater,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1~ 1914.
19!)
Smith, .Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro,
Stovall, Elbert,
Warren,
Stovall, McDuffie, Wheatley,
Strickland,
Whitaker,
Suggs,
Williams,
Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,
Thoon:pson,
\Vohlwender,
Tootle,
'Voods, Emanuel,
Tracy,
Wright,
T'urner,
Tib.bse voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Garlington, Grimes,
Kidd, Moss,
Wisdom,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Olements, Cochran, Cole, Evans, Fowler, Griffin,
Hiardeman, Hendrix, Melson, Myrick, Neal, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien,
Rainey, Smith, DeKaib, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton,
Ayes 155, nays 5.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the paS'sage of the bill the ayes were 155, nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hammack of Randolph, Mr. Cochran of Fulton, Mr. Wood of Twiggs, and Mr. Ransom of Chattooga.
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The hour of one o'clock p. m. having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914.
2b1
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., July 2, 1914.
T!he House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. this day; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the vote of Mr. Parks, who stated that he voted under a misapprehension, was. changed from ''no'' to ''aye'' on the county treasurers bill yesterday.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read:
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A resolution that when this House adjourns today it do so until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, moved that in as much as Mrs. Frances Smith Whitesides was invited to address the House on Friday, and in as much as the House will not meet on Friday, that Mrs. Frances Smith Whitesides be invited to address the House
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on Monday, July 6th, 1914, at the close of Monday~s session.
Tlhe motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on .1\.ppropriations.
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
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A resolution to appropriate $150.00 to pay certain expenses of the School Book Investigating Committee.
By unanimous consent the following Order of Business was established.
1st. Reports of standing committees.
2d. Reading bills favorably reported a second time.
3d. Passage of local bills and general bills with local application.
4th. Introduction of new matter.
Mr. McWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
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The Pension Committee have had under consideration the following bills, and report the same as follows:
Bill No. 822. 'Tio amend Section 1 of an Act approved July 8, 1910, do not pass.
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Resolution No. 176. To pay the pension of J. I. Jacobs, do pass.
Resolution No. 157. For relief of Mr. M. E. Stubbins, do not pass.
Bill No. 817. Entitled an Act to amend constitution, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7, do not pass.
W. P. McWHORTER, 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 o the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
A Bill No. 786. {\.n Act authorizing the mayor and aldermen of the city of 1Savannah to !close and abolish certain portion of River Street.
BuLLARD, 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
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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 same do pass :
House Bill No. 586. Reference to conventions.
House Bill No. 304. As amended.
No. 369. Do pass.
No. 370. Do pass.
Nos. 748 and 749. Do not pass. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Sp~aker:
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 same do pass:
No. 847. An Act amending Act creating office of roads and revenues repealed.
.1~o. 852. An Act to amen<l an Act entitled an Act to create the office of commissioners of roads and revenues in and for Greene County.
WIMBERLY, Ohairman.
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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 con~ideration 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:
House Bill No. 123. To amend Section 3417, Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 828. To regulate the running of automobiles. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 764. To provide a tax on sale of drinking cups. Do pass.
House Bill No. 826. To amend Section 2936, Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 292. To authorize prisoners to be sworn crim1nal cases. Do pass.
House Bill No. 268. To amend Section 1036 Code. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 6. To provide for judgments at first term. Do pas-s.
Respectfully submitted,
GoWER, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the
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Special. Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary had under consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me as their Chairman to make the following recommendations :
House Bill No. 742. Repealing an Act entitled
. "an Act to establish the City Court of Tifton." Do
pass.
House Bill No. 858. Changing the time of holding the Superior Court of Dawson County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 781. Changing the time of holding the Grand Jury Session of Wilkes Superior Court. Do pass.
House Bill No. 821. Changing the time of holding the Superior Court of T'errell County. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 788. Protecting the live stock of non-residents of incorporated cities or towns in the county of Liberty. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 795. Authorizing certain incorporated towns and cities in the State of Georgia to own and operate ice plants, for the manufacture and sale of ice. Recommitted to General Judiciary Committee Nlo. 1.
Respectfully submitted, WISDOM, Chairman,
Special Judiciary Committee.
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Mr. Picquet of Richmond, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government, Mr. Picquet of Richmond, Chairman, have had referred to it for consideration the following bills and beg leave to report the same with the following recommendations, that the following do pass:
House Bill No. 762. A bill to amend an Act chartering the city of Bainbridge, approved Dec. 16th, 1901, empowering the said city to lay out, grade, repair, etc.
House Bill No. 765. A bill to amend the charter of Fairmount in the county of Gordon so as to change the center of s'ame, etc.
House Bill No. 778. A bill to amend the town of Hapeville by empowering it to build water works, etc.
House Bill No. 744. To amend the town of
Decatur of the county of DeKalb so aSI to author-
ize said town to issue bonds for the purpose of erect-
ing a gas plant.
,
House Bill No. 796. A bill to create a new 0harter for the city of Concord, Pike County.
House Bill No. 776. A bill to amend Section 5233, of the Code 1910, by adding to Section the following words, "But whenever any municipality in this State condemns land for protection against floods
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and freshets, said municipality may acquire a fee simple title to the property condemned on payment of the condemnation money.''
PrcQUET, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2 of Section 1, Article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Ga., so as to create the new county of Barrow.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 795 was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
By unanimous consent Senate Bills Nos. 167 and 168 were taken from the table and placed on the calendar.
Mr. Stewart of Coffee arose to a point of personal privilege, with reference to certain communications in certain newspapers relative to the creation .of the new county of Bacori.
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The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the second time:
By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to authorize the prisoner in criminal caseB to be sworn in his own behalf.
By Messrs. McMichael of Marion, Slade, Swift and Wohlwender of Muscogee-
. A bill to abolish the fee system of the SolicitorGeneral.
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to prescribe the duties of the Judge of the Superior Court.
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to prescribe the duties of the Clerks of the Superior Courts.
By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to authorize incorporated cemeteries to hold in trust certain funds.
By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Tifton.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalbA bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.
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By Mr. Harrell of Decatur-
A bill to amend an Act chartering the city of Bainbridge.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend the General Tax Act of 1909 so as to levy a tax on certain slot machines.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Fairmount.
By Messrs. Olive, Garlington and Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to amend Section 5233, of the Code of 1910, relative to municipalities acquiring lands by condemnation.
By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of
Hapeville.
By MessrS'. Greene and Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to change the time of holding the grand jury sessions of Wilkes Superior Court.
By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to authorize the city of Savannah to close certain streets.
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The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Reiser of Effingham-
A bill to add the city of Springfield to the list of State depositorj.es.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Woods of Emanuel-
A bill to amend an Act providing a charter for the city of Swainsboro.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Harrell of Decatur-
A bill to. amend an Act chartering. the city ,of Bainbridge.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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By Mr. Adams of Pike-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Concord.
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Terrell County.
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
miAssiboinlletrooaf mReonaddsananAdcRt ecvreeantuiengfotrheGroeffeicnee
of ComCounty.
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Greene County.
By Mr. Stone of Dawson-
A bill to change the time of holding the terms of the Dawson Superior Court.
By Mr. Hardin of MonroeA resolution to pay pension of J. I. Jacobs.
By Mr. Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to provide for verdicts and judgments to be rendered at the appearance term of the City and Superior Courts relative to suits on unconditional contracts in writing.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were lt.il, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A hill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Clermont.
'Tihe report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 160, _nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Edmondson and Hodges of Brooks-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Quitman.
'Dhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Nevil of BullochA bill to incorporate the town of Portal. The report of the committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Crandall.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of tl~e bill the ayes were 159, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Bell of Clay-
A bill to incorporate the city of Fort Gaines.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 159, nays. 0.
'I1he .bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 160, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to incorporate the city of Aragon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to commitfees:
By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a fifth
depository in the city of Atlanta. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender and Swift of Muscogee-
A bill to amend the penal law in respect to the :sale or possession of cocaine or sucaine.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitaiion.
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By Messrs. Booker and Greene of Wilkes-
A bill to authorize the county authorities in the Toombs' pircuit to pay certain criminal costs.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Greene of Houston and Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to authorize the city of Chattanooga to build and maintain a sewer through certain State property in that city.
Referred to Committee on W. & A. Railroad.
By Messrs. Moye, Johnson and McRae of Telfair-
A Joint Resolution-
It is eminently 'fitting that we here pause in the busy rush of Legislative proceedings to pay a tribute to the memory of a great Georgian, who typified the ideals as to what a Southern statesman should be.
WHEREAS, the late lamented Augustus Octavius Bacon represented Georgia in the United States Senate for nineteen years with conspicuous ability, and with unwavering fidelity to duty and unfaltering devotion to principle. He impressed himself forcibly upon the National mind. He grew steadily in the admiration and estimation of his fellow countrymen, and,
WHEREAS, during his long service as a Senator there never was a day when the State of Georgia.
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-or the interests of her citizens needed an advocate that be did not contribute all that was in his power to that end. No one ever attacked the South or the Southern people but what he was prompt to :stand for the defense, and,
WHEREAR, the tidings of the death of Senator Bacon plunged the people of Georgia into mourning, and were beard with profound sorrow not only throughout the whole of the United States, but in many foreign lands, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that we fully recognize the distinction and patriotism with which he served his native State and the Nation, and we appreciate the honor and dignity that always marked his conduct and characterized his life.
Resolved furth.er, That in the death of Senator Bacon the State of Georgia has lost one of her most honored and distinguished sons, and the nation has been bereft of an eminent statesman and incorruptible patriot.
Resolved further, That a copy of the preamble and resolutions be spread upon the Journals of the House and Benate, and that the Clerk of the House be instructed to furnish a copy of the same to the family of the deceased Senator.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to amend Section 2104, of the Code of 1910, :relative to the sale of skimmed milk.
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Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. L
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 4984, of the Code of 1910,. providing for the appointing of stel?-ographic reporters by the Judges of the Superior and City Courts of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to authoriz~ the State Superintendent of Education and Attorney-Genera] to codify the school laws.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Pickett of Terre1l-
A bill to repeal Section 4, of Act No. 186, of theGeneral Assembly of 1907, known as Paragraph 1363, of Code of 1910, relative to the QuartermasterGeneral.
Reported to Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Kimbrough of HarrisA bill to amend Section 2104, of the Code of 1910,
relative to distilled vinegar. Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Moore of Jeff DavisA hill to repeal an Act requiring certain State-
officials to keep daily account of fees received.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to empower grand juries to contract for and have the books of county officers audited.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to authorize county authorities to close roads or parts thereof where necessary.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to amend Section 817, of the Code of 1910, relative to appointment of a clerk by the jury commissiOners.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Middleton of Dade-
A bill to create a Board of Highway Commissioners for Dade County.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Catoosa County, relative to levying a certain tax.
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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Dorris of DouglasA bill to require the seller of cabbage in crates to
place weights on each crate.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No 1.
By Mr. Farris of WalkerA bill to repeal an Act to amend the charter of the
town of Flin-stone.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the State Board of Entomology to be expended on cotton wilt and Mexi~ can boll weevil.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to repeal Section 2120, of the Code of 1910, relative to the State Board of Entomology.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No.1.
By Mr. Hardeman of JeffersonA bill to establish a board of children's guardians.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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By Mr. Whitaker of HeardA bill to provide for the return and indentification
of notes, mortgages, fifas, bonds, etc.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to amend Section 434, of the Code of 1910, relative to drainage in certain cities.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Slater of Bryan and Glenn of Whitfield-
A
r.esolution
to
provide
for
payment
of
expenses (
of Senate and House Committees on Penitentiary
w:hile visiting camps in this State.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Heath of Burke-,A bill to make Senate Bill No. 167 a special order. Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to make House Rule No. 169 a special
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution to make House Bills Nos. 75 and 273 a special order.
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Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. ElliS' of Tift-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 29a a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. McMichael of MarionA resolution to make House Bills Nos. 304, 369 and
370 special orders.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A resolution to regulate the office of QuarterMaster General.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
Under the orders of the day the following bill was taken up for consideration.
By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to create a text book commission for the State of Georgia.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Keen of Echols,
and Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
On motion of Mr. Fullbright of Burke the House adjourned to meet again Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATL4-NTA, GA., July 6, 1914.
'11he House met pursuant to adjournment, was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the ohaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
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 relative to the death of United States
Senator A. 0. Bacon.
The following was made the order of business . during the thirty minutes period of unanimous con-
sents: 1st. Introduction of new matter. 2d. Reports of standing committees. 3d. Reading of House bills favorably reported a
second time. 4th. 'Ifu.e passage of local House bills and general
House bills having a local application.
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5th. Reading Senate bills the first time.
6th. Local Senate bills and general Senate bills having a local application placed on its passage.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro-
A bill to prohibit any court from rendering judgment upon accounts, etc., not returned for taxation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Gainesville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Anderson of Murray-
A bill to require all railroads to maintain full
crews on freight trains.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. James of Gilmer-
A bill to regulate system of accounts by officials receiving and disbursing school funds.
Referred to Committee on Education.
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By Mr. Thompson of Ma.disonA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of
Five Forks. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hendricks of Union-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Blairsville to the list of State depositories.
Referred to Committe.e on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to amend an Act to make an appropriation to the 4th District Agricultural imd Mechanical School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Slater of Bryan and .Strickland of Pierce--:-
A bill to authorize real estate dealers to execute notes with waiver of homestead.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Soperton.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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By Messrs. Cooper of Ware and Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to amend Section 2817, of the Code of 1910, relative to the corporate powers and functions of trust companies.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to create a State Highway Department.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of Glenwood.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Wright, Nunnally and Foster of FloydA bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for
the city of Rome, relative to bridges.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Wright, Foster and Nunnally of Floyd-
A bill to vest in Floyd County complete jurisdiction over certain bridges in the City of Rome..
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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By Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris, Booker of Wilkes, Cheney of Cobb, McCants of Taylor, et al.-
- A bill to amend the Act of 1912 appropriating $15,000.00 annually for work of tick eradication.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Akin of Glynn and Liles of Camden-
A bill to cede to the United States Government certain strips of marsh land in Camden County.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to authorize and provide for the validation of titles to real estate.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Johnson of MontgomeryA hill to amend an Act incorporating the town of
Soperton relative to public schools.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Reynolds of Oharlton-
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A bill to provide for the payment of the fees of ordinaries in certain pensions.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 919, of the Code of 1910,. relative to officers making arrest in any county.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Reiser of Effingham and Slater of Bryan-
A resolution to refund to F. 0. Rohn fifty dollars. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
Jly Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution to accord the use of the hall of the House of Representatives to the Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association.
Mr. Cheney of Cobb County, Chairman of the Committee on W. & A. Railroad, submitted the fol- lowing 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 report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass, as amende.d, towit. :
No. 888. A bill to authorize the Governor to consent to the building and maintaining by the city of Chattanooga a sewer through certain property in said city belonging to the 8tate of Georgia. Do pass as amended.
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House Resolution No. 191. To authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bartow County to build certain bridges and under passes over theW. & A. Railroad. Do pass.
CHENEY, Chairman.
T'he following bills and resolutions were read a second time.
By Messrs. Cole and Dodd of Bartow-
A resolution to provide for the building of certain bridges and under passes over the W. & A. Railroad.
By Messrs. Greene of Houston and Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to authorize the city of Chattanooga to build a sewer through the State's property in that city.
'l'he following House bills wer'e read the third time and placed upon their passage.
By Mr. McWhorter of Greene-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in. and for Greene County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to:
On. the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Savannah of the city of Savannah to abolish certain portion of River street.
The report of the committee, wthich 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 tbe requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Fairmount.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the :hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A .bill to repeal an Act to create and establish the ,City Court of Tifton.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to fix the time of holding the Superior Court of Terrell County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
Tibe bill, having received the requisite. constitu-tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Hapeville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
T!he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 116, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Green and Baker of Wilkes-
A bill to change the time of holding grand jury sessions of Wilkes County Superior Court.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Harrell of DeGatur-
A bill to amend an Act chartering the city of :Bainbridge relative to sidewalks.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, .nays 0.
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The bill, ha,;ing 'rec_eived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Stone of Dawson-
A bill to change the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court of Dawson County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 1:26, n~ys 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Adams of Pike-
A bill to create a new charter foi the city of Col).cord.
The report of the committee which was favorable~ to the passage of the bil1, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120~ nays 0.
T'he bill, having received the requisite constitu,. tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. MeWhorter of Greene-
A bill to repeal an Act amending an Act to create' the office of Commissioner of R-oads and Revenues for Greene County.
The report of the committee, which was fayorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the pass-age of the bill the 'flyes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to committee:
By Mr. DuBose of the 3oth DistrictA bill to amend the charter of the Southern
Mutual Insurance Company.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.
'J'Ihe following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the Act to establish the city Court of Lexington.
The report of the committee, which was favorabl.:> to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having recei'ved the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Brown of the 42d District-
A bill to amend an Act to consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
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The following substitute to the bill was read and adopted.
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 Act of 1909, entitled ".An' Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome, i:Q. Floyd County, and State of Georgia, and municipal government for said city, to extend and define the corporate limits thereof and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes," approved August 17th, 1909, and the Acts amending the same, be and the same.are hereby amended by striking out all provisions for a mayor and council of said city, and all provisions as to the authority and duties ~nd rights of said mayor and council, and all provisions as to boards, commissioners and other subordinate bodies in said city, except provisions as to school board and board of trustees for the Carnegie library and provisions as to tax assessors, and provisions as to civil service commission, all of which are hereby expressly retained. The Commissioners shall appoint, in accordance with Section Seven hereof, from the city at large, and fix their terms of office, seven trustees who shall exercise and discharge the corporate powers of the city in reference to the Carnegie library, and such other
. . public libraries as may hereafter be established.
These trustees shall elect. and appoint all persons in eharge of said library, or libraries, and fix their salaries. This provision being made in view of Sec-
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tions 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569 and 1570, of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910. Provided, however, that the present members of the School Board and Trustees of the Carnegie Library shall be permitted to serve out the terms for which they were elected by the mayor and council of the city of Rome.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in lieu of the mayor and council, and the boards of commissions hereby abolished, there is created a commission of five members for the city of Rome, which shall be filled by citizens of said city who are eligible under the said Act of 1909 to be mayor of said city. Said commissioners shall be elected by a vote of the people as the mayor would be elected, and shall hold office for the term of four years. The first election shall occur upon the date fixed for the next election of councilmen of said city. No person shall be declared elected except by majority of the votes cast. In case no majority is received for first commissioner, a second election shall be ordered, at which the two leading candidates shall run. In case four commissioners shall not receive a majority, such as receive a majority shall be declared elected. Of those not elected, those receiving the highest vote shall run over; not more than two candidates for each unfilled office. Those receiving the
highest vote shall pe elected. In said cqmmission
shall be. vested the full legislative powers given to the mayor and council and the several boards abolished hereby, in the said Act of 1909, and the
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Acts amendatory thereof. Each of such commissioners shall be paid a salary of $25.00 per month.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such commission shall have the full legislative powers given to the mayor and council. It shall pass ordinances, levy taxes, make appropriations, fix licenses, and perform any legislative rights or powers given to the mayor and council nnd any board abolished. It shall have the right to abolish any office, under the charter, except those hereby created and the school board and trustees of Carnegie library, upon the recommendation of the first commissioner.
8ec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall be subject to the recall and their actions to the initiative and referendum as hereinafter provided in this Act.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that one of the said commissioners shall be elected by the people as first commissioner, at the regular election. Such first commissioner or mayor shall have the administrative and executive powers of said city, and the administrative and executive powers given by the Act of 1909 to the mayor and council and the various boards and commissions which are hereby abolished. He shall be paid an add!tional salary of $300.09 per month. He shall have the right to employ the necessary employees (excepting officers) for said city, and remove the same, :rrovided that if a civil service board is established under authority given the city of Rome, then
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rules shall be established for the regulation and government of said board and the examination of applicants for positions and their appointment. The commission shall select some chartered bank of the city as custodian of funds in lieu of treasurer. The bank selected shall be the one that is sound, offering the best terms to the city.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any legislation shall be proposed, it shall be reduced to writing and shall be " acted upon by the said commission, which shall have authority to approve or disapprove or to amend the same. In no case shall any ordinance be. put upon its passage, unless it has been read two separate days. It shall take at least three members of the Commission to act. Three commissioners shall be a quorum. In case any legislation is defeated or passed over the protest of the first commissioner, he shall have authority to suspend the operation of the same for ten days, during which time it shall be published in the official newspaper; and a referendum or an initiative election may be called, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commission shall elect officers, commissioners and board members and agents of the city of Rome, upon the nomination of the first commissiOner. Such officers shall be clerk, attorney, physician, engineer, chief of police, chief of fire department, policemen, firemen, tax receiver, board members, trustees and recorder. In case any nomi-
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nation is disapproved, the :first commissioner shall nominate others from time to time. In case three nominations for any officer are rejected, the commission shall then proceed to elect. The commissioner may remove any of such appointees, but shall give his reason for so doing in writing to the commission. The :first commissioner may appoint and remove laborers at his pleasure. He shall make to the commission a budget each year at the time of levying taxes, showing his estimated income and expenses for the ensuing year.
Section 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commission may require the said :first commissiofler to con;J.e before them at any time and al1swer questions, either orally or in writing, and they may require from said commissioner, at any time they see :fit, written reports upon any matters involving the city that they deem proper, and the said commissioner shall report weekly to said commission his general actions and doings, and shall regularly, at stated intervals, at least quarterly, :file complete and full reports of the various departments of the city.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, T'hat the said :first commissioner shall devote his entire time to the office, and the members of the commission shall devote as much time as may be necessary. The said commission shall meet at least once a week and shall hold their meetings in public; shall keep minutes of their proceedings, and shall record all their actions thereon, and all votes
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taken shall be by ''aye'' or ''no'', and shall appear on the minutes. They shall be required to meet at such times, and as often in extra meetings as any two of them or the first commissioner may designate or call. The first commissioner shall appoint one of the commission first commissioner pro-tem, who may exercise the routine duties of the commissioner in case of his absence or inability to act for any reason. In case of a vacancy in the office of any commissioner, the first commissioner, or, if he cannot act, the Commissioner pro-tem, shall immediately call a special election, which shall be had as special elections are had, as hereinafter provided, in the question of recall. The secretary of the said commission shall be the officer whose duties correspond now to the Clerk of Council, and said officer shall also be Secretary of the First Commissioner.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tax collector of the said city or whatever official performs the duties of tax collector shallprepare a book similar to the registration book now used, for the purpose of receiving the signature of the voters of said city to call a recall election. He shall, in like manner, keep books for the purpose of calling referendum and initiative elections. Said books shall be opened at any time upon petition in writing, signed by one hundred citizens of said city, entitled to vote, which shall plainly and distinctly set forth tlie purpose and the reason for such election and the character of the election to be called, together with the legislation
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proposed, or opposed, in due form, or the name of the officer to be recalled.
In case a petition for recall election shall be filed, and the book opened, the said election shall be called by the first commissioner whenever twenty-five per cent of the registered voters of said city shall, in person, go to the office where said book is kept and within thirty days from the opening of such book, personally sign the same calling such election, but no recall election shall be held within three months of the date w:hen the officer whose recall is proposed began his term of office.
.Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any recall or initiative or referendum election is called, the same shall !be ordered by the first commissioner to be held not less than twenty and within t"birty days after a sufficient number of the registered voters have signed the book to call the same; any party or political organization shall have the right in the meantime to hold a primary, under the State law governing primaries for the selection of candidate for office, or for an expression of suc:h political parties or organizations' wishes or beliefs on the matter to be initiated or referred. In case a recall election shall be called,. the officer for whose office the election is called shall have the privilege of running at said election, and any other citizen of the city eligible to hold office may likewise become candidates, and all the rules now governing ord.inary and special elections shall govern recall, initiative and referendum elections,
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and all offenses against the purity of elections, ballots or primaries, shall apply to initiative, referendum or recall elections or primaries.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no commissioner shall, before going into office, promise any person to appoint or vote for such person, or any. other person, to any office or agency or employment under the city, unless such promise be published in the official newspaper at least three days prior to any primary or election. For a violation of this provision the said commissioner shall be liable to be punished, upon conviction, as for a misdemeanor; the punishment to be as defined "'by the Criminal Code of Georgia, Sectio!1 1065.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall, by offering money or other thing of value, or by the use of intoxicating liquors, or by promise of office or employment, or by any other method now or hereafter declared criminal when such method is used to influence votes in elections in this State, undertake to influence or procure any person to sign the hook call.ing for a recall, initiative or referendum election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishe'd upon conviction thereof as provided in the Criminal Code of Georgia for the punishment of misdemeanors under Section 1065. And any person signing said book who is not entitled to sign the same, or who signs the name of or inipersona tes anY.
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other person, shall be likewise punished upon conviction.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate name and organization of the city of Rome is hereby in all respects preserved as in the original Act of 1909 and the Acts amendatory thereof.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any recall election shall be held, the officer elected at such recall election shall be ins.ta1led in office ten da~s after the said election, during_ which time all contests shall be heard. And in case any referendum or initiative election shall be held, the result thereof shall be published by the first commissioner three days after the election, and shall immediately go into effect.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an election is hereby called which shall occur on the last Tuesday in November, 1914. The same shall be had under the provisions of the present ch~rter of the city of Rome for elections, and the persons entitled to vote thereat shall be the' persons duly registered as voters under the present charter of the city of Rome. All those persons who desire to vote at said election in favor of this Act, shall have written or printed on their ballots "For commission form of government,'' and all persons desiring to vote against this Act shall have written or printed on tl,leir ballots ''against commission form of government.'' In case a majority of the
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ballots cast at said election shall be in favor of the commission form of government, this Act shall take effect on the first Monday of April, 1915. In case a majority of the bal!ots cast at said election shall be against commission form of government, then this Act shall become void and of no further force and effect.
Sec. 17. 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 report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by su~stitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requtsite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
. . By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 747 and
619 were withdrawn from the House; Senate Bill No. '
112 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar; Senate Bill No. 21 was taken 'from the table and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 ; and 300 copies of House Bill No. 39 were ordered printed.
Mr. Moon of Troup, arose to a question of personal privilege with reference to certain communications in a certain newspaper relative to his attitude toward the Sheppard substitute t9 House Bill No~ 39, the Child Labor Bill.
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The following communication was read:
THE WHITE HousE, WASHINGTON, July 2, 1914.
My Dear Sir : I am very deeply touched by the generous action of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in unanimously passing a resolution of endorsement of the administration. Will you not accept my cordial thanks for your kindness in forwarding a copy of the resolution to me, and assure the members of the House of my genuine appreciation of their approbation and good will?
Sincerely yours,
WooDRow WILSON.
Hon. John T. Boifeuillet.
Clerk, House of Representatives,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill was taken up for consideration.
By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to create a text book commission for the State.
The previous question was called .on the bill and pending amendment, which call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
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The hour of one o'clock p. m. having arrived and the morning having come to a close, under a privilege previously accorded, Mrs. F'rances Smith Whitesides addres'Sed the House upon the subject of Woman Suffrage. At the conclusion of the address the Speaker announced adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., July 7, 1914.
'l.The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 .o'clock a. m. this day; was called to order by the .Speaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following bill was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee <>n Public Highways.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to create State Highway Department.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 874 was withdrawn from General Judiciary Committee No.2 and recommitted to the Committee on Insurance.
The following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consent:
1st. Introduction of new matter. 2d. Reports of standing Committees. 3d. Reading of House bills, favorably reported, a second time.
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4th. Passage of local House bills and general House bills having a local application.
5th. Reading Senate bills the first time.
6th. Reading of local Senate bills and Senate bills having a lo.cal application.
.The following bills and :t;esolutions we~e read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to aid in the prevention of strikes and' lockouts in any trade, etc.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
By Mr. Reiser or' Effingham-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Guy- ton.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government~
By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson-
A bill to rearrange the Ocmulgee and Dublin Judicial Circuits.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to require all prepared food to bear date of placing in package.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 2~
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By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
.A bill to prevent the killing of foxes between the 15th of March and the 1st day of September.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley o Ware-
A bill to provide a bookkeeper for the State Bank -Examiner.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to give Bleckley and Wheeler Counties Representatives.
R' eferred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Anderson of Banks-
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 for each of years 1914 and 1915 for. maintenance of the Georgia State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Alto.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Paulk of BerrienA bill to reincorporate the town of Cecil. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa-
A bill to amend Section 414, of the Code of 1910,. relative to running freight trains on Sunday.
R.eferred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to donate a certain strip of land near Governor's mansion tothe city of Atlanta.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Harriet C. Hargette.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert and W ohlwender of
Muscogee~
A resolution to request the Ways and Means Committee to report Hous.e Bill No. 773.
Referred to Committee on Rules.,
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A resolution to amend Rule No. 42 relative to reading bills a second time and recommitting the same.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
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By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to amend the several Acts creating the town of Chipley.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to require clerks of courts to keep a docket of forfeited bonds, recognizances .and other obligations.
A bill to make it. unlawful for any officer, having any person under arrest, to deliver such person into the custody of any person not authorized by law to receive and hold them.
The Senate has adopted the following joint resolution, to-wit.:
A resolution requesting the United States Senators and Congressmen from Georgia to use all honorable means for the repeal of the Bankrupt Act of 1898.
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 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 recommendation as follows:
House B.ill No. 259. To prevent white slave traffic. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 256. To amend Section 3276 Code. Do pass.
House Bill No. 807. To provide a book for recording maps. Do pass, as amended.
House Bill No. 814. To provide for election of Game Commissioner. Do pass.
House Bill No. 835. To make certain contracts illegal. Do pass, as amended.
House Bill No. 63. To require publication of public expenditures. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 199. To repeal Section 388 of Penal Code. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 237. To authorize accusations in Superior Court. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 182. T'o prohibit sale of cigarettes. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 43. To amend Section 3972 Code. Do not pass.
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House Bill No. 240. To regulate issuance. of mar-
riage license. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 255. To prescribe qualifications for jurors. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 72. T!o allow misdemeanors to waive indictment.. Do not pass.
Rouse Bill No. 263. To regulate motion for new trial. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 39. To fix salaries of Supreme Court stenographers. Do pass.
0. T. GowER, 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 of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 862. Do pass. House Bill No. 827. Do pass. House Bill No. 736. Do not pass. House Bill No. 547. Do not pass.
H. N. RAINEY, JR.; Chairman.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman
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of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, sub-mitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your committee on General Judiciary No. 1, have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 126. Regulating elections. Do not pass.
House Bill No~ 408. Regulating hotels. Do pass.
House Resolution No. 185. As to recommending annotation of Code. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 132. Inveigling chaste females. Do pass, as amended.
WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, 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 same do pas's:
House Bill No. 882. Do pass.
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House Bill No. 893. Do pass.
House Bill No. 896. Do pass.
House Bill No. 845. Do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
The Special Joint Committee, appointed to examine the Treasurer's office, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake1:
We, the committee required by law to examine the accounts and vouchers of the T1reasurer 's office as to all moneys received into and paid out of the Tr~asury du!ing the fiscal year, beg leave to make the following report:
Vve have thoroughly examined the office. of the Treasurer and find the books and all vouchers neatly and accurately, and correctly kept. We have counted the money on hand and have verified the accounts of all State depositories, and find that they are also correct. We have carefully examined the report of the Treasurer and find that he is sustained by the true condition of his office.
In this connection we desire to commend the present incumbent in office, the Hon. W. J. Speer, for the efficient manner in which he has conducted the affairs pertaining to the Treasury, and to suggest
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that the salaries of the cashier and accountant 'be substantially increased.
Respectfully submitted, JNO. T. ALLEN, For the Senate.
L. R. AKIN, CRAWFORD WHEATLEY,
For the House.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE PANAMA-PACIFIC ExPOSITION.
To the Speaker of the House:
The commission appointed under the joint resolution approved Aug. 19, 1914, and directed "to take proper steps to see that the State of Georgia is properly represented at the Panama-Pacific Internati?nal Exposition and, to that end, authorized to devise any legal means to see that the agricultural products and other resources of Georgia are represented at said exposition," and further directed to report to the General Assembly what progress they have made, with ''such recommendations as they may see proper to make for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the Resolution," beg leave to report:
Through an oversight, the members of the commission were not appointed until the eve of the convening of the General Assembly last summer.
Promptly, after their appointment, the board met~
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<>rganized and had a resolution introduced, making an appropriation for the purpose of collecting a suitable exhibit. This resolution was considered in <Jommittee but was not acted on.
'rn the interval which has elapsed since your ad-. journment last year your commission has kept the subject of a State exhibit at the said exposition before the people, with the result that representative trade bodies and newspapers of the State recommend a strong display be made at San 'Francisco in order that our resources may be more fully advertised, that the . advantages of our soil and climat11 may be set forth, that the markets for our products may, be broadened and that capital may be attracted to invest here.
And in this connection, it should be remembered that California made a striking exhibit at our Cotton States Exposition in 1895.
'l'he State of California and the City of San Francisco, through public appropriations and private subscriptions, have actually raised $22,000,000, which, with the appropriations of other States and foreign countries and the investments of exhibitors, will make an exposition representing an outlay of upwards of $80,000,000 and one surpassing in magnitude and grandeur any other in the history of man.
Practically all the great European nations will be represented there with China, Japan, the Philippines, Turkey, Persia, Australia, most of the Central and South American countries and nearly every Northern and Western State.
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Among the Southern States, Virginia is the only one which has made an appropriation.
Herein lies our opportunity. We have many food products, among them cane syrup, cotton seed oil, pecans, fruits and canned goods, which on their merits should be consumed largely in every country on the globe.
Our marble, turpentine, rosin, lumber, clays and
other products of the forest and mine, will Pe in
greater demand, if we advertise them.
Our manufactured products, textiles, woodenware, vehicles, agricultural implements, boilers, engines, furniture, shoes, clothing and a hundred other articles should be sold all over the South and West and in the vast continent south of us.
We should emphasize the productiveness of our soil and the healthfulness of our climate.
We should show that we have a splendid school system; an extensive system of good public roads and that we are building more miles per year than any other State;
That our laws are just and justice is impartially administered ;
That the rights of property and the rights or the individual are equally protected.
Believing that these truths should be presented to the world in an emphatic and impressive manner, your commission unanimously recommends that the
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aim and purpose of the original resolution be carried out.
Appreciating the condition of the State's finances, your commission has unflertaken to finance the project by private means, and we believe we can raise sufficient funds with which to erect and administer a State building on a site donated for the purpose during the term of the exposition.
Unquestionably, a State exhibit should contain the real physical products and, we respectfully recommend that the General Assembly provide funds for collecting, transporting and making a creditable display, the exhibit to be returned after the exposition and placed in the State Museum in the Capitol.
You will find ample precedent in the appropriation of $30,000 for a Georgia exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, and an appropriation of $30,000 for a Georgia exhibit at Jame'Stown in 1907.
Respectfully submitted,
Frank Weldon, Chairman; J. D. Price, S. W. Mc-
Callie, R. C. Neely, R. E. L. Spence, W. Vv. Banks,
Frank Lanier, C. J. Shipp, J. D. Massey, Lee Mandeville, R. F. Maddox, J. R. Smith, Chas. B. Lewis, B. S. Willingham, J. M. Vandiver, E!. P. Dobbs, H. J. Rowe, J. C. Daniels, S.C. Dunlap, R. T. Jones, T. W. Loyless, Albert S. Hatch, C. R. Ashley, J. W. Quincey, J. H. Johnson, H. M. Stanley, Commissioners.
Tlhe following House bills and resolutions, favortlbly reported, were read the second time.
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By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A bill to amend Section 3276, of the Code of 1910, relative to mortgages.
By Mr. Nunnally of Floyd-
A bill to require proprietors' of hotels, etc., to post their rates.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to provide that the clerks' of the Superior Courts in certain counties shall keep books for the recordation of maps, etc.
By Messrs. Moye of Johnson and Connor of Spalding-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game animals, birds and fish.
By Messrs. Ledbetter of Polk and Culpepper of Meriwether-
A bill ~o amend Section 14 of an Act for the protection of game animals, birds' and fish.
By Messrs. :Sheppard of Sumter and McCarthy of Ohatham-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to withhold any part of the wages of any employee.
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By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to amend Section 3 of an Act No. 234 approved August 19th, 1911, relative to hog cholera.
By Mr. Dorris of Douglas-
A bill to amend the Act of 19'12 and amendatory Act of 1913, relative to killing squirrels.
. By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to amend Section 2104, of the Code of 1910, relative to skimmed milk.
By Mr. Dorris of Douglas-
A bill to require the seller of cabbages in crates to place weights on the crate.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to amend Section 2104, of the Code of 1910, relative to distilled vinegar.
By Messrs. Wimberly, F'owler and Miller-
A resolution in relation to the revised and annotated Code compiled by Orville A. Park.
The following joint resolution was read the second time and adopted :
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution giving assent of the .State of Georgia to an Act of Congress of the United States, providing for co-operative agricultural extension work.
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T'he following bill was read the third time and placed upon its passage.
By Mr. Bell of Clay-
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the regis-
tration of the qualified voters of the city of Fort
Gaines.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 865, which has been favorably reported and read the second time, was recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time.
By Mr. Starke of the- 33d District-
A resolution requesting the United States Senators and Congressmen from Georgia to endeavor to repeal the Federal Bankrupt Act of 1898.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to require clerks of courts to keep a docket of forfeited bonds.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to make it unlawful for officers having persons under arrest to deliver such person to persons who are not authorized by law -to hold such person.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
The following bills of the Senate, fav<?rably reported, were read the second time:
By Messrs. Bush of the 8th District, Foster of the 27th District and Searcy of the 26th District---=
A bill to prohibit the inveigling of a chaste female into houses of ill fame.
By Messrs. Searcy of the 26th District and Smith of the 9th District-
A bill to amend Section 6134, of the Code of 1910, fixing the salaries of the stenographers of the Supreme Court.
Under the orders of the day, the following bill of the House, which was not disposed of at yesterday's session, was again taken up for consideration.
By Messrs. McCrory of Schley, Connor of Spaldingr et al.-
A bill to create a Text Book Commission for the State of Georgia.
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The following substitute was read and adopt~d a8 amended.
To be entitled an Act to create a special Text Book Commission for the State of Georgia, to define their duties, and to provide how certain text books used in the public, common and high schools of this State shall be edited and electrotyped and approved and copyrighted, or the text secured on a royalty contract, and let to the lowest bidder for publication and distribution by competitive bids, said books to be sold at actual cost of production and distribution.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Qf the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this bill there shall be in the said State of Georgia a special Text Book Commission to be composed of the Governor and the other members of the State Board of Education of the State. The members of said special text book commission shall perform this special service without compensation, the Governor shall be president and the State Superintendent of Schools shall be the executive officer of said spedal text book commission.
Sec. 2. Before transacting any business relating to the duties of this special text book commission, they each shall take an oath as follows:'
''We and each of us do swear that we are not interested, directly or indirectly, in the publication or sale of any school book in use in the common or high
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schools of said State, and we further swear that we will not become so for and during our term of office. We further swear that we will faithfully and to the best of our ability represent the interest of the school children of said State, so help us God.''
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the special text book commission shall have prepared a text for a civil government of Georgia, and when prepared the same shall be copyrighted, and if said commission shall so decide the same shall be electrotyped. Said commissioners shall also select the text of one other book and secure the text and plates for the same on a royalty basis and said commissioners shall have these books printed and distributed by competitive bids and shall award the contract to the lowest satisfactory bidder.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That as soon as saia texts shall have been electrotyped, and the plates provided, said board shall advertise in four papers in this State having a general circulation, for thirty days, for bids for printing, binding and distributing said books, and shall specify the number approximately to be so printed and bound, and the time for said contract to run shall be not less than five years and not more than ten years, and said commission shall, as near as possible, specify the number of books, kind of type, number of illustrations, if any, and also the kind of material to be use<l in the printing and binding of said books.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That each bidder shall furnish samples of the paper and other material-
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to be used in the publication and binding of said books, and shall also deposit with the Treasurer of said State the sum of two hundred dollars, which shall be liquidated damages should said bidder be awarded the contract and refuse io comply with the same; but if said bid be rejected, or the bidder faithfully comply with said bid, then said money shall be returned to said bidder.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That said special text book commission shall award said contract to print and bind said school books to the lowest satibfactory bidder.
.Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That when notice of the acceptance of the bid of any publisher shall l:Je
made, that said publisher shall enter in~o a goorl and valid bond in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of :said contract. That said bond shall be filed with tlw Treasurer of said State, after approval by said special text book commission. Suit may be brought thereon in the name of the State for any breach thereof, and said bidder shall designate some one in Fulton County, Georgia, upon whom service may be perfected.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the State shall not be liable to any contractor for the expense of publi~ation of said books, but such contractors shall receive their pay from the sale of said school books, .as'provided in this Act.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That when a book
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has been printed by the authority of said board it shall be unlawful for any teacher in the public, common or high schools of this State' to use any book in place of the one so selected and published, and said publishers shall keep for sale in each county of this State said books with the price printed on the back thereof, and no person shall sell or offer for sale said book for more than the price so stated on the back thereof, said price to be the same as fixed by the accepted bid, except that supplementary books may be used when necessary.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the publishers shall also agree to sell said books at wholesale prices, so that same can be purchased in lots, at the printing plant, and said sales shall be regulated by agreement between said special commission and said publisher.
Sec. 11. Said books shall be sold in the State of Georgia at actual cost of production and distribution.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 'Same are, hereby repealed.
The following amendments to the substitute offered by Mr. Jones of Coweta were read and adopted.
To amend the substitute to the whole bill by adding at the end of Section 3 the words, ''Provided said lowest bid does not exceed the cost or price of a similar book or text now on the adopted list.''
And further amend by adding at the end of Sec-
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tion 6 the following words: ''As provided in Section
3 hereof.''
Tlhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage. of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.
Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham called the ayes and nays which call was sustained.
A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows:
Tlhose voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Bm:ney, CarHon, Carter, Appling, Clark, Clements, Cochran. Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor,
Corn,
Hammack,
Crllwley,
Hardin,
Culpepper, Clinch, Harrell,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Harris,
Davidson,
Hart,
Deadwyler,
Hayes,
Dean,
Heath,
DeVaughn,
Hendrix,
Dodd,
Herrington,
Dorris,
H~nes,
Duncan,
Hollbcrg,
Edmondson,
Hopkins,
Ellis,
Jackson,
Ennis,
James,
Estes,
Johnson,
Evans,
Jones, Coweta,
l<'l!lriss,
Jones, Lowndes,
Field,
Kidd,
Foster,
Kimbrough,
Fowler,
Lane, Jasper,
Fullbright,
Ledbetter,
Garlington,
Lee, Lee,
Glenn,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Gower,
LeSueur,
Greene, Houston, Lipscomb,
Green, Wilkes,
Loyd,
Griffin,
McCants,
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McCrory, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moye, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palm our, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien,
Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Redwine,
Reese, 1\Iilton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, 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, Taylor, Laurens, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, . Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messr8.-
Anderson, Murray, Holtzclaw,
Carroll,
Liles,
Henderson,
McMichael, Shuptrine,
T'hose not voting wen~ Messrs.-
Akin, Allen, Jackson, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Cook, Cooper, Dorough, Grimes,
Hardeman, Hodges, Keen, Lane, Decatur, McCalla, MICCarthy, McCurry, Mead1Jws, Wayne,
Moss, Myrick, Ransom, Swift, Wanen, Wimberly, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 152, nays 7.
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The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 152, nays 7.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as: amended.
Under the order of business established by adoption of the report of the Rules Committee the following bills, unfavorably reported, were taken up for a second reading.
By Messrs. Wohlwender, Swift and Slade of Muscogee and McCrory of Schley-
A bill to re-establish Section 1434, of the Code of 1910, relative to Governor calling out State militia.
The report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was placed on the calendar for a third reading.
By Messrs. Wohlwender, .Swift and Slade of Muscogee, and Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to repeal an Act of 1912, repealing Section 1435, of theCode of 1910, relative to Governor calling out the State militia.
The report of the committee, which was unfavor-. able to the passage of the bill, wa:s disagreed to and the bill placed on the calendar for a third reading~
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The following bill was taken up as ta special order.
By Mr. Turner of Bulloch-
The following amendment is proposed by theHouse of Representatives and Senate of Georgia to Paragraph two (2), Section one (1), Article eleven (11), of the Constitqtion of this State.
Sec. 1. The General Assembly of the State of' Georgia hereby proposes to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph two (2), Section one (1), Article eleven, (11) of the Constitution of this State as follows:
That in addition to the counties heretofore existing in this State created by the General Assembly, and those created by amendments to the above and foregoing pa_ragraph, section and articl~ of the Constitution of this State, there is hereby created an additional county, which county when created shall be known as Candler County. The territory for the formation of said county of Candler shall be taken from the counties of Emanuel, Bulloch and Tattnall, and the said territory so taken for the formation of said new county of Candler shall be included within the following described boundaries, to-wit.:
Starting at the south of Ten Mile Creek where it empties into Canoochee River, running in a northerly direction up said river to Excelsior Bridge, thence a northerly direction straight course to Lott 's Creek to a point one quarter of a mile above new bridge,
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thence along the line of Lott 's Creek to DeLoach's Pond, leaving DeLoach's pond running a northwesterly direction, crossing the Bulloch and Emanuel County lines, intersecting with the Swainsboro and .Statesboro public road, at D. B. Johnson place, thence in a southwesterly direction to Union School House, thence a southwesterly direction to Cowarts Mill Pond, thence a direct line south to the Lev Collins Crossing on Central of Georgia Railroad, thence a southwesterly course to Griffin's Ferry Bridge on the Ohoopee River, (crossing line of Emanuel and T'attnall Counties) a southerly course to the mouth of Sand Hill Creek, where it empties into the Ohoopee River, thence a direct line east to the mouth of the Ten Mile Creek on the Canoochee River, the beginning point.
That when said county is created the county seat of the same .shall be the town of Metter, now in the county of Bulloch; that if the above and foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratification at the next general election after the adoption of this proposal to amend the Constitution, "it shall be the duty of the Governor on the .first Wednesday in December, after the proposed amendment to the Constitution ~s adopted, to order an .election for cou~ty officers for said new county, to be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said new county at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment, during the usual hours of holding elections, and all legally qualified voters re-
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siding in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said election, and the Ordinaries of the several counties in whieh said election precincts are located at the time of the adoption of this amendment, shaH each appoint the election managers for the precincts in the counties in which he shall exercise jurisdiction of ordinary, and the managers of the election shaH on the day succeeding the election meet at the town of etter, the place designated as the county S'eat of the new eounty, and consolidate the vote for the county officers, at such place within the limits of the town of Metter as sha11 be designated by the Judge of the Superior Court, whose duty it is hereby made to designate the place of meeting of said election managers within the corporate limits of said town of Metter, and the general laws now in force as to the consolidation of the votes, the return of the election and the commission of officers shaH be applicable to officers elected at sueh special election herein provided for; that the officers to be elected at said special election herein provided shall be an ordinary, a clerk of the Superior Court, a sheriff, a tax collector, a tax receiver, a coroner, a county surveyor and a county treasurer; that said officers shall be eommissioned as now required by law, and aH laws now in force in this State to commission officers and for bonds required of them shall be applicable to the officers so elected; that the offilcers elected at said general election shall hold their offices until the next general election for county offices and until their successors: are elected and qualified. TheGeneral Assembly is hereby given power to create-
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any additional statutory officers in said county or statutory courts and to provide by law for filling said offices. Any vacancies that may occur before the next general election in any of the offices created by said county may be filled, as now provided by law. The said county of Candler shall b~ attached to the First Congressional District, the Middle Judicial Circuit and the ------!-- Senatorial District, but it shall be in the power of the General Assembly at !illlY time to change the judicial circuit to which said county of Candler is attached, and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said county of Candler in arranging congressional and senatorial districts as now provided by law. That the Superior Courts in said county of Candler shall be held on the ________ Mondays in ________ months of each year, but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding the courts and the , number of terms thereof. That the justices of the peace and constables residing in the te-rritory included within the new county of Candler shall exercise the duties and powers of 'their offiJce until new militia districts are laid out in said county of Candler as now provided by law; that all of the provisions of the law as contained in Chapter Thirteen (13), of the Code of 1910, are hereby made applicable to the said county of Candler whenever the same is created; that all of the general laws in this 8tate in addition to the above having application to the statutory counties of this State are hereby made applicable to the S'aid county of Candler, especially
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the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a debt for said county; that when this amendment is adopted, the said County of Candler, so created by the adoption of this amendment, shall become in all respects a statutory county and shall_be governed by all laws now in force in this State regulating county and county affairs.
Section 2. The Governor is hereby required and directed that when this proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of this General Assembly, and shall be entered on the journal of each House with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendments to be advertised in at least two papers in each congressional district at least two months before the next general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914, and he shall also provide for a submission of the proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the State at said general election. And, if a majority of the electors voting at said election shall ratify this proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State by a majority of the electors qualifed to vote for members of the General Assembly and .voting at such election, such amendment shall. become a part of the Constitution of Georgia when the fact is certified to 'the Governor by the Secretary of the State that a majority of the qualified voters voting at said general election have voted in favor of the adoption of said amendment to the Constitution of the State, and the Governor .shall issue his proclamation to such effect.
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Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Governor t() submit said proposed amendment in the following form: That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have writte:r;t or printed on their tickets "In favor of ratification of the amendment to Paragraph Two (2), Section One (1), Article Eleven (H), of the Constitution, State of Georgia, creating the county of Candler," and those opposed' to the ratification of said amendment shall have "'Titten or printed on their tickets "Opposed to the ratification of the amendment 'to Paragraph Two (2), Section One (1), Article Eleven (11), of the Constitution, State of Georgia, creating the county of Candler."
The following amendments were read and adopted:
Amend the said proposed amendment to the Constitution by striking from the said amendment the following words to-wit.: "It shall be 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 is adopted an electjon for thecounty 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 theMiddle Circuit."
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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 pag~ immediately before the words "senatori.al districts,'' 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 blanks immediately preceding the word "month" the words "February and August."
By striking out all the words after the word "counties" and before the letter "a" in the twenty.seventh line thereof in and through the word ''point'' in the thirtieth line thereof, and insert in lieu thereof the following: ''A southerly course to the point where the counties of Emanuel and Tattnall meet -on the Ohoopee River, thence a direct line East to Kennedy's Bridge on the Canoochee River."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
A ballot viva voce was had and the vote was as follows:
'IIhose voting m tl)e affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, , Adams, Pike, Akin, .Allen, Glascock,
Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard, Beck, Bell,
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Blackburn, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, Carroll, Garter, 'Appling, Cheney, Clements, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Oollins, Connor, Oorn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Deadwyler, Dean, Dodd, Dorris,
D1mcan, Edmondson, Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Evans, Fnriss, Field, Foster, Fowler, Garlington, Glenn, U<lwer, Greene, Houston, Griffin, Grimes, Hammack, Hiardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris,
Itart,
Hayes, Hendrix, Herring'Wn, Hines, Hodges, Rollberg, Hopkins, Jackson, James, .Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCarthy, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour,
Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill,. Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Phatt, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadlburn, Sheppard,
Sh~pp,
Shuptrine, Simpson, S.la<ie, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, R&bml, Spence, Mitchell,. Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StovaII, E Ibert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sug-gs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington,_ Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wisdom, W ohlwender,
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Wood, Twiggs,
Woods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Bennett, Booker, Clark, Fullbright, Green, Wilkes,
Henderson, Holtzclaw, McCants, Moye, Parks,
Rtagland, Redwine, Sparks, Spence, Carroll,
T'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens,
Hea.th,
Carter, Stewart,
Keen,
Cook,
Lane, Decatur,
Cooper,
McCalla,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCurry,
DeVaughn,
Meadows, Wayne,
"Dorough,
Moss,
'
Ransom, Swift, Warren, Whlliberly, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 149, nays 14.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 149, nays 14.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 858 and 5 were ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Under a special order set by the House the following bill was read the third time :
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor.
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Mr. Davidson, acting chairman of the Enrollment: Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The 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 amend the Constitution so as to create the county of Barrow.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DAvmso'N, Acting Chairman..
Leave of absence w.as granted Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee.
The hour of one o'clock having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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Atlanta, Ga., July 8, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day
.:at 10 o'c\ock a. m. ; was called to order by the
Speaker and opened with prayer by Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
By unanimous consent the call of the ~11 and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 772, was w.ithdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary :and was recommitted to the Committee on General .Judiciary No. 2.
House Bills Nos. 759 and 760 were withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 and were recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.
By unanimous consent ~he following bill was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee 'On General Judiciary No. 1.
By Messrs. Akin of Glynn and Liles of Camden-
A bill to cede certain marsh lands in Camden County to the United States government.
The. following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
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2d. Reports of standing committees.
3d. Reading House bills, favorably reported, thesecond time.
4th. Passage of local House bills 'and general House bills having a local application.
5th. Reading Senate Bills the first time.
6th. Re~ding of Senate bills favorably reported a second time.
The following bills and resolution were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Messrs. Nunnally and Foster of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Floyd County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Cole of Bartow and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to increase the salary of the stenographer' of the State Bank Examiner.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
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By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Clarkston.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Garlington of Richmond and Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend Section 3298, of the Code of 1910, relative to bill of sale to secure debt.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Slade, Swift and Wohlwender of Mvscogee-
A bill to amend Section 447, of the Code of 1910, relative to non-residents participating in proceedings for the validation of bonds.
Referred to General ,Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Meaders of Oconee and Harris of Washington-
A bill to amend an Act to create and provide for an inheritance tax.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend Section 696, of the Code of 1910,.. relative to levying additional road tax.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
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By Mr. Swift of Fannin-
A bill to put in force the constitutional amendment relative to payment of certain pensions.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Carter of Appling- .
A bill to amend Section 695, of the Code of 1910, relative to the commutation tax.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Green of Wilkes-
.A bill to require all corporations doing business in this State to file with the Secretary of State a semi-annual statement.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Jones of CowetaA bill to amend Section 3349, of the Code of 1910,
relative to mortgages on crops. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA bill to require county authorities to turn over to
municipal authorities located in such counties, portions of the taxes levied for road purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Cheney of CobbA resolution authorizing the Standing Committees
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of the House and Senate on theW. & A. Railroad to make .a trip of inspection of. the property of the W. & A. Railroad.
Referred to Committee on W. & A. Railroad.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate~ to-wit:
A bill to amend Sectio11 2798, of the Code of 1910~ relative to suits against railroads.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Athens..
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Athens to control slaughter houses.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cuthbert.
A bill to authorize the mayor and aldermen of Dallas, Ga., to order an election upon question of issuance of school bonds.
'rhe Senate has adopted the following Joint Resolution, to-wit.:
A resolution that the State Board of Education in making contracts for school books for the next. five years, investigate the advisability of introducing a book known as "Webster's Blue Back Speller."
Mr. Clements of Irwin County, Chairman of the
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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 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 of Randolph-
No. 878. "Act to repeal Code, Section 21,20, relating to State board of entomology and to substitute therefor a provision for the .creation of a State Board of Entomology and appointment of members thereof, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. CLEMENTs, 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 foliowing 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. 880. By Mr. Beck of Carroll, tQ
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provide for the codification of the sclhool laws of Georgia.
House Bill No. 912. By Mr. James of Gilmer, to regulate system of accounts of those officials handling the State school funds.
Also do pass by substitute:
House Bill No. 779. By Mr. Moon of T'roup to provide for uniform text-books for the public schools of Georgia.
Also do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 766. By Mr. Neal of Gordon to provide for a municipal school system for the town of Fairmount.
JAMEs, 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 same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
House Bill No. 792. To amend Section 1, of Article 2, of the Constitution, known as the Woman's Suffrage Bill.
And that the following bill of the House do pass.
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House Bill No. 100 to amend the constitution so as to abolish the office of Solicitor-General, and to create office of county prosecuting attorney.
MYRICK, Chairman.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the foll'Owing 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. 841. To incorporate town of Cobb in 8umter County.
Hous'e Bill No. 842. To incorporate the town of West Green, in the county of Coffee.
House Bill No. 917. To amend the charter of Soperton in the county of Montgomery.
H'Ouse Bill No. 906. To amend the charter for the town of Glenwood in Montgomery County.
House Bill No. 901. To amend the charter of Soperton in Montgomery County.
House Bill No. 899. To create a new charter for Rome in Floyd County.
House Bill No. 903. To vest in Floyd County full
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and complete title and jurisdiction over and control of certain bridges in city of Rome.
PICQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom, Chairman Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake;:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 820. Amending an Act incorporating the town of Coolidge. Do pass.
House Bill No. 768. Amending an Act creating a
Board of Commissioners of R.oads and Revenues in
Do the County of Hall.
pass.
House Bill No. 855. Creating the City Court of Sylvester.. Do pass.
House Bill No. 772. Be taken from the Committee on Special Judiciary and referred to the General Judiciary Committee No.2.
Respectfully submitted,
WISDOM, Chairman.
Mr. McRae of Tlelfair County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bill No. 209 of the Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
ToM J. McRAE,. Chairman.
The following bills of the House and Senate favorably reported, were read the second time :
By MeS'srs. Fullbright and Heath of Burk~
A bill to propose a constitutional amendment abolishing the office of Solicitor General and creating that of County Prosecuting Attorney.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to provide for a municipal school system for the town of Fairmount.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the county of Hall.
By Mr. Moon of Troup-
A bill to amend Section 1439, of the Code of 1910, so as to require a uniform series of text-books in all the common schools.
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By Mr. Reese of Thomas'-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Coolidge.
By Mr. Sumner of WorthA bill to establish the City Court of Sylvester.
By Mr. Hammond of Randolph-
A bill to repeal Section 2120, of the Code, relating to the State Board of Entomology.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to authorize the State Superintendent of Education and the -Attorney-General to codify the school laws.
By Mr. James of Gilmer-
. ..,.
A bill to regulate system of accounts by officials receiving and disbursing school funds.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the Southern Mu-
tual Insurance Company.
The following bill was read the third time and placed on it's passage:
By Mr. Sumner of Worth-
A bill altering and amending the charter of the city of Sylvester.
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140; nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bills and resolution of Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Messrs. McGregor of the 19th and Allen of the 20th Districts-
A resolution that the State Board of Education be requested to investigate the advisability of introducing Webster's Blue Back Speller as a text in the common schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Messrs. Dickey of the 23d DistrictA bill to amend Section 2798, of the Code of 1910,
relative to suits against railroads.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens, Ga., relative to electing the City Marshal.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens, Ga., relative to slaughter houses.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cuthbert.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Spinks of the 38th District-
A bill to authorize the town of Dallas to hold a bond election for school purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.
Under the order of unfinished business the following bills were taken up jointly, being consolidated into one substitute by the committee.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend the constitution of. the State relative to a Lieutenant Governor.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State, relative to the presiding officer of the Senate.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to amend the constitution of ,the !State relative to the State Executive Department.
Mr. Burney of Morgan, called the previous question on the bill and pending amendments, which call was sustained and the main question was ordered.
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Mr. Ledbetter asked unanimous consent, which was granted, that, as he had to retire from the Hall, he be permitted to cast his vote at this time, that he be recorded as voting for the Fullbright amendments; that he be recorded as voting against all other amendments; and that he be recorded as voting for the Committee Wheatley :!!ubstitute.
Tlhe following substitute of the committee was adopted as amended.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 1, Article 5, of the Constitution of this State by adding after Paragraph two (2) of said Section and said Article, two (2) new Paragraphs, to be numbered "Paragraph 2 (a) " and "Paragraph 2 (b)" so as to provide for a LieutenantGovernor, to define his powers, duties, qualificaltions, compensatdon, etc., to am$d Article five (5), Section one (1), Paragraph eight (8), of said Constitution, by providing in case of death, resignation or disability of the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall exercise the executive powers of the government; upon his disability, or removal the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall exercise the executive powers; and upon his death, resignation or disability or removal, the President Pro Tempore tatives shall exercise the powers of Government and to amend Article three (3), Section five (5), of the Constitution, Paragraph two (2) of said article and said section by striking out said Paragraph 2 of said Article 3, and Section five
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(5), and providing for the election of a President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by said authority that Article 5, Section 1 of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is hereby amended by adding to said article and Section of the Constitution of this State, after Paragraph two . (2) of said section and said article the following:
''Paragraph 2(a). A Lieutenant-Governor shall be chosen at the same time and in the same manner, and continue in office for the same period and be possessed of the same qualifications as the Governor; and shall .ex-officio be President of the Senate.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, until otherwise provided by a law passed by two thirds of both branches of the General Assembly, which shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected; nor sliall he receive within that time any other emoluments from. the United States, or either of them, or from any foreign power.
The Lieutenant Governor shali not be required to reside at the seat of Government except when the Legislature is in session, or he is performing the duties of Governor.
Paragraph 2(b). The Lieutenant Governor, acting as President of the Senate shall have no vote
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unless the Senate be equally divided. The Lieutenant Governor shall, before be enters upon the duties of his office, take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear _(or affirm) (as the case may be) that I will faithfully execute the office of Lieutenant Governor of the State of Georgia, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America. 'L
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted bythe authority aforesaid, that Paragraph eight (8), Article 5, Section 1, of the Constitution of this State relating to the Executive Department be, and the same is b~reby amended by being stricken from said Constitution .and having in lieu thereof the following substituted:
''Paragraph 8. Death, Resig'nation or Disability 'Of the Governor. Upon the death or resignation of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the executive powers of government and succeed to the office of Governor. Upon the disability o:t the Go':Pnor the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the executive powers of government until such disability be removed. In case of the death, resignation, or disability of the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall exercise the executive powers of the government until the removal of the disabilities or the election and qualification of a Governor; and in case of the death, resignation, or disability of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive powers
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of the government until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor.''
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that Paragraph two of Article three of 8ection five of the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby amended by being stricken from said Constitution, and having in lieu thereof the following substitution:
''Paragraph 2. President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The Senate shall choose a president pro tempore, to act in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor, or when he shall exercise the office of the Governor, which election shall be viva voce from the 8enators."
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the above proposed amendment shall have been agreed to by two thirds of the members elected to each House, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon, and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in s~i ::l State for two (2) months previous to the time for holding the next general election and shall at said next general election be submitted to the people for ratification in the following form, to-wit.: "For Ratification" or "Against Ratification" and if a majority of the electors voting thereon who shall be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, vote for ratification, having written or printed on their ballots "For ratification" which votes cast at said
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election shalf be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly and returns thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the result of said election by publication of results in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District of the State.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
T'he following amendments offered by Mr. Fullbright of Burke to the substitute were read and adopted.
Amend Section 4, which provides for submission :so as to require the ballots to have written or printed thereon the words ''For ratification of amendment to Article 5, Section 1, Paragraph 2, and Article 5, Section 5, Paragraph 8, and Article 3, Section 5, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution so as to provide for a Lieutenant Governor'' or ''Against ratification of Article 5, Section 1, Paragraph 2; Article 5, Section 5, Paragraph 8, and Article 3, Section 5, P"aragraph 2, of the Constitution so as to provide for a Lieutenant Governor."
Amend Section 1 by striking all of 2nd paragraph of said Section and inserting the following, ''The Lieutenant Governor shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by law.''
Amend Section 2 by inserting between the words
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"disabilities" and "or" the words "of the Lieutenant Governor.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.
The bill being an amendment to the constitution, the ayes and nays were ordered on the passage of the bill by substitute as amended and the vote was as follows.
Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Edmondson,
Adams, Pike,
Ellis,
Akin,
Ennis,
Allen, Glascock,
Estes,
Allen, Jackson,
Evans,
Andersoo, Murray, Field,
Ballard,
Foster,
Bell,
Fowler,
Blackburn,
Fullbright,
Booker,
Garlington,
Brinson,
Glenn,
Bullard,
Gower,
Burney,
Greene, Houston,
Carlton,
Green, Wilkes,
Carroll,
Griffin,
Carter, Stewart,
HaJ!!illack,
Cheney,
Hiardeman,
Clark,
Hardin,
Cole,
Harris,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hart,
Oollins,
Heath,
Crawley,
H:i.nes,
Culpepper, Clinch, Hrollberg,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Holtzclaw,
Davidson,
Hopkins,
Dodd,
Jackson,
Dorris,
James,
Duncan,
Jones, Coweta,
Jones, Lowndes, Kimbrough, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McGrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal.
Nevil, Ntmnally, Olive,
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Palmour, Parks, Peueock, Phau'r, Picquet,
R~agland,
Rainey, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadlburn,
Sheppard, Shuptrine, f"lade, Slater, ~mith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, :Mitchell, Stewart, Suggs,
Taylor, Washington~ Tracy, 'Varren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom,
'y'Vohlwender, ood, Twiggs~
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Beck, Bennett, Carter, Appling,
Cl~uents,
Cochran, Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Corn, Deadwyler, Dean, DeVaughn, Dorough, FariSB, Grime..;;, Harrell,
Hayes, Henderson, Hendrix, Herrington, .Johnson, Kiehl, Lane, Decatur, L~ne, Jasper, LeSueur, Liles, McCurry,
:Ml'Rae, Telfair, :Mills, :Moye, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pil'kett,
Redwine, Reese, :Milto;1, Reynolds, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie" Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle, Turner, 'V;;c-ls, Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Brookshear, Cook, Cooper, Hodges,
Keen, Meadows, Wayne, Oliver, Ransom,
Stmall, Elbert, Swift, 'Vood, Walton~ Wright,
Ayes 115, nays 56. The call of the rol1 was verified.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 56.
The bill, having failed to receive .the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote, was lost.
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, gave notice that, at the proper time, he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the bill.
On motion of Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee, the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 9, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment; was called to order by the Speaker, and was opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and thereading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings. were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 899 and. 903, which were favorably reported, were re-committed to the Committee on Municipal Government.
House Bills Nos. 144 and 357, were withdrawn from General Judiciary No. 2, and recommitted to. General Judiciary No. 1.
House Bill No. 816, which was unfavorably r;~ ported was recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.
House Bill No. 750 was withdrawn from Georgia State Sanitarium and recommitted to the Committe& on Appropriations.
Ey unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes. period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reports of standing committees.
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3d. Reading house bills, favorably reported th~ second time.
4th. Passage of local house bills and general House bills, having a local application.
5th. Reading Senate bills favorably reported the second time.
The following bills and resolutions were read the, first time:
By Mr. Moss of.Cobb-
A bill to regulate the running of freight trains. Referred to Committee on Engrossing.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to authorize the counties to hire out their misdemeanor convicts to other counties to work on the public roads.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Lee of LeeA bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter
for the town of Leesburg. Referred to Committee on Municipal GovernmenL
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether-
A bill to regulate the operation of slot m.achines. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2..
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By Mr. Methvin of Dodge- ,
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
Referred to Committee on Mmiicipal Government.
By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Ellaville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to provide for the enforcement of obliga-
tions to pay attorney's fees in mortgages and notes.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. McRae of Wilcox-
A bill to make additional appropriation to the State Board of Health to buy vaccine points.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Oxford.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Lee of WilkinsonA bill to amend to create a Board of Commis-
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sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Wilkinson.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to amend Section 1549, of the Code of 1910,.
relative to County Boards of Education.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA bill to prevent the manufacture, sale and giving
away duplicate switch locks.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Strickland of PierceA bill to prohibit seining and catching fish in the
counties of Pierce, Appling and Wayne.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Messrs. Dorris of Douglas, Stovall of McDuffie, Harris of Washington and Taylor of Washington-
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to draw or uttera check when there are no funds.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to make appropriation to build an Infirmary at the University in Athens.
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Griffin and Jones of Lowndes-
A bill to appropriate $50,000 for additional dormitory for the South Georgia State Normal College at Valdosta, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Hodges of Bro.oks and Reese of Thomas-
A Bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Barwick.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A resolution for the reli~f of W. T. Cottingham and J. W. Dent.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-!.
A resolution for the relief of J. L. Shelton, D. F. Chapman and J. H. Peterman.
Referred to Committee on Counties and .County Matters.
By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A resolution to instruct the Railroad Committee to report on House Bills Nos. 859 and 860.
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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 M. r. E:vans of &re:ven-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 137, a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert, Allen of Jackson, et al.-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 470 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Smith of DeKalb-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 233 and No. 142, special orders.
Referred to Committee on Rules. The following resolution was read and adopted.
By Mr. Arnold of OglethorpeA resolution requesting the Senate to return
Senate Bill No. 184 to the House. A resolution by Mr. Glenn of Whitfield was read
and ordered to lie on the table one day.
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The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northern, Secretary thereof :
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit:
A bill to authorize the City Council of Augu-sta to condemn certain property for the protection of said city from damage by floods.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
M r; Speaker:
T'he Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bins of the Senate to-wit.:
A bill to amend section tw0 of paragraph one of' article eleven of the constitution of Georgia, which fixes the term of county officers.
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Statesboro.
A bill to amend Section 5298, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relating to garnishments.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee 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 had under consideration the following House 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. 61. Record labor contracts. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 252. Abolish fictitious forms of ejectments. Do pass.
House Bill No. 651. Regulating duties of grand juries. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 737. Regulating foreclosures of mortgages of personalty. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 754. Relating condemnation proeeedings. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 795. Authorizing cities to own Ice Plants. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 824. Regulating demand of indictments in county courts. Do pass.
House Bill No. 866. Amend Section 331 of Code. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 900. To grant certain lands to United States. Do pass.
House Bill No. 930. Amend Section 3290 of Code. . Do pass.
WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
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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 Resolutions 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 Resolution No. 122.
House Resolution No. 203. Respectfully submitted, CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report :
Mr. 8 peaker:
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 as follows:
No. 693. To amend Section 3296, Code 1910, to provide notice mortgage foreclosure. Do not pas'S.
No. 269. To require goods made by convict labor to be labelled. Do not pass.
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No. 312. To authorize solicitor general to prefer accusations. Do not pass.
No. 324. To provide for granting new trials in certain cases. Do not pass.
No. 395. To. require fire escapes on hotels. Do not pass.
No. 420. To prohibit issuance of marriage license under age of 18 years. Do not pass.
No. 510. To declare certain crimes felonies. Do not pass.
No. 544. To provide for judges in Supreme court in disqualified cases. Do not pass.
No. 572. To prevent illegal issuance of garnishment summons. Do not pass.
No. 647. To prohibit detectives giving out evidence. Do not pass.
No. 713. To define duties of sheriff to keep track dogs. Do not pass.
No. 715. To provide for drainage of farm lands. Do not pass.
No. 774. To regulate fees of county treasurers. Do not pass.
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No. 818. To regulate garnishments in certain cases. Do nof pass.
No. 837. T'o amend >Section 716, Code 1910. Do not pass.
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No. 863. To provide for quieting titles to land. Do not pass.
No. 875. To require fathers to support wife and minors. Do not pass.
No. 631. To provide for service of bills of excep-
tions. Do pass.
No. 800. To change hours of holding and count-
ing votes in elections. Do pass.
0. T. GowER, Chairman.
Mr. Cheney of Cobb County, Chairman of the Committee on W. & A. Railroad, submitted the following report:
Mt-. Speaker:
Your Committee on W. & A. Railroad 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, to-wit.:
House Resolution No. 215 authorizing the standing committees of the House and Senate on W. & A. Railroad to make a trip of inspection of theW. & A. railroad property.
CHENEY, Ohairman.
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 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.
No. 876. By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter: "An Act to amend Section 2067, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, so as to change the salary of the clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
Rspectfully submitted, J. B. CLEMENTs, Chairman.
Mr. Simpson, of Cherokee, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways has had under consideration the following bills and instruct me as their chairman to report s-ame back to the House with the following recommendations, to-wit:
House Bill No. 910. Do pass.
House Bill No. 889. Do pass as amended. SIMPSON, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speake1:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the follbwing bill 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. 940. Amending an Act creating the city court of Floyd County.
Respectfully submitted, WisDoM, Chairman.
The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA bill to incorporate the town of Cobb.
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to incorporate the town of West Green.
By Mr. Johnson of MontgomeryA bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of
Soperton.
By Mr. Johnson of MontgomeryA bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter
for the town of Glenwood.
By Mr. Johnson of MontgomeryA bill to amend the charter of the town of Soper-
ton relative to water. works system.
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By MT. Griffin of Lowndes-
A bill to abolish the fictitious form of pleading in ejectment.
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to provide for service of bills of exceptions. on defendants in error.
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to authorize any owner of a conditional sale of personal property for the purchase price to foreclose the same.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide for the judicial cognizance in certain conditions of proceedings for the condemnation of private property.
By M:r. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to authorize certain incorporated towns and. cities to own and operate ice plants.
By Mr. Methvin.of Dodge-
A bill to amend Section 80 of the Code of 1910,. relative to holding and counting votes by managers. of elections.
By Messrs. Parker of Liberty and Slater of Bryan-
A bill to repeal Article 7, Section 751, of the Code of 1910, relating to demanding .indict~ents.
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By Mr. Middleton of Dade-
A bill to create a board of Highway Commissioners for Dade County.
By Messrs. Garlington of Richmond and Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend Section 3298, of the Code of 1910, relative to bill of sale to secure debt.
By Messrs. Foster and Nunnally-
A bill to amend an Act, and the Acts amendatory thereof, creating the city Court of Floyd County.
By Mr. Stovall of ElbertA resolution to appropriate $160.00 to pay for
Swift's Lithia Spring water used by the House.
By Messrs. Slater of Bryan and Glenn of Whitfield-
A Resolution to pay balance due the Committee on Penitentiary, an expense account made during visits to various convict camps.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A resolution authorizing the W. & A. Railroad Committees of the House and Senate to make in~ spection trip over the property of the W. & A. Railroad.
'Ifue following bills were read the third time and placed upon their pass~.
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By Mr. Sumner of Worth-
A bill to create the City Court of Sylvester.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes' were 141, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Reese of Thomas-
A bill to amen.d an Act incorporating the 'town of
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Coolidge.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Olive, Garlington and Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to amend Section 523:3, of the Code of 1910r relative to the condemnation of private property for flood purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 110r nays 0.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 1, .of Section 7, Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, providing for one justice of the Peace in each militia distriCJt of the State, and for the General Assembly in its discretion to abolish justice courts and the office of justice of the peace and of notary public exoffi.cio justices of the peace in any city of this State having a population of over twenty thousand, except the city of Savannah, and to establish in lieu thereof such court or courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may in its discretion deem necessary, by striking therefrom the portion of the proviso of said paragraph which excepts the ?ity of Savannah from the privilege of having the General Assembly abolish Justice Courts in said city and establish such other court or courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may in its discretion deem necessary, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly '0f the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
:authority of the same, That Paragraph Qne (1), of
Section Seven (7), of Article Six (6), of the Con-. :stitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the .Act of the General Assembly approved July 30th,
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1912, and duly ratified by the people according to law, be and the sa~e is hereby amended by striking from the proviso contained in said amendment the words ''except the city of Savannah'' where they immediately follow the words "having a population of over twenty thousand," so that said proviso so amended by this amendment shall read :as follows:
"Provided however that the General Assembly may in its discretion abolish Justice Courts, and the office of justice of the peace and of notary public ex-officio justices of the peace in any city of this State having a population of over twenty thousand, and establish in lieu thereof such court or courts or system of courts, as the General Assembly IllJlY, in its discretion deem necessary, conferring upon such new court or courts or system of courts when so established, the jurisdiction as to subject matter now . exercised by justice courts and by justices of the peace and notaries public ex-officio justices or the peace, together with such additional jurisdiction, either as to amount or subject matter, as may be provided by law, whereof 'some other court has not exclusive jurisdiction under this Constitution; together also with such provision as to rules and procedure in such courts and as to new trials and the correction of errors in and by said courts and with such further provision for the correction of errors in and by said courts and with such further provision for the correction of errors by the Superior Court, or the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as
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the General Assembly may from time to time in its discretion, provide or authorize. Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity laid down in Paragraph 1, of Section 9, of Article 6, of the Constitution of Georgia.''
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly, 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, Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution (for striking the words 'except the city of Savannah' from Paragraph 1, of said Section and Article, so as to bring Savannah within the provisions of general law relative to General Assembly abolishing Justice Courts in cities having over twenty thousand and establishing other courts in lieu thereof,"), or "Against ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution (against striking the words ''except the city of Savannah" from Paragraph 1, of said Sectirm and Article bringing the city of Savannah within the provisions of the general law relating to General Assembly abolishing justice courts in cities having over twenty thousand and establishing other courts. in lieu thereof')", as they may choose, and if a rna-
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jority 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 Paragraph 1, Section 7, of Article 6, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in contJ.ict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
The bill, being an amendment to the Constitution, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Carter, Appling, Ellis,
Akin,
Carter, Stewart,
Ennis,
Allen, Glascock,
Cheney,
Estes,
Allen, Jackson,
Clements,
Evans,
Allen, Pickens,
Cochran.
Fariss,
Anderson, Banks, Cole,
Field,
Anderson, Murray, Coleman, Calhoun, Foster,
Arnold, Hemy,
Oollins,
Fowler,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Connor,
Garlington,
Ballard,
Cooper,
Glenn,
Beck,
Corn,
Gower,
Bell,
Crawley,
Greene, Houston,
Bennett,
Culpepper, Clinch, Green, Wilkes,
Blackburn,
Culpepper, l\Ieriwtr., Griffin,
Booker,
Davidson,
Hammack,
Brinson,
Deadwyler,
Hardeman,
Bl'ookshear,
DeVaughn,
Hardin,
Bullard,
Dodd,
Harrell,
Burney,
Dorris,
Harris,
Carlton,
Duncan,
Hart,
Cal'roll,
Edmondson,
Hayes,
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Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, Hines, Hollberg, Hopkins, Jackso.n, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kimbrough,
Lane, Deeatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, U.les, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McCarthy, MeCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Melson,
Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shipp,
Shuptrine, Simpson, SJade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, . Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, WimJb.erly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,
'Voods, Emanuel, Wright,
'!'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Fullbright, Hodges,
James, Moss,
Spence, Carroll,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
A~ams, Pike, Clark, Coleman, Laurens, Cook, Dean,
Dorough, Grimes, Herrington, Holtzclaw, Kidd,
McCalla, McCurry, Meadows, Wayne~ Methvin, Oliver,
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Parks, Sheppard, Spence, Mitchell,
Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Swift,
Thompson, Wood, Walton,
Ayes 154, nays 5.
'!'he roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 154, nays 5.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote, was passed.
By ;Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to provide for a municipal school system for the town of Fairmount.
The following amendment was read and adopted.
Amend by striking Sections 10 and 11 and inserting in lieu thereof the following to be numbered Section 10 and numbering the following Sections accordingly. ''Section 10. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of Fairmount shall take the census of the children of school every five years as required by the general S()hool law and the State School Superintendent shaill apportion the proper pro-rata of the school fund to the secretary and treasurer of the Board of Education of Fairmount.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, w.as agreed to as amended.
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 as amended.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Hall County.
The following amendment was read and adopted.
Amend by striking from Section one of the bill the following words: ''That the members of said board now in office and the county supervisor now in office shaH hold their offices until said January 1st, after the election provided for as aforesaid, and that all vacancies including any vacancy in the office of county supervisior, occurring after the passage of this Act shall be filled by the grand jury which meets next after the vacancy occurs, the said commissioner so appointed by the grand jury to hold office during the unexpired term which he is so selected to fill; provided the ordinary shall appoint some one to fill the vacancy until the grand jury elects,'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''That the members of the Board of County Commissioners and the County Supervisor for Hall County shall be elected by the grand jury until the provisions of this bill ,shall become operative. And all vacancies including any vacancy in the office o'f county supervisor occurring after the passage of this Act shall be filled by the grand jury which meets next after the vacancy occurs, the commissioner so appointed by any grand jury to hold office during the unexpired term which he is so selected to fill; provided the ordinary shall
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appoint some one to fill the vacancy until the grand jury elects.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bi11, the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bi11, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Under the order of Reconsideration, Mr. Wheat-
ley of Sumter, moved to reconsider the action of the
Ho1,1se in defeating House Bill No. 23, the Lieutenant
Governor bill.
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Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether called the previous question on the motion to reconsider; Hie call was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The motion to reconsider prevailed and the bill went to the heel of the Calendar.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules begs leave to submit the fo11owing report:
That the continuing order therefore adopted be suspended for the session of Friday July lOth and That the order for Fridays Session shall be House resolutions as they appear in their order on the
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calendar, and that debate on each resolution be limited to thirty minutes on each side.
Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee was agreed to and the order of busines'S recommended therein was adopted.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker:
Your .Committee on Rules recommend fhat House Resolution No. 214 by Mr. Fullbright of Burke amending standing rule No. 42 do pass, andthat said rule be so amended.
Respectfully submitted, R. B. BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
.Adopted.
By Mr. Fullbright~
A resolutio:Q to amend Rule 42 by adding to next to the last sentence the following ''or to read such bill, or resolution a second time and recommit.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
The resolution was adopted.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 50 was displaced and goes to the heel of the order of busines.::. fixed for bills amending the Constitution.
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Under the order of the day the fullowing were read the third time:
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as
to create the new county of Treutlen.
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Mr. Stewart of Coffee called the previous question on the bill and pending amendments which call 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.
Leaves of absence were granted to Mr. Kimbrough of Harris; Mr. Anderson of Banks; Mr. Coleman of Laurens; and Mr. Oliver qf Quitman.
The hour of one o'clock p. m. having arrived. the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock a.m.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 10, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceeding were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 892 was withdrawn from the House.
The following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reports of standing committees.
3d. Reading of House and Senate bills favorablr reported a second time.
4th. Reading Senate Bills the first time.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Messrs. Crawley and Cooper of Ware-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the Cot~nty of Ware.
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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to provide for farm surveys to be made in Georgia in co-operation with the Department of Agriculture of the United States.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Ransom of Chattooga-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Menlo School District.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Shipp of PulaskiA bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By 'Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of 'Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a. new charter for the city of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Moore of Jeff DavisA bill to amenq an Act amending the Game and
Fish Laws. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
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By Messrs. Edmondson of Brooks, Fullbright of Burke, Dorough of Franklin, McCrory of Schley et al.
A bill to amend Section 135, of the Code of 1910, providing for permanent adoption of county unit rule in primary elections.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Cheney of CobbA resolution to make House Bill No. 90 a special
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By .Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA resolution to appropriate $15,000 for the sup-
port of the Penitentiary Department. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. The following Resolution was read and lost. 1
By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA resolution that the House meet at 9 o'clock a.
m. and adjourn at 1 o'clock p. m. beginning with Tuesday July 14th, 1914.
By Mr. Shipp of PulaskiA bill to provide for holding four terms a year the
Supreme Court of Pulaski County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA resolution for the relief of J. L. Wooten. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA resolution to make House Bill No. 755 a special
order. Referred to Committee on Rules. The following Resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Meaders of Oconee-
A resolution that when the house adjourns today that it stand adjourned until 11 o'clock a. m. Monday.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to amend Section 213, Volume 1, of the Code so as to authorize the Governor to have a new Great Seal of the State made.
A bill to provide for four terms a year of the Superior Court of Dooly County.
The following mes'Sage was received from the Senate, thrqugh Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit.:
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Chattahoochee County.
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to incorporate the town of Waverly Hall, in Harris County.
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 bills of the 'House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the Hduse with the recommendation that same do pass :
No. 789. By Williams and Culpepper, "Providing for State depository in city of Manchester in Meriwether County.'
No. 904. By Hendricks of Union, ''Providing for State depository in the town of Blairsville in the county of Union."
No. 844. By Moye of Johnson, ''Providing for
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State depository in the city of Wrightsville in the county of Johnson.''
No. 836. By Mr. Clements of Irwin, ''Providing for State depository in the town of Irwinsville in the county of Irwin.''
No. 942. By Cole and Miller, to increase the salary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, L. J. CooPER.
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 local 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. 929 to amend the Charter of the town of Chipley.
House Bill No. 780 to amend the Charter of the town of Tignall.
Respectfully submitted,
BuLLARD, Ohairman.
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 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. 209. To refund $50.00 to F. P. Rolen.
WHEATLEY, 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 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.
House Brii No. 128. A bill to prevent deception in the sale of paints, etc.
House Bill No. 919. A bill to aid in the prevention. of lockouts and strikes in any trade, manufacture or employment.
Respectfully submitted,
J os. McCARTHY, 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. 922. Do pass. H. N. RAINEY, JR., Chairman.
Mr. Simpson of Cherokee, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Highways have had
under consideration House Bill No. 9'49, and instruct me as their chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that it do not pass.
SIMPSON, Ohairman.
Mr. McWhorter, of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
The Pension Committee have had under consideration the following bills and reporf on same as indicated below :
Resolution No. 196. Do pass.
Resolution No. 212. Do not pass. W. P. McWHORTER, Chairman.
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Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
'!The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Act, to-wit:
No. 775. An Act to amend the charter of the c~ty of Augusta.
Respectfully submitted, W. F. DAviDsoN, Acting Ohairman.
The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time :
By Messrs. Booker and Green of 'VilkesA bill to prevent deception in the sale of paints.
By Messrs. Green and Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Tignall.
By Messrs. Williams and Culpepper of Meriwether-
A Bill to provide for a State Depository in the City of Manchester.
By Mr. Clements of Irwin-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Irwinville to the list of State Deposi tories.
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337
By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add the city of Wrightsville to the list of State Depositories.
By Mr. Hendricks of Union-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910,. so as to add the town of Blairsville to the list of State depositories.
By Mr. McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to aid in the prevention and settlement of strikes and lockouts in any trade, manufacture or employment.
By Mr. Perkins of HabershamA bill to prohibit hunting and killing of foxes. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to amend the several Acts creating the town of Chipley.
By Messrs. Cole of Bartow and Miller of Bibb-
A bill tq increase the salary of the Stenographer tOo the State Bank Examiner.
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA resolution to pay pension of J.D. Pulliam.
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The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Messrs. Pope of the 44th District and Olliff of the 4th District~
A bill to amend the constitution of the State relative to the terms of county officers.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Statesboro.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
.By Mr. Huie of the 35th District, et aL-
A bill to amend Section 5298, of the Code of 1910, relating to garnishments.
Mr. McCarthy of Chatham moved to refer the bill to the Com:nlittee on General Judiciary No. 2.
Mr. Moss of Cobb, moved as a substitute that the bill be referred to the Committee on Special J udici.ary.
The substitute to the motion was adopted. The motion by substitute prevailed and the bill was referred to the Committee on Special" Judiciary.
By Mr. NcNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend Section 213, of the Code of 1910, :so as to authorize a Great Seal of State to be made.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Rushin of the 14th District-
A bill to provide for holding four terms of the Superior Court of Dooly County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Under the special orders set for today the following resolutions were taken up.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the House and Senate to investigate the riot in Augusta during the street car strike.
On motion of Mr. Beck of Carroll the resolution was tabled.
By Mr. Nunnally of Floyd-
A resolution to provide a Great Seal for the State.
The resolution was read the third time.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the Resolution, the ayes were 114, nays 0.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional maJority was passed.
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By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A resolution to appoint a commission to sell or exchange the Governor's Mansion.
The resolution was read the third time.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the resolution be tabled.
On the motion to table the res'Olution the ayes were 120, nays 41.
The motion to table the resolution prevailed.
By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A resolution to pa:y W. T. Jones $100.00 reward for the capture of convict Andrew McCu11ough.
The resolution involving ,an 1appropr!iation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated as chairman, Mr. Greene of Houston.
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 favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
'.Dhe resolution involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
,
Adams, Pike,
Hardeman,
Nunnally,
Allen, Jackson,
Hardin,
Palmour,
1\llen, Pickens,
Harrell,
Parker,
Anderson, Murray, Hart,
Perkins,
Arnold, Henry,
Hayes,
Pharr,
Ballard,
Heath,
Pickett,
Blackburn,
Henderson,
Picquet,
Booker,
Hendrix,
R.agland,
Brinson,
Hines,
Rainey,
Brookshear,
Hollberg,
Ransom,
Bullard,
Holtzclaw,
Redwine,
Burney,
James,
Reese, Milton,
{~arlton,
. Johnson,
Reese, Thomas,
Carroll,
Jones, Coweta,
Reiser,
Carter, Appling, Jones, Lowndes,
Reynolds,
Carter, Stewart,
Kidd,
Rhodes,
Cheney,
Lane, Decatur,
Shadburn,
Clark,
Lane, Jasper,
Shipp,
Clements,
Ledbetter,
Simpson,
Cole,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Stlade,
Coleman, Calhoun, LeSueur,
Slater,
Collins,
Liles,
Smith, Fannin,
Connor,
Lipscomb,
Smit.h, Fulton,
Cooper,
Loyd,
Smith, Rabun,
Corn,
McCants,
Sparks,
Crawley,
McCarthy,
Spence, Carroll,
Culpepper, Clinch, McCrory,
Stewart, ~
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCurry,
Stone, Dawson,
Davidson,
McLendon,
Stone, Taliaferro,
Deadwyler,
McMichael,
Stovall, McDuffie,
Dorough,
McRae, Telfair,
Strickland,
Dorris,
McRae, Wilcox,
Suggs,
Edmondson,
/ MeWhorter,
Sumner,
Ellis,
Meaders, Oconee, Taylor, Laurens.
Evans,
Meadows, Wayne, Taylor, 'Vashington,
Thriss,
Melson,
Thompson,
Foster,
Methvin,
Tootle,
Fowler,
Middleton,
Tracy,
Glenn,
Moore,
Turner,
Greene, Houston, Moss,
Warren,
Griffin,
Moye,
Wheatley,
Hammack.
Nevil,
Whitaker,
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Wood, Twiggs,
Woods, Emanuel~
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Williams,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Fullbright,
Akin,
Garlington,
Allen, Glaseock,
Gower,
Anderson, Banks, Green, Wilkes,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Grimes,
Beck,
Harris,
Bell,
Herrington,
Bennett,
Hodges,
Cochran,
Hopkins,
Coleman, Laurens, Jackson,
Cook,
Keen,
Dean,
Kim!hrough,
DeVaughn,
Lee, Lee,
Dodd,
McCalla,
Duncan,
Miller,
Ennis,
Mills,
Estes,
Moon,
Field,
Myrick,
Neal, Olive, Oliver, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Panik, Berrien, Peacock,
Sheppard, Shuptrine, Smith, DeKalb, Spence, Mitchell, 'Stovall, Elbert, Swift, Wimberly, Wisdom, wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 129, nays 1. . The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 129, nays 1.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Crawley of Ware-
A resolution for the relief of M. J. Dolan and J. W. Seals.
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The resolution was read the third time.
Mr. Pickett of Terrell, called the previous ques-tion, which call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolu~on, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution, the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution to pay L. W. and C. S. Robert certain sums of money for surveying -certain county lines.
The resolution was read the third time.
This resolution, involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and Mr. Anderson of Murray was designated as chairman thereof.
The committee arose and reported, through their chairman, the resolution hack to the House, with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
The report of the committee, which was unfavor.:able to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
The resolution was lost.
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By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to appoint a new joint special committee of the House and Senate on cotton tare.
The resolution was read the third time.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the re.solution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 99, nays 0.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A resolution to refund $100 to the Covington and Oxford Street Railway Co.
The resolution was read the third time.
The resolution involving an aypropriatiorr, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Burney of Morgan as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and, through their chairman, reported the resolution back to the House, with the recommendation that the same do pass.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the res9lution, was' agreed to.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:
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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Jackson,
Griffin,
Allen, Pickens,
Hammack,
Anderson, Murray, Hiardeman,
Arnold, Henry,
Hardin,
Arnold, Oglethol'pe, Harrell,
Ballard,
Hart,
Bell,
Hayes,
Blackburn,
Heath,
Booker,
Henderson,
Brinson,
Hendrix,
Brookshear,
Herrington,
Bullard,
H[nes,
Burney,
Hodges,
Carlton,
Roll berg,
Carroll,
Hopkins,
Carter, Appling, James,
Carter, Stewart,
Johnson,
Cheney,
J'OIH~, Coweta,
Clark,
Jones, Lowndes,
Clements,
Lane, Decatur,
Cole,
Lane, Jasper,
Coleman, Calhoun, Ledbetter,
Oollins,
Lee, Lee,
Connor,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Cooper,
LeSueur,
Oorn,
Loyd,
Crawley,
McCants,
Culpepper, Clinch, McCrory,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McLendon,
Davidson,
McMichael,
DeVaughn,
McRae, Telfair,
Dodd,
McRae, Wilcox,
Dorough,
McWhorter,
Dorris,
Meaders, Oconee,
Edmondson,
Meadows, Wayne,
Ellis,
Melson,
Estes,
Middleton,
Evans,
Moon,
Field,
Moore,
Fowler,
Moss,
Fullbright,
Moye,
Glenn,
Nevil,
Greene, Houston, Nunnally,
Olive, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet,
Ra~land,
Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sh1pp, Simpson, S.lade, Slater,
Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Sparks, Stewart,
Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs,
Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams,
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Wisdom, Wohlwender,
Woods, Emanuel, Wood, Twiggs,.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Allen, .Glascock,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, .Akin, Anderson, Banks, Beck, Bennett, Cochran, Coleman, Laurens, Cook, Deadwyler, Dean, Duncan, Ennis, Frariss, Foster,
Garlington, Gower,
Green, Wilkes, Grimes, Harris, Holtzclaw, Jackson, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Liles, Lirscomb, McCalla, McCarthy, McCurry, Methvin, Millet, Mills,
Myrick, Neal, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill,. Peacock, Shad1lmm, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell,. Swift, Wimberly, wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 133, nays 2.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution, the ayes were133, nays 2.
The resolution, having received the .requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hayes of Stephens, Mr. Parks of Upson, Mr. Carter of Appling,.
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Mr. Burney of Morgan, Mr. Gower of Crisp, Mr~ Woods of Emanuel, Mr. Foster of Floyd, Mr. Jackson of White.
fJ.:he hour of one o'clock having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock, a. m., was called to order by the Speak-er pro tern., and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business for today 's session:
1st. Introduction of local bills.
2d. Reports of standing committees.
3d. Reading local bills, favorably reported, a sec<md time.
4th. Passage of local bills.
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 oQf the House, and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as follows:
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House Bill No. 939. Prescribing the manner of holding primary elections in Dodge County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 89.5. Empowering grand juries of this State to contract for and authorize audits of books and accounts of county officers. Do pass.
House Bill No. 838. Amending act creating board of commissioners for Charlton County. Do pass.
House Resolution No. 220. For relief of J. L. Shelton, D. F. Chapman and J. H. Peterman, securities on a bond. Do pas-s.
House Resolution No. 221. For relief of W. T. Cottingham and J. M. Dent, securities on bond. Do pass.
House Bill No. 883. Recommend be referred to Judiciary Committee No. 1.
WIMBERLY, Chairman.
The following bills, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Messrs. Booker and Green of Wilkes-
A bill to authorize the county authorities in the Toombs Circuit to pay certain court costs.
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By Mr. Reynolds of Charlton-
A bill to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Charlton County.
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The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed on their passage :
By Mr. Dorris of Douglas-
A bill to amend an Act providing for the killing <>f squirrels in certain counties.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A-bill to amend the several Acts creating the town of Chipley.
The report of the committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill fhe ayes were 120, nays 0.
T'he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
-By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
A bill to prohibit the hunting and killing of foxes -during certain seasons in certain counties.
_The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, :nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Soper-
ton:
'
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of Glenwood.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pas'Sed.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Soperton, relative to pu\>lic schools.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable t'o the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, havig received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to incorporate the town of West Green.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bi11, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
Tlhe bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to incorporate the town of Cobb.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Williams and Culpepper of Meriwether.
A bill to provide for a state depository in the . city of Manchester.
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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 amend Section 1249 of the Code of 19101 so as to add Irwinville to the list of State depositories.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Foster ~nd Nunnally of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act creating the ~ity court of
Floyd.
,
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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The following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed on its passage.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of The Southern Mutual Insurance Company.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120~ nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 723 and House Bill No. 955 were withdrawn from the House~ and House Bill No. 883 was withdrawn from the Committee on Counties and County Matters and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
Mr. Reese of Milton moved to adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the Speaker pro tern. announced the .House adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
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Atlanta, Ga., July 13, 1914.
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 Rev. H. R. DuBose.
By unanimous consent, the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 876 was recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No.2.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to amend Sections 80 and 111 of Volume 1 of the Civil Code of 1910, so as to change the time of electing State House officers members of the General Assembly, and county officers.
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, so as to add the town of Kingsland, in County of Camden, to the list of State depositories.
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910,
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so as to add the city of Dahlonega to the list of State depositories.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear, in and for the county of Pierce.
A bill to amend an Act to revise and consolidatethe severals Acts incorporating the city of Griffin.
The following message,was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions of the Senate, to-wit.:
A resolution to provide for celebrating a century of peace.
A resolution for the recognition of peace day in the. public schools of Georgia.
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 add the city of Springfield to the list of towns and cities to be designated as State depositories.
A bill to incorporate the town of Portal, in the county of Bulloch.
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Under House Resolution No. 216, the Senate returns to the House Senate Bill No. 184, being a bill to amend the Act to establish the City Court of Lexington, a similar House bill having passed at the last session.
By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees :
By Mr. Smith of DeKalbA bill to amend Section 147 of the Code of 1910,
relative to the punishment for burglary.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Arnold of Henry-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Henry.
Referred to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Swift, Wohlwender and Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to pay pensions to Confederate soldiers or their widows under certain circumstances.
. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Bartow.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to create an office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Madison..
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr.. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Madison.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Warren of TurnerA bill to incorporate the Henderson School Dis-
trict.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend Section 1065 of the Code of 1910, relative to the disposition of female convicts.
Referred to' the Committee on Penitentiary.
By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910,
so as to add the city of Camilla to the list of State
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depositories.
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Referred to the Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Lee of LeeA bill to amend the charter of the town of Smith-
ville. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Coleman and Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to amend the game and fish law, relative to hunter's license.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Griffin of LowndesA bill to appropriate $9,000 to the Confederate
Soldiers' Home of Georgia:
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffieA bill to amend. the charter of the town of Dear-
ing. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By r. Wright of Floyd.A bill to amend Section 381 of the Code of 1910,
relative to lewdness and tippling houses. Referred to General Judiciary Commntee No. 1.
By Mr. Hayes of StephensA bill to require persons prosecuting parties for
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boarding or illegal riding on trains to deposit the cost of court.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Stovall and Deadwyler of Elbert-
A bill to repeal an Act approved December 2, 1895, to amend an Act relative to the sale of intoxicating liquors in Elbert County.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.
By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State, relative to endorsers on notes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Stone of TaliaferroA bill to amend the charter of the city of Craw-
fordville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Methvin of DodgeA bill to make appropriations for the contingent
expenses of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the years 1914 and 1915.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Olive of RichmondA bill to require railroad and like corporations to
pay their employees at least twice per month.
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361
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
By Messrs. Wheatley and Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to legitimatize children born of a man and a virtuous unmarried female under certain circumstances.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By M-r. Akin of Glynn County-
A. bill to amend an Act amending Section 414 of the Code of 1910, relative to running freight trains on Sunday.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. Harris of Washington-
A resolution to make House Bi11 170 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
Mr. Blac_kburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules recommend that the following be established as the order of business for today's session in the order in which it appears in this report:
House Bill No. 755.
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House Bill No. 756. House Bill No. 900. House Bill No. 41. House Bill No. 90.
Respectfully submitted, R. B. BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee, which w:as favorable to the adoption of the order of business for today 's session, was agreed to.
The order of business for today 's session, as recommended qy the Rules Committee, was adopted.
Under the special order of business, the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed on their passage :
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether; Fullbright and Heath of Burke-
A bill to amend Section 2824, of the Code of 1910, relative to colleges and universities.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 111, nays 7.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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Ty Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to amend an ACt for the reviver of certain corporation charters.
The previous question was ca1led, which call was 'Sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to..
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were. 99, naye 1.
The h;Il having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Akin of Glynn and Liles of CamdenA bill to ced~ to the United States Government
'Certain marsh lands in Camden County.
The report of the ,:-ommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the paS'sage of the bill, the ayes were 94, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Garlington of Richmoncl-
A bill to require executions to be liens on land only in the county where recorded.
Mr. Fullbright called the previous question, which call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
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T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, w~s agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 104~ nays 2.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to authorize the Railroad Commission of' this State to abolish or safeguard grade crossings over the public highways of this State.
By unanimous consent, the session of the House was extended one hour, until 2 o'clock p. ll}.'
Mr. Davidson of Putnam moved the previous question on the bill and pending substitute, which motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the ('ommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
The following substitute was read:
Substitute House Bill No. 90.
Railroads.
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Rail road Commission of this State to abolish or safeguard grade crossings by railroads over the public highways of this, State;_ to prohibit the building of railways over public highways or public highways over railways in this State
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over, under or at grade, without the approval of the Railroad Commission; to provide for the method and payment of the expense of abolishing grade crossings, arid for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly I
of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that, whenever newc highways are to be constructed crossing railroads, or new railroads are to be constructed crossing existing highways, before the same is done, the point where such crossing shall be made and the manner of constructing the same, whether over, under or at grade, shall first be determined by the Railroad Commission of this State, and shall have been approved by that body.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby'empowered and authorized, on its own initiative or upon complaint, after due notice to the railway, county or municipality to be affected thereby, and after hearing, to require any company, cor- poration or person owning or operating a railroad in this State, to abolish or to safeguard, as it may deem proper, any grade crossing on any existing public highway in this State, when in the opinion of the Commission the public safety demands it, and to require in place thereof underpasses or bridges, if practi~able; and said Commission is hereby clothed with power and authority to determine and decide how many, if any, of said crossings shall be abolished or safeguarded by any one railroad during any year, and bridges or underpasses substituted.
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therefor. Said Railroad Commission is hereby further clothed with power and authority to abolish and reduce ~he number of crossings now in existence, and when necessary may locate and establish underpasses or bridges at other and different points. from where crossings are now located, and when a. crossing is abolished, or an underpass or bridge is~ ordered at a new point, it shall be the duty of the county or municipal authorities to adjust and locate the, public highway or highways so as to conform thereto.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the expenses of abolishing such gradecrossings and the building of such underpasses or bridges in place thereof, shall be borne by the railway alone, or the county or municipality alone, orby the railway and the cQunty or municipality to be affected .thereby, in such proportions as S'aid commission shall determine, taking into consideration all the facts and circumstances of each case, including the fact of the existence of such highways before the railroad running, across the same was built, orthe reverse thereof, as the case may be, and findingby the Commission on all questions involved shall be binding alike on the railroads and the county or municipal authorities.
Section 4. Be it further enacted by fhe authority aforesaid that all laws arid parts of laws. in con-. flict with this Act are hereby repealed.
On the adoption of the substitute, Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, called for the ayes and nays, which
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call was susta~ned; the call of the roll was ordered and the vote was as follows:
rrhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Akin, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Bullard, Burney, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Connor, Dodd, Ellis, Fowler,
F'ullbright, Glenn, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Hammack, Hardeman, Hart, Henderson, Holtzclaw, James, Loyd, McMichael, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Middleton, Miller, Moore,
Mos~,
Myrick, Neal, , Olive, Parker, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Reese, Milton, Shadburn, Shuptrine, S,lade, Smith, Fulton, Stone, Dawson, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Walton, Wright,.
T'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Evans,
Allen, Glascock,
Field,
Allen, Jackson,
Gower,
Arnold, Henry,
Griffin,
Bell,
Grimes,
Rrookshear,
Hardin,
Carroll,
Harrell,
Carter, Appling, Hayes,
Garter, Stewart,
Heath,
Coleman, Laurens, Hend~ix,
Collins,
Hines,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hodges,
Davidson,
Hollberg,
Deadwyler,
Hopkins,
DeVaughn,
J'aekson,
Dorough,
Johnson,
Estes,
Jones, Lowndes,
Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur,. Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson,. Liles, McCalla, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Meadows, Wayne, _Melson, Methvin,
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Mills, Moon, Moye, Nevil, Oliver, Palmour, Parks, Peacock, Picquet, R.agland, Rainey, Raneom, Redwine,
Reese, Thomas, ReisPr. Reynolds, Shipp, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, ,Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun,
"Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro,
Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, 1\IcDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Tho:npson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Whitaker, William;.;, Wood, Twiggs,
Those not Yoting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Pickens, Beck, Brinson, Carlton, Cochran, {'ook,. Cooper, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Dean, Dorris, Duncan,
Edmondson, Ennis, Frariss, Foster, Garling-ton, Harris, Herrington, Jones, Coweta, Keen, LeSueur, Lipscomb, MicCarthy, Me Lend on,
Nunnally, Paulk, Ben Hill, Perkins, Pharr, Rhodes, Sheppard, Slater, Spence, Mitehell, Suggs, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor. 'Vashington, Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 55, nays 88.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 55, nays 88.
'!Th.e substitute was lost.
On the passage of the bill, the aye13 were 27, nay~ 84.
The bill, having_ failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
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Leave of absence was granted Mr. Methvin of Dodge, Mr. Williams of Meriwether, and Mr. Parker of Liberty.
Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson moved that the House do now adjourn, which motion prevailed, and the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 1() o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 14, 1914.
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, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allell', Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Ogletho'rpe, Ballard, 'Beck, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, -carroll, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens,
Collins,
Griffin,
Connor,
Grimes,
Cook,
Hammack,
Cooper,
Hardeman,
Oorn,
Hardin,
Crawley,
Hanell,
Culpepper, Clinch, Harris,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hart,
Davidson,
Hayes,
Deadwyler,
Heath,
Dean,
Henderson,
DeVaughn,
Hendrix,
Dodd,
Herrington,
Dorough,
Hines,
Dorris,
Hodges,
Duncan,
ffiollberg,
Edmondson,
Holtzclaw,
Ellis,
Hopkins,
Ennis,
Jackson,
Estes,
James,
Evans,
Johnson,
Fariss,
Jones, Coweta,
Field,
Jones, Lowndes,
Foster,
Keen,
Fowler,
.Kidd,
Fullbright,
Kimbrough,
Garlington,
Lane, Decatur,
Glenn,
Lane, Jasper,
Gower,
Ledbetter,
Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,
Green, Wilkes,
Lee, Wilkinson,
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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCall&, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory; McCurry, 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, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Rlagland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, 'I'homas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadlburn, Sheppard,
Sh~pp,
Shnptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,
Smith, R&bun, 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, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Mr. Cheney of Cobb gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House Bill No. 90, which had
reference to grade crossings over railroads in this
State.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceeding was dispensed with.
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, chairman of the Special Committee on Civil and Criminal procedure
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in the courts of this State submitted the following report:
REPORT
OF THE
Commission on judicial Procedure
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATiVES OF THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA:
On August 16, 1913, the following resolution was
approved by the Governor:
"WHEREAs, The public interests require that the Civil and Criminal procedure now provided by law and followed in the courts of record! in this State, of both original and appellate jurisdiction, should be subjected to such wholesome revision and alteration as will tend to make the same more consonant with the spirit of our times, with a view to- the prevention of unnecessary and burdensome delays, in the administration of final justice between parties, litigant, and to the end that all litigation, contested and uncontested, may be advanced to final judgment as speedily as possible, with due regard to the rights of parties and the orderly administration of justice.
"Resolved, By the Senate of Georgia, the House concurring, That a Commission of seven be constituted, to consist of two members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President,
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three members of the House, to be appointed by the Speaker, and two citizens of this State skilled in knowledge of the law, to be appointed by the Governor, which Commission shall serve without compensation, and whose duties shall be to investigate and consider the subject of a general revision and alteration of the Civil and Criminal procedure now provided by law and followed in the courts of record in this State, of original as well as appellate jurisdiction, and report to the next session of the General Assembly, recommending or s~ggesting such legislation as will in the judgment of the Commission provide the best revised system of procedure in the aforesaid courts.''
Acts 1913, page 1302.
ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS OF THE CoMMISSION.
The members of the Commission appointed by the President of the Senate are Senator M. D. Irwin, of the Thirty-fourth District, and Senator 0. H. Elkins, of the Fifteenth District. The Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House are Representatives John P. Cheney, of the County of Cobb; H. W. Hopkins, of the County of Thomas, and N. F. Culpeppert of the County of Meriwether. The two citizens of the Commission appointed by the Governor are L. W. Branch, of the County of Brooks, and Andrew J. Cobb, of the County of Clarke.
Pursuant io a call issued to the members of the Commission by Senator M. D. Irwin a meeting of the Commission was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 29, 1913. The members of the Com-
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mission present were Senator M. D. Irwin, Representative John P. Cheney, L. W. Branch and Andrew J. Cobb. Andrew J. Cobb was elected chairman of the Commission. The various matters embraced within the scope of the resolution were referred to sub-committees of the Commission, appointed by the chairman, as authorized by it, and the Commission then adjourned subject to the call of the chairman.
Pursuant to a call issued by the chairma.n the Commission met on March 21, 1914, at Atlanta, Georgia. There were pi:esent Senators Irwin and Elkins, Representative Culpepper and Andrew J. Cobb. After discussion of sundry matters, which will be referred to in the report of the Commission, the Commission adjourned to meet again during the first week of the present session of the General Assembly.
GENERAL 0BSERVATIO~S.
The purpose for which this Commission was organized is set forth in the preamble to the resolution above quoted, and it is well to be noted that the revision of the laws to be suggested by the Commission is in the language of tlie preamble a "wholesome revision,'' the purpose being to make the system of procedure in .the courts consonant with the spirit of the present day, to prevent unnecessary and burdensome delays, and to advan.ce the final hearing of cases as speedily as possible, giving due regard to the rights of parties and the orderly administration of jpstice. It is wise that the General
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Assembly in this preamble has thus cautioned the Commission whiQh has been created under its authority that only a wholesome revision is desired, .and tliat. they must not on the one hand give way to extreme views of those who may be dissatisfied with that which is good in existing laws, nor on the other hand to fail to appreciate the necessity Qf revision where such necessity exists, either from the fact that the present law does not sufficiently guard the rights of parties or the orderly administration of justice. The mandate of the General Assembly to the Commission is, therefore, in effect that it is expected of it that it will report a revision which will ;not be so radical as to be .dangerous, nor on the other hand so conservative as to be useless. Having been by virtue of our appointment made reformers of the law, we must be impressed with the necessity of recognizing all that is good in existing law and not to do away with that which is good simply because it is old, as well as to realize that the law is and has always been a progressive science, and wise and salutary changes in the constHution of courts and procedure in cases are absolutely indispensable at different times as changed conditions confront the judicial department of the government in t~e discharge of the duties committed to it. We have, therefore, enrleavored in the consideration of the matters which have been brought before us by the resolution under which the 'commission was created to determine upon recommendations which are change~ in existing laws, but not so radical in their nature as to
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shock the wise and the conservative, but rather of such a character that should appeal to that class. While the resolution provides for a report '' recommending or suggesting such legislation as will in the iudgment of the Commission provide the best revised system of procedure in the aforesaid courts," and it might be said that the scope of the report should be limited to mere matter, of practic\ still in the judgment of the Commission it was impossible to report upon a revised system of pro-cedure without at the- S'ame time considering the judicial system in all its phases, and, therefore, the Commission has determined to make suggestions not merely as to matters of practice, but also as to the judicial system itself.
COURT OF LAST RESORT.
A court of last resort and final appeal having supervisory power of all subordinate courts, exercised either directly or indirectly, is a necessary part of a perfect judicial system. while this statement will be accepted without question, it is remarkable as a historical fact that from 1777 to 1845 the State of Georgia was without such a court. It iS' desirable if it is practicable that there should be one court of final resort in all cases, and if this is not practicable it is well to have a court of :final resort jn civil cases separate and distinct from the court of final resort in criminal cases. . The existence of two courts of final resort having jurisdiction in civil cases, with no connection with each other and no supervisory power by the one over the other,
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is an anomaly, and the existence of such a state of affairs can only be justified by a necessity. It was such a necessity that brought about, in 1906, the creation of the Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction in certain class of civil cases, and the only connection which that court in such cases has with the Supreme Court being the requirement of the constitution that it should follow as precedents the decisions of the Supreme Court.
It is not the purpose of this' Commission ito criticise the work of the Court of Appeals, for that work stands for itself, and it may be confidently asserted that the future reader of the reports of that court will be impressed with the fact that its judges displayed learning and ability in the opinions which are of record to test the capacity and qualifications of those who have occupied. the bench of this court. Neither is it the purpose of this Commission to criticise the General Assembly for the creation of this court, with its anomalous jurisdiction, nor those of the bar who were active participants in the movement for its' creation, but we do desire to call attention to the fact of the anomaly above referred to, and, in discharge of the duty which is imppsed upon us, to make suggestions which might relieve our system of this condition.
The Court of Appeals might with propriety be made a court of criminal appeals, and all civil jurisdiction now possessed by it referred to the Supreme Court, and all criminal jurisdiction now possessed by the Supreme Court referred to the Court of Appeals. This, however, cannot be done unless at the
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same time there is a provision made to relieve the Supreme Court from this increased burden. It would not be wise to increase the labors of that already overburdened court in this manner or in any other manner. The question, therefore, must be determined, What is the most satisfactory way of relieving the Supreme Court if its civil jurisdiction is increased in the manner above indicated t One suggestion that bas been made is that the civil jurisdiction of the Supreme Court might be limited by prescribing that only cases involving given amounts should be carried to the Supreme Court; another suggestion is that no case be carried t() that court until a writ of error bas been granted by one of its judges upon examination of the record. It has also been suggested that there might be a rule made by the Supreme Court, under authority of the General Assembly if that is necessary, requiring all records and briefs to be printed upon pain of dismissal of the writ of error if the same is not done in the time and manner prescribed by the rule. The objection, however, that bas been urged to these methods of relief is that the Supreme Court would then cease to be a court of last resort, except in special cases, and that the ~itigant whose interest was small or whose resources were limited would be without the right of appeal.
The Court of Appeals can be preserved as a distinct part of t?e judicial system as a court of criminal appeal, and the labors of the Supreme Court lessened in a way that will not call into exercise any of the methods above referred to. The Com-
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mission suggests as a solution of this matter that
a the Supreme Court be declared to be court of final
resort in all civil cases and that the Court of Appeals be the court of final resort in all criminal cases, and that the former shall have no criminal jurisdiction and the latter shall have no civil jurisdiction. At the same time that this change is made let it be provided that the Supreme Court shall continue as at present, composed of six justices, with the right to sit in divisions of three, such divisions to be appointed by the Chief Justice, and pro- . vide that at any time the Chief Justice may make up a division of the court or two divisions of the court if it is desirable to have two divisions sitting at the same time, composed of not less than one judge of the Supreme Court and not exceeding two judges of the Court of Appeals, and that judges of the Court of Appeals, when so assigned, shalJ have all of the dignity, power and authority of judges of the Supreme Court If the Supreme Court shall sit as in the court as a whole, then the ( hief Justice shall have the authority to designate one or more judges of the Court of Appeals to make the court a complete court of six justices. Under this plan three new working members of the court are provided for, and when the court sits in the divisions it has its full complement in each division of three judges, and when it sits as a court of the whole it has its full complement of six judges. This will enable the Supreme Court not only to relieve its_elf from the burden of the civil jurisdiction transferred to it
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from the Court of Appeals, but also to enable it
to utilize the assistance from the three added judges in other matters which now have to be disposed of ~ it. All cases going to both ofthe courts are now disposed of by the nine judges, and under this sug-
gestion the nine judges are still available for this purpose. But it has been said that the time is .arriving when there should be relief granted both
to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals on
.account of the increase of business before the two -courts. It is suggested that a method of relief might be provided by utilizing judges of 'the Superior
Court. If it is found that the divisions made up by the Chief Justice from members of the Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals are not sufficient in
number to dispose of the. business, the Chief Justice
might be authorized to make up divisions composed
of not less than one judge of the Supreme Court
and not more than two judges Qf the Superior
Court.
Enough has been said in reference to this sug-
gestion to enable any one interested in the subject to grasp the outline of the suggestion, and we do
not deem it necessary at this time to attempt to
work out the details until this suggestion has had full consideration by the General Assembly.
Another suggestion that has been made in ref-
erence to the two courts of last resort is that the number of judges of the Court of Appeals be in-
-creased and that that court be authorized to sit in divisions and dispose of all civil business of which it
has now jurisdiction, and also to increase in such
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way as may be feasible the civil jurisdiction of that court. When this is done the Supreme Court shall be given the right to review on certiorari the judgments of the Court of Appeals in civil cases. The authority to review by certiorari should not be given to litigants as a matter of right, but only in those cases where the Supreme Court, or a. justice of that court, thinks that the writ should be granted for the purpose of avoiding conflicts in decisions between that court and the Supreme Court.
We desire to submit as information to the General Assembly and the public the condition of affairs in these two courts in order' to emphasize the fact that it is important that the matter of relief of the two courts, and especially of the Supreme Court, should challenge the attention of the General Assembly at an early date.
When the Supreme .Court was increased from three to six justices, the highest annual return of cases in any one year up to that time was 778.
vVhen the Court of Appeals was established the highest return to the Supreme Court was 1,156.
Since the establishment of the Court of Appeals the average return to the Supreme Court has been 600, and to the Court of Appeals 785, an average return to the two courts of 1,385.
Four thousand cases brought to the Court of Appeals are classified as follows:
Civil Cases-Prom city courts, 1,880, about 46 per cent.; certioraris and appeals, 566, about 14 per cent.; all other civil cases, 65, about 1% per cent.; total 61 per cent.
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Criminal Cases-Felonies 399, about 10 per eent.; misdemeanors, 974, about 25 per cent.; municipal certioraris, 166, about 4 per cent.; total, 39 per cent.
Of misdemeanors, the affirmances are 549, about 60 per cent.; the reversals, 352, about 30 per cent.
Of felonies decided, the affirmances are 259, :about 70 per cent.; the reversals, 116, about 30 per -cent.
Of capital felonies decided by the Supreme Court for about the same period the affirmances are 208, about 82 per cent.; the reversals, 46, about 18 per cent.
On May 1, 1912, there were upon the dockets of the two reviewing courts undecided : Court of A ppeals, 260 cases; Supreme Court, 550 cases, a total of 810 cases.
An examination of the dockets of the two' courts has been made for the purpose of ascertaining the relative lengths of time elapsing from filing to dedsion of the most important classes of civil cases dealt with by the Court of Appeals, to-wit: damage suits and cases to which railroads and other public service corporations and insurance companies are
parties.
The total number examined in the Court of Appeals was 680 cases.
The average time from :filin~ to decision, six months and one week.
The total number examined in the Supreme Court was 414 cases.
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The average time from :filing to decision, twelve months and one week.
This difference in the time from filing to decision is largely due to two causes : The Supreme Court is still working under the old system of circuits and return terms, while each case is docketed as a "fast writ" in the Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court consists of six, the Court of Appeals of three, judges. The larger the body, the slower the decision, necessarily.
In order to emphasize the fact that there is a necessity for both relief o the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, and the further fact that the time is at hand when something should be done to relieve these courts, we call attention to the business pending before these courts from the October term, 1910, to the March ter~, 1914. The return of cases to the Supreme Court .during this period was as follows:
October term, 1910, civil, 303; criminal, 40; term, 343. March term, 1911, civil, 278; criminal, 27; term, 305. For year, 648.
October term, 1911, civil, 351; criminal, 36; term, 387. .March term, 1912, civil, 276; criminal, 30; term, 306. For year, 693.
October term, 1912, civil, 349; criminal, 33; term, 382. March term, 1913, civil, 239; criminal, 19; term, 258. For year, 640.
October term, 1913, civil, 455; criminal, 31; term, 486. March term, 1914, civil, 254; criminal, 28; term, 282. For year, 768.
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The yearly averages for the four years thus shown work out 626 civil cases, 61 criminal cases, and 687 for all kinds.
The docket for the March, 1914, term, will not close until July 4th, and it is estimated that 10 to 25 cases will be added to the 768 already recorded. The average return to the Supreme Court for the first three years listed above 660 cases, and returns for the fourth year already show 768 cases, and the docket not closed.
The civil docket for the October term, 1905 (which was probably the heaviest term before the establishment of the Court of Appeals'), contained 462 cases. This return included the classes of civil cases now handledby the Court of Appeals. Note that the last October term docket of the Supreme Court contained only 7 cases less, and that the Court of Appeals handled 237 civfl cases at that term.
During the same period the number of cases returned to the Court of Appeals were as follows:
October term, 1910, civil, 210; criminal, 137; term, 347. March term, 1911, civil, 241; criminal, 156; term, 397. For year, 744.
October term, 1911, civil, 210; criminal, 176; term, 386. March term, 1912, civil, 198; criminal, 177; term, 375. For year, 761.
October term, 1912, civil, 198; criminal, 124; term, 322. March term, 1913, civil, 269; criminal, 161; term, 430. For year, 752.
October term, 1913, civil, 237; criminal, 149;
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term, 386. March term, 1914, civil, 206; criminal, 138; term, 344. For year, 730.
The average annual return of the Court of Ap-
peals since its esta:blishment in 1907 has been 780
-cases; average return of the Supreme Court of the past four years, 660 cases, making the cases han-
dled annually by the two courts combined, 1,440
-cases. T'wo years ago the annual return of both was
1,385, showing the steady increase in litigation and the number of cases appealed.
The high-water mark in the Supreme Court prior to the establishment of th~ Court of Appeals was 1,156 cases, as against more than 1,500 cases returned to the two reviewing courts for the past year. At the present time there are pending for decision from the October, 1913, and March, 1914, terms: Supreme Court, 8 criminal cases, 438 civil cases; a total of 446. Court of Appeals, 67 criminal cases, 233 civil cases; a total of 300. In other words, the two courts now have submitted for review and decision 746 cases. In addition to the judgments and opinions pronounced in a very large number of cases which were brought over from the previous year, the t.wo courts have decided nearly 800 cases of the October, 1913, and March, 1914, terms, and there yet remain 746 cases to be disposed of. These cases must be decided by the opening of the March term, 1915.
In any complete and thorough revision of the
jurisdiction of these two courts, if it is determined to continue the Court of Appeals as a court both of
-criminal and civil jurisdiction, it would be necessary
to classify the different cases according to their
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character in determining which class of cases should . be earried to each court. As an illustration of the different character of cases which now go to the Supreme Court we take the 222 cases returnable to a recent March term of the court. The March term of the court always shows the lightest return of the year. T'hese cases can be classified as follows:
Per Cent. Actions for recovery of money________ 40 Actions involving land____________,____ 16
Equity cases ------------------------- 32 Cases originated in the Court of Ordi-
nary __________,_________________ _
Habeas corpus, mandamus,. quo warranto, and contempt cases------------ 5
Claim of illegality cases______________ _ () Divorce and alimony cases___________ _ 5
The percentage of each class of cases that go to the Supreme Court from time to time can be remotely approximated by reference to the statistics of this single t~"rm, and the division of cases between the two courts as to the character of the case will have to take into consideration the percentages above referred to in order to equalize the labor of the two courts and relieve the Supreme Court of the pressure that is now upon it.
What we have said in reference to the matter of the relief of these two courts, of course, are merely suggestions and made for the purpose of bringing the General Assembly and the profession to a thoughtful consideration of what is an absolute necessity and out of such consideration the evolving of a plan which will be complete and adequate.
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No persons can be better acquainted with the necessities of these two courts than the judges themselves. Their shoulders are closest to the burden, and they know more than a mere outsider could know in reference to the same. These judges being familiar not only with the conditions that exist, but also on account of their experience being well qualified to make suggestions as to what would be the proper remedy, we think that it would be wise for the General Assembly, by an appropriate resolution, to request ,the judges of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals jointly to submit to the next General Assembly a plan for the reorganization of these courts as to jurisdiction, in order that the relief which is absolutely indispensable should be obtained and the system improved and completed.
The judges of these courts have the ,privilege of their own motion to make suggestions of this character, but they might feel some embarrassment in reference to the subject, and if the General Assembly were to request this action on their part they would no doubt be glad to comply with it, and the General Assembly and the public would receive the benefit of their wisdom and experience in the working out of the problem with which we are now confronted;
TRIAL CouRTs.
The trial courts of superior jurisdiction under the present system are the Superior Court and city courts. There are now in existence more than seventy (70) city courts, each created by a sepa-
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rate act, and no two of these acts are identical in all particulars. There should be legislation providing uniformity in the practice and procedure in these courts, or the abolition of these courts and the jurisdiction transferred to courts which under the existing system are uniform in procedure and practice. There is necessity for a court in the different localities in the State to take care of the jurisdiction now exercised by the city courts, but it is suggested that this jurisdiction can be better cared for in other ways than by the seventy or more local acts which provide for the creation of these courts. The suggestion, therefore, is that it be provided that the Superior Court shall hold at least quarterly in each county, and that in each county where there is a city of population of 5,000 or more there shall be an additional judge of the Superior Court appointed for the circuit authorized to hold the superior courts as other judges of the superior courts are authorized, and the court to sit in divisions at the same time if ~the business of the county requires it. This would be simply changing the city court in such places into bran~hes of the Superior Court, and would give to the public the benefit of a judge qualified to be judge of the Superior Court, and the judge of the city court under the existing law would be eligible to appointment or election as judge of the Superior Court, with increased jur~sdiction, and in many instances the increased compensation flowing therefrom.
In those counties having no town or city of 5,000
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. population or more, if the business of the county cannot be d~sposed of by the judge of the Superior Court, county courts under the existing County Court Act could be established by the recommendation of the grand juries of the county. These county courts would relieve the Superior Court of jurisdiction of all civil cases involving $500.00 or less, and also trial of criminal cases where the offense charged is a misdemeanor.
It is not intended by this suggestion to limit the number of judges of the Superior Court to be appointed in the different circuits to one for every town of the population of 5,000 or more, but simply to provide that there shall be an additional judge
of the Superior Court in every county in the circuit
where there is a city of the population of 5,000 or more. That is to say, that in any county where there is a city court which, on account of the character of the business, would command the services of a judge who ought to be qualified to hold the office of judge of the Superior Court, there shall be instead of the City Court another branch of the Superior Court created for that county. In those counties where the City Court is presided over by a judge whose salary is really the salary of a county judge, then the business of that county should be dealt with by providing a County Court for the county instead of a City Court.
If the suggestions that have been made in this report as to the abolition of the city cour~s should not meet with favor and it should be deemed best to preserve these courts as they now exist as a part .
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of the judicial system, it is suggested that there should be a general law regulating the practice in city courts so as to make the same uniform throughout the State. We would, therefore, recommend that a resolution be passed authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission consisting of five judge~ of the city courts of this State charged with the duty of preparing a general law regulating the practice and procedure in the city courts of this State, and repealing all local laws on the subject of practice and procedure. It may be necessary in such an act to classify the city courts, but it is fea5ible to do this in some appropriate way.
TRIAL CouRTS OF INFERIOR JURISDICTION.
The courts of this class are the justices' courts and the courts of the notaries public, who are exofficio justices of the peace. V\re would not recommend at this time any change in reference to these courts in the smaller towns and the rural districts. In the larger cities municipal courts, taking the place of the justice court, of the character of those now in existence in the city of Atlanta and city of Macon, would seem to be desirable. Whether there should be in all cities a change from the justice court system, as now existing, to the municipal court system as it exists in the two cities above named, is a matter to be determined by local consideration.
CrvrL PROCEDURE.
It is suggested that the trial of civil cases in the different courts might be expedited by some whole~
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some changes, which will now be referred to. The right of trial by a jury in all civil eases is guaranteed by the Constitution. It bas been held, however, that it is not an unreasonable regulation to provide that a demand for trial by jury shall be entered 'Within a given time and in a given manner, and upon a failure so to do the act of the litigant shall be construed to be a waiver of trial by a jury. It is, therefore, suggested that legislation be had which shall provide that there shall be no trial by jury in any civil case except as hereinafter referred to unless the plaintiff in the petition or the defendant in the original answer shall demand such trial. But the judge should be given the right to refer any case to a jury that be sees proper to do so, provided that at the time assigned for trial there are juries present in court empaneled and qua1ifi.ed.
The Superior Court as a court of equity is open at all times for the transaction of such business as does not require the presence of a jury or which the law does not declare shall be only disposed of in term time. That is to say, as a court of equity the Superior Court can dispose of any business that it sees proper in vacation, unless there is a rule or statute which requires it to be transacted in term. The Superior Court as a court of law can transact no business in vacati.on, unless there is express authority to that effect given by the law. 1:1here seems to be no good reason why the court, both as a court of equity and a court of law, should not be open at all times for the pass1age of orders and decreeS! and the trial and determination of matters which
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do not require a jury or in which a jury has been waived, or which would be disposed of by the judge without a jury if the court were in term. It is .therefore suggested that legislation be had declaring that the Superior Court shall always be open for the transaction of any business which does not require the presence of a jury, or in which a jury has been waived, and that all judgments and decrees entered in vacation shall be as effective as if entered in term time. Of course, in the mat,ter of detail, if this system is adopted due care should be taken to provide for notices to parties when the court is proceeding in vacation to dispose of pending matters. There is already a statute in this State authorizing the judge to dispose of many matters in vacation upon ten days' notice, and the suggestion made is simply in the line of this change that has existed for some years, and to make complete the reform which was at the base of this legislation of the past.
In many of the acts creating city courts provision is made for a judgment or trial at the first term, and there seems to be no reason why this should not be .the case in the Superior Court. Certainly, in un: defended cases, where a judgment by default has been entered upon the docket at the first term, there seems to be no reason for delaying the final judgment for six months, or' three months, as the case may be, and it is suggested that legislation be had providing that in all undefended cases which are in default judgment may be rendered by the Superior Court at the first term of the case. If the case is defended the question as to whether there shall
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be a trial forced at the first term might be well left to the discretion of the presiding judge.
There does not seem to be any good reason why suits should not be instituted independently of terms. That is, that the petition be filed and process issued returnable within a given number of days, with the right of the defendant to file his answer and protect himself, making demand for trial by jury, etc., and authorizing judgments by default in vacation in undefended cases, and providing for trials of defended cases at tb~ term succeeding the filing of
the answer. As a part of this report we submit a
bill providing an addiHonal method of procedure along the lines indicated. It is not intended by this bill to abolish the present system, but simply to provide an additional system which may be used at the option of the plaintiff, giving to the plaintiff, bowever, the right to bring his suit under existing law returnable to the term as now provided. We would recommend legislation of the character indicated by this bill, and if experience should demonstrate that there is any merit in this additional procedure the present procedure recognizing terms will gradually disappear and the additional procedure will become the prevailing rule. If experience, however, should demonstrate that this additional procedure is not desirable it can be either repealed by the General Assembly or ignored by the profession.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
It is wise that in dealing with this phase of the matter we should keep constantly before our minds
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some of the striking features of the preamble of the resolution under which this Commission was organized, to which attention has been heretofore called. There have been so many changes in criminal procedure suggested which would have the effect to destroy the safeguards of both the public and the citizen which have been worked out in the wisdom and experience of the past. It is in reference to this branch of procedure that we so often hear the word "technicality" flippantly used by those who are impressed with the apparent injustice of a particular case and who would set aside in its essential .parts a system which was brought .about for the safeguarding of the liberty of the citizen. vVe are accustomed to lose sight of the fact that at one time the individual was completely at the mercy of the sovereign, and those rights of a person charged with crime, which are a part of our cons,titution and laws and popularly characterized as technicalities, are really, when properly understood and thoroughly appreciated, that which stands between. the citizen and popular oppression. It if> better that there should be a miscarriage of justice in a given case than that there should be a weakening of the safeguards, which would result in judgments and verdicts dictated by popular frenzy instead of the facts and circumstances of the case. However, we do not lose sight of the fact that in this' branch of the question under consideration we must recognize that the law is a progressive science and that changed conditions bring about the necessity for changes in matters of procedure, and that
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such changes should be made from time to time whenever they are consistent with a preservation of the principles of liberty. We do not desire to commit ourselves on the one hand to the proposition of a destruction of our established system of procedure, nor on the other hand do we desire to close our eyes to the fact that it may be that in some particulars in mere matters of procedure changes may be wise.
vVe would not recommend the abolition of the
grand jury, nor would we ~ecommend the abolition of the right to an indictment by the grand jury in felony cases, but we think that a change in the law authorizing the Solicitor-Genera:! to proceed by information in misdemeanor cases would 'be desirable. In the city court, as at present constituted, the solicitor of that court is authorized to proceed in misdemeanor cases by accusation, which is really another name for the information of the common law. Persons could be proceeded against for n:hderneanors at common law by information, and while we would not deprive the grand jury of the right to prefer indictments or presentments in misdemeanor cases, we do not think that a change in tho law authorizing an information as an additional
remedy wourd be such a radical departure as to bring about serious criticism.
The right of the accused in a criminal case to make a statemen.t not under oath seems to be peculiar to tlie law of this State. It had its orig.in in a statute passed shortly after the termination of the war between the States. In other jurisdictions
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where the injustice of not allowing the S:,Ccused to be heard on the stand was recognized, provision has been made for the accused to testify as a witness under the same ru1es and circumstances as other witnesses. This seems to be the rule in other States and is also the rule in the courts of the United States. We know that this matter has been a subject of discussion for a number of years, and there is a difference of opinion among members of the profession and the public as to whether our peculiar provision authorizing t:Qe statement not under oath is to be preferred to the more regular plan of the other jurisdictions of allowing the accused to be a witness. In abolishing the statement not under oath and requiring the accused to be a witness no substantial right of the accused which ought to be . preserved is interfered with, and the right of the public as represented by the prosecuting officer to be protected against the shrewdly framed statement made up of inadmissible evidence is subserved. It has no doubt been within the observation of every person who has ever beeli. observant in the trial of criminal cases that 'SOmetimes !the most adroit statement, either made or read from the stand has swept a jury off its feet, when if the prosecuting officer was only allowed to ask one or two direct questions on cross examination the whole structure would fall to pieces.
We would, therefore, recommend that there be such change in the law as to abolish the statement not under oath and allow the accused to be sworn as a witness, subject to cross examination, but pro-
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viding that if the accused does not offer himself as a witness such fact shall not be the subject of comiJ.!ent by the prosecuting officer.
Another matter which has been under discussion for a number of ye~rs is whether the State in ~riminal cases should not have in the empaneling of the jury an equal number of strikes with the accused. We are not prepared to recommend that this ~hange be made in the law, but we think it would be wise to take into consideration whether it would not be well to reduce the number of strikes now allowed both the State and the accused in felony -cases. Ten strikes by the accused and five by the State would' seem to be adequate as a safeguard and a protection against the prejudiced juror, against whom a successful attack of bias could not be made out.
There is certainly a change that should be made in reference to this subject of strikes in cases where one or more persons are prosecuted in the same indictment and are tried jointly. Under the existing law ea~h of the accused is entitled to twenty strikes, and it would seem that when they elected to be tried jointly they should not have any more strikes in the aggregate than if they had been tried singly, and if each of the accused desired to exercise the authority to challenge twenty jurors peremptorily they should be required to do this as an incident of their right to demand a severance and separate trial.
CouRTS oF ORDINARY.
We have also had under consideration the pro~edure in the courts of ordinary as courts of pro-
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bate. The suggestion has been made that the closing of administrations might be expedited if there was a procedure by which all persons having claims against the estate could pe required to :file their claims within a given time in the office of the Ordinary, giving to the legal representative, or any one interested in the estate, the opportunity to contest such claim, and providing for an appeal to the Superior Court from the decision of the Ordinary. A plan of this kind would be desirable, and it would be practicable where the creditors of the estate were known. In such a case provision could be made for notice to the creditors, either by personal service or by mail, in addition to the citation which is in accordance with the practice in such courts. The difficulty would be in having a plan by which an unknown creditor or a creditor whose residence was unknown would be bound by the proceeding. Due process of law would, of course, require a notice of some character. It may be that notice by publication would be sufficient as to creditors resident within the State, but as to creditors who reside beyond the limits of the .State their rights could not be adjudicated so as to conclude them when they had only the constructive notice arising from citation published in a gazette. Having encountered in considerir1g the subject this difficulty, we have determined to make no recommendation at this time in reference to this matter.
PRACTICE IN THE SuPREME CouRT.
\Yhen the Court of Appeals was established provision was made for the docketing of cases in the
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order in which the records were filed in the clerk's office, and not by circuits, as was the method in the Supreme Court. It was also provided that the court could at any time instruct the clerk when to close the docket for the term and to open the docket for the succeeding term. Under t.his plan the docketing by circuits was abolished, and the cases were heard in the order in which they reached the court,. which was not the case under the system of docketing by circuits. We suggest that this plan could be well applied to the method of docketing and hearing cases in the Supreme Court, and as this is a matter that is regulated entirely by statute, it is within the province of the General Assembly to make this change.
We have now in the practice before the courts of last resort two classes of writs of error-one called the ordinary writ of error, which is upon a bill of exceptions required to be ~ertified within thirty days, and the other known as the fast writ of error, which is a bill of exceptions required to be certified within twenty days. There seems to be no good reason for the existence in the practice of these two classes of writs of error, and we recommend that uniformity in the matter be secured by requiringall cases, either to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, to be carried to those courts in accordance with the statutes relating to fast writs of error. This change in the law and the change in the method of docketing cases in the Supreme Court would tend to expedite the hearing of cases in both the courts.
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CoNcLusiON.
The bill referred to in this report which has been drafted by the Commission providing for an additional method of civil procedure in the courts of original jurisdiction has been introduced in the Senate and is now pending before the Judiciary Committee of that body. For this reason copy of such bill is not filed with this report. We invoke the thoughtful consideration of the General Assembly to this bill and urge its passage, with such amendments and changes as may be dictated by the wisdom of the General Assembly.
We have not deemed it proper to submit bills other than the one above referred to, but the purpose of this report is largely to call attention to the different matters which have been discussed in order that consideration may be given to them, not only by the General Assembly, but by the profession and the public, and such of them as after consideration are deemed to be wise may be hereafter formulated into bills, to be introduced at the present or a subsequent session of the General Assembly.
We also especially call attention to the recom-
mendation in reference to obtaining the views of
the justices of the Supreme Court and the judges
of the Court of Appeals, on matters of changes in
the jurisdiction of these courts, so as to equalize
the lapor of the ~courts and bring about the relief
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to these courts that the present conditions imperatively require.
Respectfully submitted, ANDREW J. CoBB, Chairman.
July 6, 1914.
On motion of Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, theClerk of the House was instructed to have 1000 copies of the report printed for distribution among the members of the House and Senate; the Judges of the Supreme Court; the Judges of the Court of Appeals ; the Judges of the Superior Court; the Judges of the City and County Court and such others as may desire the report. The distribution is to be made by the State Librarian.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools for the city of Jefferson.
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 bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend the charter of town of Fairmount, in the county of Gordon.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
M1. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit.:
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A bill to amend the charter of the city of Swainsboro.
A bill to amend the charter of city of Bainbridge, so as to authorize the mayor and council to maintain a hospital.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Bainbridge.
A bill to amend the charter of town of Clermont.
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah to close a certain portion of River street.
A bill to repeal an Act providing for registration of voters in the city of Fort Gaines.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to close a part of Watters street.
A bill to incorporate the city of Aragon in the county of Polk.
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A bill to repeal the Act which amended the Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in the county of Greene.
A bill to amend the Act creating the office of CommissiOner of Roads and Revenues for Greene County.
The following resolutions were read and adopted:
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution congratulating Mr. Keen of Echols on the birth of his nineteenth child.
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether, Hopkins of Thomas and Cheney of Cobb-
A resolution to appoint five City Court Judges to formulate a general law for City Courts.
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether, Hopkins of Thomas and Cheney of Cobb-
A resolution to request certain J udg'es of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals to recommend the changes in the construction and laws relative to said courts.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were read the first time and were referred to Committees.
By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A bill to create a commission to revise the civil and criminal procedureof the State of Georgia.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Ledbetter of Polk and Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution to appoint a joint commission of the House to consider the lease or sale of the Governor's mansion.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of LaurensA bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Dorris of Dorough-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Douglasville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Meaders of Oconee and Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the filing of the returns of domestic and foreign corporations.
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Booker and Green of Wilk~s-
A bill to amend Section 4252, of the Code of 1910, relative to notes sued.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State relative to the debt of counties and cities.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Carter of Stewart-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Richland.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the working of public roads in Toombs County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as to provide for biennial sessions:
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Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Messrs. Smith and Field of DeKalbA bill to further provide for punishment of per-
sons convicted of robbery on the public highways. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Messrs. Jones and Hollberg of CowetaA bill to Amend an Act incorporating the city of
Newnan. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Wood and Bennett-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Logansville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. McMichael of MarionA bill to create a commission to sell the Gover-
nor's mansion.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.
By Mr. Sumner of Wmth-
A bill to reimburse C. W. Hillhouse of Worth County tor actual expenses on trip abroad relative to rural credit.
Referred to Com~ittee on Appropriations.
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By Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Eliza Mincey.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Under the order of reconsideration Mr. Cheney 'Of Cobb, moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House Bill No. 90, which relates to grade crossings over railroads in the State.
Mr. Pickett of T'errell moved the previous question on the motion to reconsider, which motion prevailed .and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 87, nays 45.
The motion to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House Bill No. 90, prevailed and the bill goes to the heel o the calendar.
Under th~ order of the report of standing committees the following reports were submitted:
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 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. 884. To authorize the Governor to appoint a
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fifth depository in the City of Atlanta and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
L. J. CooPER, 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 fo11owing local bill of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the .House with the recommendation t~at same do pass :
No. 915. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Gainesville.
No. 918. A bill to amend the charfer of the town of Colbert.
BuLLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the follow-. ing report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following resolution of the House with the recommendation that same do pass::
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House Resolution No. 209. To refund $50.00 to tax collector of Effingham County.
WHEATLEY, 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. 948. To create new charter for the city of Eastman.
House Bill No. 959. To create anew charter for
the city of Ellaville.
House Bill No. 921. To amend the charter of the -city of Guyton in E,ffingham County. -
Hous'e Bill No. 956. To amend the Act incorporating the town of Barwick.
House Bill No. 952. To amend the Acts establishing a new Charter for the town of Leesburg.
House Bill No. 944. To create new Charter for town of Oxford.
House Bill No. 941. To establish a new Charter Jor the town of Clarkston.
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House Bill No. 928. To incorporate the town of CeciL
Senate Bill No. 210. To amend the charter of Athens so as to change the time and manner of election of officers, etc.
Senate Bill no. 230. To amend the charter of the town of Cuthbert.
Senate Bill No. 211. To amend the Charter of Athens to authorize the mayor and Council to control slaughter houses.
PrcQ1JET, Chairman.
Mr. Adams of Hall County, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance 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. 860. A bill to make unlawful the sale of near beer and similar beverages in the county of Randolph, etc.
Also House Bill No. 987. A bill to repeal an Act approved Dec. 2d, 1895, to prohibit the sale of alcoholic,, spirituous or malt liquors in the County of Elbert for other purposes. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, AnAMs, Chairman.
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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 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. 923. By Cooper and Crawley of Ware. To be entitled an Act to provide a bookkeeper for the State Bank Examiner and to fix the salary therefor and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, CooPER, 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 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. 11. To grant inspections in certain cases. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 67. To define the term "investment companies.'' Do not pass.
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House Resolution No. 82. To grant relief to -Georgia against Ducktown Co. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 83. To amend Section 62 of Code. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 103. l.'o protect the purity of the ballot. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 127. To amend Section 1132 of Code. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 172. To prescribe salaries of the Judges Supreme Court. Do pass.
House Resolution No. 211. To sell part of State's property. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 345. To repeal Section 2877 by Code. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 568. To abolish term of Supreme
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Court. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 831. Amend Section 1131 of Code. Do pass.
House Bill No. 870. To provide how death sentence should be inflicted. Do not pass.
Eo. woHLWENDER, 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
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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:
House Bill No. 920. An Act to rearrange the Ocmulgee and Dublin Judicial Circuits.
Respectfully submitted,
WisDoM, Chairman.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Ohnirman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:
111r. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House No. 865 which was recommitted and reconsidered and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
KIMBROUGH of Harris.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
111r. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for deliveny to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit:
No. 692. An Act to add the city of Springfield to
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the list of cities and towns to be designated as State depositories.
No. 757. An Act to change the time of holding Chattahoochee Superior Court.
Respectfully submitted,
vV. T. DAVIDSON, Acting Chairman.
Under the order of reading bills and resolutions favorably reported, the second time, the following bills and resolutions were read.
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell et aL-
A bill to prescribe the salaries of the Judges of the :Supreme Court.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 1131, of the Code of 1910, relative to compensation of official court reporter.
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to make the sale of near beer in Randolph County unlawful.
By Mr. Smith of .Fulton-
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a fifth depository in the city of Atlanta.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Gainesville.
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By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Five Forks.
By Mr. Lee of 'Vilkinson-
A bill to rearrange the Ocmulgee and Dublin Judicial Circuits.
By Mr. Reiser of EffinghamA bill to amend the charter of the town of Guyton.
By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley of Ware-
A bill to provide a book-keeper for the State Bank Examiner.
By Mr. Paulk of BerrienA bill to reincorporate the town of Cecil.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Clarkston.
By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Oxford.
By Mr. Lee of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the town of Leesburg.
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By Messrs. Hodges. of Brooks and Reeser of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Barwick.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
By :Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Ellaville.
By Messrs. Stovall and Deadwyler of Elbert-
A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors in Elbert County.
By Messrs. Reiser of Effingham and Slater of Bryan-
A resolution to refund $50.00 to F. P. Rolm.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A resolution to donate certain portion of State property to the city of Atlanta for street purposes.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A resolution for the relief of W. T. Cottingham and J. M. Dent.
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By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA resolution for the relief of J. L. Shelton, D. F.
Chapman and J. H. Peterman.
The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time.
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By Mr. watts ofthe 11th District-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cuthbert.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens, relative to the control of slaughter houses.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens, Ga., relative to the election of certain city officers.
Under the Special order, recommended by the Rules Committee and adopted by the House, the following bills were taken up for consideration.
,By Messrs. Fullbright and Heath of Burke-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to create the office of County Prosecuting Attorney.
. By unanimous consent the bill went to the foot of the new counties calendar for further consideration.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A Bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to create the new county of Bacon.
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The following substitute was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph two of Section one, of Article 11, of the Constitution of this State as amended by the. ratification, by the qualified voters of this State of the Act approved July 19th 1904, and further amended by the ratification, by the quali~ed voters of this State of an am'endatory Act approved July 31st, 1906, 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, of Section 1, of 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, and further amended by the ratification by the qualified . voters of this State, of an amendatory Act approved July 31, 1906, to-wit.: by adding to said paragraph the following language: Provided, however, that in addition to the counties now provided for by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, there shall be a new county laid out from the counties of Appling, Pierce and Ware, that the name of said county shall be Bacon, and the boundaries shall be as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of the County of Appling, where it corners with Ware and Coffee Counties, being at the southwest corner of land lot 471 of the 5th District of Appling County, and running thence north along the dividing lines between
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the Counties of Appling and Coffee to the southwest corner of land lot 464 of the 5th District of Appling County; and running thence west along the original land line to the southwest corner of land lot 510 of the 5th District of Appling County where it corners with Coffee County; and running thence north.along the dividing line between the Counties of Appling and Coffee to the northwest corner of land lot 115 of the 2d District of Appling County where it corners with Jeff Davis County, and running thence east along the dividing line between Appling and Jeff Davis Counties to the northwest corner of land lot 108 in the 2d District of Appling County; thence running north along the dividing line of Appling and Jeff Davis Counties to the northwest corner of land lot 169 of the 2d District of Appling County; and thence east along the original land line to what is known as lhe Little Satilla River; and thence southeasterly along the middle thread of the Little Satilla River to a point where said river crosses the southern line of land lot 75 of the 4th District of Pierce County, and running thence west along the original land line to the northwest corner of land lot 76 in the 4th District of Pierce County; thence running south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 63 in the 4th District of Pierce County and running thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 30 in the 4th Dis-
trict of Pierce County; thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 31 of the 4th District of Pierce County; thence west along
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the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 16 in the 4th District of Pierce County; thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 15 in the 4th District of Pierce County; thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 38 in the 5th District of Pierce County; thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 36 in the 5th District of Pierce County; thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 57 in the 5th District of Pierce County; thence south along the original lot line to the southea-st corner of land lot 58 in the 5th District of Pierce County; thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 81 in the 5th District of Pierce .County; thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 80 in the 5th District of Pierce County; thence vVest along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 105 in the fifth District of Pierce County; thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 106 in the 5th District of Pierce County; thence west along the original land lines to the southeast corner of land lot 198 in the 5th District of Ware County; thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 199 in the 5th District of vVare County; thence west along the original land lines to the southwest corner of land lot 291 in the 5th Distr~ct of Ware County; thence north along the original land lines to the northwest corner of land lot 290 in the 5th District
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of Ware County; thence west along the original land line to the southwest corner of land lot 310 in the 5th District of Ware County; thence north the original land lines to the southwest corner of land lot 312
in the 5th District of \Vare County; thence vVest
along the original land lines to the southwest corner of land lot 471 to point and place of beginning.
SEc. 2. That Alma, Ga., shall be the County Site of said County; that the said county shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District and to the Waycross Judicial Circuit and to the Third Senatorial District. That all the legal voters residing in the limits of said County of Bacon, entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia, shall on the first Tuesday in January, 1915, at Alma, Ga., the County Site of said county, elect an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a County Surveyor, a County School Superintendent, and a County Treasurer. T'he limits of said County, the Congressional and Senatorial Districts and the Judicial Circuit to which it is added shall be as above designated until changed by law. The Superior Court of said County shall be held on the third Mondays in March and October.
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That when this proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two ~ thirds of the members ~lected to each of the Houses, and shall 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 pro-
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posed amendment to be advertised in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District, at least two months before the next general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1914; and he shall also provide for the submission of the proposed amendment at the said general electicn, and if said proposed amendment shall be ratified 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. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to submit said amendment to the legally qualified electors of said election in the following form: that those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets "In favor of ratification of the amendment to the Constitution, creating the County of Bacon, with Alma as the County Site,'' and those opposed to the ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed in their tickets, "Opposed to the ratification of the amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Bacon, with Alma as the County Site."
SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, By the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
The bill, involving an amendment to the Constitu-
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tion of the State, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Fowler,
Akin,
Glenn,
Allen, Glascock,
Gower,
Allen, Jackson,
Greene, Houston,
Allen, Pickens,
Griffin,
.Anderson, Banks, Grimes,
'Anderson, Murray, Hammack,
Arnold, Henry,
Hlardeman,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hart,
Bell,
Hayes,
Blackburn,
Hendrix,
Brinson,
Hodges,
Brookshear,
Hiollberg,
Bullard,
Hopkins,
Carlton,
Jackson,
Garter, Appling, James,
Carter, Stewart,
Johnson,
Cheney,
Jones, Lowndes,
Clark,
Keen,
Clements,
Kidd,
Coleman, Calhoun, Kimbrough,
Coleman, Laurens, Lane, Jasper,
Collins,
Ledbetter,
Connor,
Lee, Lee,
Cooper,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Oorn,
LeSueur,
Crawley,
Liles,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lipscomb,
Davidson,
Loyd,
Deadwyler,
McCalla,
DeVaughn,
McCants,
Dorris,
McCrory,
Duncan,
McCurry,
Edmondson,
McLendon,
Ellis,
McMichael,
Ennis,
McRae, Telfair,
Evans,
McRae, Wilcox,
Field,
.McWhorter,
Foster,
Meaders, Oconee,
Meadows, Wayne,
Melson,
Middleton,
J
Miller,
Mills,
Moon,
Moore,
Moss,
Moye,
Myrick,
'1
Neal,
Nevil,
Olive,
Oliver,
Palm our,
Peacock,
Perkins,
PhaJIT,
Pickett,
Picquet,
Rainey,
Ransom,
Reese, Milton,
Reese, Thomas~
Reiser,
Reynolds,
Rhodes,
Shadlburn,
Sheppard,
Shipp,
Shuptrine,
Simpson,
Slade,
Slater,
Smith, DeKalb,
Smith, Fannin,
Smith, Fulton,
Smith, Rabun,
Sparks,
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Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, St6vall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs,
Sumner,
Wheatley,
Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,
Taylor, Laurens. Wisdom,
Thompson,
\Vohlwender,
Tootle,
Wood, Twiggs,
Tracy,
Wood, Walton,
Turner,
Woods, Emanuel,
Warren,
Wright,
T'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams. Pike,
Dean,
Ballard,
Dodd,
Beck,
Dorough,
Bennett,
Thriss,
Booker,
l<ullbright,
Burney,
Garlington,
Carroll,
Green, Wilkes,
Cochran,
Hardin,
Cole,
Harrell,
.Culpepper, Meriwtr., Harris,
Heath, Henderson, Hines, Holtzclaw, Jones, Coweta, Lane, Decatur, Parks,
R~agland,
Redwine, Spence, Carroll,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Cook, Estes, Herrington, McCarthy,
Methvin, Nunnally, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Ayes 140, nays 31.
Paulk, Berrien, Swift, Whitaker, \\' illiams,
~rhe call of the roll was verified.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 140, nays 31.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote was passed by substitute.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Grimes of Miller.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton the House ndjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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425
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Wednesday, July 15, 1914.
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 and the reading of the Journal of yesterdays proceedings were dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Smith of Fulton, three hundred copies of House Bill No. 764 were ordered to be printed.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
lllr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to7 wit.:
A bill to amend the Constitution of this State so as to create the county of Candler.
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 city of Quitman.
The following mes:sage was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
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Mr. Speaker:
'l'he Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to change the meetings of the General Assembly from annual to biennial sessions.
A bill to amend and alter the charter of the city of Athens, to change the form of government and for other purposes.
The following resolutions were read and adopted.
By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of Bibb-
A resolution in relation to the Park revised and annotated Code of Georgia.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 689 was recommittea to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
By unanimous consent the following was established as tlie order of business during the thirty minutes of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading of Senate bills.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Readip.g of House bills, favorably reported,. the second time.
5th. Passage of local House b~lls and General House bills, having a local application.
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427
6th. Passage of local Senate bills and General Senate bills having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Evans of Screv~n-
A bill to provide for procedure in cases whcn) receivership is sought for any insurance company.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.
By Mr. Rainey of JacksonA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town vf
Nicholson. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Brinson of JenkinsA bill to amend the Game Laws. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to prevent the use of steel traps for the taking of wild animals or domestic aninials.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd and Mr. Smith of DeKalh--
A bill to fix the road tax in this State at not me--e than $4.00.
Referred to Committee on Countie& and Coun~y Matters.
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By Mr. Allen of Jackson-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 470 a Special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees.
By 1\Iessrs. Olliff of the 4th District and Mr. Pope of the 44th District-
A bill to change the meeting of the General Assembly to biennial sessions.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By .Mr. Olliff of 4th District-
, A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Kingsland to the list of State Depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Brinking.
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to amend the several Acts amending the charter of the city of Griffin.
Referred to Committee on Municiral Government.
By Mr. Moore of the 32d District-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 19101 so as to add the city of Dahlonega to the list of State depositories.
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429
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Taylor of the 3d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens, Ga., so as to change the form of government.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Stark of the 33d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Jefferson.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend Sections 80 and 111, of the Code of 1910, relative to holding elections for members of the General Ass~mbly.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Allen of the 20th DistrictA resolution for the recognition of Peace Day. Referred to Committee on Education.
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By Mr. Allen of the 20th District,.--
A resolution to provide for celebrating a century of Peace.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on appropriations have had under llonsideration the following bills and resolutions of the House of Representatives and instructed me as. their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 791. To establish a legislative reference department.
House Bill No. 924. To appropriate the sum of $5,000 for State Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
House Bill No. 758. To supplement the appropriation to State Normal School at Athens.
House Bill No. 97. For repairs to State Normal School at Athens $15,000.
House Bill No. 351. To supplement the appropriation for'Georgia School of Technology by substitute, $10,000.
House Resolution No. 171. To appropriate the sum of $10,000 for statues of Alexander Stevens and Crawford W. Long.
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431
House Resolution No. 200. To appropriate $150.0() to expense of School Book Investigating Committee~ Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 388. To appropriate $10,000 to. 5th District Agricultural SchooL Do not pass.
House Bill No. 911. To appropriate $6,000 to 4th District Agricultural School. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 573. To appropriate $10,000 to 9th District Agricultural School. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 943. To appropriate $5,000 t(} State Board of health. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 96. To appropriate $50,000 to. State Normal School at Athens. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 535. To refund to Downing Company $1,000. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 13. T'o appropriate $15,000 for Geological Survey. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 854. To appropriate $15,000 forTick Eradication. Do not pass.
House Resolution 117. To appropriate $1,300 to. Crankshaw Jewelry Co. Do not pass.
House Bill No: 689. To appropriate $6,000 minimum and additional funds to the Agricultural Schools be withdrawn from the Appropriations Committee and referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1.
CRAWFORD wHEATLEY. Chairman.
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Mr. Cooper of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:
M1. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking 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. 986. By Mr. Spence of Mitchell, an Act to amend Section 1249, Volume 1, of Code of 1910, so as to add city of Camilla in County of Mitchell to list of State depositories.
No. 909. By Mr. Cooper of vVare, an Act to amend Section 2817, Code of 1910, relative to the corporate powers and functions of trust companies.
Respectfully submitted,
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
111r. 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 recommenda, tion that same do pass as follows :
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433
House Bill No. 856. Do pass.
House Bill No. 960. Do pass.
House Bill No. 962. Do pass.
House Bill No. 968. Do pass. House Bill No. 887. Do pass.
House Bill No. 988. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 240. Do pass.
WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Railroads have had ~nder con-
sideration the following bills of the House, which are returned with the recommendation as indicated~ to-wit:
House Bill No. 397. Do pass. House Bill No. 738. Do pass. House Bill No. 946. Do pass. House Bill No. 849. Do pass. House Bill No. 783. Do pass. House Bill No. 192. Do not pass. House Bill No. 677. Do not pass. House Bill No. 743. Do not pass. House Bill No. 759. Do not pass.
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House bill No. 925. Do not pass. Most respectfully submitted, R. N. HoLTZCLAw, Chairman.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution submitted the following:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the llouse and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 977. An Act to amend Paragraph 5, Section 16, Article 6, of the Constitution. .
And that the following bills of the House do not pass:
House Bill No. 590. To amend the Constitution with reference to creating new counties.
House Bill No. 805. An Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 1, of the Constitution.
And that the following bill of the House do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 926 to amend the Constitution to provide representation for counties not now represented in the House and that the following bill of the Senate do pass.
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435
Senate Bill No. 115. to amend Section 2, of Paragraph 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution which fixes the terms of county officers.
MYRICK, 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 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. 970. By Mr. Warren of Turner, a bill to incorporate Henderson school district.
House Bill No. 945. By Mr. Beck of Carroll A bill to amend Section 1549 of the Code of Georgia.
Senate Bill No. 248. By Mr. Spinks of 38th District to order an election to vote bonds for school purposes in the town of Dallas, do pass.
Joint Resolution No. 43. By McGregor and Allen of 19th and 20th District, requesting the. State School Book Commission to investigate the advisability of adding Webster's Blue Back Speller ~o the curriculum of the -common school course of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMEs, Chairman.
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Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Fish and Game 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. 963. Do pass.
House Bill No. 947. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 853. Do not pass.
RAINEY, Chairman.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the fo1lowing report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the fo1Iowing House bills and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass:
House Bill No. 770. Bill to repeal Tax Equalization Act.
HOlise Bill No. 773. Bill to repeal Tax Equalization Act.
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437
House Bill No. 801. Bill to further Equalize Taxes.
House Bill No. 813. Bill to provide for election of State Tax Commissioner.
, House Bill No. 859. Bill to provide for taxation of bonds, notes and mortgages.
House Bill No. 867. Bill to amend Section 1018, of Code of 1910.
House Bill No. 890. Bill to tax notes, mortgages, fifas and indebtednesses.
House Bill No. 914. Bill to prohibit courts from rendering judgments on notes, mortgages, accounts and indebtedness unless stamped returned for taxes.
House Bill No. 992. Bill to amend Act of Aug, 17, 1906, regulating returns of corporations.
Your Committee further instruct me to report the following House bills with recommendation that same do pass by committee substitute.
House Bill No. 809. Bill to distribute Automobile tax.
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 l\Iunicipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the
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House and Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 232. To create a new charter for the city of Statesboro.
House Bill No. 980. To amend the charter of th,e town of Smithville.
House Bill No. 1001. To amend the charter of the town of Douglasville.
House Bill No. 999. To create a new charter of the town of Richland.
House Bill No. 985. To amend the Charter of the city of Crawfordville.
House Bill No. 990. To incorporate the town o~ Caldwell.
House Bill No. 981. To create a new charter of the town of Burton..
House Bill No. 140. To incorporate the town of Lakeview. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 714. To incorporate the town of LaGrange, Ga. Do not pass.
PICQUET, Chairman.
Under the orders of the day the following bill was read the third time and placed on its passage.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon- .
A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as to create the new county of Tate.
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439
Mr. Cole of Bartow moved the previous question, which motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable ' to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and ~he bill was lost.
Leave of absence were granted Mr. DeVaughan of Macon and Mr. Corn of Toombs.
Mr. Meadors of Oconee moved that the House do now adjurn, which mtion prevailed and the House .adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 16, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m.; wns culled to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 590, No. 890, No. 759 and No. 859, be placed on calendar for a second reading; and House Bill No. 512 to be recommitted to the Committee on Insurance.
By unanimous consent the following bill was taken up for the puropse of concurring in a Senate amendment thereto:
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to incorporate the town of waverly Hall.
The follo~ing amendment of the Senate was concurred in.
Amend bill by changing words as numbers 1914, to 1915, Section 10.
The following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
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441
2d. First reading of Senate Bills.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, a second time.
5th. Passage of local house bills and general house bills, having a local application.
6th. Passage of local Senate Bills and General Senate bills having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Akin of GlynnA bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruc-
tion in the County of Glynn.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act to provide a system of public schools for the city of Vidalia
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Messrs. Bullard of Campbell, Whitaker of Heard and Smith of Fulton-
. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to make the Worlds Almanac and encyclopedia legal evidence as to dates.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2~ By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Douglas.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Olive of Richmond-
A bill to provide for the examination of plumbers.
and to establish a board therefor.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor :Statistics.
By Messrs Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton.
A bill to amend an Act to stablish a new charter for the city of Atlanta adding new territory thereto.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government..
By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to repeal an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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443
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A bill to amend Section 6002, of the Code of 1910, relative to fees of justi~es of the peace.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Ben Hill.
Referre.d to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to make it lawful to take the testimony of witnesses residing beyond the jurisdiction of the State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Crawley of Ware..,.. A bill to amend an Act to authorize lenders of
money to take security therefor by mortgage, etc.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
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By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to appropriate $5,000 for the maintenanc3 of the Georiga Normal and Industrial College Rt Milledgeville.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to relieve justices of the peace and notaries Public from exhibiting their dockets to the Grand .Jury mqre than once each year.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 248, a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Blackburn of FultonA bill to amend Rule 92. Referred to Committee on Rules. The following bill of the Senate was read the fir.-;t
time and ordered to be engrossed.
By Mr. MeNeil of the 20th District-
A bill to provide for the establishment of Kindergartens in this State.
Referred to Engrossing Committee.
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445
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 to following Acts:
An Act to change the time of holding Chattahoochee Superior court Court and for other purposes.
An Act to add the city of Springfield to the list of cities and towns to be designated as State Depositories and for other purposes.
An Act to Amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to create the county of Barrow and for other purposes.
An Act to authorize the city council of Augusta to condemn certain property and for other purposes.
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 bill of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to provide for the establishment of Kintergardens as a part of the common school system of Georgia.
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Com-
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mittee on General Judiciary No.2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have l1ad 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:
No. 958. To regulate operation of slot machines. Do pass.
N9. 938. not pass.
To Amend Section 695, Code 1910. Do
Respectfully submitted, GowER, 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 Hous:e and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommenda~ion that same do pass as follows:
House Bill No. 984. An Act to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for the county of Henry. Do pass.
House Bill No. 991. An Act to amend Section (9)
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44j
1of the Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Toombs. Do pass.
House Bill No. 997. An Act to amend an Act providing for the working of the public roads and the building and repairing of bridges in Toombs County. Do pass.
WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have under
consideration the following Bills of the House and
Senate and have instructed me, as their chairman, to
report same ba~k with the following recommenda-
tions:
.
House Bill No. 589. To provide that insolvent
costs of the Solicitor of the City Court of Richmond
County shall be paid out of the fines and forfeitures.
Do not pass.
House Bill No. 419. Establishing the City Court of Marietta, in the County of Cobb. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 966. To provfde for holding four terms a yea.r for Superior Court of Pulaski County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 964. Abolishing the City Court of Pulaski County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 843. Repealing an Act creating
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the Board of County Commissioners of Pierce County. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 266. Amending an Act establishing the City Court of Blackshear, in and for the County of Pierce. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
WisDoM, Chairman.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:
No. 5. An Act to amend the Constitution so as to create the County of Candler.
No. 741. An Act to amend an Act pr:oviding a charter for the city of Swainsboro.
No. 761. An Act to amend the Act chartering the city of Bainbridge, so as to provide for the erection of a Hospital in said city.
No. 762. An Act to amend the Act chartering the city of Bainbridge, so as to authorize the repair of streets and sidewalks of said city.
~o. 769. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Clermont.
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No. 786. An Act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to close and abolish a certain portion of River street.
No. 806. An Act to repeal an Act proyiding for the registration of the qualified voters of the city of Fort Gaines.
No. 811. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Rome so as to close a part of Watters Street in said city.
Respectfully submitted,
w. T. DAVIDSON,
Acting Chairman.
The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time.
By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill for repairs at the State Normal School at Athens.
By Mr. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to appropriate $35,000 to the State School of Technology.
By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley of Ware-
A bill to amend Section 2697, of the' Code of 1910, relative to electric headlights for locomotives.
By Mr. Holtzclaw of HoustonA bill to repeal all existing laws relative to the
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operation and running of railroad trains over public. road crossings.
By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the State Normal &hool at Athens.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to amend Section 2632, of the Code of 1910, as to publication of schedules of freight rates.
By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to establish a Legislative Reference Department.
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to provide for the distribution of the automobile tax.
By Mr. Strickland of PierceA bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of
County Commissioners of Pierce County.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to repeal section 2624, of the Code of 1910, creating the office of attorney for the Railroad Commission.
By Mr. Miller of BibbA bill to authorize the County Board of Commis-
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451
sioners for Bibb County to issue and sell bonds for road purposes.
By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Board of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to levy a certain tax.
By Messrs. Cooper of Ware and Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to amend Section 2817, of the Code of 1910, relative to the corporate powers and functions of trust companies.
By Mr. Anderson of Banks'-
A bill to appropriate $5,000 for each of the years 1914 and 1915, for the maintenance of the Georgia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto.
By Mr. Shipp of PulaskiA bill to amend the constitution of the State so as
to give Bleckley and Wheeler a representative in the General Assembly.
By Mr. Myrick of ChathamA bill to prevent the manufacture, sale and giving
away of duplicate switch lock keys.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of MeriwetherA bill to regulate the operation of slot machines
and vending machines.
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By Messrs. Crawley and Cooper of Ware-
A Bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ware.
By Mr. Ransom of Chattooga-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Menlo School District.
By Mr. Moore of Jeff Davis-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Game and Fish Laws.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A Bille to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to provide the holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski County.
By Mr. Th?mpson of Madison-
A bill to create' the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of Madison.
By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State re~ lative to indorsers of notes, etc.
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By Mr. Lee of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the town of Smithville.
By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to establish a new Charter for the town of Bartow.
By Mr. Arnold of HenryA bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Com-
missioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Henry.
By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Crawfordville.
By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add the city of Camilla to the list of State Depositories.
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for the County of Madison.
By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of LaurensA bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell.
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By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the working of the public roads, etc., in the county of Toombs.
By Mr. Carter of Stewart-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Richland.
By Mr. Dorris of Dauglas-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Doug!asville.
By Messrs. Stovall of Ellberl and Fullbright .of Burke-
A resolution to select Hon. Alxeander H. Stephens and Dr. Crawford Long as suitable deceased persons to represent Georgia in the National Statuary Hall.
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A resolution to appropriate $150.00 to pay certain expenses of the school Book Investigating Committee.
The following House Bills: were read the third time and placed upon their passage.
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By Messrs. Green and Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Tignalls.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Reynolds of Charlton-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Act creating a Board of County Commissionrs for the County of Charlton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to :
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Wrightsville to the list of State depositories.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional maj?rity, was passed.
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to make unlawful the sale of near beer, etc., in the county of Randolph.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 7.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a :fifth depository in the city of Atlanta..
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150, nays 0.
'Dhe bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hendricks of Union-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Blairsville to the list of State depositories.
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The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson-
A bill to rearrange the Ocmulgee and Dublin Judicial Circuits.
r.vhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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 Messrs Field and Smith of DeKal~
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of
Clarkston.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 170, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Loyd of Newton-
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Oxford.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time :
'
. By Messrs. Bell of Clay and Pickett of Terrell-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so asto create the new county of Griggs.
Mr. Fullbright of Burke moved the previous question, 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 theo . bill was lost.
By Mr. Coleman of Ca~houn-
A bill to .amend the Constitution of the State so as to create the new county of Hansell.
Mr. Connor of Spalding moved the previous question, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordred.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to.
The bill was lost.
By Messrs. Fullbright and Heath of Burke-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as to abolish the office of Solicitor-General and creating the office of County Prosecuting Attorney.
Mr. Sheppard of Sumter moved that the time of debate oe extended one hour, which motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Stewart of Coffee; Mr. Allen of Pickens; Mr. Clarke. of McIntosh; Mr. Coleman of Calhoun; Mr. McRae of Wilcox; Mr. Strickland of Pierce; Mr. Anderson of Murray and Mr. Reese. of Thomas.
Tlhe hour of 1 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until to. morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1914.
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 can of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
The following resolution was read and adopted.
By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A resolution that when the House adjourns Saturday, it will adjourn to meet Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
The following invitation to visit the city of Athens on Saturday, July 25th, was read and accepted:
Messrs. J. F. Rhodes and Frank 0. Lipscomb, House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga~
Dear Sirs: The Athens Chamber of Commerce desire to give its annual entertainment to the Legislature and all its officers on Saturday, July 25th, and I desire to request that you issue the invitation and urge that all come.
Very truly,
ANDREW c. ERWIN'
Prest. Athens Chamber of Commerce.
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The following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.
3d. Reports of the standing committees.
4th. R.eading HouS'e and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of general bills, having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to a committee:
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalbA bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter
for the town of East Lake. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to allow county offix~ers to receive salaries.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Montgomery.
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Referred to Committee on Counti~:s and County Matters.
By Messr~. Sparks and Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to amend Code, Section 4968, of the Code of 1910, so as to provide remedy for disbarred attorney.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Spence of Carroll-
A bill to amend Section 946, of the Code of 1910, imposing a tax on pe.ddlers.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson
A bill to amend the game and fish law.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A Bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. McCurry of HartA resolution for the relief of L. H. Phillips. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
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By Messrs. Wimberly, Miller and Fowler of Bibb-
A resolution to provide for the purchase of an oil painting of the Honorable Augustus 0. Bacon to hang in the State Capitol.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Sheppard of SumterA resolution to make House Bill No. 39 a sp,ecial
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Evans of ScrevenA bill to amend an Act establishing the Insurance
Department.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
. A reso1ution Ito /make Senate Bill No. 112, a I
special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following Bill of the Senate was read the :first time and referred to a committee.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to confirm the action of the Commons Commissioners of the city of Columbus.
Hygiene and Sanitation.
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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanita~ tion.
The Speaker appointed the following members as committee on the part if the House, under the reso. lution relative to the Park Annotated Code.
Messrs. Wimberly of Bibb,
Griffin of Lowndes,
Henderson of Jones.
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 change the time of holding grand jury :sessions of Wilkes County Superior Court.
A bill to reincorporate the town of Fort Gaines.
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Irwinville to the list of State depositories.
The Senate haS' adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate Orville A. Park's revision ()f the Code of 1910.
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The following message was received from tlhe Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitu-. tional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit:
A bill to confirm the action of the Commons' Commissioners of the city of Columbus in donating tOo the city of Columbus, c'ertain property to be used for hospital purposes.
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. Z have had under consideration the following bills oi the house and instructed me as their chairman to report same back 'to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended.
No. 876. By Mr. Shepherd of Sumter, an Act tOo amend Section 2067, of the Code of 1910, so as- tOo change the salary of the clerk of the Comr. of Agriculture of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. CLEMENTs, Chairman.
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Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted 'the following report:
Mr. Speaker :
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitu tion 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 paS's:
House Bill No. 16. An Act to amend the Constitution so as to provide for a new county known as Evans County.
MYRICK, 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 same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 705. A bill to require the maintenance of sheds in the construction and repair of cars.
Also the following bill of the House with the re~ commendation that same do pass as amended.
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House Bill No. 613. A bill to prescribe the minimum number of employes to be used in the operation 1 of passenger trains in this State.
Respectfully submitted,
J os. McCARTHY, 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 haQ 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. 899. To create a new charter for the city of Rome. Do pass.
House Bill No. 903. To vest in the County Commissioners of the county of Floyd. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 846. To be entitled an Act to amend Section 79 of the Act creating a new charter . for Macon, approved Nov. 21st, 1893. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 226. To amend charter of Athens. Do pass.
PICQUET, 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 bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their Chair-man to report same back to the House with the re-commendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 879. House Hill No. 850. House Resolution No. 238. House Bill No. 1013. House Bill No. 399.
And the following do not pass. House Bill No. 592. House Resolution No. 236.
WHEATLEY, Chairman.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Fish and Game have had: under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same,
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back to th~ House with the recommendation that House Bill No. 1004 do pass.
RAINEY, Chairman.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb arose to a question of personal privilege relative to certain communications in certain newspapers in connection with the matter of the new county of Treutlen.
~e following bills and resolutions of the House, which were favorably reported, were read the second time.
By Messrs. Turner and Nevil of Bulloch and Parker of Liberty-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to create the new County of Evans.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to prescribe the minimum number of eml_J{oyees to operate passenger trains in this State.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to require the maintenance of sheds in the construction and repair of cars.
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to a:rnend Section 1898, of the Code of 1910, re]ative to owners of pilot boats.
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By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon.
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 2067, of the Code of 1910, relative to salary of the Clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
By Messrs. Foster, Wright and Nunnally of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Rome.
By Messrs. Foster, Wright and Nunnally of Floyd-
A bill to vest in Floyd County full and complete title to certain bridges in the city of Rome.
By Mr. Banison of JenkinsA bill to amend the Game Law.
By Messrs. Griffin and Jones of Lowndes-
A bill to appropriate $1,567.00 to pay fire insurance premiums due by the South Georgia State Normal College.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A bill to appropriate $7,500 to the. Chemical Department of the Department of Agriculture.
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By Mr. Hammack of Rando_lpb-
A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the State Board of Entomology for work on boll weevil and cotton wilt.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to appropriate $5,000 additional for the maintenance of the Georgia Normal and Indu.strial College at Milledgeville.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A resolution to appropriate $15,000 additional to the Prison Department.
By Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Eliza Mincy.
The following bills and resolutions of the' Senate, which were favorably reported were read the second time.
By Messers. Pope of the 44th District and Olliff of the 4th District-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to fix the term of County officers.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens so as to <lhange the form of government.
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By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Statesboro.
By Mr. Rushin of the 14th District-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Dooly.
By Mr. Spinks of the ;38th District-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council to hold a bond election for school purposes.
By Messrs. McGregor of the 19th District and Allen of the 20th District-
A resolution to request the State Board of Education to adopt the blue back speller as a text book.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to require the Clerks of Superior Courts in certain counties to keep books for recordation of maps, etc.
T'he following amendment proposed by the committee was read and adopted: "By striking out the words "9000 and not more than $20,000" whenever the same appears in the caption and in the bill and by substituting therefor the words '' 11,000 and not more than $13,000. ''
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski -
A bill to provide for the holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulas'ki County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill, hav~ng received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Camilla to the list of State Depositories.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 160~ nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill was taken up for consideration. By Messrs. Fu1lbright and Heath of Burke-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to create the office of County Prosecuting attorney.
By unanimous consent the bill was carried over until Tuesday, July 21st, to be taken up immediately after the completion of the order of unanimous consents.
Mr. Blacklburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have requested me as its Vice Chairman to recommend that the special order as fixed be postponed until Tuesday, July 21st, immediately after the expiration of the hour for unanimous consents. And further recommend that the following bills and resolutions be made a special and continuing order for today and continued until Tuesday, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 203.
House Bill No. 754.
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House Bill No. 373. House Bill No. 815. House Bill No. 824. House Bill No. 888. House Resolution 113. House Bill No. 791. House Bill No. 70. House Bill No. 273. House Bill No. 135. House Bill No. 47.
All of which is respectfully submitted, BLACKBURK, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee was agreed to.
. The order of busi'ness recommended by the Com-
mi~tee on Rules was adopted.
Under the order of business established byadapting the report of the Committee on Rules, the following Bills and resolutions were read the third time.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan and Glenn of Whitfield-
A resolution to provide for payment of balance of expenses of the House and Senate Committees whileon visit to convict camps.
The resolution involving an appropriation,' the-
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House was resolved into the committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Moss of Cobb, as the chairman tl;lereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution with the recommendation that same do pass.
The following amendments were read and adopted:
By adding to the last paragraph of said resolution and at the end of said paragraph the following words: That the sum of $3,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for purposes mentioned in said resolution.
By adding to the resolution the following: "That all bills for per diem and expenses of any other members of Committee or Committees of the House and Senate shall be paid out of the appropriation of said resolution.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agree~ to.
An appropriation being involved the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard, Beck,
Blackburn, Brinson, Brookshear,
Bullar~,
Burney, Carlton, Carroll,
Carter, Appling, _ Cheney,
Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Oollins, Connor, Cook,
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Cooper,
Johnson,
Crawley,
Jones, Coweta,
Culpepper, Clinch, , Jones, Lowndes,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Keen,
Davidson,
Kidd,
Deadwyler,
Kimbrough,
Dean,
Lane, Decatur,
Dodd,
Lane, Jasper,
Dorough,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Dorris,
LeSueur,
Duncan,
Lliles,
Ellis,
Lipscomb,
Evans,
Loyd,
Fariss,
McCants,
Field,
MJcCarthy,
Foster,
McCrory,
Fowler,
McCurry,
Fullbright,
McLendon,
Garlington,
McMichael,
Glenn,
McWhorter,
Gower,
Meadows, Wayne,
Greene, Houston, Melson,
Green, Wilkes,
Methvin,
Griffin,
Miller,
Harrell,
Mills,
Harris,
Moon,
Hart,
Myrick,
Hayes,
Neal,
Heath,
Nevil,
Henderson,
Oliver,
Herrington,
Palmour,
Hines,
Parks,
Hodges,
Paulk, Ben Hill,
Hollberg,
Paulk, Berrien,
Holtzclaw,
Peacock,
Hopkins,
Perkins,
Jackson,
Pharr,
James,
Pickett, R.agland., Rainey, Ransom, Reese, Miloon, Reiser, Rhodes, Rhadburn, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, S.lade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliafcrror Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, Me Duffie, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle, Turner, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wisdom, "IN ohlwender, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Mr. Speaker.
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens,
Anderson, MmTay, Bell, Bennett, Booker,
Carter, Stewart, Clark, CJements, Cochran,
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Coleman, Calhoun, Corn, DeVaughn, Edmondson, Ennis, Estes, Grimes, Hammack, Hardeman, Hardin, Hendrix, Lrol>ttter, Lee, Lee,
McCalla, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Middleton, Moore, Moss, Moye, Nunnally, Olive, Parker, Picquet, Redwine,
Ayes 133, nays 0.
Reese, Thomas,
Reynolds,
Sheppard,
Spence, Mitchell,
Stewart,
Strickland,
Swift,
.
T!iylor, W11shington,
Tracy,
Warren,
Wimberly,
Wood, Twiggs,
Wright,
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 133, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Messrs. McCarthy, Myrick and Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to provide for payment of actual necessary -expenses for bringing back fugitives from justice.
.The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 102, nays 9.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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479
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide for the judicial cognizance in certain conditions of proceedings for the condemnation of private property.
The following substitute proposed by the Committee was read and adopted.
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the judicial cognizance, in certain conditions, of proceedings for the condemnation of private property by the State or the United States for public purposes, and to prescribe rules for pro.: cedure in such cases, and for the service of notice upon persons interested or concerned, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by said authority as follows:
Section 1. whenever the State of Georgia or the United States shall desire to take or damage private property in pursuance of any law so authorizing, and shall find or believe that the title of the apparent or presumptive owner of such property is defective, doubtful, incomplete or in controversy; or that there are or may be persons unknown or non-resident who have or may have some claim or demand thereon, or some actual or contingent interest or estate therein; or that there are minors or persons under disability who are may be interested therein; or that there are taxes due or that should be paid thereon; or shall, for any reason, conclude that it is desirable to have a judicial ascertainment of any question connected
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with the matter; such government may, through any authorized representl;ltive, either in term time or vacation, petition the Superior Court of the county having jurisdiction, for a judgment in rem against said property, condemning the same to the use of the petitioner upon payment of just and adequate compensation therefor to the person or persons entitled to such payment.
Sec. 2. The petition shall set forth the facts showing the right to condemn; the property to be taken or damaged; the names and residences of the persons whose property or -rights are to be taken or other. wise affected, so far as known; shall describe th~ persons or classes of persons unknown, whose rights therein are to be excluded or otherwise affected; shall set forth such other facts as are necessary for a full understanding of the cause; and shall pray for such judgment of condemnation as may be proper and desired. If any of the persons referred to are minors or under disability, the fact shall be stated.
Sec. 3. T'he presiding judge may thereupon make an order requiring all persons concerned to appear at a time and place therein named, and make known their objections if any, their rights if any, their claims as to the value of the property or of their interest therein, and any other matters material to their respective rights, which day shall be as early as may be convenient, having due regard to the necessities of notice, and shall in said order give appropriate directions for such notice and the service thereof. It shall not be necessary to attach any
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other process to the petition except the order so made, and the cause shall proceed as in rem. All persons entitled to notes under the facts stated in the petition, who are sui jurie and within this State and within this state and whose residence is known, shall be served by the sheriff with a copy of the petitioit and as in other causes at law, unless such service be waived in writing. All other service shall be made in the method pointed out by the Act of the General Assembly, approved December 18th, 1894, providing a method for condemning property, and all persons so served shall be deemed parties to the cause; but in any cases where it shall seem to the presiding judge to be in the interest of justice and of more effective notice, to cause additional notice or service, it shall be within his discretion to so order, and, in such case, the additional notice and service shall be made as ordered, before the cause proceeds to final haring. In cases where any taxes are alleged or supposed to be due or unpaid, the order shall direct that a separate notice to that effect be given the proper tax collector.
Sec. 4. On the day named in the rule, or at any other time to which the hearing may be continued, the court, having :first passed on and adjudged all questions touching service and notice, shall, after hearing from all persons responding and desiring to be heard, make such order as to the appointment of assessors as shall conform most nearly to the provisions of the said Act of 1894 and give all persons interested equal rights in the sel-ection thereof.
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But if, by reason of conflicting interests or otherwise, such equality of right can not be preserved, the judge presiding shall himself make such order on the subject as shall secure a fair and impartial assessment, or may, in his discretion, order the issue tried in the first instance by a jury. In any event it shall be within the power of the court to hear said cause as speedily as may be consistent with justice and due process of law, and, if necessary, at the term at which it is filed, or the first term after filing. In case ass'essors are appointed, the same right of appeal shall lie from their award to a jury in said Court, as is given in said Act of 1894, to the Superior Court, and upon like terms and conditions in all respects as are in said Act provided.
Sec. 5. The award or verdict, as the case may be, shall have respect, either to the entire and unencumbered fee, or to any separate claim against the property or interest therein, as may be ordered, and may be molded under the direction of the Court so as to do complete justice and avoid confusion of interest; and it shall be within the power of the Court, upon payment of the award or verdict into the registry of
the Court, to adjudge a condemnation of the title in
fee simple, and give such direction as to the disposition of the fund as shall be proper according to the rights of the several respondents', causing such pleadings to be filed and such issues made up as shall be appropriate for an ascertainment and determination of such rights.
Sec. 6. All question of law arising upon the plead-
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ing~ or in any other way arising from the cause may be passed on by the presiding judge, who may from time to time, in term of vacation, make such orders and give such directions as are necessary to speed the cause, and as may be consistent with justice and due process of law; but no trial shal1 be had except in open court.
Sec. 7. No provision contained in this Act in reference to any rule or order, or time for responding thereto, shall be held or construed to exclude any person, as way of defauat, 'rom maMng known his rights or claims in the property or in the fund arising therefrom.
Any such person claiming an interest or any right" therein may file appropriate pleadings or intervention at any time before verdict or award, and be fully heard thereon. And if any person, after judgment of condemnation, shall desire to come in and he heard on any claim to the fund or to any interest therein, he shall be allowed to do so. But after condemnation is had and the fund paid into th~ registry of the Court, the petitioner shall not be concerned with or affected by any subsequent proceedings unless upon appeal against it as herein allowed.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of any tax collector, notified as herein required, to make known to the Court in writing the taxes due on the property and the court shall give. such direction as will satisfy the same and discharge the lien thereof.
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Sec. 9. This act shall not be construed as repealing the said Act of December 18th, 1894, prescribing a method of proceedure for the condemnation of private property, but as supplementary thereto and cumulative thereof in cases in which the State or the United States is concerned, and as intended to make simpler and more effective the method of con~ demnation in those cases where conflicting interests or 'doubtful questions render a judicial supervision of tlie proceedure desirable. In all particulars not otherwise herein specially provided for, the court shall 'conform its proceedure as nearly as may be to the provisions of the said act, and the same shall remain of force. All other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was. agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ tional majority, was passed by substitute.
By Messrs. Fullbright of Burke and Smith of Ful~ ton-
A bill to supplement the existing appropriation for printing reports of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
The bill involving an appropriation the House
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485
was resolved into the committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. W ohlwender of Muscogee as chairman thereof.
The committee arose and through their chairman reported the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
An appropriation being involved the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Evans,
Arnold, Henry,
Fariss,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Field,
Ballard,
Foster,
Blackburn,
Fowler,
Brinson,
Fullbright,
Brookshear,
Gower,
Bullard,
Glenn,
Burney,
Greene, Houston,
Carlton,
Gtiffin,
Carroll,
Hammack,
Carter, Stewart,
Hardin,
Cheney,
Harrell,
Cole,.
Harris,
Coleman, Laurens, Hart,
Connor,
Heath,
Cook,
Henderson,
Co()lper,
Hines,
Crawley,
Hodges,
Culpepper, Clinc.h, Hollberg,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jackson,
Davjdson,
.Tames,
Deadwyler,
Johnson,
Dean,
.Jones, Coweta,
Dodd,
.Jones, Lowndes,
Dorough,
Keen,
Dorris,
Kimbrough,
Duncan,
Lane, Jasper,
Ellis,
Ledbetter,
Lee, Wilkinson, Lipscomb, Loyd, :McCants, McCarthy, McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, l\IcWhorter, Meadows, Wayne, Miller, Moon, Moss, Nevil, Olive. Oliver, Palm our, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien; Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Ragland, Ransom, Ret'Se, Milton, Reiser,
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Rhodes, , Shadburn, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,
Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spehce, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro,
Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle,
Turner, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, W ohlwender, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Carter, Appling, Oollins,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Booker, Clark, Clements, Cochran, Coleman, Calhoun, O>rn, DeVaughn, Edmondson, Ennis, Estes, Garlington, Green, Wilkes,
Grimes,
Hardeman, Hayes, Hendrix, Herrington, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, LeSueur, Liles, McCalla, McCrory, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Mills, Moore, Moye,
Myrick,
Neal, Nunnally, Parker, Picquet, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Warren, Wisdom, W <;md, Twiggs,
Ayes 114, nays 2. The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitu, tional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Parker of Liberty and .Slater of Bryan-
A bill to amend Section 75, of the Code of 1910, relative to County Courts.
Mr. Greene of Houston moved the previous question, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The reports of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 73, nays 28.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
By Messrs. Fullbright of Burke and Greene of Houston-
A bill to authorize the city of Chattanooga to build a sewer through the property of the State in that city.
The following amendment proposed by the committee was read and adopted.
''Amend Section 2 by adding at the end, the Gov-
ernor bond
is to
further protect
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 115, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pasS'ed as amended.
By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-
A resolution for the relief of R. L. Graham.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 94, nays 7.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was paS'sed.
t
By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to establish a Legislative reference Department.
The substitute of the committee was adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. MeWhorter of Greene; Mr. HopkinS' of Thomas; Mr. Anderson of
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489
Banks; Mr. Perkins of Habersham; Mr. Simpson of Cherokee; Mr. Adams of Hall; Mr. Burney of Morgan; Mr. Oliver of Quitman, Mr. Brinson of Jenkins.
On motion of Mr. Culpepper of Merriwether the
House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 18, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m.; was called to order by the Speaker pro tern. and was opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent, the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed wit.h.
The following was established as the order of business for todays session:
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Consideration of local House bills with Senate amendments.
3d. Passage of local House bills.
4th. Passage of local Senate bills.
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 amend the charter of the City of Rome so as to close a part of Watters street, and for other purposes.
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491
An Act to amend the Constitution of this State so as to create the county of Candler and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of swainsboro, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Bainbridge and for other purposes.
An Act to amend "an Act incorporating the town of clermont,'' so as to decrease the territorial limits of said town and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the Charter of the city of Bainbridge so as to authorize the mayor and council to erect and maintain a hospital for said city and for other purposes.
An Act to authorize the mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah to close a certain portion of River Street, and for other purposes.
\
An Act to repeal an Act providing for the regis-
tration of voters in the city of Fort Gaines, and for
other purposes.
The following bills were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Mr. Methvin of DodgeA bill to amend an Act to create a new charter
for the city of IDastman.
Referred to Committee on Mu.nicipal Government.
By Mr. Methvin of DodgeA bill to void deeds of conveyance in certain cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
Ey Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A l,iJl to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. McLendon of EarlyA bill to change the name of the town of Kestler. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. The following bills of the Mouse were taken up for
concurrence in Senate amendments thereto.
By Mr. Neal of Gordon-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Fairmount.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
"Amend by striking the words "three-fourths'
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493
whenever they occur and inserting in lieu thereof 'one-half' "
By Messrs. Edmondson and Hodges of Brooks-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Quitman.
The Senate substitute was read and concurred in:
House Bill No. 782. Amend by striking all after the caption and substituting and inserting in lieu of the stricken portion the following:
Section 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is )1ereby enacted by authority of the same, That the charter of the city of Quitman, in the county of Brooks, in the State of Georgia, said Charter :being contained in the Act of the General Assembly of this State approved August 23d, 1905, (published in Georgia Laws 1905, Pages 1060 et sequitur) entitled ''An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Quitman in the County of Brooks, State of Georgia; >to cre~te a fuew oharter and municipal government for said corporation; declare the rights and powers of same; and for other purposes," and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be amended by adding to said above recited Act on August 23d, 1905, a new section immediately following section twenty-three thereof to be known as Section 23-A, which shall read as follows: Section 23-A: Be it further enacted that said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect a tax annually, in addition to that provided for
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in Section twenty-three of this Charter, upon the taxable property of said city, not to exceed four mills, ad valorem, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining public schools in said city, and the authority here given to levy this tax of not exceeding four mills shall be inclusive of all previous grants of power conferred upon said city, or the authorities thereof, to levy tax for the purpose of establishing and maintaining schools in said city. The mayor and council of said city of Quitman shall cause the money derived from the proceeds to the tax levy provided for in this Section to be paid over to the Board of Education of said city to be administered by said Board in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly establishing a system of public schools in said city of Quitman, approved December 26th, 1888, and the several Acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereof."
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate authorities of said municipal corporation having recommended that the powers herein conferred be granted, this Act shall go into effect whenever the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said municipal corporation of the city of Quitman and approved by the voters of said city in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of this State relating to the establishment and maintenance of public schools in municipalitieS' by local taxation. Not earlier than twenty days nor later than forty days after tl1e passage of this Act and the approval there-
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of by the Governor, the municipal authorities of said city shall ca1l an election for the determination of whether this Act shall go into effect and said tax belevied. Notice of such election and the time of holding same shall be published in a newspaper in said city at least once a week for two weeks before the election; and those favoring local taxation for public schools in said city as provided for herein and voting favorably to this Act going into effect shall have written or printed on their ballot the words ''For increased power of local taxation f.or public schools,'' and those opposed shall have written or printed on their ballot, the words, ''Against increased power of local taxation for public schools.',. Returns of such election shall be made to the Mayor and Council of said city, who shall declare the result. Said election shall be held under the general rules, so far as may be applicable, forthe general elections held in said city. If two-thirds of those voting at said election vote favorably to this. Act going into effect as said election in accordance with the manner prescribed above, then this Act shall become immediately effective; otherwise it shall not~
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.
Ey Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Dodge County.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ,ayes were 119, nayS' 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu-. tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Gainesville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Reiser of Effingham-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Guyton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Paulk of BerrienA bill to reincorporate the town of Cecil.
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497
The report 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. Carroll of Casoosa-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize the Board of County Commissioners to levy a certain tax.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pasS'age of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 116, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Hodges of Brooks and Reese of Thomas.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Barwick.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 114-, nays 0.
Tlb.e bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Lee of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the town of Leesburg.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage. of the bill, the ayes were 116, nays 0.
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499
The bill having received the requisite constitutional maj'ority, was passed.
By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Ellaville.
The report 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 Messrs Crawley and Cooper of Ware-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Ware.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the. bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Lee of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the town of Smithville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable . to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Crawfordville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Madison.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu-
tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Sparks of ToombsA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com- .
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501
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Toombs County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable , to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of Laurens-
A bill to incorporate the t6wn of Cadwell.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pas"sage of the bill, the ayes were 110, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Carter of Stewart-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Richland.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Hardeman of J e:fferson-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Bartow.
The report of the committee, which was favorableto the passage of the bill, was agreed to. '
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130,. nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu, tiorial majority was passid.
By Mr. Arnold of Henry-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of Henry.
The report of the committee, which was favarable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107~ nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ransom of Chattooga-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Menlo School District.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bi1l the ayes were 110~ nays 0.
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503
l3y Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to provide for the working of the public roads and the building and repairing bridges in 'Toombs County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bi~l 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. Stovall and Deadwyler of Elbert-
A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale of .alcoholic liquors in El1bert County.
The report of the committee, whi.ch 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. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of .Roads and Revenues for the county of Madis~n.
The following amendment was read and adopted: .Amend by adding the following, "Provided that this Act shall not go into effect until ratified by a majority of the legal voters of said county at the ele<i-
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tion to be held on the 19th, day of August 1914. The county authorities shal1 have added to the ballots for State House officers used in said county or have tickets prepared, upon which shall be plainly written or printed the words "For ratification and "Against Ratification," and if a majority of the votes cast shall be for. ratification thenthis Act to be of force and effect. If a majority of the votes cast be "Against ratification, then this Act to be void and of non-effect.
T'he report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117~ nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to repeal the charter of the town of Five Forks.
The following amendments by the committee were read and adopted. "Amend Section 28, line 7, so.. as to read thirty (30) cents instead of Fifty (50) cents.
Amend line of Section 37 by striking the sentence commencing with the words, "The Mayor" and ending with the words ''measures'' on page 22 of the original bill.
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Amends by striking sections 44, 45, 46, and 47, in their entirety.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the' requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Dorris of Douglas-
A bill to amend the charter of Douglasville.
r.Dhe report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0.
The bill having received the requitite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following local bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens, Ga., relative to election of officers.
The report 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.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the Charter of Athens, Ga., relative to slaughter houses.
The report 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. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend the Charter of the city of Quitman.
The report 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.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. DuBose of the 30th District-
A bill to amend the charter of Athens so as to change the form of government.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bil1, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118,. nays 0.
The biil, having 'received the requisite constitu-tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Spinks of the 38th Distri~t-
A bill to authorize the town of Dallas to hold an election for school bonds.
The report of the committee, which was favorable. to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of .the ~ilJ the ayes werellO,. nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu-. tional majority was passed.
Leave of absence was granted JMr. McCall of" Rockdale.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, the House. adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 20th, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 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 and the reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, the following bill of the House, passed on Saturday, was again taken up.
By Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson-
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of - Bartow.
Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson moved that the House reconsider its action in passing the bi11, which motion prevailed and the bill was reconsidered.
On motion of Hr. Hardeman of Jefferson the .agreement to the report of the committee was reconsidered.
The following amendments offered by Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson were read and adopted.
Amend Section three (3), by striking oui the words ''six'' .in the third line thereof, and insert in lieu thereof the word ''five.''
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Amend Section 4, sub section (a) in the fifth line. thereof by striking out the word ''two'' and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''one.''
Amend Section 4, sub-section (i) by striking the whole of said sub-section and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: ''The salary of the mayor shall be fifty dollars per annum.''
Amend Section 4, sub-section (j) by striking all of said sub-section.
Amend Section 5, in the third line thereof by striking the word ''two,'' and inserting in lieu thereof, the word ''one''
Amend Section 5, sub-section (d) by striking ali the words in said sub-section after the word "duties in the second line thereof, and insert in lieu thereof the following: ''and the clerk and treasurer of said town shall each execute a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the mayor conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties devolving upon them and the marshal and deputy marshal shall execute a bond payable to the mayor in the sum of two hundred dollars conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties. Each of said bonds to be approved by the mayor and general council.''
Amend Section six, sub-section (c) by striking the' word ''seven'' in the first line and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''nine'' and by striking the word "six" in the same sub-section and line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three thirty."
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Amend Section nine, sub-section (a), so as to strike the words and figures "two hundred ($200) dollars in the fifth line thereof and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures "one hundred ($100) dollars," and by striking in the same sub-section and in the eighth line thereof, the words and figures ''sixty (60) days" and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures ''four (4) months.''
Amend Section 10 by striking the word "two" in the eighth line, and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''one.''
Amend Section 17 by striking the word ana figures, two hundre~ dollars (200)" in the sixth line, and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures, "on hundred ($100) dollars.
Amend Section 18, sub-section (c) by striking the words and figures sixteen (16)" in the third line thereof and insert the words and figures ''twentyone (21)." And by striking in the same sub-section, in the sixth line thereof the words and figures ''three (3) dollars" and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures "two dollars and fifty ce~its ($2.50)."
Also amend Section 10 further, by striking all the words after word ''ordinances'' in the sixth line thereof to and through the ''ordinances'' in the .Seventh line thereoi and by adding to said Section the following: ''Said marshall or chief of police ~shall be eligible to said position regardless of whether he be a resident of said municipality or o0therwise.''
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Amend Seetion five (5), by adding at the end thereof, but before sub-section (a) the following: ''The mayor .and council shall have the power, by a two-thirds vote to select annually three citizens of said town, whose duty it shall be to examine the books of the clerk and treasurer of said town and make a full report to said mayor and council of their findings and said committee shall be paid out of the town treasury the sum of two dollars per day while thus engaged.''
Amend Section 18 further by adding at the end
thereof, but before sub-section (a) the following.
The said council of the town of Bartow is hereby
created a board of tax assessors in and for said
town with the power to supervise and inspect aU tax returns and if in their judgment any property t"e-
turned for taxation has been returned not at its
true value, so adjust the same and notify the tax
payer whos'e returns have been changed within five
days after such change and upon a faiture of the tax
payer and said authorities to agree as to the value
of said property, then the town council shall name
one arbitrator, the tax payer one and in the event
of their disagreement, these two shall name a third
who shall fix the value of said property; the tax
payer having the right to appeal frpm said decision
as is now provided under the State law for appeal in
similar cases.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu-
tional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was taken up to concur in t'he Senate amendment to the House substitute.
By Mr. Brown of the 42d District-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
T'he following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
''Amend by adding a new sentence in Section seven of the House substitute after the word '' Recorder" as follows: "The present officers named shall hold office for the balance of the terms for which they have been elected if they have been elected for any terms, unless the office which they hold sooner abolished by the commissioners, or unless removed by the first commissioner as provided in this section.''
The following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading of Senate bills the first time.
3d. Report of standing committees.
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4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of General Bills having a local application.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Messr~. Ragland of Talbot anp Hardeman of J e:fferson-
A resolution: Whereas, the House has learned with profound sorrow of the death of the mother of our distinguished fellow-member, HoJJ.. T. G. Dorough of the county of Franklin.
Be it resolved that the House extend its sincere sympathy to Mr. Dorough in his great sorrow and that the clerk be directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Mr. Dorough and that the same be spread upon the House Journal.
The following bills were read the first time and referred to committees :
By Messrs. Green and HoltzclawA bill to amend the several Acts granting cor-
porate authority to the town of Fort Valley. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA bill to appropriate $1,500.00 to purchase fur-
niture for the office of Secretary of State. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend Section 886, of the Code of 1910, relative to councilmen and alderman elected by the people.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to provide for the destruction of animals afflicted with hydrophobia.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to amend an Act authorizing Cedartown to establish and maintain a system of public schools.
Referred to Committee on Education-
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
. A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the
city of Brunswick.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Lane and Harrell of Decatur-
A bill to incorporate the town of Attapulgus.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Glynn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend an Act amending an Act codifying the Acts incorporating the city of Dalton.
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.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Manchester.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Sparks of T1oombs-.
A bill to provide for four terms a year of the Toombs Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to provide for the registration of births and deaths in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. Harrell of tlte 12th District-
A bill to fix the salary of Solicitors-General of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Shellman.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend an Act to reapportion the various congressional districts so as to place Clayton County in the fifth congressional district.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary tllereef:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred with an amendment to the substitute of the House, to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to am:en~, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
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:
A bill to fix the salary of the Solicitors-General of the several circuits of this State.
A bill to amend an Act to reapportion the various Congressional Districts, so as to transfer Clayton
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County from the 6th to the 5th Congressional District.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Shellman, in the County of Randolph.
A bill to provide for the registration of births and deaths in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
The following message was received 'from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, towit:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Sylvester.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hapeville.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Coolidge.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Soperton.
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 bills of the House and
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instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with tlie recommendation that same do pass:
House Bill No. 1008. By Mr. Sparks of Toomb~, to amend the public school system of the city of Viadalia.
House Bill No. 864. By Mr. Allen of Glascock, to amend Section 1549, of the Code of 1910. Do not pass.
Senate Resolution No. 66. By Mr. Allen of the 20th District, to provide for Peace Day in the public schools of Georgia. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 270. By Mr. Stark of the 33d District; to amend the public school system of the city of Jefferson. Do pass.
JAMES, Chairman.
Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, suhmitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following Senate bill which I am instructed to report to the House with the recommendation that it do pass, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 103.
Most respectfully surbmitted, R.N. HoLTZCLAw, Chairman.
Mr. MeWhorter of Greene, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Pension Committee have considered the following bills and report the same back to the House recommended as indicated.
Bill No. 989. Do pass.
Resolution No. 212. Do pass.
W. P. McWHORTER, Chairman.
T'he following bills and resolutions of tihe House, favorably reported, were read the second time.
By Messrs. Wohlwender, Swift and Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to _authorize payment of pensions under conditions.
By Mr. Sparks of T!oombs-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for a system of public schools for the city of Vidalia.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Harriett C. Hargett.
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported, wtre read the second time.
By Mr. Dickey of the 23d District-
A bill to amend Section 2798, of the Code of 1910, relative to suits against railroads.
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By Mr. Stark of the 33d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system in the city of J e:fferson.
By Mr. Allen of the 20th District-
A resolution for the recognition of Peace Day in Georgia.
The following General Bills' and Resolutions 'having a local application were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Messrs. Cole and Dodd of Bartow-
A resolution to provide for the building of certain bridges over theW. & A. Railroad by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bartow County.
The report of the committee, which was. favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the Resolution the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 1898, of the Code of 1910, relative to pilot boats.
The following amendment offered by Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham was adopted.
Amend by striking Section 2 and inserting the
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follQwing: ''All vacancies in Boards of Commissioners shall be filled by appointment by said corporate authorities for the unexpired term of the Commissioner who has held the office vacated; the said Boards of Commissioners shall be composed of ship agents, exporters, merchants, pilots or others who are engaged in or familiar with marine shipping and with the requirements of their respective ports."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional 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 have had under consideration the following House bills and resolutions and as its Vice-Chairman I am requested to report the same back with the recommendation that the same ibe made a special and continuing order as follows:
That the consideration of Constitutional amendments as already fixed for Tuesday immediately after the expiration of the hour for unanimous consents be as follows:
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House Bill No. 100. House Bill No. 50. House Bill No. 23. Debate limited to 20 minutes. House Bill No. 976. Debate limited to 20 minutes'. House Bill No. 661. House Bill No. 809. Following this order the following House bills .shall be in order, to-wit: House Bill No. 39. Child labor bill. House Bill No. 290. House Bill No. 304. All of which is respectfully submitted,
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee, which recommends the order of business for today's session, was agreed to.
The order of business, as recommended by the Rules Committee for today's session was adopted.
Under the Orders of the day the following Bills were r.ead the third time.
By Mr. Bullard of CampbellA bill to establish a Legislative Reference De-
partment. On motion of Mr. Blackburn the committee of the
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whole House was limited to a discussion of 20 minutes on the bill.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Wheatley of Sumter, as chairman thereof.
The committee of the whole arose and, through their chairman, reported the bill hack to the Honse with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
The following substitute proposed by the committee was adopted:
To be entitled an Act to establish-a legislative reference department in connection. with the State Library and to provide for maintenance thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act there shall be established and conducted in connection with the State library under the' direction of the State Librarian a Legislative Reference Department. The object of said department shall be to gather and to make availwble such information as S'hall aid the members of the legislature and the several State departments in the discharge of their duties and to serve such other citizens as may desire to consult same. Said department shall colleCt, arrange classify, and index books, pamphlets,
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and other material relating to legislation, shall prepare abstracts of laws of other States and countries, and shall make such indexes of the legislative and administrative records of this State, both current and past, as to make access and reference thereto easy and sure.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to carry out the provisions of this Act the State Librarian be hereby authorized and empowered to designate the second assistant Librarion, who shall be known as Legislative reference librarian to have charge of the work of said department, and to perform such other duties in connection with the general work of the state library as the State librarian may direct. The salary of said assistant shall be two hundred dollars per year payable quarterly in addition to the $1,000 per year now provided for the second assistant librarian.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the state librarian shall be empowered to incur such expenses in addition to salary as may be necessary in the proper administration of the department for extra clerk hire and supplies not exceeding $1,000 annually.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the sum of $1,650 is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act for the remainder of the year 1914 and the year 1915.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority
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aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
The bill, involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Akin,
Fullbright,
Allen, J-ackson;
Garlington,
Anderson, Murray, Gower,
Arnold, Henry,
Greene, Houston,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Green, Wilkes,
Ballard,
Griffin,
Bennett,
Hammack,
Blackburn,
Hardeman,
Booker,
Hardin,
Brookshear,
Harrell,
Bullard,
Harris,
Carlton,
Hart,
Carroll,
Hayes,
Cheney,
Heath,
Clements,
Henderson,
Cochran,
Hines,
Cole,
Hodges,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hollberg,
Connor,
Holtzclaw,
Cook,
Johnson,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jones, Coweta,
Deadwyler,
Jones, Lowndes,
Dean,
Keen,
DeVaughn,
Kidd,
Dodd,
Kimbrouooh.
Duncan,
Lane, Decatur,
Edmondson,
Lane, Jasper,
Ellis,
Ledbetter,
Evans,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Field,
LeSueur,
Foster,
Ules,
Fowler,
Lipscomb,
McCalla, McCants, MJcCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Moon, Moss, Moye, Nevil, Olive, Palm our, Parker, Pharr, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shuptrine,
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Simpson, 8lade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, , Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro,
Sumner,
Williams,
Taylor, Laurens.
Wimberly,
Taylor, Washington, Wisdom,
Tracy,
W ohlwender,
Turner,
Wood, Twiggs,
Wheatley,
'Vood, Walton,
Whitaker,
Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Beck, Carter, Appling,
Collins, Dorris, Fariss, Glenn,
Spence, Carroll, Suggs, Thompson, Woods, Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Bell, Brinson, Burney, Carter, Stewart, Clark, Coleman, Laurens, Cooper, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Dorough, Ennis, Estes, Grimes, Hendrix,
Herrington, Hopkins, Jackson, James, Lee, Lee, Loyd, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, 1\:(oore, Myrick, Neal, Nunnally, Oliver, Parks,
Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Reese, Thomas, Shipp, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall,. McDuffie, Strickland, Swift, Tootle, Warren,
Ayes 118, nays 13.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 13.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton.
A bill to regulate the occupation of a barber m certain cities.
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether, moved the previous question, 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 agreed to.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained and the vote was as follows:
Those voting _in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Ballard, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Brookshear, Bullard, Carlton, 'Cheney, Clements, Cochran,
Cole,
Greene, Houston,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hammack,
Collins,
Harrell,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hart,
Dean,
Hayes,
Dodd,
Henderson,
Duncan,
Hodges,
Edmondson,
Jones, Lowndes,.
Ellis,
Keen,
Evans,
Kimbrough,
Field,
Lane, Decatur,
Fowler,
Ledbetter,
Fullbright,
LeSueur,
Garlington,
Liles,
Glenn,
Lipscomb,
Gower-,
McCalla,
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McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Miller, Moss, Olive, Palmour,
Peacock, Pharr, Picquet, Rlagland,
Reese, ilton, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadhurn, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton,
Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Tracy, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams,
Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Mr. Speaker.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock,
Grimes,
Arnold, Henry,
Hardin,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Heath,
Beck,
Herrington,
Carroll,
Hines,
Carter, Appling, Hiollberg,
Connor,
Johnson,
Cook,
Jones, Coweta,
Deadwyler,
Kidd,
DE_lVaughn,
Lane, Jasper,
Fariss,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Foster,
McCurry,
Green, Wilkes,
Mills,
Griffin,
Moon,
Nevil, Parker, Parks, Perkins, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Taliaferro, .Suggs, Turner, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Bell, Brinson, Burney, Carter, Stewart, Clark, Coleman, Laurens, Cooper, Corn, Crawley,
Culpepper, Clineh, Davidson, Dorough, Dorris, Ennis, Estes. Hiardeman, Harris, Hendrix, Holtzclaw,
Hopkins, Jackson, James, Lee, Lee, Loyd,
Meaders, Oconee, Middleton, Moore, Moye, Myrick,.
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Neal, Nunnally, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Reese, Thomas,
Sheppard, Shipp, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart,
Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Warren,
Ayes 93, nays 42.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bi1l the ayes were 93, nays 42.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Dorough of Franklin; and Mr. Adams of Hall.
The hour of one o'clock having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 21st, 1914.
The house met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. m.; was called to order \ly the Speaker and opened with prayer by Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
The following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous eonsents:
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading house and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of local House bills and general bills having local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to provide for the adoption of the ''Torrens
Land Title System'' by the several counties of this State.
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr; Davids'on of Putnam-
A hill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Smyrna.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Macon.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Redwine of Fayette and Taylor of vVashington-
A bill to provide that cashiers of incorporated banks, who are notaries public, shall not be disqualified to exercise their notarial functions.
Ref~rred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Palmour of HallA bill to amend the Constitution of the State
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relative to the exemption from taxation the property of dead, dumb or blind persons.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether. A bill to amend Section 4679, of the Code of 1910,
relative to the duties of justices of the peace. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk- , A bill to require all persons selling any kind of
merchandise from any supply car along the route of any railroad to pay a tax of $25.00.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether.
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Woodbury to the list of State depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Ellis of TiftA resolution for the relief of L. L. Simmons.
Referred to General ,rudiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA resolution to pay T. J. Stephen'!, Doorkeeper of
the Senate, $176.00.
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.Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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 Section 5233, of the Code of 1910, relative to the condemnation of lands for protection against floods and freshets.
Under House Resolution No. 185 providing for the
appointment of a committee to investigate Orville !--
Park's revision of the Code of 1910, the President has appointed as the committee on part of the Senate, Messrs. Sweat and Spinks.
Mr. McRae of Telfair County, Chairman of the C~mmittee on Insurance, submitted the following report:
Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Insurance 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. 1029. Do pass.
No. 512. Do pass as amended by committee. McRAE, of Telfair, Chairman.
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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 bills and resolutions of the House and Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 231. A bill to :fix the costs in certain actions. Do pass.
House Bill No. 790. T'o create lien in favor of surveyors. Do pass.
House Bill No. 830. To provide for taking exemptions. Do pass.
House _;Bill No. 994. To provide for punishment
in case of robbery. Do not pass.
Senate Resolution No. 62. To celebrate the century of peace. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 15. To amend Section 213 of Code. Do pass.
Senate Resolution No. 54. To request the repeal of bankrupt law. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 76. To require Clerks of Courts to keep certain dockets. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 118. To make it unlawful to de-
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liver prisoners in certain cases. Do pass as amended.
En. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Ylour 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 recomniendation that same do pass:
1040. Reference to public school of Cedartown, Polk County.
JAMES, 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 recommendation as follows :
House Bill No. 528. To repeal Section 6002, Volume 2, Code 1910. Do pass.
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House Bill No. 529. To repeal Section 6003) Volume 2, Code 1910. Do pass.
House Bill No. 530. 'T'o repeal Section 1()004~ Volume 2, Code 1910~ Do pass.
House Bill No. 531. To repeal <Section 6006~ Volume 2, Code 1910. Do pass.
House Resolution No. 14. To create joint commissioners to revise penal laws. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 94. To make it unlawful to utter fraudulent checks. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 212. To amend Section 700, Code
1910. Do pasS' as amended.
'
House Bill No. 334. To provide method for contesting elections. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 687. T'o provide for levy and sale of an equity in property. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 700. To make it unlawful for man to desert wife. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T. GowER, 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:
or have had under consideration the following bills I
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the House and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as follows:
Senate Bill No. 106. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1030. Do pas's.
House Bill No. 1032. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1018. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1017. Do pass. WIMBERLY, /Chairman.
Mr. Thompson of Madison County, Cha,.irman of the Committee on State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Georgia Btat'e Sanitarium have had under c~>nsideration 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 as follows:
House Bill No. 332. To repeal Section 320, Volume 1, of the Code 1910.
THOMPSON, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom, Chairman of the .Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had
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under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate, and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back to the Hom;e with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 1039. Amending an Act providing for the holding of four terms a year of the Superior Court of Toombs County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1033. Changing the name of the town of Kestler to that of the town of Damascus. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 110. To amend Section 5298, of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relating to garnishments. Do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, WISDOM, Chairman,
Special Judiciary Committee. The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time :
By Mr. Myrick of Chatham-
A bill to make it unlawful to utter a check when there are no funds in banks.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend Section 720, of the Code of 1910, relative to sale of mortgaged property.
By Mr. Wohlwender of MuscogeeA bill to fix the costs in actions for the recovery
of personalty in certain cases.
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539
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By Messrs. Ellis of Tift and McCrory of Schley-
A bill to repeal Section 6002, of the Code of 1910, relative to fees of the justices of the peace and notaries public.
By Messrs. Ellis of Tift and McCrory of Schley-
A bill to amend Section 6003, of the Code of 1910, relative to fees of the justices of the peace and notaries public.
By Messrs. Ellis of Tift and McCrory of Schley-
A bill to repeal Section 6004, of the Code of 1910, relative to the fees of constables.
By Messrs. Ellis of Tift and McCrory of Schley-
A bill to amend Section 6006, of the Code of 1910, relative to the fees of constables.
By Messrs. Coleman and Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to create a lien in favor of surveyors, other than county surveyors.
By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to provide how special exemption of wearing apparel and $300 worth of household and kitchen furniture shall be set apart.
By Mr. Paulk of Ben HillA bill to repeal an Act to prescribe the duties of
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the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.
By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.
By Mr. Evans of Screven-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the Insurance Department of this State.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
By Mr. McLendon of EarlyA bill to change the name of the town of Kestler.
By Mr. Sparks of ToombsA bill to amend an Act to provide for holding four
terms a year of the Superior Court of Toombs County.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to amend an Act authorizing Cedartown to maintain a system of public schools.
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541
T'he following bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time.
By Mr. McNeill of the 22d District-
A bill to amend 8ection 213, of the Code of 1910, relative to having a new Great Seal of the State made.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A 'bill to amend an Act to reapportion the various congressional districts so as to place Clayton County in the Fifth Congressional District.
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to make it unlawful for any officer to turn prisoners over to persons not authorized to receive and hold them.
By Mr. Taylor of the 3d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 5298, of the Code of 1910, relative to garnishments.
T'he following communication was read:
The Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association extend to the members of the House of Representatives a most cordial invitation to attend the evening sessions of the convention to be held in the Hall of the
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House of Representatives, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd.
MRs. M. L. McLENDON, President.
MISS s. A. GRESHAM,
Vice-President.
Miss KATE KocH, Sorresponding Secty.
Miss H. AuGUSTA HowARD, Vice-President.
MRs. ALICE B. DANIELS, Recording Secty.
MRs. AMELIA R. WOODALL, Treasurer.
MRS. M. K. MATTHEWS, Auditor.
MR. J. L. GROSSMAN, Attorney.
On motion of Mr. Wright of Floyd the following bill was tabled:
By Messrs. Foster, Wright and Nunnally of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Rome.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their pass'age.
By Mr. Middleton of Dade-
A bill to create a Board of Highway Commissioners for the County of Dade.
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543
The. following amendments were read and adopted: Amend by striking the words ''Highway Commissioners" wherever the same appear in both the title and Act and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''Commissioners of Roads and Revenues.''
Amend Section (2) Two, by striking ''No. 1222'' after the words ''Road District No. 1, composed of'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''No. 1222 '' after the words "composed of" in 9th line of said Section.
Amend Section (9) Nine, by striking out the words '~double the amount of the bonds issued and sold'' and .inserting in lieu thereof the words ''the sum of five thousand dollars.''
The report of the committee, which was favor8)ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 141, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Foster, Nunnally and Wright of Floyd-
A bill to vest in Floyd County full and complete title and control of certain bridges in the city of Rome.
The following amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the end of the caption the following paragraph: ''To provide for the acceptance of this Act by the County and City authorities, and
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for other purposes.'' Also amend by adding a new Section to be numbered Section 7, and numbering other sections accordingly as follows: "Section 7. This Act shall not go into effect until the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Floyd County and the mayor and council of the city of Rome shall have both passed resolutions accepting the terms of this Act.''
Further amend by adding at the end Section 6, the following: "Notice shall be given all persons, firms and corporations of the time when work is to begin by publishing a notice thereof by the chairman of the Board of Commissioners in the newspapers in which sheriff sales are advertised. Said notice shall state the time when the work is to commence as near as practicable and the estimate of the cost of each bridge. Said notice shall be published once a week for two weeks. The last publication to be at least 30 days before work is to begin. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to object to any terms of this bill, or to any charge that may be made thereunder, or the levy of any tax or any assessment or charge for building the bridge or bridges shall file an injunction at least twenty days before the date the work is advertised to begin, against the county stating the objections to the bill, which shall be heard as other injunctions are heard. And the work shall not begin until said injunction suit is finally determined.''
Amend by adding a new section before the last section and numbering appropriately, as follows:
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545
''Section - Be it further enacted that the Board pf Commissioners shall before adopting the resolution putting this Act into effect, request the ordinary to call a special election, referring to the people of Floyd County the question of adopting or rejecting said Act. It shall be the duty of the ordinary to call said election, not less than 15 nor more than 30 days after receiving such request. Said election shall be called as special elections are called, and those voting such Act to go into effect shall have printed or written on the ballots the words 'F'Or Bridge Act.' Those opposed shall have 'Against Bridge Act.' The ordinary shall consolidate the vote and shall certify the result to the Board of Commissioners, who shall declare the result and shall act accordingly."
The report of the comzpittee, which was favorable to the passag~ of the bill as amended, 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 as amended.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time.
By Messrs. Fullbright and Heath of Burke-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as to abolish the office of Solicitor-General and to create the office of County Prosecuting Attorney. '
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. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
The bill, being an amendment to the constitution, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Akin,
Hammack,
Anderson, Banks, Hlardeman,
Anderson, Murray, Harrell,
Arnold, Henry,
Harris,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hart,
Ballard,
Hayes,
Beck,
Heath,
Bennett,
Henderson,
Booker,
Herrington,
Brinson,
Hines,
Carlton,
Hodges,
Carter, Appling, Hollberg,
Clark,
Holtzclaw,
Cochran,
H,opkins,
Oollins,
Jones, Coweta,
Connor,
Jones, Lowndes,
Cooper,
Kidd,
Crawley,
Kimbrough,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lane, Decatur,
Davidson,
Lane, Jasper,
Deadwyler,
~better,
DeVaughn,
Lee, Lee,
Dorough,
~. Wilkinson,
Duncan,
LeSueur,
Edmondson,
Liles,
Evans,
Loyd,
Fowler,
McCrory,
Fullbright,
McCurry,
Glenn,
McLendon,
Gower,
McWhorter,
Greene, Houston, Meadows, Wayne,
Green, Wilkes,
Middleton,
Griffin,
Miller, Mills, Moon, Moye, Nevil, Parker, Perkins, PhallT, Pickett, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, S.lade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, RB~bun, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Williams, W ohlwender, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,
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547
Tlhose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Foster,
Allen, Glascock,
Garlingron,
Allen, Jackson,
Grimes,
Allen, Pickens,
Hardin,
Bell,
Jackson,
Blaekburn,
James,
Brookshear,
Johnson,
Bullard,
Keen,
Carroll,
Lipscomb,
Cheney,
a aments,
McCalla, Me Cants,
Cole,
McCarthy,
Coleman, Calhoun, McRae, Telfair,
Cook,
McRae, Wilcox,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Melson,
Dean,
Methvin,
Dorris,
Moss,
Ellis,
Myrick,
Ennis,
Olive,
Estes,
Paulk, Ben Hill,
Fariss,
Paulk, Berrien,
Field,
Peacock, Picquet, Riagland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Shuptrine, Simpson, Smith, Fulton,
Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Strickland, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Wright,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Burney, Carter, Stewart, Colmnan, Laurens, Corn, Dodd, Hendrix, McMichael,
Meaders, Oconee, Moore, Neal, Nunnally, Oliver, Palmour, Parks,
Rhodes, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, McDuffie, Swift, Warren, Whitaker,
Ayes 97, nays 64.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 64.
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T'he bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote was lost.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Burney of Morgan, Mr. Carter of Appling, and Mr. Stovall of McDuffie.
The hour of one o'clock having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1914.
549
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1914.
T'he 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 chaplain.
"'lj
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
The following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consente.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading of Senate bills the first time.
3d. Report of standing committees.
4th. Reading of House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of local House :bills uncontested.
6th. Passage of general House bills having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Gray.
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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Harris and Taylor of Washington-
A bill to amend Section 3092, of the Code of 1910, relative to insane persons.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Wohlwender-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 572 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Messrs. Moss and Cheney of Cobb-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 789 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Millen.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Milledgeville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to provide for the registration of voters in the city of Savannah.
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551
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to authorize the city of Thomasville to abandon certain streets.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system in the city of Thomasville.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Suggs of HaralsonA bill to exempt ex-confederate soldiers from the
Fish and Game License Tax.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkins-
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.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Monroe Superior Court.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Messrs. Myrick, McCarthy and Shuptrine of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for the holding of primary election in Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Sheppard of SumterA bill to amend Section 886, of the Code of 1910,
relative to criminal courts.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. McCrory of SchleyA bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code, so as to
.add Ellaville to the list of State depositories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Smith of FanninA bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter
for the town of McCaysville. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Wright of FloydA bill to amend the several Acts incorporating
the city of Rome.
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553
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and referred to a committee.
By Mr. Irwin of the 34th District-
A Resolution providing that the Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals be requested to submit to the General Assembly recommendations to change the Constitution of this State relative to rules of procedure of said courts.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Miller of BibbA resolution to make Senate Bi.ll No. 102 a special
order. Referred to Committee on Rules. The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Jones of Coweta and Garlington of Richmond-
A resolution: Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, that, Whereas, Hon. D. B. Whitaker, Representative from Heard County, has been called home by the sudden death of his brother, Henry Whitaker;
Therefore be it resolved, that the sympathy of the House of Representatives is hereby extended to him in his sorrow.
Resolved further, that the Clerk be instructed to
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send copy of these resolutions to Representative Whitaker.
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 Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to submit to the next General Assembly such recommendations as to changes in the Constitution and laws of Georgia .as they deem wise.
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 Constitution of Georgia, so as to create the county of Bacon.
A bill to provide for a municipal school system for the town of Fairmount.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Tignall.
A bill to add the city of Manchester to the list of State depositories.
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555
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Concord in the county of Pike.
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Crandall.
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of T'errell County.
A bill to incorporate the town of West Green in the county of Coffee.
A bill to incorporate the town qf Cobb, in the
county of Sumter.
;
.! bill to change the time of holding. the terms of
the Superior Court of Dawson County.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Soperton, in the county of Montgomery.
A bill to limit the time of killing foxes in the county of Ha:bersham.
A bill to Amend the charter of the town of Chipley in the county of Harris.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitt~d the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House bills and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
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House Bill No. 793. A bill entitled an Act to provide distribution of license tax on Automobiles and for other purposes.
House Bill No. 936. A bill to amend Act of August 19, 1913, providing for an inheritance tax.
House Bill No. 1023. A bill to amend Section 946, Code 1910, imposing a tax on peddlers and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
L. R. AKIN, Chairman.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond County, Chairman of the
Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the
following report:
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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. 1035. To amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts incorporating the town of Fort Valley,,Houston County.
House Bill No. 995. ~ To alllend charter of Logansville.
House Bill No. 1041, To incorporate the town of Attapulgus in Decatur County.
PICQUET, Chairman.
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557
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 local and general bills of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the following recommendations:
House bill No. 937, to require the officers in charge of county officers to turn over to the municipal authorities of the cities in certain counties, portions of the taxes levied for road purposes. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 1043, to amend the charter of the city of Dalton. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1015 to amend the Act to create a Board of Commissioner"! of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County. Do pass.
BuLLARD, 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 bills of the House and Senate and ins~ructed me as their chairman to
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report same back to the House with the recommenda-
tion that same do pass.
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Senate Bill No. 249. To amend Section 1249, of
theCode of Georgia of 1910, so as to add the town of
Kingsland in Camden County to list of State deposi-
tories.
Senate Bill No. 263. To amend Section 1249, of Code of Georgia so as to add city of Dahlonega to list of State depositories.
House Bill No. 1046. To amend Section 1249, of Code of Georgia so as to add City of Woodburg to list of State depositories.
House Bill No. 1052. T'o provide that cashiers of incorporated banks who are also notaries public shall not be disqualified to exercise their notorial functions because of holding stock in such bank.
House Bill No. 953. To make it a misdemeanor to draw and utter any check, etc., when the drawer has not sufficient funds in hands of drawer to meet same.
Respectfully submitted,
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.
Mr. Methvin of Dodge County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public .Printing have had under consideration the followiil~ Bill No. 576 of the
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House and instructed me as their chairman to report same hack to the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
METHVIN, 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 bills and Resolutions of the House a.nd instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Resolution No. 167. To appropriate 43,000 to pay pension of ex-Confederate Soldiers.
House Bill No. 871. To appropriate $2,000.00 to the agricultural department.
House Bill No. 978. To appropriate $9,000.00 to the Confederate. Soldiers Home.
Also do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 907. To appropriate $15,000.00 for cattle tick eradication.
House Resolution No. 93. To supply deficiency in military appropriation.
Also do not pass :
House Bill No. 877. T'o establish children's guardians.
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House Bill No. 618. To make it duty of Governor to appoint a State Auditor.
WHEATLEY, Chairman.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the follow.ing report :
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to-wit:
No. 776. An Act to amend Section 5233, of Code of 1910.
No. 812. An Act to incorporate the city of Aragon, in the county of Polk.
No. 847. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of Greene.
Respectfully submitted,
w. T. DAVIDSON,
Acting Chairman.
The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to establish the office of Superintendent of printing.
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561
By Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris and Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to appropriate $2,000 to the department of agriculture for the culture of nitrate fixing bacteria.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb, Mr. McCants of Taylor, Mr. Harrell of Decatur, et al.-
,A bill to amend an Act to appropriate $15,000 annually to the. State Board of Entomology for the work of tick eradication.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to require Boards of County Commission ers in certain counties to turn over certain portions. of tax levies to municipal corporations.
By Messrs. Davis of Douglas, Sorrell of McDuffiet Harris of Washington and Taylor- of Washington-
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to utter a check without funds.
By Mr. Griffin of Lowndes-
A bill to appropriate $9,000 to the Confederate Soldiers Home.
By Messrs. Bennett and Wood of Walton-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Logansville.
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By Mr. Bullard of Campbell-
A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County.
By Messrs. Greene and Holtzclaw of Houston-_
A bill to amend an Act to amend the several Acte incorporating the City of Fort Valley.
By Messrs. Lane and Harrell of DecaturA bill to incorporate the town of Attapulgus.
By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the various Acts incorporating the city of Dalton.
By Messrs. Williams and Culpepper of Meriwether.
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Woodberry to the list of State depositories.
By Messrs. Harris and Taylor of Washington and Redwine of F-ayette-
A bill to provide that cashiers of banks, who are notaries public, shall be qualified to exercise their functions.
By Spence of Mitchell-
A resolution to make an appropriation for the militory Department of the State.
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563
By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A resolution to appropriate $4,300 to pay the pension of certain confederate soldiers and their widows.
r.Dhe following bills of the Senate, favorably re- ported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Olliff of the 4th District-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code, of 1910, so as to add the town of Kingsland to the list of State depositories.
By Mr. Moore of the 32d District-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add the city of Dahlonega to the list of State Depositories.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 2, was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
The following bills were r~d the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to repeal the Act creating the office of Commissioner for Dodge County.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, the nays 0.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the following bill was reconsidered:
By Mr. Shuptrine of ChathamA bill to amend Section 1898, of the Code of 1910,
relative to pilot boats. The report of the committee was recgnsidered. The following substitute was read and adopted.
A hill to be entitled an act to amend Section 1898 of the present Code of Georgia, so as to permit an owner or part owner of a Pilot Boat to be allowed to Act os commissioner of pilotage, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, that Section 1898, of the present Code of Georgia, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of said Section 1898, as .it now stands, and inserting in lieu ttereof the following:
''Section 1898. Vacancies. All vacancies in Boards of Commissioners shall be filled by appointment by said corporate authorities for the unexpired term of the commissioner who has held the office vacated; the said boards of commissioners shall be composed of ship agents, exporters, merchants, pilots, or others who are engaged in or familiar with marine shipping and with the requirements of their respective ports.''
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565
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.
T'he report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the 'bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,
nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
By Mr. McLendon of Early-
A bill to change the name of the town of Kestler. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayeS' were 114, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act providing for holding four terms a year of Toombs Superior Court.
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passnge of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to establish a Board of Five Commissioners for the County of Dodge. ,
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the Bill the ayes were 120, nay,.s 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to repeal an Act providing for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Ben Hill.
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567
The report of the committe which was favorable to the passage of the Bill 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. Ledbetter of Polk__,.
A bill to amend an Act authorizing Cedartown to establish a system of schools.
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act providing for system of public schools for Vidalia.
Tfhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Blackburn of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 1131, of the Code of 1910, excepting certain counties from its provisions, so as to allo'f them to fix the compensation of the official court reporters.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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 of the Senate was read the third time and placed on its passage.
By Mr. Taylor of the 3rd District-
A bill to amend-.an Act to establish the city Court of Blackshear.
The following amendments proposed by Mr. Strickland of Pierce were read and adopted.
Amend Section 5 of said bill, so that said Section, when amended, will read as follows: ''Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section 9 of said Act, creating the City Court of Blackshear, approved August 15th, 1911, be, and the same is hereby amended, so that said section, as amended, will read as follaws. 'Section 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk and sheriff of said city court shall receive in
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all civil business transacted in said city court in which the principal sum claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars, one-half the fees which sheriffs and clerks of the Superior Courts receive, provided, that in any case, in which the principal claimed does not exceed fifty dollars, which is not contested, the defendant shall not be chargeable with more than four dollars as the entire costs of the case and the remainder of the court costs in the case shall be paid by the plaintiff, and may be retained and if the sum recovered by the plaintiff and if that is insufficient, judgment shall be entered by the court against such plaintiff for the balance. In all other 'business, unless otherwise specified in this Act, said clerk and sheriff of said city court and their deputies shafl receive for all services the same fees as are allowed by law for like services in the Superior Court. They shall be amenable to the same processes and penalties as are the officers of the Superior Court and they shall be entitled to the same remedies to enforce the collectien of their fees and costs in said clty courts as the clerk and sheriff of th~ Superior Court are now entitled to in the Superior Court.
Under orders of the day the fullowing'bills were placed on their passage.
By Messrs. Slade, Wohlwender, Swift, Clark and Wimberly-
A bill to amend Paragraph 4, of Section 1, of Article 2, of the Constitution, so as to provide for aaditional qualifications for electors.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill lost, ayes 16, nays 108.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A 'bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor.
The action of the House in agreeing to the favor. able report of the committee was reconsidered.
The action of the House in agreeing to the amendment by Mr. Fullbright of Burke, leaving the salary to be fixed by law was reconsidered.
By unanimous consent this amendment by Mr .Fullbright of Burke was withdrawn.
Mr. Greene of Houston and Mr. Melson of Clayton, offered the following an1endment to the committee substitute, which was adopted:
''Amend by striking the last line of page one, Sec- ' tion one, and Page two Section one, lines one, two, three, fonr, five and six, and substituting in lieu thereof the fctllowing: Tihe lieutenant Governor while serving as presiding officer of the Senate shall reeeive the per diem and mileage as formerly paid to tlie President of that body and should the Lieutenant Governor succeed to the office of Governor he s.hall receive the same salary as provided by law to be paid to the Governor."
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571
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended was agreed to.
The bill being an amendment to the constitution
of the State, the ayes and nays were ordered and the I
vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative w~re Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Ennis,
Adams, Pike,
Estes,
Akin,
Evans,
Allen, Glascock,
Fiariss,
Allen, Jackson,
Foster,
Anderson, Murray, Fowler,
Ballard,
Fullbright,
Beck,
Garlington,
Bell,
Glenn,
Blackburn,
Gower,
Booker,
Greene, Houston,
Brinson,
Green, Wilkes,
Brookshear,
. Griffin,
Bullard,
Hammack,
Carlton,
Hardeman,
Carroll,
Hardin,
Carter, Stewart,
Hart,
Cheney,
Haye~:<,
Clark,
Henderson,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hines,
Coleman, Laurens, Hodges,
Connor,
Hollberg,
Cook,
Holtzclaw,
Cooper,
Hopkins,
Crawley,
James,
Culpepper, Clinch, Johnson,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jones, Coweta,
Davidson,
Jones, Lowndes,
DeVaughn,
Keen,
Dodd,
Kimbrough,
Dorough,
Lane, Decatur,
Dorris,
Ledbetter,
Duncan,
Lee, Lee,
Ellis,
Le~, Wilkinson,
LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, MeCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McLendon, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Middleton, Miller, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Palm our, Parks, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Picquet, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Rhodes,
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Shadburn, Sheppard, 1 Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,
:Sparks,
Spence, Carroll,
Warren,
. Stewart,
Wheatley,
Stone, Taliaferro, Williams,
Suggs,
Wimberly,
Taylor, Laurens. Wisdom,
Taylor, Washington, Wohlwender,
Thompson,
Wood, Twiggs,
Tootle,
Wood, Walton,
Tracy,
Woods, Emanuel,
Turner,
Wright,
'l'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens,
Grimes,
Anderson, Banks, Harrell,
Arnold, Henry,
Herrington,
Bennett,
Jackson,
'Clements,
Kidd,
/ Cochran,
Lane, Jasper,
Collins,
McCurry,
Deadwyler,
McRae, Telfair,
Dean,
Moye,
Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Reiser, Shipp, .Stone, Dawson, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
.Arnold, Oglethorpe, Heath,
Burney,
Hendrix,
Carter, Appling, McCalla,
Cole,
McMichael,
Corn,
Meaders, Oconee,
Edmondson,
Methvin,
Field,
Mills,
Harris,
Nunnally,
Olive, Oliver, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, Elbert, Sumner, Swift, Whitaker,
Ayes 133, nays 27.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 133, nays 27.
The bill having received the requisite constitu-
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tional two-thirds vote wa111 passed by substitute as. amended.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 1t Article 5, of the Constitution of this State by adding after Paragraph two (2) of said Section and said Article, two (2) new Paragraphst to be numbered ''Paragraph 2 (a) '' and ''Paragraph 2 (b)'' so as to provide for a LieutenantGovernor, to define his powers, duties, qualificaJtions, compensation, etc., to amE.d Article five (5), Section one (1), Paragraph eight (8), of. said Constitution, by providing in case of deatht resignation or disability of the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall exercise the executive powers of the government; upon his disability, or removal the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall exercise the executive powers; and upon his death, resi~ation or disability, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the powers of Government: and to amend Article three (3), Section five (5),. of the Constitution, Paragraph two (2) of said article and said section by striking out said Para~raph 2 of said Article 3, and Section :five (5), and providing for the election of a President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by said authority that Article 5, Section 1 of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is hereby
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amended by adding to said article and Section of the Constitution of this State, after Paragraph two (2) of said section and said article the following:
''Paragraph 2(a). A Lieutenant-Governor shall be cho~en at the same time and in the same manner, and continue in office for the same period and be possessed of the same qualifications as the Governor; and shall ex-officio be President of the Senate.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, until otherwise provided by a law passed by two thirds of both branches of the General Assembly, which shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he receive within that time any other emoluments from the United States, or either of them, or from any foreign power.
The Lieutenant Governor shall not be required to Feside at the seat of Government except when the Legislature is in session, or he is performing the duties of Governor.
Paragraph 2(b). The Lieutenant Governor, acting as President of the Senate shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided. T'he Lieutenant Governor shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) (as the case may be) that I will faithfully execute the office of Lieutenant Governor of the State of Georgia, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend
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the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America."
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Paragraph eight (8), Article 5, Section 1, of the Constitution of this State relating to the Executive Department be, and the same is hereby amended by being stricken from said Constitution and having in lieu thereof the following substituted:
"Paragraph 8. Death, Resignation or Disability of the Governor. Upon the death or resignation of . the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the executive powers of government and sucrceed, to the office of Governor. Upon the disability of the Governor the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the executive powers of government until such disability be removed. In case of the death, resignation, or disability of the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall exercise the executive powers of the government until the removal of the disabilities or the election and qualification of a Governor; and in case of the death, resignation, or disability of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive powers of the government until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor."
Sec. 3. Be it further en.acted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that Paragraph two of Article three of Section :five of the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby amended by
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being stricken from said Constitution, and having in lieu thereof the following substitution:
"Paragraph 2. President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The Senate shall choose a president pro tempore, to act in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor, or when he shall exercise the office of the Governor, which election shall be viva voce from the Senators.''
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the above proposed amendment shall have been agreed to by two thirds of the members elected to each House, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon, and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in said State for two (2) months previous to the time for holding the next general election and shall at said next general election be submitted to the people for ratification in .the following form, to-wit.:.'' For Ratification" or "Against Ratification" and if a majority of the electors voting thereon who shall be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, vote for ratification, having written or printed on their ballots "For ratification" which votes cast at sajd election shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly and returns thereof made .to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the result of said election by publica-
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tion of results in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District of the State.
Sec. 5. 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. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as to give Bleckley and Wheeler Counties representatives in the General Assembly.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter the bill was postponed until after the disposal of House Bill No. 39, known as the ''Child Labor Bill.''
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to abolish the fee system of State and County officers.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter the bill was postponed until Wednesday July 29th, 1914, under orders of the day.
House Bill No. 804, by Mr. Meadows of Wayne, ''A bill to amend the Constitution fixing the per diem of members of the General Assembly," was taken up for consideration and, on motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter was postponed until after action on No. 926, which follows No. 39.
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By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill known as the Child Labor Bill was taken up for passage.
Motion by Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, that, if the debate had not closed on this bill at 12.40 p. m. Thursday, July 23d, 1914, the previous question was to be cons~dered as ordered. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Sheppard of Sumter moved that the House adjourn until tomor:r;ow morning at 9 o'clock.
Mr. Wohlwender offered as an amendment that the House stand adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The amendment was adopted.
The Speaker declared the House adjourned until T'hursday morning, July 23d, at 10 o'clock a.m.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 23, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and th~ reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedingS' were dispensed with.
The following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes of Unanimous Consent.
1st. The introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees. 4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported the second time. 5th. Passage of local bills and general bills having a local application. 6th. Passage of Senate local bills. The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Anderson of MurrayA bill for the returns of Mortgages for taxation. Referred to Committee on Vvays and Means.
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By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the citr of Colbert. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Laurens.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. _
By Mr. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for D<:mgh erty County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether and Heath of Burke-
as A bill to amend the constitution of the State so
to exempt endowments of colleges, etc., from taxation.
Referred to Committee on. Amendments to the Constitution.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A resolution to appropriate $2,500.00 to the military department.
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581
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Rhodes of Clarks and Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to appropriate $2,169.33 for insurance on the buildings of the State at Athens.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Smith of DeKalh-
A bill to give the county commissioners of any county the right to furnish to the ordinary such weights and measures asare necessary.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to restrict the use of the word,'' Trust'' as a part of nam~ or title.
~eferred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Glenn of WhitfieldA bill to abolish the death penalty. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Adams of Hall-
A bill to regulate the operation of automobiles on church and school grounds.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
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By Messrs. Fowler and Miller of BibbA bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for
the city of Macon.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Sparks of ToombsA Bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of
Lyons.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the Charter of the town of Boston.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, sub mitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have , had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 474. Provide administration in certain cases. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 487. To establish City Court in Macon. Pass by substitute.
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House Bill No. 848. Amend charter of city of Macon. Do pas's.
House Bill No. 951. To provide attorney's fees in certain cases. Do pass.
House Bill No. 974. To regulate prosecution in certain cases. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 2. Amend Section 4424, of Code. Do pass.
WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Railroads have had under con.sideration the following bills of the House, which I am instructed to report to the House as indicated below, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 892. Do pass.
House Bill No. 913. Do not pass. Most respectfully submitted, HoLTZCLAw, 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 Ohairman to report
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same back to the House with the recom, mendation that same do pass..
House Bill No. !037. To consolidate and amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Brunswick in the county of Glynn.
House Bill No. 1060. To provide for the registration of voters in the city of Savannah.
House Bill No. 1061. To provide for the holding of primary elections in the city of Savannah.
House Bill No. 1057. T'o amend the charter of the town of Thomasville.
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 the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
No. 927. To require all prepared food manufactured, sold or offered for sale in this State to bear the date upon which such prepared food was placed in the package, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. CLEMENTS, Chairman.
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585
Mr. James of Gilmer County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
'Your Committee on Education have had under considerati~n 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.
House Bill No. 1064. By Mr. Hopkins of T'homas to amend an Act relative to the public school system of Thomasville.
JAMES, 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 not' pass:
No. 1036. A bill to be entitled an Act to provide. for the destruction of animals afflicted with hydrophobia.
No. 672. A bill to amend chapter 7, of 12th Article of Code.
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Your committee recommends that the following House bill do pass :
No. 283. A hill to confirm the action of the Commons Commission of the city of Columbus in donating to the city of Columbus certain property for hospital purposes.
Your Committee recommend that Senate Bill No. 61, providing for 'the registration of births and deaths in the State of Georgia. Do pass as amended.
L. .C. ALLEN, Chairman.
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 message in writing, to which he respectfully invites your consideration:
To the General .Assembly:
I beg to call your attention to the necessity of providing by appropriate legislation for refunding the bonded debt of the State, falling due in the year 1915.
I submit to you the following extract from the Treasurer's Report, showing the condition of Georgia's bonded obligations:
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TABLE Olf PUBLIC DEBT AND DATE OF MATURITY.
Jan. 1, 1914 ........ $ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1915 ...... 100,000.00
May 1, 1915 ...... 287,000.00
July 1, 1915 ..... 3,392,000.00
Jan. 1, 1916........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1917 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1918 ........ 100,000.v0
Jan. 1, 1919 ........ 100,000.v0
Jan. 1, 1920 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1921 ........ 100,000.00
July 1, 1922 ........ 207,000.00
July 1, 1922 ...... 207,000 ()0
Jan. 1, 1923 ...... 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1924 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1926 ........ 100,000.00
July 1, 1926 ........ 230,000.00
Jan. 1, 1927 ....... 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1928 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1929 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1930 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1981 ........ 100,000.00
Jan. 1, 1932 ........ 100,000.00
July, 1932 ........ 3,000.00
.Tan. 1, 1933 ........ 100,0\'0.00
April, 1933 ........ 61,000.00
May, 1933 ........ 1,000.00
Jan. 1, 1934 ........ 100,000.00
April, 1934 ........ 96,000.00
Jan. 1, 1935 ........ 33,000.00
June, l!:J35 ........ 86,000.00
July, 1935 ........ 6,000.00
Jan., 1935 ........ 1,000.00
April, 1936 ........ 1,000.00
Feb., 1939 ........ 15,000.00
Oct., 1940 ........ 3,000.00
July, 1942 ....... 2,500.00
'July, 1946 ........
7,000.00
Jan., 1958 ....... 2,000.00
Jan., 1959 ........ 7,000.00
Landscript Fund .... 90,202.00
Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund.
Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund..
Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund.
Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Prodded for by sinking fund. Provided for by sinking fund. Obligation to University. Provided for by sinking 'l'und. Obligation to University. Obligation to University. Provided for by sinking fund. Obligation to University. Provided for -by sinking fund. Obligation to University. Obligation to University. Obligation to University Obligation to University. Obligation to University. Obligation to University. Obligation to "University. Obligation to University. Obligation to University. Obligation to "University. Not Bondeil.
Total .... : .... $6,630,702.00
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You will observe from the foregoing that on the first day of May, 1915, there will fall due $287,000 of bonds, and on July 1st, 1915, there' will fall due $3,392,000 of bonds. I think this bonded debt should be consolidated and recommend that you authorize the Governor to provide for carrying the bonded debt falling due May 1st, 1915, until July 1st, 1915, in order that only one series of bonds may be issued.
As you will observe from page eight of the Treasurer's Report, there will be approximately $150,000 in the treasury from the sale of public property, which by the Constitution is appropriated for the payment of the public debt, and the amount falling due May 1st, 1915, may be diminished by whatever public property fund may be in the treasury at that time.
The last note from the sale of the North-Eastern ftaitroad, amounting to $107,000 dollars is due November 1st of this year, which is included in the above named $150,000.
I recommend that the Governor be authorized to negotiate the sale of bonds for the purpose of refunding the bonded indebtedness of 1915, by issuing serial bonds falling due fifteen years from date, in annual installments in such amounts as he may deem proper, so that the entire refunding debt may be, retired in 30 years.
You will observe from the table which I have submitted that the bonded debt is being retired in ac
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cordance with the terms of the Constitution in the sum of $100,000 each year.
In 15 years the bonded indebtedness of the State will have been reduced $1,500,00, and the interest which the State is now forced to pay is reduced pro. portionately.
With each successive year the interest would grow less, and the burden upon the Sta.te in taking up this bonded debt would be approximately the same that it is now, with the heavy payment of interest.
By the year 1935, there would be no way to employ the sinking fund unless the plan suggested is adopted, excepting to invest it.
I do not think it wise policy to, allow the sinking fund to accumulate in the treasury, nor to invest it, since investments are uncertain and the interest would not, in all likelihood amount to as much as the State would pay as interest on her bonds.
In addition, the continuous employment of the sinking fund in the redemption of the State's bonds would remove any temptation to divert its application to the bonded indebtedness, and the manifest earnestness of the State to pay its bond as rapidly as possible will give increased confidence to the investor.
If the power be given to the Governor to issue the bonds falling annually due in installments after 1915, in such amounts as he niay deem advisable, it would enable him to increase the number of bonds falling
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due annually so as to proportion such increase to the diminution of interest. In other words, by reason of the application of the sinking fund, the principal of the bonded indebtedness. would be paid, and the interest would be reduced and the amount which otherwise would be appropriated to pay the interest
. could be appropriated to retiring the bonded debt.
I recommend that the Governor issue the bonds in such denominations as he may deem advisable, in order that small investors may be induced to buy them. I anticipate and hope that a large proportion of the bonds of the State will be bought by the people of Georgia, although the State will appreciate the confidence of the financial world in her obligations as may be indicated by a strong competition for her securities.
By Section 1266, of Volume First of the Code, it is provided that if coupons are not signed by the Treasurer they shall not be paid unless accompanied by the bond to which they belong.
The manual work of signing the bonds by the treasurer is almost impossible, and I am advised by those acquainted with such matters that there is no reason why the coupon may not have engraved upon it the signature of the Treasurer. In addition it will add much to the value of the bonds if the coupon may be forwarded for payment without the bond. It is convenient to the investor and will add to the price he will pay. I therefore recommend that you pass an act carrying into effect this suggestion.
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It is impossible to foretell the financial conditions which will exist when the bonds must be sold. Last year it was necessary for several of our sister States to negotiate temporary loans because of a financial panic which was existing, and a neighboring State was compelled to pay 7 per cent rather than suffer the sacrifice of a sale of bonds at that time.
I therefore recommend that authority be adopted in the Act for the Goyernor, in his discretion to negqtiate a short time loan not exceeding eighteen months to provide against such exigency, and in the meantime, the Legislature would meet and could deal with the situation.
T'here is no safer investment than in the bonds of Georgia. They are free of ail taxes, Sta:te and Federal. The Constitution of the State pledges alL the State's property to secure them. T'he \V. & A. RailrMd alone, which is specific~lly pledged as security, is worth three times the amount of the entire bonded debt of the State.
By the Constitution, it is provided that a sinking fund of $100,000 must be annually raised for the pur. pose of retiring the State's obligations.
Never for one moment has Georgia faltered or hesitated in paying her just debts. There is no State in the Union on a sounder financial basis. Her people regard her obligations as sacred. Her citizens are right-feeling and law-abiding and their integrity and high conception of the honor of Geor-
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gia are alone sufficient to guarantee the prompt payment of her indebtedness.
Her Constitution forbids the creation of any debt against her excepting the bonded debt, a?d pursuing the principle of old-fashioned finance, the fundamental law declares that the revenue of each year shall discharge the obligations of that year. The recommendations I have made to you if carried into effect will mean the discharge of every obligation of the State at the earliest possible moment, and this is the wisest public policy, as applied to a State as well as to an individual.
JoHN M. SLATON, Governor.
This July 23d, 1914.
Mr. Wright of Floyd, Secretary of the Special Joint Committee, to investigate a new lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, submitted the following report for the committee.
REPORT
To the General Assembly of the State of Geo,gia:
Your Committee, appointed under authority of the Act approved August 19, 1913, a copy of which Act is hereto attached, desires to report to you as directed in said Act.
The President of the Senate appointed Senators Brown, Tarver and MeNeil; th~ Speaker of the
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House appointed Representatives Wright, Full bright, Cole, Akin and Greene,
On September 11, 1913, in accordance with the .t\.ct, the Governor appointed Honorable G. Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, and Honorable Fuller E. Callaway, of LaGrange, as shown by a copy of the order herewith.
On September 12th, the Governor called a meet ing at the State Capitol, for Monday, September 22nd, at twelve o'clock, as shown by a copy of the order herewith. On such date the Committee met, and Honorable G. Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, was elected Chairman of the Commission, and Mr. Wright, of Floyd, was elected Secretary.
The Commission has been handicapped throughout by the lack of authority given it. It will be observed that its authority is confin.ed principally to determining what terms the Road can be lElased for, with or without terminal properties not necessary to the operation of the road, and with or-without an agreement to double-track on the part of the lessee; and upon what terms the Road can be leased upon a sliding scale of rental rates; and whether any of the railroad property is held adversely to the State.
As to the terms upon which the Road can be leased for periods of thirty, fifty and one hundred years, the Commission must report that it is unable to state definitely the terms that can be secured. The highest bidder will probably be apparently the Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway, or the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which are allied interests, and the Presidents of these corporations d.ecline absolutely to deal officially with the Commission on the question of naming terms or conditions or prices to be paid.
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However, the Commission was able to make certain deductions from talking with these and other railroad men, and these deductions are as follows :
That the lease should be for a period of fifty. years, or better for twenty-five years, with a provision that double-tracking during that period by the lessee shall automatically extend the lease twenty-five years additional. This is made advisable, especially for the reasons which the Commission will hereinafter set forth in regard to doubletracking the Road. The Commission does not recommend a lease for longer than fifty years; but it does believe that fifty years is the minimum time for which any lease should be made operative.
If the State cares to undertake the financing of double-tracking the Road, the Commission does not believe that the necessity for a lease of this length of time would exist; but inasmuch as the Commission has agreed that financially and otherwise it is better to lease the Road with the view that the lessee will double-track, and that double-tracking is . variously estimated to cost from one million and a quarter dollars to twice that amount, depending upon the character of the work done-changing gradeS' and straightening curves-the Commission believes that the State should not undertake to do this work. It also believes that the lessee would do it at a smaller cost and in a way that would be more satisfactory to itself, and to the equal interest of the State, if it be required to finance it.
As stated above, and for the same reason, it is impoS"sible to determine what terms would be realized by leasing the road and reserving the right to use the property at the Terminals and along the right of way for other than Railroad purposes for
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the benefit of the State-the use, however, not to interfere with the operation of the railroad.
Railroad men generally seem to assert that all the property belonging to the road should be included in the lease, with the exception of two detached pieces of property in Chattanooga, Tennessee. These are now occupied by the Southern Express Company and by a Hotel, and are designated on the Chattanooga Terminal Yard Map, submitted herewith, as "A" and "B", respectively.
The majority of the Commission concurs in this view and so recommends. We assign as a reason why we do not recommend sale of separate lease of the Terminal property, except the two pieces named, the good reason that some other lessee, or the State itself, will operate this property and will need all and perhaps more Terminals than the Western & Atlantic now enjoys.
It is impossible to state what terms the Road can be leased for, or that an agreement to double-track can be made, on account of a lack of authority in this Commission to bind the State. The Commission is of the opinion, however, that the Road should be leased without anything being required as to the double-tracking. The Commission is of the opinion that whatever Road gets the property will, for economic reasons growing out of the natural developments of railroad carrying and transportation in this country, automatically take care of that question for the following reasons:
First: If there is no satisfactory bidder and the State undertakes the operation of the road, the matter of doubletracking might well be left open.
Second: If the Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Rail way Company, or its alJied interests, lease the road, it wiJI be manifestly to their interest to double-track the Western & Atlantic Road, and hence it would doubtless be.'done.
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Third: If any other line should lease the Western & Atlantic, it might be true that no double track would be necessar~ for several years. However, the Commission believes that if the lease were made for twenty-five years, without double-tracking requirement during that period, this time would be sufficient; provided, however, that if the lessee double-track in that time, the lease should automatically extend to fifty years. It, therefore, recommends that this provision be incorporated in the lease, and that the property be offered for lease on this basis only.
The Commission, for the reasons above stated, is unable to state whether the road could be leased upon a sliding scale of rental rates, increasing with the life of the lease, or not. The Commission is of the opinion, however, that the property should be offered for a lease with a minimum rental of Fifty Thousand Dollars per month.
If this is done, and the above 25-50 year lease' suggested is adopted in addition to the rentals received-$50,000 per month or more-it is entirely probable that at the end of the fifty-year period, the State will own the railroad thoroughly doubletracked its entire length.
As to the encroachments on the property of this Road belonging to the State, the Commission finds that there are many; that a number of these are based on claims which will require litigation to determine. These encroachments exist in Atlanta and in Chattanooga and along the right of way.
One of the questions affecting the property is the claim of the Nasliville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway Company to an interest in the Chattanooga Passenger Depot. This matter grows out of a deed dated 1860, in which it appears that the Governor undertook to convey to the Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railroad a part of the Terminal prop"'rty in Chattanooga. Half of the Chattanooga.
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Depot is now standing upon this property upon certain conditions. The Supreme Court of Tennessee, in construing this deed in another case, practically held that the deed was void, for the reason that the conditions in the deed had not been complied with.
In 1896 the Legislature of Georgia took cognizance of this matter, and in an Act of that year (page 341) directed that action be taken to assert the State's claim. However, for reasons of policy this was not done.
. This particular piece of property is of enormous value, and the legal rights of the State, it seems to the Commission, should be finally determined.
The Southern Railway Company asserted a right to a part of this property. Under a report, however, made to Governor Hoke Smith by Special Counsel, it would appear that this' claim is not of practicable danger.
The Commission is unable to tell whether there will be adverse claims to the State growing ou.t of sub-letting by the present lessee of property for business purposes in Chattanooga. The property surrounding the yards in Chattanooga has been built up and leased by the present lessee to various persons. Whether the rights of the State are protected in these leases, we did not investigate, believing the proper State authorities had doubtless safeguarded this.
In Whitfield County, between the cities of Dalton and Phelps, a distance of seven miles South of Dalton, the property of the State is used by the Southern Railway. This seven-mile right is claimed under the Acts of 1859, page 313, to have been conditionally granted to the Dalton & Gadsden Railroad, which
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conditions have not been complied with. It was not exercised, however, until 1870, and then by the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad Company, which claimed to have bought the property of the other road.
In 1898, suit was brought by Governor Atkinson for the State to establish the title to this right of way. The Supreme Court of Georgia held that an action could not be maintained during the continuation of the lease by the State.
Southern Railway Company v. Georgia, 116th Ga. 276.
It would seem to the Commission that this is a question that should be determined. The Southern Railway Company is also using the yards in Dalton, but this is under a lease from the present lessee.
In 1879, the City of Cincinnati built the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia passed an Act allowing it the
right to go on part of the right of way of the 'Ves-
tern & Atlantic Railroad from Boyce City to Chattanooga. (Acts of 1878-79, page 218.) Such right of way was only sixty-six feet, and half of this is in possession of the Cincinnati Southern, leaving only thirty-three feet to the State. Since that time the Cincinnati Company has acquired a right of way of its own just west of the State's property. It is submitted that the Acts of 1879 are merely a revocable license, and inasmuch as the Cincinnati Southern is not using the property and does not need it, action should be taken to revolie this license and secure the entire sixty-six feet for the State. We understand that the Cincinnati Southern will not seriously resis,t this.
At Ringgold, in Catoosa County, it appears that
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there is adverse possession of a piece of property about one hundred by two hundred feet in the Northeast corner, which the Commission understands is held by D. G. Orr, and his claim should be investigated.
At Resacca there appears to be a mill which trespasses on the right of way.
At Acworth there appears to be a trespass on one corner of the State's property by W. T. Bates.
At Kingston, in Bartow County, the Rome Railway, now owned by the Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railroad Company, is using the Stat~'s property for approximately one thousand fee~. This :should be inquired into.
At Cartersville the Seaboard Air Line has a depot on the State's property, as well as trackage.
In Fulton County, The Southern Railway C(}mpany, as successor of the old Georgia Pacific, claims .a right on the property .of the Western & Atlantic Railroad for three and a quarter miles. There i& .also a claim about a belt line which they built in 1882.
These matters are of very serious import, some of them; and a)l of them demand the attention of the Legislature. It appears that from 1893 to 1900, a great number of encroachments by private parties -on the right of way were dealt with, and in a large number of' cases written acknowledgements weTe taken. These cannot now be found, and no officer at the Capitol seems to know where they are. The attention to this matter being the business of everybody, has be'en the business of no one.
The Commission recommends that special care .and attention to this road be vested in the Chairman
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of the Railroad CommiS'sion of Georgia, and that he be ex-officio Commissioner of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, with broad duties and powers. That the attorney of the Railroad Commission of Georgia be made Special Attorney for the business growing out of the Western & Atlantic properties, and that he be in this respect Special Assistant to the AttorneyGeneral.
The Commission recommends that the Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia have authority, at stated intervals-at least once every five years-to employ a high-class engineer to make a report on the condition of this road.
The Commission recommends that at this time the Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia be authorized to employ an engineer to specifically determine all claims of trespasses and adverse possession, and that the Attorney of the Railroad Co-mmission of Georgia and the Attorney-General be directed to bring proper suits to determine an these claims.
It further appears that as the lease is about to expire, that an engineer be employed from time to time to determine whether the present lessee is keeping the property in the condition it contracted to keep it in.
We think that proper attention given to the Western & Atlantic Road by the Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, by the Attorney oi that Commission, (and if one is ever employed, by the permanent engineer of that Commission), would insure the proper supervision of this vast property~ The neglect to which the property has been sub-. jected is strikingly stated in a special report by a gentleman having a broad familiarity with the
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history of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. He says in part:
"During the past twenty years there have been many con troversies in the courts concerning the right of way and other properties of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, in the ceurse of which much valuable testimony has been found, including early maps, identifi~d by witnesses then living, who served the road in its infancy. In some cases the original engineers testified, and in some cases the testimony was taken de bene esse. Nearly all of these papers, maps and documents have disappeared. Many witnesses have since died, and their testi mony cannot be Teplaced.
''I hand you herewith a voluminous report of testimony, and the award of a Commission in 1895; in a controversy be tween the State and the Ce)!tral Railroad, touching valuable property in Atlanta. This finding of the Commission is worth many thousands to the State, and this record is the ,only evidence of it. I found it in possession of private peTsons in Atlanta. Unfortunately, valuable maps referred to in it can not be found. I believe the law does not specifically deter mine that any person is the custodian of these documents.
''It is greatly to be regretted that there is not some pro vision made for the systematic care of these records, and I am convinced that the losses to the State from the want of some provision on the subject have been ve,ry great.''
In view of this deplorable condition, we earnestly recommend that a competent attorney, preferably -one with intimate acquaintance and experience in these matters, be employed to make a comprehensive compendium of these points, including maps, surveys, history, abstracts and all facts that can be collected, including the old reports of the Road. This is not to be a permanent office, but one which we think the Governor should be allowed to contract for. T'he report should be so elaborate as to cover everything, and should be printed and preserved. The Legislature should thereafter probably make it admissible in Court as evidence.
Another well-informed citizen of the State who -has given much thought to this matter, has said:
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"Of undoubted vah1e would be. a handbook setting forth exhaustively and at large, a]] matters of general interest affe.cting this great property. A vast amount of infoTmation bas' accumulated, to which not even. so much as a reference can be made in the limited scope of a .report. The source of much of this information is transitory, unless carefully digeste.d and preserved in peTmanen~ form.
''Such a volume should set out at large all important acts 2nd resolutions of the General Assembly of this State, and of the State of Tennessee; all ordinanres of the cities of Atlanta and Chattanooga; all important contTacts and agreements, together with a digest of all judicial decisions in the courts of Georgia and Tennessee and of the United States, affecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
''In addition, the physical history of the road should b& traced, and the substance of alJ reports of officers, legislative committees and special commissions, in so far as they are of abiding impoTtance, should be carefully abstracted or set out. in .extenso.''
There seems to be justice in the claim of the counties through which this road extends, that although they have to pay local expenses incident to the road (especially the expense of litigation against the road), yet they get no taxes. We think this. . should be adjusted if possible.
We attach to this report the minutes of theseveral meetings held by the Commission. The Commission made careful examination of all Terminal properties, and the several matters referred to along, the line of ltailway.
We have also attached a statement of Mr. Hines. M. Smith, a Civil Engineer, reviewing the physical condition of the property of the Road, and estimated~ cost of double-tracking.
We also attach a statement of value of the Wes._ tern & Atlantic Railroad to the lessee, made by the Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia~
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We also attach a copy of a statement issued by the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint L<mis Railway, showing tonnage and revenue derived from the traffic, separated between local and through freight.
Also attach a statement prepared by the Railroad
Commission, showing bridges, trestles, revenue and
accepted net earnings for 1911, and rents received
by the lessor for 1911-12.
We also attach a statement from the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad, disclaiming any interest adverse to the State on what is known as the ''Chapman property''.
We also attach copy of a letter from Mr. John L. Tye, Division Counsel of the Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railroad, in regard t,o a piece of property in Boyce, Tennessee, which was donated to the Western & Atlantic, but the title to which does not seem to be discoverable.
We also attach copy of a letter from Mr. J. K. McCall, stating that he desires to arrange possession, through lease, of certain property in Atlanta for the purpose of erecting buildings over the railroad right of way.
We also attach copy of a letter and plat from the Department of Streets and Sewers of the City of Chattanooga, asking permission to lay a storm sewer through the property, together with a copy of an Act which they ask the Legislature to pass. We recommend this, as amended.
We also attach copy of present Lease Act and lease.
We also have various sketches and blue prints which we hold subject to the direction of the Legislature. These sketches show the properties-at Chat-
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tanooga, Kingston, K!ennesaw, Cartersville, Calhoun, Resacca, Acworth, Tunnel Hill, Ringgold and Dalton. Also blue print showing a tract of land received from the City of Atlanta in exchange for a part of Wall Btreet. Also a plat of property in Chattanooga, together with a plat of H. Clay, Evans property offered to the State. We also have a map made by combining sections of a topographical map made by the United States Geological Surveyor, which shows a clear view of the road and physical character of the country between Atlanta and Chattanooga. We also have copies of leases of the Cincinnati Southern, of the Georgia Railroad; and of the Georgia Midland.
We have met on one or more occasions in general session in the City of Atlanta.
The Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta and others, urge that the State grant to the city the right to build a plaza over the property of the State in Atlanta, allowing the Railroad track to run underneath as through a tunnel. This plaza is to be a kind of park or civic center, extending from Forsyth Street to Central Avenue, over the property of the State, and from Central Avenue to Washington . Street over the property of the Georgia Railroad: We attach an estimate of the cost prepared by' the City Engineer of the City of Atlanta, together with blue prints showing the. work in detail.
It appears that this work is to be done at the expense of the City of Atlanta and adjoining property owners-the immediate tangible benefit to the State being the erection of a new depot building estimated to cost two hundred and eighty-six thousand and odd dollars, without expense to the State. The Commission does not approve this, the majority being of the view that it would interfere with t~P Railroad operations.
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This report is concurred in entirely by the majority of the Commission. Those dissenting differ from the majority on only two or three matters, and will submit a minority report, or reports, as to those items.
The Commission is glad to be able to report that it has not expended all the funds appropriated to it, having left to its credit about $3,800.00.
The Commission regrets, for the evident reasons already stated, that it could not make a more definite report on some of the matters covered by the resolution calling it into existence.
Respectfully submitted, G. GuNBY JoRDAN, Chairman. FuLLER E. CALLAWAY,
J. w. L. BROWN,
E. D. CoLE, H. J. FuLLBRIGHT, A. B. GREENE, L. R. AKIN,
Members of Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission.
To the General. Assembly of the State of Georgia:
I am forced to dissent from some of'the views of the Commission.
My opinion is that a part of the property in Chattanooga can very profitably be used for other than railroad purposes, without conflicting witP, such pur. poses, and without reducing the value of the property for Railroad purposes. The property I refer to is the property fronting on Market Street, the principal business street of the city, and the frontage on Ninth street, which is one of the main business
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streets. This property, I understand pays nearly one hundred thousand ($100,000) a year now, and I have no question that on a ground rental basis, it can be made to bring the state $150,000 a year for twentyfive years and more thereafter. This is twenty-five per cent of the proposed minimum rental value of the entire property, and is more than one-third of the present total rental of the road.
The other point that I dissent from the view of the Commission upon, is the use of the property in Atlanta. I believe that buildings can be built over the tracks, letting the tracks remain as they are and that these buildings can be used to the enormous financial advantage of the State of Georgia.
My suggestion is.that the buildings be so built as to leave open space all around them. This would give them an enormous frontage and would also. allow the adjacent property owners to utilize the sides of their property somewhat in the same manner that the property owners between Whitehall and Broad streets on the north side, use their property now.
I have no question in my mind that this would net the State a revenue of from $150,000 to $200,000 per year on a ground rent basis, under a lease extending for a reasonable length of time. I do not believe in the so-called Bleckley Plaza plans in Atlanta. I think that this wonld be worthless to the State and a sacrifice of a possible great income.
Two matters recommended by the commission; I feel are so 'important that I specially refer to them here. They are:
First: Fixing the supervision of this enormously valuable property as the duty of one officer, preferably the Chairman of the Railroad Commission.
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Second : Employing some one to prepare an official history of this road.
Respectfully submitted,
BARRY WRIGHT,
Representative from Floyd Co., Ga.
I concur in the foregoing report of Mr. Wright.
I favor a rental of not less than $65,000.00 per
month.
W. D. McNEiL,
22d District.
''I concur in the foregoing minority report of Representative ijarry Wright.
E. D. CoLE, Representative from Bartow Co.''
To the President of the Senate and Speaker of th.e House of Representatives:
The undersigned member of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission, being unable to concur with the majority of the Commission in their recommendation as to the minimum figure which should be fixed in the lease Act at which the State road should be re-leased, begs leave to submit briefly his views, as follows:
T'hat if the new contract should be made with the view of increasing the price in proportion to the increase of the net earning capacity of the road since the last lease the monthly rental would probably be much more than the amount I hereinafter suggest. I do not contend that that is the fair basis, since the fact that theW. & A. has been operated by a great railway system, diverting over it an immense volume of through freight, undoubtedly has much to do with the greatly increased net earnings. But this great
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increase is not solely due to this fact; and, if we are to accept the recommendation of the Commission, and re-lease the road for almost double the length ef the last lease, who min forecast the vast increase in its value as a railway as well as .of the property capable of being used for business purposes as its terminals by the expiration of that time
In this connection, let us remember that responsible parties offered through us to the State $180,000.00 per year for only a portion of the property in Chattanooga capable of being used for business purposes, as ground rental, almost half the rental the State is now receiving for its entire railroad, terminals, and all. The Commission has- reported, and I think properly, against separating the business property from the terminals in the new lease. It must be anticipated, however, that should the present lessee again secure the road, it will, having no use for a great deal of this terminal property, sub-lease the same for ground rentals which, for a fifty-year period, might very possibly exceed the amount of the pres:ent .lease money.
I furthermore understand that the minimum figure named in the majority report, $50,000.00 per month, was suggested by an official of the very road we expect to be the highest bidder when the new lease is made. I am not in favor of allowing prospective lessees to name our minimum figure.
I therefore submit this Minority Report, favoring the passage of a lease Act, enabling a Commission to be appointed by the Governor/to advertise and re-lease the road in a similar manner to the last lease; with the provision, that said Commission
will may within reasonable limits, regulate the amount
of rental to be received, for the first period, we say, of fifteen years, the next of twenty, and the last
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of fifteen, so that for the entire period a minimum rental of $60,000.00 per month as an average could be required. Thus, the Commission might require $50,000.00 per month for the first fifteen years, $60,000.00 for the next twenty, and $70,000.00 for the last fifteen.
There can be no question but that the present lessee, through the newspapers and otherwise, is conducting a campaign which is intended to "bear'' the price of the State Road. Threats through the public press to build new roads into Atlanta enabling the present lessee to get along without the W. & A. are probably made as a part of this campaign. With this going on, when the suggestion comes from 110 official of the lessee itself, that the minimum rental should be $50,000.00 per month, it seems to me that, under all the facts, we cannot afford to name a smaller figure than that suggested above as an average, to-wit, $60,000.00 per month.
Respectfully submitted,
c. M. TARVER.
EXHIBIT A.
AN ACT
To provide for the appointment of a Commission to receive bids for the re-lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said commission, and for other purpofles.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Commission, to be known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission, be and the same is hert>by created to investigate and report to the next session of the General Assembly upon the following matters:
(a) Upon what terms the said road can be re-leased 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 could be re-
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leased, 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 upon a sli_d-
ing scale of rental rate.s, increasing with the life of the lease.
(d) Whether any property in Chattanooga or along the line
of said road now held adversely to the State is really the property
of the State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
said Commission shall consist of ten members, three from the Sen-
ate to be appointed by the President, five from the Hause of Rep-
resentatives, to be appointed by the. Speaker, and two to be ap-
pointed by the Governor. The members of said Com!Dission shall
Teceive the usual per diem of members of the General Assembly
for the time actually spent in said work, and their actual travelling
and other expenses. They shall have authority to employ suCJh sten-
ographic 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 tihey deem it nec-
essary in the performance of their duties.
The per diem of members of the Commission and expenses of
the Commission as a whole shall be paid by warrant of the Gov-
ernor upon itemized statements approved by the chairman of the
Commission. Said Cummission 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.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That t'he sum of five thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same
is hereby appropriated to cover the per diem and expenses of said
Commission.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all Jaws and parts of laws
in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved August 19, 1913.
JOHN M. SLATON,
Governor.
EXHIBIT B.
September 11, 1913. By authority of an Act of the General Assembly, approved August 16, 1913, said Act authorizing the appointment of a Commission to inquire into and report on the form and terms for a new lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, it is
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Ordered: That the following persons be and the same are hereby
appointed members of the Commission to inquire into and report
on the terms and form of a new lease for the Western and Atlantic
Railroad:
Hon. G. Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, Ga.
Hon. Fuller E. Callaway, of LaGrange, Ga.
JOHN M. SLATON,
By the Governor:
Governor.
A. H. ULM,
Secretary Executive Department.
EXHIBIT C.
September 12, 1913.
By authority of an Act of the General Assembly, approved
August 19, 1913, being 11 An Act for the appointment of a Commis
sion to receive bids for the. re-lease of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said
Commission and for other purposes,'' it is
Ordered: That said Commission is hereby called to meet at
the State Capitol in Atlanta, on Monday, September 22, at 12
o'clock, noon, for the purpose of organization.
JOHN M. SLATON,
By the Governor:
Governor.
A. H. ULM,
Secretary Executive Department.
EXHIBIT D.
For map showing detached property in Chattanooga, which the Commission believes can be separately leased, sec hereafter map showing extension of proposed sewer extension.
EXHIBIT E-1.
MEETING OF WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The members met at the Governor's office at 12 o'clock M., in pursuance of the call of the Governor.
There were present Messrs. G. Gunby Jordan and Fuller Callaway, Senators Brown and Tarver, and Representatives Wright, Fullbright, Cole, Akin and Greene; absent, Senator McNeil.
Mr. Akin was, on motion of Senator Tarver, elected temporary chairman.
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Mr. Jordan was nominated permanent chairman of the Oommis sion by Senator Tarver, which was duly seconded.
Mr. Wright was nominated by Mr. Greene. Mr. Wright withdrew. Mr. Jordan was unanimously elected chairman: Mr. Fullbright nominated Mr. Callaway sec.retary of the Commission. Mr. Callaway declined, and nominated Mr. WTigtht, who was elected. Upon motion, a committee of th1ee, to consist of the chairman, the secretary and Mr. Callaway, to prepare a program and report to a meeting at 2:30 P. M., was appointed. Upon motion, the meeting adjourned to 2:30. Meeting of the Commission, in pursuance of adjournment. The chairman instructed the secretary to present the report of the sub-committee. The report was as follows: Resolved, That a sub-committee of three be appointed by the chairman to gather information and formulate a method of procedure for the proceedings of this Commission. Resolved f~Tther, That the sub-committee be authorized to take such trips, have such meetings and employ such experts as may be advisable. Mr. Fullbright moved the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Akin moved a substitute t'hat a committee of five be appointed. On the substitute, the noes prevailed. On the original motion, the ayes prevailed. The chairman appointed the chairman, the secretary and Senator BTown. Upon motion of Mr. Greene, the quorum is fixed at five members and the chairman. Upon motion of Mr. Greene, the first meeting of the Commission was fixed at Tuesday, November 18th, 1913. Upon motion of Mr. Wright, t'he chairman is authorized to request any member or members to make investigations and reports, and is authorized to permit such member to incur reasonable ex penses on terms stipulated by the chairman. Motion unanimously carried. Upon motion, the meeting is adjourned.
BARRY WRIGHT, Secretary.
Approved: November 18, 1913. G. GUNBY JORDAN, Chairman.
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EXHIBIT E-2.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMMISSION,
Held in Atlanta., Georgia, in the Senate Chamber a.t the Ca.pitol, at 10 o'clock A.M., on November 18, 1913.
Present: The entire membership of the Commission.
It was announced by the chairman that a delegation of citizens of Atlanta were present, and desired to be heard by the Commission on the question of the uses to which the terminal property of the railroad in Atlanta might be put without interfering with the operations of the railroad.
The committee indicated its willingness to hear fro'!! the delegation, and Mr. William A. Wimbish, His Honor the Mayor of Atlanta, Mr. John Grant, Mr. Wilri1er L. Moore, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the city of Atlanta's civil engineer were heard from. Maps, estimates and plats of the proposed improvements were furnished to the Commission.
The sub-committee, compose.d of the chairman, the secretary and Senator Brown, reported that after considerable correspondence and investigation, they recommended the employment of Mr. Hines M. Smith, to furnish the estimate of cost of double tracking the road, and to do such other work as shown by his communication, which the secretary read for the information of the Commission.
The chairman stated that no positive engagement had been made with Mr. Smith, as ;his fees in this matter were $2,200.00; and it was preferred that the Commission itself should pass upon this part of the matter.
Upon motion, the report of the sub-committee was rejected. And upon motion of Senator Tarver, the sub-committee was directed to secure information from the AttorneyGeneral as to whether such expenditure of the funds would be legal under the Act. That if this opinion of the Attorney-General was favorable to the expenditure, the committee was further instructed to continue negotiations with other engineers, to see if the price charged by Mr. Smith was reasonable.
The city engineer of Atlanta was requested to deposit with the sub-committee on Atlanta terminals, maps, estimates and plats of the proposed improvements.
Upon motion of Mr. Callaway, the Clhairman of the commission was requested to communicate especially with the Southern Railway, in regard to its actual experience as to the cost of doubletracking between Gainesville and Atlanta. Georgia; and to obtain
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such other information as was feasible concerning double-tracking by other roads in like territory.
Upon motion of Senator McNeil, the Commission voted to meet in Atlanta at 10 o'clock A. M., on the loth day of December, 1913, at the Senate Chamber, in the Capitol, for the purpose of transacting any business that might come before it; and, further, for the purpose of inspecting the terminal property of the railroad in Atlanta, and also for the purpose of going in a body to Chattanooga on the 11th day of December, to inspect the terminal property of the railroad there.
Approved: G. GUNBY JORDAN, Chairman.
Secretary.
EXHIBIT E-3.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC COMMISSION.
Minutes of Meetings Held December lOth and 11th, 1913, iB Atlanta and Chattanooga.
Commission met December lOth, 1913, in the Senate Chamber, State Capitol, pursuant to adjournment. Present: G. Gunby Jordan, chairman; Senator Tarver, Representatives Greene, Cole, Akin and Fullbright.
In the absence of Mr. Wright, the secretary, H. J. Fullbright was requested to act as secretary.
The chairman reported the result of his corre~pondence with the Southern Railway officials, as to cost of double tracking its line from Atlanta to Gainesville. For this information see attached letter.
In answer to a request from Commissioner Callaway, the chairman was directed to wire him that there would be no meeting of the Commission in Atlanta on the night of December 11th.
Mr. Greene moved that the chairman be instructed to communicate with the authorities of the several roads which might be bidders for a lease of the W. & A., and if possible get tentative propositions from them for the State's property, as provided in the Act creating the Commission. Senator Tarver moved to amend by authorizing the chairman to also advertise, in his discretion, for similar propositions. The motion as amended was adopted.
Mr. H. M. Smith, civil engineer, employed by the Commission to assist in locating the State's property in Atlanta and Chattanooga, made a statement as to the terminals in Atlanta, prelim-
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inary to a personal inspection of the same by the Commission. He reported that the A. B. & A. was using and occupying what is known as the Chapman property, about two miles west of the sta tion, and the chairman was directed to make investigation as to this road 's right to use and occupy this piece of the State 's prop erty.
December 11th, 1913.
Commission adjourned to meet at the Kimball House Lobby at. 2 P. M., for the purpose of making an inspection of the terminals in Atlanta.
Commission met again pursuant to adjournment, and made theinspection of Atlanta Terminals.
Commission met in Chattanooga at 9 A. M., and spent a large portion of the morning in personally inspecting the State.'s prop erty in that city.
Later a business session was held at the Hotel Patten. A motion was made by Mr. Tarver, whieb prevailed, that the matter of closing a trade with a surveyor be postponed until the next meet ing of the Commission, when it was hoped to have a full attend ance. The time for next meeting was fixed for January 14, 1914, Commission was then adjourned.
G. GUNBY JORDAN, Chairman.
H. J, FULLBRIGHT, Secretary pro tern.
EXHIBIT E-4.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF WESTERN AND ATLANTIC COMMISSION, JANUARY 14, 1914.
The following name.d members of the Commission met in At lan~a, Ga., on the morning of January 14, 1914, at the Union Station: Chairman, G. Gunby .Jordan, Senator J. IV, L. Brown, Senator M. C. Tarver, Mr. Fuller E. Callaway, Representatives L. R. Akin, E, D, Cole, H. J. Fullbright and A. B. Greene.
At 8:35 we left Atlanta on a special train, in company ~ith Supe.rintendent McCollum and Chief Engineer McDonald, of the N., C. & St. L., for the purpose of inspecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga, as well as to investigate the location of any other property the State might own along the line, and the use to which the same was being put.
H. J. Fullbright was asked to serve as secretary of the Commission, in the absence of Mr. Barry Wright, the secretary.
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We were informed by Mr. McDonald that the use of part of the State's right of way by the Seaboard Air Line and the A. B. & A. was by contract with the lessee, approved by the Attorney-General of the State. That the Southern was also using the right of way of the W. & A. Road by virtue of an Ad of the Legislature. That the Southern had laid tracks across what is known as the Chapman lot without authority from any one, so far as known.
We found that the Southern had abandoned about one and: a half miles of double track on the right o1 way of the W. & A. at Hills Park Yards, and that this was now being: used by the N., C. & St. L. We also found that at this point the State owns about four acres of land which is not now, and: never has been, used for railroad purposes. The Hills Park Yards are located upon the property of the N., C. & St. L., except the W. & A. right of way of sixty-six feet.
We inspected the parcels of land belonging to the State, and not covered by the regular sixty-six feet right of way, at Marietta, Kennesaw, Acworth, Cartersville, Kingston, Adairsville, Calhoun, Dalton, Resacca, Tunnel Hill and Ringgold. These several parcels <Of land are shown upon the attached drawing by Mr. H. M. Smith, C. E., being in each instance inclosed by red lines.
Our attention was called to the fact that there is a dispute between the lessee and the Federal authorities, as to which has the superior right to a strip of the right of way of the W. & A. Road in the outskirts of the city of Chattanooga.
In making our inspection we were given every assistance, and 1!hown every consideration and courtesy by President Peyton, who had joined us at Marietta, Superintendent McCollum, Ohief Engineer McDonald, as well as other officials of the N., C. & St. L., who accompanied us.
On the return trip the Commission held a regular business session, at which the chairman reported that he had been unable to get either President Peyton, of the N., C. & St. L., or President Smith, of the L. & N., to give any intimation of their purpose with reference to making offers for the W. & A. property at 'this time, giving as reasons the fact that this Commission has no authority to bind the State, and the further fact that the present lease has six more years to run.
On motion of Mr. Callaway, it was agreed that this Commission will, in its report, recommend that the Act for a new lease of the W. & A. shall provide for offering the property, for bids with obligation to double track the property, and for bids without this provision.
Having adopted the above motion, it was deemed unwise to employ an engineer to make a survey of the present road, with a
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view of reaching an estimate of the probable cost of double tracking the same, and it was decided not to have such a survey made.
The thanks of the other members of the Commission were voted Mr. Callaway for copies of the lease of 1890 and the Act of the Legislature under which it was made.
After a general discussion of matters pertaining to the work of the Commission, it was determined that no further meeting would be held until sometime during the latter part of April, the date to be :fixed by the chairman, when we will meet for t'be purpose of outlining the report to be made to the next session of the State Legislature. Meeting was then adjourned.
G. GUNBY JORDAN, Chairman.
H. J. FULLBRIGHT, Secretary pro tern.
EXHIBIT F.
Rome, Ga., Feb. 16, 1914.
Hon. G. Gunby Jordan, Chairman Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission.
Dear Sir: Touching the Western and Atlantic Railroad and matters pertaining thereto, the foU.owing is submitted, with the hope that it may be of some service to you.
In the absence of any survey, you will readily understand that the :figures and estimates given, so far as the grading is concerned, are purely off band, based only on observation and a long experience in railroad location and construction. But the rougher the country the more difficult it is to make an estimate of grading cost without instrumental examination; nevertheless, it is believed that these :figures are not very far wrong, one way or the other, and they wiH at least give some general ideas that may be of value. The estimates of cost of track and bridges may be taken as fairly near the truth-the grading being the main unknown quantity. You will find herewith a map of the line, made from United State geological survey contour, or topographic sheets. This makes a map on a scale of one-half inch (or exactly l/125,000) to the mile, and is presumed to be geographically correct. This map shows in a striking way the crookedness of the road, and gives a clear idea of the magnitude of the work that will be required to make anything like a more direct line between the two terminals-more especially between Atlanta and Cartersville. The air-line distance between Atlanta and Chattanooga is shown to be 105 miles, as against 138 miles of road. From Car-
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tersville to Atlanta the air line is 37 miles, as against 48 miles of road.
There has always been much conjecture on the part of the public as to why the road is so crooked, and why so many apparently needless curves.
We may answer that when this road was started, about 18451 railroad construction was indeed a very infant industry, and the builders could not foresee that 70-foot Pullmans, 150-ton locomotives and 100-ton freight cars would succeed the diminutive equip~ ment of that day; so that even if the importance of cutting out curves had been understood, as it is at this time, the road would still have been good and safe enough for such motive power and :rolling stock as were at first used.
Answering still further, we may say that the maximum grade is remarkably low-only six-tenths of one per cent., or say 32 feet per mile-that the first 48 miles of grading were unusually roughthat the State soon realized that it had undertaken a far greater task than was at first contemplated-therefore, in order to lighten ".the work as much as possible and still maintain the low maximum :grade, distance was freely sacrificed and curves freely used to follow the easiest and most available ground, and all, of course, without any suspicion of what a first-class railroad would be seventy years later.
These two facts are impressive-that the State even vndertook the work at all-and that the road is remarltably well located, as it stands today. Many modeTn lines cannot show anything like the skill and judgment used by the engineers of that far-away time.
With the foregoing as a general introductory, let us now consider the specific matter of double tracking the road.
It has been made very clear to you that double tracking and straightening will be expected, if not positively demanded, and especially between Atlanta and Cartersville, where the Louisville and Nashville trains come on the line. The combined traffic of this forty-eight miles of the road frequently amounts to seventyfive trains per day-a condition on a single, very crooked track that is entirely incompatible with safety and peace of mind. Only the skill of the dispatchers and the strict discipline among the trainmen have so far prevented serious accidents-but even these things cannot prevent delays to trains day after day, and finally the pitcher will go to the well once too often. In short, it is absolutely imperative that this part of the road be double tracked, and straightened as far as may be, without any unnecessary delay. The public safety and the State's interest demand it.
That part of the line from Cartersville to Chattanooga may wait with reasonable safety for, say five years, before double
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tracking is absolutely necessary, and it is assumed that the lessee will not at this time demand it.
Therefore we will consider first the double tracking of the present line, wi-hout any changes in location, between Atlanta and Cartersvile, forty-eight miles; but as the line is already double tracked for five miles out from Atlanta, we consider only forty three miles, taking no account of t'he double track in the shape of sidings that already occur in this distance.
The additional cutting' and filling required to make a double track roadbed is assumed as' a rhomboid, 12 feet wide on its top and base, and of a continuous average height or depth of twelve feet for the entire forty-three miles.
This gives a total of 28,142 cubic yards per mile, which we count as all to be paid for, giving no credit for contents of cuts used in making embankments, but counting the entire roadbed as excavation and borrow.
Contract prices at this time will average, say, 22 cents for earth, 40 cents for loose rock, and 80 cents for solid rock.
To cover all three classes we take an average price of 35 cents per cubic yard, which allows for a classification of 15 per cent.. solid rock, 25 per cent. loose rock, and 60 per cent. earth, at the contract prices above quoted. This gives cost of grading $9,850.00 per mile.
An itemized estimate per mile will be about this: Right of ~ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500.00 Clearing and grubbing .............................. . 150.00 Culverts, new and old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 Grading ........................................... . 9,8.50.00 Track laid and ballasted, 85-lb. rail. .................. . 8,000.00 Sidings, cross-overs, towers, water supply, etc.......... . 2,500.00 Engineering and contingent ......................... . 2,000.00
To~al ...... : . .................................... $24,500.00
Now as to the bridges: Tbe Chatta.hoochee River Bridge co~sists of six steel spans, aggregating 596 feet, and 176 feet cedar pile approaches. The Allatoona Creek Bridge is one steel span of 114 feet and 93 feet of pile trestle approaches. The Etowah River Bridge is five steel spans, aggregating 596 feet. The only thing to do with these three bridges is to throw them away, so to speak, and build entirely new structures, with new masonry and steel trestle approaches. Building under L. & N.
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specifications and loading, these bridges will cost not far from $300,000.00.
Therefore, 43 miles, at $24,500.00. , .. , , .. , . . . . . . . . . . . $1,053,500 Bridges, as above .......... , , .. , , , . , .. , ..... , .,. . . . . . . 300,000
Total oost of double tracking 43 miles ...... , ...... .$1,353,500
Which is in round numbers $31,500.00 per mile for double tracking the present lin~ between Atlanta and Cartersville.
Let us now consider, as well as we may, the matter of straight ening the line, and taking out as many curves as is practicable; betwee:n Atlanta and Cartersville.
We are confronted at the outset by the belief that the Legislature will not permit such wide departures from present line as will inflict vital injury on the towns and stations that have grown up along the line, and which would be practically ruined if the road were taken away. Besides, the general line between Atlanta and Cartersville is fairly direct, and probably as good as the country affords.
We assume, therefore, that whatever straightening and relocation are done will be had between stations-that is, between Atlanta and Marietta-Marietta and Kennesaw-Kennesaw and Acworth-Acworth and Emerson-Emerson and Cartersville.
This gives ns five divisions or sections to consider, aggregating forty-three miles, as before.
Let us assume that we re-locate and change an average of tl1ree miles in each section, making fifteen miles of new road in all, which is 35 per cent. of the forty-three miles.
This new location may depart entirely, for short distances, from the present line, or it may cross and recross time and again, or both of these things may occur. As already stated, the line is remarkably well located, and any wide departure from the present road is likely to take us into ground that is altogether impracticable.
The grading is, as before, the main unknown quantity in the problem-but taking a road-bed thirty feet wide and of an average height on depth of eleven feet, gives us 100,000 yards per mile, whic"h we assume is all to be. paid foT at 35 cents per yard, as before-making $35,000.00 per mile as the cost of grading. Adding the other items as heretofore named, with a double track in stead of a single track, and including bridges, we have a total of $64,650.00 per mile, or $970,000.00 for the fifteen miles.
Add to this the cost of twenty-eight miles, at $31,500.00, as heretofore shown, and we have a grand total of $1,852,000.00 as
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the cost of the forty-three niiles-an average cost of $43,000.00
per mile. Let us go a little' further and take out the big bend at the
Etowah River. Move the road and bridge down stream, and make ILS direct a line between Emerson and Cartersville as may be. Add another hundred thousand dollars to cover this extra cost of bridge .wd steel viaduct, and we get right around two millions of dollars ILS our final eost of the work, as above outlined.
We take no account of any possible shortening of the line by .-eason of the re-location, but estimate on forty-three miles all through. Besides, the shortening is of secondary importance: the main point is to straighten. as much as may be, though some shortening will no doubt result.
The straightening may cause in places somewhat heavier grades, but this is admissible, because the resistance on curves is greater than upon tangents-therefore, heavier grades may be used on the tangents-technically known as ''equating grades for curvature.''
This question may arise-if the Jessee is bound to deliver the road back to the State in good condition, and if the work of double tracking and new location be done as outlined, then may or may not the lessee be called on to furnish one of the tracks upon the fifteen miles of new location, as well as to leave a good track upon that part of the old road-bed which is not changed.
If so, then this estimate is entitled to a credit of fifteen miles of one track, at $8,000.00 pet' mile, or $120,000.00.
From the figures given, it is easy t() calculate the additional cost if we re-locate more than the fifteen miles.
As to that section from Cartersville to Chattanooga, ninety miles-the country changes at the Etowah River, and from there to Chattanooga is very much smoother and easier. Therefore the cost of grading for double track will be very much less-say, not over three or four thousand dollars per mile, and the total cost of double tracking per mile will probably not exceed twenty thousand dollars, bridges included. This is a very off-hand opinion, because it is not deemed necessary to go into this matter at this time, as the necessity f()r double tracking this section is not
pressing, and the lessee will probably not insist on it for some
years to come.
The double tracking and straightening between Atlanta and Cartersville will, of course, enable the trains to make better time and add largely to safety of operation. Every curve that can be eliminated or even made easier is a decisive step in the right direction. Probably four-fifths of these forty-three miles consists of curves-and when we consider that rails on curves wear out in
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five years and have to be renewed, as. against twelve yeatb ;>n
tangents, the real economy in the straightening is clearly seen.
And besides, it increases the rental value-for the lower the
cost of operation and maintenance the greater the rental that can
be asked and will be paid.
There are two direct methods of providing t'his double track.
One is for the lessee to do the work, under proper and adequate
State supervision, and deduct the cost from the rental.
The other way is: for the State to finance and do the work,
under such plans and specifications as the State and the lessee
may agree upon. The rental will have been agreed on in advance,
of course.
Suppose the work costs two millions. The interest at 4 per
cent. is $80,000.00. If this sum be added to the present rental,
it would make the monthly payment $41,667.00, instead of $35,001.00
as at present. But if the road is now worth $35,000.00 per month
as a very crooked, single track line, it would appear that when
straightened and double tracked, with the resulting safety, economy
of operation, and far greater capacity, that the increase in rental
shou~d be more than the mere interest on the cost of the work.
This being true, it would seem that if the State can borrow
money at 4 per cent. and so apply it as to make it earn 8 per
cent. or more, then it would be best for the State to do the work
and not cut off the rental to pay for it.
In the writer's humble opinion the best plan of all is for the
State to levy a direct tax extending ov&r two or three or more
years, as the work will be in progress during at least two tax-
paying periods. Taking $700,000,000.00 as the basis of taxation,
a total tax of two-sevenths of 1 per cent. would pay for the work-
and if this levy were distributed over only three years, it would
be in round numbers one-tenth of 1 per cent, per year. Wit1h the
constant increase in taxable values, and the expecte-d further
increase by reason of the Tax Equalization law, and the increase in
rental of the road, the method suggested may be followed without
exceeding the constitutional limit of taxation.
If the convicts, or part of them, were used on the work, it
might be done at a lower cost than estimated.
It will cost something more to maintain two tracks than one-
but with less wear and tear, less. frequent. renewal of rails and
other economies permitted by the straighter double track, the
difference may be less than would appear at first sight.
Back of all lies the main question: Can the State and any
lessee-presumably the present one-get together on a new leasef
It tltkes two to make a trade-and it has already been frankly
stated that "we w..nt the road, and will take it if we can get it
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"on fair terms. If not, there are other ways of getting to Atlanta. ''from Chattanooga besides over the W. & A. Road.''
And, indeed, there are other ways-and this leads up to this question : If the total revenue from the local business along the line is only 11 per cent. of the grand total revenue, would not the State be in a deplorable condition if the road were thrown on her handsf For, with no friendly connecting lines 'at either end, the road would\ indeed be an ''orphan road,,'' and could not be operated except at a loss.
The foregoing half dozen paragraphs are written with due perception of the fact that possi'bly the engineer has gotten above his business and has presumed to discuss matters that are entirely out of his province. Therefore, all due apologies are ihereby tendered.
Of course, the only way to get accurate information as- to the cost of the proposed work is to put an engineer corps in the field, and not only run as many preliminary lines as the case may demand, but make an actual location so that the quantities may be determined and all other data secured, upon which to base an estimate of cost.
The only unknown quantity then would be the classification o.f material, and even this can be closely estimated in advance of the work-because of the many exposures on the present line.
It will cost, say, $1,500.00 to equip a party with instruments and all the paraphernalia incident to the case. The monthly wages and subsistence of the corps would amount to somewhat less than $1,500.00 and the entire work should be done in six months or less. In other words, $10,000.UO will be enough to complete the surveys, and location, and make up the estimates.
The following maps are sent herewith: No. 1-General map of entire road.
2-Map of Chattanooga terminal, showing extension of Broad Street as proposed by Chattanooga.
3-Blue print of Chattanooga yards. 4-The yard at Howell, near Atlanta. 5-Another part of :a:owell ya.rd. 6-Showing "The Triangle," in Atlanta, exchanged for
Wall Street. 7-The Evans property, proposed yard for Chattanooga,
five miles out. All of which, with this ''so-called'' report, are respectfully submitted, with the hope that you may find something of value therein.
Yours very truly, H. M. SMITH,
c. E.
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EXHIBIT G.
(Released Sunday, January 18, 1914.)
MEMORANDUM AS TO FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE W. & A. RAILROAD, 191213; FOR SUCH USE AS NEWSPAPERS MAY CARE TO MAKE.
A study of the annual report of the Western & Atlantic Railroad for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, just :filed with the Railroad Commission of Georgia, furnishes much information interesting to the public.
As is known to every one, the W. & A. Railroad belongs to the state'of Georgia; it runs from Atlanta to Ohattanooga, a distance of 136.8 miles, and is leased to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad for $420,012.00 per annum.
The present lease expires December 27th, 1919. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad owns 71 per cent. of the capital stock of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, the Jessee company. The L. & N. has trackage rights over' the State road for its trains, through Etowah, Tenn., from Carters ville to Atlanta, and for trai"ns through Knoxville, Tenn., from Marietta to Atlanta. In addition to leasing its road and the physical properties actually used in railway operations, the State leases other valuable properties, including city real estate in Chatta nooga, all included in the gross rental above mentioned.
The gross revenue received by the Jessee company from the operation and use of all the property leased to it by the State for the year ended June 3(}, 1913, was $3,374,910.79, derived from the following sources:
From Freight transportation ...... ................. $2,262,888.27 " Passenger train service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 799,041.36 '' Switching and special train service. . . . . . . . . . . . 82,293.64 " Operations other than transportation . . . . . . . . . . 49,981.75 " Rents, trackage, etc., by other railroads........ 98,837.24 " Net rentals of proptlrty not used for railroad purposes ................................ .. . 31,903.59
" Auxiliary operations ........................ . 49,964.94
$3,374,910.79
The expenditures made in earning this income from property leased to it by the State, for the same period, aggregated $2,643,441.46, distributed to the following purposes:
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On Maintenance of way and structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 197,582.50 '' Maintenance of equipment ..................... . 453,475.40 '' Traffic expenses .............................. . 101,523.13 '' Transportation expenses ....................... . 1,448,748.59 '' General expenses ............................. . 78,491.14 '' Taxes paid in Tennessee and Georgia . .......... . 25,426.47 " Rentals of joint facilities and miscellaneous ..... . 6,654.74 '' Hire of rolling stock and equipment . .......... . 279,348.80 " Expenses auxiliary operations ................. . 50,990.69 '' Debit on joint facilities operation ............. . 1,200.00
$2,643,441.46
Deducting this sum from the gross receipts from the leased property leaves net earnings of the same property $731,469.33, which is 5 per cent. net on $14,629,386.00.
From the net earnings of the property, $731,469.33, the rental paid the State, $420,012.00, leaves a net profit, from the lease, to the lessee of $311,457.33.
The value of the road to the present lessee, the N., C. & St. L. R. R., which is controlled by the L. & N. Railroad, is not, however, measured solely by the net dollars that the lessee receives. Its value is largely enhanced because the property under lease control is a most valuable link in a great railway system. This is shown by the following facts:
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, a vast eastern seaboard
system, owns 51 per cent. of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
a vast western and gulf system; the L. & N. and A. C. L. are the
joint lessees of the Georgia RaiJroad from Atlanta to Augusta,
where it connects with the Coast Line, and perha.ps the third best
railroad in Georgia; the L. & N. and the A. C. L. control the
majority stock of the Atlanta & West Point and Western of Ala-
bama, from Atlanta to Montgomery, the A. & W. P. Railroad
being perhaps the second best railroad line in Georgia: the L. &
N. in turn, owns 71 per cent. of the stock of the Nashville, Chat-
tanooga & St. Louis Railroad, the lessee of the Western & Atlantic,
the best paying railroad line in Georgia, and the connecting link
between the L. & N. and the N., C. & St. L. systems and the
Georgia, and Atlanta & West Point Roads, and the great Coast
Line System at Augusta.
Study of the expenditures charged to operating expenses shows
some items apparently unusually large. For example, there is in-
cluded in operating expenses the item of $137,135.5,6 paid during
the year for ''injuries to persons,'' or an average for the year
of over $1,000.00 per mile of road. This seems to be considerably
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in excess of the normal; as for 1911 only $33,750, and for 1912,
$56,547.00, were paid for personal injuries.
The ll'eport further shows that for the year, $20,794.51 was.
spent in "Additions and Betterments," the chief item in which
was $13,839.45 for "Interlocking Apparatus."
The chief item in the "Maintenance of Equipment Account,"
is $425,726.41 for repairs on engines and cars. The report shows
that on June 30, 1913, the lessee company had in service 59 loco-
motives, of which only 10 were owned by it, and 49 were leased.
It had in service 2,929 cars of all kinds, of which only 196 were
owned, and 2,733 leased. The 10 engines and 196 cars (mainly
freight cars) reported as "owned" are doubtless the property of
the State. The 49> locomotives and: 2,733 cars leased are leased
by the lessee, the N., C. & St. L. Railroad from itself, and for
them as lessee it' paid to itself as owner $279,348.80, as hire of
equipment, and in addition, spent, in keeping substantially the
same equipment in repair, $425,726.41, or a total for hire and re-
uairs of leased equipment, approximately, $705,075.21.
Forty-nine locomotives and 2,733 cars about as leased and used
by the company could have been bought new .and up to date in
1913 for approximately $3,250,000 to $3,500,000. The equipment
as used is probably 20 to 25 per cent. depreciated.
If the operating company owned its own equipment, it would
unquestionably save money.
'The total number of employees on the road, excluding general
offices, June 30, 1913, was ~,496, to wmom during the year, there
was paid $1,188,871.20 as wages, or an average of $2.35 per
day for all.
1
The total number of revenue pe.ssengers carried during the year
was 526,119. The average distance travelled, per passenger, was
53.51 miles; the average fare paid by each passenger, $1.11, and
the average rate per mile 2.08 cents. The total number of freight
tons handled was 2,328,755, of which the lessee reports 1,111,048
tons as originating on the W. & A. and the N., C. & St. L., and
1,217,707 tons, as received from connecting roads. The average
distance each ton was hauled was 103.66 miles, and the average
rate collected per ton, per mile, was 9.37 mills.
Of the total revenue, $3,374,910.79, received by the lessee c0;,1npany from the use of all the property leased to it by the State, $3;193,005.02 was received strictly from railway operations, and in earningt this, $2,279,820.76, including rental of equipment, was paid. The net earnings from railway operations, not including income from property not used for railway purposes, and excluding taxes, and rental paid the State, aggregated $912,158.51.
The total rental paid the State for the year for all of its
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property was $420,012.00. '!'he lessee received as rentals, for a portion of this property, which it sublet, and from trackage rights, a total of $130,740.83, which left only $289,271.17 due the State to be earned in railway operations.
Included in the item of rents receivable are the following:
Rentals and trackage from L. &N. R. R. ............. $60,919.27 Rentals and trackage from Seaboard Air Line ......... 21,117.97 Rentals and trackage from A. B. & A. R. R. .......... 13,800.00 Rentals and trackage from Southern 'Railway . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
Making total from railway companies for rentals and trackage rights .............................. $98,837.24
Th~ lessee received as rents from other physical proper ties not used for railroad purposes, a total of . . . . . . . . 31,903.59
Total rents and trackage receipts ................. $130,740.83
The present lease began on December 27th, 1890, since when :and to June 30, 1913, a period of twenty-two and a half years, the total receipts from railway operations have been .... $50,259,i90.17 Operating expenses ............................... 34,939,387.18
Net earnings from railway operations . . . . . . . . . . $15,320,403.29
During the same pe.riod, the lessee has paid to the State as ren tal $9,454,786.26. Its total expenditures for additions, better menta and improvements have been $813,898.41.
The "Operating Revenue" of $50,259,790.17 as reported above for the past twenty-two years does not include revenue from ren taL of property not used for railw.ay purposes, nor do the ''net earnings from railway operations, $15,320,403.29,'' include such rentals; these rentals should be added to the above totals to ascertain the entire revenue from all property leased to the lessee.
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EXHIBIT H.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD-ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC Nine Months, July, 1912, to March, 1918, Inc.
Showing local and through freight and freight at connecting ,. points. Furnished by the N., C. & St. L. Railroad Company.
Connections to local ................... . Local to connection .................. Junction points proper to local ......... Local to junction points proper ....... Local to local .......................
Tons. 45,421 67,866 16,028 126,939 4,461
Revenue. $ 46,641.41
74,292.57 26,123.06 68,735.02
3,5'74.13
260,712 Local (per cent.) ............... (14.9) Connections to junction point proper ... . 479,295 Connections to connections ............ . 847,712 Junction points to connections ........ . 119,800 Junction points to junction points proper 40,275
$ 219,366.19 (12.5)
$ 478,904.21 834.865.73 148,824.41 66,595.65
Competitive (per cent.)
1,487,082 (85.1)
$1,537,690.00 (87.5)
Year Ending June 80th, 1918.
Local: Connections to local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local to connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Junction points proper to local . . . . . . . . Local to junction points proper . . . . . . . . . Local to local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61,320 94,476 . 22,956 176,456
6,624
361,832
(Per cent.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . (17.1)
Competitive:
Connections to junction point proper .... 481,610
Connections to connections ............. 1,058,849
Junction points to connections . . . . . . . . . 161,074
Junction points to junction points
51,456
(Per cent.)
1,752,889 (82.9)
$ 59,978.42 59,133.45 35,688.35 90,670,61 5,413.68
$ 250,884.51 (11.9)
$ 562,388.11 1,016,440.13 200,321.32 82,447.38
$1,861,597.44 (88.1)
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EXHIBIT I.
OHARACTERISTICS OF WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD. Number of Miles Main Line, 136.82.
Bridges:
Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Aggregate Length . . . . . . . . 4291 feet.
Trestles . . . . . . . . . . 36 Aggregate Length . . . . . . . . 2593 feet.
Tunnels .......... 1 Aggregate Length ........ 1477 feet.
1911.
Operating revenue ................ $3,019,683.87 $2,922,112.48
Operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,045,622.86
2,103,593.36
Net earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 974,06Lq1
818,519.12
The above figures apparently do not take into consideration the following amounts received' for rents: 1911. Atlanta to Junta, L. & N. R. R. ................$56,624.45
Atlanta to Howells, S. A. L. Ry. . ............ . 18,035.84 Atlanta, Ga., A. B. & A. R. R. ................. . 7,150.00 Dalton, Ga., Southern Railway ............... . 2,760.00 Yards in Atlanta, A. B. & A. R. R. ........... . 6,000.00 Yards in Atlanta, L. & N. R. R. .............. . 999.96 Yards in Atlanta, S. A. L. Railway ........... . 1,999.92
Total .................................... $93,570.17
1912.
Atlanta to Junta, L. & N. R. R................. $60,911.30 Atlanta to Howells, S. A. L. Railway..... . . . . . . . 1,970.80 Atlanta to Howells, S. A. L. Railway. . . . . . . . . . . . 16,249.92 Atlanta, A. B. & A. R. R. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,800.00 Dalton, Southern Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 2,760.00 Yards, Atlanta:
A. B. & A. R. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,0{)0.00 L. & N. R. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999.97 S. A. L. Railway ........................... . 1,999.97 Yards, Dalton, Southern Railway .............. . 240.00
Total .................................... $98,931.96
EXIDBIT J.
Columbus, Ga., December 13, 1913. Mr. E. I. Lamb, Receiver A. B. & A. Railway,
A. B. & A. Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Dear Sir: By a resolution of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission, at its last meeting, it becomes my duty to make an inquiry of you.
The A. B. & A. Railway is occupying and using what is known as the "Chapman" property, about two miles west of the station in Atlanta.
The Ohapman property, being a part of the property of the State of Georgia, on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, it is presumed that you have a written permit from t)le present lessee, the Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway, for the occupancy of these premises.
The Commission would respectfully request, first, that you give that information.
And, secondly, whether or not the papers in this case have been filed with the State of Georgia. If so, was the formal consent of any official of the State given to such occupancyf Copy of such consent would be appreciated with your reply.
Self-directed stamped enYelope is enclosed, and thanking you for an early reply, belieYe me,
Very truly yours,
G. GUNBY JORDAN,
Chairman.
EXHIBIT K.
Atlanta, Ga., January 24, 1914..
Mr. G. Gunby ,Jordan, Chairman, \V, & A. Railroad Commission, Columbus, Georgia.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of December 13th, we beg to state that a written contract was entered into between the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Company and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company.
We built a Abort interchange track on the smalJ portion of ground concerned, but it claims no title to the land, or any interest therein, contrary to the State's title thereto. On the contrary, we fully recognize the State's title.
Trusting that you wiJI find that the above answers your inquiry, I bE'g to remain,
Yours very truly, E. I. LAMB.
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EXIDBIT L.
NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & SAINT L9tJIS B.A.U.WAY.
Law Depa.rtment.
Atlanta, Georgia, October 21, 1913.
Hon. G. Gunby Jordan, Chairman, W. & A. Lease Commission, Columbus, Georgia.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a letter dated October 20th, from
H.unter McDonald, Real Estate Agent, N., C. & St. L. Railway,
as follows:
''Herewith hand you correspondence with reference to parcel of land at the junction of the W. & A. R. R. and C., N. 0. & T. P. R. R., near Boyce, Tennessee, supposed to nave been donated to the W. & A. R. R.
''I can find no record of this piece of property being in eluded in the list of property leased to this company by the State of Georgia. Investigation goes to show that there is no deed on record conveying it to the W. & A. R. R. The City Atlas of Chattanooga indicated the property as belonging to the W. &.. A. R. R.
''There is little likelihood of this company needing the property before the expiration of our lease, but it might be needed in the fqture by the W. & A. R. R. Suggest that you confer with the State's Attorney with a view of securing title to same.''
Knowing that you are chairman of the Western & Atlantic 'Railroad Lease Commission, and noting from the Act approved August 19, 1913, establishing this Commission, from sub-section (d), that one of the duties prescribed by the Act is for your 'Commission to inquire ''whether any property in Chattanooga or along the line of said road, not held adversely to the State, is really the property of the State,'' it occurred to me that it would be proper to refer thiS' matter to you, so that you could give it 'Such direction as you deem best.
I have in my office the file sent me by Mr. McDonald, and if you or any other member of the Commission, or any specially designated person named by t'he Commission, de'sire to inspect same with the view of further investigation, I will be pleased to deliver this file, so that you can take such action thereon as you deem proper.
Ve.ry truly yours, (Signed) JOHN L. TYE, Division Counsel.
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SHOWING PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BROAD STREET SEWER
FROM 9TH S:J'. SOUTHWARD THROUGH W. & A. SWITCH YARDS WITH LATERAL CONNECTIONS THEREWITH EXTENDING EASTWARD
TO MARKET STREET.
Robt. Hooke, City Engr. June 14, 1913
- - - - SHOWS PROPOSED SEWERS - - - - .SHOWS EXISTING SEWERS
Chattanooga, Tenn. Scale 1 in.-100 fl.
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EXHIBIT M.
PROVIDING FOR THE LEASE OF THE WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
No. 660
AN ACT
To provide for the Lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad; to define the rights, powers, liability and duty of the Lessee, and for other purposes therewith connected.
Section 1. Be it enacted 'by the Sen~te and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Governor of the State be, and he is hereby authorized to
Governor authorized
lease the Western & Atlantic Railroad, together with all its houses, to lease.
workshops, rolling stock, depots and appurtenances of every kind
and character, to a company or corporation, or to any party or
parties who shall give good and sufficient security, as 'hereinafter
provided for. The said lease to take effect and become operative
from and after the expiration of the present lease, upon the fol-
lowing terms, and according to the following provisions: The said
lease to be for a term of not less than twenty years, and for a
sum of not less than thirty-five thousand dollars per month. Or,
for a term of not less than thirty years, and for a sum of not Jess than forty thousand dollars per month. Or, for a term of fifty
Terms of lease.
years, 0and for a sum of not Jess than forty-five thousand dollars per
month, the rental to be paid monthly into t1he Treasury of the State,
for the use of the State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall adver.tise for four weeks weekly (immediately preceding the 27th of June, 1890'), in such newspapers in the State of Georgia as he may designate, the number not to exceed four, and also one leading newspaper in each of the following cities: Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, Ohio; New York, N. Y., such advertisement to be a
Advertisement for
bid~.
definite proposal for bids as authorized by this Lease Act for the lease of the Western and Atlantic RailroaJ and other prop -erty in this Act referred to.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all bids for the lease of said road shall be submitted in writing to the Governor of this State on or before the 27th day of June, 1890, and accompanied by a certified check for twenty-five thousand dollars on some good :and solvent bank in this State, as a guarantee of the good faith ()f the bidder, to be forfeited to the State if the bid is accepted by the..,.State and the terms thereof shall not be complied with by
Deposit required from bidders.
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Opening bids.
In case all bids are rejected.
Proviso. Contract must be written by Attorney- 1 General.
Deposit of bonds required from lessees.
Value of bonds must be reported to Legis. lature.
the bidder. And the Governor, Comptroller-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Attorney-General, or a majority of them, within three days after the expiration of the time allowed for the reception of bids, shall open and examine said bids in the presence of the public and the bidders, or their representatives who may be present; and the Governor shall give due notice of thetime and place of such opening and examination of the bids by publishing the same in daily newspapers in the city of Atlanta one time, and determine which shall be accepted, with the right to rejec~t any and all bids; and in accepting bids, eveTything elsebeing equal, the hig.hest and best bidder for the longest term shall be accepted. In the event all bids are rejected, then th& Governor shall, in ten days ,thereafter, re-advertise the road under the same terms and conditions. In case the biddeT accepted by the State shall fail to comply with his bid and take the road it shall be re-advertised; and the bidder shall be liable t.o the State for whatever damages may result to the State from his failure t() comply with his bid, in addition to the twenty-five thousand dollars forfeited under this sectio~: P.rovided, that no price J.ess t.han that named in section one for the several terms shall beaccepted.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That any contract of lease entered into under this Act, shall be drawn and prepare-d by theAttorney-General of this State, signed in duplicate by the parties. leasing said road, and the Governor of the State. And within twenty days after the acceptance of the bi'd, the successful 1.bidder shall execute the contract required and make the deposit of bonds with the Treasurer, to which bonds he shall have access for the purpose of drawing the interest thereon.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said lessees shall deposit with the Treasurer of the State recognized valid bonds of the State of Georgia, or of the United States, of the par value of :fivehundred thousand dollars, and should said bonds, at any time, depreciate in value below their par value, or be reduced in payment of penalty in the nature of forfeiture, said lessees shall, within thirty days, make good said deposit on being notified thereof by the Governor, by the deposit of other bonds of like kind as above, so that bonds of the par and market value of :five hundred thousand: dollars shall at all times be deposited with the TreasureT as aforesaid, and in default thereof the Governor may, in his discretion, declare said lease forfeited, with all the incidents of forfeitureherein provided. It shall be the duty of the Governor and Treasurer from time to time to enquire into the value of said bonds so deposited and report the same to each session of the Legislature, and said bonds shall be held as collateral security by t!a_e Stat&
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for the faithful performance of all the terms, obligations and contracts of the lessees under said lease.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the bonds deposited under Collateral the requirements of the 4th section shall be regarded merely as col Security. lateral security for the faithful performance by the lessee of the terms of the lease contract, and shall not be held as exhaustive of other rights of the State as lessor. And after said bonds have been applied, in whole or part, as damage penalty or forfeiture for any act done, or omitted to be done, or any violation of the terms of the lease as herein provided, the original party to the lease, whether corporation, person or persons, as well as the company chartered hereby as Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, shall be liable further to the State of Georgia for any damage caused by any breach or forfeiture under said contract of this Additional Act. In addition to the deposit as security required by the terms security. of this Act, and the personal and corporate liability. imposed by the terms of this Act, the Legislature may at any time require the lessee or lessees to enter into bond with good security, to be approved by the Governor and Attorney-General, in such sums, not
to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, as the Legislature may
deem necessary to fully protect the interest of the State.
Sec. 7. Be it further' enacted, That when the road is leased Better. under the provisions of this Act, it shall be, and is hereby, dis- ments.
tinctly provided that all improvements, betterments or ameliora-
tions, whatever, shall be made at the expense of the lessee or les-
sees, and no claim for such will ever be entertained or allowed by
the State. All attachments to the realty shall be considered per-
manent. It is also distinctly provided that the lessee or lessees
shall, at all times, keep the said road in the condition of first-class
roads in Georgia, safely and expeditiously to carry on the business of said road. The Governor of the State shall have the power to
Board of Examiners.
appoint a Board of Examiners, to consist of three, and the Board
of Examiners so appointed shall have the power to require the
production of books, contracts, and any an.d all kinds of writings
that may throw light or information upon the subject matter or
matters under investigation. And if, by report of the examiners
appointed by the State's authorities, it shall appear that the lessee
or lessees have permitted said road to be reduced to a condition below the first-class roads of this State, or any of said property bas been lost, consumed or permanently removed from the State, the lessee or lessees shall be liable for such depreciation or deteriora-
Lessees liable for deterioration in value.
tion, or loss, consumption or removal, and the Governor of the
State shall apply a sufficiency of the bonds deposited as security
to restore said road to its condition at the date of the aforesaid
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Proviso. Board of arbitration. Official report as to condl tion of property.
Inventory to be made before present lease expires.
previous examination. Provided, that before proceeding under and by virtue of any report of said examiners, to apply any of the bonds deposited by said company as security, the Governor shall cause a copy of such report to be delivered to the President, or some other officer of said company, and the company shall have ten days from the receipt of such copy within which to file objections to said report with the Governor. And upon such objections being :filed, the Governor and the company shall appoint two men each, and these four shall appoint a. fifth man, all of said men to be railroad experts, and none of them connected with said railroad, nor with anY! railroad interested therein, and said :five men so selected as aforesaid, shall constitute a board of arbitration, who shall examine the matters referred to in the report and exceptions, and shall make up an award, which shall be final and conclusive in the premises. And it shall be the duty of said lessees, on or . before the first day of October of each and every year, to make and file with the Governor of this State an official report of the condition of said Western and Atlantic Railroad, and all the property connected therewith, which report shall contain and set forth the following facts: What improvements have been made by the lessees, or additions made to the track, bridges, depot buildings or side-tracks; what rolling stock has been purchased by said road; the amountS' received from passengers and freights; the expenses incurred in the operating of said road; the amount of freight carried over said railroad and the rates charged for the same, and any and all other facts necessary to the furnishing complete information of the condition and operations of said railroad for each year during said lease.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall appoint five citizens of this State, of high character, two of whom are experts in railroad management, who, after making oath that they are neither directly or personally connected or interested in the present or future lease of said road, except as citizens of this State, shall proceed; sixty days before the expiration of the present lease, to examine the road and its houses, workshops, depots and rolling stock, and all other appurtenances, of every character, and shall make out, in writing, a schedule or inventory of the same, carefully describing and setting forth the true condition of the road and its rolling stock and appurtenances, and property of every character, with the value thereof, which shall be recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and filed in the Executive Office, and a copy furnished the lessees under this Act; and as soon as the terms of the lease are agreed upon between the Gov ernor and lessee or lessees, and the name or names of the company, or corporation, or parties leasing the road and its appurtenances,
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has been entered on the minutes of the Executive Department as
the persons or corporations proposing to take said lease, and the
acceptance of the proposition by the Governor shall also have
been recorded, and a receipt given to the State by the lesseeR
under this Act, for all the property turned over to them, the per-
sons, associations or corporations accepted as lessees under this
Act, if not already a corporation created under the laws of Geor-
gia, shall, from the time of such acceptance, and, until after the
final adjustment of all matters springing out of this lease contract,
become a body politic and corporate under the laws of this State,
under the name and style of the Western & Atlantic RailToad
Company, which body corporate shall be operated only from the
time of their taking possession of said road as lessees;
and it
Lessees to become a
shall have the power to sue and be sued, on all contracts made by corporate
said company, in any county through which the road runs, after body.
the execution of said lease, or for any cause of action which
may accrue to said company, and to which it may become liable.
After said lease is executed, it shall have power to make all .rules,
by-laws and regulations for the government of said company, and
for the working and management of said road, which are necessary General and usual with railroad companies in this State, and which are not powers.
in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State or the
United States. The principal office and place of business of said
company shall be in this State; Provided, that not,hing in this Act shall be construed as an amendment of the charter of any
Principal otHce.
corporation which may lease said road; Provided, further, that if
said lessee is a corporation already incorporated under the laws
,of Georgia, it shall operate said railroad as the "Western and Atlan-
tic Railroad,'' and such lessee may be sued on any contract or
Corporate name.
cause of action arising out of said lease for the operation of said
road, in any county through which said road runs.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That said lease company shall
be subject to, and required to observe and obey all just and rea- Fre\ght
sonable rules, orders, schedules of freight and passenger tariffs as
and passenger tratHc.
may be prescribed by the laws of this State and the Railroad Com-
mission of this State; and said lease company shall charge no
greater rate per ton per mile on through freight on eaid railroad
than the local rate allowed and fixed on similar freights by the
Railroad Commission for said railroad; and said company !!'hall not
di~criminate against any railroad company or persons or pa:rties or
places having business connections or relations with said Western
& Atlantic Railroad, but all schedules of freight and passenger
tariffs shall be so arranged as to give all connecting roads and
all places and persons having business relations with said road a
fair and equal chance, doing equal justice between them in every-
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Bonds. Existing contract. Report as to condl. tlon of road. In event the road Is re-ad vertlsed.
Proviso.
thing connected with the management of said road; and that said lease company shall have the exemptions, privileges, immunities, rights and guarantees, and shall be subject to the same laws, lia bilities, disabilities and public burdens on other railroad companies in this State and no more, in all cases where this Act is silent and has made no provision on this subject. And it is further en acted, that the State pledges her faith to redeem all bonds on said road which have been issued by the State and now recognized by the State and on which interest is now being paid, together with all interest coupons as they fall due, and to save the lessees harmless against said bonds and coupons.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the said lease shall in no way interfere with the contract now existing between the State and the present lessees; and the lessees under this Act shall receive the road-bed in its condition at the time the lease con tract is made, ordinary and natural wear and tear until the ex piration of the present lease excepted; and the Governor shall appoint three expert railroad men, not connected with the lease 'company or any corporation having shares therein, whose duty it shall be to examine the road-bed and its appurtenances within ten days prior to the opening of the bids, and make a full and complete report. of the condition of the same to the. Governor, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, which report shall be taken as the true condition of the road :tt that time. In the event the road is readvertised for lease, a like examination and report shall be made prior to the opening of the bids, together with that part of the personalty received by the lessees, except old iron, not in use, wood and crossties, and material in car-shops and machine-shops, and which is shown by the inventory of file in the Secretary of State's office, taken under the lease Act of 1870, and supplementary inventory of 1872, subject to the right of the pres ent lessees, at option, to deliver the property therein specified, if in 'as good condition as when received, or property of like kind and character, in a like condition or of increased capacity, or upon failure to do so, then to account for the full value of the same in money. The money so received shall be reinvested in engines or cars by said lessees, acting with the concurrence of a competent and disinterested railroad expert, to be appointed by the Gov ernor. Said property so purchased shall belong to the State, sub ject to the provisions of the lease, and an inventory of the same, signed by the lessees and the said railroad expert, shall be filed with the Secretary of State; Provided, that the State shall not be bound, nor the rights of the State limited, by any statements or conclusions made in said report of said arbitration, of date De cember 19, 1872. In case the lessee or lessees under this Act shall
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639
fail or refuse to pay whatever sum may be agreed upon according to the provisions of this Act as a monthly rental into the Treas ury of the State within twenty days after the end of the month, the lessee or lessees shall forfeit to the State six months' rental as damages, to be collected out of the bonds deposited under this Act. For failing or refusing to comply with said lease contract, the Governor, at his option, may declare the lease forfeited, and take immediate possession of said road and its appurtenances; and if any resistance is offered by the lessee or lessees, it shall be the duty of the Sheriffs of all the counties in this State through which said railroad runs to aid the Governor, with the posse eometatus of their respective counties, to take possession, and expel the lessee or lessees Wlho have failed or refused to make payments when due, as aforesaid; and in ten days after he has terminated the lease and taken possession of the road for the S~ate, the Governor shall apply the remaining bonds deposited as damages on account of the forfeiture, as far as the same may go.
Sec. 11. . Be it further enacted, That said lessee or lessees shall be required to pay all taxes and assessments upon the property of this State in the State of Tennessee, and in Georgia upon all property owned or controlled by them, not received from the State, and such further taxes upon their income as is now paid by the Central Railroad and Banking Company, and shall not sublet said road, or any part thereof, to any other company, corporation or party. Provided, the lessees may sublet any property not needed for railroad purposes; Provided, that in the opinion of the Attor nay-General this can be done without invalidating the State's title thereto; and all improvements put on said property by the lessees or their tenants shall belong to the State at the expiration of said lease.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That all payments required to be made under said lease shall be made in gold, or its equivalent. The railroad shops of the Western & Atlantic Railroad shall not be removed beyond the State of Georgia, and the principal office of the Western & Atlantic Railroad shall be within the limits of the State of Georgia.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That in the event of a failure to lease the Western & Atlantic Railroad, or in the event of a forfeiture of the lease at any time, the Governor shall operate said road under the provisions of the laws of this State until a lease can be made under this or any subsequent Act of the Legis lature.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved November 12, 1889.
Damages for fatlure to pay monthly rental. Forfeiture of lease.
Taxes.
Proviso aa to sub. letting. Payments of rent. Principal oftlce.
~vemor
to operate the road In case of forfeiture of lease.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
EXHIBIT N.
LEASE OF WBSTBB.N & A'l'LANTIC RAILB.OAD.
STATE OF GEORGIA, } COUNTY OF FULTON,
Whereas, the undersigned, John B. Gordon, the Governor of said State, did, in strict accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of said State, entitled, "An Act to provide for the lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, to define the rights, powers, liabinty and duty of the lessee, and for other purposes therewith connected," which Act was approved November 12, 1889, made an advertisement, which was a definite proposal for bids, as authorized by said Act, for the lease of the said the Western & Atlantic Railroad, together with all its houses, workshops, rolling-stock, depots, and appurtenances of every kind and character, being the property of said State, and whic'h said Act authorizes the Governor of said State to lease' as therein provided, said bids to be submitted in writing to the Governor on or before the twenty-seventh (27th) day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety (1890); and whereas, on or before said last named date two bids only were so submitted, one of which was by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, a corporation created by the laws of the State of Tennessee, but not a corporation by the laws of the State of Geor gia, proposing and offering to lease the said Western & Atlantic Railroad and the other property hereinbefore mentioned under and in accordance with the provisions of the sa.id Act, approved, as aforesaid, on the twelfth (12) day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (1889); for a term of twenty-nine (29) years, and to pay therefor the sum of thirty-five thousand and one dollars ($35,001) each month during said term as required by said Act; and whereas, after the said Governor had given due notice of the time and place of the opening and examination of the bids, in strict conformity to the requirements of said Act the Governor, Comptroller-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and AttorneyGeneral of said State opened and examined said bids, at the time and place so designated, in the presence of the public and tM bidders, or their legal representatives, to wit, at eleven (11) o'clock in the forenoon of the twenty-eighth (28th) day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety (1890), at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and then adjourned over until the following Monday, to wit, until the thirtieth (30th) day of June, ei~rhteen hundred and ninety (1890), at four (4) o'clock in the afternoon, and then as sembled again, and then and there, at the said Capitol of the State of Georgia, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the said thirtieth
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641
(30th) day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety (1890), did formally and in writing accept the said bid of the said the Nash ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, which written acceptance was, on the same day, ordered by the Governor to be entered on the minutes of the Executive Department, together with both of the bids submitted as aforesaid, and the papers accompanying said bids, and was, together with accompanying papers as aforesaid, entered on the minutes in said Department in pursuance of said order. And whereas, prior to the opening of said bids, the Gov ernor appointed three expert railroad men, to wit, Eben Hillyer; W. L. Clark and John Screven, not connected with the lease company, between which and the said State of Georgia a lease of said railroad and the other property connected therewith now exists, or with any corporation having shares in said lease, w.ho did, within ten days prior to the! opening of said bids, examine the road-bed of the said the Western & Atlantic Railroad and its appurtenances, and made a full and complete report of the condition of the same to tJhe Governor, as required by the first clause or sentence of the tenth section of said Act, which ll"eport was filed, in accordance with said section, in the office of the Secre tary of the State, on the twenty-sixth (26th) day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety (1890), and is taken by t"he parties hereto as showing the true condition of said railroad and the appurtenances thereof, which are mentioned and the condition of which is stated in said report, at the time the said report was ~led as aforesaid:
Now, this indenture, made and entered into on this the nineteenth (19th) day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety (1890), between the said John B. Gordon, Governor of the said State of Georgia, and for and in behalf of said State, as party of the first part, and the said the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, a corporation as aforesaid, as party of the second part, witnesseth: That the said party of the first part, under and by au thority of the said Act, approved November twelfth (12th), eight een hundred and eighty-nine (1889), and in pursuance thereof, in consideration of the premises, and especially of the agreement of
the party of the second part to pay into the treasury of the said
State, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of thirty-five thou
sand and one dollars ($35,001) monthly, as required by said Act, and of the deposit with the Treasurer of said State recognized
valid bonds of the State of Georgia .of the par value of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), as required by said Act, and particularly by the fourth and fifth sections thereof, as well as in
consideration of all the other obligations and duties to be per
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formed under the provisions of said Act by the said party of the second part, does hereby lease to the said party of the second part, viz., to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, the said the Western & Atlantic Railroad (a railroad running from the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, to the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee), together with all its houses, WO'l'kshops, rolling-stock, depots and appurtellances of every kind and character, being the property of the State of Georgia, and which the said Act authorizes the Governor of said State to lease under the provisions ther!lof, for a term of twenty-nine (29) years, beginning from and immediately after the termination of the lease contract now existing (which was executed on the twenty-seventh (27th) day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy (1870), and ends twenty (20) years from that date). Said lease is made to said party of the second part with all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred on said lessees by said Act, approved November twelfth (12th), eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (1889), and subject to all the requirements, obligations, and duties thereby exacted of said lessees, and which the said party of the second part hereby agrees faithfully to perform in accordance with the provisions of said Act; the said part;r of the second part also specially agrees to pay into the treasury of the said State of Georgia each month during the continuance of said lease the sum of thirty-five thou sand and one dollars ($351001) in gold, or its equivalent, as required by said Act.
I
It is further stipulated and agreed by the parties hereto that this lease is made by the said party of the first pa:rt, and accepted by the said party of the second part, under and subject to all the provisions of the said Act of the General Assembly, approved, as aforesaid, on the twelfth (12th) day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (1889), and that both of the parties hereto, and all persons or corporations who are, or shall be, their lawful successors by virtue of said Act are, and shall be, bound
in every particular by the provisions of said Act, and that if said
Act conflicts, in any respect, with this contract, said Act is to govern and control.
In witness whereof, the said John B. Gordon, Governor of the State of Georgia, has hereunto attached his official sign~ture and
the great seal of said State; and the said the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & St. Louis Railway has, by its president, John W. Thomas
(who is authorized by said corporation to do so), signed and
executed this contract and attaclled the corporate seal of said
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corporation, on the said nineteenth (19th) day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety (1890).
Executed in duplicate in presence of J. B. GORDON, Governor.
PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State.
THE NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & ST. LOUIS RY. By J. W. THOMAS, President.
J. H. AMBROSE, Secretary.
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that 1000 copies of the report be printed; as many as are necessary to be distributed among the members of the General Assembly the remainder to be placed in charge of the St-ate Librarian for distribution and for information.
The following Bills, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Dodd of Bartow-
A bill to provide for the administration of estates consisting wholly of personal property.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to amend an Act establishing a system of
public schools for Thomasville.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Thomasville to close certain streets.
644
JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend Act providing for holding primary elections in the city of Savannah.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine :and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to provide for the registration of voters in the city of Savannah.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act consolidating the S'everal Acts incorporating the city of Brunswick.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn_:_
A bill to amend an Act amending Section 414 of the Code, relative to running freight trains on Sunday.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to provide for. the enforcement of obligations to pay attorney's' fees in mortgages.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend Act creating new charter for city of Macon.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend Act establishing City Court of Macon.
THURSDAY, JULY 23', 1914.
645
The following Senate bills, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Miller of 24th-
A bill to confirm the action of the Commons Commission of the city of Columbus in donating certain property to city for hospital purposes.
By Mr. Elkins of 15th-
A bill to, provide for registration of births and deaths.
By unanimous consent the following bill was reconsidered:
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to incorporate the town of Five Forks.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agr.eed 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 bills were read the third time and placed on their passage:
By Mr. Bullard o.f Campbell-
A bill amending Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Campbell County.
646
JOURNAL OF THE HousE,
The report of the committ'ee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pass'age of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Lane and Harrell of Decatur-
A bill to incorporate the town of Attapulgus.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Wood and Bennett of Walton-
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Loganville.
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0.
T'he bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Greene and Holtzclaw of HoustonA bill to amend the several Acts incorporating
Fort Valley.
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914.
647
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
'i
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Glenn of Whit:fiela-
A bill to amend the various Acts incorporating the city of Dalton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114, nays 0.
The 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 and sell bonds for road building and the building of bridges.
The following amendments by the Committee were adopted:
Insert in Section one of said bill in the 12th line thereof after the word ''dollars,'' the following words: "(3) for providing, acquiring, constructing, and equipping a public ho&pital for the care of the needy and indigent poor of. said county, bonds in an
648
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amount not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00)."
And by adding near the end of Section one the fallowing words, after the words "Road Bonds" ''and Hospitals Bonds.'' Amend Section Five of said bill by striking the words "Either or both" in the , fourth and eighth lines respectively, and inserting in
. lieu thereof the words ''any or all.'' Amend the caption of said bill by inserting in the eleventh line, after the word "bonds," the following "(3) for providing, acquiring, constructing, and equipping a public hospital for the care of the needy and indigent poor of said sounty, bonds in an .amount not to exceed one hundred ~nd fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). ''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 18.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was 'passed, as amended.
The following Senate bill was read the third time and placed on its passage.
By Mr. Stark of 33d-
A bill to amend Act establishing systE>m of public schools in the city of J eff.erson.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914.
649
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill was taken up for further consideration:
Bill No. 39. By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, known as the Child Labor Bill.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard the time of debate on this bill was extended from 12 :40 p. m. today until 12.40 p. m. tomorrow, at which hour the previous question was to be considered as ordered.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hammack of Randolph, Mr. Stovall of McDuffie and Mr. Ballard of Columbia.
On motion of Mr. Bullard the House adjourned until Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
650
JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 24th, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at ten o'clock a. m. today; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roU, and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 332 was recommitted to the Committee on the Georgia State Sanitarium.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke_:_ A resolution, that when the House adjourns today,
it will adjourn until Monday Morning at 11 o'clock. Tlhe following was established as the order of busi-
ness durin~ the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading of House bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of House uncontested local bills.
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651
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees :
By Mr. Woods of EmanuelA bill to establish the City Court of Swainsboro. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Shuptrine, Myrick and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to aD,lend Section 431, of the Code of 1910, relative to the enforcement of the prompt payment of certain pro-rata expenses of .certain counties.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to provide for the holding a convention for the purpose of revising the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-
A bill to appropriate to the Blue and Gray Memori~l Ass'Ociation of Fitzgerald the sum of $25,000.00.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Blackburn; Cochran and Smith of Fulton.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of East Point.
Referred to Comm~ttee ~n Municipal Governm~nt.
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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,
By Messrs. Blackburn and Cochran of FultonA bill to provide for the election of the successors
to -the Judges of the Atlanta Municipal Court. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to amend an Act to incqrporate the town of
Hull. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of East Point, relative to extending the corporate limits.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for
the city of East Point, relative to the tax levy.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery, Coleman and Taylor of Laurens, Shipp of Pulaski, et aL-
A bill to provide for the establishment of the 12th Congressional Mechanic and Agricultural School.
Referred to Committee on Education.
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914.
653
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton.
A bill to amend an Act to repeal all laws and amendments to laws passed to incorporate the city of Manchester.
Referred to Committee on.Municipal Government.
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A bill to make appropriation for the common schools.
Referred to Committee on Appropriatiol).s.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to change the lines of the Rockmart school district.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth-
A resolution relative to the pension of Mrs. L. E. Davis.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Moore of Jeff DavisA bill to appropriate sixty Dollars to pay pen-
sion to Mrs. N. M. White. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Messrs. Cooper of Ware and Connor or Spalding-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 208 a special
order.
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Referred to Committee on Rules. The following resolution was read and tabled:
By Messrs. Crawley and Cooper of Ware, Stewart of Coffee, et al.-
A resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die on August 1st, 1914.
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 Act amending Act creating office of Commissioner of Roads and R~venues for Greene County, and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the city of Aragon in the county of Polk, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend Section 5233, of the Code of 1910, and for other purposes.
Mr. Rainey of J ackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Fish and Game have had under consideration the following bills of the House and in-
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914.
655-
structed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 1006. Do not pass. House Bill No. 1062. Do pass.
RAINEY, Chairman.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, 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 bill of the House No. 816, recommitted, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that s-ame do not pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
July 23d, 1914.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. B'fJeaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary 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:
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Senate Bill No. 21. Act to regulate the sentence of criminals in felony cases. Do pass by substitute.
En. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom, 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 have instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 1011, to establish the City Court of Douglas. Do pas'S.
House Bill No. 1055, to provide for holding four terms of Superior Court of Monroe County, annually. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1056, repealing an Act establishing City Court of Gray. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, WisooM, 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
fo. llowing
bills
of
the
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House and Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the following recommendations :
House Bill No. 1069. To create and incorporate the. city of Colbert. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 1080. To amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 281. To amend the charter of Shellman. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1042. To amend the charter of Manchester. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1081. To amend the charter of Boston. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1031. To create a new charter for the city of Eastman. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1059. To amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1067. To amend the Acts incorporating the city of Rome. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1068. To amend the Act. of the town of McCoysville. Do pass.
PICQUET, 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 by substitute.
House Bill No. 1007. By Mr. Akin of Glynn to amend the public school system of Glynn County.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMEs, 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 bill 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. 1050. To provide duties of justice of the peace and tax receiver. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
0. T. GowER, Chairman.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the E:Q.rollment Committee, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to-wit:
No. 780. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Tignall.
No. 781. An Act to change the time of holding Wilkes Superior Oourt.
No. 821. An Act to change the time of holding Superior Courts of Terrell County.
No. 836. An Act to add the Town of Irwinville to the list of cities and towns to be designated as State depositories.
No. 922. An Act prohibiting the killing of foxes in the County of Habersham between March 15th and September 1st.
No. 929. An Act to amend the Acts creating the town of Chipl-ey.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DAVIDSON, Acting Chairman.
The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Akin of GlynnA bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruc-
tion in the city of Brunswick.
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By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city Court of Douglas.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter forthe city. of Eastman.
By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the city of Colbert.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether..
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Manchester.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether-.
A bill to amend Section 4679, of the Code of 1910, relative to Justices of the Peace and Tax Receivers.
By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A bill to provid~ for the holding four terms a. year of the Superior Court of Monroe County.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Gray.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
, A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.
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661
By Mr. Suggs of Haralson-
A bill to exempt Confederate soldiers from Game and Fish License.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter of the town of McCaysville.
By Messrs. Fowler and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to amend the Charter of the town of Boston. The following bill of the Senate, favorably re-
ported, was read the second time.
By Mr. Watts of the llth DistrictA bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of
Shellman. The following bills of the House were read the .
third time and placed on their passage :
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy ~of Chatham-
, A bill to amend an Act to provide for the holding of primary elections in the City of Savannah.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
Tlhe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was reconsidered and takes its place on the calendar.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to amend an act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Thomasville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Strickland of Pierce-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Board of County Commissioners of Pierce County.
, The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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663
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Brunswick.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, Wa9' 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. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to provide for the registration of the voters at municipal elections in the city of Savannah.
The report 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. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passa~e of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
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The bill, having received the requisite constituti?nal majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to authorize mayor and Council of T'homasville to abandon certain streets.
The report of the.committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the ayes were ,130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Macon.
The report of the committee, which was'favorable to the passage of the .bill, was agreed to by substitute.
The following substitute was read and adopted.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend ''An Act to establish the City Court of Macon in and for the County of Bibb, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointment of a judge, and the other officers thereof, and for other purposes," .approved August 14th, 1885, and the Acts amendatory thereof approved
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October 20th, 1887, and the Act amendatory th~reof approved December 11th, 1900.
Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia does hereby enact that from and after the passage of this Act, Sectio11; 6 of said Act creating the City Court of Macon, approved August 14th, 1885, be and the same is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof, the following, to-wit.:
"Section 6. Be it further enacted that until the first day of January, 1917, the 'Solicitor General of the Macon Judicial Circuit shall prosecute for all offenses cognizant before said City Court of Macon, but in his absence from said Court, the Judge shall have power to appoint by and with the consent of said Solicitor General, a Solicitor General pro tern., who shall receive the same fees as are allowed by this Act to the Solicitor General in cases conducted by him. The fees of the Solicitor General in said City Court shall be as follows':
''For every case prosecuted to trial or plea of guilty which originates by accusation in said City Court, or ,which is transferred to said City Court from the Superior Court of Bibb County ten ($10.00) dollars; for representing the State in each case carried .to the Court of Appeals from said city Court, fifteen ($Hi.OO) dollars; for all services for which this Act does not provide, he shall receive the same fees as are now allowed by law for similar services in the Superior Courts, provided however
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that there shall be a Solicitor of said Court, to be. elected by the qualified voters of Bibb County, at the general State election in the year 1916, and biennially thereafter. Said Solicitor shall hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified, and the term of office of the Solicitor first elected shall begin January ist, 1917. Said Solicitor shall possess the same qualifications as are now required of Solicitor General of this State, and vacancies in said office shall be filled as' vacancies in the office of Solicitors General are now filled. It shall be the duty of said Solicitor to prosecute for all offenses cognizant before said City Court and he shall receive as full compensation for such services a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, to be paid in monthly installments out of the treasury of Bibb County as the Judge of said Court is paid.
"In the event said Solicitor is, from providential causes, unable to perform the duties of his office, or is from any cause disqualified from action, the Judge of said Court shall have power to appoint some competent attorney resident in Bibb County as Solicitor pro tern. for said Court, and the attorney S'O appointed, when the appointment is entered upon the minutes of said court, shall exercise all of the functions of the Solicitor thereof. The compensation of said attorney for actual service, as Solicitor pro tern. shall be ten dollars per diem, to be paid as the Solicitor of suid court is paid. It shall be the duty of said Solicitor to collect all costs and fees aue him in criminal cases in said Court as provided herein for
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the Solicitor General and to pay the same monthly to the treasurer of the Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb County for the UJse of the schools of said County, accompanied by a sworn itemized statement thereof.''
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that Section 7 of said Act creating the City Court of Macon, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said section the following words, to-wit: "Said clerk shall receive in lieu of fees, in both civil and criminal cases, a salary of three thousand ($3000) dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the treasury of Bibb County, by the person or persons charged by law with paying out the moneys of said county, and the clerk of said court shall have power, by and with the consent of the judge thereof, to appoint a Deputy Clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred (1800) dollars per annum, to be paid as the salary of said clerk is paid,'' so that said section as and when amended will read as follows, towit.:
"Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that there shall be a Clerk of said Court, who shall be appointed by the Judge thereof; said clerk shall before entering on the duties of his office take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties,. thereof, which oath shall be entered on the book of minutes of said court; he shall also, before entering on the duties of his office, execute a bond with good security in the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office;
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he shall hold his offiee during the term of two (2) years. Said clerk shall receive in lieu of fees, in both civil and criminal cases, a salary of three thousand ($3000) dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the treasury of Bibb County, by the person or per sons charged by law with paying out the moneys of the said county, and the clerk of said court shall have power, by and with the consent of the judge thereof, to appoint a deputy clerk whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred ($1800) dollars per annum to be paid as the salary of said clerk is paid." The provisions of _this Section shall become effective the :first day of January, 1917.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that Section 9 of said Act creating the City Court of Macon, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the same in ,its entirety, and substituting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit., which will be Section 9.
''The fees of the sheriff of said court shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law to the Sheriff of Bibb County.
"The fees of the clerk of said Court, to be received by him and paid to the Treasurer of the Board of Public Education and Orphanage of Bibb County, as hereinafter provided, shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law, to the Clerk of the Supertor Court of Bibb County, except as may be otherwise provided in civil cases by. the Act creating said City Court of Macon, and the Acts amendatory thereof; provided however, that for services in
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docketing and entering on the minutes of said Court accusations and bills of indictment, transferred from the Superior Court of said County, the Clerk shall receive three ($3.00) dollars' in each case.
''It shall be the duty of said clerk to collect all costs and fees, in cases both civil and criminal, due him and to pay the same monthly to the Treasurer of the Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb County, accompanied by a sworn itemized l'iatement thereof, for the use of the schools of said Oounty. It is the true meaning and intention of this Act that all fees and costs herein referred to as being due to the clerk and Solicitor of said court and after January 1st, 1917, shall be due said officers and shall be collected by them for the use and benefit of the Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb County.
"For' attendance at regular ter~s of said court, the sheriff S'hall receive the same pay, to be paid in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be allowed him for similar services in the Superior Court of Bibb County."
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that Section Three of the Act amendatory of the Act, creating the City Court of Macon, approved December llth, 1900, (Acts of 1900, Pages 145-6), be and the same is hereby amended by striking said .Section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof, the following, to-wit. : ''Section 3. The Judge of the Superior
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Court of Bibb County may send down from the Superior Court of Bibb County, all presentments and bills of indictment for misdemeanors to said City Court for trial. The order so transmitting said cases shall be entered on the minutes for both of said courts, when the Judge of said Superior Court shall require the Clerk therepf to t$nsmit said presentments and bills of indictment to said City Court from said Superior Court, and the sheriff of Bibb County, which have accrued in said Superior Court in the cases so transferred, shall follow said cases and shall participate generally in the distriblftion of the fines and forfeitures in said City Court: The proceedings of said City Court in the cases to be transferred shall be as provided for the trial of cases in Section One of the Act amending the Act creating said City Court of Macon, approved December 11th, 1900 (Acts of 1900, Pages 144-5)."
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that Section XLIII of the Act creating the City Court of Macon, approved August 14th, 1885, as amended by the Act approved October 20th, 1887, be amended by striking said Section XLIII, as so amended, in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof, the following, to-wit:
"Tlhat immediately after the adjournment of each regular term of said Court, or at any time previous thereto as he may deem proper so to do, the Judge of said Court shall distribute the fines and forfeitures arising from cases tried in said court; said fines and forfeitures shall be distributed as follows : all bills for insolvent costs due the Solicitor General (and
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after January 1st, 1917, the Solicitor of said Court), clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff and Clerk of said City Court shall be approved by the Judge of said City Court and entered on the minutes thereof, and when the judge distributes said :fines and forfeitures he shall pay the same to the Solicitor General (or Solicitor), the Clerk of the Superior Court, the sheriff, and clerk of said City Court, pro rata on their bills for insolvent costs for fees in cases in said City Court, and in those cases transferred from the Superior Court of said County; and when said bills for insolvent costs of said named officers are fully paid, the Judge shall order the surplus paid to the treasurer of the Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb County, for the use of the school& of said county.
''In the event the insolvent costs bills of the sheriff of said City Court and the clerk of said City Court are not fully paid when such distribution is so made, then said bills shall be credited with the amount appropriated by the order of the Judge and the balance due said clerk and sheriff shall be carried forward as insolvent costs in the same manner as a similar balance due the Solicitor General (or Solicitor) is carried forward; provided that in all cases in which the municipal court of Macon or a Justice of the Peace has bound over any offender to said City Court (or to the Superior Court, and the case is afterwards transferred to said City Court), the said Municipal Court of Macon or the justice of the peace, so binding over shall be entitled to share as to its, or
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his costs, in the particular case with the sheriff, clerks and Solicitors General, upon the same terms, in any fine or forfeiture that may arise therefrom; provided, further that in the e~ent the insolvent cost bill of the sheriff of said Court is not fully paid at the final distribution of the fines and forfeitures in said court, had at the end of each Calendar year, the Judge of said Court shall order the balance due said sheriff paid out of the treasury of Bibb County to an amount not exceeding the sum of three thousand . dollars ($3000) per annum."
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that whenever the Judge of said City Court is, from providential . causes, unable to discharge the duties of his office, or from any cause is disqualified from presiding, or whenever in the opinion of said Judge the business of said court is congested, the said Judge is hereby authorized and empowered to designate a Judge of the Superior Court or of a City Court to preside in said city court of Macon, and it shall be lawful for. the said Judge, so designated, to preside in said City Court en bane or iri divisions with the regular Judge of said City Court, whenever the same, in the discreti9n of said City Court Judge, may be necessary.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that the Judge of said City Court of Macon is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint at each term of said court not exceeding four (4) bailiffs as officers of said Court.
Sec. 8. Repealing Clause.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bil1, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, by substitute.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage:
By Mr. Parrish of the 17th District-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Statesboro.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the pass'age of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Rushin of the 14th District-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Dooly County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bjll, 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.
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By Mr. Olliff of the 4th District-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add the town of Kingsland to the list.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Moore of the 32d District-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add the city of Dahlonega to the list of State depositories.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to confirm the action' of the Common's Com-
missioners of the city of Columbus relative to hos-
pital purposes.
'
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was. agreed to.
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On the pass-age of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Under the orders of the day the following bill was taken up for consideration:
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
By unanimous consent Messrs. Slade and Wohlwender of Muscogee; Mr. Moore of Jeff Davis; Mr. Gower of Crisp and Mr. DeVaughan of Macon, wishing to retire from the Hall, were permitted to cast their votes as follows: For the Dorough amendment; for the Sheppard substitute as amended by the Dorough amendment; and for the bill as above amended. Also Mr. Adams of Hall was permitted to cast his vote, which was against the bill and aU amendments and substitutes.
Mr. Slater of Bryan moved the previous question, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
Unanimous consent was granted on the request of Mr. Blackburn that the session of the House be extended until the bill under consideration be disposed of.
The following substitute proposed by Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, was read and adopted as amended.
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A bill to be entitled an Act regulating the employment of children; to provide for the issuance of certificates with reference to age and educational qualifications of children; the revocation of such certificates by the Commissioner of Labor; designating prohibited hours of labor for such children; making it the duty of the commissioner of labor and authorized assistants to enforce this Act; and to repeal the Act approved August 13th, 1906, entitled ''An Act to regulate the employment of children in factories and manufacturing establishments in this State, and to provide for the punishments of violations of the regulations prescribed, and for other purposes,'' and which said Act repealed is codified in Sections 3143, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3147, 3148 and 3149 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, that no child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed by or permitted to work in or about any mill, factory, laundry, mercantile or manufacturing establishment, hotel, restaurant, bootblacking establishment, place of amusement, or in the carrying or transmission of merchandise or messages.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no child under sixteen shall be employed or be permitted to work in any of the establishments or occupations mentioned in Section One, unless the person, firm or corporation, employing
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such child, has, and keeps on file accessible to the officials charged with the enforcement of this Act, a certificate from the superintendent of schools in the county or city in which such child resides, that such child is not less than fourteen years of age, bas attended school for not less than twelve weeks of tb~ twelve months. preceding the date of issuance of such certificate, and is able to write legibly and read simple sentences in the English language.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the certificate mentioned in the foregoing section shall state the full name, date and place of birth of the child, with the name and address of the parent, guardian, or person sustaining the parental relationship to such child, and that the child has appeared before the officer, and satisfactory evidence submitted that the child is of legal age. Blank forms of these certificates shall be furnished by the Commissioner of Labor to the Superintendent of Schools in the respective cities and counties. A duplicate copy of each certificate shall be filed with the Commissioner of Labor within four days from its issuance. The Commissioner of Labor, may, at any time, revoke any certificate if, in his judgment, the certificate was improperly issued; he is authorized to investigate the true age of the child employed, . hear evidence, and require the production of relevant books or documents. If the certificate is revoked, the then employer shall be notified, and said child shall not thereafter be employed or permitted to
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labor until a new certificate has been legally obtained.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 'Uhat no child under sixteen years of age shall be permitted to work :in or about any of the establishments mentioned in Section 1, or Section 2, of this Act, between the hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. according to the standard time of the community in which such establishment is located.
Sec. 5. Be it further ena-cted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor and his authorized assistants to see that the provisions of this Act are enforced. .
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person, agent or representative of any firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act; or any parent, guardian or other person standing in parental relationship to any child who shall hire or place for employment or labor any child under the age limits, in any of the establishments or occupations mentioned in Section 1, of this Act; or any superintendent of county or city schools who shall issue a certificate, knowing that its issuance was illegal; or any person who shall knowingly furnish any untrue evidence with reference to the date or place of birth of said child, or its educational qualificaltions, ,.shaH be .guijty; ,of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority
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aforesaid, That the Act approved August 1st, 1906, 1 and entitled ''An ~ct to regulate the employment of
children in factories and manufacturing establishments in this State, and to provide for the punishment of violations of the regulations prescribed and for other purposes" and codified in Sections 3143 to 3149, inclusive, of the Code of Georgia of 1910, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this Act be and they are here-
by repealed.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the provisions of this Act shall be in force on and after January 1st, 1915.
':Dhe following amendment proposed by Mr. Dorough of Franklin to the Sheppard substitute was read and adopted:
Amend Section 1, of Sheppard substitute of House Bill No. 39, by striking out the following words : "Mercantile or" between the words "laundry" and ''manufacturing;'' also by striking out the words "hotel, restaurant, bootblacking, establishment," betwe~n the words "manufacturing establishment" and ''place of amusement.'' Also by striking out the words ''or in the carrying or transmission of merchandise or messages'' following the word ''amusement,'' so -that said Section One as amended will read as follows:
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"Section 1. Be it enacted by the Ge.neral Assembly of Georgia that no child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed by or permitted to work in or about any mill, factory, laundry, manufacturing establishment or place of amusement."
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, Was' agreed to by substitute as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes rwere .99, nays 44.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as amended.
The following communication was read and accepted.
To the Members of the General A.ssembly: The Decatur Board of Trade cordially and.
earnestly invite the members of this House to the opening of Ponce de Leon Ave. at Decatur Court House, Decatur, Ga., Wednesday, July 29th, at 3:30 o'clock. The presence of every one is urged.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Glenn of Whitfield, Mr. Wood of Walton, Mr. Palmour of Hall, and Mr. Gower of Crisp.
The hour of adjournment having arrived thE} Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
MONDAY, JULY 27, 1914.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 27, 1914.
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.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Miller of Bibb gave notice that at proper time he would move to reconsider the Action of the House in passing House Bill No. 487.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of Friday's proceeding was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent granted to Mr. Miller of Bibb, the passage of House Bill No. 487, the Macon City Court bill was reconsidered and the bill was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 828 was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads; House Bills Nos. 1055, 748 and 749, were withdrawn from the House; House Bill No. 1067 was tabled; Senate Bill No. 281 was recommitted to the Committee on Municipal Government; and House Bill No. 537, was recommitted to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.
The following resolution was read and lost.
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By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A resolution to fix the hour of meeting of the House at 9 o'clock a. m.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous ~onsents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of uncontested local House bills and general bills having a local application.
6th. Passage of uncontested local Senate bills and general Senate Bills having a local application.
The following bills and resolutions were read th9 first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Ellis of TiftA bill to amend the charter of the city of Tifton. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Baxley.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
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By Mr. Ellis of Tift~
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Tifton relative to the Board of Education.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Reese of Thomas:.:_ A bill to authorize the county authorities to work
rural mail route roads. Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Messrs. Paulk of Ben Hill and Clements of Irwin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnettA bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910,
so as to designate Buford a State depository.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking-
By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of
Hull. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett-
A Bill to amend the charter of the ci.ty of Bufo.rd.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to incorporate the town of Normantown. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Harrell and Lane of DecaturA bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of
Donaldsonville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Connor of SpaldingA bill to prohibit tipping in certain places. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Pulaski.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Gower of CrispA bill to amend an Act creating the charter of the
City of Cordele.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Farriss of WalkerA bill to amend tlie various Acts incorporating the
city of LaFayette.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Smith and Field of DeKalbA bill to amend Section 42 of the General Tax Act
relative to tax on the sale of pistols, etc.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to fix the salaries of bailiffs of City Courts in certain counties.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act t"o establish the Municipal Court of Atlanta.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Strickland of Pierce-
A bill to make it unlawful to make slanderous statements in certain places against persons who are candidates for office.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Methvin of DqdgeA bill to require Street Railway Companies to put
doors on the front and rear of street cars. Referred to Committee on Railroads.
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By Mr. Collins of GradyA bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the
city of Cairo.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton.
A bill to amend Section 4996, of the Code of 1910, relative to compensntion of special bailiffs.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Loyd of NewtonA resolution to make Senate Bill No. 21 a special
order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to forbid domestic insurance companies from doing business in other States under certain conditions.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.
By Mr. Moss of Cobb-
A resolution to abolish the order of unanimous consents after the confirmation of the Journal.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to a Committee.
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By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Carrollton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate" to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city 'of Carrollton, Ga., approved Sept. 9th~ 1891 and the several Acts amendatory thereof:
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 bill of tlie House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 1085. To extend the corporate limits of the town of Hull.
PICQUET, Chairman.
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Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready fo~ delivery to the Governor, the following Act, to-wit.:
No. 110. An Act to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to create the county of Bacon.
Respectfully submitted,
w. T. DAVIDSON,
Acting Chairman.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the town of McCaysville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 116, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Douglas.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 119t nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, .was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Manchester.
The report 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.
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By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Gray.
T.he report 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, nayso.
tioTnha!e
bill, having received majority, was passed.
the
requisite
constitu-
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.
T'he report 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 Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to provide for the holding of primary elections in the city of Savannah.
The report 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.
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The bill having received the requisite constitu-
tional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Jones and Griffin of Lowndes~
A bill to amend an Act to establish an Agricultural, Iq.dustrial and Normal College in South Georgia.
The report Qf the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Fowler and :M:iller of Bibb-
A bill to amend ari Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas~ A bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-=-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instructiun in the county of Glynn.
The substitute proposed by Mr. Akin of Glynn, was read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bi11, by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 160, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make it the duty of county authorities in certain counties to work the streets of certain incorporated towns:
The fol1owing substitute was read and adopted.
A bi11 to be entitled an Act making it the duty of the county authorities working the chaingang force upon the roads, by and with the consent of the governing authorities of any municipality with-
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in said county, having a population as per census of 1910 of not less than 7000 or more than 10000, . reaching the limits of said municipal corporation to work said force through the said municipality, maintaining the same grade and character of work through said municipality as it did without, fix how the damage arising from the said work, if any, shall be paid and giving to the municipality the right of mandamus to any municipality against any county authorities for . failure to perform said work, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same:
Section 1. That from and after the passage of this
Act it shall be the duty of the county authorities
working a chaingang force upon its roads, by and
with the consent of the governing authorities of any
municipality, that said municipality having a popu.
lation as' per the census of 1910 of not less than 7000
or more than 10000, upon reaching the limits of said
municipal corporation, to work said force through
the said municipality, maintaining the same grade
and character of work within said municipality as it
did without, that is continue the work on said street
or streets of said municipality, upon reaching the
point of intersection of public road or roads with the
street or streets through the corporate limits of said
municipality.
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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by tbe authority aforesaid that upon the failure of the county authorities to comply with said act and the duties herein prescribed and a failure to work the streets that said municipal authorities shall have the right of mandamus as is now allowed and permitted by law.
Section 3. Be it further enacted that while said county chain gang force is employed within the limits of said municipality, working the streets as herein prescribed, that no damages arising by reason of said work to any person or property shall be claimed upon said county and the county shall in no wise be responsible therefor, but the work thus done shall be considered as if being done by the municipality itself.
Section 4. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same is hereby repealed.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu. tiona} majority was passed by substitute.
By Mr. Thompson of MadisonA bill to incorporate the city of Colbert. The following amendments by the committee were
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read and adopted: Amend Section 28, line 7, so as to read thirty (30) cents instead of fifty (50) cents.
Amend line of Section 37, by striking the sentence commencing with the words ''the mayor'' and end ing the word "themselves," on page 22 of the original bill. Amend further by striking Sections 44, 45, 46, 47 in their entirety and renumbering the other sections accordingly.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pass~ as amended.
Mr. Blackburn, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following House bills and resolutions and as its Vice-Chairman I am instructed to report that the following House bills and resolutions be made a special and continuing order for .Monday, July 27, 1914, immediately after the expiration of the hour for unanimous consents, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 942.
House Bill No. 923.
House Bill No. 403.
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House Resolution No. 200. House Bill No. 454. House Bill No. 112. House Bill No. 170.
House Bill No. 252.
House Bill No. 399.
House Bill No. 95.
All of which is respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had Under consideration House Resolution No. 192, and as its vice-chairman I am directed to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the order of business for today, was agreed to.
The order of business recommended by the Rules Committee was adopted.
The following resolution reported by the Rules Committee was read.
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By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A resolution to instruct the Temperance Committee to report Senate Bill No. 8 and House Bill No. ~0.
'nle following amendment of the Committee was read and adopted.
Amend by striking out lthe words J'within 24 hours" next to last line of the resolut~on and substituting therefor the words "not later than F'riday, July 31st.''
The report of the committee, which was favorabll to the passage of the resolution as' amended, was agreed to.
The resolution was adopted as amended.
Under the special order set the following bills and resolutions were read the third time.
By Messrs. Lane and Harrell of Decatur-
A bill to enable individuals to ship in car load lots, merchandise for individual without the payment of a special tax.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
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By Messrs. Cole of Boston and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to increase the s-alary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103~ nays 29.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
'By Messrs. Cooper and Crawley of Ware-
A bill to provide a bookkeeper for the State Bank Examiner.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pas'sage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of 'the bill the ayes were 97, nays 38.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham-
A resolution to pay certain expenses of the school book investigating committees.
The resolution involving an .a.ppropriation. the House was resolved in the committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated as chairman thereof M;r. McCalla of Rockdale.
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T'he Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by striking in line two of the resolution the words and figures, to-wit.: "One hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars" and inserting in lieu thereof the following "Two hundred ($200.00) dollars."
Amend further by adding at the end of said resolution the following ''and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State, for said amount.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution was agreed to as amended.
'l'he resolution involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Tlhose voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, ,Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Beck, Bell,
Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Carroll,
Carter, Appling, Cheney, Clark,
f:::Jements, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Connor, Cooper, Corn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Culpepper, Meriwtr.~
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Davidson, Deadwyler, Dean, Dodd, Dorough, Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Estes, Evans, Foster, Fullbright, -Garlington, Gower, Greene, Houston, Griffin, Hammack, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris,' Hart, 1Iayes, Henderson, Herrington, H:ines, Hodges,
Hopkins, Jackson, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes,
Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Liles, Lipscomb,
McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter,
Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, M;oore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Nevil, Nunnally,
Olive, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pirquet, Ragland, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadhurn, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, W'ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Ballard, "Burney, Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Coleman, Laurens, Collins,
Cook, De Va.ughri, Ennis, Fariss, Field, Fowler, Glenn,
Green, Wilkes,
Grimes, Heath, H~ndrix, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, Lee, Lee,
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Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Loyd, McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Mills,
Moon, Neal, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, 'Berrien, Pickett, Rajney, Ransom, Reiser, Sheppard,
Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Dawson, Suggs, Swift, -::aylor, 'Nashingtonr Tootle, Wisdom,
Wood, Walton,
Ayes 132, nays 0.
T'he verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 132, nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
On motion of Mr. Fullbright of Burke today 's session of the House was extended thirty minutes.
By Mr. Keen of Echols-
A Bill to encourage the growth and conservation of pine forests in this State.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 61,. nays 63.
Tlie bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
On motion of Mr. Strickland of Pierce the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlatita, Ga., July 28, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day .at 10 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 dispensed with.
Mr. Cooper of Ware, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action Of the House in defeating House Bill No. 454.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal <>f yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 286 was withdrawn from the Committee on Corporation~ and referred to the Committee on Municipal Govern-
ment.
House Bill No. 1029 was recommitted to the Committee on Insurance.
House Bill No. 433 was recommitted to the Committee on Georgia School for the Deaf.
House Bill No. 992 was recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Senate Bill No. 105 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
The following resolution was read and adopted.
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By Mr. Smith of .DeKalb-
A resolution to accept an invitation to a reception in Decatur, Ga.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Privileges of the Floor.
By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A resolution that the Speaker enforce Rule 176.
On motion of Mr. Hardeman of J efferson the House took a recess of ten minutes or more in order that the Rules Committee might bring in a report on the local business of the House.
At the expiration of the recess the Speaker again
called the House to order.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee have had under consideration the foregoing order of business and as its vice chairman I am instructed that the order in the first thirty minutes of today's session, July 28, 1914, be fixed as follows:
1st. Introduetion of new matter.
2d. First reading of Senate bills. 3d. Reports of standing committees. 4th. Reading of House bills that are previously reported.
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5th. Local uncontested House bills and general House bills having a local application put upon their passage. Local uncontested Senate bills and general Senate bills having a local application put upon their pas's age.
Respectfully submitted,
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
On the adoption of the report of the Rules Committee, Mr. Hardeman called the previous question, which call was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the adoption of the order of local business. was agreed to.
The order of local business' recommended by the committee was adopted.
Under the order of recommendation, Mr. Cooper of Ware, moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House Bill No. 454, which motion was lost.
The bill was not reconsidered.
The following bills and resolutions were read the :first time and referred to Committees:
By.Messrs. Nminally, Foster and Wright of Floyd-
A bill to establish an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal College in North Georgia,
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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705
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to amend an Act to create new charter for
the city of Carnesville. Referred to Committee. on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Smith and Field of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of Kirkwood.
"1;
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. 'Vood of TwiggsA bill to abolish the city court of J e:ffersonville.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Fullbright of BurkeA bill to provide that coupons belonging to bonds
of the State may be paid at maturity. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of
Royston.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the manner of selecting official county newspapers.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
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By Mr. Hendrix Qf Union-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Union.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
The following bil1s of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Ford of the lOth District-
A bill to amend Section 4355, of the Code of 1910, relative to the recording of executions.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Peyton of 31st District-
A bill to amend the several Acts in reference to the holding of Superior Court in Habersham County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Peyton of the 31st DistrictA bill to amend the charter of the town of Mt.
Airy.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to authorize the sale of part of the commons of the city of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on. Municipal Government.
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'IIhe message of the Governor was read. The following communication was read:
Athens, Ga., July 24, 1914.
RoN. W. H. BuRWELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: I desire to present through you to the House of Representatives the following resolutions unanimously adopted, July 23d.
Yours truly,
s. J. STEWART,
Asst. Supt. Summer School.
Resolved, that the officers, teachers and students of the University Summer School, numbering six hundred, together with a large contingent of County School Superintendents and others officials in con~ ference in Athens from all sections of the State, endorse with absolute unanimity and request the passage of the Sweat Bill or some other bill embodying' its main features of compulsory school attendance and providing for a reasonable and practicable plan for its enforcement.
Resolved second, that we 'believe it high time for the State of Georgia to ceas'e trifling with the rights of the neglected, unfortunate, and unprotected children to a school training and to wipe out the stinging reproach that Georgia is now of the very few states
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in all Christendom without compulsory school attendance laws, and, as a partial result of this lack is one of the most illiterate States in the Union.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Perry:
Mr. Speaker:
Hi~ Excellency, the Goyernor has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit:
An Act to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to create the county of Bacon, and for other purposes.
An Act to limit the time for the killing of foxes in the County of Habersham, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend Code of 1910, Section 1249, so as to add Irwinville, county of Irwin, to list of State depositories, and for other purposes.
An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Terrell County, and for other purposes.
An Act to change the time of holding grand jur~ sessions of Wilkes Superior Court, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an ~Act to incorporate the town of Tignall in the county of Wilkes and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the several Acts creating the
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town of Chipley, county of Harris, Georgia, and for other purposes.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate bas passed by the requisite constitu~ tional majority the following bills ~f the House, towit.:
A bill to amend the provision of the Constitution relative to abolishing justice courts so as to include the city of Savannah.
A bill to amend an Act approved July 30, 1913, amending the Act creating a Board of Commission~ Iers for Chatham County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon, approved Nov. 21, 1893.
A bill to provide for the killing of fox or gray squirrels by the citizens o_f ~ouglas County.
A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to levy certain taxes for road building.
A bill to cede t_o U. S. Government certain strips of marsh land in Camden County, Georgia.
A bill to amend the charter of town of Glenwood, in the county of Wheeler.
A bill to amend the charter of town of Guyton.
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A bill to amend the charter of town of Leesburg. I
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Barwick.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating Menlo School District in the county of Chattooga.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Crawfordville.
A bill to repepl an Act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors in the county of Elbert.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com.missioners of Roads and Revenues for the county ~ Toombs.
T'he following message was recetived from the . Senate, throug~ Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Smithville.
A bill to amend an Act providing for the working of the public roads and building and repairing of bridges in the county of Toombs.
The following message was received from the
. Senate, ~
t. hrough
Mr.
N orthen,
se.cretary
thereof: .
Mr. Speaker:
T'he Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-
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tional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit.: .
A bill to amend Section 4355, Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relating to the recording of executions.
A bill to amend Section 26, of an Act to incorpor~ ate the town of Mount Airy.
A bill to authorize the sale of part of the commons of the city of Columbus.
A bill to change the time of holding ~the Superior Court of Habersham County.
Mr. McRae of Telfair County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 1029 of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report S'ame back to .the House with the recommendation that same do pass by substitute.
ToM J. McRAE, Chairman.
Mr. Alle.n 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
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House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
No. 885. A bill to amend the penal law in respect to the sale of Cocaine.
L. C. ALLEN, Chairman.
July 28th, 1914.
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 urider consideration the following bills of the Ho,use and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
No. 1065. By Mr. McCrory of Schley. To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910,. so as to add city of Ellaville in the county of Schley to the list of State depositories.
No. 1110. By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett County. T'o amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, so as to add town of Buford in county of Gwinnett to list of State depositories.
Respectfully submitted,
July 28, 1914.
L. J. CooPER, Chairman.
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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 bills of the House and Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 763. To prescribe lawful medium for legal advertisement. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 881. To provide for court stenographers. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 105. To provide for salaries of Solicitor Generals. Do not pass.
En. WoHLWENDER, Qhairman.
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 m~ as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
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House Bill No. 1093. By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk, to change ihe boundary of Rockmart School District.
JAMEs, Chairman.
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ge~eral Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following bills of tlie House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 203. To establish a permanent place for execution of felonist. Do not pass.
House Resolution No. 249. For relief of L. L. Simmons Bond. Do pass.
House Bill No. 649. To declare lewd house a nuisance. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 680. To amend Section 671, of Volume 3, of Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 772. To amend Section 695, Code 1910. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 1034. To declare certain deeds void. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1021. To make certain almanacs legal evidence. Do pass as amended.
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House Bill No. 438. Regulating practice of presenting exceptions. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, GowER, Chairman.
Mr. Wheatley of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropri~tions 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 d~ pass.
House Resolution No. 255. A resolution to appropriate $2,500.00 to the Military Department.
House Bill No. 784. A bill to appropriate $l0,000 to the Railroad Commission on freight classification.
.House Bill No. 983. A bill to make appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Department of Labor and Commerce.
Also the following bill of the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 600. A bill to appropriate $5,000 for each of the years 1913 and 1914, for repairs at the Georgia Experiment Station.
Also the following bill of the House wHh the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
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House Bill No. 750. A bill to supplement the appropriations made to the Georgia State Sanitarium.
Also the following resolution of the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
House Resolution 188. A resolution to pay certain expenses of the State Board- of Education.
Respectfully submitted, CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.
Mr. MeWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pension.s, submitted the following report:
The Pension Committee report to 1he house their action on the following bills.
Bill No. 933. Do not pass. Bill No. 857. Do not pass. Re~olution No. 257. Do pass.
McWHORTER, Chairman.
July 28, 1914.
Mr. Foster of Floyd, Chairman of the Committee Georgia School for the Deaf, submitted the following report.
Bill No. 433, recommend that bill do pass a& amended by substitute.
FosTER, Chairman.
The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, w.ere read the second time.
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By Mr. Connor of Spalding- .
A bill to appropriate $5.000,00 annually for years 1913 and 1914, to Georgia Experiment Station.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin .and Holtzclaw of Houston.
A Bill to supplement appropriation for the support of the Georgia Stat~ Sanitarium.
By Mr. Allen Qf Jackson-
A bill to amend Section 695, of the Code of 1910, relative to commutation tax.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to appropriate $10,000 to the Railroad Commission for freight classification.
By Mr. Sh~ppard of Sumter-
A bill to amend Section 4984, of the Code of 1910, relative to stenographic reporters in certain courts.
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to make appropriation for contingent expenses of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to make the Worlds Almanac and Encyclopedia legal evidence as to certain dates.
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By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to designate Ellaville as a State depository.
:BY Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to change the lines of the Rockmart School District.
By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of tlie Code of 1910, so as to designate Buford a State depository:
By Mr. Ellis of TiftA resolution for the relief of L. L. Simmons.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to appropriate $2,500 to the Military Department.
By Mr. Moore of Jeff Davis-
A resolution to pay pension of Mrs. N. l\f. White.
The following bill was read the third time and placed on its passage.
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Hull.
'Dhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bil1, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124~ nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Under the Orders of the day the following bills were read the third time:
\
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to give Bleckley and Wheeler County representation in the General Assembly.
The following substitute proposed by the committee was read and adopted as amended:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph One, of Section Three, of Article Three, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, which provides for the number of members of the House of the House of Representatives by striking from the second line of said paragraph one, the :figures and WO!ds ''184 Representatives'' and inserting in lieu thereof the :figures and words '' 188 Representatives,'' so as to provide for representation in the House of ReprE\sentatives for counties not now provided for and 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 same, that Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution of the State of
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Georgia as amended by the amendment proposed by an Act of the Legislature approved July 27, 1914, . and as also amended by the amendment proposed by an Act of the Legislature approved August 6th, 1908, is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said paragraph 1 the figures and wor~ '' 184 representatives" an~ inserting in lieu thereof the figures .and word "188 representatives," so that said paragraph when thus amended shall read as follows: ''Paragraph 1. The House of R.epresentatives shall consist of not more than 188 representatives, apportioned among the several counties as follows, towit.: Chatham, Bibb, Floyd, Fulton, Richmond and. Thomas, three representatives each; to the twenty-six counties having the next largest population viz: Bartow, Bulloch, Burke, Cobb, Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb, Decatur, Dooly, Elbert, Emanuel, Gwinnett, Hall, Houston, Jackson, Laurens, Lowndes, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Sumter, Tattnall, Troup, Walton, Washington and Wilkes, two repreS'entatives each; and to the remaining counties one representative each.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be agreed to by two thirds of the members elected to each House, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon, and published in one or more newspapers in each congressional district in said State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election in said State, and shall at said next general election be
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submitted to the people for ratification in the following form to-wit.: ''For ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution (for providing for representation in the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia for counties not now provided for) '' or ''Against. ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution (against providing for representation in the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia for counties not now provided for)' 'and if a majority of the electors qaulified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon, shall vote for ratification, having written or printed on their ballots the preceding forms, which votes cast at said election shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation thereof' .in the manner now provided by law.
The following amendment proposed by .Mr. , Hardeman of J e:fferson to the Committee substitute was read and adopted as amended:
Amend by striking out in the tenth line of Section one, of said substitute, the figures 188 and insert in lieu thereof the figures 189, and further amend by adding at the end of said Section 1, the following:
"In the event of the ratification of this amendment to the Constitution, that the counties of Bleckley and Wheeler shall be entitled to representation in the General Assembly of Georgia for the sessions of'
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1915-6, and that in the event this amendment and the amendments creating the counties of Barrow, Candler, and Bacon shall "be ratified, then the said last three named counties shall be entitled to representation in the sessions' of the General Assembly for the year 1915-6, and that elections be held on the first Tuesday i:q January 1915, under the law now governing similar elections for the election of members of the General Assembly to serve during the sessions of 1915-6, in accordance with this amendment.''
The following amendments to the committee substitU!te were read and adopted.
Amend by striking "Thomas County" wherever it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof '' Muscogee County.''
Amend the substitute by striking the word '' Monroe" in said substitute and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Ware" wherever the same appears.
Amend the substitute by striking county of Dooly and insert county of Brooks.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.
The bill being an amendment to the Constitution the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was' as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Akin,
Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens,
Anderson, Banks, Ander&on, Murray,
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Arnold, Henry, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Che.ney, Clark, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Cooper,
c~rn,
Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Deadwyler, Dean, DeVaughn,
D~?dd,
Dorough, Dorris, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Evans, Fariss, Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Glenn, Gower,
Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Grimes,
Hammack, Hlardeman, .Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hodges,
Holtzclaw, Jackson, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McCrory, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter,
Meaders, Oconee, .Melson,
Mill~r,
Mills, Moon, Moore, .Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Olive, Oliver,
Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins.
Pharr, Picquet, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, S.mith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Sbovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,
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Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Kidd,
Allen, Glascock,
Kimbrough,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ledbetter,
Ballard,
McCalla,
Beck,
McCarthy,
Burney,
McCurry,
Carter, Stewart,
McLendon,
Clements,
McMichael,
Cook,
McRae, Telfair,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Meadows, Wayne,
Edmondson,
Methvin,
Field,
Middleton,
Foster,
Nunnally,
Hollberg,
Palm our,
Hopkin~
Paulk, Ben Hill, Pickett, Ragland, RanSiOm1 Rhodes, Smith, DeKalb, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Tootle, Turner, Wimberly, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 140, nays 0.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bi1l the ayes were 1401 nays 0.-
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote was passed by substitute, as amended.
By Mr. Meadows of WayneA bill to amend the constitution of the State so as
to increase the per diem of members of the General Assembly.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill being a proposed amendment to the con
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stitution of the State, the ayeS' and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative we.re Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Beck, Bennett, Blackburn, Brinson, Carter, Appling, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Coohran, Connor, Cook, Cooper, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Deadwyler, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis,
Estes, Evans, Fowler, Fullbright,
Garlington, Glenn, Gower, Greene, Houston, Hardeman, Harrell, Hayes, Heath, Henderson, Hodges, Holtzclaw, James, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, !JOyd, McCants, McCarthy, McRae, TeJfair, McRae, Wilcox, Methvin, Miller, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal,
Olive, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey, Reynolds, Rhodes,. Shadburn, Sheppard,. Shipp, Shuptrine, SJade, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Sumner, Taylor. Wn8hington, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wiruherly, Wisdom, Wohlweuder, Wood, Twiggs,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Akin,
Carlton,
Dorris,
Allen, Jackson,
Carroll,
Fariss,
Allen, Pickens,
Coleman, Calhoun, Field,
Arnold, Henry,
Coleman, Laurens, Foster,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Oollins,
Green, Wilkes,
Bell,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Griffin,
Booker,
Davidson,
Grimes,
Rrookshear,
Dean,
Hammack,
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Hardin, Harris, Hart, Hendrix, Herrington, H:ines, Hollberg, Hopkins, Jaekson, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Liles,
Lipscomb, McCrory, McCurry,
Me Whort''" Melson, Middleton, Mills, Moon, Moore, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Pharr, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas,
Reiser, Simpson, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Sparks, Stewart, ;Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie,' Strickland, Suggs,,
Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Warren, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those not voting were Messrs.-:-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Glascock, Ballard, Bullard, Burney, Carter, Stewart, Cole, Corn, Edmondson,
McCalla, McLendon, McMichael, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Nunnally, Palm our, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Paulk, Berrien, Ragland, Ransom, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Carroll, Swift, Turner, Wood, Walton,
Ayes 82, nays 76.
The roll call was verified. On the passage of t~e bill the ayes were 82, nays 76.
The bill having failecl t.o receive the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote was lost.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Field of DeKalb.
T'he hour of one o'clock having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at l 0 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1914.
The House met pursuant tb adjournment this day at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker, and was opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the calling of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Myrick ga.ve notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of House in passing House Bill No. 926.
By unanimous consent 1he reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following resolutions were read and adopted.
By Mr. Smit~ of DeKalbA resolution that all. committee meetings for this
p. m. be called off and the members of the HoUS'e repair to the reception at Decatur.
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA resolution that the Senate be requested to return
House Bill No. 1011 to the House. Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the
Commit1ee on Rules submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules ha.ve had under con-
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sideration a resolution requesting that a calendar be. :fixed for the first thirty minutes of today 's session and as its vice chairman I am directed to report that the following order be fixed for the 1st 30 minutes, to-wit.:
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. First reading of Senate bills.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th.' Reading of General House bills that have been favorably reported.
5th. Local uncontested House bills and general House bills put upon their passage.
6th. Looal Senate bills and general Senate bills having a local application put upon their passage.
Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.
By unanimous consent all the items of the order of business were adopted with the exception of items two and six, which were objected to and withdrawn.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Moye of Johnson-
A resolution that no more Senate bills will be considered by the House until Senate boycott has been raised.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
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729
By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 102 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Wheatley of SumterA resolution to increase the salary of the steno-
grapher of the State Bank Examiner. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Culpepper of MeriwetherA resolution to make Senate Bill No. 102 a special
order. Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Mr. Greene of Ho:uston-
A bill to establish a municipal court in and for the
city of Fort Valley.
'
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to authorize the town of Ochlocknee to issue water works bonds.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Duncan ofDooly and Clements of Irwin.
A bill to regulate the sale of seeds and nursery stock in this State.
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Referred to General Agricultural Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-
A bill to create a system of Public Schools for Box Springs, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow $500,000.00.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
The following invitation was read and accepted.
The people of Rome and Floyd County cordially invite the members of the General Assembly to attend the bame coming of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and the other former citizens of Rome to their old home in October, 1914.
The Floyd County Delegation.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate bas passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit.:
A bill to amend the original Act creating the city court of Douglas.
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A bill to amend the charter of the city of Blackshear.
A bill to amend an Act io establish the City Court
of Albany.
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Douglasville.
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 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:
House Bill No. 1073 to amend Paragraph 2, Section 2, of Article 7, of the Constitution.
And your committee has had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
Senate Bill No. 56. To change meeting of General Assembly of Georgia from annual to biennial sessions.
MYRICK, Chairman.
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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 same do pass as follows:
House Bill No. 1044. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1072. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1071. Do pass.
WIMBERLY, 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 not pass.
House Bill No. 1070. A bill to tax mortgages, notes, etc.
Your committee further instructs me .to report with recommendation that same do pass.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1914.
House Bill No. 1051. A bill to tax persons selling groceries, dry goods, etc., from supply cars.
Respectfu11y submtted, L. R. AKIN, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom, of Forsyth County, Chairman of 1-lw Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the fol1ow ing report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has 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 recommendations:
House Bill No. 1086. Providing for the election of Judges of the Fulton Division of the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 1104. Amending Section 4996, of the Code of 1910, in reference to the compensation of special bailiffs. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1106. Fixing the salaries of bailiffs of City Court of Atlanta. Do pass.
Senate Resolution No. 68. Providing that the judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals be requested to submit to the next General Assembly recommendations as to the changes deemed proper in the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Do pass.
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House Bill No. 1099. Amending an Act establishing the City Court of Baxley. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1122. Abolishing the City Court of Jeffersonville. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1102. Amending an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, WIsnoM, 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 Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 1091. Do pass. House Bill No. 1087. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 286. Do pass a8' amended. House Bill No. 1049.' Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 1028. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 1088. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 1105. Do pass. House Bill No. 1090. Do not pass.
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735
House Bill No. 1108. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 261. Do pass as amended. Senate Bill No. 281. Do pass as amended. Senate Bill No. 306. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 300. Do pass. House Bill No. 1112. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1118. Do pass. House Bill No. 1124. Do pass. House Bill No. 1100. Do pass. House Bill No. 1019. Do pass. House Hill No. 1114. Do pass.
ProQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolution, to-wit.:
House Resolution No. 185. A resolution providing for a committee to investigate Orville A. Park's revision of the Code of 1910.
House Bill No. 699. An Act amending the charter of the city of Sylvester.
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House Bill No. 740. An Act to incorporate the town of Waverly Hall.
House Bill No. 753. An Act to incorporate the town of Portal.
House Bill No. 765. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Fairmount.
House Bill No. 766. An Aot to provide a municipal school system fo,r the town of Fairmount.
House Bill No. 778. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Hapeville.
House Bill No. 782. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Quitman.
House Bill No. 789. An Act to add the city of Manchester to the list of State'Depositories.
House Bill No. 796. An Act to create a new charter for the city of Concord.
House Bill No. 798. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Crandall.
House Bill No. 820. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Coolidge.
House Bill No. 834. An Act to amend the provision of the Constitution relative to abolishing Justice Courts so as to include Savannah.
House Bill No. 838. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Charlton County.
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House Bill No. 842. An Act to incorporate the town of West Green in the County of Coffee.
House Bill No. 841. An Act to incorporate the town of Cobb, in the county of Sumter.
House Bill No. 846. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon.
House Bill No. 852. An .Act to amend the Act . creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and
Revenues in the county of Greene.
House Bill No. 858. An Act to change the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court of Dawson County.
House Bill No. 862. An Act to make lawful the killing of squirrels. by the citizens of Douglas County at any season of the year when they are destroying crops.
House Bill No. 887. An Act to authonze the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to levy a tax for the purpose of building roads.
House Bill No. 900. An Act to cede to the United States Governme,nt certain marsh lands in Camden County.
House Bill No. 901. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Soperton.
House Bill No.-917. An Act to amend .the charter of the town of Soperton.
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House Bill No. 921. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Guyton.
House Bill No. 952. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of Leesburg.
House Bill No. 956. An Act to amend an Act in, corporating the town of Barwick.
House Bill No. 962. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Menlo School District in Chattooga County.
House Bill No. 985. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Crawfordville.
House Bill No. 987. An Act to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors in the County of Elbert.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DAvmsoN, Acting Chairman.
The following bills, favorably reported, were read the second time :
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
.By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the town of East Lake.
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By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Putnam.
By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Macon.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to require persons, firms' or corporations se1ling merchandise from a supply car to pay special tax for each county.
By Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to create a Boarq of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county o{Laurens.
By Mr. T'aylor of Laurens-
A bill to repeal an Act to reduce the number of County Commissioners of Laurens County.
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether and Heath of Burke-
A bill to amend the constitution so as to exempt from taxation certain endowments.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to provide for the election of the successors to the judges of the Municipal Court of Atlanta.
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By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of East Point, relative to issue bonds.
By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to provide for incorporating the city of College Park.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the city court of Baxley.
By Messrs. Harrell and Lane of Decatur-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Donaldsonville.
' By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill,to amend an Aot to establish the Municipal Court of Atlanta.
By Mess'rs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 4996, of the Code of 1910, relative to compensation of special bailiffs in certain counties.
By Mr. Gower of Oris~
A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the city of Cordele.
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741
By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to fix the salaries of bailiffs of the city courts in certain counties.
By Mr. Farriss of Walker-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of LaFayette.
By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnetiA bill to amend the charter of the city of Buford~
By Messrs. Field. and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of rthe town of Kirkwood.
By Mr. Wood of TwiggsA bill to abolish the City Court of J e:ffersonville.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Royston..
By Messrs. Paulk of Ben Hill and Clements ~f Irwin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporaJte the city of Fitzgerald.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage.
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By Mr. McCrory of Schley~
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as to add Ellaville to the list of State depositories.
'.Vhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, tbe ayes were 120,. nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A bill to change the lines of the Rockmart School
D.is,trict.
'
The report 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. Ennis of Baldwin-
. A bill to change the name of the Georgia State Sanitarium to that of the Georgia State Hospital for the Insane.
The report of theeommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0
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743
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the. Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules report for the remainder of the unanimous consent period the following order of business :
1st. First reading of Senate bills.
2d. Second reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported.
3d. Passage of local Senate bills and general Senate bills with local application.
Respectfully submitted,
R. B. BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the adoption of the order of business was agreed to.
The order of business recommended by the Rules Committee was adopted.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend the original Act creating a City Court of Douglas.
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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Taylor of the 3d District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Blackshear.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Ford of the lOth DistrictA bill to amend m Act establishing the City Court
of Albany. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. The following bills ~d resolutions, favorably re-
ported, were read the second time.
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th DistrictA bill to consolidate the several Acts amending the
charter of the city of Griffin.
By Mr. Peyton of the 31st DistrictA bill to amend the charter of the town of Mt.
Airy.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th DistrictA bill to authorize the sale of part of the com-
mons of the City of Columbus.
By Mr. Hixon of the 37th DistrictA bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter
for the city of Carrollton.
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745
By Mr. Irwin of the 34th District-
A resolution requesting the Justices of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to recommend such changes in the Constitution of the State as they deem wise.
The following bill of the Senate, favorably reported, was read the third time and placed on its passage.
By Mr. Watts of the 11th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Shellman.
The following amendment was read and adopted.
Amend as follows, provided that no provisions of this Act shall in any wise affect the present law which provides for a right delegated to the Councilmen of the city of Shellman to levy a special ad valorem tax of two and one-half mills for school purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Under the order of reconsideration Mr. Myrick of Chatham moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 926, which motion prevailed.
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'Tille motion to reconsider was carried.
By unanimous consent the House then reconsidered its action in reconsidering the action of the House in passing the bill.
House Bill No. 926 was ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Thur Committee on Rules have had under con-
sideration the following House bills and as its ViceChairman I am directed to report that the same be set for a special and continuing order immediately after the order heretofore fixed, to-wit.:
Senate Bill No. 61. Vital Statistics. House Bill No. 112. House Bill No. 170. House Bill No. 399. House Bill No. 95. House Bill No. 738. House Bill No. 764. House Bill No. 804. House Bill No. 616. House Bill No. 1029. House Bill No. 878.
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747
House Bill No. 879. House bill No. 871. House Bill No. 850. House Bill No. 174. House Bill No. 173. House Bill No. 327. House Bill No. 512. House Bill No. 248. House Bill No. 135. All of which is respectfully submitted,
BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the order of business, was agreed to.
The order of business recommended by the Rules Committee was adopted.
Under the orders of the day the following bill was read the third time:
By Mr. Miller of Bibb-
A hill to amend the constitution of the State relative to laws' of a general nature having uniform operation throughout the State.
On motion the. session of the House was extended until the bill was disposed of.
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Mr. Corn of Towns moved the previous question on the bill and substitute which motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.
The substitute by Mr. Miller of Bibb was read and adopted.
The bill being a proposal to amend the constitution the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Deadwyler,
Allen, Glascock,
DeVaughn,
Anderson, Banks, Dodd,
Anderson, Murray, Dorough,
Arnold, Henry,
Duncan,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Edmondson,
Ballard,
Ellis,
Beck,
Estes,
Bell,
Fowler,
Bennett,
Fullbright,
Blackburn,
Glenn,
Brinson,
Gower,
Brookshear,
Greene, Honston,
Bullard,
Hammack,
Carter, Appling, Harris,
Carter, Stewart.
Hart,
Cheney,
Hayes,
Clark,
Heath,
Cochran,
Henderson,
Cole,
Hines,
Coleman, Calhoun. H~dges,
Coleman, Laurens, Hollberg,
,Collins,
Holtzelaw,
Connor,
Hopkins,
Cook,
.Jackson,
Oorn,
James,
Crawley,
.Jones, Coweta,
Culpepper, Clineh, .Jones, Lowndes,
Culpepper. Meriwtr.. Kimbrough,
Davidson,
J~fme, jasper,
Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, LeSueur, J.Jipscomb, Loyd, McCurry, McMichacl., McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Neal, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, Parks, Phrurr, Pickett, Ragland, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shipp,
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749
Simpson, Slade, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart,
Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Stunner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle,
Tracy, Wheatley, Whitaker, William;._ Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Walton,
ThoS'e voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
AAlklienn', Jackson,
Allen, Pickens, Booker, Carlton, Carroll, Clements, Dean, Dorris, Ennis, Evans, :F\triss, Foster, Garlington, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Grimes,
Hardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Hendrix, Herrington, Keen, Kidd, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy,
McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilc.ox, Myrick, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour,
Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Shuptrine, Sparks, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Suggs,
'Varren, Wimberly, Wood, Twiggi;, 'iV'oods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Burney, Cooper, Field, Johnson, Lane, Decatur, McCrory, McLendon,
Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Perkins, Picquet, Ransom, Redwine,
Shadlburn, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Turner,
, Ayes 112, nays 52.
T'he call of the roll was verified.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 52.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote was lost.
Mr. Miller of Bibb, gave notice that at the proper tirrie he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill.
Leave of absence was granted Mr~ Perkins of Habersham.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker declared the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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751
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker, and was opened with prayer ,bY the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the
reading of the Journal of yesterday's' proceedings
were dispensed with.
,
.
By unanimous consent a, copy of House Bill No.
1046, was established as the bill, the original having
been misplaced.
House Bills Nos. 1086 and 1102 were recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
House Bills Nos. 1022 and 1027 were withdrawn from the Committee on Counties and County Matters and recommitted to the Committee on Corporations.
By unanimous consent the following was' established as the order of business. during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading of House bills, favorably reported, the second time.
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5th. The passage of uncontested local House bills and General House bills having a local application.
6th. Passage of local uncontested bills and General Senate bills having a local application.
The following bills of the House were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to create the City Court of Boston. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith ofFulton. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta
so as to extend the city limits. . Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. McCurry of HartA bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of
Vanna. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Gower of CrispA hill to provide a method for the surrender of
franchises of corporations by Superior Courts. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Hart of Warren, Allen of Glascock and Taylor of Washington-
A bill to amend Section 612, of the Code of 1910, relative to catching fi~h.
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753
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game and birds.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Elberton.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Gov~rnment.
T'he 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 amend the charter of Guyton, Ga., and amendments thereto, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the charter of the town of Fair-
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mount in the county of Gordon, and for other purposes..
A. Resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate Orville A.. Parks revision of the Code of 1910.
A.n A.ct amending the charter of Sylvester, and for other purpose!'i.
A.n A.ct to amend an A.ct of the General Assembly of Georgia, incorporating the town of Barwick, and for other purposes.
A.n A.ct to be entitled an A.ct to amend the charter of the town of Soperton, Montgomery County, Ga., and for other purposes.
A.n A.ct to amend the charter of the city of Crawfordville, and for other purposes.
A.n A.ct to amend the charter of the city of Quitman, and for other purposes.
A.n A.ct to amend an A.ct approved July 30, 1913, amending the A.ct creating Board of Commissioners for Charlton County, Ga.
A.n A.ct to incorporate the town of Cobb in Sumter County, Ga., and for other purposes.
A.n A.ct to amend an A.ct incorporating the city of Hapeville and for other purposes.
A.n A.ct to repeal an A.ct to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors in the County of Elbert and for other purposes.
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755
An Act to grant and cede to the United States Government certain strips of marsh land in Camden County, Ga., and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the town of Portal in the county of Bulloch, and for other purposes.
An Act to change the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court of Dawson County, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Soperton in the County of Montgomery and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Coolidge in the county of Thomas, and for other purposes.
An Act to authorize the Board of Roads and Reve.
nues of Catoosa County to levy a tax of not less than
20 per cent nor more than 50 per cent per hundred for r~ad building.
An Act to amend the Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Greene County and for other purposes.
An Act to add the city of Manchester to the list of State depositories and for other purposes~
An Act to incorporate the town of West Green in the County of Coffee, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of Leesburg, and for other purposes.
..
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An Act to create a new charter for the city of Concord, Pike County, Ga., and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the town of Waverly Hall, in Harris County and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the provision of the Constitution relative to abolishing justice courts so as to include Savannah, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the Act of 1912 and the amenda~ tory Act of 1913, so as to provide for the killing of fox or gray squirrels by the citizens of Douglas County at any season of the year when they are destroying crops and for other purposes.
An Act, to amend an Act incorporating the Menlo School District in the county of Chattooga, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend the .L<\_ct creating a new charter for the city of Macon, approved Nov. 21, 1893, and for other purposes.
An Act, to provide for municipal school system for the town of Fairmount, and for other purposes.
An Act, to r~peal an Act incorporating the town of Crandall, and for other purposes:
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
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757
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. 1063.
House Bill No. 1064.
House Bill No. 1120.
WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Com.. mittee 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 by sub~titute.
House Bill No. 1103. To amend Section 42 of
General Tax Act of 1909" as to tax on pistol dealers,
etc. 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 Constitu-
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tion have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed ine as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 998.
MYRICK, Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth County, Cib.airman of the
Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the- fol-
lo~ng report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee 'on Special Judiciary have had. under consideration the following bins of the House and Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House ~th the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 1125, establishing the Municipal Court of Fort Valley.
Senate Bill No. 304. Amending an Act establishing the city court of Albany.
Respectfully submitted,
WisDoM, Chairman.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Spea-ker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under
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' 759
consideration the following local 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. 1113 to incorporate the town of Normantown.
House Bill No. 1082 to amend the charter of the City of Lyons.
House Bill No. 1054 to amend the Charter of City of Milledgeville.
House Bill No. 1053 to create a new Charter for the city of Millen.
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following general bill of the House . and instruct me as their chairman to report same back to the house with the recommendation that the same do pass.
House Bill No. 1038 to amend Code, Section 886, relative to the election of councilmen and aldermen.
BuLLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Simpson of Cherokee, Chainnan of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration House Bills Nos. 1083 and 1096 and instruct me as their chairman to report same
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back to the House with recommendation that they do not pass.
SIMPsoN, Ohairman.
T'he following bins, favorably reported, were read the second time :
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton-
A hill to amend the constitution of the State relative to the debt of cities and counties.
By Mr. Glenn of Whitfield-
A bill to amend Section 886, of the Code of 1910, relative to the election of councilmen and aldermen;
By Mr. Brinson of JenkinsA bill to crea.te a charter for the city of Millen.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Milledgeville.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of County Commissioner for Jones County.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of East Point, relative to voting.
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761
By Mr. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to create new Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty County.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Lyons.
. By Messrs. Smith and Field of DeKalbA bill to amend Section 42 of the Tax Act relative to tax on pistols.
.
By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to incorporate the town of Normantown.
By Mr. Hendrix of Union-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and R.evenues for the county of Union.
By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A bill to establish a municipal court in the city of Fort Valley.
The following bill of the Senate favorably reported was read the second time :
By Mr. Ford of the lOth District-
A bill to amend an Act to -establish the City Court of Albany.
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The following bills of the House were read the
third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Farris of Walker-
.A bill to amend the various Acts incorporating the . city of LaFayette.
Tlhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Blackbu~n, Cochran and Smith of Fulton.
A bill to provide for incorporating the city of Col-
lege Park.
'
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Wimberly, Fowler and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to create a new charter for the City of Macon.
The following amendments were read and adopted:
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763
Amend by striking Section 127 of said bill in itS' entirety and substituting in lieu thereof, the following:
''The Mayor and Council of said city of Macon shall not levy a tax to exceed one and one eighth per centum per annum upon the property of the city of Macon subject to an ad valorem tax :tor the purpose of raising revenue for the support of the government of the City of Macon, ~r to pay any appropriation that may be made by the mayor .and council of the city of Macon, provided however that the mayor and council of the city of Macon are hereby authorized to levy, in addition to the above tax, a tax not to exceed one eighth of one per cent per annum upon the taxable property within the city of Macon, 'for the purpose of laying sewers and paving the streets in the city of Macon; that the funds arising from the levy of S'aid tax of one eighth of orie per cent per annum shall never be used by the said mayor and council of Macon for an:y other purpose than for sewers and pavements; that said tax shall be sep- arately levied, shall specify the amount so levied, shall be separately collected, and the funds realized from the levy of said tax shall be kept s~parate from all the other funds.
''And the said Mayor and Council shall not have authority to draw any warrant or order upon the said funds so collected for paving and sewerage, as aforesaid, except in payment of bills contracted by them for said purposes, and the Treasurer of the city of Macon is hereby proliibited from paying an order
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or warrant that nray be draw~ by said Mayor and Council upon said paving and sewering fund for any other purpose than those herein specified.
"Provided, however, that the funds arising from the levy of said tax of one-eighth of one per cent per annum shall not be expended in laying sewers and paving the streets in said city until the principal and interest due upon any sewer or paving bonds which may be now outstanding or which may hereafter be issued, for the year in which said tax is levied shall have been :first fully paid and discharged out of the proceeds of.said tax.''
Amend Section 88 of said bill by inserting in the :fift~ line thereof, after. the word "of", the words "not more than".
Amend Section 111 of said bill by adding at the end thereof, the following words: ''Provided that
said docks and wharves and the real' estate on which '
or contiguous to which the same may be loc~ted, shall be the property of the city of Macon, from
which said city shall receive a reasonable rental."
Amend Section 79 by substituting the words and :figures $1000.00, in lieu of $500.00 and the :figures $750.00 in lieu of $300.00.
. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to as amended.
. On th~ passage of the bill, the ayes were 124, nays 0.
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765
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, as amended.
By Messrs. Williams and Culpepper 'Of Meriwether-
/
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910,
so as to add Woodbury to the list of State deposi-
,
I
tories.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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.
I
By Messrs. Paulk of Ben Hill and Clements of
Irwin-
A bill to amend the Act to incorporate the city of Fitzgerald.
The report of the committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of East Lake.
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The amendm6Ilts proposed by the committee were read and adopted.
'Dhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
. The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Gower of Crisp-
A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the city of Cordele.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Shadburn of GwinnettA bill to amend the charter of the city of Buford.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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767
By Messrs:. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the Charter of the town of Kirkwood.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Wood of Twiggs-
A bill to abolish the city court of Jeffersonville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium to establish a training school.
The substitute proposed by the committee was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to authorize the. Board of Trustees of
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the Georgia State Sanitarium to establish a training school, and to provide rules for the systematic training of white f~male nurses while employed in the sanitarium and to provide for a course of training, instr:ucJtions and lectures, and to issue diplomas," by adding after the word "white" and before the word "female," the words ''male and,'' and by striking out the word ''two'' in the third line of Section Three and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''three''; to strike out of Section 4 of the said Act, after the word ''graduation,'' in the sixth line thereof and substitute therefor the following: ''entitling him or her to practice as a trained nurse without further examination,'' and by striking out of Section 5, from the third and fourth lines thereof the words ''and after having registered as provided in the foregoing Section'' ; 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 Act No. 517, ap-. proved August 15th, 1910, entitled: ''An Act to authorize the Board of T!rustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium to establish a training school and to provide rules for the systematic training of white female nurses, while employed in the Sanitarium, and to provide for a course of training, instructions and lectures, and to issue diplomas, and for other purposes,'' be amended by adding after the word "white" and before the word "female", the words
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"male and" and by striking out the word "two" in the third line of Section Three and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three" so that said Act, when so amended shall read as follows: "Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As:sembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the T'rustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium shall have authority to establish a training school for the benefit of the white male and female nurses while in the employ of the Georgia State Sanitarium and to establish rules for the systematic training of such nurses, and to provide a course of lectures to be given by the several physicians employed in said sanitarium and to issue diplomas to all graduates of said training school.
"Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that any or all white female nurses now in the employ of said sanitarium or who may hereafter be employed by the same shall be entitled to the benefit of such training school; provided the same does not interfere with the regular discharge of the duties of such nurses to the patients in such sanitarium.
''Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that said Board o.f Trustees shall establish rules and regulations for such training school so as to provide for a three years course of instructions, lectures and training in order to :fit such nurses for the work of professional trained nurses.
''Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that each nurse,
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after having completed the course of training laid down by said Board of Trustees, and after having pas:sed a satisfactory examination and having proven herself a woman of good moral character shall ?e entitled to a certificate or diploma of graduation, entitling him or her to practice as a trained nurse without further examination.
''Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that such nurses after having received such diploma from the said Board of Trustees shall be authorized to practice the profession of nursing as: a professional graduate nurse anywhere in the State of Georgia.
''Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to require or allow the expenditure of any money on the part of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium but is intended to benefit the nurses while in the employ of said Sanitarium, and to qualify them for professional nursing and to operate as an induce, ment in procuring competent nurses.
."Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herein be and they are hereby repealed."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,
nays o:
The bill having received the requisite constitu, tional majority, was passed, by substitute.
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By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Royston.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite 'constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bni ,the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received 'the requisite constitutional majority, was pas:sed.
By Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Laurens. _:
r.Dhe report of the committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 117, nays 0.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Putnam County.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu. tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Baxley.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
. The bill, 'having received the requisite constituti!>nal majority, was passed.
By Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to repeal an Act to reduce the number of Commissioners for Laurens County.
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The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
T'he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of East Point.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Harrell and Lane of Decatur-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town o~ Donaldsonville.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the pass:age of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Peyton of the 31st District-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Mt. Airy.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to .the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes: were llts, n&:ys 0.
Tlhe bill, having received the requisite constitutjonal majority, was passed.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
. A bill to authorize the sale of part of the commons of the city of Columbus.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On th~ passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, ~ays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Carrollton. ' ~he following amendment was read and adopted.
Amend by adding to Section 26, another paragraph
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as follows: ., '26 (a) The mayor and council shall have the power to pass any and all ordinances that may be deemed requisite and proper to the peace, security, welfare, health, good government and convenience of the city, and to punish for violation of the same in a sum not to exceed two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars, or imprisonment in the city prison, or compulsory labor on public works or streets not to exceed three (3) months, and any one or more of these punishments in the discretion of the mayor, or other presiding officer of the police court. ' '
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
'
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 0.
':Dhe bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed, a8' amended.
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By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to revise the several Acts amending the charter of the city of Griffin.
T'he following am~ndment was read and adopted:
Amend said bill by adding thereto the following Section:
Section - Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that at the next general election in said city of Griffin for city officers there shall be printed or writte~ on the tickets the following: . For levy of school library tax and against levy of school libra:ry
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tax; so that each voter by scratching said ticket may indicate whether he votes for the tax provided for this Act, and if a majority of voters, voting in said election vote for levy of school library tax, then the provisions of this Act shall become law and the said city authorities will be authorized to levy the taxes herein provided.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pass:age of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
T'he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
Under the order of reconsideration Mr. Miller of Bibb moved the reconsideration of the action of the House in defeating the pass:age of House Bill No. 661, which prevailed.
House Bill No. 661 was reconsidered and went to the heel of the calendar.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
M1. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following bills for the purpose of having the same assigned upon the calendar for a special order and as itS' vice chairman I am requested to report the same back with the following recommendations, to-wit.:
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House Bill No. 16., An amendment to the Constitution creating the new county of Evans, he made a special and continuing order today, July 3oth, immediately after the expiration of the order devoted to "reconsiderations", debate to be limited to 15 minutes.
Am directed also to request that House Bill No. 95, which was omitted from the order as fixed on July 29th, be placed upon the calendar as fixed immediately after House Bill No. 738, known as the railroad crossing bill, the bill having been previously reported was made a special order by the House and not placed for a vote.
Respectfully submitted,
BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to adoption of the order of business, was agreed to.
The order of business, recommended by the Com-
mittee on Rules, was adopted.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time :
By Messrs. Turner and Nevil of Bulloch and Parker of Liberty-
A bill to be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors for the State of Georgia, an amendment to Paragraph 2, of Section 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of this State, as amended by
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the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Acts approved July 19, 1904; July 31, 1906; July 30, 1912, and August 14, 1912, same being an Act to lay out and create a new county, from portions of Bulloch and Tattnall Counties, to be named and be known as Evans County, with the city of Claxton as the county site, and for other purposes.
.Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly o.f the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by ~;~.uthority of the same, that the following amendment is hereby proposed to Paragraph 2, of Section 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of this S~ate, as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State,_ of the Acts approved July 19, 1904, July 31, 1906; July 30, 1912, and August 14, 1912, to-wit:
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By adding to said paragraph the following language, to-wit.: Provided, however, that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution, there shall be a new county laid out and created from portions of the counties .of Bulloch and T!attnall, and embraced within the following boundary lines : ''Commencing at a, point known as Johnson's Old Ferry on the Canoochee River and running thence in a southwesterly direction along the boundary line .between Liberty and Tattnall Counties to a point at an iron stake on said boundary line about seventyt;wo yardS' south of J. H. Blalock's residence; thence in a westerly direction in a straight" line to Roger's -crossing at the intersection of the Belleville road 1Vith the old Reidsville road; thence in a northerly
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direction in a straight line to a point on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, half way between the towns of Belleville and Manassas ; thence northerly in the same direction in a straight line, to the Canoochee River; thence in a southeasterly direction down the Canoochee River to Kennedy's bridge; thence in an easterly direction along the public road leading from K!ennedy's bridge to Adabelle on the Register and Glennville Railroad; thence in an easterly direction along the old Dublin road to the Sink Hole bridge on Lot's Creek; thence down Lot's Creek in a southerly direction to its mouth on the Canoochee River and from thence down Canoochee River in a southeasterly direction to the starting point at Johnson's Ferry.
''That the territory embraced in the foregoing boundary lines shall be known as and be named E;vans County and the city of Claxton shall be the county site of same.
''That said proposed county shall be attached to the First Congressional District, to the Atlantic Judicial Circuit and to the second Senatorial District. That al.llegal voters residing within the limits of said proposed county of Evans, entitled under the laws of Georgia to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall, on the first Wednesday in January, following the ratification by the people of this proposed amendment, elect the following officers for the said county of EIVans: An ordinary, a clerk of the Superior Court, a sheriff, a coroner, a tax collector, a tax receiver, a county treasurer, a county surveyor, a county superintendent of public schools and three
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commissioners of roads and revenues, said election to be held at Claxton, the county site, according to law. That the superior courts of the said county of Evans shall be held on the fourth Mondays of J anuary, March, June and October, of each year and that the grand jury for said county of Evans shall serve at the January and June terms of said court, each year, provided however, that the Judge of the Superior Court may, in his discretion, cause the grand jury of said county to be summoned at any term of said Superior Court. That the limit of said county of Evans, the Congressional and State Senatorial Districts, the Judicial Circuit to which said county of Evans is hereby attached, the terms of the Superior Court of the same shall be so designated herein until changed by law; provided that the laws applicable to new counties, and not inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Act as found in Sections 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of Georgia 1910, a.re hereby made applicable to said county of Evans, whenever said county is created, and that said county shall be subject to all laws applicable to all other counties of this State.''
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority afores'aid, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State shall be agreed to by two thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered upon their journals, with the yeas and n~ys taken thereon, the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause the
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above proposed amendment to be published in one
or more newspapers in each Congressional District in this State for the period of two months, next pre-
ceding the time of holding the next general election;
and the Governor is further authorized and directed
to provide for the submission of the amendment pr:o-
posed for ratification or rejection to the electors of
this State, at the next general election to be held
after said publication, at which election every person
shall be qualified to vote, who is entitled to vote for
members of the General Assembly. All persons
voting at said election in favor of adopting the said
proposed amendment shall have written or printed
on their ballot the words, ''For amendment to the
Constitution, creating the County of Evans'' ; and all
persons opposed to the adoption of said proposed
amendment shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words, ''Against the amendment .to the
Constitution, creating the county of Evans." If a
majority of the electors, qualified to vote for mem-
vote for ratification of said proposed amendment,
Il'Bqs 'uoa.raql ~U!lOA .Arqmassy puauan aql JO s.raq then, the Governor shall, when he ascertains same
from the Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns from said election shall be referred, in the man-
ner as in cases of election for members of the General
Assembly to count and ascertain the result, issue his
proclamation for one insertion in one daily paper of
the State, announcing such result and declaring the
amendment ratified.
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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority
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aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The following amendments were read and adopted. Amend by striking all of the first page of bill and amend by adding the following to the btJl, to be numbered page 1 of the bill.
A bill to be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of the State of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 2, of Section 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of this State, as amended by the ratification by the qualified voters of this State of the Acts approved July 19, 1904, and July 31, 1906, and July 30, 19'12, and August 14, 1912, same being an Act to lay out and create a new county from portions of Bulloch and Tattnall Counties to be named and to be known as Evans County, with the city of Claxton as' the county site 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 following amendment is hereby proposed to Paragraph 2, of Section 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of this State, as amended by the ratification, by the qualified voters of this State of the Acts approved July 1'9, 1904, and July 31, 1906, arid July 30, 1912, and August 14, 1912, to-wit: by adding to said paragraph the following language to-wit.: Provided, however, that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution, there shall be a new county laid out and
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created from portions of the counties of Bulloch and Tattnall and embraced within the following boundary lines : ''Commencing at a point known as Johnson's Old Ferry on the Canoochee River and running thence in a southwesterly direction along the boundary line between Liberty and Tattnall counties to a point known as Ford on Canooohee Creek, thence in a westerly direction, a straight line to Jennie, thence a westerly direction a straight line to Roger's crossing, at the intersection of the Belleville and Reidsville roads, thence in a northerly direction in a straight line to a point on the Seaboard Air Line Railway half way between the towns of Belleville and Manas'sas, thence northerly in the same direction.
Amend by adding after the word ''line'' on page 2, line 1, and before the word "to" the following words, to-wit.: "Until it intersects the line of the proposed county of Candler, thence along said line.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
The bill, proposing an amendment to the constitution, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks,
Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Beck, Bell, Blackburn, Brinson, Bullard,
Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, 0lements, Cochran, Coleman, Calhoun,
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Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Cook, Oorn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson,
Deadwyle~
Dean, DeVaughn, Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Etmis, Evans, Fariss, Fowler, Glenn, Gower, Greene, Houston, Griffin, Hammack, Hardeman, Hart, Hayes, Hendrix, Herrington, Hodges, .Tackson, James, ,Tohnson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee,
Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, l\'lcCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, Me Michael, MeRae, Telfair, McRae, Wiloox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin,
~Iiddlebon,
Miller, l\fills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olin. Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pha:rr, Piekett, Picquet, Rainey, Reese. Milton,
Reese, Tllomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thomp!'on. Tootle, Tracy, Turner, "'arren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, 'Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, 'Yoods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Murray, Booker,
Ballard,
Carlton,
Carroll, Culpepper. :\Ieriwtr.,
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Dodd, Dorough, Estes, Foster, Fullbright, lireen, Wilkes, Orimes,
Hardin, Harrell, Heath, Hollberg, Hopkins, .Jones, Coweta,
Parks, Ragland, Ransom, Redwine, Simpson, Sumner,
T'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Bennett, Brookshear, Burney, C:ole, Collins, Cooper, Field, GarlingtDD,
Harris, Henderson, Hines, lioltzclaw, Lane, Decatur, LeSueur, :McLendon,
Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Perkins, Shadburn, Spence, Carroll, Swift, Wright,
Ayes 136, nays 25. The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 136, nays 25.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to revise the health laws of the State of Georgia.
The following substitute was read and adopted as amended:
A bill to be entitled an Act to revise the Health laws of the State of Georgia; to provide for the appointment of a State Board of Health; to pro-
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vide for County Boards of Health, to prescrihe their duties and powers, and to fix their compensation; to provide for the creation of s.anitary districts; to provide for District Commissioners of Health; to prescribe their appointment and duties, and to provide for their compensation; to provide for the creation of sanitary districts and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Board of Health shall consist of fifteen members, three of whom, the Secretary of the State Board of Health,' the State Superintendent of Sehools and the State Veterinarian, shall be members by virtue of their offices, and twelve who shall be appointed by the Governor, one from each Congressional District and a majority of whom shall be physicians; provided, however, that the present members of the State Board of Health shall serve as members of the State Board of Health under the provisions of this act until the termination' of their present terms of office.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the local health authorities shall fail or refuse to enforce the state laws and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, relating to quarantine, the Secretary of the State Board may, with the advice and consent of said Board, declare quarantine in said infected district, and all local authorities shall ohe~" the instructions of said secretary. The expense of maintaining and enforcing such quarantine sha11 be
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187
paid by the local authorities out of the county fund appropriated or assessed for quarantine, sanitary or health purposes; provided, however, that the State Board of Health shall defray the expenses incurred by any of its officers who may aid in such emergencies.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, '11hat a County Board of Health for each county in the State be, and the same is hereby created, composed of three persons, two of whom shall be members of such Board by virtue of their offi~es, to-wit: the County Superintendent of Schools and the Chairman of the Board of Roads and Revenues of the County, or in counties having no such Board, the Ordinary of said county and one reputable physician elected by the grand jury of the county. Said County Board of Health shall have supervision over all rna tters relating to health and s.anitation 'in their respective counties, with authority to declare and enforce quarantine therein subject to the provisions of this Act, and all the powers and authority now vested in the county authorities by Chapter 7, governing sanitary regula tions by county authorities, embraced in Sections 1670 to 1676, inclusive, of the Code of 1910, are hereby conferred upon and vested in the County Boards of Health created and established under provisions of this Act. Said County Boards of Health shall hold their regular sessions on the first Thursdays of January, April, July and October. in the county court house and ma.y also meet in extra session a.t any time for county health purposes, or when an emer-
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gency or necessity may require same. The members of said Boards shall receive as their compensation the sum of two dollars per diem while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of said Board out of the funds of said county appropriated for quarantine and sanitation.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the following provisions of this Act embodied in Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall become operative in any county only after recommendation of two successive grand juries, but on such recommendation it shall become obligatory on the County Boards of Health and the County Boards of Roads and Revenues and in counties having no such Board, upon the Ordinary of said county to carry ont the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, T'hat f~r the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the State
. shall be di.vided into sanitarv districts as follows:
IDach county shall constitute a sanitary district, except that two or more counties each having a population of less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, may be combined _into one sanitary district; provid-
ed, that the total population of the counties so combined does not exceed forty-five thousand inhabi-
tants. Said combination of counties into a joint sani-
tary district shall be made by the State Board of
health upon the recommendation and consent of the
County Boards of Health of the counties concerned. The last preceding United States decennial census
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789
shall be taken as a basis for computation of population in an'cases under this Act.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in every such sanitary district there shall be appointed a District Commissioner of Health for a term of four years. For a county district the appointing board shall be the County Board of Health, and for districts composed of more than one county the appointing board shall be composed of the Boards of Health of all the counties composing said district, who shall meet in joint session for said purpose. The District Commissioners of Health shall be appointed from an eligible list furnished by the Secretary of the State Board of Health. This list shall contain the names of thoRe who have passed a satisfactory examination in hygiene and sanitation and State health laws, and certain books and reports may be prescribed by the examining board as the basis of such examinations. The Secretary of the State Board of Health shall, with the aid of a committee from the State Board, examine all applicants for the position of District Health Commissioner under rules prescribed by the State Board and the provisions of this Act; anrl. he shall supervise the work of all District Commissioners of Health and shall have the authority to suspend such Commissioner for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty, immorality, or the commission of a crime involving moral turpitude, with the right of appeal by the party so suspended to the State Board, whose decision shall be final. No person shall be examined except a licensed physician, able bodied, tern-
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pera.te, and of good moral character. The examining 1
board shall prepare a list of questions on the several subjects upon which the applicants shall be examined and send the same to the County Superintendents of Education under whose supervision the examinations shall be held. The applicant shall sign his examination paper by number, and in a sealed envelope accompanying said paper shall give his name and the number he has adopted so that his name shall not be known until after the Board of Examiners shall have passed upon the question of his admission or rejection. The Board of Examiners shall prescribe and fix a certain standard pe.rcentage for passing such examination; provided, that each person applying for examination shall be a resident of the State, and shall pay in advance to the Secretary of the State Board of Health the sum of five dollars as an examination fee. All such fees shall be covered into the general fund of the State. Each person passing such examination shall be entitled to a certificate signed by the Secretary of the State Board of Health, under the seal of the State Board of Health, which shall be conclusive of the facts stated herein as to such examination and qualifications. The said Secretary of the State Board of Health shall, as soon as the results of an examination have been arrived at, file a copy thereof in his office showing the persons who have been passed, and at the same time send by mail a complete list of those who have passed to the Chairman of each County Board of Health within the State. Regular examinations shall be held by the Board in the months of October and April of each
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791
year; and special examinations may be held by the Secretary of the State Board of Health to fill vacancies, and he may issue a certificate which will hold good until the next regular examination. No examination fee shall he required of one holding a .temporary certificate, provided same was paid at the time of standing the special examination.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the various appointing boards herein authorized and designated, shall meet on the first Thursday in January, 1914, and every four years thereafter, to perform the duties herein prescribed. They shall on such day or. on any adjourned day when necessary, select from the list of eligible candidates who have passed any of the examinations herein provided for, and appoint a health commissioner for the districts over which jurisdiction is conferred upon them. Such commissioners shall hold office until th~ir successors are appointed and qualified unless sooner removed, as pro-. vided herein. The appointing board shall fix the
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salarieS' of said officers as hereinafter provided. In case a vacancy arises in such office before the expiration of the term .the appointing board for such district shall meet within ten days thereafter on the call of the chairman of said board, or any two members thereof, and shall fill said vacancy in the same manner as is herein prescribed for regular appointments. Any person so appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Each Health Commiossioner appointed shall file his acceptance and his
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constitutional oath of office with the ordinary of the county in the county districts and with the ordinary of the county having the larger population in the case of sanitary districts consisting of more than one county. Each Commissioner shall be required to give bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, which bond shall be filed with the same person as prescribed for the filing of the oa,th of office. Such acceptance, oath of office and bond shall be filed and approved by the person receiving same within ten days after such appointment shall have been made.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That such Commissioner shall give his entire time to the duties of his office and shaH not engage in private medical practice or actively in any other line of business. They shall possess the statutory powers of a constable within the district for which appointed in all matters pertaining to public health and in enforcement of the health laws. They are hereby declared to be officers of the State and may be removed _for malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office and for incom petencv. When a district commissioner of health is suspen'ded by the Secretary of the State Board of Health, as hereinbefore provided, the appointing board of said district shall appoint a successor to such person until he is restored by law, or until his successor is appointed and qualified; and the person so appointed to fill said vacancy shall take the oath
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and give the bond required by law of the regular incumbent.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That in sanitary districts composed of one or more counties the CommiS'sioner of Health shall receive from the county or counties a salary to be fixed by the County Board of Health or by the Boards of Health of the counties comprising the sanitary district as the case may be, in the sum of not less than twelve-hundred dollars per annum. The salaries herein provided for shall be paid out of any fund in the county appropriated therefor and in the same manner as the salaries of other officers. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health of each county, at its regular January session, after compliance with the provisions of Section 5, and each January session thereafter, to determine and fix the sum necessary to meet the requirements of thiS' Act, and they shall certify to the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or to the Ordinary of the county in counties having no such Board, the amount so fixed upon and assessed for the purposes of sanitation and quarantine for said county, and said taxing authority of said county shall levy such tax at the time and in the same manner as is now prescribed for levying taxes for other county purposes. In districts composed of more than one county the appointing board shall prorate the salary S'o fixed among the several counties comprised in such district according to population. It shall thereupon be the duty of each county to contribute its portion of such salary to the
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commissioner of health and it shall be paid out of the sum appropriated therefcir and in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers are paid.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That in each sanitary district there shall be an annual appropriation of not less than five hundred dollars for the office and traveling expenses of the Commissioner of Health for carrying out the purposes of this Act. This sum S'hall be in addition to office rent where necessary; provided, that in sanitary districts comprised of more than one county, each county shall contribute not less than two hundred and fifty dollars toward the expenses of such commissioner, not including office rent where necessary. The expense fund herein provided for shall, in all cases, be paid to such Commissioner on the first secular day of each month, in accordance with an estimate to be filed by the commissioner with the treasurer of the county at the end of each preceding month. All expenditures made by the Commissioners of Health shall be submitted in detail at the end of each month to the County Board of health of the county or 'counties composing said district, as the case may be. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Health to assess an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this Act, and certify the same to the taxing authority of said county, as aforesaid, and such taxing authority shall levy a tax for said purposes, as aforesaid, and in the absence of an appropriation made therefor, the salaries and expenses provided for herein shall be
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paid out of the general funds of such county not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That each countYj shall provide suitable quarters for the District Commissioner of Health either in the county court house or in rooms rent~d for such purposes. In sanitary districts composed of more than one county, each county shall provide quarters for said commissioner, but the commissioner may select any one of the county seats for his permanent office, which he may equip out of district funds provided therefor.
S.ec. 12. Be it further enacted, That it shall be.the duty of the District Commissioner of Health to be vigilant in the work of disease prevention and the conservation of public health, and to enforce all health laws of the State and Health ordinances of their respective localities, together with the rules and orders of the State Board of Health. They shall make such sanitary inspections and surveys of their districts as may be required from time to time by the State Board of Health or by the County Board of Health. They are hereby authorized and invested with the power to enter upon and inspect private property at proper times in regard to the possible presence, source or cause of disease, to establish quarantine, and in connection herewith to order what is reasonable and necessary for the prevention and suppression of disease; to close schools, churches, theatres or any place of public assemblage, forbid public gatherings in order to prevent or stay epidemics and to this end may call in the aid of the
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sheriff and constables of the_ county, or the police of any town or city, who shall in such cases render him all needed assistance; they shall collect statistics concerning insanity, feeblemindedness, tuberc~losis, and other infectious diseases ; they shall inspect hotels, inns, railway trains, street cars, depots, boats and ships, and also all places where food is sold and shall see that all laws pertaining to infectious and contagious diseases are properly enforced. They shall inspect at least once every six months and make a sanitary survey of all public buildings and institutions in their respective jurisdictions and shall keep a report thereof as part of the records of their office and shall also file a similar report with the Secretary of the State Board of Health. They shall at least once every school year inspect and make a sanitary survey of the buildings, grounds and the water suppiy of every school within their jurisdiction and shall have power to close any school when the sanitary ()onditions are such as to endanger or imperil the health or life of the pupils attending same. They shall also examine the teachers and janitors for infectious and contagious. diseases and shall also examine each pupil, in the presence of a teacher or nurse, for infectious and contagious dis'eases and for intestinal parasites and for defects of eye, ear, nose, throat, lungs, teeth and other physical defects and shall make a report of such inspection and examination to the State Board of Health, to the County Board of Health and in case of incorporated towns or cities to the school board of such municipality, and in case of a pupil als? to the parent. or guardian.
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Said commissioner shall deliver one or more lectures to the pupils of each school in his district at least once every school year and such other lectures as may be requested by the county board of Health. Said lectures shall be upon infectious and contagious diseases, the part played by mosquitoes, flies and other insects carrying or transmitting diS'eases and on general matters of health and sanitation and upon such other subjects as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health, or by the County Board. They shaH make a monthly report of the work done by them, in such narrative or tabulated form as may be required, to the County Boards of Health and to the State Board of Health. A permanent record of all work done in each county shall be kept by the District Commissioner of Health in form books prescribed by the State Board of Health, which books shall be open to public inspection and shall be delivered by him to his successor in office. A s~parate record book shall be kept in each county of the work done in that county.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That in sanitary districts composed of more than one county the District Commissioner of Health shall have in each county the same power, authority and duties as the Commissioner of Health in single county sanitary districts. In such districts the District Commissioner of Health shall divide his time in proper ratio among the counties comprising said district. Every Commissioner of Health appointed under the provisions of this Act shaH at all times keep himself within
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reach of telephone and telegraph service, where possible, and shall respond without delay to the calls or orders of the Secretary of the State Board or local boards of health or health officers, when his assistance is required.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, T'hat the provisions of this Act shall not be held to be inconsistent with the present laws relating to the appointment and qualifications of the city and town health officers in the cities and towns of this State, but the District Commissioner of Health shall be deemed to be the supreme authority on all matters affecting the public health of his district, not inconsistent with the authority granted to the State Board of Health. Any town or city, regardless of population, may have a health organization as provided in its charter in addition to the District Commissioner of Health herein provided for, otherwise all Acts or parts of Acts' inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the County Boards of Health, or District Boards of Health, may employ as many Deputy Commissioners. of Health as' they deem necessary to serve the best interests of their county or district, and may also employ visiting nurses to aid in the examination of school children and to instruct parents in matters pertaining to children, and to perform such other duties as may be required of them by said Board. This section shall be so construed as to allow any
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county, whether in a single county sanitary distrid or in a joint sanitary district, to exercise all th( rights and powers granted in this section.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, he, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The following amendments to the substitute were read and adopted :
Amend Section 3, in line 7, by adding at the end of the sentence closing with the word "county." the following words, to-wit.: ''At the session of the
Superior Court for said county next preceding tr..e
regular January session of the County Board of Health of said County, or at any succeeding session of said court. The physician so elected shall bo1d office for a term of four years, and until his succe-.sor is elected and qualified. All vacancies shall likewise be filled by elections by the grand jury, and the pers'on so elected shall hold office for the remainder of the term and until his successor is electeri. and qualified.
Amend by adding at the end of Section 4 the following sentence to-wit.: The operation of said Sections of this Act shall likewise be suspended in any county upon the recommendation of two successive . grand juries of s'aid county.
Amend Section5, by striking the words "twentyfive'' in line five and substituting in lieu thereof the words "thirty-seven" and by striking the words
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"forty-five" in line seven and substituting in lieu thereof the words "seventy-five."
Amend by striking the date "1914" in Section 7, line 3, and substituting in lieu thereof the date 1915.
Amend by adding the word ''and'' and before the word ''shall'' in Section 12, line 26, the following words, to-wit.: "Shall see that all health laws are properly enforced therein, particularly in . jails', guardhouses, chaingangs, and other places of detention and also.''
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Adams of Hall and Mr. Kidd of Baker.
On motion the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., July 31, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker,
. and was opened with prayer by the chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Wohlwender 'of Muscogee-A resolution that when the House adjourns Satur-
day, it will stand adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday morning.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consent.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate Bills the first time.
3d. Reports of Standing Committees.
4th. Reading House ~nd Senate bills, favorably reported, the ~econd time.
5th. Passage of local uncontested House and Senate bills' and passage of generail bills of the House and Senate having a local application.
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The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees:
By M:r. Warren of Turner-
A bill to amend an Act to.create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for 'l'urner . County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Palmour of HallA bill to amend Section 4680, of the Code of 1910,
providing for election of constables.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Hays of StephenA bill to amend an Act chartering the city of
Toccoa.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Dorough of FranklinA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of
Wilburn.
Referred to Committee on :Municipal Government.
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Martin.
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803
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A bill to make penal the wearing of badges, but-
tons of certain organizations, when the person so
claiming is not a member.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution to appropriate $25,000.00 for an exhibit at the. Panama Exposition.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Messrs. Rushing of 14th District and McNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State relative to. the enactment of general laws.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
The following message was Teceived from 'the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit.:
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A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article l, of the Constitution of Georgia so as to allow counties to put their officers upon a salary.
The following message was received from 'the Senate, through I\fr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit.:
A bill to amend an Act providing for the review of the charter of corporations.
Under House Resolution No. 266 the Senate returns to the House, House Bill No. 1011, being a bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Douglas.
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House, to the following Senate bill, to-wit.:
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear, in and for the County of Pierce.
Mr. Lipscomb of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on University of Ga. and its branches, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instructed me as their
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80~
chairman to report same back to the House with therecommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 873. A bill to be entitled an .Act to establish and organize in the town of Crawford- ville abranch ofthe University of Georgia, a college. to .be known as the Alexander H. Stevens Institute.
Respectfully submitted,
LIPscoMB, 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 bills of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report s'ame back to the House with the reeommendatiori that same do pass, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 1045. Do pass by substitute.
Also House Bill No. 1095, by Mr. Moye of John- son and others, to establish an agricultural school in the 12th Congressional District. Do pass.
JAMES, Chairman.
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:
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~r. 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 ~arne do not pass.
House Bill No. 992. A hill to amend Act of Aug. 17, 1906, as to returns of corporations.
House Res.olution No. 272.
To authorize the Gov'
ernor to borrow $500,000 to pay back salaries. of
teach~rs, and recommend that same do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
L. R. AKIN, Chairman.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No, 1, submit~
ted the following report :
M 1. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House No. 537 and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report :
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807
Mr. 8 peaker :
Your Committee on Fish and Game have had under consideration the following bills of theHouse and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 1134. Do pass.
RAINEY, Chail)Ilan.
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, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 1086. Providing for the election of the Justice and other officers of Municipal.Court of Atlanta by the people. Do not pass.
House BillNo. 1102. Fees of Municipal Court of Atlanta. Do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted,
WisDoM, Chairman.
Mr. Adams of Hall County, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance 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 recommendation that same do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 8.' A bill to be entitled an Act to prohi~it any private carrier from shipping malt or intoxicating liquors into this State. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 825. A bill to make it unlawful to sell any liquor containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol. Do not pas's.
J. 0. ADAMS, 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 the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
No. 1126. By Mr. Duncan of Dooly and Clements of Irwin, '' To regulate the sale of seeds and nursery stock in this S.tate by parties other than grower thereof providing for the licensing of agents and for other purposes. ''
Respectfully submitted, .
J. B. CLEMENTS, Chairman.
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809
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 tJ;tat same do pass.
House Bill No. 1109.
WrMBERLY, 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:
House Bill No. 1127. To authorize mayor and council of town of Oehlochnee in Thomas County. Do pass.
House.Bill No. 967. To amend charter of City of Atlanta. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 1135. To amend charter of Eatonton. Do pas:s.
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House Bill No: 1131. To create City Court of Boston. Do pass.
PrcQuET, Chairman.
Mr. McWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
The pension Committee have considered the enclosed resolution a~d report as follows:
Resolution No. 243. Do not pass. MeWHORTER, Chairman.
The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time :
By Mr. Stone of Taliaferro-
A bill to establish in the town of Crawfordville a branch of the University of Georgia.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
By' Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to establish a system of public schools in the town of Smyrna.
By Messrs. Moye of Johnson, Coleman and Taylor of Laurens, Shipp of Pulaski, et al.- .
A bill to provide for the establishment of the 12th Congressional School of Agriculture and Mechanics Art.
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811
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads ap.d Revenues for the County of Pulaski.
By Messrs. Duncan of Dooly and Clements of Irwin.
A bill to regulate the sale of seeds and nursery stock in this State.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas~
A bill to authorize the town of Ochlochnee to issue bonds for water works system.
By Mr. Hopkins of ThomasA bill to create the City Court of Boston.
By Mr. Dayidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eatonton.
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game and birds.
By Mr. Ledbetter of Polk-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to borrow $500,000.00 to pay back salaries of teachers.
The following bill of Senate favorably reported was read the second time :
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By Mr. McNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to provide for the establishment of Kindergartens in this State.
On the request of Mr. Wright of F1oyd, Senate
Bill No. 8 was placed on the calendar for a second
read~g.
The following bills were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Brinson of Jenkins-
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Millen.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County.
Tfb.e report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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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813
By Mr. Hendrix of Union-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners' of Roads and Revenues for the county of Union.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By M;r. Wright of Floyd.:_
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome.
The following amend:rpent was read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the end of the Section enacted the following: ''Where sidewalks are laid under requirement of the city the adjacent property ~wners shall have the right to pay for the same in installments as above provided for payment for curbs and gutters.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
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By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
It bill to amend Section 4984, of the Code of 1910,
providing for appointment of stenographic reporters.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Shadburn of Gwinnett-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910, so as' to add Buford to the list of State depositories.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
T'he bill having received tbe requisite constitutional majority, was pa:ssed.
By Mr. Greene of Houston-
A bill to establish a municipal court in the city of Fort Valley.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pas'sage of the bill, was agreed to.
. On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,
nays 0.
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815
The hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mes'srs. Blackburn, Smith, and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to fix the salaries of bailiffs of the City Courts in certain counties.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of t1he bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu- tional majority, was pas>sed.
By Mr. Sparks of Tloomhs-
A bill to incorporate the town of Normantown.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Peacock of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty County.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of East Point relative to limit of tax levy.
The following committee amendments were read and adopted.
Amend by adding 'a new and distinct secti9n immediately after Section 3, to be known as Section 4, as follows: Section 4. The foregoing Act shall not become effective nor of force unless a majority of the qualified voters of East Point voting at an election called for that purpose by the mayor and general council of East Point within six months from the passage of this Act. At least thirty days notice being required .under the provisions of this Act to be given such voters of the time and manner of holding such election; which 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. Those voting in favor of this Act shall have printed or written on their ballots the following words: "For the amended charter of East Point reducing the tax rate as provided by Act of the General Assembly of 1914." Those opposed thereto
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shall have written or printed upon their ballots the following words: ''Against the amended charter of East Point reducing the tax rate as provided by Act of the General Assembly of 1914. If a majority of the votes cast in said election is in favor of this Act the same shall therefore become a law; if a majority of votes cast in said election is against the Act, the same shall not become a law.
Amend further by numbering Section 4 of said bill Section 5.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Milledgeville.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was' passed.
The following resolution was read and adopted as amended.
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By Mr. Picquet of Richmond-
A resolution when the House adjourns today it adjourns to convene at 10 a. m. Tuesday August 4th, 1914.
The following amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by strik,ing Tuesday and inserting Monday and strike 10 and insert 11.
The House will meet, after adjournment today, Monday at 11 o'clock a.m.
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed upon its passage.
By Mr. Ford of the lOth District:_
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Albany.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the. passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time:
By MeS;srs. Michael of Marion, Swift, Wohlwender and Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to abolish the fee system of the Solicitors General of the Superior Court.
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On motion of Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House with instructions from the House that the reading of the bill be dispensed with and that debate on the bill be limited to thrity minutes. Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson was designated as chairman of the Committee of the Whole House by tl!e Speaker.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and
through their chairman reported progress and asked
leave to sit again.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe; Mr. Moon of Troup; Mr. Connor of Spalding; Mr. Carroll of Catoosa'; Mr. Carter of Appling and Mr. Neal of Gordon.
On motion of Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee the House adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 3, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 o'clock a.m.; was called to order by the Speaker; and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
The roll was called and the fo1lowing members answered to their names.
Adams, Hall,
Collins,
Griffin,
Adams, Pike,
Connor,
Grimes,
Akin,
Cook,
Hammack,
Allen, Glascock,
Cooper,
H!a.rdeman,
Allen, Jackson,
Con1,
Hardin,
Allen, Pickens,
Crawley,
Harrell,
Anderson, Banks, Culpepper, Clinch, Harris,
Anderson, Murray, ( 'ulpepper, Meriwtr., Hart,
Arnold. Henry,
Davidson,
Hayes,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Deadwyler,
Hea.th,
Ballard,
Dean.
Henderson,
Beck,
DeYaug-hn,
Hendrix,
Bell,
Dodd,
Herrington,
Bennett,
Dorough,
Hines,
Blackburn,
Horris,
Hodges,
Booker,
Duncan,
H:ollberg,
Brinson,
Edmondson,
Holtzclaw,
Brookshear,
Ellis,
Hopkins,
Bullard,
Ennis,
.Tackson,
Burney,
Estes,
James,
Carlton,
EYans,
Johnson,
Carroll,
Fariss,
Jones, Coweta,
Carter, Appling, Field,
.Tones, Lowndes,
Carter, Stewart,
Foster,
Keen,
Cheney,
Fowler,
K.idd,
Clark,
Fullbright,
Kimbrough,
Olements,
Garling-ton,
Lane, Decatur,
Cochran,
Glenn,
Lane, Jasper,
Cole,
Gower,
Le<1better,
Coleman, Calhoun, Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,
Coleman, Laurens, Green, Wilkes,
T~, Wilkinson,
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LeSueur, Liles, Lipsoomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McMi<lhael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wiloox, 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, Peacock,
Perkins,
P~aJIT,
Pickett, Picquet, R\agland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shad:burn, Sheppard,
Sh~pp,
Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,
Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Soovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, vv1teatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, vYohlwende1;, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of Friday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2nd. Reading Senate bills the first time.
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3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. General bills having a local application unfavorably reported placed upon the calendar and placed on their passage.
6th. Passage of local House and Senate bills.
The following bills and resolutions were re.ad the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Henderson of JonesA bill to incorporate the town of Round Oak. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Farris of Walker-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the city of Rossville.
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Referred to Committee on Munricipal Government.
By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of Laurens-
A Bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Dublin, relative to operating gas and ice plants.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of Laurens-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dublin relative to police commissioners.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Moye of JohnsonA bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of
Adrian. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Olive, Garlington and Picquet of Richmond-
A bill to amend a local Act relating to public instruction in the county of Richmo~d.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Forsyth.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the S'everal Acts incorporating the city of Blue Ridge.
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Dacatur so a~ to extend the corporate limits.
Referred. to Committee on Municipal Government.
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By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Oakhurst.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the Chart~r of the town of Decatur relative to a board of health.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to amend an Act to create a County Court of Bryan County.
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Smith of FultonA resolution to pay pension due C. W. Reynolds to
Mrs. Mary L. Cooper.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of FuJ. ton-
A resolution for the relief of the Georgia State School of Technology.
Referred to Committee on Education.
The following Resolution of the Senate was read and adopted.
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825
By Messrs. Turner of the 15th District and Turner of the 7th District-
A resolution providing for a joint committee to inquire into and report to the General Assembly next year a more expedient method of registration of land titles.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Messrs. Elkins of the 15th District and Irwin of the 34th District-
A bill to regulate the procedure in the courts of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1 and General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
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By Mr. T'aylor of the 3d Di,strict-
A bill to incorporate the town of Bristol.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
The Special Joint Committee appointed to ex~ amine the revised and annotated Code compiled under the supervision of Orville A. Park, submitted a report and also submitted the following resolution:
A resolution to authorize Orville A. Park to publish his revised and annotated Code of Georgia including all laws enacted by the present General Assembly.
T'he res1olution was read and adopted.
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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 Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
Senate Bill No. 302. To amend an Act incorporating city of Blackshear. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 1133. To amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1136. To amend charter of the city of Savannah. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
PrCQUET, Chairman.
Mr. Adams of Hall County, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance 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.
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House Bill No. 751. A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the sale of beer, etc.
AnA:MS, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit.:
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Madison.
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Eastman.
A bill to change the name of the town of Kestler to that of Damascus.
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Ben Hill.
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Ware.
A bill to create a new charter for the town of Oxford.
A bill to reincorporate the town of Cecil, in the county of Berrien.
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A bill to incorporate the town of Cadwell, in the county of Laurens.
A bill to provide a new charter for the town of Clarkston in the county of DeKalb:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution to provide for the building of certain bridges and underpasses over the W. & A. Railroad by the county of Bartow.
The Senate has passed as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Richland, in the county of Stewart.
A bill to create the office of Commis'sioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Madis'on.
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.:
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the procedure in the courts of this State.
A bill to incorporate the town of Bristol, in the county of Pierce.
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The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate lias adopted the following resolution
of the Senate, to-wit.:
A. resolution providing for a joint committee to
inquire into and report to the next General Assembly a more expedient method of registration of land titles.
The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time :
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta, extending its limits.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shnptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah.
The following bill of the Senate, favorably reported, wa.s read the second time.
By Mr. Taylor of the 3rd District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Blackshear.
Upon the request of Mr. Wohlwender of Mus~o-
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gee, House Bill No. 751, unfavorably reported, was placed upon the calendar for a second reading.
The following bill, unfavorably reported, was taken up for consideration.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to provide for the election of the successors of the judges of the municipal court of Atlanta.
The bill was read the third time.
The report of the committee, which was }lnfavorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was placed on its passage.
The following substitute proposed by Mr. Blackburn was read and adopted.
A bill to be entitled'an Act to provide for the election of the successors to the present and suhs~quent judges of the Municipal Court of the city of Atlanta (Fulton Division); also to provide for the election by popular vote of the clerk of said court and the chief marshal of s'aid court; also to provide for the manner of holding elections and issuing of the commissions to such officers, 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 same, That on and after the passage of this .4-ct, that the successors to the present and subsequent judges of the Municipal Court of Atlanta,
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(Fulton Division), and the successors to the present and subsequent Chief 1\iarshal and Clerk of the Municipal Court of Atlanta, (Fulton Division), as created by the Act of the General Assembly, approved August 20, 1913, shall be elected by the electors entitled to vote for the members of the General Council of the City of Atlanta at the first general election held for the election of such members of the General Council of the City of Atlanta next preceding the expiration of their. respective terms of office.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that as the terms of the respective judges as set forth in the Acts creating the Municipal Court of the city of Atlanta, (Fulton Division), herein referred to s'hall expire, and as the terms of the clerk and chief marshal of said court as herein referred to shall expire, an election shall be held for the election of the successors to such judges, clerk and chief marshal, which said election shall be held as prescribed in Section 1 of this, Act and the candidateB for judge or judges and the candidate for clerk and chief marshal, respectively, who shall receive a majority of all the votes cast in such election, shall be duly declared to be elected for the terms as prescribed by Section 13 of the Act hereinbefore referred to, approved August 20, 1913; and upon the clerk of the city of Atlanta certifying such election to the Governor of the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia shall cause a commission to be issued in the name of the judge or judges' who shall
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receive a majority of the votes in such election and for the terms as is now prescribed by Section 13 of this Act creating the Municipal Court of the City of At)anta~ (Fulton Division), herein referred to.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that upon the clerk of the city of Atlanta certifying the returns of such election for clerk or chief marshal as herein ptoivrled to the chief judge of the Municipal Court of the city of Atlanta, (Fulton Division), the chief judge of said court shall cauS'e a commission to be issued in the name of the clerk or chief marshal who shall receive a majority of the votes in such election for the term as is now prescribed by Section 13 of this Act creating the Municipal Court of the .City of Atlanta, (Fulton Division), herein referred to.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that, should a vacancy occur, either by death or resignation of any of the judges of the Municipal Court of the city of Atlanta, (Fulton Division), as the same is now constituted, during the term of office for which any of said judges were elected, then, and in that event, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the person so appointed to fill such vacancy shall hold said office until the next general election is held for the election of the members of the general council of the city of Atlanta.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that, should a vacancy occur, either by
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death or resignation of the clerk of said court or of the chief marshal of said court as the same is now constituted, during the terms of office for which either was .elected, then, and in that event, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chief judge of said municipal court of the city of Atlanta, (Fulton Division), and the person so appointed to fill such vacancy of clerk or of chief marshal of said court shall hold said office until the next general election is held for the election of the members of the general council of the city of Atlanta.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
On the passage of the hill the ayes were: 99, nays 6.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, by substitute.
The 30 minutes allotted to the order of unanimous consents having expired, Mr. Blackburn, vice chair. man of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the fixing of an order of business for to day's session immediately after the consideration of House Bill No. 304, and as its vice chairman I am requested to report that the following bills and reso-
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lutions be considered immediately after consideration of House Bill No. 304, to-wit.:
Hous'e Bill No. 616. Known as the Refunding Bill.
T'o be followed by the consideration of such deficiency and emergency appropriation bills as the chairman of the Appropriation Committee may in his judgment see fit to put upon the calendar to be considered in the order as fixed by him.
To be followed by the consideration of the calendar as already heretofore fixed.
Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the order of business, was agreed
to.
The order of business recommended by the Rules Committee was adopted.
As a continuing order the following bill of the House was again taken up for consideration.
By Messrs. McMichael, Slade, Wohlwender and Swift of Muscogee-
A bill to abolish the fee system of the Solicitor General of the Superior Court.
On the adoption of the substitute proposed by Mr. McMichael of Marion the ayes and nays were called. The call- was sustained and the vote was as follows:
MoNDAY, AuousT 3, 1914.
Tfuose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.___:.
Allen, Glascock,
Allen, Jackson, Al1derson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Beck, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard, Carter, Appling, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Cook, Crawley, Deadwyler, Deru1, Dodd, Dorough, Edmondson, Ellis, Estes, Hammack,
Harris, Hart, Hayes, Hodg'eS, Hopkins, Jackson, Kinlbrough, Lane, Jasper,
Liles, McCants, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, Meaders, Oconee, .Melson, Methvin, Mills, Moore, Nevil, Oliver, Parker, P h aliT,
R~agland,
Rainey, Rhodes, Shadiburn, Simpson, Hladc, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, 8trickland, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, 'Vhitaker, Williams, Wisdom, Wohlwender,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
F<ariss,
Adams, Pike,
Field,
Akin,
Foster,
Allen, Pickens,
l<~owler,
Ballatd,
Fullbright,
Bell,
Garlingion,
Blackburn,
Glenn,
Burney,
Gower,
Carlton,
, Greene, Houston,
Carter, Stewart,
Green, 'Vilkes,
Cheney,
G1iffin,
Olements,
Grimes,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hardeman,
Culpepper, Clineh, Hardin,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Harrell,
Davidson,
Heath,
Dorris,
Henderson,
EYans,
Hendrix,
Herrington, Hines, Holtzclaw, Jones, Cow(Jta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Ledbetter, I..oee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Loyd,
McCalla, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wiloox, Meadows, Wayne, . Miller, Moss, Moye, Myrick,
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Nunnally, OliYe, Palmour, Parks, Paulk. Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pit>kett,
Picquet. Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Shuptrine, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Stewart,
Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Suggs, wheatley, "Wimberly, "Wood, Twiggs, "'nor!. \Valton, \Voods. Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Ander~on, MmTay, Arnold, Oglethorpe,
f',~nnett,
Bouket, _Carroll,
Clarl~.
Oollim, Co111101',
C'o~Jler,
O.nn, DeVaugohn. Duncan, Elluis,
Hollberg, ,James, .Johnson, Kidd, Lane, Det>atur, Lee, Lee, Lipst>omb, MeCart.hy, Mt>C'urry, MeWhorter, -:\liddleton, Moon, Xeal,
Paulk. Ben Hill, Ransom, Hel\e, Milton, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp. Slatet, Spetwe, Y[itchell, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, \Varren, Wright,
Ayes 66, nays 78.
The call of the roll was verified.
On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 66, nays 78.
The substitute was lost.
T:he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
Under the orders of the day the following bill was read the third time.
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By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to authorize the Governor to issue bonds in order to pay off a certain portion of the public bonded debt.
On motion Mr. Fullbright of Burke, the session of the House was extended until the disposal of the bill was accomplished.
The following substitute was read and adopted.
A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Governor of this State to issue bonds of the State to the amount of $3,679,000, and negotiate such bonds, for the purpose of raising money with which to pay off that portion of the publicdebt which falls due during the' year 19'15, and to give the Governor any necessary authority in connection therewith, and for other purposeS' connected therewith.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue negotiable bonds of the State to the amount of $3,679,000 and negotiate such bonds for the purpose of raising money to pay off that portion of the principal of the public debt falling due May 1st, 1915, amounting to $287,000, and that portion of the principal of the public debt amounting to $3,392,000, falling due the first day of July, 1915.
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Said bonds are to be issued and negotiated at such times and in such amounts not exceeding in the aggregatethe sum of $3,679,000, as the Governor may, in his discretion, see proper, and in order to meet the wants of the State; provided, that all of the sinking fund specially reserved and accumulated in the Treasury for the purpose of meeting that installment of said bonds falling due May 1st, 1915; being proceeds of the sale of the North Eastern Railroad then in the Treasury and available for the purpose, shall be applied to pay off as much of said $287,000 issue as said' sinking fund will pay, and new or re~ funding bonds to be issued ,only for the balance of the same.
The Governor may make such temporary binding agreement to deliver such bonds as may be necessary, ~nd the bonds, signed by the Governor exercising the functions of that office, whether prior to or aft~r the first day of July, 1915, shall be binding and of full force and effect and such binding force shall equally belong to the other officers required to sign such bonds who may be in office at the time the Governor signS' such bonds.
Said bonds are each to be of such varying denominations as the Governor may see proper to fix, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4112 per cent per annum, the interest payable semi-annually, the principal of such bonds to mature serially in successive amounts commencing July 1st, 1930, or commencing July 1, 1935, as the Governor may think best, and thereafter installments of the same matur-
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ing each year successively during the next following ten or fifteen years as the case may be, so that the last instaihnent shall mature July l'st, 1945. Till() yearly installments to be either in varying or uniform amounts as the Governor may direct and shail be payable, both principal and interest, at the offiee of the Treasury of the State, in the city of Atlanta, Ga., and also in the State of New York, at such place as the Governor may elect. Said bonds shall pe signed by the Governor and Secretary of State, ~:qd counter-signed by the Treasurer of 'said State and c;rn its behalf. To each of sai<;l bonds shall be attach~d coupons for the interest, and upon each coupon shall be engraved, printed or lithographed the signatu~~ of the Treasurer of the State for it and on its beh~lf. E~ch coupon may be redeemed at the Treasury or place designated for payment, without being accompanied by the bonds to which they belong.
The bonds shall not be sold or disposed of for le' ss than their par value.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, rrhat in order fo facilitate the sale and negotiation of such bonds the Governor, exercising his discretion as to terms and conditions, may give notice by publication in such place or places and for such length of time as he may see proper, of his intention to issue said bonds, and he may invite bids for the same, and the lowest rate of interest at which the bidder will take such bonds, or any portion thereof, provided nothing herein provided shall be held or construed to liri1it the Governor to this method of sale and negotiati:oii,
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qu,t he m~y reject any and all bids made in response
to. such published notice, and in his discretton may
proceed to re-advertise as often as he sees fit, and may proceed to dispose of such bonds or such portion as he deems advisable by private negotiation, if in his judgment the best interest of the State shall demand such a course.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that if said bonds be sold at a premium the entire amount of such premium Shall be added to and become a part of the sinking fund, devoted to and to be used solely and exclusively in payment and reduction of the principal of the public debt of the State, or such premium may be applied and used to lessen the a~ount of bonds sold, in the discretion of the Governor.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Governor may provide, under such terms as meet his approval, for the carrying of the bonds falling due May 1st, -1915, until July 1st, 1915, in order that one series of bonds may be issued to take up the said entire debt falling due in 1915. For the purpose of carrying this section into effect, the Governor is authorized to make a temporary loan under such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable, which shall be binding upon the State, and may pledge the bonds
falling due May 1st, 1915, as security.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That if it be deemed advisable by the Governor, because. of financial conditions at the time said bonded indebtedness becomes due, that the new bonds of the State shall not
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be .sold, he is authorized to make such arrangements as meet his approval, for the purpose of carrying the said bonded indebtedness for a time not exceeding eighteen months, and under such terms and provisions as he may deem advisable, and the obligations SO contracted shall have the same security and force as the bonded debt so provided for.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Governor is hereby authorized to issue upon such terms and under such regulations as he may from time to time prescribe, not inconsistent *with existing laws, registered bonds, in lieu of and in exchange for any bonds authorized to be issued in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. Such registered bonds shall be similar in all respects to the bonds authorized to be issued by the provisions of this Act, except they shall not be coupon bonds, and the principal and interest shall be payable only at the Tre~sury of the State. Said registered bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4112 per centum per annum, paya"Qle semi-annually. Said bonds shall be transferable on the books of the Treasurer of the State, in person or by power of attorney, the form of which shall be as follows:
For value received ___________ assign to_________ _ the within registered bond of the State of Geor~a, number____,__.__, of the denomination of$---------and ________ hereby authorize the transfer thereof on the books of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia.
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:p~~eq --------- .. ---- Signature of Assignor
State. of .:.---..,.~--!---- .Town oL----------------
County of__________ _
Per.~onally appeared before me the above named Msignor, known or proved to be the__________.____,
payee of the within bond, and signed the above transfer and acknowledged the same to be his free act or deed. Witness my hand and official signature ~nd seal this__,__,__,______day of_________._,__l9__.__
p:rSesaeindcepoowf earnyofJuadttgoernoefyashCaolul rbteofexReeccuoterdd
in in
the this
. State; a justice of the peace or notary public, where
the power of attorney is executed in this State, and
if executed out of the State, then in the presence of
any Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Georgia,
r.esident in the State of the assignor, or ordinary, or
judge of the probate court, or like officer of the
county of the resid!'!nce of the assignor.
on Be it further enacted, that there shall be endorsed each of the bonds issued in pursuance of this Act the following extracts from the Constitution of this State, viz. :
''The proceeds of the sale of the Western&Atlantic Railroad held by the State, and any other property owned by the State, whenever the General Assembly may authorize the sale of the whole or any part thereof, shall be applied to the payment of the bond~ ed debt of the State, and shall not be used for ariy other purpose whatever, so long as the State h~:~.s any existing bonded debt. The General Assembiy
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shall raise by taxation each year, in addition to the sum required to pay the public expenses and interest on.the public debt, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be held as a sinking fund to pay off and retire the bonds of the State which have not yet matured and shall be applied to no other purpose whatever.''
Be it further enacted, That all boD;ds, whether coupon or registered bonds, issued under the provisions of this A~t, shall be exempt from all taxation by or under the authority of this State, or any municipality, county or authority whatsoever.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill 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.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Dean of Paulding.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'c1ock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 4, 191~.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 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 and the reading of the Journal of yester~ay's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following was established aS' the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of local House bills and general House bills having a local application.
6th. Passage of local senate bills and genera) Senate bills, having a local application.
7th. Concurrence in Senate amendments to House bills.
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
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845
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution to make House Bill No. 809 a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By Messrs. Cole and Dodd of Bartow-
A bill to amend Section 1126, of the Code of 1910, regulating fees of Solicitors General -by prohibiting the collection of certain fees.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
rt'he following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
T'he Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to provide a new charter for the city of Carrollton.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr:. Speaker:
Tlhe 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 for the County of Dade.
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Tfhe following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
T'he Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon.
A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Bibb County to issue and sell bonds for certain purposes.
A bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a fifth depository in the city of Atlanta.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Gainesville.
A bill to add the city of Wrightsville to the list of State depositories.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Five Forks.
A bill to provide for four terms a year of the Superior Court of Pulaski County.
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A bill to add the town of Blairsville to the list of State depositories.
A bill to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Dodge County.
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Ellaville.
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847
A bill to abolish the City Court of Pulaski County.
A bill to add Camilla to the list of State depositories.
A bill to establish a new charter for the town of Bartow in the county of J e:fferson.
A bill to consolidate and amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the county of Glynn.
A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of
public schools for the city of Vidalia.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of County
Commissioners for Campbell County.
A bill to establish a Board of five Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dodge.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Eastman.
A bill to. repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the city of Cedartown to establish a system of public schools.
A bill to incorporate the town of Attapulgus in the county of Decatur.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Manchester.
A bill to authorize the city of Thomasville to close certain streets.
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A bill to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.
A bill to provide for registration of voters at the municipal elections in the city of Savannah.
A bill to amend an Act providing for holding of municipal primary elections in the city of Savannah.
A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Thomasville.
A bill to amend the charter of_ the town of McCays ville in the county of Fannin.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon~.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Hull.
A bill to change. the line of Rockmart School District.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Boston.
Mr. Allen of Jackson County, Chairman of th~ 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.
No. 457. A bill to create the office of hotel inspector.
L. C. ALLEN, 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 Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 220. To provide for relief of temporary administration. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 398. To amend S.ection 721, Penal
Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 410. To provide for prompt payment of School Teachers. Do not pass.
Hpuse Bill No. 493. To regulate rights and powers of Aliens. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 706. To amend Section 1062, Vol. .2, Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 833. To amend Section 855, Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 868. To raise age of consent. Do not pass.
1 House Bill No. 897. To amend Section 817, of Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 932. To amend Section 696, Code 1910. Do not pass.
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House Bill No. 969. To provide penalty for btirglary in certain cases. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 993. To amend Section 4252, Civil Code 1910. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1111. To make it unlawful to circulate.. slander on officers and candidates. Do pa,ss.
Senate Bill No. 74. To amend Sections 80 and 111, of Volume 1, Code 1910. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 142. To authorize execution of lost deeds proven. Do not pass.
Hou~e Bill No. 732. To regulate inspections of sanitarium and convents. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
0. T. GowER, Chairman.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, sub mitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Senate bill and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
Senate Bill No. 296. Do pass.
MINTER WIMBERLY, 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 local House bills and instructed me as their Chairman to report same hack to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
House Bill No. 996. To amend an Act to incorporate the town of Newnan.
House Bill No. 1022. Do pass by substitute. An Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery, etc.
House Bill No. 1027. Do pass by substitute. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create Board of Commissioners.
BULLARD, 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 local 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 :
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House Bill No. 1098. To amend the charter of Tifton.
House Bill No. 1097. To amend the charter of the City of Tifton.
BuLLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Ransom of Chattooga County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Elducation, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House bills, to-wit.: Nos. 1128 and 1144. Do pas's as amended.
RANSOM, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Wisdom, of Forsyth County, Chairman of the Special Judiciary Committee, submitted the follow.ing report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary has had under consideration the following bills of the House and the Senate, and has instructed me, as its chairman, to report same back to the House with the following recommendations:
House Bill No. 1154. Repealing a.n Act establishing the City Court of Forsyth, in Monroe County. Do pass.
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House Bill No. 1153. Amending an Act creating a County Court of Bryan County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1084. Establishing the City Court of Swainsboro, in and for Emanuel County. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 433. Amending an Act establishing the city Court of Richmond County. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 288. Amending the several Acts in reference to holding the Superior Court of Habersham County. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, WrsnoM, Chairman.
The following hills, favorably reported, were read the second time.
By Mr. Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend Section 147, of the Code of 1910, relative to burglary.
By Messrs'. Jones and Hollberg of Coweta-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of Newnan.
By Mr. Strickland of PierceA bill to make it unlawful to utter false statements
about candidates for office.
By Mr. Ragland of TalbotA bill to create a system of public schools for the
town of Box Springs, Ga.
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By "MessrR. Olive, Garlington mid Piequet of Riehmond-
A bill to amend a local Act relative to public instruction in Richmond County.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a County Court
in Bryan County.
By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A bill to repeal an Act to establis'h the City Court of Forsyth.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to create a Board of Commissi<;mers of Roads and Revenues for Montgomery County.
By l\4r. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Com. missioners of Roads and Revenues for Montgomery County.
The following Senate bills, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend Sections 80 and 111, of the Code of 1910, relative to elections of members of General Assembly.
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855
By Mr. Sweaf of the 5th District-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Douglas.
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their pas:sage.
By Messrs. Smith, Blackburn and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 996, of the Code of 1910, relative to salary of special bailiffs in certain counties.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 0.
':Dhe bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta so as to extend the corporate limits.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
.On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hopkins of Thomas-
A bill to create and establish the city Court of Boston.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constituti.onal majority, was passed.
By Mr. HopkinS' of Thomas-
A bill to authorize the town of Ochlocknee to issue bonds for establishing water 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 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Pulaski.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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857
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for city of Eatonton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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. Cheney of CobbA bill to establish a system of public schools m
the town of Smyrna.
The following substitute was read and adopted.
~\. bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act which amended and superseded the Act incorporating the town of Smyrna, in Cobb County, which amending and superseding Act was approved August 21st, 1911; so as to authorize said town to issue bonds for the purpose 6f acquiring, by purchase or otherwise, property for school purposes, and improving school property, and so as
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to authorize the issue and sale of bonds in an amount not exceeding $12,000.00, for school pur~ poses; to provide for an election to be held by the qualified voters of said town as to whether said bonds shall be issued ; to provide a method of levying taxes to pay the principal and interest on said bonds; to provide for the creation of a Commission for the purpose of acquiring said property and of constructing suitable school buildings, expending the funds deriving from the S'ale of said bonds, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembl)l of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act which was approved August 21st, 1911, and which amended and superseded the Acts incorporating the town of Smyrna, in Cobb County, be and the same is hereby amended so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of said town of Smyrna, and they are hereby authorized and empowered by the authority afoi'esaid, to order and have held an election by the qualified voters of said town at such time as said Mayor and Council may designate, to determine whether or not bonds sha1l be .issued by said town of Smyrna in the sum not exceeding $12,000.00, to be sold for the purpose of acquiring, by purchase or otherwise, property for school purposes and of constructing and improving s~hool buildings for the public schools of said town. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisiops of Sections 440 to 443 inclusive of the Code of Georgia of 1910, and the ballots used in said
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election shall be, ''For School Bonds'' and ''Against. School Bonds.''
Sec. 2. Be it further enacte-4 by the authority aforesaid, That should said election he in favor of bonds for said purpose, then the mayor and council of said town of Smyrna shall be authorized to issue the bonds of said town in a sum not to exceed $12,000.00 in the aggregate. Said bonds shall be designated as Public School Bonds of the town of Smyrna and shall be for the sum of $1,000.00 each and numbered from one to twelve inclusive. Said bonds shall be issued in the name of the town of Smyrna under its corporate seal, be signed by the mayor and cl,erk. of council thereof; shall be for the term of 30 years, and draw interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on such dates' as the mayor and council may fix.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever said election is held and said bonds ordered issued as a result of said election in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of said town of Smyrna to issue said bonds and sell the same at not less than par value after due advertisement, and to turn over the proceeds thereof to the Commissioners hereinafter provided for in Section 5 of this Act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council to annually levy and collect a sufficient tax, not. to exceed. one-half of one per cent, upon all the
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taxable property in said town of Smyrna, to provide for the payment of the interest on said bonds and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay off the principal thereof, when it matures, and said funds are to be used for no other purpose whatever.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the time the said mayor and council shall call the election, .as herein provided for, the qualified voters of said town shall also elect four Commissioners, residents of said town, and these Commissioners shall be those four receiving 'the highest number of votes cast in sa~d election; the niayor by virtue of his office to be a member of said Commission and the chairman thereof.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to receive from the mayor and council the money derived from the sale of said bonds, and to cause the same to be expended in the acquiring of property by purchase or otherwise, and in the construction and equipping thereon of school buildings, or improvement of public school buildings in said town of Smyrna. They shall have full power and authority to enter into contracts for this purpose, and upon completion of the work they shall render a true and full report of their acts and doings to said mayor and council and produce to the said mayor and council proper vouchers for all moneys paid out by them, and it shall be the duty of said mayor and council, to have said report entered upon the minutes of the council of said town and said report together
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with said vouchers shall be open to the inspection of any tax payer in said town of Smyrna.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority afqresaid, That should said bond issue fail to be carried upon its first submission to the voters of said town under the provisions of this Act, then at any time after the expiration of twelve months said mayor and council shall be authorized to call and have held another election for bonds as provided herein.
Sec. 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 report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119,
neysQ
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
By Messrs. Myrick, Shuptrine and McCarthy of Chatham-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Savannah so as to extend the corporate limits.
The following amendment proposed by Mr. Myrick of Chatham, was read a.nd adopted.
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Amend by adding another section to be known as Section 7, as follows, between Section 6 and the repealing clause: ''Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the salary of the Recorder of the Police Court of the city of Savannah, beginning with the term of the said official at the regular municipal election to be held in said city in January 1915, shall not be less than twenty-:6.ve .hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per year."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, relative to oiling the streets.
Amend. by striking out the words ''one-half the real estate abutting on the entire street or any portion of the street or any portion of a street,'' commencing on the third line of Section one and ending on line 4 and insert in lieu thereof "three-fourths the real estate abutting on the entire street, or on any portion of a street, provided that such owner or owners of such real estate shall reside on said street at the time the petition is signed.''
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Amend Section 3 by striking out all of Section three after the word ''commission'' in the 8th line of said Section and adding in lieu thereof the follow~ ing: '' T'he fact of failure to elect such chairman or other official shall be brought to. the attention of the general council by a petition signed by at least onethird of the members constituting such board of commissioners requesting the general council to elect such chairman or other officer, and upon such request so presented, the mayor and general council shall be empowered by a two-thirds vote to elect from the membership of such board such chairman or other official. The chairman or other official elected by the general council, under the circumstances named, shall have all rights and powers usually appertaining to such office. ''
Amend by striking all of Sections four and five and numbering the other sections accordingly.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the municipal court of Atlanta.
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The substitute pi'oposed and submitted by the committee was read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120,
nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
The following bills and resolutions of the House were taken up for the purpose of concurring in Senate amendments thereto:
By Messrs. Cole and Dodd of Bartow-
A resolution to provide for the building of certain bridges and underpasses over and under the W ~ & A. Railroad.
The following amendment was read and concurred in:
Amend by adding after the words ''in the way indicated by said engineer'' in the last paragraph of said resolution the following: ''and without expense to the lessee company" so that the last paragraph of said resolution will read as follows: Be it further resolved, That before erecting of said bridges or constructing said underpasses, said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall submit to the Chief Engineer of said Western & Atlantic Railroad Company the plans for said bridges or under-
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. passes shall be constructed in the way indicated by said engineer and without expense to the lessee company.
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to create the office of .Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Madison.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in.
Amend by striking Section 15 and renumbering the remaining sections thereof.
By Mr. Lee of Lee-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the town of Smithville.
Amend by adding at the end of Section 1, the following: ''This Act shall not become effective until it has been submitted to the legally qualified voters of said town and ratified by a majority of the legally qualified voters of said town voting in said election. Provided further that the provisions of this Act shall be submitted for ratification to the voters of said town at the next regular election for mayor and council to be held in said town after the passage of this Act. Provided further that the legally qualified voters of said 'town favoring this Act shall have printed or written on their ballots 'For extension of town limits' and those opposing said extension shall have printed or written on their ba1lots the words 'Against the extension of town limits.' ''
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By Mr. Sparks of Toombs-
A bill to provide for the working of the public roads and building bridges in the County of Toombs.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
Amend by striking out ''4th'' on line second of last page and inserting in lieu thereof '' 3rd.''
By Mr. Carter of Stewart-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the town of Richland.
T'he following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
Amend by striking from the 12th line of Section one of said Act the figures 1760 and adding in lieu thereof the figures 1460.
By Mr. Middleton of Dade-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dade.
The following Senate amendments were read and non-concurred in:
Amend Section 3 by striking out after the word ''provided'' in the 4th line of said section the word "the" in said 4th line and all the words of lines 5, 6 and 7, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "said Board shan consist of W. J. Townsend from the First District, who shall be chairman, Lee F'ores-
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ter from the Second District and W. C. Cuerton from the Third District.''
Amend Section 8 by adding at the end thereof the following: ''and as are now vested in the Ordinary of said County, sitting for county purposes, the said Board hereby being given exclusive jurisdiction and control over all the roads and bridges of said county, and all bond issues of said county for road purposes.''
Amend Section 10 by adding at the end thereof the following: ''Said sinking fund shall consist of not less than three. thousand dollars pe! year, the same to be deposited by the treasurer in a good, solvent bank or banks at interest, and shall be paid out by said Board of Roads and Revenues to retire the bonds as they become due. In addition to said sinking fund said Board shall levy a tax suffi'cient to pay the interest on said bonds, whicll. tax shall be levied annually and be collected in the same manner as the sinking fund, and paid out by said Board from time to time as interest on said bonds may become due, the interest so levied and collected being decreased from year to year by the amount earned as interest upon the sinking fund deposited as aforesaid, and which interest on the said sinking fund shall be collected and paid out by the said Board upon the interest accruing on said bonds.''
Under the orders of the day the following emergency and deficiency bills were taken up for consideration:
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These bills involving appropriations by unanimous consent the debate in the committee of the Whole House was limited to fifteen minutes on each bill and the debate was limited to ten minutes in the House on each bill.
By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A resolution to ;:tppropriate $43,000.00 to 'Pay certain pensions to Confederate soldiers, etc.
The resolution involving an appropriation the
House was resolved into the committee of the Whole
House and the Speaker designated as Chairman, Mr.
Parks of Liberty.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee, which was favorable . to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
The resolution, involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as fol, lows:
'Ifuose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Ballard,
Beck, Bell, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling,
Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clements, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Cook,
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Crawley,
Jones, Lowndes,
Culpepper, Clinch, Keen,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Kidd,
Davidson,
Kimbrough,
Deadwyler,
Lane, Jasper,
DeVaughn,
LMbetter,
Dodd,
Lee, Lee,
Dorris,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Edmondson,
LeSueur,
Ellis,
Liles,
Ennis,
Lipscomb,
Estes,
Loyd,
Evans,
McCalla,
Fariss,
McCants,
Field,
McCrory,
Foster,
McCurry,
Fowler,
McLendon,
Fullbright,
McMichael,
Garlington,
McRae, Telfair,
Glenn,
McRae, Wiloox,
Gower,
Meaders, Oconee,
Greene, Houston, Meadows, Wayne,
Green, Wilkes,
Melson,
Griffin,
Methvin,
Hammack,
Middleton,
Hlardeman,
Miller,
Hardin,
Mills,
Harrell,
Moon,
Harris,
M:oore,
Hayes,
Moss,
Heath,
Moye,
Henderson,
Myrick,
Hendrix,
Neal,
Herrington,
Nevil,
Hines,
Nunnally,
Hodges,
Oliver,
Roll berg,
Palm our,
Holtzclaw,
Parker,
Hopkins,
Parks,
Jones, Coweta,
Paulk, Berrien,
Peacock, Perkins, PhaJl'T, I;'ickett, Picquet, RJagland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sha<lliurn, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, R,a,bun, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly,
'Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Oglethorpe,
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Bennett, Blackburn, Bullard, Carroll, Clark, Cochran, Oollins, Cooper, Corn, Dean, Dorough, Duncan,
Grimes, Hart, Jackson, James, Johnson, Lane, Decatur, McCarthy, McWhorter, Olive, Paulk, Ben Hill, Shipp, Slater,
Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Swift, Taylor, Washington, 'Varren, vYisdom,
" ...right,
Ayes 145, nays 0.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 145, nays 0.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Spence of Mitchell-
A resolution to make appropriation to supply a deficiency existing in the military department.
The resolution, _involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated as Chairman, Mr. Carter of Appling.
The committee of the Whole House arose and through thei:r chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended.
The report of the committee, which was favorable
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to the passage of the resolution was agreed to as amended.
The following amendment proposed by the committee was read and adopted.
Amend by striking the ''Whereas'' paragraph and substituting the following: "Whereas, there is a deficiency now existing in the military department of the State by reason of expenses incurred in discharging riot duty in the years 1912, 1913 and 1914, amounting to the total sum of $2,;986.61; and whereas the military department of the State is responsible to certain citizens for horses killed in the military service of the State amounting to $575.50.''
Amend further by striking the figures '' $18,921.34'' and inserting m lieu thereof the figures '' $3,502.11. ''
The resolution involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
T!hose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Ballard, Bell, Blackburn, Brinson, Brookshear, Bullard,
Burney,
Davidson,
Carlton,
Deadwyler,
Carter, Appling, DeVaughn,
Carter, Stewart,
Dodd,
Clements,
Dorris,
Cole,
Duncan,
Coleman, Calhoun, Edmondson,
. .Coleman, Laurens, Ellis,
Connor,
Ennis,
Crawley,
Estes,
Culpepper, Clinch, Field,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Foster,
872
.TouRNAL OF THE HousE,
Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Glenn, Gower, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Hammack, Hlardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart,
Haye~,
Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, H:ines, Hodges, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, Jackson, .Tones, Coweta, .Tones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Wilkinson,
Lipscomb, McCants, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, 1 McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Miller, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Simpson, SJade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun,
Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Th()I]])Jlson, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Willlherly, Wisdom,
'Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Mills,
Spence, Carroll, Tootle,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Beck, Bennett,
Booker, Carroll, Cheney, Clark, Cochran, Collins,
Cook, Cooper,, Corn, Dean, Dorough, Evans,
TuESDAY, AuGUST 4, 1914.
873
F11n-iss, Grimes, Herrington, James, Johnson, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, LeSueur, Lfrles, Loyd, McCalla,
McCarthy, McCurry, Middleton, Myrick, Neal, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Shipp,
Shuptrine, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Warren,
Ayes 131, nays 3.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 131, nays 3.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
The following resolution was read and adopted by substitute.
By Messrs. Meadows of Wayne and Suggs of Haral. son-
A resolution that after Wednesday the 5th inst, that the House meet at 9 o'clock a. m. and adjourn at 12 o'clock m., meet again at 3 o'clock p. m. and adjourn at 5 o'clock p. m.
The following substitute was read and adopted, That the House meet at 9 o'clock a. m. and adjourn at 1 o'clock p. m.
The ayes and nays WE;lre called on the substitute
874
JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
which call was sustained and the vote was as follows:
'])hose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Bell, Blackburn, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Burney, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Cochran. Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Cook, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Deadwyler, Dorough, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, F.nnis, Evans, Fariss, Fullbright, Glenn, Gower,
Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Grimes, Hammack, Harrell, Hayes, Henderson, Hendrix, Rines, Hopkins, Jackson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper,. Ledbetter, Lee, Wilkinson, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss,
Moye, Nevil, Nunnally, Palmour, Parker, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Ransom, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Shadiburn, Simpson, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stewart,
Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Williams, "Wisdom,
'Vohlwender, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Akin,
Allen, Glascock,
Beck,
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875
Bullard,
Hollbcrg,
Clements,
Holtzclaw,
Cole,
Jones, Coweta,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lee, Lee,
Dorris,
Liles,
,
, Estes,
McRae, Telfair,
Foster,
Olive,
Fowler,
Parks,
Garlington,
Paulk, Berrien,
Hlardeman,
Pickett,
Hardin,
Picquet,
Hart,
Ragland,
Heath,
Rainey,
Hodges,
Redwine,
Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard, Sh)lptrine, Slade, Smith, Fannin, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Taylor, Washington, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wood, Twiggs, WoOd, Walton,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Field,
Anderson, Murray, Harris,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Herrington,
Bennett,
James,
CarHon,
,Tohnson,
Carroll,
Lane, Decatur,
Clark,
LeSueur,
Cooper,
McCalla,
Corn,
MlcGarthy,
Dean,
McCrory,
DeVaughn,
McCurry,
Dodd,
McLendon,
Ayes 104, nays 44.
Myrick, Neal, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Shipp, Spence, Mitchell, Sumner, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Warren, Whitaker,
The verification of the_ roll call was dispensed with.
On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 104, nays 44.
T'he resolution was adopted by substitute.
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to appropriate money to pay premium on bond of State Treasurer.
876
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr.. Jones of Lowndes as Chairman thereof.
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.
The following amendment was read and adopted.
Amend by striking the figures '' 1913'' and inserting '' 1914. ''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to as amended.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Mes&rs.--.::.:.
Akin,
Anderson, Banks, Bell, Blackburn, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carlton,
Carter, Stewart, Cochran, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Duncan, Edmondson, Ennis,
Estes, Fariss, Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Gower, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Hammack; Henderson, Hollberg, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kidd, Lipscomb,
McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne,
Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Moore, Nevil, Olive, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Reese, Milton, Rhodes, SJade, Stewart, Wheatley, Wimlberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wright,
TuEsDAY, AuGusT4, 1914.
877
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Hines,
Allen, Glascock,
Hodges,
Allen, Jackson,
Hopkins,
Allen, Pickens,
J~pon,
.Arnold, Henry,
Keen,
Ballard,
Kimbrough,
Beck,
Lane, Jasper,
Booker,
Ledbetter,
Carter, Appling, Lee, Lee,
Cheney,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Cole,
Liles,
Oollins,
Loyd,
Cook,
McCalla,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCants,
Davidson,
McGrory,
Deadwyler,
McCurry,
Dodd,
McMichael,
Dorough,
McWhorter,
Dorris,
Melson,
Ellis,
Mills,
Foster,
Moon,
Greene, Houston, Moss,
:Grimes,
Moye,
'Hardin,
Oliver,
Harrell,
Palm our,
Hart,
Parker,
Hayes,
Parks,
;Heatli,
Peacock,
Hendrix,
Perkins,
Herrington,
Pharr, Picquet, Ragland, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Williams, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Bennett, Brinson, Carroll, Clark, Clements, Cooper,
Corn, Dean, DeVaughn, Evans, Field, Glenn, Hardeman, Harris, Holtzclaw,
James, Jolmson, Lane, Decatur, LeSueur, McCarthy, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, Myrick, Neal,
878
.JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
Nunnally, Paulk, Ben Hill, Rainey, Redwine, Shipp,
Shuptrine, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell,
Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Warren, Whitaker,
Ayes 54, nays 88.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 54, nays 88.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Methvin of Dodge-
A bill to appropriate funds to pay contingent expenses of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the years 1914 and 1915.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Evans of Screven as chairman thereof.
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.
T'he report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows..
TuESDAY, AuousT 4, 1914.
879
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Grimes,
Allen, Jackson,
Hammack,
Allen, Pickens,
Hiardeman,
Anderson, Banks, Hardin,
Ballard,
Harrell,
Beck,
Harris,
Bell,
Hart,
Blackburn,
Hayes,
Booker,
Heath,
Brinson,
Henderson,
Brookshear,
Hendrix,
Burney,
Herrington,
Carlton,
H~nes,
Oarter, Stewart,
Hodges,
Cheney,
Hrollberg,
Cochran,
Hopkins,
Cole,
J'ackson,
Coleman, Calhoun, JQnes, Coweta,
Connor,
Jones, Lowndes,
Cook,
Keen,
Crawley,
Kidd,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lane, Jasper,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Liles,
DeVaughn,
Lipscomb,
Dodd,
Loyd,
Dorris,
McCrory,
Duncan,
McCurry,
Edmondson,
McRae, "Wilcox,
Ellis,
McWhorter,
Ennis,
Meaders, Oconee,
Estes,
Meadows, Wayne,
Evans,
Methvin,
Thriss,
Middleton,
Field,
Miller,
Foster,
Moon,
Fowler,
Moore,
l<,ullbright,
Moss,
Garlington,
Moye,
Glenn,
Nevil,
Greene, Houston, Olive,
Griffin,
Oliver,
Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey,
Ran !'lorn,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadlburn, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StoV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Wimberly, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
880
JouRNAL. oF THE HousE,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Arnold, Henry, Carter, Appling, Collins, Davidson, Deadwyler,
Dorough, Kimbrough, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, McCalla, McCants,
Mills, Reynolds, Smith, DeKalb, Spence, Carroll, Tootle, Williams,
T'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Holtzclaw,
Akin,
James,
Anderson, Murray, Johnson,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Lane, Decatur,
Bennett,
Ledbetter,
Bullard,
LeSueur,
Carroll,
McCarthy,
Clark,
McLendon,
Clements,
McMichael,
Coleman, Laurens, McRae, Telfair,
Cooper,
Melson,
Corn,
Myrick,
Dean,
Neal,
Gower,
Nunnally,
Green, Wilkes,
Paulk, .Ben Hill, Rlagland, Redwine, Sheppard,
Sh~pp,
Shuptrine, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Thompson, Warren, Whitaker, Wisdom,
'Yood, 'Valton,
Ayes 122, nays 18.
.rrhe verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 122,
nays 18.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Brookshear of Lumpkin-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. Eliza Muncey. The resolution involving an approprirution the House was resolved into the Committee of the
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1914.
881
whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Meadows of Wayne as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The report of the committee which was' favorable to the passage of the resolution was agreed to.
The bil\ involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Brinson, Brookshear, Burney, Carter, Appling, Cheney, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Cook, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Davidson, Deadwyler, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorough,
Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Ennis,
Estes, Evans, Fariss, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Hammack, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Hendrix, Herrington, Hines, Hodges, Hollberg,
Hopkins, J'ackson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kimbrough, Lane, Jasper,
Lee, Wilkinson, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moye, Nevil, Olive, Oliver,
882
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Rainey, Ra.n90m, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds,
Shadlburn, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith,- Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, SooV'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie,
Strickland, ,Suggs,
Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton,
Woods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Beck,
Lee, Lee,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCalla,
Grimes,
McWhorter,
Henderson,
Peacock, Spence, Carroll, Williams,
T'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Field,
Anderson, Murray, Garlington,
Arnold, Hemy,
Glenn,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Gower,
Ballard,
Holtzclaw,
Booker,
James,
Bullard,
,Johnson,
Carlton,
Kidd,
Carroll,
Lane, Decatur,
Carter, Stewart,
Ledbetter,
Clark,
LeSueur,
Clements,
Liles,
Cochran,
McCarthy,
Collins,
McLendon,
Cooper,
McMichael,
Oorn,
McRae, Telfair,
Dean,
Methvin,
Dorris,
Moss,
Myrick, Neal, Nunnally, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Rlag,land,
Rhodes, Sheppard,
Shi'Pp, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Warren, Whitaker, Wisdom, Wright,
Ayes 120, nays 10.
TuESDAY, AuousT 4, 1914.
883
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 10.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Kl:imbrough of Harris-
A bill to appropriate $7,500.00 to the chemical ,department of the Department of Agriculture.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and theSpeaker designated as chairman thereof, Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
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 favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows.
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glasoock, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Ballard,
Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Brookshear, Burney, Carter, Appling,
Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, (',{)Ieman, Laurens, Connor,
884
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
Cook,
Jones, Coweta,
Crawley,
Jones, Lowndes,
Culpepper, Clinch, Keen,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Kidd,
Davidson,
Kimbrough,
Dodd,
Lane, Jasper,
Dorris,
Ledbetter,
Ennis,
Lee, Wilkins<>n,
Estes,
Lipscomb,
Evans,
McCalla,
Foariss,
McCants,
Field,
McCurry,
Fowler,
McLendon,
Fullbright,
McRae, Wilcox,
Garlington,
Meaders, Oconee,
Greene, Houston, Meadows, Wayne,
Griffin,
Middleton,
Grimes,
Miller,
Hammack,
Moon,
Hlardeman,
Moore,
Hardin,
Moye,
Harrell,
Nevil,
Harris,
Olive,
Hart,
Palm our,
Hayes,
Parker,
Heath,
Parks,
Henderson,
Paulk, Berrien,
Hendrix,
Peacock,
Herrington,
Perkins,
Hodges,
Pharr,
Hrollberg,
Pickett,
Hopkins,
Rainey,
Jackson,
Ransom,
Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Simpson, 8lade, Slater, Smit.h, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, 'Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Tracy, Tnrner, Wheatley, Wimberly, W ohlwender, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,
ThoS'e voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Beck, Brinson, Collins,
Deadwyler, Dorough, Loyd.
Mills, Whitaker, Williams,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Pickens,
Anderson, Murray, Bullard, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Carlton,
TuESDAY, AuousT 4, 1914.
885
Carroll, Clements, Cochran, Cooper, Oorn 1 Dean, DeVaughn, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Foster, Glenn, Gower, Green, Wilkes, Hines, Holtzclaw,
James, Johnson, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, LeSueur, Iiles, McCarthy, McCrory, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McWhorter, Melson, Methvin, Moss, Myrick, Neal,
Nunnally, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet,
Rill~land,
Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Thompson, warren, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Wright,
Ayes 120, nays 9.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 9.
The bill having- received the requisite constitutional majority, was paS'sed.
By unanimous consent the session of the House was extended for the introduction of two bills which were read the first ,time and referred to committee:: as follows:
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to abolish the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Hart County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
886
.JOURNAL OF THE HousE,
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues for Hart County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Adams of Hall; Mr. Oliver of Quitman, and Mr. Woods of EmanueL
The hour of adjournment having arrived, .the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1914.
887
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 5, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
_ By unanimous consent the House reconsidered its action in non-concurring in the Senate amendments to House Bill No. 889 and the bill was tabled.
By unanimous consent the House reconsidered its action in passing Senate Bill No. 302 as amended.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Reading Senate bills the first time. 3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported the second time.
5th. Passage of local House bills and general House bills having a local application.
6th. Passage of local Senate bills and general Senate bills having a local application.
888
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
The following bills were read the :first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Clarke of McintoshA bill to better protect the oyster and shell :fish
industry.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Paulk of Berrien-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sparks.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Mr. Picquet of Richmond, 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' and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
Senate Bill No. 320. To incorporate the town of Bristol in Pierce County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1148. To amend charter of town of Adrian in counties of Emanuel and Johnson. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1150. To amend charter of city of Rossville in Walker County. Do pas'S.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1914.
889
House Bill No. 1151. To amend charter of town . of Round Oak, Jones County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1143. To amend the charter of city of Dublin in County of Laurens. Do pass as amended.
I
House Bill No. 1145. To amend the charter of I
Blue Ridge, Fannin County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1140. To amend the charter of Toccoa in Stephens County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1156. To create County Commissioners for Hart County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1157. To abolish Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Hart County. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1152. To amend charter of town of Decatur. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1117. To amend charter of town of Carnesville. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1147. To repeal charter of the town Oakhurst. Do pass.
House Hill No. 1146. To amend charter of the town of Decatur. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1145. To amend the Acts incorporating the town of Blue Ridge in the County of Fannin. Do pass.
House Bill No. 1138. T'o amend the charter of town of wilburn. Do pass.
PrcQUET, Chairman.
890
JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, Acting Chairman of the Joint General Judiciary Committees Nos. 1 and 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Joint General Judiciary Committees Nos. 1 and 2 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. 242. To be entitled an Act to regulate the procedure in the courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T. GowER,
Acting Chairman of Joint General Judiciary Committee Nos. 1 and 2.
Mr. Ran~om of Chattooga County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
YOur Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House Resolution No. 277 of the House and instructed me as their vicechairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass as amended.
House Resolution No. 277. Do pass as amended. RANSOM, Vice-Chairman.
WEDNESDAY, AuousT 9, 1914.
891
Tlhe 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.:
A bill to abolish the office of Quartermaster-General.
A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 7, of th~ Constitution so as to exempt college endowments from taxation when not invested in real'estate.
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 following bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to amend ~he Constitution of Georgia so as to give the counties of Bleckley and Wheeler representation in the General Assembly.
The following bills, favorably reported, were read the second time :
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Wilburn.
892
JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A bill to amend an Act to charter the town of Toccoa.
By Messrs. Taylor and Coleman of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Dublin.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Blue Ridge.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so as to extend the corporate limits.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeK'alb-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Oakhurst.
By Mr. Moye of J ohnso:r;t-
.
A bill to amend an Act to inc9rporate the town of
Adrian.
By Mr. Farris of vValkerA bill to amend the charter of the city of Walker.
By Mr. Henderson of JonesI
A bill to incorporate the town of Round Oak.
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By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Decatur, relative to the board of health.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Hart County.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart--
A bill to abolish the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Hart County.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A resolution for the relief of the Georgia School of Technology.
The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time :
~y Messrs. Elkins of 15th District and Irwin of 34th District-
A bill to regulate the procedure in the courts of this State.
By Mr. Taylor of 3d District-
A bill to reincorporate the town of Bristol. The following bills were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
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By Messrs. Jones and Hollberg of Coweta-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of Newnan.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having receiv:ed the requisite constitu~ tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hardin of Monroe-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Forsyth.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of ~he bill the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Slater of Bryan-
A bill to amend an Act to create a County Court of Bryan County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mess'I's. Olive, Picquet and Garlington of Richmond-
A bill to amend a local Act relating to public instruction in the county of Richmond.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ragland of Talbot-
A bill to create a system of public schoolS' for Box Springs, Ga.
The committee amendments, as follows, were read and adopted.
Amend as follows: Strike out Sections ten and eleven and substitute the followip.g as Section ten and number the remaining sections accordingly:
Section 10. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid that the county superintendents of education of the S'everal counties patronizing the school of the town of Box Springs as provided in this Act are authorized and directed to pay over to the Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education of the town of Box Springs, their pro rata share of the
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State public school fund as shown by the school census.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, as amended.
By Mr. Johnson of Montgomery-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery.
The following substitute was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery, to define the powers and duties of the same, a:pd to provide for the compensation of the members of said Board and for other purposes,'' approved February 22, 1873, which said Act was amended by an Act approved September 4th, 1865 ; and by an Act approved December 20th, 1897, and by an Act approved August 20th, 1906, and by an Act approved August 19, 1911.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
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the authority of the same, Th~t from and after the first day of January, 1915, an Act entitled an Act ''An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery to define the duties and powers of the same, to provide for the compensation of the members of said hoard and for other purposes, which said Act was approved February 22, 1873, and which was amended by an Act approved September 4, 1885, and by an Act approved December 20th, 1897, and by an Act approved August 20th, 1906, and by an Act approved August 19th, 1911, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the amendments to said Act ap proved February 22d, 1873, to-wit.: the Act approved September 4, 1885; and the Act approved December 20th, 1897; and the Act approved August 20th, 1906; and the Act approved August 19th, 1911, be, and all of the same are, hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
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By Mr. Johnson of M?ntgomery-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery.
The substitute, proposed by the committee, was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery, consisting of three members; to prescribe their duties and fix thei"r compensation; to prescribe their qualifications, to divide the said county of Montgomery into three road districtS' and provide for the election of one commissioner from each of said districts ; to provide for the holding of primary elections in the district from which a commissioner is to be elected or chosen; to provide for a clerk. of said board and fix his compensation; to provide for an attorney for said board and fix his compensation; to provide for the publication of quarterly reports of the actings and doings of said board, 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 sall?e, That from and after the first day of January in 1915, there shall be a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery, consisting of three members. Said commissioners. shall be residents of said county of Montgomery at least two years next preceding the date of their election and shall be freeholders of said
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county of Montgomery and qualified to vote for mem~ hers of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purposes of this Act the said county of Montgomery shall be divided into three road districts, as follows, to-wit.: District No. 1, to be composed of Long Pond, Higgston, K'i~her and Tiger militia districts; district No.2, to be composed of Mount Vernon and Lothair militia districts, and district No. 3 to be composed of Tarrytown, Soperton and Orland militia districts.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the general election for county officers of said county of Montgomery to be held in October, 1914, there shall be held in the several road districts of said county an election for the election of a commissioner of roads and revenues from each one of said districts, it being the purpose of this Act that the electors from each one of said districts shall elect the comm' issions to ser've said district.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on Monday the 12th day of October, 1914, at the hour of 10 o'clock, the commissioners elected under the provisions of this Act for the several districts of said county of Montgomery, shall meet at the court house in said oounty of Montgomery and draw for terms in the following manner, towit: The clerk of the Superior Court of said county
shall write on one slip of paper the words "two
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year term,'' on another slip of paper the words "four year term," and on a third slip of paper the words ''six year term,'' and said elected commis~ sioners not being present, place said three slips of paper with the words so written thereon into a box br other receptacle liO that the words written ot printed thereon can not be seen and then he shall c'all said commissioners into the room where the said box or receptacle is and have said commissioners to draw for terms; and the commis~ioners drawing the slip of paper with the words two year term written or printed thereon shall be commissioned by the Governor 'to hold office until the first day of January, 1917, but at the general election for county officers, for the county of Montgomery in the year 1916, and every six years thereafter, the qualified voters of the road district from which said commissioner is elected who draws the t~o year term shall elect a commissioner to succeed tlw one selected and drawing said two year term, and the commissioner drawing the slip of paper with the words four year term written or printed thereon shall be commissioned by the Governor to hold office until the year 1919, but at the general election for county officers for the county of Montgomery, in the year 1918, and every six years thereafter, the qualified voters of the l'Oad district from which said com missioner is elected, who -draws a four year term, shall elect a commissioner to succeed the one elected and drawing said four year term, and the commissioner drawing the slip of paper with the words six year term printed or written thereon shall be com-
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missioned by the Governor to hold office until the :first day of January, 1921, but at the general election. for county officers for the county of Montgomery in the year 1920, and every six years thereafter, the qualified voters of the road district from which said commissioner who draws the six year term is elected shall elect a commissioner to succeed the one drawing said six year term; that each and every commis~ sioner elected as provided for in this Act, except the ones elected hereunder in October, 1914, and except in cases of appointment or election to :fill. an un'expired tel'Ill, which shall be elected for a term of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and shall reside in and be chosen from the road district from which their predecessors were chosen to serve; the purpose of this Act being that the qualified voters of each road. district, hereinbefore specified, shall have the right and privilege of electing the commissioner for such district. That if, any commissioner, after his election, shall remove from the road district from which he was chosen, even if he remained a resident of the said county of Montgomery, the office of such commissioner is here~ by declared vacant and shall be filled as is hereinafter provided in case of a vacancy:.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any primary election is called or held for the purpose of nominating a commissioner under the provisions of this Act, that such primary election shall be called and held in the road district only from which such commissioner is to be
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elected and it shall be illegal to call or hold any primary election for such purpose except in the road district from which a commissioner is to be chosen or elected.
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Sec.' 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the board of commissioners provided for under this Act shall always before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their office, take and subscribe the following oath, which is to be recorded in the book of minutes kept by said board of commissioners, to-wit.: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of commissioner of roads and revenues of Montgomery County, and will, to the utmost of my knowledge, skill and ability, endeavor to promote the welfare and prosperity of the entire county of Montgomery, and will do so without fear, favor or affection." And each commissioner shall furthermore before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, give bond and good security to be approved by the ordinary of said county of Montgomery in the sum of one thousand dollars, to be payable to the Governor of this State and his successors in office for the faithful performance of his dutieS' as such commissioner of roads and revenues of said county of Montgomery, and the Governor of this State shall, on the election or appointment of a commissioner, issue to him a commission for the term of office for which he shall be elected or appointed, M in the case of other county officers.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority
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aforesaid, That said commissioners of roads and revenues shall be amenable to the grand jury of Montgomery county, and whenever practicable, shall carry out the wishes of the people of Montgomery County, as expressed in the recommendations of said grand jury, and said grand jury of Montgomery oounty is hereby given power and authority, upon a vote of two-thirds of said grand jury to remove from office or reprimand any commissioner of said county, for inefficiency, misconduct in office, neglect of duty, or for other conduct which in the opinion of such grand jury warrants such action; provided, however, that before any commissioner is removed from office by the grand jury he shall be given an opportunity to be heard by the same in his own behalf.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of a vacancy upon said board by death, removal from the road district, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the ordinary of said county to appoint some person with the qualifications: herein required for commissioners and from the road district, thus without representation, to fill such vacancy until the next general election for county officers for said county of Montgomery. At which said general election, and under the same rules and regulations as is herein provided for the election of commissioners, a commissioner shall be elected :for such unexpired term, and all commissioners shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, however, that if a vacancy occurs within less than six months of the expiration of
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the term of the appointee of said ordinary, -then and in that event such appointee of the ordinary shall hold until the end of the unexpired term.
Sec. 9. Be it further. enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners, during their term of office shall be exempt from militia, road and jury duty.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of the commissioners serving under this Act shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per annum, payable monthly, and no commissioner serving hereunder shall receive in addition to the compensation above specified, for more than two days extra service in each month at the rate of three dollars per day. Any _commissioner serving under this Act or attempting to charge for service not herein provided for, shall be removed from office by the grand jury of the said county of Montgomery.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall .have power and authority to employ a secretary or clerk (which said secretary or clerk may be a member of said board if said board sees fit to employ one of its members as such) and whose duties shall be such as are prescribed by said board and who shaH receive a salary of not more than twenty-five dollars per month as compensation for his .salary as such secretary or clerk.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority
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aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall meet at the court bouse of said county on the first Tuesday of each and every month for the transaction of public business and said board of commissioners shall eleCt one of its members as chairman of said board; and it shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, nor contrary to the laws of this State for its own government, as it may deern best.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such board of commissioners shall not hire or employ any member of said board of commissioners (except if they see proper to do so they may hire or employ one of their number as secretary or clerk of said board.) or with any one related to any member of said board within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity, for work to be done upon the roads or bridges of said county except such work to be done shall be let at public outcry, before the court house door of said county, to the lowest and best bidder, or by sealed competitive bids to the lowest and best bidder, after advertising for such bids for four consecutive weeks in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements for such county are published.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners is hereby given power and authority to employ and retain a competent attorney at law, whose compensation shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per
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annum, to be -paid quarterly out of the county treasury of said county of Montgomery, who shall be a resident of said county of Montgomery for at least two years next preceding the time of his employment, to advise said board concerning all such county matters as may come before them pertaining to the duties of such board of commissioners, and to represent said board of commissioners in any and all litigation in which the county of Montgomery is or may be an interested part.
In addition to the compensation herein provided for said board of commissioners are authorized and empowered to reimburse said attorney so employed by them for any expenses incurred by him, should he be required by said board to go beyond the limits of said county in attending to any legal matters for said board of commissioners.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall be required to publish quarterly reports of any expenditures and disbursements made by them and such reports shall not be mere ledger balances, but shall be plain statements of what money has been received and from what sources and how expended and shall be so expressed that any man of average experience and intelligence can understand what is meant thereby, and what has been done with the county money, and at the same time said board of commissioners shall publish a full statement of how much money the county owes, and to whom the same is due.
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Said board of commissioners are hereby commanded and directed to publish said statement quarterly in the county paper in which sheriff's advertisements for said county are published, and they are authorized and empowered to pay therefor out of any funds in the county treasury a reasonable compensation for such publication, which in no event shall exceed the sum allowed for legal advertisements.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Th'l.t said board of commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control of the following matters to-wit.: In directing and controlling all of the property of the county as they may deem expedient and to the best interests of the peopl,e of the county, and in accordance with the laws of this State, in levying taxes in accordance with the laws of this State; in establishing, altering or abolishing roads, bridges and ferries, according to law; in establishing, abolishing or changing election precincts, and militia districts, in supervising the tax collectors and tax .receivers books and in allowing the insolvent lists of said county of Montgomery, in settling all claims, charges or demands against the said county of Montgomery; in examining and auditing all claims and accounts of officers having the care, keeping, collecting or disbursing any money belonging to the county of Montgomery; or appropriated for its use or benefit, and to bringing all such officers to a settlement ; in making rules and regulations for the support and maintainance of the
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poor of said county; in making rules and regulations for the promotion of the public health; in electing or appointing all minor officials of said county where an election is not otherwise provided for by law, or the provisions of this Act; in regulating peddling in said county, and to have and exercise control and management over the convicts of said county according to the laws of this State; and to have and exer~ cise all the powers as would be vested by law in the ordinary of said county, when sitting for county purposes, in the absence of this Act, and to exercise such other powers as are granted by'law, or as are indispensable to their jurisdictions over county matters and county finances.
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the said board of county commissioners shall have the power to elect a superintendent of roads and bridges for said county, which said superintendent of roads and bridges shall also be convict warden for the convicts worked upon the public roads of said county of Montgomery; said superintendent shall be a man with experience i~ road building, and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by said board of commissioners not to exceed the sum }Jrescribed by the general law of this State and compensation for convict wardens; said superintendent shall devote his entire time to the performance of his duties as such superintendent and shall not, either directly or indirectly engage in any other business, trade or profession while acting. as such superinte~d ent or convict warden. For inefficiency or neglect
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of duty, he shall be subject to removal from office in the discretion of said board of commissioners, before entering upon the performance of .his duties~ he shall give bond with good security, to be approved by the said board of commissioners and payable to the ordinary of said county of Montgomery, and his successors in office in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such superintendent and convict warden. He shall also take and subscribe to an oath before the said board of commissioners that he will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving upon him and required of him as such superintendent and convict warden, and his duties shall be such as are prescribed by such board of commissioners and as arP not inconsistent with the general laws of the State.
Sec. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that it shall be a misdemeanor for any commissioners, the secretary or clerk of said board of commissioners, the superintendent of roads and bridges, or convict warden, any convict guard in the employment of the county of Montgomery, or any person or persons, employed either directly or indirectly, by said board of commissioners, to perform any service or labor for said county of Montgomerv to have any financial interest in either, directly or indirectly, or to receive any bonus, percentage, gift or any other thing of value for the purchase of any article, sold to said county of Montgomery, or bought from said county of Montgomery, by any person or persons or to keep and feed at the convict camp of
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said county, any horse, cow, hog or other domestie animal (except that the superintendent of roads and bddges and. convict warden may keep and feed one horse or mule at said camp for his own use) othrr than those used exclusively in the service of said county. Any commissioner or employee of theirs so offending, may be removed therefor by the grand jury of said Montgomery County, and any person so offending, shall upon conviction be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners within twelve months after assuming the duties of their office, shall have the books and accounts of the tax collector, tax receiver, 'treasurer, sheriff, superin- . tendent of public schools and the board of commissioners hereby created, audited by some certified public accountant of this State, provided said audit of said books shall be recommended by the grand jury of said county of Montgomery, and a like audit of said books of said officers shall be had at least once every two years thereafter; provided said audit of said books shall be recommended by the grand jury of said county, and said board of commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to make suei.1 contracts as may be necessary in order to carry out the purpose of this section of this Act whenever such audit is so recommended by the grand jury of sa:a county.
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners shall
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have the right and power to leave, hire or use con-
victs from other counties, whenever said board of
commissioners may deem it necessary, and to the best interest of the county of Montgomery; said board of commissioners shall have the right to employ free labor for the purpose of working the roads and building and repairing the bridges of said county, whenever they deem it to be to the best interest of i;p.e county; said board shall have the authority to let out by contract to the lowest and best bidder any part of the roads of s-aid county, after publication of a sufficient notice of said work by inserting said notice in at least four consecutiv1~ issues of the official organ of said county before the letting of said contract, in whic~ advertisement the time and place of letting said contract shall be given as well as a sufficient description of the road and work to be done thereon, to put bidders on notice of what would be expected of them, and when necessary make out detailed specifications for the benefit of the~ bidder or bidders as well as the county. Any contract for work to be done which amounts to more than fifty dollars, the successful bidder shall be required to give bond with good security, payable to said board of commissioners and their successors in office, and to be approved by them for the faithful performance of said contract, and which said bon::l shall be recorded on the minutes, kept by said board of commissioners and thereby become a permanent record in the office of the same.
Section 21. Be it further enacted by the authority
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aforesaid, That the said board of commissioners of roads and revenues for said county of Montgomery hereby created shall, as far as practicable, work out an equitable system of rotating the work of the convict gang among the roads of the several road districts hereby created until the public roads in all of said road districts shall have received their apportionate part of the work of such convict gang.
Sec. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board of commissioners of saiti county, shall cause the convict gang of said county to work all of the public streets of the various incorporated towns or municipalities of said county of Montgomery which are continuations of the public roads of said county leading in, to or through the various incorporated towns or municipalities aforesaid.
Sec. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that said board of commissioners shall have full power and authority in providing for the collection for a commutation tax, fixing the amount of money to be paid, or the number of days to be worked on the public roads of said county in lieu of said commutati.on tax, which said commutation tax so collected shall be paid into the county treasury, of said county of Montgomery, as other taxes; provided however, that said commutation tax shall not exceed the maximum amount now fixed by the general laws of this State or work on the public road of said county, not to exceed the maximum number of days now prescribed by law in lieu thereof, and in trying
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and punishing all road defaulte.rs in accordance with the general laws of this State.
Sec. 24. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first meeting of the board of commissioners hereby created shall be held at the court house of said county of Montgomery, on the first Tuesday in .January, 1914, at which time said board of commissioners shall organize by electing one of their number chairman of said board and by electing a secretary or clerk of said board, and they shall also at said meeting elect a superintendent of roads and bridges and convict warden, and if they deem it necessary, an attorney-at-law to advise said board as is hereinbefore provided for by law.
Sec. 25. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term of office of the present board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Montgomery County, consisting of five members, shall not expire until the board of commissioners hereby created have been elected and qualified as is herein provided.
Sec. 26. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed,
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed on its passage:
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th Disfrict-
A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Douglas.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Wimberly of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in passing House Bill No. 1022, the Montgomery County Commissioner Bill, . by substitute.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time:
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the State Board of Entomology to' be expended on work on cotton wilt and Mexican boll weevil.
The bill, involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole
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915
House and the Speaker designated Mr. Taylor of Laurens, as Chairman thereof.
The committee arose and through their chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Akin,
Dean,
Allen, Glascock,
DeVaughn,
Allen, Pickens,
Duncan,
Anderson, Banks, Edmondson,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ellis,
Bell,
Ennis,
Blackburn,
Estes,
Booker,
Evans,
Brinson,
Field,
Brookshear,
Foster,
Bullard,
Fowler,
Carlton,
Garlington,
Carter, Appling, Glenn,
Carter, Stewart,
Gower,
Cheney,
Greene, Houston,
Clark,
Green, Wilkes,
Clements,
Griffin,
Cochran,
Hammack,
('ole,
Hardeman,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hardin,
Coleman, Laurens, Harrell,
Connor,
Harris,
Cook,
Hart,
CoO<per,
Hayes,
Crawley,
Henderson,
Culpepper, Clinch, Hendrix,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Herrington,
Hines, Hodges, Rollqerg, Holtzclaw, James, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Kidd, Kimbrough, Ledbetter, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, Mc.Michael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meadows, Wayne, Middlebon, Miller, Moon, Moore,
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Moss, Moye, Myrick, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parks, Paulk) Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Riagland, Rainey, Redwine,
Heese, )filton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Blade, Slater, Smit-h, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, St{)ne, Taliaferro, S>tQvall, Elbert, Stovall, MrDuffie, 8trickland,
Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washingtoo, ThompS{)n, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Walton,
,;~{right,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Allen, Jackson, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Burney, Carroll, Davidson, Deadwyler,
~dd,
Dorough,
Dorris, Fariss, Fullbright,
G:rimes, Heath, Hopkins, Jackson, Keen, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, L{)yd,
"McCalla,
Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Mills, Parker, Phrurr, Ranoom, Reynolds, Shadburn, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Wood, Twiggs,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Anderson, MmTay, Bennett, Collins, Oorn, .Johnson, Lane, Decatur,
::\IcCarthy, ::\Iethvin, Neal, Oliver, Shirr),
Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Warren, Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 131, nays 36.
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The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 131, nays 36.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules:
By Messrs. Fullbright of Burke and Hardeman of J e:fferson-
A resolution that it will not be in order for any member of the House to interrupt a member while explaining his vote.
Mr. Blackburn, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the follo":"ing report :
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules request me as its ViceChairman to recommend that House Bill No. 926, a bill providing for increased representation in the General Assembly be made a special and continuing order immediately after the purpose of concurring with the Senate amendment, debate to be limited to three minutes.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the order of business, was agreed to.
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The order of business recommended by the Rules Committee, was adopted.
The following bill was taken up for the purpose of concurring in the Senate substitute:
By Mr. Shipp of Pulaski-
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to give Bleckley and Wheeler Counties representation in the General Assembly.
The following substitute of Senate was read and concurred in :
A bill to be entitled an Aet to amend Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia by striking the :figures 184 therefrom and inserting in place thereof the :figures 189, so as to provide for representation in the House of Representatives for counties not now provided for, and further by S'triking from Sf!.id paragraph the names of. the counties therein mentioned in the re-apportionment of the General Assembly of 1911, so that said paragraph will conform to said reapportionment 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 same, that Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution be, and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said paragraph the :figures '' 184'' and inserting
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in lieu thereof the figures '' 189,'' and further by striking therefrom the names of all counties therein specified, and inserting in place of six counties therein named as being entitled to three representatives each the following: ''Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Floyd and Muscogee" and inserting in place of the twenty-six counties therein specified as being entitled to two representatives each the following: "Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Washington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton, Bartow, Meriwether, Emanuel, Lowndes, Etlbert, Brooks, Houston, Wilkes, Clarke and Ware,'' and further by adding at the end of said paragraph after the words, ''and to the remaining counties one representative each," the following: "and in the event of the ratifi-cation of this amendment to the Constitution, the -counties of Bleckley and Wheeler shall be entitled to representation in the General Assembly of Georgia for the session 1915-16; and in the event this amendment and the amendments creating the counties of Barrow, Candler and Bacon shall be ratified, then the three said last named counties shall also be entitled to representation in the sessionS' of the General Assembly for the years 1915-16; and elections in said counties shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, 1915, under the law now governing similar elections for the election of members of the General Assembly. to serve during the session 1915-16 in accordance with this amendment", so that when said Paragraph is so amended it will read as follows:
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Paragraph 1. Number of Representatives. T'he House of Representatives shall consist of not more than 189 representatives apportioned among the several counties as follows, to-wit.: To the six counties having the largest population, viz. : Fulton, Cha.tbam, Richmond, Bibb, Floyd and Muscogee, three representatives each; to the twenty-six counties having the next largest population, viz.: Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Washington, DeKialb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton, Bartow, Meriwether, Emanuel, Lowndes, Elbert, Brooks, Houston, Wilkes, Clarke and Ware, two representatives each; and to theremaining counties one representative each; and in the event of the ratification of this amendment to the Constitution, the counties of Bleckley and Wheeler shall be entitled to representation in the General Assembly of Georgia for the session of 1915-16; and in the event this amendment and the amendment creating the counties of Barrow, Candler and Bacon shall be ratified, then the three said last named counties shall also be entitled to representation in the sessions of the General Assembly for the years l 915-16; and elections in said counties shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, 1915, under the law now governing similar elections for the election of members of the General Assembly to serve during the session of 1915-16 in accordance with this amendment.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said proposed amendment
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shall be agreed to by two thirds of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in said State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election in said State; and shall at said next general election be submitted to the people for ratification in the following form, to-wit.: "For ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution (for providing .for representatives in the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia for counties not now provided for),'' or ''Against ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 3, of-Article 3, of the Constitution (or against providing for r'epresentatives in the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia forcounties not now provided for)," and if the majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote for ratification, having written or printed on their ballots the preceding forms, which votes cast at said election shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly . and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation thereof in the manner now provided by law.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed.
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By Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris, Booker of Wilkes, Cheney of Cobb, McCants of Taylor-
A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 for the work annually of tick eradication.
The bill, involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Ennis of Baldwin, as chairman thereof.
The committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the bill back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
T'he report of the committee, which was favorab],~ to the passage of the bill as amended waS' agreed to.
By unanimous consent the rule allowing the explanation of votes on the roll call were dispensed with.
'l'he following amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by making amount $10,000 so as to make total appropriation for this purpose $25,000 instead of $15,000.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the.vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Akin, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Bell, Booker, Bullard,
Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark,
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Clements,
Henderson,
Cochran,
HeiTington,
Cole,
Hines,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hodges,
Coleman, Laurens, Hrollherg,
Connor,
Holtzclaw,
Cook,
James,
Cooper,
,Jm,es, Coweta,
Crawley,
Jones, Lowndes,
Culpepper, Clin<ili, Kidd,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Kimbrough,
Deadwyler,
Lane, Jasper,
Dean,
LeSueur,
DeVaughn,
Lipi:!COmb,
Dodd,
Loyd,
Duncan,
McCants,
Ellis,
McCrory,
Ennis,
McLendon,
EYans,
McMichael,
:Field,
l\IcRae, Telfair,
Foster,
McRae, Wilcox,
Fowler,
Mc,Vhorter,
Garlington,
Meaders, Oconee,
Glenn,
Meadows, Wayne,
Gower,
Melson,
Greene, Houston, Methvin,
Green, Wilkes,
. Middleton,
Griffin,
Miller,
Hammack,
Moon,
Hardeman,
Moore,
Hardin,
Moss,
Harrell,
)[o:ve,
Harris,
Neal,
Hart,
NeYil,
Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shuptrine, S.Jade, Rlater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Stewart, 'Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Turner, Wheatley, 'Yhitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom,
'Vohlwender, Wright,
T'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Bennett, Burney, Carroll,
Carter, Appling, Davidson, Dorough, Dorris, Estes, I<"ariss, Fullbright, Hayes,
Hea.th, Hendrix, Hopkins, Keen, Ledbetter, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, Mills,
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Parks, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds,
Shadbnrn, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, f:tone, Dawson,
Strickland, Tootle, Tracy, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Anderson, MmTay, Blackburn, Brinoon, Brookshear, Oollins, corn, Edmondson, Grimes, .Jackson,
,J()hnson, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, McCalla, McCarthy, 1\fcCnrry. Myrick, Oliver. Parker, Pha;rr,
R~ag-land,
Rainey,
Sh~pp,
Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Sug-gs, Swift, Warren, \Voods, Emanuel,
Ayes 114, nays 39.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114, nays 39.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A resolution to appropriate $15,000 annually for the years 1914 and 19,15 to the prison department.
The bill involving an appropri:ation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Cochran of Fulton as chairman thereof :
The Committee of the Whole House arose and
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through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was 1;1.greed to.
By unanimous consent the rule allowing the explanation of votes on the roll call was dispensed with.
The bill, involving an appropriation, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative w~re Messrs.-
Allen, Jackson,
Garlington,
Allen, Pickens,
Glenn,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Gmver,
Bell,
Green, 'Vilkes,
Blackbum,
Griffin,
Booke1,
Hammack,
Bullard,
Hlardeman,
Carter, Stewart,
Hart,
Cheney,
Heath,
Olements,
Henderson,
Cochran,
Herrington,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hines,
Coleman, Laurens, Hallberg,
Connor,
Holtzclaw,
Cooper,
James,
Crawley,
,Jones, Lowndes,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lane, Jasper,
D:ncidson,
LeSueur,
Duncan,
Lipscomb,
Ellis,
McCants,
Ennis,
McMichael,
Estes,
McRae, Telfair,
Fariss,
McRae, Wilcox,
Field,
McWhorter,
Foster,
Meaders, Oconee,
Fowler,
Meadows, Wayne,
Fnllhri.!:!ht,
Methvin,
l\1iddleton, l\Iiller,
l\Ioon, l\Ioore, Moss, Moye, Neal, Ne,cil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Slnde, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,
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Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, StoyalJ, McDuffie,
Taylor, Laurens.
Turner,
Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,
Thompson,
\Vohlwender,
Tracy,
Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Do:rris,
Akin,
EYans,
Allen, Glascock,
Greene, Houston,
Anderson, Banks, Grimes,
Arnold, Henry,
Hayes,
Ballard,
Hodges,
Beck,
Hopkins,
Bennett,
,Jackson,
Brookshear,
Jones, Coweta;
Burne,V,
Keen,
Carroll,
Kidd,
Oarter, Appling, Lane, Decatur,
Clark,
Ledbetter,
Cole,
Lee, Lee,
Collins,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Liles,
Deadwyler,
Loyd,
Dean,
McCrory,
DeVaughn,
McLendon,
Dorough,
Mills, Parks, Perkins, Ransom, Reynolds, Sheppard, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stovall, Elbert, Strickland, Suinner, Tootle, W11eatley, Whitaker, \Villiams, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Anderson, Murray, Brinson, Carlton, Cook, Oorn, Dodd, Edmondson, Hardin, Harrell, Harris,
Hendrix, Jolmson, Kimbrough, McCalla, McCarthy, McCurry, Melson, Myrick, Oliver, Parker, Pha!l"'',
Ragland, R.eese, Thomas, Shipp, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Suggs, Swift, \Varren, Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 93, nays 58.
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927
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 58.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris and Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to appropriate $2,000 to the Department of Agriculture for the culture of nitrate setting bacteria.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Jones of Cowet,a as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose aud 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 favorable to the passage of the bill, was' agreed to.
By unanimous consent the rule allowing the explanation of votes on the roll call was dispensed with.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
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Tlhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Griffin,
Akin,
Hammack,
Allen, Glascock,
H!ardeman,
Allen, Jackson,
Hardin,
Allen, Pickens,
Harris,
Anderson, Banks, Hart,
Bell,
Hayes,
Blackburn,
Henderson,
Booker,
Herring-ton,
Bullard,
Hines,
Carlton,
Hodges,
CAtrter, Appling, Hollberg,
Cheney,
Holtzclaw,
Clark,
James,
Olements,
Jones, Coweta,
Cochran,
Jones, Lowndes,
Cole,
Keen,
Coleman, Calhoun, Kimbrough,
Coleman, Laurens, Lane, Jasper,
Connor,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Cooper,
LeSueur,
Crawley,
Lipsoomb,
Culpepper, Clinch, McCants,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McMichael,
Dean,
McRae, Telfair,
DeVaughn,
McRae, Wilcox,
Dodd,
Meaders, Oconee,
Duncan,
Meadows, Wayne,
Ellis,
Middleton,
Ennis,
Miller,
Estes,
Moon,
Field,
Moore,
Fowler,
Moss,
Garlington,
Moye,
Gower,
Neal,
Greene, Houston, Nevil,
Green, Wilkes,
Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom, W'ohlwender,
'Vood, Walton,
.Those voting in the negative were Messr8.-
Ballard, Book, Brinson,
Brookshear, Burney, Carroll,
Carter, Stewart, Oollins, Davidson,
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929
Deadwyler, :porough, Dorris, Evans, Fariss, Foster, Fullbright,
Grimes, Harrell, Heath,
Hopkins, Jackson, Kidd, Ledbetter, Loyd, McWhorter, Mills, Parks, Reese, Thomas,
Reiser, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Suggs, Tootle, Whitaker, Williams, Wright,
Those not voting wer~ Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Bennett, Cook, Oorn, Edmondson, Glenn, Hendrix, ,Johnson, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee,
Liles,
l\f~:Calla,
McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, Melson, Methvin, Myrick, Oliver, Parker, Pharr,
Ayes 109, nays 37.
R111gland, Rainey, Sheppard, Shipp, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, V{arren, Wood, Twiggs, "roods, Emanuel,
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the pas'Sage of the bill the ayes were 109, na.ys 37. The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Picquet of Richmond; Mr. Pharr of Gwinnett; Mr. Brinson of Jenkins 11;nd Mr. Kimbrough of Harris.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning 'at 9 o'clock.
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.JueR~AL OF. THE HousE,
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 6, 1914.
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 and the reading of the Journal of yesteraay's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 273 was. withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be engrossed.
The following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents:
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. Senate bills read the first time.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Reading House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
5th. Passage of local House bills. 6th. Local House bills adversely reported considered for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee. 7th. General House bills having a local application placed on their passage.
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8th. Passage of local Senate bills and gener~l Senate bills having a local application.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A resolution to memorialize our representatives in Congress to devise ways and means for handling the cotton crop.
The following resolution was read and adopted by substitute:
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee-
A resolution that when the House adjourns today that it will meet at 3 o'clock this p. m.
T'he following substitute by Mr. Hardeman of Jefferson was read :
A resolution that the sessions of this House sha1i be from 9 :00 a. m. until 12 :30 p. m. and from 3 :00 p. m. until 5:00 p. m. except Saturday.
Mr. Greene of Houston moved the previous question on the resolution and substitute, which motion was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The substitute was adopted.
The resolution was adopted by substitute.
The following Bill was read the first time and referred' 'to committee:
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By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to authorize the city of Marietta to hold an election for water works bonds.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Miller of 24th District. A bill to abolish the office of Quartermaster-General.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. McNeil of the 22d District-
. A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to exempt certain college endowments from taxation.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report:
Mr. Spea.ker:
Your Committee on Fish and Game 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:
.House Bill No. 1025. Do pass. RAINEY, Chairman.
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933
Mr. W ohlwender 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 bills of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Resolution No. 224. Resolution to relieve security on bond of J. L. Wooten. Do pass.
House Bill No. 487. To amend Act of City Court of Macon. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 883. An Act to authorize county authorities to pay cost of officers of the Superior Court in the Toombs Circuit. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1026. To give additional remedy for reinstating of disbarred attorneys. Do not pass~
House Bill No. 1123. To provide coupons of bonds of the State not to be signed by treasurer. Do pass.
ED. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Dorough of Franklin County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee ,on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Government have
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had under consideration the following bills of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report s-ame back to the House wi,th the following recommend>ations :
House Bill No. 1149. To amend the charter of city of Dublin. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1137. To amend charter of town of Morten. Do pass as amended.
DoROUGH, Vice-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 bills and resolutions of the House and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to 1the House with the recommendation that same do pass, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 429. A bill to amend the Acts of 1911, revising the school laws.
House Resolution No. 250. A tesolution to appropriate $176..00 for assistant doorkeeper of the Senate.
Also the following bills with the recommendation that same do not pass, to-wit.:
, House Bill No. 433. A bill to amend an Act to
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935
provide for the establishment and location of an: asylum for the deaf and dumb.
House Bill No. 1075. A bill to appropriate $2;~ 168.33 to pay insurance on certain college buildings at the University.
House Bill No. 1095. A bill to make appropriation for the common schools.
House Bill No. 1119. A bill to establish an agri~ cultural and industrial and normal college in North Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.
}lr. Holtzclaw of Houston County, Chairman of the Commit1tee on Railroads, submitted the following report:
J.Vlr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Railroads has had under con~ sideration the following bills of the House and instruc~ed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation tha1t same do not pass, to-wit.:
Bill No. 828 and Bill No. 1107.
HoLTZCLAw, Chairman.
The following message was received from the SenatP., through ]\of.t Northen, secretary thereof:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate disagrees to the amendment of the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill tb revise and consolidate the several Acts amending and granting the charter of the city of . Griffin.
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Shellman in the county o Randolph.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
M1. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the Senate, towit.:
A bill to provide for rotation of Judges of the Superior Courts of this State.
A bill to extend the powers of the Commiss.ioner of Pensions.
A bill to fix the status of every resident of this State whose spouse resides in another State and' has heretofore obtained a total divorce.
A bill to provide for a hearing in the courts of tax collectors when executions have been issued against them by the Comptroller-General.
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937
A bill to amend Section -865, of the Code of 1910.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 13, 1910; in reference to sinking funds.
A bill to regulate primary and general elections in this State.
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Columbus.
The following messnge was received from the Sena.te, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- tiona! majority the following Resolutions of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution appropriating the sum of $200.00 for the expenses of the School Book Investigating Committee.
A resolution providing for the payment of balance due Penitentiary Committees of House and Senate on their per diem for visiting convict camps.
The following message was received flrom the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof.:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senat~ has passed, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, towit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cordele.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
A bill to amend the charter of the city of College Park.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Royston.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Logansville.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Buford.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Donalds'onville.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of East Point.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood;
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Fort Valley.
A bill to establish the City Court of Sylvester.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta.
A bill to add the city of Ellaville to the list of State depositories.
A bill to amend Section 1898, of Code of Georgia.
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 bills of the House, to-wit.:
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93'9
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Brunswick.
A bill to incorporate the city of Colbert in the county of Madison.
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 amend an Act to establish the city Court of Macon, in and for the county of Bibb.
The following bills and resolutions favorably reported were read the second time:
By Mr. Lee of Wilkinson-
\
A bill to amend the game law.
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of Martin.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide that coupons of State bonds may be paid at maturity.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A resolution to appropriate $176:00 for assistant doorkeeper of the Senate.
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By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A resolution for the relief of J. L. Wooten.
The following bill, unfavorably reported, was taken up for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee:
By Messrs. Fowler and Miller of Bibb-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of M'acon.
The hour of unanimous consents having expired the consideration of the bill was discontinued.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time.
By 'Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to appropriate $10,000 to the Railroad Commission for the purpose of preparing and publishing certain freight rates.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Lee of Lee as chairman thereof:
Tpe 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.
On the agreement to the report of the committee, Mr. Fullbright of Burke, called the ayes and nays,
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941
which call was sustained and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Akin, Ballard, Blackburn, Booker, Bullard, Burney, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Cochran, Cole, Cooper, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, Dean, Dodd, Duncan,. Ellis, Ennis, Evans, Foster,
F'owler, l<'ullbright, G.nlington, Greene, Houston, Griffin, Hammack, Hiardeman, Heath, Hodges,
Holtzclaw, James, Johnson, Jones, Lowndes, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Wilkinson, Lipscomb, McMichael, McRae, Wihox, Miller, Neal, Nevil,
Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Berrien, ' Redwine, R~e, Milton, Rhodes, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stewart, Stovall, Elbert, Suggs, Taylor, washington, Thompson, Wheatley, Wimberly, "~ ohlwender, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Olements, Coleman, Calhoun,
Coleman, Laurens, Gower,
Oollins,
Green, Wilkes,
Connor,
Grimes,
Cook,
Hardin,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Harrell,
Davidson,
Harris,
Deadwyler,
Hart,
DeVaughn,
Henderson,
Dorough,
Hendrix,
Dorris,
Hines,
Edmondson,
Roll berg,
Estes,
Hopkins,
Fariss,
Jackson,
Glenn,
.Tones, Coweta,
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Keen, Kidd,
Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, LeSueur, Liles,
MeCalla, McCants, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, Me \Vhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Middle! on, Mills, Moon,
Moore, Moss, :Moye, Myrick, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Rlagland, Rainey, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhadburn, Sheppard,
Shipp, Slater, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Tracy, Turner, Wanen, Whitaker-, Williams, Wisdom, Wood, Twiggs, \Vood, Walton,
T'hose not voting were Messrs.-
Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Brinson, Brookshear, (')()rn,
Field, Hayes, Herrington,
Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Loyd, McCarthy, Methvin, Oliver, PhailT,
Picquet, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Tootle, Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 64, nays 97.
The roll call was Verified.
On the agreement to the report of the committee the ayes were 64, nays 97.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
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943
By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to make appropriation to the Georgia State Sanitarium to supplement the annual appropriation.
T'he bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Jones of Coweta as Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the bill back to the House ~ith tlie recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
The following substitute was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to supplement the appropriation heretofore made for. the support of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the years 1914 and 1915, and for other purposes.
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly bf the State of Georgia, that there be appropriated for the use and support of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the year 1914, the sum of sixty-six thousand, two hundred dollars, of which sum seventeen thousand, nine hundred and five dollars shall be used and devoted to meet and discharge an overdraft for the year 1913, and seventeen thousand, three hundred ~:~.nd sixty-two dollars ($17,362.) sbail be used for the enlargement and rehabilitation of the laundry at said Sanitarium, and seventy five hundred for the comp~etion of the unfinished wing of the
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twin buildings, and twenty four thousand, four hundred and thirty-three ($24,43:~) dollars for the support and maintainance of the said sanitarium for said year 1914; said several sums as supplemental to the appropriations heretofore made and they shall be expended and paid out only for the purpose herein mentioned, and that there be appropriated for the year 1915 the other and further sum of thirty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-six ($36,866) dollars for the support and maintainance of the said Sanitarium, supplemental to the sum heretofore appropriated.
All the said several sums shall be paid out and expended under the order and direction of the trustees of such sanitarium under the rules and regulations governing the original appropriation for such years.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid that.alllaws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable. to the pas1sage of the bill, was agreed to by suh stitute.
T'he bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
rrfuose voting in the affir:ri:tative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson,
Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard,
Bell, Blackburn, Booker, Btookshear, Bullard,
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945
Burney, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Oollins, Connor, Cooper, Crawley, CU'lpepper, Clinch,
DavidsOl, DeaJJ, DeVaug-hn, Dodd, Dorris, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Evans, Fariss, Field,. Foster, Fowler,
l<~ullbright,
Garlington, Glenn, Gower, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Grimes, Hammack, Hlardeman, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath,
Henderson, Hendrix, Hines, HQdges, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, JacksOn, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Jones, Lowndes,
Keen, Kidd, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, I.-ee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wileox, McWhorter, Meaderg, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Neal.
Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,
Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, R,agland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milron, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadhurn, Sheppard, Shipp, Simpson, Sladc, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, 'Nashington, Tracy, Tm11er, 'Varren, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom,
'Vohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, 'Vood, Walton,
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Spence, Carroll, Doroug-h,
Williams,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Anderson, Murray, Beck, Bennett, Brinson, C.arter, Appling, Olements, Cook, Corn, Deadwylet, Edmondson, Greene, Houston, Herrington,
Kimbroug-h, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Lee, l\fcC"alla, McCarthy, MeCurry, Myrick, Oli\er. Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Pha:IT,
Pieqte1. Shuptrine, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, Elbert, Sug-gs, Swift, Thompson, Tootle, Wheatley, 'Voods, Emanuel, Wright,
Ayes 145, nays 4.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On" the passage of the bill the ayes were 145, nays 4.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu-: tional majority, was pas:sed by substitute.
By Mr. Anderson of Banks-
A bill to appropriate $5,000 additional for each of years 1914-1915, for the support of the Georgia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
The bill involving an appropriation tl~e House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Moye of Johnson as chairman thereof.
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947
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.
rPhe report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
Tlhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Beck, Bell, Blackburn, Booker, Bullard, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Cochran. Cole, Collins, Connor, Cooper, Crawley, Curlpepper, Clinch, Deadwyler, Dean, Dodd, Dorough, Dorris, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Fariss, Field, Foster,
Fowler, U arlington, Glenn, Gower, Griffin, Grimes, Hlardernan, Hardin, Harrell, Hanis, Hart. Hayes, Heath, Henderson, Hendrix, Hiollberg, Holtzclaw, .Jackson, James, Jones; Coweta, Jones, Lowndes, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, LeSueur, Lipscomb, McCrory, McLendon, McMichael, Me Rae, Wilcox, Meadows, Wayne,
Methvin, Middleton, :Miller, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pickett, Rragland, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shipp, flhuptrine, .Slade, Smith, DeKalh, Rmith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun,
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Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, :McDuffie,
Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Wheatley, Wimberly,
Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Wright,
'rhose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Green, Wilkes,
Adams, Pike,
Hammack,
Arnold, Henry,
Hines,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hodges,
Brookshear,
.Johnson,
Burney,
Keen,
Carroll,
Ledbetter,
Coleman, Calhoun, Lee, Wilkinson,
Coleman, Laurens, Loyd.
Culpepper, M:eriwtr., ~IeCalla,
Davidson,
:McCants,
DeVaughn,
:Melson,
Evans,
:Mills,
Fullbright,
:Moon,
Neal, Parker, Ransom, Reese, Thomas, Reynolds, Simpson, Sparks, Stone, Dawson, Strickland, Taylor, Washington, Tracy, Turner,
'Varren, Williams,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Akin, Anderson, :MutTay, Ballard, Bennett, Brinson, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Clements, Cook, Corn, Edmondson, Estes,
Greene, Houston, , Herrington, Hopkins, Kidd, Kimbrough,, Lane, Decatur, Liles, McCarthy, :McCurry, McRae, Telfair, :McWhorter, :Meaders, Oconee,
Oliver,
Parks,
Pharr,
Picquet,
Sheppard,
Slater,
Spence, :Mitchell,
Swift,
Thompson,
Tootle,
Whitaker,
'
7 '
oods,
Emanuel,
Ayes 105, nays 42.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 42.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu. tional majority, was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Anderson of Murray.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock p. m.
3 O'clock P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Blackburn, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules have instructed me as their vice-chairman to report the following order be fixed for this afternoon's session :
1st. Introduction of new matter. 2d. First reading of Senate bills. 3d. Local uncontested House and Senate bills put upon their passage; following which order the con sideration of appropriation bills to be resumed as already fixed.
Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Lavonia.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Carter of Appling and Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide that the provision of the Act of General Assembly relative to new counties be applicable to all new counties.
Referred to 1General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeK:alb-
A resolution to pay certain pensions to James Saunders.
Referred to Committee on Appro.priations.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Sta.rk of the 33rd DistrictA bill to provide for the rotation of the Judges of
the Superior Court of this State. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. McGregor of the 19th District-
A bill to extend the powers of the Commissioners of Pensions.
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051
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. Allen of the 20th Distri{Jt-
~ bill to fix the status of every resident. of this State whose spouse residing in another State, has hereto~ore obtained or may hereafter obtain a total divorce.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Allen of the 20th District-
A bill to provide for a hearing in the courts of this State of tax collectors when executions have been issued by the Comptroller-General against defaulting tax collectors.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr.. Bush of the 8th District-
A bill to regulate primary arid general elections in this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to amend Section 865, of the Code of 1910, relative to ordinary current expenses of municipalities.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Irwin of the 34th DistrictA bill to amend an Act to provide for the protec-
tion of sinking funds of municipalities.
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JouRNAL o~ THE HousE,
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-.
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. MeNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Macon.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
: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 bills and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 1132. To incorporate town of Vanna in Hart County, authorize an increase in tax rate, etc.
BuLLARD, Chairman.
The following bills of the House favorably reported, were read the second time:
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953
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the townof Vanna.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Wright of Floyd, Ballard of Columbia, Cole of Bartow, Hardeman of Jefferson and Booker of Wilkes-
WHEREAs, it appears that the Department of Justice at Washington is having some difficulty in selecting a suitable a:ttorney for the position of United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia; and
WHEREAs, it is desirable that a Democrat should occupy this position; and
WHEREAs, That a member of this body from said district is in every sense eminently qualified to fill this position;
Therefore be it resolved, That we, the House of
Representatives of Georgia, do hereby present for consideration for this position the name of that distinguished Democrat and able lawyer, the Hon. H. J. Fullbright of Burke, and we do hereby urge his appointment.
Be it further resolved, That the clerk of .the
House be instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States, the Attorney-General and the Senators from Georgia.
954.
J OlJRNAt. OF THE HousE,
The following bills were read the third time and placed on their passage:
By Mr. Farris of Walker-
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rossville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to incorporate the town of Round Oak.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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.
~y Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Bridges for Hart County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to tbe passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 1;}0, nays 0.
/
THuRSDAY, AuausT 6, 1914.
955
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Moye of J ohnsop.-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Adrian.
The report 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 hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to abolish the office of Commissioners .of Roads and Revenues for Hart County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur relative to the board of health.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
956
JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so as to extend the cor.J?orate limits.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill t~e ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A bill to amend an Act chartering the city of Toccoa.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 131, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A bill to tepeal an Act to incorporate the town of Wilburn.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitu. tional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. T'aylor and Coleman of Laurens-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the city of Dublin.
The following amendments were read and adopted. Amend the caption by striking the words ''and telephone lines".
Aniend Sec. 2, by striking the words ''telephone lines" and the words after the word "Dublin".
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu. tional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Smit~ of Fannin-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Blue Ridge.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
958
JouR::.AL OE' THE HousE,
On the passage of the bill the aye~ were 130, nays 0.
Tfhe .bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to repealan Act to incorporate the town of Oakhurst.
The report 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.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage.
By Mr. Taylor of the 3d Distrid_:_
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Blackshear.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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959
By Mr. Taylor of the 3d District-
A bill to reincorporate the town of Bristol.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time :
By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the State Normal School at Athens.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Adams of Hall as chairman thereof.
T'he 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 favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows ~
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,
'Ifuose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Garlington,
Akin,
Glenn,
Allen, Jaekson,
Gower,
Allen, Pickens,
Greene, Houston,
Anderson, Banks, Green, Wilkes,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Griffin,
Ballard,
Hammack.
Bell,
Hla.rdeman,
Bennett,
Harrell,
Blackburn,
Harris,
Booker,
Hart,
Brookshear,
Hayes,
Bullard,
Heath,
Burney,
Henderson,
Carlton,
Hines,
Cheney,
Hodges,
Clark,
Hollberg,
Clements,
Holtzclaw,
Cochran,
.James,
C{)leman, Calhoun, Jones, Coweta,
Goleman, Laurens, Jones, Lowndes,
Connor,
Lane, Jasper,
Cook,
Liles,
Cooper,
Lipscomb,
Crawley,
Loyd,
Cu,lpepper, Clinch, McMichael,
Dean,
McRae, Telfair,
Dodd,
McRae, Wilcox,
Dorris,
McWhorter,
Duncan,
Methvin,
Ellis,
Middleton,
Ennis,
Miller,
Estes,
Moon,
E'Vans,
Moore,
Field,
Moss,
Foster,
Myrick,
Fowler,
Neal,
Fullbright,
Nevil,
Nunnally, Olive, Palm our, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, F'erkins, Pickett, Ragland, Rainey, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Rhodes, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, S.lade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Ad~s, Hall, Allen, Glascock,
Beck, Carroll,
Oarter, Appling, Carter, Stewart,
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961
Collins;
Keen, ,
Cq.lpepper, Meriwtr., Ledbetter,
Davidson,
Lee, Lee,
Deadwyler,
Lee, Wilkinson,
DeVaughn,
. McCrory,
Dorough,
McLendon,
Fariss,
Meadows, Wayne,
Grimes,
Mills,
Hopkins,
Moye,
Jackson,
Parker,
Johnson,
Parks,
RansQill, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Smith, DeKalh, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Strickland, Suggs, Turner, Warren, Whitaker,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Brinson, Cole, Oorn, Edmondson, Hardin, Hendrix, Herrington, Kidd, Kimbrough,.
Lane, Decatur, LeSueur, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCurry,
Meaders, Oconee, Melson, Oliver, Phwrr,
Picquet, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, -Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 113, nays 39.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 113, nays 39.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Rhodes and Lipscomb of Clarke-
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the State Normal School at Athens.
'962
.JOURNAL uF THE HousE,
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Connor of Spalding as chainnan thereof.
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 favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill, involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-;-
Adams, Pike,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hea.th,
Akin,
Davidson,
Henderson,
Anderson, Banks, Dean,
Hendrix,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, DeVaughn,
Hines,
Bell,
Duncan,
Roll berg,
Bennett,
Ellis,
Holtzclaw,
Blackburn,
Ennis,
James,
Booker, .
Ervans,
Jones, Coweta,
Brookshear,
Fariss,
Jones, Lowndes,
Bullard,
Field,
Lane, Jasper,
Burney,
Foster,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Carroll,
Fowler,
Lipscomb,
Carter, Stewart,
Fullbright,
Loyd,
Cheney,
Garlington,
McLendon,
Clark,
Glenn,
McMichael,
Clements,
Gower,
McRae, Telfair,
C<lchran,
Greene, Houston, McRae, Wilcox,
Coleman, Calhoun, Griffin,
McWhorter,
Coleman, Laurens, Hammack,
Meadows, Wayne,
Connor,
Hiardeman,
Middleton,
Cooper,
Hardin,
Miller,
Crawley,
Hart,
Moon,
Culpepper, Clinch, Hayes,
Mos.'l,.
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963
Myrick,
Ne~,
Nevil, Olive, Palm our, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins. Pickett, . Roagla~d, Rainey, . Rans<>m, Redwine, Reese, Milton,
Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, 8lade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro,
Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Suggs, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens,
Beck,
Oarter, Appling, Oollins, Cook, Deadwyler, Dorough, Dorris, Estes, Grimes,
Harrell, Hodges, Hopkins, Jaelrsoi), Johnson, Keen, Lee, Lee, McCrory, Mills, Moore, Moye,
Parker, Parks, Reese, Thomas, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Strickland, Sumner, Warren, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Brinson, Carlton, Cole, Oorn, Dodd, Edmondson, Green, Wilkes, Harris,
Herrington, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Ledbetter, LeSueur, Liles, MeCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCurry, Meaders, Oconee, Melson,
Methvin,
Nunnally,
Oliver,
'"
Pha;rr,
Picquet,
Shadburn,
Sheppard,
Smith, Rabun,
Spence, Mitchell,
Swift,
Taylor, Laurens.
Tootle,
\Voods, Emanuel,
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Ayes 112, nays 32.
The verification. of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 32.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent th~ session of tl1e House was extended three minutes for the purpose of introducing the following resolutions.
The following resolutions were read and adopted:
:By Messrs. Gower of Crisp, Fullbright of Burke and Wheatley of Sumter-
WHEREAs, the Hon. R.N. Hardeman, the able and' distinguished representative from Jefferson county severs his connection with our body today on account of urgent business, and
WHEREAs, "Bob" by his ~harming personality, his unswerving devotion to duty, his able and patriotic servic~ has so entangled himself in the heart strings of each and every member of this body that it grieves us to contemplate his retirement, and
WHEREAs, but few men possess such rare qualifications and splendid attributes of statesmanship as are found embodied in his type of royal manhood, .and
WHEREAs, ''Bob'' is recognized as the Chesterfield
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of the House, the Beau Brummel of the several as-
semblies with which h:e has served;
Be it therefore resolved, That today's session of the House be extended for a time unlimited for the purpose of requesting and requiring a valedictory speech from the gentleman from Jefferson.
By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
WHEREAS, Asa G. Candler did subscribe to the Methodist University, an institution of learning to be erected in the city, one million dollars, and
WHEREAs, the said Asa G. Candler is a native born Georgian and is a resident of said State, and is the only Georgian in the history of the State that has ever been so magnanimous as to subscribe such a sum for the benefit of a public institution whereby all Georgians, rich or poor, may receive equal benefit.
Be it therefore resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the people of Georgia through their representative body, extend to this great benefactor their thanks, and that this resolution be entered upon the journals of the General Assembly and a copy of the same be transmitted to the said Asa G. Candler.
Leave of Absence. was granted Mr. Anderson of Banks.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
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I'
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a. m. this day; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
By unanimous cortsent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceeding., were dispensed with.
The following was established as the order of business during 30 minutes period of unanimou.il consents.
1st. Introduction of new matter.
2d. First reading of Senate bills.
3d. Reports of standing committees.
4th. Second reading of House and Senate bill~ favorably reported.
5th. Local uncontested House and Senate bills put upon their passage.
6th. Local House bills with Senate amendment.il for concurrence.
7th. General House bills with a local application put upon their passage.
8th. General Senate bills with local application put upon their passage.
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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 direct me as its vicechairman to recommend that until further orders that the Rule of the House allowing members to explain their vote on roll call be. suspended.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the suspension of the rule, was agreed to.
The Rule allowing members to explain their votes on the roll call was suspended until otherwise ordered.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Moye of Johnson and Adams of Hall-
WHEREA~, we learn with deep and sincere regret of the death of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the devoted, tender and loving wife and companion of President Wilson.
1'herefore be it resolved, by the House of R.epresentatives of Georgia, that in the death of Mrs. Wilson the nation has lost a beautiful character and exemplary life, and that Georgia has lost one of its sweetest and noblest daughters.
Resolved further, That the prefouridest sympathy
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of this body, and through this body the sympathy of all Georgia is extended to President Wilson .in his hour of trouble and bereavement.
Resolved further, That out. of respect to the memory of the distinguished dead, and love and esteem for her great husband, the House of Representatives adjourn at 12 :20 o'clock today.
Resolved further, That the Clerk of the House' be instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to President Wilson.
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 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. 267. A resolution' to increase the salary of the stenographer of the State Bank Examiner.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Chairman.
Mr. Dorough of Franklin County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and instructed me as their chair,, man to report .same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 1161. Do pass. :
House Bill No. 1159. Do pass,
Senate Bill No. 224. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 331. Do pass. DoROUGH, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Meaders of Oconee, Chairman of the Committee of Invalid. Pensions and Soldiers Home, submitted the following report on the Soldiers Home:
Mr. Speaker:
I
The Committee on the Soldiers Home respectfully submit the following report:
Your Committee .visited the Soldiers Home and made examination into its condition and management. We found 115 inmates present on the day of our visit. Of this number 31 were in the hospitals in very decrepit and helpless condition. All uf the men are old and infirm. The youngest inmate is 67 years of age, the oldest mi:m is 85. They average about 76 years of age:
There have been received since the House was es-
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tablished 553 disabled Confederate soldiers. Since June, 1900, up to date 280 have died.
We'fhid the home well managed and the building's and grounds properly cared for. The inmates are well provided with suitable and comfortable clothes and furnished an ample supply of good and substantial food, properly cooked and served. They have employed a capable physician who gives this large number of men constant attention and adminis- . ters to their wants. He is assisted by sufficient number of trained nurses and hospital help.
While the main building is in fairly good condition it needs some repairs which should be made as soon as possible.
The average number of inmates being cared for in the home has gradually increased for lhe past two or three years, greatly increasing the expenses of maintenance. We make the following recommendations:
We recommend that the annual appropriation for the maintenance of the home be increased to $35,000 :Per year, this amount being absolutely necessary to meet current expenses.
We recOinmend that th.e trustees increase the pay
of the trained nurses employed to wait upon these
decrepit old men in the hospital. This class . of
trained help receive more money from other insti-
tutions and from private individuals who need their
.assistance.
The surgeon's compensation is very small for the
FRIDAY, AuousT 7, 1914.
971
services rendered and the T'rustees should increase his pay as soon as the appropriations given the home authorize them to do so.
The home premises embrace 119 acres of beautiful land almost within the limits of the city of Atlanta and is rapidly enhancing in value and when no longer needed as a soldiers home can be utilized by the State for some other public institution. This is a most valuable piece of property.
Respectfully submitted,
A. W. MEADERS, 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 Senate and instructed me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 52. To provide for the publication of Supreme Court Reports. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 752. To protect trade and com1flerce against unlawful restraints. Do pass.
House Bill No. 934. _To amend Section 3349, Volume 1, Code of 1910. Do pass by substitute.
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House Bill No. 935. To require all corporations to file financial statements. Do not pass.
I
House Bill No. 965. To amend Section 135, Code 1910, Volume 1. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1121. To amend Act 1910, to regulate official news' papers. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1130. To provide a method for the surrender of charters. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1142. To amend Section 4680, Civil Code. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 972. To legitimatize certain children now illegitimate. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 1162. To apply Acts 1905 to new counties. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 234. To regulate suits agaimt defaulting tax collectors. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 247. To amend Acts 1910, providing for 1sinking funds. Do not pass.
GowER, Chairman.
Mr. MeWhorter of Greene, Chairman of the Com. mittee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Pension Committee has considere.d the fol: lowing bills .and report same as' indicated on the bills.
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973
Bill No. 153. Senate Bill. Do pass. Resolution 276. Do not pass.
W. P. McWHORTER, 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 bil.l 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. 303. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
MYRICK, 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 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. 1160. To amend an Act authoriz-
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ing the city of Marietta to i,ssue bonds for water works and sewerage system, so as to authorize the board of lights and water works to levy a sewer tax.
BuLLARD, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, sectetary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the re. quisite constitutional majority, the ~ollowing bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to amend an Act to amend, consolidate a~d supersede the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
A bill to establish the City Court of Sylvester.
T'he following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaket::
The Sen'ate has passed by the ~equisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, towit.:
.. , A bill to amend the ~barter of the city of LaFayette.
A bill to add the town of Woodbury to the list of .State depositories.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Milledgeville.
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975
A bill to. amend the, charter of the city of Lyons.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of East Point.
A bill to add the town of Buford to the list of State depositories.
A bill to incorporate the town of Normantown.
A bill to abolish the City Court of Jeffersonville in and for Twiggs County.
A bill to amend an Act relative to the terms of the Trustees of the public schools of the city of Dalton.
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Millen.
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 bills of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to amend Section 1037, of Penal Code, so as to provide tpat the husband may testify against his wife in certain cases.
A bill to provide for the purchase of ''Gober's Form Book.''
A bill to aid in the prevention of strikes and lockouts.
A bill to protect all birds which destroy the boll
weevil.
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A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game so as to change the time of killing cat squirrels.
A bill to encourage the raising of cattle and prohibit the killing of heifer calves.
A bill to amend Section 3354, of the Civil Code~ relatipg to mechanics liens.
A bill to amend Article 3, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of .Georgia, by extending the term of members of the General Assembly.
A bill to amend Section 1946, of the Code of 1910, relative to oyster beds.
A bill to regulate the granting of total divorces.
A bill to protect the oyster and shell fish industry.
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 fqllowing Acts, to-wit.:
An Act to amend an Act providing for the reviver of certain corporation charters.
An Act to amend the Constitution so as to give Bleckley and Wheeler Counties representation and for other purposes.
The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time:
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977
By Mr. Wimberly of Bibb-
A bill to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.
By Mr. Jones of Coweta-
A bill to amend Section 3349, of the Code of 1910, so as to exempt certain products from taxation.
By Mr. Paulk of Berrien-
~
A bill t.o amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sparks.
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the city of Marietta to hold an election for water works bonds.
By Mr. Dorough of Franklin-
A. bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of
Lavonia.
By Messrs. Carter of Appling and Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide that the provisions of the Act relating to the creation of new counties shall apply to all new counties.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter-
A resolution tQ increase the salary of the stenographer of the State Bank Examiner.
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The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. McGregor of the 19th District-
A bill to extend the powers of the Commissioner of Pensions.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to amend Section 865, of the Code of 1910, relative to ordinary current expenses of municipalities.
By Mr. McNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State so as to exempt certain college endowments from taxation.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Columbus.
By Mr. MeNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Macon.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution fixing the sessions of 8aturday's session. The morning from 9 :00 o'clock a. m. until 1 o'clock p. m. and the afternoon sess~on from '3
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o'clock p. m. until 5 :30 o'clock p. m. General and local business to be considered.
The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed on their passage:
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of Vanna.
The report of the committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
.B~ Mr. Hayes of Stephens-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the town of :Martin.
The following amendments proposed by the committee were read and adopted:
Amend by adding in line 5, Section 19, after the word ''designate'' and between the words '' designate'' and ''to'' in said line the following words, ''when 25 per cent of the registered voters of said town shall petition the mayor and (jouncil to call said election.''
Amend further by adding at the end of Section 4 the following: ''Provided that no person shall be
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entitled to vote who has not resided in the town of Martin three months prior to any election held in said town.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
The following bills of the House were taken up for
the purpose of concurring in the Senate amendments
thereto:
By Mr. Akin of Glynn-
A bill to amend the Act consolidating the Acts in. corporating the city of Brunswick.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
Amend Section 9, by inserting after the word "thereof" in the 29th line of said Section, the following words: "but before the city shall tear down or remove any unsightly or unsanitary building in the city of Brunswick, Georgia, the mayor and alderman shall give thirty days notice to the owner of such building.''
By Mr. Middleton of Dade-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of . Roads and Revenues for the county of Dade.
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!l8L
The following amendment of the Senate was con-curred in as amended.
Amend Section 3 by striking out after the word "'provided" in the fourth line of said section the word ''the'' in said 4th line and all the words of lines 5, 6 and 7, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Said board shall consist of W. J. Town:Send from the first district, who shaH be chairman, Lee Forrester from the second district and W. G. Cureton from the third district.''
T'he following amendment proposed by Mr. Middleton of Dade, to the foregoing Senate amendment, was read and adopted.
Amend the first Senate amendment by striking aU ihat part of said first amendment after the word "'following'' and adding ''three commissioners shall be elected at the general election for members of the General Assembly in 1914, in same manner and with ihe same qualifications as herein provided for their successors, who stha~l, when elected, immediately qualify and enter upon the duties of their offices.''
The following Senate amendments were read and .concurred in :
Amend Section 8 by adding at the end thereof the following: ''And as are now vested in the ordinary of said county, sitting for county purposes. The said Board hereby being given exclusive jurisdiction and control over all the roads' and bridges of said .county, and all bond issues of said county for road purposes.''
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Amend Section 10 by adding at the end thereof the following: ''Said sinking fund shall consist of not less than three thousand dollars per year, the same to be deposited by the treasurer in a good solvent bank or banks at interest, and shall be paid out by said Board of Roads and Revenues to retire the bonds as they may become due. ln addition to said sinking fund said Board shall levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, which tax shall be levied annually and be collected in the samemanner as the sinkihg fund, and paid out by said Board from time to time as interest on said bonds may become due, the interest so levied and collected being decreased from year to year by the amount earned as interest upon the sinking fund deposited as aforesaid, and which interest on the said sinking fund shall be collected and paid out by the said Board upon the interest accruing on said bonds."
By Mr. Thompson of Madison-
A bill to incorporate the city of Colbert.
The following amendments of the Senate were read and adopted:
(1) The term "twenty (20) years" appearing in the 50th Section of said bill shall be stricken and in .lieu thereof the following ''thirty (3Q) years'' be substituted.
(2) That the words be stricken from the end of the fifth line of Section nine, to-wit.: "And be a freeholder.''
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983
(3) That Section 21 of said bill shall be amended :as follows: By striking out the words ''tax assessors," where said words occur in lines 14, 15, 17 and 19, of Section 21 and substituting in each place in 1ieu of said words the word ''Council.''
(4) That Section 34 of said bill be amended as follows: That the following words be stricken out of the first eight lines of said bill, to-wit: "T11e marshal .and policemen shall have fulf power and authority to enter and if necessary to break open aud enter any place in said city, when the mayor and council may have reasonable cause to believe or suspect such place to be a place where spirituous, vinous or malt Or intoxicating liquors are sold and to seize the stock of I'UCh liquors and the apparatus for selling the same and.''
(5) That all of Section 37 be stricken and the following substituted in lieu thereof: ''Section 37. Be it further enacted that the mayor and council shall have full power and authority in their discretion to grade or otherwise improve the sidewalks, street& and alleys, and drainage of the same, and they shall have full power to carry into effect this provision by proper ordinances. That said mayor and council shall also have full power and authority to provide for by ordinance for the paving of any of the sidewalks of said city. That no sidewalk, however, shall 'be paved unless a majority of the property owners .abutting on the same shall petition the mayor and .council that said paving be done. T'he ordinance passed upon said petition shall provide that the
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abutting property owners shall be given notice and opportWiity of doing said work, and upon their failure to do said work in twenty days, then the mayor and council shall pave said sidewalk and the actual cost of constructing the same shall be appor- tioned among the abutting property owners in proportion to the lineal frontage of each owner, and the, amount shall be assessed against each by ordinances and also against the abutting property, and if said assessment shall not be paid within 30 days from the date of ~aid assessment then execution shall issue against the owner and the property, which execution is hereby declared a special lien on the property. Provided, however, that not more than two-thirds of the total cost of said paving shall be so assessed against the property owners. The enforcement of liens for paving and the collection of the same shail be regulated by proper ordinances passed by thema,yor and council.''
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for the purpose of considering the disagreement of the Senate to the House amendment to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit.:
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to revise the several Acts amending the charter of the city of Griffin.
The House insisted upon its amendment.
' On motion of Mr. Connor of Spalding, the House reconsidered its action on insisting upon the House amendment.
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985
On motion of Mr. Connor of Spalding, the House -receded from its amendment.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time:
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
.
A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the Normal and In. .dustrial College at Milledgeville.
The bill involving an appropriation the House
was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House
and the Speaker designated as Chairman thereof,
Mr. Moss of Cobb.
'
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 favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
'Dhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Arnold, Oglethorpe, Ballard, Bell, Bennett, Blaekburn, Booker, Bullard, Burney,
Carroll, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Connor, Cook, Cooper,
Crawley, CuJlpepper, Clinch, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Davidson, Deadwyler, DeVaughn, Dodd, Dorris, Duncan, Ellis,
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Emlis, Evans, Fariss-, Field, Foster, Fowler, Fullbright, Garlington, Glenn, Gower, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Hammack, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Henderson,
H~nes, H~llberg,
Holtzclaw, .Johnson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Lane, Jasper, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb,
l\IeCalla, McCants, M'OCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, . Methvin, Middleton, Miller, Moon, Moore, MOEIS, Neal, 'Nevil,
Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacoek, Pha.rr, Pickett, R1agland,
Rainey, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington,. Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,. wood, Walton,.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Arnold, Henry, Collins, Dorough, Grimes, Hardin, Harrell,
Hodges, Hopkins, .Jackson, .Tones, Coweta, Lee, Lee, I..ee, Wilkinson, Mills, Moye,
Perkins, Reese, Thomas, Smith, DeKalb;-
Sparks, Spence, Carroll,. Strickland, Vvarren,
Those not voting 'were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Pickens,
Anderson, Banks, Beck, Anderson, Munay, Brinson,
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Brookshear, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Olements, Cochran,
Oorn, Dean, Edmondson,
Estes, Hardeman, Harris, Hendrix, Herrington,
James, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Ledbetter, Loyd, MeCarthy., McCrory, McRae, Wiloox, Myrick, Oliver, Picquet, Ransom,
Reynolds, Sheppard, Slade, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Swvall, Elbert, Swift, Thompson, Tootle, Whitaker, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Ayes 117, nays 23.
I
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 23.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Smith of Fulton-
A bill to make an appropriation to the Georgia School of Technology.
The hill 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 of the Whole House arose and throJigh. their chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
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The following 'substitute proposed by the committee was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to appropriate ten thousand dollars to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the State School of T'echnology, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Georgia School of Technology, at Atlanta, to be used as an additional maintenance fund for said Georgia School of Technology.
Sec. 2. Be it furth~r enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws arid parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, by substitute, was agreed to.
.. The bill involving an appropriatio. n the ayes and
nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
'Ifuose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Akin, Arnold, Henry, Bell, Blackburn, Booker,
Bullard, Cheney, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun,
Connor,
Coo~r,
Crawley, Cuilpepper, Clinch, Culpepper, 1\feriwtr.,
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989
Dodd, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Evans, Field, Foster,
l<~ullbright,
Garlington, Gower, Green, vVilkes, Griffin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Heath, Henderson, Herrington, Holtzclaw, James,
Jones, Lowndes, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McLendon, McRae, Telfair, Meadows, wayne, Methvin, Miller, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palm our, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pha!IT, Ragland,
Rainey, Ree.;e, Milto~ Rhodes, Shadburn, Shuptrine, Blade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stewart, Stovall, McDuffie, Taylor, Washington, Tun1er, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, 'Vohlwender, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Grimes,
Adams, Pike,
Hammack,
Allen, Glascock,
Hardin,
Allen, Jackson,
Hayes,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hines,
Ballard,
Hodges,
Beck,
Roll berg,
Burney,
Hopkins,
Carroll,
J'Mkson,
Carter, Appling, Johnson,
Clark,
Jones, Coweta,
Coleman, Laurens, Keen,
Oollins,
Kidd,
Davidson,
Lane, J-asper,
Deadwyler,
Ledbetter,
DeVaughn,
Lee, Lee,
Dorough,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Dorris,
LeSueur,
Estes,
McCrory,
F'ariss,
McRae, Wiloox,
Glenn,
McWhorter,
Greene, Houston, Melson,
Mills, Moon, Moore, Moye, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Perkins, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Strickland, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson,
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Tracy, Warren,
Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs,
"rood, Walton,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Bennett, Brinson, Brookshear, Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Clements, Cook, Oorn, Dean, Edmondson,
Fowler, Hardeman, Hendrix, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, McCalla, McCants, MeCarthy, McCurry, McMichael, Meaders, Oconee, Middleton,
Oli\er, Pickett, Picquet, Simpson, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Btovall, Elbert, S'uggs, Sumner, Swift, Tootle, Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 75, nays 71.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 75, nays 71.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite con stitutional majority, was lost.
~y Messrs. Griffin and J o;nes of Lowndes-
A bill to appropriate $1,567.00 to pay fire insurance premiums on policies for the protection of the . buildings of the South Georgia State Normal College.
I
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated as chairman thereof Mr. Green of Wilkes.
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The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the bill back with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
T1hose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Garlington,
Akin,
Glenn,
Bell,
Green, Wilkes,
Blackburn,
Griffin,
Booker,
Hammack,
Bullard,
Harrell,
Bumey,
HaiTis,
Carlton,
Hart,
Carroll,
Hayes,
Carter, Stewart,
Hea.th,
Cheney,
Henderson,
Clark,
H~nes,
Olements,
Hodges,
Cochran,
Holtzclaw,
Coleman, Calhoun, James,
Coleman, Laurens, .Jobnso11,
Connor,
Jones, Lowndes,
Cooper,
Keen,
Culpepper. Clinch, Liles,
Culpepper. Meriwtr., Lipsc()mb,
Dean,
Loyd,
Dodd,
Me Cants,
D-orris,
McLendon,
Ellis,
McMichael,
Ennis,
McRae, Telfair,
Fvans,
McRae, Wilcox,
Fariss,
McWhorter,
Field,
Meadows, Wayne,
Foster,
Methvin,
Fowler,
Miller,
Fullbright,
Moore,
Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Phairr, Pickett, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Re~e, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Shadburn, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade. Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stewart, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson,
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Turner, Wheatley,
Wohlwender, \Vood, Twiggs,
Wright,
Those voting in the negative were .Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Arnold, Henry, Beck, Carter, Appling, Collins, Davidson, Deadwyler, Dorough, Estes, Grimes, Hollberg,
Hopkins, .Jackson, Kidd, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, McCrory, Mills, Moon, Moye, Peacock, Perkins,
Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Sheppard, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Strickland, Tracy, \Varren, Whitaker, Williams, \Vood, Walton,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens,
Greene, Houston,
Anderson, Banks, Hardeman,
Anderson, Murray, Hardin,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hendrix,
Ballard,
Herrington,
Bennett,
Jones, Coweta,
Brinson,
Kimbrough,
Brookshear,
Lane, Decatur,
Cole,
Ledbetter,
Cook,
::\llr!Calla,
Oorn,
McCarthy;
Crawley,
McCurry,
DeVaughn,
Meaders, Oconee,
Duncan,
Melson,
Edmo,ndson,
Middleton,
Gower,
Oliver, Parks, Picquet, Rhodes, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, 8tovall, Elbert, Suggs, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Wimberly, Wisdom,
Woods,. Emanuel,
Ayes 98, nays 39.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 39.
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I
The bill, having received the requisite constitu-
tional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Griffin of Lowndes-
A bill to appropriate $9,000.00 to the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Cooper of Ware as the chairman thereof : .
'The committee arose and through t'heir chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
Tlhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-.-
Adams, Hall,
Carter, Stewart,
Adams, Pike,
Cheney,
Akin,
Cochran,
Allen, Glascock,
Cole,
Allen, Jackson,
Coleman, Calhoun,
Arnold, Henry,
Coleman, Laurens,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Connor,
Ballard,
Cooper,
Bell,
Crawley,
Blackburn,
Culpepper, Clinch,
Bullard,
Deadwyler,
Burney,
Dean,
Carlton,
Dodd)
Carroll,
Dorris,
Carter, Applil).g, Ennis,
Evans, Fariss, Field, Foster; Fowler, Fullbright, Glenn, Gree.ne, Houston, Griffin, Hammack, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath,
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Henderson, Hines, Hodges, Hopkins, Jackson, James, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCrory, Me Len don, MeMicbael, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Miller, Mills, Moon,
Moore, 1\foss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins,
Ph an,
Pickett, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes,
Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Sin de, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Sumner. Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom,
w ohlwender,
Wood, Twiggs, Wright,
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-
Beck,
Grimes,
Collins,
Roll berg,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jones, Coweta,
Davidson,
Lee, Lee,
Dorough,
Parks,
Estes,
Sheppard,
Spence, Carroll, Warren, Whitaker, Williams,
'Vood, Walton,
']''hose not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Bennett, Booker, Brinson, Brookshear, Clark, Olements,
Cook, C<>rn, DeVaughn, Duncan, Edmondson, Ellis, Garlington, Gower, Green, Wilkes,
Hiardeman, Hardin, Hendrix, Herrington, Holtzclaw, Johnson, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lee, Wilkinson,
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McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCurry, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Melson, Methvin,
Middleton, Nevil, Oliver, Pea_cock, Picquet, Shadburn, Slater, Smith, DeKalb,
Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, S'uggs, Swift, Tootle,
Woods, Emanuel,
Ayes 115, nays 17.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 17.
T'he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution to make appropriation to pay for water used by the General Assembly for the year.,;, 1913 and 1914.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Who.le House and the Speaker designated Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House aroS'e and through their chairman reported the resolution back with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking out ''one hundred and sixty dollars" where the same appears and insert "four
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hundred dollars'' or so much thereof as may be necessary.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the Pll;Ssage of the resolution as amended was agreed to.
The resolution involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.-
.Adams, Pike,
Ennis,
Akin,
Estes,
Allen, Glascock,
Evaus.
Allen, Jackson,
Fariss;
Arnold, Heney,
.Field,
Ballard,
Foster,
Beck,
.l:<,owler,
Bell,
Glenn,
Booker,
Greene, Houston,
Bullard,
Green, Wilkes,
Burney,
Griffin,
Carroll,
Hammack,
Carter, Appling, Harrell,
Cheney,
Harris,
Cochran,
Hart,
Cole,
Hayes,
Coleman, Calhoun, Henderson,
Coleman, Laurens, Hines,
Cooper,
Hodges,
Crawley,
Hopkins,
Culpepper, Clinch, James,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., ,Johnson,
Davidson,
,Jones, Coweta,
Deadwyler,
Keen,
Dean .
Ledbetter,
Dodd,
Lee, Lee,
Dorough,
Lee. Wilkinson,
Dorris,
LeSueur,
Ellis,
T.ile:<,
Lipscomb,
Loyd, McLendon, McMichael, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, .Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Phllll.T, Pickett, Rlagland, Rainey, Ransom,
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997
Redwine, Reese, Milum, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Reynolds, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, DeKalb,
Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens.
Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Whitaker, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton,
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Carter, Stewart,
l\foye, ::.;tewart,
Williams,
'rhose not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens,
Gower,
Anderson, Banks, Grimes,
Anderson, Murray, Hardeman,
Amold, Oglethorpe, Hardin,
Bennett,
Hea.th,
Blackburn,
Hendrix,
Brinson,
Herrington,
Brookshear,
. Hollberg,
Carlton,
Holtzclaw,
Clark,
.Jaekson,
Clements,
.Jones, Lowndes,
Collins,
Kidd,
Connor,
Kimbrough,
Cook,
Lane, Decatur,
Oorn,
Lane, Jasper,
DeVaughn,
McCalla,
Duncan,
McCants,
Edmondson,
McCarthy,
Fullbright,
McCrory,
Garlington,
McCurry,
McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Methvin, Middleton,
Oliver, Peacock, Picquet, Rhodes, Shadiburn, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Tootle, Wheatley, Wimberly, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Ayes 118, nays 5.
The roll call was verified.
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On the passage of the resolution the ayes we,re 118, nays 5.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Reese of Milton, wisdom of Forsyth and Simpson of Cherokee-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to refund to certain parties license tax illegally extorted from them by the tax collector of Fulton County.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Moye of Johnson as chairman.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution with the recommendation that the same do pnss by sub-. stitute.
The following substitute proposed by the committee was readand adopted:
WHEREAs, the tax collector of Fulton County has collected license taxes out of the persons hereinafter named charging them with being peddlers for tM reason that they brought produce, butter, chickens and eggs to the city of Atlanta, and sold it from their wagons, and
WHEREAs, the Supreme Court of Georgia has rightly decided in the case of Latham vs. Stewart,
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999
tax collector of Fulton County, that said parties were not liable for this tax, and the imposing of it was illegal and contrary to law, and
WHEREAS, Nix Bros., C. P. Norman & Co., Stewart Bros., have each been compelled to pay the tax of $50.00 each by said tax collector of Fulton County, 1912, and said tax extorted from them by arrest and levy upon their teams and property, all of which was illegal and contrary to law, as has been determined by the Supreme Court of this State,
Therefore be it resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that his Excellency the Governor be, and is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the amount of taxes so illegally collected and extorted from said parties, and that the same shall be paid back to said parties by the Treasurer of this State for which thtl necessary sum and amount is hereby appropriated.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
. Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Glascock, Arnold, Henry, Arnold, Oglethorpe,
Ballard, Beck, Bell, Blackburn, Burney, Carlton,
Carroll, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun,
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Coleman, Laurens, Jackson,
Collins,
Johnson,
Connor,
.Jones, Coweta,
Cooper,
Keen,
Crawley,
Ledbetter,
Culpepper, Clinch, LeSueur,
Ll!lpepper, Meriwtr., Liles,
Davidson,
Lipscomb,
Deadwyler,
Loyd,
Dean,
McCants,
DeVaughn,
McCrory,
Dodd,
McLendon,
Dorough,
McMichael,
Dt>rris,
McWhorter,
Ellis,
Meaders, Oconee,
Ennis,
Meadows, Wayne,
Evans,
Melson,
Fowler,
Methvin,
Fullbright,
Middleton,
Garlington,
Miller,
Glenn,
Moon,
Greene, Houston, Moore,
Green, Wilkes,
Moss,
Griffin,
Moye,
Hammack,
Nevil,
Hardin,
Nunnally,
Harrell,
Olive,
Hart,
Palmour,
Hayes,
Parker,
Heath,
Parks,
Henderson,
Paulk, Ben Hill,
Hines,
Paulk, Berrien,
Hollberg,
Peacock,
Hopkins,
Perkins,
Pharr, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalh, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Strickland, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner,
\\~arren,
Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wisdom, \\"" ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,
'yood, Walton,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Jackson,
Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Bennett, Booker, Brinson,. Brookshear,
Bullard, Clark, 01emen ts, Cochran, Cook, Corn, Duncan, Edmondson,
Estes, Fariss, Field, Foster, Gower,. Grimes, Hardeman, Hnrris,
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1001
Hendrix, Heni.ngton; Hodges, Holtzclaw, James, Jones, Lowndes, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,
Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, McCalla, MeCarthy,.
McCurry, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Mills, Myrick,
Neal, Oliver, Pickett, Picquet, Ragland, Ransom,
R.edwine, Reese, Thomas,
Shadburn, Sheppard, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Swift, Tootle, Wizdberly, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Ayes 119, nays 0.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the res'Olution the ayes were 119, nays 0.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
By Messrs. Reiser of Effingham and Slater of Bryan-
A resolution to make a refund to Fernand P. Rohn.
The res'Olution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Ransom of Chattooga as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose .and through their Chairman reported the resolution back
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to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The resolution involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
rl'lwse voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Foster,
Adams, Pike,
l<'ullbright,
.Akin,
Garlington,
Allen, Glasoock,
Glenn,
Allen, Jackson,
Greene, Houston,
Arnold, Henry,
Green, Wilkes,
.Arnold, Oglethorpe, Griffin,
Ballard,
Hammack,
Bell,
Harrell,
Blackburn,
Hart,
Brookshear,
Heath,
Burney,
Henderson,
Carroll,
Hines,
Carter, Appling, Hopkins,
Cheney,
Jackson,
Cole,
Johnson,
Coleman, Calhoun, Jones, Coweta,
Coleman, Laurens, Keen,
Connor,
Ledbetter,
Coooper,
Lipscomb,
Crawley,
Loyd,
Culpepper, Clinch, McCrory,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McLendon,
Davidson,
McMichael,
Deadwyler,
Meadows,. Wayne,
Dean,
Middleton,
DeVaughn,
Miller,
Dorough,
Mills,
Ellis,
Moon,
Evans,
Moore,
Flariss,
'Moss,
.Moye, Myrick,
Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive . Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Perkins, Pha!I'r, Pickett, Rlagland, Rainey, Ransom,
Reese, Milton, Reiser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shipp. Shuptrine, Simpson, Smith, DeKalb, Sparks, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, MeDuffie,
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Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Thompson,
Tracy, Turner, "ranen, Wheatley,
William~.
Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, wood, Walton,
Those voting m the negative. were Messrs.-
Beck,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Bennett, Booker, Brinson, Bullard, Carlton, Carter, Stewart, Clark, Clements, Cochran, Collins, Cook, Corn, Dodd,
Dorris, Duncan, Edmondson, Ennis, Estes, Field, Fowler, Gower,
Grimes, Hardeman,
Hardin, Harris, Hayes, Hendrix, Herrington, Hodges, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, James, .Tones, Lowndes,
Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, Liles, McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCurry, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee,
Melson, Methvin, Oliver, Peacock, Picquet, Redwine, R~ese, Thomas, Shadburn, Sheppard, Slade, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Spence, Mitchell, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Ayes 105, nays 1.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
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On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 105, nays 1.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The session of the House was extended for the purpose of reading Senate bills the first time.
The following Senate bills were read the first time and referred to committees:
By Mr. Elkins. of 15th District-
A bill to amend Section -3354, of the Code of 1910, relative to mechanics liens.
Heferred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Eilkins of the 15th District-
A bill to amend Section 1037, of the Code of 1910, relative to the husband testifying against the wife.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. McNeil of the 22d DistrictA bill to regulate the granting of divorces. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Tyson of the 2d District-
A bill to amend Section 1946, of the Code of 1910, relative to natural oyster beds.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
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1005
By Mr. Burtz of the 41st DistriCtA bill to provide for the purchase of Gober's Form
Book.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th DistrictA bill to protect the raising of cattle. Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Kea of the 16th DistrictA bill to amend an Act for the protection of game
relative to the killing of cat squirrels. Referred to Committee oi:J. Game and Fish.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th DistrictA bill to protect all birds which destroy the boll
weevil.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Tyson of the 2nd DistrictA bill to better protect the oyster and shell fish
industry in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the Stat(;) so as to ext~nd the term of the members of the General Assembly.
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Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.
By Messrs. F'oster and Irwin-
A bill to aid in the prevention and settlement of strikes and lockouts in any trade.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Rainey of Jackson ; Meaders of Oconee ; Wood of Walton; Cheney of Cobb; Perkins of Habersham; Mr. Allen of Jackson; and Mr. Glenn of Whitfield.
The Hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
3 O'clock P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this afternoon at 3 o'clock and was called to ord~r by the Speaker.
Mr. Blackburn, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules instructed me as its
vice-chairman to report that the order of business for this afternoon's session of the House be the
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1007
consideration of "the following House bills and resolutions, to-wit.:
No. 1029. Debate limited to 15 minutes. No. 1123. Debate limited to 5 minutes. No. 327. Debate limited to 15 minutes. No. 809. Automobile tax. Debate limited to 20 minutes. No. 910. Debate limited to 20 minutes. No.170. No. 400. Debate limited to 10 minutes. No. 47. Debate limited to 10 minutes. No. 557. Debate limited to 10 minutes. No. 764. No. 112. Debate limited to 15 minutes. No. 174. Debate lir.pited to 5 minutes. No. 512. Debate limited to 5 minutes. No.18. Debate limited to 10 minutes.
Followed by : No. 764. Debate limited to 10 minutes. No. 738: Debate limited to 5 minutes.
Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The House adopted the recommendations of the
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Rules Committee placing certain time limits to de~ bate on the different bills.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speake1:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the GovernorJ the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 756. An Act to amend an Act for the reviver of certain corporation charters.
House Bill No. 768. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and' Revenues in the county of Hall.
House Bill No. 803. An Act to incorporate the town of Fort Gaines.
House Bill No. 844. An Act to amend Section 1249, of the Code so as to add the city of Wrightsville to the State Depositories.
House Bill No. 848. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon, so as to provide for the regulation and control of the county chaingang of Bibb County.
House Bill No. 856. An Act to authorize the County Board of Commissioners for Bibb County to issue and sell bonds of said county for bridges, roads, hospital, any or all.
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1009
House Bill No. 906.. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of Glenwood, Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 918. An Act to repeal an Act approved Dec. 8, 1899, incorporating the town of Five Forks, Madison County.
House Bill No. 926. An Act to amend the Con~ stitution so as to give Bleckley and Wheeler counties a Representation.
House Bill No. 928. An Act to reincorporate the town of Cecil, Berrien County.
House Bill No. 948. An Act to amend an Act entitled ~n Act to create a new charter for the city of Ea.stman, Dodge County.
House Bill No. 960. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Ware.
House Bill No. 964. An Act to establish the City Court of Pulaski County.
House Bill No. 966. An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of Pula.ski Superior Court.
House Bill No. 986. An Act to add Camilla to the list of State depositories.
House Bill No. 988. An Act to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads ~nd Revenues for the county of Madison.
House Bill No. 991. An Act to amend an Act
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creating a Board of Commissioners for T'oom:bs County.
House Bill No. 1001. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Douglasville.
House Bill No. 1008. An Act to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools for the city of Vidalia.
House Bill 1015. An Act to amend a~ Act approved February 8, 1874, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County.
House Bill No. 1030. An Act to establish a Board of five Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Dodge Co~nty.
House Bill No. 1031. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Eastman.
House Bill No. 1032. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 19, 1912, entitled an Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for Dodge County.
House Bill No. 1033. An Act to change the name of the town of Kestler.
House Bill No. 1040. An Act to amend an Act authorizing Cedartown, Polk County, to establish and maintain a system of public schools.
House Bill No. 1041. An Act to incorporate the town of Attapulgus in Decatur County.
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House Bill No. 1042. -An Act to amend the charter <>f the city of Manchester.
House Bill No. 1064. An Act to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools in the city of Thomasville, Thomas County.
House Bill No. 1081. An Act to amend the charter 'Of the town of Boston, in Thomas County.
House Bill No. 1085. An Act to amend an act incorporating the town of Hull.
House Bill No. 1093. An Act to change the lines <>f the Rockmart School District.
Respectfully submitted,
-w. T. DAviDsoN, Acting Chairman.
Under the special orders set the following bills were read the third time:
By Mr. Evans of ScrevenA bill to amend an Act establishing the Insurance
Department of this State. The following substitute was read and adopted.
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 19, 1912, establishing the Insurance Depa.rtment of this State, and for other purposes, published in Georgia Laws, 1912, pages one hundred and nineteen to one hundred and forty-three inclusive, and for other purposes.
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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, that an Act approved August 19th, 1912, and published in Georgia Laws, 1912, pages 119 to 143, inclusive, providing for the establishment of the Department of Insurance in this State, and for other purposes under the following title "Insurance, Department of, Established No. 628. An Act to provide for the establishment of a Department of Insurance; to provide 9fficers therefor, :s.tipulate their salaries; to regulate and control the organization of insurance companies ; to prescribe the duties and powers of the Insurance Commissioner; to prohibit discrimination by insurance companies; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the insurance laws of the State; to provide for the general supervision by the Insurance Commissioner of all insurance companies. and the sale of stock in such companies and the general management and conduct of such companies; to require Bond and Fidelity Companies to make deposits; to regulate all foreign and domestic fraternal counties, corporations, orders, associations and beneficiary societies, soliciting business in this State, to prohibit the issuing of income or guarantee fund certificates, and for the other purpose's'' be amended by adding thereto an additional section to be known as Section 29-A, and to follow Section 29 of said Act as now existing, said additional section to read as follows :
''Sec. 29-a. Before any Insurance Company chartered under the laws of this State or doing business in this State, shall hereafter be put in the hands of
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receiver by any court of Equity in this State, it must first appear that the causes of complaint and the matters and grounds upon which the receivership is sought have been submitted by the complainant to the Insurance Commissioner of this State, and that such complainant and the matters charged against such Insurance Company have been passed upon by the Insurance Commissioner sitting in connection with the Governor and the Attorney General ~n the manner hereinafter pi'ovided, to-wit.: The Insurance Commissioner, the Governor and the AttorneyGeneral sitting as a -Board as provided in section five of said Act of August 19th, 1912, shall, upon such matters and complaints as referred to previously in this section, being filed with the Insurance Commissioner, proceed to hear the same after giving both the complainant and the Insurance Company in question opportunity to be heard, ample and legal time, however, being given for the production of such evi'dence as either party may deem necessary.
''During the pendency of such proceedings, the Insurance Commissioner shall order the company and its officers to maintain the aB'sets in statu quo. Upon hearing s.ame, said Commission, or a majority of them shall r.ender a decision and judgment recommending or declining to recommend that the Com~ missioner make application in accordance with the foregoing Section 29, for an order directing the company to show cause why the commissioner should not take possession of its property and conduct. its business.''
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Sec. 2. Be it ~nacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 12.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
On motion of Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham, the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to provide that coupons belonging to bonds of the State may be paid at maturity..
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill waS' agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the: ayes were 120, nays 0.
The hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Adams of Hall--
A bill to authorize railroad companies to better improve their lines by relocating their tracks under certain conditions.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 22.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Adams of Hall the bill was .ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to provide for the distribution of the automobile tax funds among the counties of Georgia for the year 1914.
By unanimous consent the session was extended until the bill shall have been disposed of.
The session of the House was further extended for the purpose of reading House Resolution No. 273, a second time.
The following minority report was submitted and read:
.Mr. Speaker:
~our Committee on Ways and Means had before it for consideration House Bill No. 809 after due and deliberate consideration of which a majority of the committee present recommended that the bill do pass by substitute~
We the undersigned members of said committee
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being present and voting adversely to said majority
report, beg leave to submit this our minority ~eport,
for the reason and upon the grounds:
First, the substitute is foreign and in no wise germane to the original bill.
Second, the original bill sought to provide an equitable distribution of the funds now in the hands of the State r.l'reasurer and to come in his hands from the automobile license as the result of the Act of
I
1913.
Third, the substitute seeks to reduce the automobile license from $5.00 to $2.00 which we regard
as unfair and not to the best interests of good road building ih the State of Georgia.
s. A. J. STOVALL,
H. N. RAINEY, JR.,
G. L. SuGGs,
L. J. CooPER,
c. E. STEWART, w. I. DORRIS,
J. R. P. THOMPSON.
The following substitute was proposed by Mr. McMichael of Marion, was read and adopted:
A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for thE!' distribution of the automobile tax funds among the counties of Georgia for the year 1914, collected under the Act approved August 19, 1913, and printed on Pages 75 to 78 inclusive; to provide for the distribution of said tax after the year 1~H4, an<l. for other purposes.
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1017
br Section 1. Be it enacted the General Assembly
of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the net amount of automobile tax
collected for the year 19!4, under the Act approved August 19, 1913, and printed on pages 75 to 78 of the Acts of that year, shall be apportioned among the,
Counties of Georgia in the following manner: On or
by September 1, 1914, the county commissioners, and the ordinaries where there are no Commissioners.
shall report to the Secretary of State the exact num-
ber of miles of rural route roads, or roads travelled
by rural route postal carriers in their respective counties. The said officials shall have the rural route mileage ascertained by actual measurements, and their reports sub_~itted to the Secretary of State shall specify each route by name or by number. In
ascertaining the number of rural route miles, no
road shall be counted more than once; that is where two or more routes go for any distance over the
same road, it shall not oe counted but once in the
report.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that by the 15th day of October, 1914, or as soon thereafter as ~ossible, the Secretary of State shall file a report with the Treasurer of State showing the number of miles of rural route roads in each county and the total number of miles in the entire State. He shall also apportion the money collected under the automobile tax among the special counties in the proportion that the rural route miles of each county bears to the total number in the State, and it shall be the duty of the
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Treasurer of State to transmit the share of said automobile tax to !he proper authorities in each county upon the warrant of the Governor.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that it shall be the duty of Secretary of State to submit copy of the report tothe Governor of State, who shall immediately draw his warrant against the State Treasury for the amount of money belonging to each county so that it may be transmitted to the same.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that after the year 1914, it shall be the duty of the county officials as hereinbefore descrified, to submit annually their report to the Secretary of State on or by the 1st day of April of each year and he, the Secretary of State, shall immediately transmit his report to the Governor and State Treasurer, as hereinbefore provided, and they, the Governor and Treasurer-, shall as soon as possible transmit to each county its just proportion of automobile tax.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that if the Secretary of State should obtain proof in any way that any county has made a misrepresentation of facts for the purpose of securing an unjust proportion of automobile tax, it shall be his duty to withhold any funds from that county-in that particular year.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that it shall be th~ duty of the County Commissioners, or the Ordinary, as the case may be, to see as far as they can all persons owning automobiles in their counties return the same for taxation, and they shall so report to
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the Secretary of State. If it should be proved t<) the Secretary of State that as many as ten per cent of the automobiles in any county are not returned for taxation, that county shall receive no part of the automobile tax fund for that year.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to by sub. stitute.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 3.
The bill, having received fhe req"':Jisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute.
The following resolution favorably reported ~as read the second time.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A resolution to appropriate $25,000.00 for a State
. exhibit at the Panama Exposition. The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August s, 1914.
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 chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings were dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 716 and 717, were withdrawn from the House.
The following resolution was read and adopted.
By Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether-
A resolution that the House remain in session
from 9 o'clock until 2 o'clock p. m. and then adjourn until Monday morning next.
The following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. Reading Senate bills the first time.
2d. Reports of standing committees.
3d. Reading Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
4th. Passage of local House and Senate bills uncontested.
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5th. Consideration of House bills with Senate amendments.
6th. Consideration of House Resolution No. 277. The following resolutions were read and adopted.
By Messrs. Lee of Lee and Moye of JohnsonA resolution to extend thanks to the Macon Tele-
graph and Macon News for their consideration and courtesy in having their newspapers placed each day on the desks of the members of the House.
By Mr. Akin of GlynnA resolution that the House hear the Good Roads
Congress Committee be heard from at the convening of the morning session Monday, August lOth, 1914.
The following bill was read the first time and referred to a committee:
By Mr. Henderson of JonesA bill to provide no final decree in cases until
divorce shall be entered by the court until 12 months have elapsed after final end, etc.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. The following communication was read:
To our Honorable Senators and Representatives in the Legislature of Georgia:
We, the undersigned mercha'nts, business men and other citizens of Georgia, hereby respectfully peti-
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tion your Honorable body to enact at your 1914
session an amendment to the present garnishment
law, whereby 50 per cent of the wages or salary of all
citizens above $1.00 per day shall be subject to their
debts. Also, a law making it a misdemeanor for any
person to issue a check or draft on any bank, when he
has not at the time, or fails to deposit within 30
days, sufficient funds to meet the same.
S.J. Barnett, Fitzgerald, Ga.
A. M. Fulmer, Fitzgerald, Ga.
I. F. Kenny, Fitzgerald, Ga.
J. A. Stanser, Fitzgerald, Ga.
E. Hus'sey, Fitzgerald, Ga.
H. L. Beachamp, Sr., Fitzgerald, Ga.
H. L. Beachamp, Jr., Fitzgerald, Ga.
B. 0. Cook, Fitzgerald, Ga.
J. W. Luth, Fitzgerald, Ga.
J. H. Evans, Fitzgerald, Ga.
A. Brunner & Co., Fitzgerald, Ga.
F. M. Malcom, Fitzgerald, Ga.
J. C. Dunn, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dodd Supply Company, per H. M. Dodd, Manager,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
A. H. Threamend, Fitzgerald, Ga.
,J. W. Ballingn, Fitzgerald, Ga.
G. W. Goff, Fitzgerald, Ga.
,
Stovall, Jones & Co., by Z. D. Burden, Fitzgerald, Ga.
C. S. Isler, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Isler Grocery Co., Fitzgerald, Ga.
Fitzgerald Grocery Co., T. S. Smith, Fitzgerald,
Ga.
'Vm. Friend, Fitzgerald, Ga.
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0. Burkhart, Fitzgerald, Ga. Vendlenee Groc., Fitzgerald, Ga. H. A. Burkhart, Fitzg~rald, Ga. McCarty, Johnstone Co., by Jas. 'f. McCarty, Fitzgerald, Ga. Third National Bank, :F'itzgerald, Ga. A. B. Cook, Fitzgerald, Ga. Simons Bros. & Co., Fitzgerald, Ga. J. B. Seanor, Fitzgerald, Ga: Adams Candy Kitchen, Fitzgerald, Ga. H. A. A. Adams, Fitzgerald, Ga. J. D. Adams, Fitzgemld, Ga. Wm. A. Adams, Fitzgerald, Ga. R. I. Maffett, Fitzgerald, Ga. National Drug Company, by P. Kopling, Secty., Fitzgerald, Ga. E. A. Russell, M. D., Fitzgerald, Ga. J. A. .Justice, Real Estate and Insurance, Fitzgerald, Ga. G. W. McFain, Fitzgerald, Ga. J. L. Frazer, M.D., Fitzgerald, Ga. J. C. Glover, Fitzgerald, Ga. Johnson Hardware Co., Fitzgerald, Ga. First National Bank of Fitzgerald, Gia. J. Hawldns Goodman, Fitzgerald, Ga. Fred J. Clark, Fitzgerald, Ga. T. S. Graham, Fitzgerald, Ga. J. W. Pass, Fitzgerald, Gia. R. E. Lee, Fitzgerald, Ga. Adams Rogers Hardware Co., Fitzgerald, Ga. W. A. Troup, Fitzgerald, Ga. P. y . . ,l" .:. FitZ\'Pl'alrl. r:~l.
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C. W. Dodd, Fitzgerald, Ga. H. M. Dodd, Fitzgerald, Ga. R. G. Snow, Fitzgerald, Ga. H. C. Hooker, Fitzgerald, Ga. I. Goldenberg & Co., Fitzgerald, Ga. Selig Tatel, Fitzgerald, Ga. Sam Abram, Fitzgerald, Ga. Jake Tatel, Fitzgerald, Ga. J. R. Horton & Company, by J. R. Horten, Fitzgerald, Ga.
,V. M. Roberts, Fitzgerald, Ga.
,V. R. Flaunders, Fitzgerald, Ga. Samuel Fine Co., Fitzgerald, Ga. Russell Bros., Fitzgerald, Ga. Exchange National Bank of Fitzgerald, by J. D. Dougherty, Cashier, Fitzgerald, Ga. B. T. Strickland, Fitzgerald, Ga. C. A. Fretwell, Insurance, Fitzgerald, Ga. Denmark Drug Co., by A. H. Denmark, Fitzgerald, Ga. Wilson & Co., Grocers, by W. R. Dykes, Fitzgerald, Ga. Empire Mercantile Co., by Wm. R. Bowen, Pres. and Treas., Fitzgerald, Ga. Dixie Pharmacy, by W. A. Borum, Fitzgerald, Ga. E. S. S. Wightman, Jeweler, Fitzgerald, Ga. Consolidated Grocery Company, Fitzgerald, Ga.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-
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tional majority the following resolutions of the . Senate, to-wit. :
A resolution for the relief of J. L. Shelton, D. F. Chapman and J. H. Peterman.
A resolution for the relief of W. T. Cottingham and J. M. Dent.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: 'The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitu-
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit.:
A bill to require dealers in garden seeds to have printed on original packages a prescribed guarantee.
A bill to amend Sections 2721 and 2722, of the Code of 1910.
A bill to define the crime of burglary with explosives and providing punishment.
A bill to provide that in misdemeanor cases where . misdemeanor punishment is authorized 'the trial Judge shall impose a sentence in the alternative.
A bill to repeal the charter of the town of Louvale in the county of Stewart.
A bill ~o amend Paragraph 2, Section 6, Article 7, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to authorize the employment of experts in the eradication of cattle fever tick, etc.
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A bill to amend Section 3, of Act No. 234, approved August 19, 1911, relative to hog cholera.
A bill to add the town of Elast Point to the list of State depositories.
A bill to authorize the Department of Agriculture to make sanitary rules and regulations.
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-wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to reduce the number of County Commissioners of Laurens County.
T'he 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 the judicial cognizance in certain conditions, of proceedings for the condemnation of private property.
A bill to establish a Legislative Reference Department in connection with the State Library.
A bill to provide a bookkeeper for the State Bank Examiner, etc.
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1027
A bill to increase the salary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of East Lake in DeKalb County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Putnam County.
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of County Commissioner of Jones County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Laurens County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Daugherty County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.
A bill to establish a Municipal Co~rt for the city of Fort Valley.
A bill to authorize the town of Ochlochnee to issue bonds to the amount of $10,000.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Eatonton.
A bill to create a new charter for the city of Macon.
Mr. Moye of Johnson County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor statistics, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics
have had under consideration the following Bill No.
2'77 of the Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
B. H. MoYE, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee. on General Judiciary No. 1, sub-mitted the following report:
IJ1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 hav.e 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:
Senate Bill No. 20. To amend Section 3354, of Code. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 221. To provide purchase Gober's F'orm Book. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 119. To provide rotation of judges. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 159. To fix status of spouse residin'g in another .State. Do pass.
En. WoHtwENDER, Chairman.
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1029
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 eonsideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows :
Senate Bill No. 40. To amend Section 1037, Code 1910. Do pass.
Senate Biil No. 332. To amend Act creating City Court of Macon. Do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
0. T. GowER, Chairman.
Mr. Strickland of Pierce County, Vice-Chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture No. 1, submitted
the following report:
'
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and instructed me as their e.hairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
Senate Bill No. 216. Do pass.
H. J. STRICKLAND, Vice-Chairman.
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The following resolution was read and adopted as amended:
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution to declare Tuesday, August 11, 1914, a dies-non out of respect to ~1rs. Woodrow Wilson, the deceased wife of the President of the United St,ates.
The following amendment proposed by ~Ir. Smith was read and adopted.
Amend as follows: Be it further resolved that a committee of five, three from the House and two from the Senate, be appointed to attend the funeral of the wife of the President, said committee ~o be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.
The following Senate bills, favorably reported, were rea:d the second time-:
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th DistrictA bill to amend Section 3354, of the Code of 1910,
relating to mechanics liens.
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th DistrictA bill to amend Section 1037, of the Code of 1910,
so as to provide that the husband may testify against the wife.
By Mr. Stark of the 33d DistrictA bill to provide for the rotation 6f Judges of the
Superior Court.
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1031
By Mr. Allen of the 20th District~
A bill to fix the status of every resident whose spouse residing in another State has obtained a divorce.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to protect and encourage the raising of cat tle.
By Mr. Burtz of the 41st District-
A bill to provide for the purchase of Gober's Form Book.
By Messrs. Foster and Irwin-
A bill to aid in the prevention and settlement of strikes and lockouts in any trade.
The following bills were read the third time an.] placed on their passage.
By Mr. Paulk of Berrien-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sparks.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 140, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu- tional majority, was passed.
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By Mr. Cheney of Cobb-
I
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the city of Mariettfl, to hold a bond election for water works.
The report of the committee, which was favorabl~ to the passage of the bill, 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 F:ranklin-
A hill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of Lavonia.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill, the ayes were 130, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bill of the Senate was' read the thirr} time and placed on its passage:
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Columbus.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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1033
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
The following bills of the House were -taken up for the purpose of considering <Senate amendments thereto:
By Mr. ~umner of Worth-
A bill to establish the City Court of. Sylvester.
The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in:
Amend by striking from the 25th Section the last clause thereof beginning with the words ''except that no demurer" and continuing to end of said Section. Also by striking from the 9th, lOth, and 11th lines the following words ''of each person upon the grand jury lists of the Superior Court and.''
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the City of Rome.
The following amendment of the Senate was re~d and adopted.
Amend by adding after the word ''constructed'' in the 7th line of sub-section '' L'' of Section 1, the words, ''provided such resolution or ordinance shall not be passed until and unless two-thirds -of the
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abutting property owners to be affected shall agree to or petition for the ordinance or resolution in writing.''
Under the orders of the day the following bills and resolutions were read the third time:
By Messrs. Blackburn, Cochran and Smith of Ful. ton-
A resolution for the relief of the Georgia School of Technology.
The following amendment was read and adopted :
By adding the following proviso : ',;And provided further, that the State of Georgia does not in any way become responsible for the return of the $35,000 borrowed from the said Julius L. Brown fund.''
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution was agreed to as amended.
On the 'passage of the resolution the ayes were 98, nays 4.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn the resolution was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Edmondson of Brooks-
A bill to create a State Highway Department.
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1035
The following amendments were read and adopted.
Amendments to House Bill No. 910. Passed as amended August 8, 1914.
To amend the title of said bill by striking the words" and making the members o fthe Prison Commission of Georgia, e:x-ofticio the State Highway Commission of Georgia'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''to consist of the members of the Prison Commission of Georgia, together with the State Geologist, the Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Georgia, the Professor of Civil Engineering at the Georgia School of Technologr, and one civilian to be appointed by the Governor, and for other purposes.''
So that the title of said Act shall be as follows:
''A bill to be entitled an Act creating a State Highway Department in this State, to consist of members of the Prison Commission of Georgia, together with the State Geologist, the Professor of Civil Engineering atthe University of Georgia, the Professor of Civil Engineering at Georgia School of Technology, and one civilian to be appointed by the Gov. , ernor and for other purpos'es.''
Further moves to amend Section 1, by striking therefrom the words ''and that the members of the ~Prison Commission of Georgia from time to time be, and they are hereby made ex-officio the State HighWiay Commission in charge of said Department" and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''and said State Highway Department shall consist of the members
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of the Prison Commission of Ge~rgia, the Stat(t;:~_.,. Geologist, the Professor of Civil Engineering at tli~;,-~<'~.. ,. University of Georgia, the Professor of Civil En:gi~
neering at Georgia School of Technology, and one
civilian to be appointed by the Governor, said civi-
lian to hold office for four years and until his succes-
sor is appointed and qualified'' so that said Section
when so amended shall be as follows:
''Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That there is hereby cr~ated within this State the State Highway Department and said State Highway Department shall consist of the members of the Prison Commission of Georgia, the State Geologist, the Profess'Or of Civil Engineering at the University of Georgia, the Professor of Civil Engineering ~at Georgia School of Technology, and one civilian to be appointed by the Governor, said civilian to hold office for four years, and until his ~uc cessor is appointed and qualified."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98;, nays 8.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
By Mr. Parks of Upson-
A bill to provide for the payment of ordinary's fees for pension work.
..........
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.. ',::'~~~ ~-. :The following amendments were read and adopted.
'. ..... :.t..~~ <
.Amend Section 1 of bill by striking the word ''no''
in 4th line thereof and substituting therefor the word
''Section''.
\
Amend Section 1 of bill by striking the figures
"1914" in 3d line thereof ap.d substituting therefor
the figures "1915".
The report of the c0mmittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ay~s were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.
On motion the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
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.
On motion the bill was tabled.
By Messrs. Wohlwender, Swift and Slade of Muscogee-
A bill to authorize the counties of this State to appoint county police.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 6.
The bill having r~eived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
The following message waS' received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted, as amended, the following Resolution of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution to declare Tuesday August 11, 1914, a dies non, in respect to the memory of the wife of the President of the United States.
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to provide for the inspection of slaughter houses.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was ag~eed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 15.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, the bill was immediately ordered to be transmitted to the Senate.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1914.
1039
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, to-wit.:
That the General Assembly attend in a body 'the funeral of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, on Tuesday, Aug. 11th, 19'14.
By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
A bill to amend the General Tax Act relative to tax on slot machines vending sanitary drinking cups.
On motion of Mr. Suggs of Haralson the bill was tabled.
The following resolution of the House was taken up for the purpose of concurring in the Senatn amendment thereto.
By Mr. wright of Floyd.
A resolution to declare Tuesday a dies non and to appoint 'a joint committee to attend the funeral o! Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
The following amendment of the Senate was read. and concurred in.
Amend by striking the word "five" and insert in lieu thereof the words twenty-five" so as to mnke the number of the committee twenty-five instead t>f five, fifteen from the House and ten from the Senate.
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Mr. Blackburn, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules recommend that the session of the House be extended for tile purpose of considering Senate Bills Nos. 107 ~and 110.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the extension of the session for certain purpose:l, was disagreed to.
The session of the House was not extended.
By Mr. Fullbright of Burke-
A bill to make it unlawful to furnish pistol cartridges except under certain conditions.
The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 93, nays 32.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Fullbright of Burke, the bill
was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the
Senate.
The following resolution was read ~and adopted.
By Mr. Wimberly of BibbA resolution that each member of the House pre-
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1041
sent the names of one or two farmers to Hon. J. D. Price to select delegates to the Southern Cotton Congress.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:
By Mr. Turner of the 35th District-
A resolution in reference to the funeral of Mrs. vVoodrow Wilson, providing that the General Assembly attend in a body.
By Messrs. Lipscomb and Rhodes of Clarke-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game animals and birds and fish relative to the open season for doves.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 78, nays 53.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
By Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee-
A bill for the regulation and control of all fraternal benefit societies.
The following amendments were read and adopted.
Amend by inserting after Section 31,' another Section to be known as Section 32 and numbering the remaining Sections aooordingly, which Section shall
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read as follows: ''Section 32. The provisions of . this bill shall not apply to fraternal benefit societies whose membership does not exceed five thousand members.''
Amend by providing that all societies writing insurance for employees of the Federal Government and public utility corporations shall come within the provisions Qf this Act.
Amend by adding the following to be numbered Section 33, and numbering the other sections accordingly, viz.: All such societies and organizations as are mentioned in this Act shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be presented by the Insurance Commissioner of the State.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 2.
The bill havi-ng received the requisite constitu- . tional majority, was passed as amended.
On motion the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By .:\'Iessrs. Wohlwender, Swift and Slade of Muscogee and ::VIcCrory of Schley-
A till to re-establish Section 1434, of the Code of H)] 0, relative to the duty of the Governor in call in~ out the militia.
On motion the bill was tabled.
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1043
By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to repeal all existing laws relative to the operation and running of locomoti-ves and railroad trains going over public road crossings.
On motion of Mr. Stewart of Coffee the bill with all amendments was tabled.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hules recommend that House Bills Nos.. 1162 and 267, be put upon their passage in the order named immediately and that the time of the House be extended until said bills herein are acted upon.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
The recommendations of the Rules Committee were adopted and the session of the House. extended for the purpose of the passing the bills.
By Messrs. Carter of Appling and Fu1lbright of Burke-
A bill to provide that the provisions of the Act relative to new counties shall apply to all new counties.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was 'agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, moved that when the House adjourns today it will adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
T'he following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to require all dealers in garden seed to label the same.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Searcy of the 26th District-
A bill to amend Sections 2721 and 2722, of the Code of 1910, relative to separation of white and colored passeng~rs" on railroad cars.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. McNeill of the 22d DistrictA bill to define the crime of burglary with ex-
plosives.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th DistrictA bill to provide that all trial judges in certain
SATURDAY, AuousT 8, 1914.
1045
misdemeanor cases shall impose alternative sentences.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to repeal art Act to incorporate the town of Louvale.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A resolution for the relief of J. L. Shelton, D. F. Chapman and J. H. Peterman.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A resolution for the relief of W. T. Cottingham and J. M. Dent.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Perry of the 28th District and Allen of the
20th District-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State to make an addition to Paragraph 2, Section 6, Article 7, of the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to C_onstitution.
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By Messrs. Turner of the 7th District, watts of the 11th District and Chenault of 29th District-
A bill to amend an Act relating to hog cholera.
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No 1.
By Mr. Hixon of the 37th DistrictA bill relating to the public health. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, so aS' to make East Point a State depository.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Wheatley of Sumter~
A resolution to increase the salary of the stenographer of the State Bank Examiner.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. McMichael of Marion as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back ~ to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the co~mittee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution was agreed to.
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1047
The bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Fowler,
f~dams, Pike,
Fullbright,
Akin,
Garlington,
Allen, GlascJck,
Greene, Houston,
Arnold, Henry,
Green, Wilkes,
I>allanl.
Griffin,
Beck,
Hammack,
Bell,
Hardin,
J:ennett,
Harrell,
Blackburn,
Hart,
Booker,
Heath.
Brookshear,
Henderson,
Bullard,
Herrington,
Burney.
Hodges,
Carroll,
Hopkins,
Carter, Appling, ,J"hnson,
Carter, Stewart,
Kidd,
Cheney,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Clements,
LeSueur,
Cole,
Liles,
Goleman, Calhoun, Loyd.
Coleman, Laurens, McCrory,
Oollins,
McMichael,
Connor,
McRae, Telfair,
Cooper,
McWhorter,
Crawley,
Meadows, Wayne,
Culpepper, Clinch, Melson,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Miller,
Davidson,
Mills,
Deadwyler,
Moon,
Dean,
Moore,
DeVaughn,
Moss,
Dodd,
Neal,
Dorris,
Nevil,
Ellis,
Nunnally,
Estes
Olive,
Evans.
Palmour,
Field,
Parker,
Foster,
Parks,
Paulk, Benien, Phan,
Pickett, Ragland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, R;iser, Reynolds, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slane, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner,
Thompson~
Tracy, Tun1er, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Grimes,
Lee, Lee,
McCants,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, .Jackson,
Allen, Pickens,
Anderson, Banks,
Anderson, Murray,
Arnold, Oglethorpe,
Brinson,
Carlton,
Clark,
Cochran,
Cook,
Corn,
Dorough,
Duncan,
Edmondson,
Ennis,
Fariss,
Glenn,
Gower,
Hardeman,
Harris,
Hayes,
Hendrix,
Hines, Hollberg, Holtzclaw, ,Jackson, James, Jones, Coweta, ,Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lipscomb, McCalla, McCarthy, McCurry, McLendon, McRae, Wilcox, Meaders, Oconee, Methvin, Middleton,
Moye, Myrick, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Peacock, Perkins, Picquet, Shadburn, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stovall, Elbert, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Wisdom, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright, Mr. Speaker.
Ayes 117, nays 3.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 3.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Messrs. Moye of Johnson, Taylor and Coleman of Laurens, et aL-
A bill to establish the 12th Agricultural and Mechanical SchooL
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104!)
T:he report of the Committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 61, nays 42.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Meadows of Wayne, Mr. Parkes of Upson, Mr. Arnold of Oglethorpe, Mr. Lee of Lee, and Mr. Reynolds of Charlton.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday mo111ing at 10 o'clock.
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JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE,
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 10, 1914.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock a. in.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll and the reading of the Journal of Saturday's proceedings were dispensed with.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Greene of HoustonA resolution that the action of the General ~.\.s
sembly making Tuesday a dies non, be revoked and that there be appointed a joint committee of the House and Senate to attend the funeral of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson officially.
The following resolution was read and referred to a committee:
By Mr. Carlton of Colquitt-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to pay a reward to Luther P. Murphy.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Chas. J. Haden, President of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce delivered an invitation to the General Assembly to attend the Good Roads Congress.
MoNDAY, AuavsT 10, 1914.
1051
On motion of Mr. Akin of Glynn the invitation was accepted.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-President of the Committee on Rules submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules recommend the following m; the order of business during the :30 minutes period of unanimous consents.
1st. First reading of Senate bills.
2d. Reports of standing committees.
:3d. Serond reading Senate bills.
4th. Passage of local House and Senate bills uncontested.
'
5th. House bills with Senate amendments.
6th. Provided further that Senate bills shall be in order to be read first time at any time.
The following bills were read the first time and referreJ to committees.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th DistrictA bill to provide for the adoption of the Torren 's
Land Title System. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. l.
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to amend Section 4252 of the Code of 1910, relative to attorney's fees in chattel mortgages.
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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2.
By Mr. Rushin of the 14th District-
A bill to amend Section 1249, of the Code of 1910,
so as to add Cochran to the list of the State deposi-
tories.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Turner of the 7th DistrictA bill to create a State Highway Commission. Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Kea of 16th District-
A bill to amend 4394, of the Code of 1910, relative to applications for admission to the bar.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th DistrictA bill to amend an Act defining a contract of
Fidelity Insurance. Referred to Committee on Insurance.
By Mr. Watts of the 11th DistrictA bill to provide for inspection and supervision of
slaughter houses, meat markets, etc. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. Hixon of the 37th DistrictA bill to amend Section 946, of the Code of 1910,
relative to peddlers taxes.
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1053
Referred to Committee on Ways .and Means.
By Mr. Peyton of the 31st District-
A bill to amend an Act, providing for a salary for the Clerk in the Pension office.
Referred t<? Co.mmittee on Pensions.
By Mr. Brown of the 42d District-
A bill to provide for the removal of cedar trees affected with cedar rust.
Referred to General Agricultural Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Courts of this State.
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1.
By Mr. Bullock of the 25th District-
A bill to amend .an Act for the protection of game and fish.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish:
.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A resolution restricting the use of the word ''Trust" as a part of a name of title.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
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By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend an Act authorizing the city of Marietta to hold an election forW:ater Works bonds.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secr~tar:y thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution extending thanks to Hon. Asa G. Candler, of Atlanta, Ga., for his munificent gift of one million dollars to the new Methodist University.
rrhe Senate has concurred in, as amended, the following resolution of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution giving assent of the State of Georgia to an Act of Congress providing for co-operative agricultural extension work.
The following messa~e was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
111r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit.:
A bill to amend an Act to establish an Agricultural and Normal College in South Georgia.
A hill to amend the charter of the city of Newnan.
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1055
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Smyrna. A bill to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta. A bill to establish the City Court of Boston. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Savannah, A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the county of Richmond.
A bill to amend an Act to create a County Court of Bryan County.
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe.
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 bills of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to vest in Floyd County full control of bridges in the city of Rome.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874.
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Com4
missioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of
Henry.
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Gray.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the city of Fitzgerald.
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 bil1s of the Senate, towit.:
A bill to amend Section 4252, of the Civil Code of Georgia.
A bill to add the town of Cochran to the list of State depositories.
A bill to amend Section 4394, of the Code of 1910, relative to .applications for admission to the Bar.
A bill to amend an Act approved Oct. 21, 1887, defining contract of Fidelity Insurance.
A bill to provide for the inspection of slaughter houses, dairies, etc.
A tbill to amend Section 946, Volume 1, of Code of 1910, imposing a tax upon peddlers, etc.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 17, 1911, which provides a salary for the clerk in the Pension office.
A bill to provide for removal of cedar trees affected with '' ced'ar rust.''
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1057
A bill to provide for quarterly terms of the Superior Courts in this State.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 21st, 1911, providing for the protection of game and fish.
A bill to regulate the business of Trust Companies.
A bill to amend an Act approved August 20, 1906, authorizing the city of Marietta to hold an election upon issuance of bonds for certain purposes.
A bill to provide for the adoption of the ''Torrens Land Title System'' by the several counties of this State.
The following message was received from thet Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit.:
A resolution relative to the funeral of Mrs. Wood-
row Wilson.
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 create a State Highway Commission for
the State of Georgia.
,
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted.
By Mr. Stark of the 33d District-
A resolution that the General Assembly rescind its action declaring Tuesday a dies non, and the House
m. adjourn from 11 :50 a. until 12 :00 m. out of re-
spect to the President.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committeeon Fish and Game have had under consideration the following bilJg of the Senate and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House with the recommendation that:
Senate Bill No. 218. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 337. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 334. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 268. Do pass. RAINEY, Chairman.
Mr. Myrick of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:
M 1. Speaker: Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitu-
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1059
tion 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.
No. 229. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitu~ion of the State by extending the term of members of the General Assembly of the State until the time fixed by law for the convening of the next General Assembly.
MYRicK, Chairman.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted th.e following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary 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:
/
Senate Bill No. 239. To provide a regulation of primary and general elections in the State, and for other purposes. Do pass.
En. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
The following Senate bills, favorably reported, were read the second time:
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By Mr. Kea of the 16th District-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of Game and Fish relative to the killing of cat squirrels.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
. A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to extend the term of the members of the General Assembly.
By Mr. Bush of the 8th pistrict-
A bill to regulate primary and general elections in this State.
By Mr. Tyson of the 2d District-
A bill to amend Section 1946, of the Cod.e of 1910, relating to natural oyster beds.
By Mr. Tyson of the 2d District-
A bill to better protect the oyster and shell fish
!
industry.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to protect the birds which destroy the boll weevil.
The following bill was taken up for the purpose of concurring in the Senate amendment.
By Mesfjrs. Paulk of Ben Hill and Clements of Irwin. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the city of
Fitzgerald.
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1061
The following amendments of ,the Senate were read and concurred in.
Amend Section 55 by striking from the 67 to 78 lines inclusive, the following: The mayor and council of said city are hereby given the authority, after a fair trial before them, of discharging any member of said water, light and bond commission or any employee of said commission upon charges of neglect of duty, malpractice in office, or other conduct, which in the judgment of the mayor and council is sufficient to disqualify them from holding office and discharg. ing their duty as imposed under this charter and by inserting after the word ''and'' in the. 88th line of said Section the words: "recommend to said water, light and bond commission'' and inserting after the word commission in the 93d line the word ''if snid commission, upon such recommendation makes such change.''
Amend Section 96th of the bill by striking from 20th line of said Section the words ''and the mayor and council. ''
Under the orders of the Day the following bills and Resolutions were read the third time.
By Wheatley of SumterA resolution for the relief of J. L. Wooten.
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the resolution was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 109, nays 0.
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~he resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Connor of Spalding-
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 for repairs on buildings at the Georgia Experiment s.tation.
The bill, involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated as chairman, Mr. Anderson of Murray.
The Committee of the Whole House through their chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following amendments were read and adopted.
Amend by striking the dates "1913 and 1914" and inserting in lieu thereof" 1914 and "1915 ".
Amend by striking from next to last line of Section 1 the following words "located at Griffin."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to as amended.
'l'he bill involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Jackson, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry,
Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Brookshear, Bullard, C11rlton,
Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clements, Coleman, Calhoun, Connor,
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Crawley,
Jones, Coweta,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Kidd,
Dodd,
Liles,
Dorris,
Lipscomb,
Edmondson,
Loyd,
Ellis,
McCalla,
Evans,
McCants,
Field,
l\flcCarthy,
Foster,
McCrory,
Fowler,
McMichael,
Garlington,
McRae, Telfair,
Glenn,
McRae, Wilcox,
Gower,
McWhorter,
Greene, Houston, Miller,
Griffin,
Moss,
Hammack.
Myrick,
Harrell,
Neal.
H:art,
N EIJlil,
Henderson,
Nunnally,
Hines,
Olive,
Hiodges,
Palm our,
Hollberg,
Paulk, Berrien,
Holtzclaw,
Peacock,
James,
Perkins,
Pharr, Pickett, R.agland, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Turner, Wheatley, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Walton,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Glascock, Ballard, l3eck, Booker, Burney, Carroll, Coleman, Laurens, Davidson, Deadwyler, Dean,
DeVaughn, Dorough, Estes, Green, Wilkes, Grimes, Heath, Hopkins, Johnson, Parker, Ransom, Reiser,
Shipp, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Strickland, Thompson, Tracy, Warren, Whitaker, Williams, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Allen, Pickens,
Cochran,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Cole,
Brinson,
Oollins,
Clark,
Cook,
Cooper, Corn, Culpepper, Clinch, Duncan,
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Ennis, Fariss, Fullbright, Hlardeman, Hardin, Harris,
Hayes, Hendrix, Herrington, Jackson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee,
Lee, Wilkinson, LeSueur, McCurry, McLendon, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, Methvin, Middleton, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moye, Oliver, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Picquet, Redwine, Reynolds, Simpson, Slater, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, !Stovall, Elbert, Suggs, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Wright,
Ayes 89, nays 33.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with:
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 89, nays 33.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
By Messrs. Reese of Milton and Henderson of Jones.
A bill to. amend Section 2084, of the Code 1910, to increase the appropriation of the Department of Agriculture.
On motion the bill was tabled.
By Mr. Hammack of Randolph-
A bill to repeal Section 2120, of the Code of 1910, creating the State Board of Entomology.
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On motion the bill and substitute were tabled.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution to pay a pension to Mrs. Harriet Hargett.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Peacock of Dougherty as chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with :recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to .the pas-sage of the resolution, was agreed to.
The r~solution involving an appropriation the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows :
Tlhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Akin, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney,
Carroll,
Dean,
Carter, Appling, Dodd,
Carter, Stewart,
Dorough,
Cheney,
Dorris,
Olements,
Edmondson,
Cochran,
Estes,
Cole,
Evans,
Coleman, Calhoun, Fariss,
Coleman, Laurens, Field,
Collins,
Fowler,
Connor,
Glenn,
Crawley,
Gower,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Greene, Houston,
Davidson,
Griffin,
Deadwyler,
Grimes;
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Hardin, Han-ell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Hines, H<Jdges, Roll berg, Holtzclaw, Hopkins, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Kidd, Kimbrough,
Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper,
LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Melson,
Miller, Mills, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, PhllllT, Pickett,
R~agland,
Rainey, RanSQm, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadhurn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson,
Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, DawSQn, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs,
Sum~er,
Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Wan-en, Wheatley, Whitaker, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Hea.th,
Williams,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Blaekburn, Booker, Brinson, CHiton,
Clark, Cook, Cooper,
Corn,
.Culpepper, Clinch,
De Vauglm, Duncan, Ellis, Ennis, Foster, Fullbright, Garlington, Green, Wilkes, Hammack,
H~1rdeman,
Han-is, Hendrix, HetTington, Jackson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee. WilkinSQn, MrCalla,
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McCurry, McLendon, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, W ay'ne, Methvin, Middleton, Moon,
Moye, Olive, Oliver, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Reynolds,
Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Wright,
Ayes 128, nays 3. .
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 128, nays 3.
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A resolution for the relief of L. L. Simmons.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the pass-age of the resolution was agreed to.
On the passage. orthe resolution the ayes were 121, nays 0.
T'he following Senate bills were read the third time:
By Mr. McNeill of the 22d District-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Macon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 85, nays 35.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Miller of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would niove to reconsider that action of the House in defeating the above mentioned bill.
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 bill of / the House, to-wit.:
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia, so as to create the new county of Evans. By Mr. DuBose of the 35th District-
A bill to make the President of the Board of Trustees of the South Georgia Normar College ex-officio a member of the Trustees of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
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1069
By Mr. MeNeil of the 22d District-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to exempt certain college andowments from taxation.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to th,e passage of the bill was' agreed to.
The bill being a proposal to amend the Constitution the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote was as follows:
rrTh.ose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Garlington,
Adams, Pike,
Glenn,
Akin,
Gower,
Allen, Jackson,
Greene, Houston,
Anderson, Banks, Griffin,
Anderson, MmTay, Hardin,
Arnold, Henry, Harris,
Beck,
Heath,
Bell,
Hines,
Bennett,
Hodges,
Booker,
Roll berg,
Brookshear,
Hopkins,
Bullaxd,
James,
Carroll,
Jones, Coweta,
Carter, Stewart,
Kidd,
Cheney,
Kimbrough,
Olements,
Lane, Decatur,
Coleman, Calhoun, LeSueur,
Oollins,
Liles,
Connor,
Lipsoomh,
Crawley,
Loyd,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., :McCalla,
Davidson,
McCants,
~His,
McCrory,
Evans,
McMichael,
Fariss,
McRae, Telfair,
Field,
McRae, Wiloox,
Foster,
McWhorter,
Fowler,
Melson,
Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Rlllgland, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, Shadhurn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton,
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Stone, Taliaferro, Warren,
Stovall, McDuffie, Wheatley,
Sumner,
Williams,
Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,
Turner,
Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Walton, \Voods, Emanuel,
'rhose voting m the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Ballard, \ Blackburn, Burney, Carter, Appling, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Oorn, Deadwyler, Dean, DeVaughn, Dorough, Dorris,
Edmondson, Estes, Green, Wilkes, Grimes, Hammack, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herrington, Holtzclaw, Johnson, Lane, Jasper, McCarthy, Nevil,
Parker, Reiser, Simpson, Slater, Spence, Carroll, Sparks, Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, 8trickland, Suggs, Thompson, Tracy, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Jackson,
Brinson,
Jones, Lowndes,
Carlton,
Keen,
Clark,
Ledbetter,
Cook,
Lee, Lee,
Cooper,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Culpepper, Clinch, M'cCurry,
Dodd,
McLendon,
Duncan,
Meaders, Oconee,
. Ennis,
Meadows, Wayne,
Fullbright,
Methvin,
Hlardernan,
Middleton,
Hendrix,
Moye,
Oliver, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Pickett, Picquet, Reynolds, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, Wright,
Ayes 100, nays 44. The roB call was verified.
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 44.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote was lost.
Mr. Shuptrine of Savannah gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Foster of Floyd.
The hour of adjournment having arrived the Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock p. m.
3 O'lock P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this p. m. at 3 o'clock, and was called to order by the Speaker.
, The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to a committee.
By Mr. Bush of the 8th DistrictA bill to create a system of parole or conditional
pardon of persons convicted of crime.
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary. Mr. Davidson, Acting Chai'rman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit.:
House Resolution No. 203. A resolution providing for payment of the per diem of members of House and Senate Committees in visiting convict camps of the State.
House Resolution No. 200. A resolution to appropriate the sum of $200 to defray expenses of school book investigating committee.
House Bill No. 787. An Act to amend Section 1898, of the present Code of Georgia.
House Bill No. 884. An Act authorizing the Governor to appoint a fifth depository in the city of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 904. An Act to add th city of Blairsville to the list of cities and towns to be designated as State depositories.
House Bill No. 939. An Act to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Dodge County.
HDuse Bill No. 941. An Act establishing a new charter for the town of Clarkston.
House Bill No. 944. An Act to create a new charter for the town of Oxford.
House Bill No. 990. An Act to incorporate the town of Cadwell.
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House Bill No. 997. An Act providing for the working of the public roads in the county of Toombs.
House Bill No. 1044. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Putnam.
House Bill No. 1057. An Act authorizing the mayor and council of Thomasville to close and abandon certain streets.
House Bill No. 1059. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Hawkinsville.
House Bilf No. 1065. An Act to add the city of Ellaville to the list of cities and towns to be designated as State depositories.
House Bill No. 1068. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the town of McCaysville.
House Bill No. 1087. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of East Point.
House Bill No. 1135. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Eatonton.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DAvmsoN, Acting Chairman.
Mr. Rainey of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Fish and Game have had under
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consideration the following bills of the Senate and instructed me as their chairman of report same back to the House with the rec~mmendation tlmt Senate Bill No. 327. Do pass.
Ru~EY, Chairman.
Mr. wheatley of Sumpter County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations 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. 256. Relative to the Pension of Mrs. L. E. Davis of Forsyth County.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, 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 report
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1075
same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass.
No. 255.
L. C. ALLEN, Chairman.
Mr. Mewhorter, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
Committee on Pensions have ronsidered the following bill and report as indicated helow:
Senate Bill ~~05. Do pass. vV. P. Mc\YHORTER.
Mr. Connor of Spalding, acting chairman of the Committee on Militar~ Affairs, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs having under consideration Senate Bill No. 245, beg to recommend that same do pass.
CoNNOR, Secretary and Acting Chairman.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris, chai,rman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitte_d the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration Senate Bill 325, and
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instructed me, as their chairman, to report same back to House, with recommendation that it do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairma~.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-
wit.:
A bill to create a system of parole or conditional pardon of persons convicted of crime.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the
House to the Senate amendment to the following bi1l of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Dade.
The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District_: A bill to rubolish the office of quarter-master gen-
eral.
By Mr. Hixon of the 37th DistrictA bill relating to the public health, authorizing
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1077
the Department of Agriculture to publish sanitary rules and reglllations.
By M-essrs. Turner of the 7th District, Watts of the
11th District, and Chennault of 29th DistrictA bill to amend an Act relative to the matter of hog cholera.
The following resolution of the House, favorably reported, was read the second time:
By Mr. wisdom of Forsyth-
A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. L. E. Davis.
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a city court of Gray.
The following amendment was read and adopted:
Amend Section 5 by adding after the word indictment, in second line of second section, the words ''or accusation or warrant, wherein the'defendant has had or waived a commitment trial,'' and by inserting the word ''accusation'' in the sixth line of said section the words "or warrant, and in which the defendant has had no commitment nor waived the satne.''
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My Mr. Taylor of Laurens-
A bill to reduce the number of the county commissioners of Laurens Co1,1nty.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and adopted :
Amend by adding at the end of Section 1 the following: ''Provided this Act shall not become operative until House Bill No. 1071, being an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the county of Laurens, has been ratified by a vote of the people, as therein provided.''
By Mr. Arnold of Henry-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Henry.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
Amend by adding the following Section 21: Provided that the provisions of this Act shall not become operative in said county of Henry until ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of !?aid county, and for this purpose the ordinary of Henry County shall give notice of the provisions of this Act in the newspapers in which the sheriff's sales are advertised for four weeks previous to the time of holding the genral State election in October for county and State officers for said county for 1914, at which election the qualified voters of said county shall be permitted to vote on the provisions of this
MoNDAY, AuGUST 10, 1914.
1079
Act. Those in favor of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots ''For Repeal,'' and those opposed to the provisions of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots ''Against Repeal,'' and if a majority of the qualified voters of said county shall vote for repeal then the provisions of this Act shall become operative and of full force on the first day of January, 1915. If a majority of the qualified voters of s.aid county shall vote "Against Repeal" then the provisions of this Act shall be void.
By Messrs. Parker of Liberty, and Nevil of Bulloch:
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to create the new county of Evans.
The following amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by adding the word "line" after the word "straight," line 18, page 2, and before the word "to.''
Amend by striking all of page 3 in House Bill No. 16 of said bill and amend further by adding after the word "to-wit.:" the last word on page 2, the following, to-wit.: of Bellville and Manassas; thence, northerly in the same direction in a straight line until it intersects the line of the proposed county of Candler; thence along said line to the Canoochee River; thence in a southerly direction down the Canoochee River to Kennedy's bridge; thence in an easterly direction along the public road leading from
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Kennedy's bridge to Ada Belle on the Register and Glennville Railroad; thence in an easterly direction along the old Dublin road to the right of way of the old Dublin Railroad, and thence in a southeasterly direction down said right of. way to Scott's Creek to its mouth in Lott's Creek; thence in a southerly direction down Lott 's Creek to its mouth into the Canoochee River, and from thence down Canoochee River in a southeasterly direction to the starting point at Johnson's Ferry.
That the territory embraced in the foregoing boundary lines shall be known as Evans County, and the city of Claxton shall be the county site of same.
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution, giving assent of the State to an Act of Congress, providing for co-operative agricultural extension work.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in:
Amend by striking the words ''trustees of the State Colleeg of Agriculture," in the eleventh and twelfth lines of the second page of the resolution, and inserting in lieu thereof, ''the trustees of the University of Georgia, for the use of the St~te College of Agriculture,'' so that the resolution so amended shall read as follows: "Therefore, be it resolved, by the General Assembly of Georgia, be and is hereby given to the provisions and requirements of said Acts, and the trustees of the Univer-
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sity of Georgia, for the use of the State College of Agriculture, are hereby authorized and empowered to receive the grants of money appropriated under said Act, to organize and conduct agricultural extension work, which shall be carried on in; connection with the terms and conditions expressed in the Acf of Congress aforesaid, and approved by the President, May 8th, 1914.
By Messrs. Blackburn, Smith and Cochran of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
The following Senate amendment was read and adopted:
Amend the charter of the city of Atlanta by adding a section, to be known as Section -.
Section -. The mayor and genera} council of the city of Atlanta are authorized and empowered to provide, by ordinance, for the regulation and restriction of the exhibition of moving pictures, alone and in connection with other shows, such as are given in theatres, vaudevlle and similar performances, whereby the exhibition of immoral or licentious pictures may be preve~ted or any pictures which tend to create disorder or injuriously affect the morals; health and peace of the community. They are authorized to establish a board of censorship, which shall have the power to approve or to disapprove all pictures proposed to be exhibited in the city in all cases
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where such exhibitions might injuriously affect the general welfare of the city, and to provide for the punishment of all persons who exhibit such pictures without securing the approval of said board, or such pictures as are disapproved by said board by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by sentence to work on the public works of the city not exceeding thirty days, either or both penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the recorder.
Under the orders of the day the following bills of the Senate were read the third time :
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill provide for the registration of births awJ deaths in the State of Georgia.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter, the time
of debate was extended twenty minutes.
The following amendment was read and adopted :
Amend by striking all of Section 19 and insert in lieu thereof the following: Section 19. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid that each local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each birth certificate and each death certificate properly and completely made out and registered with him, and correctly recorded and promptly by him to the State registrar, as required by this Act, unless the local registrar shall already, as such in cities, where their compensation is otherwise fixed by law. And in case no b~rths and no deaths were registered during any month focal registrars shall be entitled to
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be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each report to the effect, but only if such report be made promptly, as required by thiS' Act. All amounts payable to a local registrar under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in which the registration district is located, upon the certification of the State registrar, and the State registrar shall animally certify to the treasurers of the several count~es the number of births and deaths properly registered, with the names of the local registrars, and the amount due each at the rate fixed therein.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 20.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed, as amended.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Kimbrough of Harris-
A resolution that the Chamber of Commerce et al. interested in the cotton business, to meet in the hall of the House of Representatives Tuesday evening at 8 p. m., for the purpose of formulating plans for self-preservation.
By Messrs. Pope of the 44th, and Olliff of the 4th-
A bill to amend Section 2, of Paragraph 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, which 'Provides that tounty officers shall be
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elected for two years, by providing for the election of such county officers for four years, and for other purposes.
SEcTION 1. Be it e!lacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Section 2, of Paragraph 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word ''two,., in the third line of sairl section and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''four,'' so that Section 2, when so amended, shall read as follows :
The county officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective counties or districts; and shall hold their office for four years. They shall be removed on conviction for malpractice in office, and no person shall be eligible to any of the offices referred to in this paragraph unless he shall have been a resident of the county for two years and is a qualified voter, provided that the provisions of this proposed amendment shall not become effective
until January 1st, 1917.
SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each House it shall be entered upon the Journal of each Hous:e, with the yeas and nays thereon, and published in one or more newspapers in each congressional district in this State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election, and shall be at the next general election be sub-
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mitted to the people for ratification. All persons voting in said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''For ratification of the amendment to Section 2, of Paragraph 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution, providing for the election of all county officers for the term of four years, and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''Against ratification of the amendment to Section 2, of Paragraph 1, of Article 11, of the Constitution, providing for the election of all county officers for four years,'' and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall be consolidated, as now required by law in elections for members of the Generar Assembly and returns thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the result by publication of the results of said election by one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State declaring the amendment ra.tified.
SEcTION 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee,. which wa.s favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill, being a proposal to amend the Constitution of the State, the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:
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Tlhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Adams, Pike, Akin, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Booker, Burney, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Oollins, Connor, Oorn, Crawley, Davidson, .Deadwyler, Dean, Dodd, Dorough, Dorris, Edmondson, Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Evans, F'ariss, Field, Fowler,
G.nlington,
Glenn, Gower, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Grimes, Hammack, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hayes, Henderson, Hines, H.odges,
James, .Jones, Coweta, Kidd, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Ledbetter, LeSueur, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wil~nx. McWhorter, Melson, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, 1
Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pha;rr, Pickett, Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, R~e, Milton, Reiser, Rhodes, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, Wohlwendcr, Wood, Twiggs, \Voods, Emanuel,
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r.Dhose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock,
Hart,
Brookshear,
Heath,
Cheney,
Herrington,
Coleman, Laurens, Hopkins,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jolmson,
DeVaughn,
McCalla,
McCurry, Reese, Thomas, Stovall, Elbert, Thompson, Whitaker-,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnol4, Oglethorpe, Brinson, Bullard, Clark, Olements, Cook, Cooper, Culpepper, Clinch, Duncan, Foster, Fullbright, Hiardeman, Hendrix, Hiollberg, Holtzc1aw,
Jackson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Lane, Jasper, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, McLendon, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Methvin, Middleton, Moye, Oliver,
Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill,
Picquet, Rlagland, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Tootle, 'Nood, Walton, Wright,
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 123, nays 17.
The bill having received the requisite constitution two-thirds vote was passed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. McWhorter of Greene, Mr. Dean of Paulding, and Mr. Hammack of Randolph.
rrhe hour of adjournment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m.
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 11, 1914.
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 chaplain.
By unanimous consent the roll ca1l 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 Senate Bill No. 61.
Mr. Sheppard of Sumter moved that Senate Bill No. 61 be immediately transmitted to the Senate, which motion, by a two-thirds vote, prevailed, and it was ordered to immediatelytransmit Senate Bill No. 61 to the Senate.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
Mr. Blackburn, vice-chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules instruct me as its vicechairman to fix the following as the order of business for this morning's session:
Reports of standing committees.
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Second reading of Senate bills previously reported to be followed by calendar as previously set.
Respectfully submitted, BLACKBURN, Vice-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 require dealers in paints to label the containers, showing thereon the true per cent. of each mineral constituent.
The following message was receivea {rom the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
M1. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the H'mse, to-wit.:
A resolution for the relief of M. J. Dolan and J. W. Seals, of Ware County.
A resolution for the relief of R. L. Graham.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requi-
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site constitutional majority the following bill 0f the House, to-wit.:
A bill to revise the health laws of the State of Georgia.
The following message was received from the Renate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution to appropriate $60.00 to Mrs. Eliza Muncy as a pension.
A resolution authorizing the publication of OrviHe A. Parks' new code.
A resolution to provide for the payment of $100.00
to W. 'r. ,Jones, for the capture of Andrew McCul-
lough.
A resolution to appoint a new committee to investigate legislation on cotton taxes.
A resolution to refund to the Covington and Oxford Street Railway Company the sum of $100.00.
'l"he following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-
tional majority the following bills of the House, towit. :
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A bill to regulate the practice of the occupation of a barber.
A bill to amend an Act to create in the Treasury Department a bank bureau.
A bill to authorize the issue of bonds for the purpose of raising money to pay off the public debt of State due July 1, 1915.
A bill to supplement the existing appropriation for printing ne~ volumes of reports of Supreme Court.
A bill to appropriate $7,500.00 to the Department of Agriculture.
A bill to appropriate $15,000 for 1915 to the State Board of Entomology, to be expended on work of board on ''black root,'' etc.
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Montgomery County.
' A bill to repeal an Act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Montgomery County.
A bill to amend Section 4996 of the Code of 1910.
A bill to fix salaries of bailiffs of city courts in cities of not less than 150,000 population.
A bill to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Union.
The following message was received from his Ex-. cellency, the Governor, through his secretary, Mr. Perry:
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Mr. Speaker:
His Excellency, the Governor, has approved and signed the following Acts, to-wit.:
An Act, to amend an Act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Putnam, and for other purposes.
An Act, to amend an Act entitled "An Act to -create and establish a new charter for the city of Eatonton,'' approved August'5th, !908, and for other
p~rposes.
An Act to change the name of the town of Kestler, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act authprizing Cedartown, in Polk County, Georgia, to establish and maintain a system of public schools, and for other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act creating board of. commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Ware, and for other purposes.
'Mr. Myrick of Chatham, chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submits the following report:
Mr. 8 peaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitu~ tion had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, to-wit.: Senate Bill 324. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 2, Section 6,
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Article 7 of the Constitution, and instructs me, as its chairman, to recommend that it do pass.
Also Senate Bill No. 293. Do pass. MYRICK, .Chairman.
Mr. McRae of Telfair County, chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the fo1lowing report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following: No. 246 of the Senate, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass.
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 bills of the House and Senate, and instructed me as their chairman to rep?rt same back to the House:
House Bill No. 1163, regulating divorce decrees. Do pass.
Senate Bill No, 105, :fixing salaries of solicitorgenerals. Do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 135, regulating tlie selling of garden seed~. Do not pass.
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Senate Bill No. 3'12, regulating sentences in misdemeanor cases. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. :251, amending Section 4355 of the Code. Do not pass.
Eo. WoHLWENDER, Chairman.
Mr. Kimbrough of Harris, ehairman of Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, makes following report:
1JI r. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 had under consideration Senate Bill 309, and instructed me, as their chairman, to report same hack, with recommendation that the same do pass.
KIMBROUGH, Chairman.
, Mr. Slater of Bryan, chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:
Mr. 8 peakcr:
Your Committee on Penitentiary, having under
. co.nsideration Senate Bill No. ~9i, and recommend
that the same do pass. "\V. F. SLATER,
Chairman.
Mr. Wimberly, chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submits the following report:
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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matter& hav~ had under consideration the following resolutions of the Senate, and beg to report as follows:
Senate Resolution No. 63. Do pass. Senate Resolution No. 64. Do pass.
M. WIMBERLY, ..
Chairman.
Mr. Simpson, chairman of the Committee on Pub~ lie Highways, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 213, and instruct me to report same back to the House, with recommendation that it do not pass.
SIMPSON, Chairman.
Mr. Bullard of Campbell County, chairman of the Committee on Co:ryorations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Comittee on Corporations have had under . consideration the following Senate bills of the Sen-
ate, and instructed me as their chairman to report same back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass:
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Senate Bill No. 314, to repeal an Act to incorPo-rate the town of Louvale.
Senate Bill No. 340, to authorize mayor and council of Marietta to hold an election for bonds for water-works, etc.
BuLLARD, 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 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. 1115, amend an Act, charter city of Cairo.
No. 917, amend charter of town of Darien.
BuLLARD, Chairman.
Mr. Gower of Crisp County, chairman of the Com- ' mittee on General Judiciary No. ~ submitted the following report:
M1. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the ;Senate, and instructed me as their chairman to re-
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port same back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass:
Seriate Bill No. 258, to define the crime of burglary with explosives. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 62, to amend Section 4252 of Volume I, Code 1910. Do pass.
Senate Bill No.. 231, to regluate the granting of total divorce. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, 0. T. GowER, Chairman.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Heath of Burke, Cole of Bartow, and Nunnally of Floyd-
A resolution : Whereas the House has just received the sad information of the death of Mr. G. L. Fullbright, father of Hon. Henry J. Fullbright, a member of this House of Representatives from Burke County.
Therefore be it resolved, That the members of this House extend to the Hon. Henry J. Fullbright and his family their sincere sympathy in his sore bereavement.
Resolved further, That the clerk of this House be instructed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Hon. H. J. Fullbright.
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments':
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By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
A bill to revise the health laws of this State.
The following amendment was read and concurred in:
Amend by striking Section 2 of the bill and numbering succeeding sections accordingly.
By Messrs. Nunnally, Foster and Wright of Floyd-
A bill to vest in Floyd County full and complete title and control over the bridges in the city of Rome.
The following amendments of the Senate were read and concurred in :
Amend the caption as follows: Add at the end of third paragraph of the caption the following: "upon condition."
Amend the second section of the Act by adding at the end thereof the following: ''So far as the same applies to any future bridges hereafter constructed under this or any other law, unless the said companies will conform to the reasonable terms and conditions required by the county authorities."
Amend my adding at the end of Section 4 the following: "but any corporation now having a franchise shall have the right to use any new bridge upon complying with the reasonable conditions im1Wsed by the board of commissioners and the terms of this. Act.''
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By Mr. Crawley of Ware-
A resolution to relieve M. T. Dolan and J. W. Seals.
The follow' ing amendment of the Senate was rMd and concurred in :
Amend by adding after the word "aforesaid," at the end of the resolution, lthe folloWing words: "upon the payment of the costs for forfeiture."
The following bill of the House, favorably reported, was read the second time:
By Mr. Henderson of Jones-
A bill to provide that no final decree in cases of total divorce shall be entered by the court until twelve months have elapsed after the final verdict.
The fo1lowing resolutions and bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th DistrictA resolution for the relief of J. L. Shelton, D. :F'.
Chapman and J. H. Peterman.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th DistrictA resolution for the relief of W. T. Cottingham
and J. M. Dent.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th District-
A bill to amend an Act defining a contract of fidelity insurance.
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By Messrs. Rushin, of the 14th District, and Mr. MeNeill of the 22nd District-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State relative to fees of county officers.
By Mr. Busch of the 8th District-
A bill to create a system of paroles or conditional pardon of persons convicted of crime.
By Mr. Peyton of 31st District-
A bill to amend an Act providing salary for the clerk in the pension office.
By Mr. Brown of the 42nd District-
A bill to provide for the removal of cedar trees affected with cedar rust.
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to provide tliat the trial judge in all criminal cases be authorized to impose sentences in thr alternative.
By Messrs. Perry of the 28th District and Allen of the 20th District-
A bill to amend the constitution of the State relative to the eradication of the cattle tick.
By Mr. Elkins of the 15th District-
A bill to amend Section 4252 of the Code of 1910 relative to attorney's fees in certain eases.
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1101
By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd DistrictA bill to regulate the granting of total divorces.
By Mr. McNeil of the 22nd District-
'A bill defining the crime of burglary with explosives.
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Louvale.
By Mr. Hine of the 35th District-
A bill to authorize the city of Marietta to hold an election for water-works bonds.
By Mr. Bullock of the 25th District-
A bill to amend an Act for the protection of game and fish.
Under the order of the day the following bills , of the Senate were read the third time :
By Mr. Hine of the 35th District-
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to utter or draw .a cheque when there are no funds in the bank.
The amendment proposed by Mr. Gower of Crisp was read and adopted.
Amend by striking all of section 1 of the bill after the word accrued and inserting in lieu thereof ''there
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shall be no prosecution under the provisions of this
Act.''
l'he report of the committee, which was fayorahle to thepassage of the bill, was agreed to, as amended.
Mr. Shuptrine, of Chatham 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,- Dorris,
Allen, Jackson,
Ellis,
Allen, Pickens,
Eans,
Anderson, Banks, Garlington,
Arnold, Henry,
Gower,
Ballard,
Greene, Houston,
Beck,
Green, Wilkes,
Bell,
Griffin,
Bennett,
Hardin,
Booker,
Harrell,
Brookshear,
Harris,
Bullard,
Hart,
Burney,
Hayes,
Carlton,
Hea.th,
Carroll,
Henderson,
Carter, Appling, Hines,
Cheney,
Hodges,
Olements,
Hollherg,
Cole,
Holtzclaw,
Coleman, Calhoun, Hopkins,
Coleman, Laurens, James,
Oollins,
Jones, Coweta,
Connor,
Kimbrough,
Cooper,
Lane, Decatur,
Corn,
Lane, Jasper,
Crawley,
LeSueur,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lipscomb,
Davidson,
Loyd,
McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McMichael, McRae, Wiloox, McWhorter, Melson, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Myrick, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive, Palmour, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock,
Perkins, PhllllT, Pickett, Ragland, Ransom, Reese, MiltJon, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine,
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Simpson, Slater, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson,
Stovall, McDuffie, S'uggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Tracy,
Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Williams, Wisdom,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Mmray, Blackburn, Cochran, Deadwyler, Dorough, Edmondson, Ennis, Field, Fowler,
Glenn, MeCurry, McRae, Telfair, Moss, Neal. Parker, Rainey, S.lade, Smith, Fannin,
Sparks, Stone, Taliaferro, StovalJ, Elbert,
Strickland, Thompson, Whitaker, Wimberly, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, BrinsOn, Carter, Stewart, Clark, Cook, Culpepper, Clinch, Duncan, Estes, F'ariss, Foster, Fullbright,
Grimes, Hammack, Hiardeman, Hendrix, Herrington,
Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Kidd, Ledbetter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, McCalla, McLendon, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Methvin, Middleton, Moye,
Oliver, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Redwine, Reynolds, Smith, DeKalb, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Ayes 109, nays 27.
The verifieation of the roll c~ll was dispensed with.
On the passage of the biH the ayes were 109, nays 27.
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The bill having received the req-uisite constitutional majority was passed, as amended.
The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to a committee:
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to require all persons, etc., who manufactur{l paint tb label the same.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Sta~ tis tics.
At 1l :50 a. m. the Speaker announced the House adjourned out of respect of the memory of MrR. Woodrow Wilson, the deceased wife of the President of the United States.
At 12 :00 o'clock M. the Speaker again called the house to ortler.
Under the orders of the day the following bill was read the third time :
By Mr. Stark of the 33rd District-
A bill to provide for the rotation of the judges of the Superior Court.
A bill, being a proposal to amend the Constitution of the State, the ayes and nays were ordered and the vote read as follows :
ifuose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens,
Anderson, Banks, Bell,
Anderson, Murray, Bennett,
Ballard,
Bullard,
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Burney, Carlton, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Coohran. Cole, Coleman, Laurens, Cooper, Crawley, Deadwyler, Dddd, Dorough, Edmondson, Ellis, Estes, Flariss, Garlington, Glenn, Gower,
Greene, Houston, Harris, Hart, Hea.th, Henderson, Herrington, Hopkins, Kidd, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, Lipsoomb, Loyd, McCants, McCurry, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, Miller, Moore, Moss,
Olive, Palmour, Parker, Perkins, Pickett, Reiser, Simpson, .Slade, Slateor, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Rabun, Stone, Taliaferro, 8tovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Strickland, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Wisdom, Wright,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs._-
Adams, Pike,
Green, Wilkes,
Allen, Glascock,
Griffin,
.Allen, Jackson,
Hardin,
Arnold, Henry,
Harrell,
Beck,
Hayes,
Blackburn,
H:ines,
Booker,
Hodges,
Brookshear,
Roll berg,
Carroll,
Holtzclaw,
Clements,
James,
Coleman, Calhoun, Johnson,
Oollins,
Jones, Coweta,
Connor,
Kimbrough,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., LeSueur,
Davidson,
McCarthy,
Dean,
McCrory,
DeVaughn,
McRae, Telfair,
Dorris,
McWhorter,
Ennis,
Mills,
Evans,
Moon,
Field,
Myrick,
Fowler,
Neal,
Nevil, Nunnally, Parks, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock; Pharr,
R~~~.gland,
Rainey, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Smith, DeKall:J, Smith, Fulton, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson,
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Sumner, Thompson,
Tracy, Turner,
Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams,
Wimberly, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, 'iNoods, Emanuel,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hendrix,
Brinson,
Jackson,
Clark,
,Jones, Lowndes,
Cook,
Keen,
Corn,
Lee, Lee,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lee, Wilkinson,
Duncan,
Liles,
Foster,
:\leCalla,
Fullbright,
McLendon,
Grimes,
Meaders, Oconee,
Hammack.
Meadows, Wayne.
Biard em an,
Melson,
Methvin, Middleton, Moye, Oliver, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Reynolds, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Rwift, Tootle, \Vood, Walton,
Ayes 69, nays 78.
The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 69, nays 78.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite copstitutional majority was lost.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 5298 of Code of 1910, relating to garnishments.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Smith of DeKalb, Mr. Field of DeKalb, and Mr. Strickland of Pierce.
The hour of adjuornment having arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until ? <>'clock p. m.
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3 o'clock p.m.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 ()'clock p. m., and was called to order by the Speaker.
Under the order of unfinished business, the following bill of the Senate was taken up:
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend Section 5298, of the Code of 1910, relating to garnishments.
The following amendments were read and adopted:
Amend. Senate Bill No. 110, as amended, by striking the words ''journeyman mechanics and day laborers" in first line of said Section No. 1, and inserting in lieu thereof the words, ''persons,'' so that when amended said section shall read as follows: ''All persons shall be exempt from the process and liabilities of garnishment on one dollar and twenty-five cents per day of their daily, weekly, or monthly wages, and fifty per cent. of the excess thereof, whether in bonds of their employ, as are others. All wages above the exemption herein provided for shall be subject to garnishment, and garnishee in making answer shall state specifically when the wages therein referred to were earned by defendant, and whether same were earned as daily, weekly or monthly wages.
Amend said bill by striking out the words ''one dollar per day of" wherever it appears in the cap-
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tion and in the sections of said bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: ''one dollar and twenty-five cents per day of."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee 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,
Ellis,
Anderson, Banks, Evans,
Arnold, Henry,
Glenn,
Ballard,
Gower,
Beck,
Greene, Houston,
Bell,
Green, Wilkes,
Bennett,
Griffin,
Booker,
Hardin,
Brookshear,
HaiTell,
Bullard,
H;aiTis,
Burney,
Hart,
Carlton,
Hayes,
Carroll,
Heath,'
Oaxter, Appling, Henderson,
Garter, Stewart,
Hines,
Cheney,
Hodges,
Clements,
Roll berg,
Cochran,
Holtzclaw,
Cole,
Hopkin~.
Coleman, Calhoun, Jackson,
Coleman, Laurens, James,
Oollins,
Johnson,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Jones, C.oweta,
Davidson,
Kimbrough,
Deadwyler,
Lane, Decatur,
Lane, Jasper,
Ledbetter, Lipscomb, Loyd, McCalla, McCants, McCrory, McMichael, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, .Melson, Mills, Moon, Moore, 'Myrick,
Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins. PhaiT, Pickett, Ragland, Redwine, Reese, Milton, Reese, Thomas, Reiser,
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Rhodes, Shadlburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slade, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll,
Stone, Dawson,
Turner,
Stbovall, Elbert,
Warren,
Stovall, McDuffie, Wheatley,
Suggs,
Whitaker,
Sumner,
Williams,
Taylor, Laurens. Wisdom,
Tayl9r, Washington, Wohlwender,
Thompson,
Wood, Twiggs,
Tracy,
Woods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Anderson, Murray, Blackburn, (,(jnnor, Cooper, Crawley, Edmondson, Ennis, Estes,
Fowler, Garlington, Kidd, LeSueur, McCarthy, McCurry, McRae, Telfair, Miller,
.Moss, Olive, Parks, Slater, Smith, Fulton, Stone, Taliaferro, , Strickland, Wimberly,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hendrix,
Brinson,
Herrington,
Clark,
Jones, Lowndes,
Cook,
Keen,
O>rn,
Lee, Lee,
CuLpepper, Clinch, Lee, Wilkinson,
Duncan,
Liles,
Fariss,
McLendon,
Field,
Meaders, Oconee,
Foster,
Meadows, Wayne,
Fullbright,
Methvin,
Grimes,
Middleton,
Hammack,
Moye,
Hiardeman,
Oliver,
Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Rainey, Ransom, Reynolds, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Sparks, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Swift, Tootle, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 117, nays 24.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 24.
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The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ tiona} majority was passed, as amended.
Mr. Davidson, acting chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
il1r. 8 peaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and resolutions, to-wit.:
House Bill16. An Act to amend the Constitution ,of the State so as to create the county of Evans.
House Bill 258. An Act to amend an Act estab~ lishing the Agric:ultural, Industrial and Normal College in South Georgia.
House Bill 754. An Act to provide a method for the condemnation of private property for public purposes.
House Bill No. 791. An 'Act to establish legislative reference department in the State Library.
House Bill 915. An .Act to amend the charter of the city of Gainesville.
House Bill 923*. An Act to provide a bookkeeper for the State Bank Examiner.
House Bill 942*. An Act to increase the salary of the stenographer to the State Bank Examiner.
House Bill 980. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Smithville.
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House Bill 981. An Act to establish a new charter for the town of Bartow.
House Bill 995. An Act' to amena the charter of the town of Logansville.
House Bill 999. An Act to amend an Act creating: a new charter for the town of Richland.
House Bill1007. An Act to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the coutny of Glynn.
House Bill 1035. An Act to amend an Act creating a ~harter for the city of Fort Valley.
House Bill 1037. An Act to amend an Act incorpoPating the city of Brunswick. .
House Bill 1043. An Act to amend an Act extending the terms of the present board of trustees of the public schools of the city of Dalton.
House Bill 1046. An Act to add the city of Woodbury to the list of cities and towns to be designate.d as State depositories.
House Bill 1054. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Milledgeville.
House Bill1063. An Act to amend an Act creating tfie office o county commissioners of Jones County.
House Bill 1019. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
House BiH 1060. An Act to provide for the registration of voters in the municipal elections in the eity of Savannah.
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House Bill 1061. An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections in the city of Savannah.
House Bill1076. An Act to amend an Act creating a new board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Dougherty County.
House Bill 1080. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the city of Macon.
House Bill 1082. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Lyons.
House Bil11088. An Act to amend an Act creat-
a ing new charter for the city of East Point.
House Bill 1091. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of College Park.
House Hill 1100. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Donaldsonville.
House Bill 1105. An Act to amend an Act creating a charter for the city of Cordele.
House Bill 1109. An Act to create a board of roads and reveneus for the county of Pulaski.
House Bill 1110. An Act to provide for the appointment of a State depository in the city of Buford.
House Billl 1112. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Buford.
House Bill 1113. An Act to incorporate the town of Normantown.
House Bill 1118. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Kirkwood.
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House Bill 1122. An Act to abolish the city court -of J.effersonville.
House Bill 1124. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Royston.
House Bill 1125. An Act to establish a municipal ..co.urt in the city of Fo~t Valley.
House Bill1127. An Act .authorizing the town of Ochlochnee to issue bonds for the purpose of establishing water-works.
House Resolution 191. A resolution to provide for the building of bridges over theW. & A. R. R. by the .commissioners of roads and revenues of Bartow County.
Respectfully submitted,
w. T. DAVIDSON,
Acting Chairman.
The following message was received from the Sen~ ate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
_Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has pasesd, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to State Normal :School at Athens.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Vanna, in the county of Hart.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur.
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A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Oakhurst.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
J.l1r. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House to the fo1lowing bill of the Senate, to-wit.:
A bill to provide for the registration of births and deaths in the State of Georgia.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed, by subsitute, by the requisite constitutional majority the following 'bill of the H9use, to-wit.:
A bill to amend an Act establishing the city court of Baxley.
Mr. Garlington of Richmond moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing Senate Bill No. 110.
The following communication was read:
Atlanta, Ga., August 11th, 1914. HoN. W. H. BuRWELL,
Speaker House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Sir :-As a result of urgent request~
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from all the cotton States, during the present crisis in the cotton situation, I have issued a call for a general cotton conference, to be held at New Orleans, La., August 27th-28th inst.
I take pleasure in extending to you, and through you to all the members of the House, a most cordial invitation to attend this conference and assist in perfecting plans to systematize the handling and financing the crop of 1914.
With best wishes, I beg to remain, Yours very truly,
HARVIE JORDAN'
President Southern Cotton Association.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Parker of Lib-
erty.
The hour of !adjournment having .arrived, the Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning, at 9 o'clock.
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R-EPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Atlanta, Ga., August 12, 1914.
The House met, pursuant to adjournment, this day at 9 o'clo~k a.m.; was called to order by the Speaker, and was opened with prayer by the chaplain.
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names :
Adams, Hall,
Oollins,
Griffin,
Adams, Pike,
Connor,
Grimes,
Akin,
Cook,
Hammack,
Allen, Glascock,
Cooper,
Hiardeman,
Allen, Jackson,
Oorn,
Hardin,
Allen, Pickens,
Crawley,
Harrell,
Anderson, Banks, Culpepper, Clinch, Harris,
Anderson, Murray, Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hart,
Arnold, Henry,
Davidson,
Hayes,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Deadwyler,
Hea.th,
Ballard,
Dean,
Henderson,
Beck,
DeVaughn,
Hendrix,
Bell,
Dodd,
Herrington,
Bennett,
Dorough,
Hines,
Blackburn,
Dorris,
Hodges,
Booker,
Duncan,
Rollberg,
Brinson,
Edmondson,
Holtzclaw,
Brookshear,
Ellis,
Hopkins,
Bullard,
Ennis,
J-ackson,
Burney,
Estes,
James,
Carlton,
Evans,
Johnson,
Carroll,
Fariss,
Jones, Coweta,
Oarter, Appling, Field,
Jones, Lowndes,
Carter, Stewart,
Foster,
Keen,
Cheney,
Fowler,
Kidd,
Clark,
Fullbright,
Kimbrough,
Olements,
Garlington,
Lane, Decatur,
Cochran,
Glenn,
Lane, Jasper,
Cole,
Gower,
Ledbetter,
Coleman, Calhoun, Greene, Houston, Lee, Lee,
Coleman, Laurens, Green, Wilkes,
Lee, Wilkinson,
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LeSueur, Liles, Lipscomb, Loyd, .
McCalla, McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Melson, :Methvin, Middleron, Miller, Mills, Moon, Moore, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Nunnally, Olive,
Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Parks, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Perkins, Pharr, Pickett, Picquet, R.lagland, 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, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tootle, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel, Wright,
Those absent were Messrs.-
Swift,
The following message was received from the Senate, thropgh Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit.:
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A bill to amend Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to authorize the legislature to abolish the office of county treasurer in any county.
A bill to require executions to be liens on land only in the county where recorded.
A bill to provide for payment by counties of the actual expense of bringing back fugitives from justice who have gone beyond the limits of the State.
A bill to amend Section 1131 of the Code of 1910.
A bill to amend Section 4984, Chapter 8, of the Code of Georgia, of 1910.
A bill to appropriate $5,000 for each of the yearR 1914-1915 addition for the support of Georgia StatP Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
Mr. Blackburn, vice-chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the foHowing report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules instruct me, as its vicechairman, to report the following rule, to-wit.:
That on all motions to reconsider individual speeches shall be limited to three minutes, and the debate limited to six minutes.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
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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 bills of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to create the office of commissioners of roads. and revenues for Ben Hill County.
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
A bill relative to working the chaingang by county authorities.
A bill to repeal an Act to prescribe the duties and powers of the commissioners of roads and revenues in and for Ben Hill County.
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A bill to amend an Act approved August 19th, 1912, establishing the insurance department of this State.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Rossville.
A bill to incorporate the town of Round Oak.
A bill to amend the charter of the town of DeeR- tur.
'L,he following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Davidson of Putnam-
A resolution relative to the unfinished business of the General Assembly.
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The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.
By Mr. Ragland of ~'albot-
A resolution for the relief of R. L. Graham.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in:
Amend by adding at the end of the last paragraph after the word "bond" the following: "upon the (Payment of the forfeiture, cost, and in addition thereto the sum of twenty-five per cent. of the principal, as attorney fees to the solicitor-general.
By Messrs. Field and Smith of DeKalb-
A bill to amend the charter of the town of Decatur so as to extend its corporate limits.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
Amend Section 5 by adding at the end of the said section the following: Provided that the provisions of this Act shall become operative so soon as the town of Oakhurst shall vote to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Oakhurst.
By Messrs. Field and' Smith of DeKalbA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate th~ town of Oakhurst.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
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Amend Section 2 hy adding at the end of said section the following: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until the same is submitted to the qualified voters of town of Oakhurst at an election to be called after twenty days' noice, and if a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be "For Repeal'.' then this Act shall be of force and the incorporation of Oakhurst repealed, and if a majority of said votes cast at the election be "Against Repeal," then this Act .is void.
By Mr. McCurry of Hart-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Vanna.
The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in :
Amend by adding the following section: That said bill shall not become effective until it has been rati-. tied by a majority of the qualified voters of said town in an election, to be held on the first Monday in October, 1914, said elections to be held under the same rule and with same qualifications as to voters as elections for mayor and council are held in said town, provided that on one who has not been a bona fide resident of said town for sixty days and paid all taxes due State and county, and also all taxes due said town thirty days before said election,. shall not be eligible to vote in said election. The mayor shall name the managers of said election, and said managers shall be the judge of the qualifications of the voters. Those voting for the amendment to the char-
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ter shall have on their ballot the words ''For Amendment,'' and those voting against said amendment shall have on their ballot the words ''Against . Amendment." The mayor and council shall declare the result of said election, and enter the sall!e on the minutes of said town.
'
By Messrs. Hhodes and Lipscomb .of Athens-
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the State Normal dchool at Athens.
The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in :
Amend by adding a new section, to be known as Section 3, and the balance of the sections numbered accordingly. Said Section 3 as follows: "Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by au. thority of the same, that the sum of $2,168.33 be and the same is hereby appropriated to tlie trustees of said University of Georgia for the use of said University, to replace said sum or amount taken from the maintenance fund of said university for the purpose of paying the fire insurance premiums on the ,buildings at said university three years. Also amend the caption of said biD by adding at the end thereof the following words: ''Also the sum of $2,168.3'3 fo said trustees to pay five premiums on the buildings of said university, taken from the maintenance fund of said university."
The following resolution was reacl and adopted:
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By McCrory of Schley-
A resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die at 2 o'clock p. m.
Mr. Sheppard of Sumter moved to reconsider the action of 'the House in adopting the resolution, which motion prevailed, and the resolution to adjourn sine die at 2 o'clock p. m. was reconsidered.
By Mr. Carter of Appling-
A bill to establish 'the city court of Baxley.
The following Senate substitute was read and concurred in :
A bill, to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish the city court of Baxley, in Appling County; to define its furisdiction and powers; to provide for the appointment of a judge and other officers thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and writs of error therefrom and for other purposes," approved December 1, 1897, so as to provide for the drawing and empanelling, challenging, etc., of jurors, and for the trial of cases by juries, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is liereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act entitled "An Act to establish the city court of Baxley, in Appling County; to define its jurisdiction and powers; to provid<' for the appointment of a judge and other officen thereof, and to define their powers and duties; to
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provide for pleading and practice and new trials therein, and writs of error therefrom, and for other purposes," approved December 1st, 1897, be and is hereby amended by striking from said Act Section 24 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a new section, to be known as Section 24, and to read as follows:
''Section 24:. Be it further enacted, That at least eighteen jurors shall be drawn, summoned and empanelled, and if by reason of non-attendance, disqualification, legal excuse or discharge by the court of any regular panel the same is not full, the presiding judge shall direct the same to be filled by tales jurors in the same manner as done in the Superior Court. All cases, either civil or criminal, not tried before the judge without a jury, shall be tried in said court before a jury of six; provided, however that in any civil case either the plaintiff or defendant shall have the right to d~mand a jury of twelve, which right may be waived. In all criminal cases either the defendant or the State shall have the right to demand a trial by jury of twelve. In any cases, either civil or criminal, where a jury of twelve is not demanded by either party, before said party is furnished by the clerk of the court with a list of a panel from which to strike, the right to trial by twelve jurors shall be held to have been waived, and the rase shall be tried by six jurors. In all civil cases where a jury pf twelve is demanded the plaintiff and defendant shall each be entitled to three strikes from a panel of eighteen, and in crimjnal cases where a jury of twelve is demanded the
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defendant shall be entitled to four strikes, the State to two strikes, from a panel of eighteen. In all civil or criminal cases where a trial by jury is demanded, but a jury of twelve is not demanded, th0 issue shall be tried before a jury of six, to be selected from a panel of twelve jurors. In civil cases, if the issue is tried before a jury of six, each side shall be entitled to three strikes. In criminal cases, if the issue is tried before a jury of six, the defendant shall he entitled to four striks, the State to two strikes. If in the conduct of the business of said court more than eighteen jurors are by the judge thereof deemed to be necessary, he may, in his discretion draw from the jury box the names of a sufficient number of jurors to proceed with the business of the court, or he may direct the sheriff to summons sufficient number of tales jurors to fill the necessary panels. AU laws with reference to the conduct, qualifications, empanelling and challenging of jurors and governing the selection of juries in the Superior Courts shall apply to the city court of Baxley, except when inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That Section25 of the aforesaid. Act, approved December 1, 1897, be and is hereby amended by striking from the first sentence of said section the words "by a jury of twelve men, as in the Superior Courts,'' so that said sentence when so amended shall read as follows : ''Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil cases pending in said court in which a jury is demanded by either party, as provided in
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Section 14 of this Act, and all criminal cases in which defendant shall demand a jury, as provided in Section 27 of this Act, a jury shall be had in. term time under the provisions of this Act.''
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and are hereby repealed.
Under the order of reconsideration, Mr. Garlington of Richmond moved to reconsider the action of the House in passing Senate Bill No. 110.
Mr. Wisdom of Forsyth moved the previous question on the motion to reconsider, which motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Under the order of the day the following bills of the Senate were read the third time :
By Mr. Harrell of the 12th District-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town Louvale.
The report of the committee, which was favorabl,, to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes weer 117, nays 0.
The bill having received the required constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Huie of the 35th District-
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the city of Marietta to issue water-works bonds.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Hixon of the 37th District-
A bill relating to the public health.
The report of the committee, which was favorabk to the passage of the bill, 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. Sweat of the 5th District-
A bill to amend Sections 80 and 111 of the Code of 1910, relative to the election of members of th~ General Assembly.
The report of the committee, whicli was favorable to the passage of the bill, 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.
Mr. Shuptrine of Chatham, moved that members speaking to a question of personal privilege be lim-
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ited to three minutes, which motion prevailed, and speeches to a question of personal privilege are to be limited to three minutes.
By Mr. Sweat of the 5th District-
The following amendment is hereby proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives to the people of Georgia to Article 3, Section 4, ParagrapO. 1, of the Constitution of Georgia.
Amend said Paragraph 1, of said Section 4, of Article 3, as follows:
By striking from said Paragraph 1 the words ''until their successors are elected,'' and inserting in lieu of said words in said Paragraph 1, the following words, to-wit.:: "Until the time fixed by law for the convening of the next General Assembly.''
Amend further by adding to said Paragraph 1 of said section and article the following words, towit: ''That the provisions of this paragraph, section and artic~e shall apply to the term of the members of the General Assembly who were elected at the general election for membrs of the General Assembly in the year 1912. '' When amended, said Paragraph 1 of said section and article shall read ns follows: ''The members of the General Assembly shall be elected for two years and shall serve until the time fixed by law for the convening of the next General Assembly. That the provisions of this paragraph, section and article shall apply to
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the terms of the members of the General Assembly, who were elected at the general election for member8 of the General Assembly in the year 1912.''
And the Governor of the State is hereby required and directed to cause the above and foregoing amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in this StatP, for a period of two months previous to the time of holding the next general election after the submission of this amendment to the General Assembly, and shall at the next general election to be held after the submission of this amendment to the people for their ratification cause the same to be voted on, and the form in which the same shall be submitted to the people shall be as follows: ''For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 3, of the Constitution, which extends the term of office of members of the General Assembly until the convening of the succeeding General Assembly;" and ''Against the ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 3, of the Constitutionr which extends the term of, office of members of the General Assembly untiJr the convening of the succ~eding General Assembly." And shall cause the returns of said election to be transmitted to thf' S.ecretary of State, whose duty it shall be to consolidate the same, and the Governor shall issue his proclamation, declaring the result if a majority vote in favor of the said amendment, and by said procla-
a mation shaH declare said. amendme~t has become
part of the Constitution of the State.
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The report of the committee. which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
The bill being a proposal to amend the Constitution of the State, the ayes and nays were ordered, and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Ballard, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, ' Booker, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Carter, Stewart, Cheney, Clark, Clements, Cochran, Cole,
Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Collins, Connor, Cooper, Corn, Deadwyler, Dean, D~dd, Dorough,
Ellis, Ennis, Estes, Evans, Field, Fowler, Garlington, Glenn, Gower, Greene, Houston, Green, Wilkes, Griffin, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, '
Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herrington, Hines,
H~dges,
Hollberg, Hopkins, Jackson, James, Johnson, Jones, Coweta, Kimbrough, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Ledbetter, LeSueur, Lip!ICOmb, Loyd,
McCants, McCarthy, McCrory, McMichael, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, McWhorter, Melson, Methvin, Miller, Moon, Moore, Moss, Myrick, Neal, Nevil, Ntmnally, Olive, Palm our, Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pharr, Pickett, Rainey, Redwine, Reese, 'Jlhomas, Rhodes, Shadburn, Shipp, Shuptrine, Simpson, Slater, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin,
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Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert,
Stovall, McDuffie, Turner,
Suggs,
Warren,
Sumner,
Whitaker,
Taylor, Laurens. Wisdom,
Taylor, Washington, Wohlwender,
Thompson,
Wood, Walton,
Tracy,
'vVoods, Emanuel,
Those voting in .the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike,
Kidd,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Mills,
Davidson,
Parks,
Dorris,
Perkins,
Heath,
Reese, Milton,
Holtzclaw,
Reiser,
Sheppard, Sparks, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wood, Twiggs,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Akin,
Hendrix,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Jones, Lowndes,
Brinson,
Keen,
Cook,
Lee, Lee,
Crawley,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Culpepper, Clinch, Liles,
DeVaughn,
McCalla,
Duncan,
McCuiTy,
Fariss,
McLendon,
Foster,
Meaders, Oconee,
Fullbright,
Meadows, Wayne,
Grimes,
Middleton,
Hammack,
Moye,
Hardeman,
Oliver, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Ragland, Ransom, Reynolds, Slater, Spence, Mitehell, Strickland, Swift, Tootle, Wright,
Ayes 124, nays 18.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 18.
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional two-thirds vote, was passed.
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to regulate employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
The following amendments of the S~nate were read and disagreed to :
Amend Section -1 by adding the following to end of said section : '' e~cept that children ;over twelve years of age who have widowed mothers dependent upon them for support, or orphan children over 12 years r age dependent upon their own labor for suport, may work in factories and manufactories.''
Amend by striking the words 16 in Section 2, line 2, and wherever said word apears in the bill, substituting in lieu thereof the words "14 years and six months.''
By striking all of Section 2 after the word '' certificate" in line 14 of House bill.
Amend Sections 1, 2 and. 3 by adding at the end of each section the following: "Except that. the r'ore~ going provisions of this section shall not be applicable in instances speeified .and provided for in Section 8 of this Act,'' and add a new section, as follows:.
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Section 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that it shall be lawful for a child twelve years of age or more to work in and for a mill, factory, laundry, manufacturing establishment or place of amusement if such chHd has dependent upon his labor a widowed mother, or if such child is an orphan dependent upon his own labor. Whenever such child desires to work in any of such places as is specified above the fact that such child's labor is necessary to support a widowed mother, or to , support such orphan child must be found to be true, after an investigation by a commission composed of the county school superintendent and the ordinary of the county, where the work is to be done and the head of the school in the school district where the said child lives. After an investigation by said commission if it, or a majority of its members, find that the facts exist to authorize such child to work in or for any of the establishments mentioned in Section 1 of this Act because of the existence of either of the conditions hereinbefore set out. such commission shall issue a certificate to that effect which shall be kept of file in the office of the establishment where said child is at work. Such commission shall make an investigation and issue a new certificate at least once each six months, and may' prescribe as a condition precedent to issuance of such certificate school attendance for such length , time and at such time as in its discretion seems
WISe.
No such certificate more than six months old shall authorize the employment of any child nnder four-
1.
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teen years and six months of age in or for any of the places specified in Section 1 of this Act.
Also amend by renumbering the others accordingly.
By. Mr. Paulk of Ben Hill-:
A bill to create the office of commissioner of roads and reveneus for the county of Hen Hill.
The following amendments .of the Senate were read and concurred in :
Amend by inserting after the word '' misdemeanor'' in the eighth line of Section 7 the words "and other." And by striking all of Section 8. and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
''Section 8. Be it further enacted by fue authority aforesaid, That said county commissioners shall not purchase, directly or indirectly, materials, live stock, supplies or other articles for any department of the county, from himself or from any co-partners,hip in which .he may be interested, either directly or indirectly, nor from any person directly or indirectly in his employ in any capacity whatever.
Whenever twenty-five qualified voters of the county of Ben Hill shall make written complaint on information and belief to the judge of the Superior Court of said county, or to the ordinary, that any of said commissioners have been guilty of a violation of the foregoing provisions of Section 8 of this Act, the said judge of the Superior Court or the said ordinary shall cause to be made before him tp who.m
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complaint is made an investigation of said charges, at which investigation the accused shall have the benefit of counsel, if desired; and if said judge of ordinary shall find the said Commissioner guilty of the violation or violations charged, the said Commis. sioner shall within three days be removed from office by a written order of the said Judge or said Ordinary trying the charges, which order shall be recorded on the minutes of the Board of CommiRsioners, and the said Ordinary o~ the County of Ben Hill shall appoint a successor to said Commissioner a:-~ provided by Section 16 of this Act. The accused. if tried before the ordinary court, shall have the right of appeal to the Judge of the Superior Court, who shall hear the cause without a jury and in final judgmeut either in vacation or .iu term time. Each gr-and jury charged by law . with the duty of investigating the books and records and acts and doings of the County Commissioners shall make or cause to be made sp~cial investigation with a view of ascertaining whether or not any Commissioner or Commissioners have been guilty of violating any of the provisions of the First Paragraph of this Section of this Act, and in such grand jury's general presentments a report must be embodied thlilt such special invesigation has been made and the results thereof specifically stated; if such results show that any Commissioner of Co~ missioners have been guilty of such violation or violations, then there shall be stated in such general presentments the particulars of such violation and thereupon the Court shall proceed to cause to be
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made before it an investigation as is contemplated in the Second Paragraph of this Section just as if the complaint therein specified had been made to it, and with the-same duty, authority, jurisdiction and power 0f summary removal. And the. Judge of the Superior Court shall, in his charge to each Grand Jury whose duty it is to make such investigatibn, before entering upon its work for the term, g1ve specially in charge the provisions of this Section of this Act.''
Further amend,
By inserting after the word "County" in the fourth .line of Section 9 the words "and for such other convicts as the county authorities are authorized by law to work upon a county chaingang. '' And by striking Section 10 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of the county of Ben Hill shall not disburse or pay out any of the funds from the county treasurery on any order, or warrant, unless the same shall have. been signed by the chairman of said Board and its Clerk; provided, this shall not apply to jury script and such orders. drawn by the Judge of the Superior Court or City Court of Fitzgerald, in which said Judge has exc1usive jurisdiction. Before the Chairman and ClerkE! shall have the authority to draw any wa~rant, or order, on theTreasurer of the county for the payment of any money, except in the instances mentioned in the last
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clause of the preceding sentence, thence must be filed by the person in whose favor the order is drawn, an itemized, verified statement of the claim or account, which statement shall be in duplicate, one copy of which shall be filed in the office of the ordinary of the county and another copy in the office of said commissioners and the claims shall be ordered paid by the action of said.Board in meeting assembled, which said last fact shall appear on the minutes of the meetings of said Board. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the said Board of Commissioners to see that such statement of the claim or account in the ordinary's office bears number corresponding to the one in the office of said Commissioner, and the warrant or order drawn shall be so numbered or marked as to identify the particular staJtement in payment of which it was given. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners to furnish to the Ordinary at the county's expense suitable cabinets, or other furniture or the filing of the said verified statements. And by adding at the end of Section Eleven the following:
"It shall be the duty of said commissioners to prepare once each three months an itemized statement of all expenditures and disbursements made by them, which statements shall show the numbers of orders, of warrants, drawn by them on the treasurer, the amount or each order or warrant and the person in whose favor same was drawn, a copy of which itemezed statement shall be filed in the office of the Ordinary 'Of the County and one copy kept on file in the
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offiiCe of said Commissioners. Said Commissioners shall also cause to be published at the county's expense in the official organ of said County an abstract of each of s:aid itemized statements.
Mr. Blackburn of Fulton, Vice-Chalrman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules to report that the bill known as Senate Bill No. 303, entitled an Act to amend Constitution by providing for exemption of endowments from taxation be set for the purpose of reconsidering the action by the House in defeating this bill today at 10:30 o'dock or as S'Oon thereafter as the House is not considering the matter and that if reconsidered it be immediately put upon its passage. Debate to be limited to ten minutes.
BLACKBURN, Vice-Chairman.
By Mr. McNeil of the. 22d District-
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to exempt certain college endowments.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
. The bill b~ing a proposal to amend the Con stitution of the State the ayes and nays were 9rdered and the vote was as follows:
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Those voting in the affirmative were MessrS'.-
Adams, Hall,
Heath,
Adams, Pike,
Henderson,
Akin,
Hines,
Allen, Jackson,
Hodges,
Anderson, Murray, Hiollberg,
Arnold, Henry,
Hopkins,
Ballard,
James,
'Beck,
Jones, Coweta,
Bell,
Kidd,
Bennett,
Kimbrough,
Booker,
Lane, Decatur,
Brookshear,
Ledbetter,
Bullard,
Lipscomb,
Carroll,
Loyd,
Carter, Stewart, McCants,
Cheney,
McCarthy,
Clements,
McCrory,
Coleman, Calhoun, McCurry,
Connor,
McMichael,
Cooper,
McRae, Telfair,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McRae, Wilcox,
Davidson,
McWhorter,
Deadwyler,
Melson,
Ellis,
Methvin,
Ennis,
Miller,
Evans,
Mills,
Field,
Moon,
Fowler,
Moore,
Fullbright,
Moss,
Garlington,
Myrick,
Glenn,
, Neal,
Gower,
Nunnally,
Greene, Houston, Olive,
Green, Wilkes,
Palmour,
Griffin,
Parks,
Hardin,
Paulk, Berrien,
Harrell,
Peacock, Phrurr,
Pi~kett,
Thagland, Ransom, Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Rhodes, , 8hadlburn, Sheppard, Shipp, Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Spence, Mitchell, Stewart, Stone, Taliaferro, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Sumner, Taylor, Washington, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Wood, Walton, Woods, Emanuel,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks,
Blackburn, Burney, Carter, Appling,
Clark, , CochrAn,
Coleman, Laurens,
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Collins, Dean, Dorough, Dorris, Estes, Hart, Hayes, .Jackson,
,Johnson, Lane, Jasper, LeSueur, Nevil, Perkins, Rainey, Reese, Milton, Reiser,
Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Suggs, Taylor, Laurens. Whitaker,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Amold, Oglethorpe, Brinson, Carlton, Cole, Cook, Oorn, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, DeVaughn, Dodd, Duncan, Edmondson, Thriss, Foster,
Grimes, Hammack, Hlardeman, Harris, Hendrix, Herrington, Holtzclaw, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Lee, Lee, Lee, wilkinson, Liles, McCalla, McLendon,
Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne, Middleton, Moye, Oliver, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Reynolds, Slater, Strickland, Swift, ',l'ootle, Wright,
Ayes 109, nays 32. The roll call was verified.
On .the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 32.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite con~titutional two-thirds vote, was lost.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules:
By Messrs. Fowler and Miller of BibbA resolution t~ extend the morning session of the
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House in order to reconsider the action of the House in ?efeating the passage of Senate Bill No. 332.
On the ruling of the Speaker that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Rules, Mr. Miller of Bibb respectfully appealed from the decision of the Chair holding that the House should take immediate action upon the resolution without referring the same to the Committee on Rules.
On the question that ''the decision of the chair stand as the sense of the House the ayes were 95, nays 18.
The Appeal from the decision of the Chair was lost.
By Mr. Burtz of the 41st District-
A bill to provide for the purchase of Gober's Form Book.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of he bill the ayes were 47, nays 79.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite con~ stitutiona] majority, was lost.
The fol1owing message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
J:fr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of the House, to the following bill of the Senate, to~wit.:
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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.
The following message was received from the .Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
I
The Senate has passed as amended by tbe requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Blud Ridge.
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 Resolution of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution to appropriate $400.00, or so much I
thereof as may be necessary to pay for Swifts Lithia Water furnished the General Assembly.
By Messrs. Turner of the 7th District, Watts of the 11th District and Chennault of the 29th District.
A bill to amend an Act relating to Hog Cholera.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
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1143
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
By Mr. Brown of 42d District-
A bill to amend an Act to create a State Board of Veterinary E.xaminers.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agre~d to.
On the passage of the bill the aytes were 38, nays 70.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate insists on its amendments to the following bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
The following resolution was read and referred to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution to instruct the Committee on Rules to place Senate Bill No. 332 on its passage.
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The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendmenb thereto:
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard of Sumter the Hous} insisted upon its disagreement to the Senate amendments thereto and asked that a conference committee be appointed.
The Speaker appointed as a Conference Committee on the part of the House on House Bill N() 39, the following members:
Messrs. Sheppard of Sumter, Olive of Richmond, McCarthy of Chatham.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Ledbetter of Polk, and Mr. Evans of Screven.
On motion of Mr. Arnold of Henry the House adjourned until 3 o 'clo~k this afternoon.
3 O'clock P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 3 o'~lock p.m.; and was called to order by the Speaker.
Under the resolution relating to Cotto:p Tare and
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1145
Bales, the following members were appointed as Committee on the part of the House:
Messrs. Kimbrough of Harris, Clements of Irwin, Evans of Screven.
_ The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the amendment 9f thEY House to the following bill of the Seuate, to-wit.:
A bill to amend Section 5298, Volume 1, of the Code, relating to garnishments.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
.
The Senate insists upon its amendments and con-
sents to the request of the House for a conference
committee upon the follow!ng bill of the House, to-
wit. :
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor.
The President of the Senate has appointed as a Conference Committee upon part of the Senate:
Messrs. Stark, Irwin and Spinks.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, Secretary thereof:
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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has eoncurr:ed in the following resolution of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution relative to the' unfinished business of the General Assembly.
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 bill of the House, to-wit.
A bill to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to the Department of Agriculture.
The following bills and resolutions of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
A resolution to appropriate four hundred dollars t;o pay for water used by the General Assembly during the years 1913 and 1914.
The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in.
Amend by adding the following paragraph. The sum of seventy-five dollars to Jno. T. Boifeuillet Clerk of the House and fifty dollars to C. S. North(m, Secretary of Senate for preparing the pamphlets
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1147
showing the status of unfinisJred business of the session of 1913 and mailing the same to members. And amend the caption so as to add the words ''and $125.00 to pay expenses of preparing and mailing pamphlets showing status of unfinished business of 1913 and thirty-three dollars to pay for Bowden Lithia Water for the Senate.''
Add another paragraph; and thirty-three dollars to the Secretary of Senate to pay bill for Bowden Lithia Water for the Senate for session of 1914. Amend by adding the following and the sum of $176.00 is hereby appropriated to pay one assistant door keeper for the Senate that was appointed during the illness of the door keeper.
By Mr. Smith of Fannin-
A bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Blue Ridge.
The !allowing amendments of the Senate were read and concurred in :
Amend by adding two new sections, and de-numbering the repealing Section so that the same will be number 11.
Section 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall go into effect December lOth, 1914; provided, that its provisions shall not become of force and effect unless ratified by a majority of votes cast by the qualified voters of the city of Blue Ridge at an election, which is hereby called to be held on the 5th day of December, 1914, for the
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purpose of submitting the provisions of this Act to the qualified voters of said city for their reproval or rejection, which election shall be held, and the result thereof consolidated and declared in the same manner as now provided by the present Charter of the City of Blue Ridge providing for the election .>f mayor and council of said city. At said election the voters who wish to cast ballots for the approval of this Act, shall have written or printed thereon ''For approval of Act to amend the charter of the city of Blue Ridge," and those who wish to cast ballots against this Act shall have written or printed thereon ''Against approval of Act to amend the charter of the city of Blue Ridge." At the city hall or the place of holding regular meetings of mayor and council on Monday, December 7th, 1914, at twelve o'clock noon, the result of said election shall be declared by the managers of said election to the mayor and council of the city of Blue Ridge, and the said mayor and council shall have entered by the clerk and treasurer of said city the result of saia" election upon the minutes kept by the said clerk and treasurer.
Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the city of Blue Ridge to give notice of the holding of the election hereinbefore called by publication in two issues of the Blue Ridge Post and the Blue Ridge Summit, newspapers published in said city immediately preceding the day of the election, but in no event shall the neglect or failure of the mayor to
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make such publication prevent the holding and declaration and result of said election.
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 bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the Georgia Normal College.
Under the orders of the day the following bills were read the third time.
By Mr. McNeill of the 22d District-
A bill to provide for the establishment of Kindergartens in this State.
Mr. Stewart of Coffee moved to tab1e the bill and all amendments which motion prevailed and the bill with amendments was tabled.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee moved to reconsider the action of the House in tabling the bill and amendments.
On the motion to reconsider the ayes and nays were called which call was sustained and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Akin,
Bennett,
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Blackburn,
Herrington,
Booker,
Hopkins,
Bullard,
James,
Carter, Stewart,
Jones, Coweta,
Cheney,
Kidd,
Clements,
Kimbrough,
Cochran,
Ledbetter,
Cole,
LeSueur,
Connor,
Lipscomb,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., McCants,
Dodd,
McMichael,
Dorough,
Miller,
Ellis,
Moore,
, Ennis,
Moss~
Evans,
Myrick,
Field,
Nunnally,
Fowler,
Palmour,
Glenn,
Peacock,
Green, Wilkes,
Pharr,
Henderson,
Rainey, Reese, Thomas, Sheppard,
Sh~pp,
Shuptrine, Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, Smith, Fulton, Smith, Rabun, Stone, Taliaferro,
Thompson, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wimberly,
"rWisdom, ohlwender,
Yvood, Walton,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, , Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Beck, Burney, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Clark, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Davidson, Deadwyler, Dean, Dorris, Estes.
Griffin, Hardin, Harrell, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Hines, Holtzclaw,
Jackson, Jolmson, Lane, Decatur, Lane, Jasper, Loyd, McRae, Telfair, McRae, Wilcox, Melson, Mills, Moon, Ne.~il,
Parks, Perkins, Ransom, Redwine,
Reese, Milton, Reiser, Simpson, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart,. Stone, Dawson, Stovall, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Suggs, Sumner, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,
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Those not voting were Messrs.-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Hammack,
Ballard,
Hardeman,
Bell,
Hendrix,
Brinson,
Hlldges,
Brookshear,
Roll berg,
Collins,
Jones, Lowndes,
Cook,
Keen,
Cooper,
Lee, Lee,
Co.rn,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Crawley,
Liles,
CuLpepper, Cl.i.ooh, McCalla,
DeVaughn,
McCarthy,
Duncan,
McCrory,
Edmondson,
McCurry,
Fariss,
McLendon,
Foster,
McWhorter,
Fullbright,
Meaders, Oconee,
Garlington,
Meadows, Wayne,
Gower,
Methvin,
Greene, Houston, Middleton,
Grimes,
Moye,
Neal, Olive, Oliver, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Paulk, Berrien, Pickett, Picquet, Rlagland, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadhurn, Slater, Spence, Mitchell, Strickland, Swift, Taylor, Laurens. Taylor, Washingto11, Tootle, Wright,
Ayes 61, nays 60.
The verification of the roll eall was dispensed with:
On the motion to reconsider the ayes were 61, nays 60.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.
The report of fhe committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
The ayes and nays were called, which caH was sustained and the vote was as foUows :
Tlhose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Adams, Pike,
Akin,
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Bennett,
Henderson,
Blackburn,
H~nes,
Booker,
Hopkins,
Brookshear,
James,
Bullard,
Jones, Coweta,
Carter, Stewart~
Kidd,
Clen'ients,
Kimbrough,
Cole,
Lane, Decatur,
Connor,
Ledbetter,
Cooper,
LeSueur,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Lipsoomb,
Dodd,
McCants,
Dorough,
McCarthy,
Ellis,
McMichael,
Ennis,
McRae, Wi.loox,
Evans,
Miller,
Field,
Moon,
Fowler,
Moore,
Garlington,.
Moss,
Glenn,
Myrick,
Gower,
Nunnally,
Green, Wilkes,
Palmour,
Paulk, Berrien, Peacock, Pharr, Pickett, RJagland, Rainey, Reese, Thomas., Rhodes, Shipp, Shuptrine, S.lade, Smith, Fannin, Smith~ DeKalb, Smith, Fulton, Spence, Mitchell, Stone, Taliaferro, Wheatley, Williams, Wimberly, Wisdom, W ohlwender,
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Allen, Glascock, Allen, .Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anderson, Murray, Arnold, Henry, Beck, Bell, Burney, Carroll, Carter, Appling, Oheney, Clark, Cochran, Coleman, Calhoun, Coleman, Laurens, Com,
Davidson, Deadwyler, Dean, Dorris,
Estes, Griffin, Hardin, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Heath, Holtzclaw, Jackson, Johnson, Lane, Jasper, Loyd, McRae, Telfair, Melson, Methvin, Mills, Nevil, Parks, Perkins, Ransom, Redwine,.
Reese, Milton, Reiser,
Simpson, Smith, Rabun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stewart, Stone, Dawson, Stovall,. Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, Suggs, Sumner, Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Whitaker, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,
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1153
Those not voting were. Messrs.-:-
Arnold, Oglethorpe, 'Ballard, Brinson, Carlton, Collins, Cook, Crawley, Culpepper, Clinch, DeVaughn, Duncan, Edmondson,
:F'ariss, Foster, Fullbright, Greene, Houston, Grimes, Hammack,
Hardeman, HatTell, Hendrix, Herrington, Hodges, Hallberg, Jones, Lowndes, Keen, Lee, Lee, Lee, Wilkinson, Liles, McCalla, McCrory, McCurry, McLendon, McWhorter, Meaders, Oconee, Meadows, Wayne,
Middleton, Moye, Neal, Olive, Oliver, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Picquet, Reynolds, Shadburn, Sheppard, Slater, Strickland, Swift, Taylor, Washington, Tootle, Wood, Walton, Wright,
Ayes 68, nays 62.
T'he roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the ayas were 68, nays 62.
T'he bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Slater of Bryan, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:
Atlanta, Ga., August 12th, 1914.
Mr. Speaker:
I, as Chairman of your Committee on Penitentiary beg leave to submit a report of the various sub-committees as to their inspection of the convict camps of Georgia for the consideration of the House.
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I, as Chairman, beg to make my individual report :
After my appointment as Chairman of this Committee I learned that heretofore the custom has been for the members of the House and Senate who were appointed on the Committee of Penitentiary in visiting the convict camps of the State to visit the camps furtherest from their .County. Members in North Georgia would visit the camps in South Georgia, members in South Georgia would visit the camps in North Georgia; those in E~ast Georgia would visit the camps in West Georgia, and those in West Geor- / gia would visit the camps in East Georgia, thereby costing the State considerably more money than the inspection of camps should have. Your Committee on Penitentiary adopted a rule that the sub-com. mittees were made up so that each member visited the camps near his own County as possible.
'I am constrained to believe that the custom of members of the Legislature visiting the several convict camps of the State of Georgia is a useless expense to the .State, that the ordinaries of the S'everal counties of Georgia where convict camJlS are located could and would do this work to better advantage to the convicts and to the system and at a very little cost to the S,tate. If they are to be visited by memhers of the Legislature a small committee should be -appointed to make the inspections at such time as suited their convenience, looking to the best interest of the State. When the committee starts out in some way all the camps in the' State soon have notice of the pending inspection and sub-committees are not
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always able to find conditions as they were before the inspection was made.
The reports of the several sub-committees, with few exceptions, state that the convicts of the State in the different camps are well cared for; that their state of health is good, and that the system of putting the convicts upon the, public roads is working satisfactorily and is materially benefitting the State in the building up of a splendid system of highways.
We visited the State F'arm at Milledgeville. I myself made a very careful inspection of the entire State Farm. I was there just before the harvest season. I found that a splendid crop had been made upon the State Farm, that the crop had been well and S'cientifically cultivated. I have no criticism to make of the management of the State F'arm, but on the contrary commend the splendid work to the General Assembly. There is on the State Farm a great many convicts who are a heavy burden to the State. The hospital there is filled with inmates all during the year. The Children's Reformatory has an aver~ age of about 225 inmates, who are practically useless to the State and a very heavy burden, but I feel that the work being done to reform that class of youthful criminalS' should be continued.
There. are in the penitentiary a great many convicts that I feel that it would be best for the State if they we:re pardened, provided they have friends or kindred who are able to care for them, as the peni-
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tentiary is no longer a punishment for that class of convicts who are suffering from disease and old age.
From my observation of the State Farm I am constrained to believe that the State of Georgia has a piece of property which as soon as possible it should dispose of. and buy a farm elsewhere. It is rolling land made up largely of barren hills and gulleys. Some of the fields planted in corn and other farm products after proper cultivation and high fertilization with a good crop year, as was last year, is worked at an expense to the State. That particular class of land should be planted in peach, apple and pecan orchards, as it never can be cultivated in corn and cotton at a profit to the State. What it takes to make the terraces on some of the land in a few years will pay for land elsewhere in a level s:ection of the State. There is not enough timber on the State Farm to use for fuel purposes and the item of coal alone in a few years will cost the State more than it would to buy a farm in South Georgia, where land is cheap and timoer plentiful. The Prison Commission since organization has never been able to make this farm absolutely self sustaining, and in my judgment no Prison Commission hereafter will ever be able to make it self sustaining, unless it is converted into .a profitable orchard; and I recommend that the next Legislature take up the matter of purchasing another site for a State Farm and in some way dispose of the present farm when-
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.ever another is completed whereby the convicts may be transferred.
Respec.tfully submitted,
w. F. SLATER,
Chairman Penitentiary Committee.
Mr. Thompson of Madison, Chairman of the Committe on the State Sanitarium, submitted the following report:
The Senate and House Committee have visited and inspected the Georgia State Sanitarium, makes the following report:
We find all buildings in thorough sanitary condition and the administration deserves special commendation for the neatness and general care of the buildings.
We find the Institution in need of many improvements for the accommodation of the daily increasing number of inmates. Among these needs we men~ tion especially the Laundry. This plant while in running order is entirely inadequate for the requirements, being erected when there were only twelve hundred patients. Now with 3,700, it is readily seen that it is impossible to do the necessary work 'with such a plant. We therefore recommend that such amount be appropriated as is needed for the enlargement of this plant.
We find, too, that in the twin buildings certain wings have not been completed and with the increasing demands made upon the institution for admit-
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tance, we recommend that sufficient appropriations be made for the completion of these wings. We :find the negro building badly crowded. There being in this building around one thousand inmates. The building was erecte'd for the accommodation of only seven hundred. Thus it may be seen that it is in a very crowded, condition and is against the welfare of the inmates.
We :find that the Institution is badly in need of a general hospital. As it is, the sick have to be cared for in the halls with the well, and this should have special consideration.
Respectfully submitted, J. T. LONGINO,
Chairman Senate Committee. J. R. P. THOMPSON, Chairman House Committee.
Mr. Moon of Troup moved that the hour of ad-
jourmnent $5 o'clock, be annulled and that the House
remain in continuous session until otherwise order-
ed, which motion prevailed.
ffl
The following resolutions were read and adopted:
B..Y. Mr. Miller of Bibb-
That the General Assembly adjourn sine die at 7 o'clock p. m.
By Messrs. Connor of Spaldi~g, Pickett of Terrell and Glenn of 'iVhit:field-
A resolution. Whereas, this House having about .:finished the :fifty days of the present session, and
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Whereas the Hon H. H. Swift of the county 'Of
Muscogee, on account of illness had not been able \
to attend the sessions of the House, and Whereas
the members of the House have materially missed
the presence of the genial gentleman from Muscogee,
Therefore be it resolved, by the House that we deeply sympathize with him in his misfortune and that we learn with pleasure that he is on the road to recovery and will soon be well. We wish for him the pleasure of coming day_s health and prosperity.
By Mr. EnniS' of Baldwin-
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville.
The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in.
Amend the caption of the bill by adding at end the following words: ''Also the sum of $10,000 to said Trustees for the use of the Georgia School of Technology.
Amend by adding a new seCtion, to be known as Section, the following: ''The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Georgia School of Technology for. maintenance out of any funds not otherwise appropriated and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said sum.
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By Mr. Booker of Wilkes-
A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 to t,he Department of Agriculture.
The following Senate amendments were read and ooncurred in :
Ame'nd by adding an item as follows in caption and body of bill: ''To the experiment Station of Georgia for the purpose of repairing and preserving the buildings of the same, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars.''
Amend as follows: By striking out the sum $10,000.00 where it occurs in the caption and Act and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of $5,000.00.
The following Senate bill was taken from the table and placed on its passage:
By Mr. Foster of the 27th DistrictA bill to regulate the manner of sentencing per-
sons convicted of certain felonies.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to passage of the bill was agreed "to by substitute.
On the passage of the ,(ij.ll the ayes were 89, :nays 21.
T'he bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
By Mr. Miller of the 24th DistrictA bill to abolish the office of Quarter-Master
General.
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The report of the committee, which was favorable
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 821 nays 17.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
Mr. Connor of Spalding moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill, which motion prevailed and the 'bill was reconsidered.
Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee called the ayes and nays on the passage of the bill, which call was sustained and the vote was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.-
Adams, Pike, Allen, Glascock, Allen, Jackson, Allen, Pickens, Anderson, Banks, Anders<>n, Murray, Arnold, Hemy, Bell, Bennett, Blackburn, Brookshear, Bullard, Burney, Carroll, Oarter, Stew8rt, Cheney, Olements, Cole, Coleman, Calhoun, Connor, Cooper,
Oorn,
Herrington,
Culpepper, Meriwtr., Hines,
Davidson,
Hallberg,
Deadwyler,
Hopkins,
D~an,
Jackson,
Th>dd,
James,
Dorough,
Jones, Coweta,
Ellis,
Kimbrough,
Estes,
Lane, Decatur,
Field,
LeSueur,
Fowler,
Lipscomb,
Glenn,
Loyd.,
Gower,
McCants,
Green, Wilkee,
McMichael,
H~rdin,
Melson,
Harrell,
Methvin,
Harris,
Miller,
Hart,
Mills,
Hayes,
Moon,
Heath,
Moore,
Henderson,,
Nevil,
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Nunnally, Parks, Peacock, Pharr, ;Rlagland, ltansom, Redwine, Reese, Thomas, Reiser, Shilpp, Shuptrine, Simpson,
Slade, Smith, DeKalb, Smith, Fannin, S.mith, Fulton, Smith, Rahun, Sparks, Spence, Carroll, Stone, Dawson, Stone, Taliaferro, SOOY'all, Elbert, Stovall, McDuffie, 8uggs,
Taylor, Laurens. Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Warren, Wheatley, Whitaker, Williams, Wisdom, Wohlwender, Wood, Twiggs, Woods, Emanuel,
T'hose voting in the negative were Messrs.-
Clark, Cochran,
Holtzclaw,
McRae, Telfair, Paulk, Berrien,
Rpence, Mitchell, Stewart,
Those not voting were Messrs.-
Adams, Hall,
Greene, Houston,
Akin,
Griffin,
Arnold, Oglethorpe, Grimes,
Ballard,
Hammack,
Beck,
Hlardeman,
Booker,
Hendrix,
Brinson,
Hiodges,
Carlton,
.Johnson,
Oarter, Appling, Jones, Lowndes,
Coleman, Laurens, Keen,
Collins, '
Kidd,
Cook,
Lane, Jasper,
Crawley, .
Ledbetter,
Culpepper, Clinch, Lee, Lee,
DeV.aughn,
Lee, Wilkinson,
Dorris,
Liles,
Duncan,
McCalla,
Edmondson,
McCarthy,
Ennis,
McCrory,
Evans,
McCurry,
Fariss,
McLendon,
Foster,
McRae, Wilcox, .
Fullhright,
Meaders, Oconee,
Garlington,
Meadows, Wayne,
McWhorter, Middleton, Moss, Moye, Myrick, Neal, Olive, Oliver, Palmour, Parker, Paulk, Ben Hill, Perkins, Pickett, Picquet, Rainey,
Reese, Milton, Reynolds, Rhodes, Shadburn, Sheppard, Slater, Strickland, Sumner, Swift,
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Taylor, Washington, Wimberly,
Tootle,
Wood, Walton,
Wright,
Ayes 99, nays 7.
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 7.
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.
Mr. P.aulk of Berrien moved that the House adjourn until 8 o'clock p. m., which motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 8 <\clock p. m.
8 O'clock P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8 o'clock p. m. and was called to order by the Speaker.
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 bills of the House, to-wit.:
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A bill to provide for the inspection and supervision of slaughter houses.
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 bill of the House, to-wit:
A bill to supplement the appropriation heretofore made to the Georgia State Sanitarium for the years 1914 and 1915.
The Conference Committee No. 1 on House Bill
No. 39, known as the Child Labor Bill submitted the
following report:
/
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee appointed to confer with a like Committee from the Senate concerning differences between the House and Senate on amendments to House Bill No. 39, known as the Child Labor Bill, beg leave to report that the Conference Committee have been unable to agree and we ask that another Conference Committee be appointed.
SHEPPARD, OLIVE, McCARTHY. We concur in the above report. SPARK, SPINKS, IRWIN.
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The report was received and the Speaker appointed the following members' as a new Cenference Committee on House Bill No. 39.
Messrs. Blackburn of Fulton, Ledbetter of Polk, Dorough of Franklin.
The following resolution was read and adopted.
By Mr. Holtzclaw of Houston-
A resolution. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that His Excellency, Governor J. M. Slaton, be and is hereby requested to hang upon the walls of the Executive office his portrait, before he retires from the office of Chief Executive of .Georgia.
The following Bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.
By Mr. Sheppard of Sumter-
A bill to provide for the insp~ction of slaughter houses, etc.
The following amendments of the Senate were read and concurred in :
Amend by adding in section one following the word "Agriculture" the following: Provided that no rule shall be adopted in the supervision of slaughter houses to prevent the carrying into and acception in sueh houses of cattle infected with ticks intended
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for slaughter except in counties where the work of tick eradication is in progress or where the work is completed and the county released from quarantine
Amend further Section 2, by inserting in line 15, page 3, by inserting after the word which shall the following: Provide ways and means for shipping home grown and home killed meats into any city in Georgia, as far as practical the rules established under this Act shall conform with the meat inspection requirements of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry.
Under the orders of the day the following bills
. were read the third time.
By l\fessrs. Searcy of the 26th District and Smith of
the 9th District-
A bill to amend Section 6134, of the Code of 1910, fixing the salary of the stenographers of the Supreme Court.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 88, nays 13.
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.
The followii;J.g message was received from the Senate, through l\fr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has received the report of the Confer-
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1167
ence Committee upon the following bill of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of laibor.
And the President of the Senate has appointed the following as a new Conference Committee upon the above Bill, to-wit.:
Messrs. Searcy, Tyson and Huie.
Conference Committee No.2 on House Bill No. 39,
known as the Child Labor Bill, submitted the follow-
ing report:
Mr. Speaker:
We, the Conference Committee appointed for and on behalf of the House have met a like committee of the Senate with a view of adjusting the differences between the Senate and the House on House Bill No. 39, and being unable to agree, we recommend the appointment of another Conference Committee by the presiding officers of the House and Senate respectively to consider said differences.
R. B. BLACKBURN, T. G. DoROUGH, L. L. LEDBETTER,
For the House.
We concur in the above on the part of the Senate.
w. E. H. SEARCY,
C. M. TYsoN, G. M. HuiE.
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The report was received and . the Speaker appointed as Conference Committee No. 3, on the part of the House the following members:
Messrs. Nunnally of Floyd, Shuptrine of Chatham, Wisdom of Forsyth.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has accepted the report of the Conference Committee upon House Bill No. 39, known as the Child Labor Bill, and the President of the Senate has appointed the. following as a new conference Committee upon said bill:
Messrs. Elkins, DuBose and Burtz.
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the Senate amendment thereto:
By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Holtzclaw of Houston-
A bill to supplement the appropriation to the
Georgia State Sanitarium.
The following Senate amendments were read and
concurred in.
Amend Section one by striking out all after the enacting clause down to the word "for" in the 21st line of said Section and substituting in lieu of that
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portion the following: That there be appropriated for the use and support of the Georgia State Sani. tarium for the year 1914, $23,433.00 additional main. tenance for 1914, and $7,500.00 for completion of unfinished wings of building and for increased maintenance for year 1915, the sum of $36,362.00 and the further sum $17,362.00 for enlargement of laundry to be paid in '1915, and the further sum of $17,905.00 to be paid out of the for 1915 to pay on overdraft already incurred.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has failed to pass by the requisite con~ stitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit.:
A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Text Book Commission for the State of Georgia.
A bill to amend an Act to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium to estab lish a training school.
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 requesting Governor J. M. Slaton to
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hang a portrait of himself on the walls of Executive office.
The following mes!sage was received from the Senate, throughMr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
ThE!' Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit.:
A bill to authorize counties of any population to elect or appoint county police.
A bill to appropriate $15,000 for repairs of State Normal School at Athens.
A bill to provide for the payment of fees now .fixed by law for the ordinaries of this State, in connection with pension work.
A bill to ;:tuthorize and empower railroad companies owning and operating a railroad to better improve their lines of railroad by relocation of tracks, etc.
A bill to appropriate the sum of $1,567.00 to pay premium on insurance policies issued for the protection of the South Georgia State Normal College.
A bill to enaible individuals to ship in car load lots, goods or merchandise for individual use without payment of special or license tax as dealers.
A bill to regulate and control all Fraternal benefit s'Ocieties to prescribe their admission into this State and for other purposes.
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A bill to amend Section 2824, of the Code of 1910, by changing same so as to include University, etc.
A bill to provide for the recording of maps, plans and surveys of sub-divisions in counties of a population of not less than 11,000 and not more than 13,000.
A bill to provi.de for the distribution of the automobile tax funds among the counties of Georgia.
A bill to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 to the Department of Agriculture for the culture of nitrate setting bacteria.
A bill to amend an Act making appropriations for the purpose of T'ick eradication.
A bill to appropriate the sum of $9,000.00 to t~e Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia.
A bill to make appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the years 1914 and 1915.
A bill to provide that coupons belonging to bonds of the State may be paid at maturity by the authorized representatives of the State without the pres'entation of the bond, and for other purposes.-
A bill to create a system of public schools for the town of Box Springs.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Wilburn in the county of Franklin.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Toccoa.'
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Dublin.
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A bill to amend the charter of the town of Adrian.
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and Finance for the county of Hart.
A bill to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenue for the county of Hart.
A bill to incorporate the town of Sparks m the county of Berrien.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of Lavonia.
A bill to provide that the proYisions of the Act of the General Assembly approved August 21st, 1905, in relation to new counties now modified as Chapter 13, of Title 6, of the Civil Code, shall apply to all new counties.
The following message ~as received form the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit.:
A resolution providing for a new Great Seal of the State.
A resolution providing that the Governor draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the amount illegally collected as taxes from Nix Bros., C. P. Norman & Co., and Stewart Bros., and refund same to said parties.
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A resoll1tion to supply a deficiency existing in the Military Department of the State.
A resolution to appropriate $43,000.00 to pay pensions of ex-Confederate soldiers.
A resolution to refund F. P. Rahn $50.00 illegally collected by the tax collector of Effingham County.
A resolution to appropriate the sum of $60.00 to pay a pension to Mrs. Harriet C. Hargett for the year 1914.
A resolution for the relief of J. L. Wooten from judgment on bond of Norah Martin in Sumter Superior Court..
A resolution to appropriate $15,000 additional to the Printing Department.
A resolution for the relief of L. L..Simmons.
A resolution making appropriation to pay increase in S'alaries of the bookkeeper and stenographer of State Bank Examiner.
A resolution for relief of Georgia School of T'echnology.
A resolution to memorialize our representatives in Congress to devise ways and means for the handling of the cotton crop now maturing.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Sepaker: The Committee on Enrollmell\t !have examined,
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found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor and following Acts and resolutions, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 21. An Act amending the Constitution of the State so as to authorize the legislature to abolish the office of County Treasurer in any county.
House Bill No. 39. An Act to regulate the employment of children in certain kinds of labor to prohibit their employment below certain ages.
House Bill No. 41. An Act to require executions to be liens on land in the county where recorded.
House Bill No. 1114. An Act incorporating the city of Fitzgerald.
House Bi}l No. 1069. An Act to create and incorporate the city_,of Colbert.
House Bill No. 1108. An Act to amend, codify and consolidate the various Acts incorporating the city of LaF'ayette.
House Bill No. 1148. An Act to incorporate the town of Adrian.
House Bill No. 1053. An Act to create a new charter for the city of Millen.
House Bill No. 512. An Act for the regulation and control of Fraternal Benefit Societies'.
House Bill 47. An Act to authorize counties of any population to appoint county police.
House Bill No. 97. An Act making an appropriation for repairs on State Normal "School at Athens.
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1175
House Bill No. 170. An Act providing for the payment of the fees fixed by law to the ordinaries of the State in connection with the pension work.
House Bill No. 290. An Act to revise the health laws of the State, and provide for the appointment of Boards of Health.
House Bill No. 327. An Act authorizing Railroads to improve their lines..
House Bill No. 373. An Act providing for the
payment by counties' of the expenses of bringing
back fugitives from justice, who have gone beyond
the limits of the State.
House Bill No. 375. An Act to create a Book Bureau in the Treasury Department.
House Bill No. 399. An Act making an appropriation to pay the premiums on the insurance policies issued for the protection of the South Georgia State Normal College.
House Bill No. 403. An Act authorizing the shipment of goods in car load, under certain conditions without the payment of a special tax.
House Bill No. 446. An Act making an appropriation to the Department of Agri'culture.
Hous'e Bill No. 551. An Act providing for the inspection of slaughter houses, meat markets and dairies.
House Bill No. 616. An Act to authorize the issue
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of bonds to pay off public d~bt of State due July 1st, 1915.
House Bill No. 750. An Act to supplement the appropriation heretofore made for the support of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the years 1914 and 1915.
House Bill No. 758. An Act to ma.ke an appropriation of $5,000.00, supplemental to the appropriation for 1913, to the State Normal School at Athens.
House Bill No. 70. An Act to regulate the prac-
tice of the occupation of Barber in certain cities
within the State of Georgia; to provide for the
registering and licening of persons to carry on such
practice and to .insure the proper sanitary condi-
tions in Barber Shops.
Hom;e Bill No. 879. An Act to appropriate $15,000 to the State Board of Entomology for work on ''Black Root,'' Mexican Boll Weevil, etc.
House Bill No. 881. An Act to amend the Code in reference to court repoters.
House Bill No. 871. An Act to appropirate $2,000 to Department of Agriculrture for culture of nitrate setting bacteria.
House Bill No. 850. An Act to appropriate $7,500 to the Department of Agriculture.
House Bill No. 809. An A1t to provide for the distribution of the automobile tax funds among th'e counties of Georgia.
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1177
.House Bill No. 807. An Act requiring Clerks of Superior Courts in certain counties to keep books for recording maps.
House Bill No. 815. An Act to supplement the appropriation for printing new volumes of Supreme Court and Qourt of Appeals Reports.
House Bill No. 831. Au Act to amend Section 1131, of Code, so as to allow County Commissioners in certain counties to :fix compensation of Court Reporters.
House Bill No. 907. An Act to amend Act making appropriation for tick eradication.
House Bill No. 924. An Act to appropriate. the sum of $5,000 for the years 1914 and 1915, for Georgia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto.
House Bill No. 937; An Act relative to working chain gang forces by county authorities.
~ouse Bill No. 978. An Act to appropriate $9,000 to the Confederate Soldier's Home.
House Bill No. 983. An Act to make appropriation for the contingent ex~nses of Department of
Commerce and Lallor.
Hous'e Bill 1013. , An Act to appropriate $5,000 additional for Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
House Bill No. 1029. An Act to amend the Act
establishing the Insurance Department.
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House Bill No. 1102. An A~t to amend Act establishi:v.g City Court of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 1104. An Act to amend an Act amending Section 4996, of Code, in reference to special bailiffs.
House Bill No.1106. An Act to fix sal~ries of City Court Bailiffs in cities of not less than 150,000 population.
House Bill No. 1123. An Act providing that coupons to State bonds may be paid by State without presentation of bonds.
House Resolution No. 41. A Resolution provid ing for the pairnent of $100 to W. T. Jones for the capture of Andrew McCullough, an escaped convict.
House Resolution No. 57. A resolution to appoint committee to investigate legislation on cotton tares and standardization of cotton bales.
House Resolution. A resolution to refund to the Covington and Oxford Street Railway Company the sum of one hundred dollars.
House Resolution No. 86. A resolution returning $50.00 each to certain parties for tax illegally collected by tax colloctor of FultonCounty.
House Resolution No. 93. A resolution to supply a deficiency existing in the military department of the State by reason of the Augusta rates.
House Resolution No. 167. A resolhtion to appro.priate the sum of $43,000 to pay pensions of ex-
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1179
Confederate soldiers for 1914, because of a deficiency in the appropriation made for said year as shown by report of the Commission of Pensions
House Resolution No. 169. A resolution giving the assent of Georgia to an Act of Congress providing for co-Operative Agricultural Extension Work.
House Resolution No. 226. A resolution to appropriate $15,000 additional t? the penitentiary department of the State.
House Resolution No. 267. A resolution inC:reasing the salary to the State Ban'k Examiner.
House Resolution-No. 277. A resolution for relief of the Georgia School of Technology.
House Resolution No. 298. A resolution relative to unfinished business~ of the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DAVIDSON, Acting Chairman.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report :
Mr. Speaker:
T!he Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Act and Resolutions, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 755. An Act to amend Section 2824, of the Code of Georgia.
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.JouRNAL OF THE HousE,
House Bill No. 889. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Dade.
House Bill No. 903. An Act to vest title to bridges in the city of Rome, in Floyd County.
House Bill No. 959. An Act to create 'a new charter for the city of Ellaville.
House Bill No. 967. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 968. An Act to create office of Commissioner of roads and revenues for the county of Madison.
House Bill No. 984. An Act to repeal an Act creat" ing the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the county of Henry.
House Bill No. 996. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Newnan.
House Bill No. 1017. An Act to repeal an Act prescribing the duties of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Ben Hill County.
House Bill No. 1027. An Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Montgomery.
House Bill No. 1028. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the town of East Lake.
H9uS'e Bill No. 1045. An Act to amehd an Act incorporating the town of Smyrna.
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House Bill No. 1067. An Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the city of Rome.
H~use Bill No. 1056. An Act to repeal an Act creating the City Court of Gray.
House Bill No. 1071. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Laurens.
House Bill No. 1072. An Act to repeal ~m Act reducing the number of County Commissioners of Laurens County.
House Bill No. 1099. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Baxley.
House Bill No. 1120. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Union.
House Bill No. 1132.- An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Vanna.
House Bill No. 1133. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 1136. An Act to amend the several , Acts incorporating the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah.
House Bill No. 1138. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Wilburn.
House Bill No. 1140. An Act to amend an Act chartering the city of Toccoa~
House Bill No. 1143. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter fo the city of Dublin.
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House Bill No. 1144. An Act to amend an- Act relating to public instruction in Richmond County.
House Bill No. 1145. An Act to amend the Acts incorporating the city of Blue Ridge.
House Bill No. 1147. An Act to repeal the Act incorporating the town of Oakhurst.
House Bill No. 1152. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Decatur.
House Bill No. 1153. An Act to amend an Act creating county court of Bryan County.
House Bill No. 1154. An Act to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Forsyth.
House Bill No. 1157, An Act to abolish the office of Commissioner of Roads -and Revenues in the county of Hart.
House Bill No. 1131. An Act to create the city Court of Boston.
House Resolution No. 40. A resolution providing for new Great Seal of State.
House Resolution No. 44. A resolution to relieve M. J. Dolan, and J. W. Seals, both of Ware County.
House Resolution No. 113. A resolution for the relief of R. L. Graham.
House Resolution No. 209. A resolution to refund F. P. Rohn fifty dollars, illegally collected.
House Resolution No. 212. A resolution to appropriate sixty dollars to pay a pension to Mrs. Harriet C. Hargett for the year 1914.
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House Resolution No. 224. A resolution for relief of J. L. Wooten from judgment on bond of Nora Martin in Sumter Superior Court.
House Resolution No. 238. A resolution to appropria;te $60.00 to Mrs. Eliza Mincey as a Pension.
House Resolution NQ. 249. A resolution for the relief of L. L. Simmons.
House Resolution No. 278. A resolution authorizing the publication of Orville A. Park's new Code.
House Resolution No. 304. A resolution requesting Governor Jno. M. Slaton to hang a portrait of himself on ~the walls of the Executive office.
Respectfully submitted,
W. T. DAVIDsoN, Acting Chairman.
Mr. Davidson, Acting Chairman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found. properly enrolled, duly .signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit.:
House Bill No. 855. An Act to establish the City Court of Sylvester.
House Bill No. 1018. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Ben Hill County.
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House Resolution No. 1022. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for M' ontgomery County.
House Bill No. 1049. An Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon.
House Bill No. 1128. An Act to create a system of public schools for the town of Box Springs.
House Bill No. 1146. An Act to amend the charter for the Town of Decatur.
House Bill No. 1150. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Rossville.
House Bill No. 1151. An Act to incorporate the town of Round Oak.
House Bill No. 1156. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Hart County.
House Bill No. 1159. An Act to incorporate the town of Sparks in the county of Berrien.
House Bill No. 1161. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the town of Lavonia. House Bill No. 1162. An Act applying the pro\Tisions of Chapter 13, of Title 6, of the Civil Code, to all new counties.
House Resolution No. 122. A resolution making an appropriation to pay for Swift's LHhia Spring Water Company furnished the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted, W. T. DAviDsoN, Acting Chairman.
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1185
Th following minority reports were submitted and filed:
Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned memb~rs of the Committee on Education, beg leave to file an adverse or minority report against the substitute for House Bill No. 22, and we herewith give as our reasons for Qpposing the passage of this bill, as follows :
First. The original House Bill 22, provided for a State Text Book Commission to be immediately created and to enter at once upon the manufacture of books directly or indirectly by the State, without any investigation whatever. Later, the author of the bill introduced a resolution for the appointment of a Comittee to look thoroughly into the question of books, the cost of manufacture and the method of distributing the same. Our Committee on Education
deemed it wise to make this investigation and it has
reported favorably a resolution providing for the Committee to investigate and report to the next session of the General Assembly.
Second. House Bill 22, as reported by the Committee on Educrution seems to ignore the resolution already passed up and it provides for the immediate manufacture of a few books before the investigation is made. In this, we feel that the position of the majority is inconsistent and unwise.
Third. The Committee on Appropriation has reduced the appropriations to the common schools $50,000 and we do not believe the school fund should
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be taxed with several thousand dollars in addition to this loss for the purpose of experimenting with the manufacture of school books before a full and complete investigation has been made. We wish it distinctly understood that we are for a full investigation of this matter and we deem it unwise to plunge the Btate headlong into an experiment without first making an investigation which will reveal facts and figures upon which the General Assembly may intelligently act.
Respectfully submitted, McMICHEAL of Marion, CLEMENTS of Irwin, ANDERSON of Murray.
Minority report by memb~rs of General Judiciary No. 1, on Senate Bill No. 2.
Mr. Speaker: The General Judiciary Committee No. 1, of the
House having had under consideration the following bill. of the Senate, to-wit.: Senate Bill No. 2, by Senator Tarver of the 43d, being a bill to amend the Code of this State on the subject of recovery for * * * homicide.
\
And your Committe having reported that said bill
do pass, the undersign~d members of said committee
beg leave to submit this minority report and respect-
fully recommend that said bill do not pass, for the
following reasons :
1st. Because of the present law of this State is amended by the provisions of said bill it would incourage fradulent claims and suits.
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1187
2d. Be cause the provisions of said bill are too far reaching and drastic in their terms.
SHELBY MYRICK, H. J. FuLLBRIGHT, LOUIS E. WISDOM, JoHN P. CHENEY,
w. F. SLATER,
R. N. HoLTZCLAW.
Minority report from Appropriations Committee.
We, members of Appropriation Committee, submit the following minority report on House resolution No. 52:
We recommend that the same do not pass for the reason that the Appropriation sought by said resolution is illegal and contrary to law.
CltAWFORD WHEATLEY, N. F. CuLPEPPER, A. B. GREENE, H. J. FuLLBRIGHT' P. S. BuRNEY, A. W. Meoders, Oconee
Mr. Speaker:
Now -comes ~he undersigned and files this, their
minority report to the action of the Special J udic-
iary Committee in recommending that 1Senate Bill
No. 110 do pass, and for the reason that said bill as
drawn is unjust and unfair.
E. v. HEATH,
B. H. MoYE.
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Minority report .of Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 on House Bill No. 129 :
We the undersigned members of General J udiciary Committee No.2 make report to the House and recommend that House Bill No. 129 do pass.
w..r. NUNNALLY,
E. T. MooN.
'Mr.. Speaker:
The undersigned members of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, beg to dissent to the recommendation of the committee reporting and recommending that House Bill No. 228, amending Section 2665 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, do pass.
Our dissent from the report of the majority of the committee is based upon the reasons hereinafter stated.
The provisions in said bill prohibiting the railroad commission from approving any issue of stocks, bonds or notes by a public utility corporation for use in payment of a franchise obtained from a municipality by one of the incorporators or organizers and for use in payment of services of a person in organizing such corporation and for use in payment of expenses of organizl,ltion of such incorporation, would be destructive, unreasonable and without cause of initiative and new enterprise. Such franchises have a value, and their value is recognized by the law of this State, which taxes them. This bill would arbitrarily declare that such a franchise should not be capitalized, even under the super-
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1189
vision of the railroad comm~ssion, and that such a franchise could not be made use of in properly financing the legitimate needs of the corporation. The prohibition upon the payment of time and services rendered by an organizer in forming such a corporation, would discourage persons in organizing corporations of this character, and practically make it impossible to induce business men to attempt to form new corporations of a public nature. Georgia Ghould not declare that a premium is to be placed on business enterprise. The time and services which a person' devotes to organizing a corporation and obtaining the franchise by virtue of which it operates, are valuable, and there is no sound reason why such a person should not be compensated therefor. To declare that the expenses which one. incurs in organizing a corporation should not be compensated is absurd.
The further prohibition of the bill directing the railro.ad commission not to approve any issue of stock, notes or bonds by a public utility corporation unless entirely and bona fide subscribed for before application is made for approval of such issue, is drastic in the extreme, and would absolutely prevent corporations already in business from financing their additional capital needs. The corporations already organized and doing business first authorize and provide for additional issues of stock when capital is needed, and then sell such stock as purchasers can be found after the same are authorized. After such stocks are authorized by proper corporate action,
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the corporation has something definite to sell. Before authorization the corporation has nothing to offer, and investors will not subscribe for something that merely exists in imagination.
The author of this bill has stated that the evil which it aims to prevent is the watering of stock, hut the terms of the hill fail to distinguish between the legitimate and the illegitimate, and the bill, as written, would simply paralyze industry in Georgia.
We believe that the present law is extremely adequate to prevent a watering of stock by public util. ity corporation. The Railroad Commission under the present statute has full power to withhold its approval from any issue of stock notes or bonds which are not to be sold for a valuable and adequate consideration. All issues of stocks, notes or bonds under the law as it it now is, have to receive the approval of the railroad commission. The railroad commission has not neglected its supervisory power in these rnatters, and there has been no request from the commission for. any such drastic and d<:>structive legislation as we believe this would be.
Respectfully submitted,
w MINTER IM:BEI:LY'
H. H. SwiFT, J NO. Y. SMITH,
ALONZO FIELD.
Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned, members of the Committee on the Amendment to the Constitution, which com-
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1191
mittee has had under consideration House llill No. 236, being known as the proposed amendment to the Constitution for the purpose of Creating the new County of Griggs, beg leave to herewith submit our dissent to the recommendations made by the committee.
In this connection we respectfully show that during the short time given to consider this proposed amendment, it appeared by a properly signed certincate from the tax receiver of Worth County, that a majority of the actual registered voters in that part of Worth County which is proposed to be cut off, had signed their protest to being cut off into the proposed new county of Griggs.
It further appeared that that only about onefourth and certainly not more than one-third of the owners of the land in Worth County, which is proposed to be cut, favored this move.
A very large majority of the owners of the land -perhaps three-fourths-in Worth County, in the affected district in that county, opposed the move.
It further appeared that of the one hundred and five (105) lots in Colquitt Co1mty that it was proposed to cut into the new county of Griggs, the resident owners of sixty-one (61) of the lots, which was a clear majority, registered their protest to the move.
Owners of ten (10) other lots lying in this ter-
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ritory, but the owners living at other places, likewise
filed their protest.
The uncontradicted statement shows that fully ninety per cent. of the people and property holders in that part of Mitchell County which is proposed to cut off into the new county of Griggs oppose the move.
I did not sit with the other members of the com-
mittee in hearing the Griggs County proposition,
hut from the best information at my command, if
1 had been present I would have voted ~gainst the
measure.
w. H. GRIFFIN,
Member of Committee on C.onstitutional Amend-
ment~.
The residents of Worth County and Colquitt County were present opposing the move.
:Some one hundred and fifty (150) citizens of these counties, coming largely from the section that it is proposed to be cut off, attended the meeting of this committee, and they, together with the residents from Worth and Colquitt counties, were present for the purpose of making their protest.
Neither of these counties have but one member in the General Assmbly, and therefore neither of these counties can be called a large county.
Worth County has already been cut twice to make Tift and Turner counties, and if it is now cut again,
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1193'
as proposed, it will leave it in a misshaped, awkward condition.
B. L. SMITH, H. W. HoPKINs, JOHN P. CHENEY, Louis E. WisDoM,
c. H. STONE,
A. A. McCRoRY.
Mr. 8 peaker:
The undersigned, members of General Judiciary
Committee No. 2, :respectfully submit this, their
minority report to the a'ction of the majority of said committee in adversely reporting House Bill
247, and the undersigned members of said com-
mittee recommend that said bill do pass, as amended
by said committee.
w. T. DAVIDSON, c. R. ELLIS,
W. J. NUNNALLY.
Mr. 8 peaker:
The undersigned, a minority of your Committee on 'Constitutional Amendments, have had under consideration the following bill of the House, No. 285, proposing the creation of the new county of Hansen, with Pelham as the county-seat, beg to submit the following minority report:
We respectfully dissent from the majority report in recommending the passage of said bill, and assign the following reasons :
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1st. The committee had previously recommended favorably the creation of Griggs County, taking a large portion of the territory of Mitchell and Colquitt counties, both of said counties being again cut to form the proposed Hansell County.
2nd. That a large portion of territory of the proposed Hansell County is taken from the county of Grady, created in 1905.
3'rd. That Thomas County was cut in 1905 by the
creation of Grady County, thereby losing one of her
.representatives.
.
4th. That it appeared by petitions and protests
from the citizens and property owners in the terri-
tory affected tliat they were unalterably opposed to
the creation of Hansell County.
Respectfully submitted,
c. GROVER
EDMONDSON'
c. R. LEISUEUR,
0. T. GowER,
JOHN- P. CHENEY.
Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned members of your Committee on Education, beg leave to submit a minority report, and report that House Bill No. 53'2 do pass for the following reasons, to-wit.: This being purely a permissive bill and could only go into effect in -cities, towns, districts or counties where the people desire to put it into effect. We therefore believe
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1195.
that those desiring it should be given permission
to do so. Respectfully submitted, H. H. ANDERSON' C. R: McCRoRY, J. N. WALL.
Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned members of the Committee on Municipal Government, beg leave to, and do hereby, file this our minirity report to the action of s1:1-id committee in refusing to report favorably House Bill No. 636 creating a new charter for the city of Augusta, and do hereby recommend that said bill uo pass, as amended, to take effect 1914, with referendum.
Respectfully submitted, BooKER, of Wilkes, HoDGES, of Brooks, SHIPP, of Pulaski, DoROUG;H, of Franklin.
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Railroads had before it for consideration and recommendation House Bill No. 759, after a consideration. of which a majority of the committee recommended that the bill do not pass.
We, the undersigned member of said committee, being present and participating, voted adversely to the majority, and beg leave to submit this, our minority report, for the reasons and upon the
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grounds that the bill is meritorious, in the interest of good morals and should pass.
Respectfully, N. F. CuLPEPPER, H. J. FuLI,BRIGHT.
We, the following members of General Agricultural Committee No.2, beg leave to submit a minority report on House Bill No. 615, as follows: A bill.to be entitled an Act to provide for the removal of the Georgia experimental station to a point in South Georgia; to further define its :purposes and to establish a closer relation between said stations, the State colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts and for other purposes. As a minority of said committee we recommend that said bill do not pass.
I. H. BEcK, J. N. SIMPSON, C. H. SToNE, Taliaferro,
J NO. w. HENDRIX,
D.P. MELSON, SPENCE, of Carroll, R. J. ARNOLD, of Henry,
P. c. PARKS,
a. w. PHARR.
Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned members of your Committee on Public Printing, beg leave to, and do hereby, file this, our minority report, to the action of said com-
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1197
mittee in reporting favorably House Bill No. 576, and do hereby recommend that said bill do not pass.
(Signed) BooKER, of Wilkes, McCALLA, Rockdale.
We, the undersigned members of Ways and Means Committee, beg leave to submit a minority report on Ho~se Bill 859, the purpose of said bill was to have notes, mortgages, etc., returned for taxation, and recommend that said bill do pass.
Respectfully submitted, W. I. DoRRis, W. H. EsTEs,
A. s. J. STOVALL.
Mr. Speaker:
House Bill. No. 792, having this day come on for a hearing before the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, and upon a vote being taken a majority of said committee having made a recommendation that the bill do not pass, and we, the undersigned members of said committee, being in the minority and dissatisfied with said recommendation, beg leave to file this minority report and recommend that said bill do pass, for the reason that the arguments made in favor of the bill and the evidence produced before said committee clearly showed that there is no reason why the ballot or right to vote should be withheld from the women of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted, JoHN P. CHENEY, A. A. McCuRRY.
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Whereas, we believe that House Bill No. 890, by Mr. Whitaker, of Heard, should pass and become a law as an aid to the "Tax Equalization Law," approved August 14, 1914, and whereas, said bill wiU receive an unfavorable report from the Ways and Means Committee, therefore,
We hereby submit a minority report, and recom-
ment that said bill, No. 890, do pass.
w. I. DoRRIS,
W. H. EsTES,
s. A.
J. STOVALL.
We, the undersigned members of the Appropria- , tion Committee, respectfully disagree to the adverse report of this committee on House Bill No. 1095, as amended, wbich bill appropriates the sum of $150,000 to the public schools of Georgia, in addition to the funds already appropriated, and beg to recommend that said bill do pass, for the following reasons:
It has been necessary in many counties of the State to make the term of the public schools one month shorter than usual this year, on account of- lack of funds, and the school population of our State has greatly increased during the past few years, without a corresponding increase in appropriation, the amount appropriated per pupil therefore being greatly diminished. We believe that the public schools, affecting as they do, the interests of the masses of people more intimately than any other
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1199
cause receiving State support, should receive first
consideration at the hands of the State.
Respectfully submitted,
c. M. METHVIN,
A. w. MEADERS,
N. F .CULPEPPER,
s. w. FARRISS.
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Ways and Means having had under consideration Bouse Bill No. 14, and having reported same adversely, therefore we, the undersigned members of said committee, beg leave to submit this, our minority report:
We find that the measure would be for the good of the public welfare, and it is our desire that same do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
A. s. J; STOVALL,
W. I. DoRRis, W. H. EsTEs, J. R. P. THOMPSON.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd County, vice-chairman of the Committee on Military A:ffa:irs, submitted the , following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, and instructed me as their chairman to report same
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back to the House, with the recommendation that same do pass.
Senate Bill No. 252.
Mr. Speaker:
We submit a minority report on the above bill.
.
MR. OLIVER,
MR. SPENCI1,
The Conference Committee No. 3, on House Bill 39, known as the Child Labor bill, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your committee, appointed to confer with a com-
mittee from the Senate on the differences between
the Senate and the House on House Bill 39, com-
monly known as the Child Labor bill, beg to report
as follows: That the House concurs in all the Sen-
ate amendments.
W. J. NUNNALLY, H. C. Rm:PTRINJ.1, L. E. WrsnoM,
On part of the House.
ELKINS,
DuBosE,
BuRTz,
On part of the Senate.
The report of the committee was received and adopted:
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1201
The Senate amendments to House Bill No. 39, known as the Child Labor bill, were concurred in.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee upon House Bill No. 39, known as the Child Labor bill.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Wright of Floyd-
A resolution to appoint a joint committee of the House and ~Senate to notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly has completed the business before it, and was ready to adjourn sine die.
The speaker appointed as a committee on the part of the House to notify His Excellency, the Governor, the following members :
Messrs. Wright of Floyd, Wimberley of Bibb.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the resolution of the House, providing for the appointment of a joint committee to wait upon His Excellency, the Gov-
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ernor, and notify him that the General Assembly is now ready to adjourn sine die, and the President has appointed as the committee on the part of the Senate, Mr. Hixon.
'The following massage 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 that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.
The following message was received1rom the Senate, through Mr. Northen, secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
Under the provisions of House Resolution No. 57, pruviding for a new committee to investigate legislation upon the question of cotton tares, the President has appointed the following as a committee upon the part of the Senate :
Messrs. Jones of the 3'9th District, and Hixon.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:
By Mr. Starke of the 33rd District-
A resolution that the General Assembly do now
adjourn sine die.
'
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1203
The committee appointed to notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly had completed its business, reported orally that His Excellency, the Governor, had been notified of the readiness of the General Assembly to adjourn sine die, and that His Excellency had no communication to deliver to the General Assembly.
The Speaker then announced the House of Representatives adjourned sine die.
INDEX
TO THE
JOURNAL
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE
. GENERAL AS'SEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
FOR THE
YEAR 1914
INDEX
LOUSE BILLS
A ACCOUNTANTs-
To amend Act to establish a Board of Examination. . 170
ACCOUNTs-
To prohibit courts from rendering judgments on ac
counts not returned for taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
224
To .regulate system of accounts by school officials .. 224 291
ADVERTISING, LEGAL (.See Official Newspapers)-
To prescribe the lawful medium of..................
705
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES-
To reimburse Third Congressional Agricultural and
Mechanical School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
To provide for establishment of T1velfth Congressional
District School ............................. 652 810 1049
To amend Act to establish South Georgia Agricultural,
Normal and Industrial College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
691
To establish Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal Gol
lege in North Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
704
AGE OF 'CONSENT (See Females)-
APPROPRIATIONS-
To supplement appropriations to Georgia State Sani tarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 717 943 1168
To appropriate $5,000 to State NoTmal School at Athens .................................. 13 450 961 1122
To appropriate $43,000 to pay pensions ............ 14 563 &>8 To appropriate $10,000 to prepare freight rates .... 23 717 940
1208
INDEX
To appropriate $10,000 for National Statutary Hall..
28
To .appropriate $5,000 to E. Watkins and C. Latimer.'.
28
To supplement appropriation for printing reports of
Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 188 484
To supplement appropriation for Hog Cholera. . . . . .
168
To appropriate $7,500 to Chemical Depacrtment of
.State ............... .'....................... 170' 470 883
To pay certain expenses of State Board of Education
172
To appropriate $2,000 for culture of nitrate bacteria,
191 561 927
To appropriate $150 to pay expenses of School Book
Committee .................................. 202 454 698
To appropriate $151000 for eradication of cotton wilt and boll weevil ............ ' ................. 220 471 914
To pay expenses of Penitentiary Committees ...... 221 316 475
To amend Act making appropriation for Fourth Con
gressional District School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
225
To appropriate $15,000 for tick eradication ...... 227 561 922
To refund F. P. Rohn $50'...................... 228 416 1001
To make appropriation for State Tuberculosis Sani
tarium ...................................... 249. 451 947
To make appropriation to State Board Of Heal1Jh for
vaccine points ................................. .
304
To make appropriation to build Infirmary at Athens
305
To appropriate $50,000 to South Georgia Normal and
Industrial College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
306
To appropriate $160 to pay for water . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 995 1146
To appropriate $15,000 for support of Penitentiary
Department ................................. 330' 471 924
To pay W. T. Jones a reward.......................
340
To pay L. W. and C. S. Robecrt for surveying county
lines .......................................... .
343
To refund $100 to Oxford and Covington street Rail
way Company ................................. .
344
To appropriate $9,000 to Confederate Soldiers' Home
of Georgia .................. : ............... 359 561 993
To make appropriations for Department of Labor and
Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 717 878
To reimbucrse C. W. Hillhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
406
To appropriate $5,000 to the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College at Milledgeville ......... .444 471 985 1159
To appropriate $35,000 to State School of Technology 449 987
To appropriate for repairs at Normal School at Athens 449 959
To appropriate funds to buy oil painting of Senator
Bacon ......................................... .
463
INDEX
1209
To appropriate $1,567 to South Georgia Normal College 470 990
To appropriate $1,500 to buy furniture for Secretary
of State's office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
513
To pay W. T. Stephens $176 ........................ 532 939
To make appropriation for Military Department......
562
To apprl)priate $2,500 to the Military Department .. 580 718 870
To appropriate $2,169.33 to pay insurance premiums
on buildings of the University of Georgia at Athens 581
To appropriate $25,00{) to the 'Blue and Gray Associa-
tion of Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
651
To make appropriation for Common Schools. . . . . . . . . .
653
To appropriate $5,000 each for the years 1913 and 1914 717
To appropriate $25,000 to Panama Exposition. . . . . . . . 803 10-19
To appropriate money to pay premium on bond of
State Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
875
To refund to certain parties license tax illegally ex
torted by Fulton County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
998
To reward Luther P. Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1050
To appropriate $5,000 to Georgia Experiment Station .1062 1160
ATWOOD, GEORGE E.-
In Memoriam ........................ : . . . . . . . . . . .
118
AUTOMOBILES (See Tax and Tax Laws)-
To regulate running of ...... .'.....................
157
To regulate operation of, on church grounds . . . . . . . .
581
B
BANK EXAMINER (See Salaries)-
To provide bookkeeper for State Bank Examlner .. 249 415 698 To increase salary of stenographer to State Bank Ex
aminar ................... .................. 282 337 698 To increase salary of stenographer to State Bank Ex
aminer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 977 1046
BARBERs-
To regulate occupation of
527
BEER-
To regulate sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 To make sale of near beer unlawful in Randolph County,
166 414 456
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BlERRY, S. E.-
In Memoriam
16
BONDS, MUNICIPAL-
To authorize Ochlochnee to issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 811 856 To authorize Marietta to issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933 977 10(!2
BONDS, STATE (See Public Bonded Debt)-
To provide payment for State bond coupons at ma-
turity ............................ :, . ........ 705 903 1014
To authorize Governorr to issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
837
BRYAN, J. G.-
In Memorriam
19
0 CABBAGES-
To require sellers of, to place weights on crates. . . . . . 220 261
CARLOAD LOTS-
To allow individuals to ship witlhout paying special
tax ..........................................-...
697
CARROLL, T. B.-
Sworn in as member
6
CARTRIDGES (See Weapons)CATTLE (See Live Stock)-
CEMETERIES-
To allow to hold funds in trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
OHAINGANGS (See Gommissone~s of Roads and Revenues)-
CHARTERS, MUNICIPAL-
To create new charter for Quitman ............. 8 187 213 492 To amend chwrter for Fairmount .............. 8 210 230 492 To amend charter of Bainbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 210 232 To amend charter Act of Bainbridge (hospitals) .. 10 186 212
INDEX
1211
To create new charter for Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 211 232
To amend charter of Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 187 215
To create new charterr for Macon, relative to street
tax ......................................... 169 470, 498
To create new charter for Macon, relative to chain-
gang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
169
To amend Act to provide charter forr Swainsboro .... 186 212
To amend charter of Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 232
To amend the charrter of Flin-stone..................
220
To amend Clharter of Gainesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 <!14 4!)6
To amend charter of Soperton ................... 225 314 351
To amend charter of Glenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 314 351
To amend ne": charrter of Rome relative to bridges,
226 470 542
To amend charter of Guyton .................... 248 415 496
To amend Acts creating charter for Chipley ...... 251 337 350
To establish .new charter for Clarkston . . . . . . . . . . 28~ 415 457
To amend charter of Sylvester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
291
To amend an Act to create new charter for Lees-
burg ....................................... 303 415 498
To amend Act to create new charter for Ea,;tman .. :J04 -116 499
To create new charter for Ellaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 416 499
To create new charter for Oxford ................ 304 415 458
'To amend Act establishing new charterr for Atlanta .. 329 73S
To e.stablislh new charter for Bartow ........ 357 453 502 508
To amend charter Of Smithville .............. 359 453,499 865
To amend charter of Dearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
359
To amend charter of Crawfordville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 453 500
To amend charter of Douglasville ...... : ......... 404 454 505
To create new charter for Richland .......... 405 454 501 866
To amend Act creating charter for Logansville .... 40,6 561 646
To amend Act creating new charterr for Atlanta,
441,771,862 1081
To amend Act creating new charter for Atlanta, ex
tending limits .................................. 441 810
To amend Act to establish new charter for E,ast Lakt>,
161 738 765
To amend Act to create new cilarter for Eastman . .492 660 689
To amend charter of Manchester ............... .515 6o60 689
To create new charter for Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 661 691
To create new charter for Millen ................ 550 760 812
To amend Act w erreate new charter for Milledgeville,
550 760 817.
To amend charter of Hawkinsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 660 690
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To amend charter of McCaysville ............... 552 660 6&8
To create new charter for Macon~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 644 663
To amend charter of Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582. 661 691
To .amend Act creating new charter for East Point
(bonds) ..................................... 651 740 773
A amend charter of East Point (extension of limits)
652
'To amend charter of East Point (tax levy) ........ 652 760 816
To amend charter of Tifton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
682
To amend charter of Tifton, relative Board of Educa-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
683
To amend charter of Buford .................... 6183 741 766
To amend charter of Cordele ............... : . .. 684 740 766
To amend clharter of Cairo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . .
6813
To create new charter for Carnesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
705
To amend charter of Kirkwood .................. 705 741 767
To amend charte.r of Atlanta (Extension of limits) 752 829 ii5.5
To create new charter of Eatonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 811 8.57
To amend charter of city of Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73!) 762
To amend charter of Tococa ................... 802 892. 956
To amend charter of Rossville ...... ............ 822 892 954
To create new charter for Dublin (gas plants)......
822
To amend charter of Dublin (Police Commissioners),
822 89.2 957
To amend charter of Decatur (corporate limits),
823. 892 956 1120
To amend charteT of Decatur (Board of Health) .. 824 893 955
CHECKS AND DRAFTS-
To make misdemeanor to draw or utter, when there
are no funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 561
To make misdemeanor to utter check without funds..
538
CHILD LABOR (See Minor Children)-
CHILDREN (See Minor Children)-
To establish a Board of Children's Guardian10........
222
To legitimatize certain children born out of wedlock.
361
CHOLERA, HOG-
To amend section of an Act relative to...............
261
CLARK, JOHN D.-
Sworn in
147
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CLARK, C. M., Sr.-
In Memoraim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
CLERKS OF. COURTS-
To require, in ~ertain counties to keep recordation of
maps ."....................................... 27 260 472
To presC'l'ibe duties of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209.
COCAINE, SUCAINE, E'TC.- ,
To amend law regulating sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
215
CODE AMENDMENTS-
To amend Section 588, Code of 1910, county treasurers
8
To amend Section 1439, Code of 1910, text books..... 8 290
To amend Section 5233, Code of 1910, condemnation of
overflow lands ............................... 11 210 317
To amend Section 695, Code of 1910, commutation tax
11
To amend Section 414, Code of 1910, freight trains on
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
To amend Section 696, Code of 1910, road fund......
12
To amend Section 695, Code of 1910, road law. . . . . . .
12
To amend Section 414, Code of 1910, freight trains on
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
12
To amend Section 2824, Code of 1910, University of
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 186 362
To a-mend Section 999, Code of 1910 ............... .
To amend Section 2632, Code of 1910, publication of
freight ll"ates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 450
To amend Section 1898, Code of 1910, pilot boats,
23 469 520 565
To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, Manchester a
depository ................................... 23 336 352
To amend Section 80, Code of 1910, election managers 26 315
To amend Section 6159, Code of 1910, filing traverse..
151
To amend Section 5298, Code of 1910, garnishment....
157
To amend Section 2936, Code of 1910, n~tics of inten-
tion to marry .............................. : .. .
157
To add Section 1676-A to the Code of 1910 ......... .
157
To amend Section 699, Code of 1910, road funds ..... .
158
To amend Section 1311, Code of 1910, criminal cases.
159
To amend Section 751, Code of 1910, indictments de-
manded ....................................... . 159 315
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To amend Section 588, Code of 1910, county treasurers
164
To amend Section 855, Code of 1910, sewers..........
164
To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, Irwinvi!Je De-
pository ................................... 165 336 353
To amend Section 716, Code of 1910, service contracted
for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
To amend Section 2624, Code of 1910, attorney for
Railroad Commission ............................. 168 450
To repeal Section 933, Code of 1910, locker clubs. . . .
168
To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, Wrightsville
Depository .................................. 168 337 455
To amend Section 1549, Code Of 1910, scholastic year.
171
To amend Section 12491 Code of 1910, Springfield Depository ........................................ 186 212
To amend Section 1018, Code of 1910, tax on certain
property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
To amend Section 331, Code of 1910, meeting of Gen-
eral Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
To amend Section 116, Code of 1910, giving bond....
189
To amend Section 414, Code of 1910, freight trains on
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
To amend Section 2067, Code of 1910, clerk of Commis-
sioner of Agriculture ..................... _. . . . . . 192 470
To amend Section 2104, Code of 1910, skimmed milk .. 217 261
To amend Section 4984, Code of 1910, court reporters,
218 717 814
To amend Section 1363, Code of 1910, quartermaster-
general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
218
To amend Section 2104, Code of 1910, distilled vinegar 218 261
To amend Section S17, Code of 1910, clerk of Jury
Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
219
To repeal Section 2120, Code of 1910, State Board of
Entomology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li20 200 1064
To amend Section 434, Code of 1910, drainage in cer-
tain cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
221
To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, Blairsville De-
pository ..................................... 225 337 456
To amend Section 2817, Code of 1910, trust companies 226. 451
To amend Section 919, Code of 1910, officers making
arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
227
To amend Section 414, Code of 1910, freight trains on
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
To amend Section 3276, Code of 1910, mOTtgages......
260
To re-establi!lh Section 1434, Code of 1910, State mili-
tia ............................................. 270 1042
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To repeal Act repealing Section 1435, Code of 1910,
State militia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
To amend Section 3298, Code of 1910, bill of sale .... 283 316
T-o amend Section 447, Code of 1910, validation of
bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
To amend Section 600, Code of 1910, railroad tax....
283
To amend Section 695, Code of 19101 commutation tax 284 717 To amend Section 3349, Code of 1910, mortgage on
crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . 284 977
To amend Section 1549, Code of 1910, county boards
of education ................................ 305
To amend Section 135, Code of 1910, county unit rule 330
To amend S"ection 147, Code of 1910, bw-glary . . . . . . . 357 853
To amend Section 1005, Code of 1910, female conv!ets 358
To amend Section 1249, Code -of 1910, Camilla De
pository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35:8 453 473
To amend Section 351, Oode of 1910, tippling houses.
359
To amend Section 414, Code of 1910, freight trains on
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 644
To amend Section 4252, 'code of 1910, notes sued....
405
To amend Section 1131, Code of 1910, court reporter.. 414. 568
To amend Section 6002, Code of 1910, fees of jus
tices of the peace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 539
To amend Section 4968, Code of 1910, disbarred at-
torneys ...................................... 462
'To amend Section 946, Code of 1910, peddlers' tax ... .
46!1
To amend Section 75, Code of 1910:, county eourts .. . 487
To .amend Section 886, Code of 1910, election of alder-
men . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
To amend Section 532, Code of 1910, justices of the
peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
To amend Section 1249, Code of 19l0, Woodbury De-
pository ................................ 532 562 765
To amend Section 720, Code of 1910, mortgaged prop-
erty ................ :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 53S
To amend Section 6003, Code of 1910, justices of peace 539
To amend Section 6004, Code of 1910, constable fees.
539
To amend Section 6006, Code of 1910, constable fees.
539
To amend Section 3092, Code of 1910, insane persons.
550
To amend Section 886, Code of 1910, criminal courts.
552
To alJ1end Section 1249, Code of 1910, Ellaville Depos-
itOil"y .................................. :. 552 718 742
To amend Section 431, Code of 1910 (payment of
county expenses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
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To amend Section 4679, Code of 1910 (justices of
peace and tax receivers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
660
To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, Buford Depos
tory ........................................ 618a 718 814
To .amend Section 4900, Code {)f 1910, compensation
of special bailiffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 740 855
To amend Section 612, Code of 1910, catching fish....
752
To amend Section 4680, Code of 1910, election of bail
iffs ....... .................................... .
802
To amend Section 1126, Code of 1910 (Solicitor-Gen-
eral fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
845
To amend Section 2084, Code of 1910 (Department of
Agri.culture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064
OOMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUEs-
To amend Act to create, for Hall County .......... 13 290 324
To amend Act to create, for Dougherty County. . . . . . . . . 24
To amend Act to ereate, ff1f Dougherty County. . . . . . .
165
To amend Act to create, for Charlton County .... 165 349.455
To repeal Act to create, for Pierce County ....... 166 450 662
To authorize County Commissioners of Bibb to issue
bonds ....................................... 169 450646
To repeal Act to amend Act to create, for Greene
County ...................................... 169 2.11 233
To amend Act to create, ff1f Greene County ....... 170 211 229
To authorize Catoosa County to levy certain taxes. 219 451 497
To v>est Floyd County Commissioners full title to
bridges in !Rome ........................ 226 470 543 1098
To amend Act to create, for Wilkinson County. . . . . . . 304
To amend Act to create, for Ware County ........ a28 452 499
To repeal Act to CJreate office for Henry County,
357 453 502 1078
To create office of, for Madison County ...... 358 452 503 865
To repeal Act to create office of, for Madison County,
358 452. 500
To amend Act to create, for Toombs County ...... 404 454 501
To repeal Act to create, for Ben Hill County ...... 442 539 566
To create office of, for Ben Hill County ......... .443 540 566
To amend Act to create, for Campbell County .... 443 562 645
To repeal Act to create, for Montgomery County . .461 854 896
To create, for County of Montgomery ............ 462 854 898
To establish, for Dodge County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 540 566
To repeal Act to create office of, for Dodge County 492 540 563
To amend Act to create, for Putnam County ...... 531 739 772
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To amend Act to create office of, for Jones County 552 760 812 To amend Act to create, for Dougherty County .. 580 7.61 ~15 To create, for Laurens County ................... 580 739 771 To create, for Pulaski County .................. , 684 811 856 To create, for Union County ..................... 706 761 813 To repeal Act reducing number County Commission
ers for Laull'ens County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 772 1()118 To amend Act to ereate, for Turner County. . . . . . . . . 802 To create, for Dade County .. ; . , ............ , .... , 866 980 To abolish office of, for Hart County ........... 818'5 893 954 To create office of, for Hart County .............. 886 893 955
OOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTs-
Dorough, of Franklin ..................... , . . . . . . . .
6
Deadwyler, A. P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Carroll, T. B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
154
Williams, Bion .............................. :. . . 155
Glenn, George G. . . , ........ , ................. , . . . 155
Peacock, H. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Methvin, C. M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155
Clark, Jolhn D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
COMMITTEES, OONFERENCE-
No. 11 on House Bill No~ 391 child labOT.............. No. 21 on House Bill No. 39, child labor.............. No. 3, on House Bill No. 391 child labor. . . . . . . . . . . . .
COMMITTEES, SPEOIAL-
To notify Governor convening of General Assembly. . To attend dediootion on Cheatha-m's Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . On Park Annotated Code. .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . On Cotton Tare ........................... , . . . . . To notify Governor of adjournment, sine die........
1144 1165 1168
7 154 464 1145 1201
COMMUNICATIONs-
From Comptroller General Wright...................
31
Message flrom Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
92
From President Wilson ....................... , . 245
From Commission on Panama Pacific Exposition. . . . . 256
From Georgia Woman's Suff.rage Association. . . . . . . . 54i.
Message from Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58"
From Hon. J. S. Stew.art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
Fro-m citizens of Fitzgerald......................... 1022
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From Hon. Harvie Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114
OONSERVATION-
To encourage g.rowth of pine forests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTs-
To exempt certain .endowments from taxation. . . . . . . .
9
To amend, relative to qualifications of voters. . . . . . . .
24
To amend so as to provide for Initiative and Refer
endum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
To amend, fixing per diem of members of General As
sembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 187 724
To amend, so as to limit tax rate....................
26
To amend, relative to Confederate soldiers' property.
27
To amend, relative to pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
To ame~d, relative to justices of the peace in certain
counties ..................................... 165 18'8: 318
To amend, relative to fees of .county officers . . . . . . . . 186 577
To amend, so as to abolish county treasurer.........
195
To amend, so as to give Wheeler and Bleckly Counties
xepresentation .................... 249 293,451 577 719 918
To amend, so as to provide for Lieutenant-Governor,
279 325 570
To put in force amendment relative to certain pensions 284
To amend, so as to create office of County Prosecuting
Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 417 459 474 545
To amend, relative to endorsers of ~otes ............. 360 452
To amend, Telative to debt of counties and cities .... 405 760
To amend, so as to provide for biennial sessions. . . . .
405
To amend, so as to allow county officers to receive
salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
To .amend, so as to exempt property of deaf, dumb
and blind persons from taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
531
To amend, so as to provide additional qualifications
for voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
569
To amend, so as to exempt endowments to colleges
from taxation .......... : . ...................... 580 7.39
To amend, relative to uniform operating laws........
147
CONSTlTUTIONAL CONVENTIONTo provide for holding of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
CONVICTS-
To employ on certain trunk 'line .roads .. .'. . . . . . . . . .
26
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To authorize counties to hire to other counties........
303
CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL (See Eminent Domain)-
To incorporate the town of Hapeville .............. 8 210 231
To amend Act to incorporate Tignall................ 1() 455
To incorporate 1fue town of Mullin's Ford............
10
To incorporate the toWn of Portal. ....... ....... 10 186 213
To amend Act to incorporate Clermont ............ 13 187 213
To authorize city of Savannah to close certain streets,
23 210 230
To repeal Act to incorporate Crandall. .......... 25 187 214
To re-incorporate Fort Gaines ............... 26 1187 215
To repeal Act of registration for Fort Gaines ... . 27 187 262
To incorporate Waverly Hall....................... 150 To incorporate Aragon .............. ~ ......... 156. 186 215
To ainend Act to incorporate Coolidge ........ 158 ,291 317
To incorporate Cobb ........................... 166 314 35.2
To incorporate West Green ....... ; ............ 166 314 358
To repeal Act to incorporate Five Forks ...... 2'25 415 504 645
To amend Act incorporating Soperton, relative to
.schools .................................. :221 314 351
To re-incorporate town of Cecil. ......... . 1 249 415 496 To amend Act to incorporate Barwick ............ 306 416 496
To incorporate Cadwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 453 50'1
To amend Act incorporating Newnan ............ 400 853 894
To amend Act to incorporate Nicholson .........._. . 427
To change name of town of Kestler .. , ............ 492 540 565
To amend Acts incorporating Fort Valley........ 513 562 646
To amend Acts incorporating Brunswick ...... 514 644 663 9\W
To incorporate town of Attapulgus .............. 514 562 646
To amend Act 8imending Act codifying Acts to incor-
porate Dalton ......................... 514 562 647
To authorize Thomasville to abandon certain streets,
550 643 664
To amend several Acts incorporating Rome .. 552 661 812 1033
To incorporate the city of Colbert....... 580 660 694 983
To amend Act to incorporate Lyons ........... 5182 761
To amend Act to incorporate Hull ...... , . . . . . . . . . . 652 718
To amend Act to incorporate city of College Puk.653 740 762
To amend Act to incorporate Fitzgerald .... 683 741 765 1060
To amend Act to incorporate Hull. . . . . . . . . . . . 683
To incorporate Normantown ..................684 761 815
To amend Act to incorporate Donaldsonville .... ;684 740' 773
To amend Acts to incorporate LaFayette ....... 684 741 762
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To amend Act to incoorporate Royston ........... 705 741 771
To amend Act incorporating Vanna . . . . . . . . . 752 953 979 1121
To repeal Act to incorporate Wilburn ............... 802 891
To amend Act to incorporate Martin .............800 939: 979
To incorporate Round Oak ..................... 822 892 954
To amend Act incorpora-ting Adrian ........... 823 892 955
To amend Acts incorporating Blue Ridge .... 823 892. 957 1147
To repeal Act to incorporate town of Oakhurst,
&24 892 95S 1120
To amend Act to incorporate city of Savannah . . . . 753 829 861
To amend Act to incorporate Sparks ............ 888 977 1031
To amend Act to incorporate Lavonia........... 950 977 1032
OORPORATIONS, PRIVATE-
To amend Act providing for reviver of charter of .. 9 187 363 To require to file semi-an;11ual statement with Secretary
of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 To amend Act to regulate filing of returns of domestic
and foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 To provide for surrender of franchise of . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
COSTS AND FE~ (See Ordinaries)-
To ~require persons prosecuting parties for illegal
boarding or riding on trains to deposit costs of
courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
T0 fix costs in actions for recovery of personalty. . . . 538 To provide for collection of attorney's fees in mort-
gages ......... ...............................
644
OOTTON AND COTTON SEED-
To prohibit sale of certain kind of cotton-seed meal.. 171 1818
COUNTY AND COUNTY MATTERS-
To provide for auditing books of county officers....
219
To autlhorize c9unty authorities to close roads, etc. . 219
To authorize Camden County. to cede certain lands to
United States Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 281 363
To require county authorities to turn over to IIIIUnic
ipal authorities certain portions of road tax ... 284 561 692
To amend Act to provide for working roads in Toombs
County ............................. 405 454 503 866
To authorize County Commissioners to furnish weights
and measures to Ordinaa-ies ............ .'. . . . . 581
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'1221
To authorize eounty authorities to rura1 mail route roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To authorize counties .to appoillt police..............
683 1037
OOUNTY POLICE (See County and County Matters)-
COUNTY TREASURERS (See Constitutional Amendments)-'-
COURTS, CITY AND COUNTY-
To amend Act to establish for- city; of Sylvester,
170 291 317 1033
To repeal Act to establish f9r city of Tifton .......... 20.9 230
To amend Act creating City Court of Floyd County,
282 316 353
To abolish City Court of Pulaski. ............... 329 452 473
To amend Act to establish City Court of Douglas . .442 660 688
To repeal Act to create City Court of Gray .. 549 660 690 1077
To amend Act to establish City Court of Macon,
'
644 664 681 940
To establish City Court of Swainsboro.............. -651
To fix salaries of City Court Bailiffs in certain coun-
ties ......................................... 685 741 815
To abolislh City Court of Jeffersonville . . . . . . . . . . . 705 741 767
To amend Act to create City Court of Baxley.... 740 773 1123
To create City Court of Boston .................. 752 811 856
To repeal Act establishing City Court of Forsyth .. 823 854 894
To amend Act to create County Court of Bryan .... 824 8~4 894
'COURTS, :MVNICIPAL-
To elect judges of Atlanta Municipal Court by people, 652 739 830
To amend Act creating Municipal Court for Atlanta, 685 740 863
To establish, f()l!' Fort Valley .................... 7'28 761 814
COURTS, SUPREME AND SUPERIOR-
To change time of Chattahoochee Superior Court .... 9 31 150
To change time pf Grand Jury sessions of Wilkes Su-
.
perior Court ....... '........................... 11 210 232
To change time of Terrell Superior Court ......... 158 211 231
To change time of Dawson Superioa- Court ........ 166 211 233
To authorize county authorities in Toombs Supe-
rior Court Circuit to pay eertain criminal costs .... 216 349
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To r~range Oemulgee and Dublin Judicial Circuits, 248 4,15 457
To provide far four terms of Pulaski Superior Court, 330 452 473
To provide for four terms of Too.be Superior Court, 515 541 566
To provide for four terms of Monroe Superior ~urt. 561 66()
CROPS-
To provide for mortgaging unplanted crops..........
170
D
DEADWYLER, ABA P.-
Sworn in as m-ember...............................
6
DEATH SENTENCE-
Executed by electrocution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 To abolish death penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5181
DEEDS, MORTGAGES, ETC.-
To void deeds of conveyance in certain eases........
492
DEPOSITORY, STATE-
To authorize the Governor to designate a fiftlh depository for Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 414 456
DIVORCES- '
That no final decree shall be entered until lapse of twelve months ........... ; .................... 1021 1099
DOVES (See Game and Fish)-
E
ELECTION AND ELECTION LAWS (See registration)-
To prescribe manner of holding primaries in Dodge {))unty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 495
To amed Act providing for primary election in Savanna-h ................................ 552 o644 661 690
INnmx
1223
EMINENT DOMAIN-
To authorize city of Augusta to condemn eertain lands, 12 31 151
To provide for judimial cognizance of proceedings in condemning private property ....... '..... 13 315 479'
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOY:E._ Unlawful to withhold any pllll"t of wages ............ 166 260
EVIDENCE-
To make World's Almanac and Encyclopedia legal evidence as to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . 442 717
EXECUTIONs-
To be liens on land only in county where recorded..
363
EXPERIMENT STATION (See Appropriations)-
F
FACTORIES (See Labor and Labor Statisties)-
FA~ SURVEYsTo provide for, in eo-operation with United States Government . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329'
FEES (See Costs and Fee~)To repeal, requiring certain officials to keep .daily account of fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218: To provide for payment of attorney's fees in mortgage and notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.
FEMALEsTo raise the age of consent:........................ 188;
FOODTo require all prepared good to bear date of packiBg 248:
FOXEsTo prevent killing of. foxes ill certain seasons ... 249 38'1' 350t
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FRATERNAL SOCIETIEs-
To ~regulate ...................... ~ ................ . 1041
FuGITIVEs-
To pay actual expenses in bringing back to justice.. 478
G GAME AND FISH-
To amend Game. and Fish Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 260
To amend Section 14 of Game and Fish Laws . . . . . . . . 157 260
To prothibit catching fish in Pierce, Wayne and Ap-
pling Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
305
To amllnd Game and Fish Laws......................
329
To amend Game and Fish Law, hunter's license.....
359
To amend Game Laws ............................ 427 452
To prevent use of steel traps in taking wild or domes-
tic animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
To amend Game and Fish Laws ................... 462 939
To exempt Confederate soldier from hunter's license
tax ............................................ 551 661
To amend Act to protect game and fish . . . . . . . . . . 753 811 1041
To better protect the oystell' and shell-fish industry. . . .
888
GARNISHMENT-
To regulate proceedings ilf._........................
10
GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM-
To change name to Georgia State Hospital for Insane 742
GLENN, GEORGE G.-
.Sworn in as member
6
GOVERNOR'S MANSION (See Public Property)-
.
H
HEALTH (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-
HIGHWAYS (See Public Highways)-
.HOMESTEADs-
How to exempt $300 an.d wearing appareL . . . . . . . . 159 539
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INDEX
1225
HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSES-
Require to post rates
260
HYDROPHOBIATo proviae for destruction of animals with. . . . . . . . . 514
HYGIENE AND SANITATION-
To revise health laws of the State.................. 785 1098 To provide for inspection of sla,ughter !houses ....... 1038 1165
I ICE PLANTS-
To authorize certain towns to operate ice plants...... 25 315
INDUSTRIAL HOME (Tr.aining Schools)-
INSANE PERSONS-
To give three nerurest adult relatives right to waive ten days' notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1037
INSURANCE-
To regulate fire insurance premiums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190'
To provide procedure in eases of receivers for insur
.anee companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
To amend Act to establish Insurance Deprurtment . .463 540 1011
To forbid domestic insurance co.mpanies from doin.g
business in other States under certain conditions. . .
686;
INVITATIONS4-
From the Home of Old -women and Widows of Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
From Chamber of Commerce of Athens.............. From DeeatU!r Board of Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From Floyd Cctunty delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From Good Roads Congress........................
153 460 68{) 730 1050
J
JUDGES (See Salaries)-
To prescribe duties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
1226
INDE~
JUDGMENTS (See Trials)JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-
To relieve, from exhibiting dockets to grand jury. . . . 444 L
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAUTo establish Department of .................. 24 450. 488 522
LmRA.RY (See Public Library)LIENS (See Executions)-
To create liens in favor of surveyors................ 24 539
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR (See Constitutional Amendments)-
LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LAWS-
Unlawful to sell, if contains more than 1h of 1 per cent.
aloohol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Repeal Act relative to sale of, in Elbert County .... 360 416 503
LIVE STOCK-
To protect 1fue live stock of certain residents in Lib-
erty County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
To prohibit locker clubs...........................
190
LOCKER CLUBS (See Liquor and Liquor Laws)-
Me :YcGEEE, 0. W.-
In Memoriam
17
"MANSION, EXECUTIVE (See Public Property)-
MEAT MARKETS (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-
.MEMBERS-
Sworn in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
INDEX
122.7
MESSAGES, EXECUTIVE-. 5 29 92 147 445 490 586 654 708 753 1092
MESSAGES, SENATE-
4 5 159 208 223 251 285 308 331 332 355 356 401 402 42S 426 445 464 465 516 517 533 554 687 709 710 730 803 ~04 827 828 829 845 846 891 936 937 939 974 975 976 1024 1025 1026 1038 1039 1054, 1055, 1056 1057 10681q76 1089 1090 10911113 1114 1117 1119 1141 1142 1143 1145 1146 1149 1163 1164 1166 1169 1170 1172 1199 1201 1202
MINOR CHILDREN-
To regulate the employment of children in certain kinds <Of labor ................... ; ... 578 649 675 1132 1144
MONEY LENDERS-
To amend Act to authorize, to take mortgages as
security
443
MORTGAGES (See Taxes and Tax Laws)-
N
NEAR BEER (See Beer)-
NEW OOUNTIEB-
To create Candler County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 To create Treutlen County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 To create Bacon County .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 417 To create Tate County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 To create Griggs County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 To create Hansell County ..................... .457 777 1079 To Create Evans County .................... To provide that all Acts of General Assembly relative
to .counties be applicable to new counties hereafter created .................................. 950 977 1043
NEWSPAPERS, OFFICIAir-
To amend Act to regulate manner of selecting. . . 705
NOTARIES PUBLIC-
To provide cashiers of banks can exercise notarial functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 562
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0
ORDINARIES (See Costs and Fees)To provide for .payment of fees in pension cases .... 227 103,6
OXFORD AND COVINGTON STREET R. R. CO. (See Appropriations)-
OYSTERS -(See Game and Fish)-
p P AIN'n'! AND OILS-
To prevent deception in sale of paints..............
336
PEACOCK, H. A.-
Sworn in as member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
PENSIONs-
To pay J. I. Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 211
'To amend Pension Act, approved July 8th, 1910......
158
To pay J. D. Pullian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 337
To pay Mrs. Harriet C. Hargett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 519 1065
To pay pensions under certain conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . 357 519
To pay Eliza \Mincey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 471 880
To pay L. E. Davis ................................ 653 1077
To pay N. M. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 718
To pay Mary L. Oooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
To pay James Saunders............................
950
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE-
Mr. Adams, of Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
172
Mr. Moon, of Troup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
244
Mr. Wimberly, of Bibb . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . 469
PERSONAL PROPERTY-
To allow o'IVner of conditional sale of personal property for purchase to foreclose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
To provide for administration of personal property estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
PINE FORESTS (See Conservation)-
INDEX
1229
PLUMBERSTo provide for examination of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-
To regulate practice of criminal laws by allowing defendants in criminal eases to be sworn............
To abolish :fictitious form of pleading in ejectments.. To provide for service of bills of exceptions on de
fendants in error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To create commission to revise civil and 'criminal pro-
Ced:ure ...... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209 , 315
315
403
PUBLIG BONDED DEBT (See State Bonds)-
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS COMMISSION-
To establish, far State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 To establish, for Dade County .................. 219 316 542 To create State Hig~hway Department .......... 226 247 1034
PUBLIC PRINTING-
300 copies of-House Bill No. 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 153 To establish office of Superintendent of. . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 560 250 copies of House Bill No. 22 and substitute....... 164
PUBLIC PROPERTY-
To authilrize city of Chattanooga to maintain a sewer through the State property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 229 487
To create commission to sell Governor's Mansion. . . . 400 To donate strip of land at Governor's Mansion to At-
lanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 416
PUBLIC WEIGHERS-
To r.equire, to keep record books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
R
RAILROAD CO:MlMISSION-
To authorize, to safeguard crossings over railroads in State ............................... . . . . . . . . 364 407
RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAY COMPANIEs-
To require full crews on freight trains. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
224
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To regulate running of freight trains................
303
To ll'equire to pay employees twice per month........ 360
To authorize Railroad Commission to safeguard cross-
ings of railroads in this State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 407
To repeal all laws relative to trains running over pub
lie crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 1043
To prescribe number of employees to operate passen
'ger train ......... 1
469
To require maintenance of sheds in repairing ears....
469
To require persons selling merchandise from supply
trains to pay tax of '$25.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 739
To ll'equire street ears to have closed doors on front"
and. rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
To authorize railroads to re-locate their tracks under
eell'tain conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014
REAL ESTATE DEALERS-
to execute notes with ihomestead waiv.er............
225
REGISTRATION LAWS (See Election and Election Laws)-
To !repeal Act of Registration for Fort Gaines........
27
To provide for registration of voters in Savannah .. 550 644 663
RELIEF-
Of J. t. Shelton, D. F. Chapman and J. H. Peterman. 306 417
Of W. T. Cottingham and J. W. Dent ............... 306 416
Of J. L. Wooten .............................. 331 940 106i
Of M. J. Dolan and J. W. Seals .................... 342 1099
Of L. H. Phillips ................................ 462 1120
Of R. L. Gll'aham ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4811
Of L. L. Simmons ............................ 532 718 1067
Of School of Technology ...................... 824 893 1034
REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEEs-
Conference Committee No. 1 on House Bill No. 39, Child Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oonferenee Committee No. 2 on House Bill No. 39, Child Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conference Committee No. 3 on House Bill No. 39, Child Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES (Minority)-
House Bill No. 809 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1164 _]167 1200
1015
INDEX
123!
House Bill No. 22
Senate Bill No. 2 ........ : . ..................
House Resolution No. 52 ....................
Senate Bill No. 110 .....................
House Bill No. 228 .............................. ..
House Bill No. 236
House Bill No. 24'7
House House
Bill Bill
No. No.
285 532
................................
House Bill No. 636
House Bill No. 759t .......... :.. . . .. .. .. .. . .. . . ..
House Bill No. 615 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
House Bill No. 576 ................................
House Bill No. 792 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
House Bill No. 890 .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
House Bill No. 1095 . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
House Bill No. 14 .................... , . . . . . .
Senate Bill No. 252 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEEs-
Joint Committee on Treasurer's office ............. . Joint Committee on Civil and CriminaL Procedure... . Joint Committee to investigate new lease of W. & A.
R. R......................................... .. Joint Committee on 0. A. Parks' Annotated Code ... . Joint Committee to notify Governor of sine die nd
jou:rrnment ....................................
1185 1186 1187 1187 118S .1191 1193 119:1 1194 1195 1195 119ft 1197 11!17 1198 1198 11!19 1200
255 372
592 825
1203
REPORTS OF STANDING COMlMITTEE8-
Academy for the Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Amendments to Constitution .......... 182 287 434 400 731
757 973 1058 1092 Appropriations .. 183 310 334 408 430 468 559 715 934 968 1074 Banks ana Banking................. 332 407 411 432 557. 712 Corporations .................. 18{) HH' 203 333 408 557 758 851
952 973 1095 1096 County and County Matters .............. 204 348 432 446 536
732 756 809 850 1095 Education .. " . . . . . . . . 286 435 517 535 585 658 713 805 852 890 Enrollment .................. 280 336 413 448 560 659 688 7.35
1008 1072 1110 1119 1173 1179 1185 Game and Fish ...... 253 335 436 468 654 807 932 1058 1M3 General Agriculture No. 1. ..........149. 183 184 254 411 413
655 806 1029 1075 1094
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INDEX
General Agriculture No. 2 ................... 286 465 584 808
General Judiciary No. 1 ........ 203 254 309 534 582 655 713
890 933 1028 1059 1093
General Judiciary No. 2 ............ 205 252 310 446 535 658
714 849 971 1029 1096
Georgia School for Deaf... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
716
Georgia State Sanitarium ........................ 537 1157
Hygiene and Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 711 848 1074
Invalid Pensions and Soldiers 1 Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
976
Insurance ................................ 290 533 711 1093
Labor and I,.abor Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 334 466 1028
Military Affairs ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1075
Munieipal Government . . . . . . . . . . 30 185 207 288 40.9 437 '467
556 583 656 734 809 82.6 8818 993 969
Penitentiary ..................................... 1094 1153
Pensions .................... 202 335 518 716 810. 972 1075
Public Highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 335 1095
Public Printing .................................. 558 759
Railroads ................................. 433 518 583 935
Rules ..... 172 325 326 361 474 521 695 696 703 727 743 746
776 833 917 949 967 1006 1040 1043 1051 1088 lll8i 1138
Special Judiciary ............ 30 206 289 314 412 447 537 65.6
733 758 807 852
Temperance ................................... .410 808 826
University and its Bnnches ........................ 184 804
Ways and Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 555 732 757 806
Western and Atlantic Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 312
REPORTS, SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF AP
PEALS (See Appropriations)-
ROBBERY, HIGHWAY-
To further provide punishment for ..............: . . .
406
s
SALARIES-
To prescribe salall'ies of Supreme Court Judges......
414
To increase salary of Stenographer to State Bank Ex
aminer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 977
SCHOOL DISTRICTsTo amend Act to incorporate Menlo School District.329 452 502
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1233
To incorpoa'ate Henderson School District............
358
To change line of Rockmart School District . . . . . . 653 718 742
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAws- .
T<1 provide sch.ool system for Fairmount ........... 9 290. 323
To codify sch<1ol laws .................... ' . . . . . . . .
291
To regulate public instruction in Glynn County .... 441 659 692
To provide school system for Vidalia ............ 441 519 567
To amend Act oo provide school system for Cedar-
town ........................................ 514 547 567
To establish sclhool system for Smyrna .......... 531 810 857
To amend Act to establish school system for Thomas-
ville ........................... ............ 551 645 662
To create school system for Box Springs .......... 73Q 853 895
To amend Act relating to public instruction in Rich-
mond County ................................ 823 854 895
SEAL OF 'STATE, GREATTo provide a new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
SECRET SOCIETIEsTo make penal to wear badges when not a member. . 803
SEED~
To regulate sale of seed and nursery stock. . . . . . . . . . 729 811
SLANDER-
Unlawful to make slanderous statements about can-
didates
685
SLAUGHTER HOUSES (See Hygiene and Sanitation)-
SLOT MACHINES-
To regulate operation of ......................... 303 451
SOLICITOR-GENERALS (See Constitutional Amendments)To abolish fee system <1f ...................... _.209 818 834
SQUIRRELsTo amend A~t relative to killing, in certain counties, 167 261 350
1234
INDEX
STOCK LAWTo .provide for four-wire fence in stock-law counties. 156
STRIKES, LOCKOUTS, MO.To aid in prevention of .................. : . . . . . . . . . 248 337
SWITCH LOCKBTo prevent manufacture and disposal of keys to. . . 305 451
T
TAX AND TAX LAW~
To amend Tax Act relative to slot maehines ...... 9 210 1039
To repeal Tax Equalization Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
To repeal Act to regulate assessment of property for
taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
To regulate an"d equalize payment of taxes. . . . . . . . . .
22
To amend an Act relative to distribution of automo-
bile tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
To further equalize burden of taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
To provide for distribution of automobile tax .... 151 450 1015
To provide for taxation of bonds, mortgages and notes . 167
To provide for return for taxes of notes, bon-ds, etc..
221
To fix road tax at not more than $4.00. . . . . . . . . . . 427
To amend Act providing for inherita.nee tax. . . . . . . . . .
283
To return mortgages for taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
To amend Section 42 of General Tax Act (sale of'
pistols) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 761
TAX COMMISSIONER-
To elect, by the people
155
TESTIMONY-
To make lawful the taking of testimony of witnesses residing beyond the jurisdiction of the State. . . . . . 443
TEXT-BOOK OOMMISSION-
To create, for State
245 26'3
TIPPINGTo prohibit tipping in certain places................ 684
INDEX
123~
TITLES, LAND, AND REAL ESTATE-
To quiet land titles . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. 17'0 To provide for the validation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 To proviae for adoption of Torrens' Land Title Sys
tern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
TRADE AND COMMERCE To protect trade and commerce
8 977
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLsTo authorize Georgia State Sanitarium to establish.. 161
TRAPS, STEEL (See Game and Fish)-
TRIALS (See Practice and Procedull'e)-
"
TRUSTS-
To restrict the use of, as a name or title............
581
u
UNIVERSITY AND BRANCHES-
To establish a branch at Crawfordville ............. 190 810
w
Wl!:APONB-
To make unlawful to furnish cartridge, except under conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILWAYTo provid~ for bridges and under-passes on ... 17'1 229 520 854
WILLIAMS, BION-
Sworn in as member
6
WORLD'S ALMANAC (See Evidence)-
123'6
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PABT II.
HOUSE RESOLUTIONs-
To amend Rule 47 .............................. 14 174 193
Extending sympathy to Cochran, of Fulton...... :...
14
Expressing at the deaths of members during vacation
14
Commending the administration <>f President Wilson.
21
'To establish new standing committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 194
Relative to co-operative agricultuTal work with Con
gress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 261 1(}SO
To make House Bill 11() a special order. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
To purchase water for use of members..............
29
Extending sympatihy to Mr. Swift, of Muscogee. . . . . .
29
To eommit House Resolution No. 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
152'
To amend Rules of House ......................... 152 174
To limit individual speeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
152'
To make House Bill No. 69 speci'V order . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
To print in pamphlet form the Comptroller General's
report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
152
Relative to adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
.Appoint joint committee to attend dedication on
Cheatham's Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
In relation to the annotated code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 261 426
Commending Hon. D. M. Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Sympathizing with Hon. J. Randolph Anderson......
161
Sympathizing with Hon. Ralph 0. Coch!l'an..........
162
House Bill No. 236 a special order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
No bill placed on passage until printed and on desk
of members ............ e ....................... 171 194
Authorize Governor to refund certain taxes illegally
collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
Make House Resolution No. 58 a special order. . . . . . .
191
Make Senate Bill No. 2 a special order..............
191
Joint committee to dispose of Governor's Mansion ... 191 340
Instruct Temp&ance Committee to report Senate Bill
No. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
Inviting Mrs. Frances Smith Wihiteside to address the
H<>use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192'
Relative to adjournment ftom Friday until Monday. .
201
Relative to Senator A. 0. Bacon....................
2Hf
Make Senate Bill 167 special order.................
221
Make House Bill 169 Special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
To make House Bills 75 and 275 special orders......
221
To make House Bill 29 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
222'
To make House Bills 3M, 369 and 37(} special orders. .
22Z:
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1237
To regulate office of Quartermaster-General. ........
222
To allow Georgia Woman 's Suffrage Association to
use hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
228
To donate strip of land .at Governor's Mansian to
Atlanta ..................................... , . . 250 416
To request Ways and Means C'ommittee to report
House Bill 773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
To amend Rule 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
To authorize W. & A. R. R. Committees of House and
Senate to make trip of inspection over property
Of W. & A. R. R................................. 284 316
To instlruct Rail!road Committee to report House Bill
859 and House Bill 860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
306
Make House Bill No. 488 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
Make House Bill No. 137 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
Make House Bill No. 470 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
Make House Bill No. 142 and House Bill 233 special
orders .................................. .'. . . . . .
307
Request Senate to return Senate Bill No. 184........
307
Make House Bill No. 90 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Fixing sessions of House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Make House Bill No. 755 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
331
Relative to adjournment f.rom Friday until Monday. . 331
Appoint joint committee to investigate Augusta riot. . 339
Appoint a new joint committee on cotton tare......
344
Make House Bill No. 170 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Congratulating Mr. Keen, or Echols................
403
To appoint commission to formulate general law for
city courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
To request judges of Supreme Court and Court of Ap-
peals to suggest changes in court laws............
403
To appoint joint committee to consider disposal of
Governor's Mansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
404
Make House Bill No. 470 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Make House Bill No. 248 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.
To amend Rule 92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
444
To select representatives for Georgia in National
Statua~y Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Relative to adjournment from Friday until Monday. . 460
Make House Bill No. 39 a special order . . . . . . . . . . . .
463
Make Senate Bill Noo. 112 a special order. . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Sympathizing with Mr. Dorough, of Franklin........
513
Make House Bill No. 572 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Make House Bill No. 789 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
550
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Make ~enate Bill No. 102 special order . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Sympathy to Mil'. Whitaker, of Heard.............. 553
Make House Bill 208 special orller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
That General Assembly adjourn sine die August let.. 654
To :llx hour ot meeting at 9 o 'elock .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 682
Make Senate Bill No. 21 special order . . . . . . . . . . . 686
To abolish order of unanimous consents . . . . . . . . . . . 686
To accept invitation to reception at Decatur, Ga. . . . 703
To enfOTce Rule 176 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
To request all members of House to go to reception
at .Decatull' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
To request Senate to return House Bill No. 1011 to
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
To coll.!lidell' no more Senate bills until raise of Sen-
ate boycott .......................... : ....... . 728
Mlake Senate Bill No. 102 special order (Greene) ... .
729
Make Senate Bill No. 102 special 'order (Culpepper) .. 729
Authorize Governor to bOil'low $500,000............. . 730 811
Providing for Saturday adjournment ............. 801
Plroviding for Saturday adjournment ............. . 818
Authorizing Orville A. Park to publish annotated code 825
Make House Bill No. 809 special ordell' ............. .
845
To fix meeting of the House ...................... . 873
Relative to interrupting member, explaining vote ... . 917
Relative to adjournment ......................... . 931
Endorsing Ron. H. J. Fullbright ................. . 953
Relative to Hon. R. N. Hardeman ................ . 964
~elative Asa G. Candler ......................... .
965
D'eath of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson ...................
967
To fix sessions of House .......................... . 978
To provide for adjournment from Satull'day until Mon-
day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
Of thanks to Macon news and Macon Telegraph..... 1021
To hear announcement Congress.Good Roads Committee 1021
Relative to death of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson .... 1030 1039 1050
That each member of House furnish Hon. J. D. Price
with names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040
Thai all interested in cott.on meet in hall of House of
Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083
Sympathizing with Hon. H. J. Fullbll'ight in death of
father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097
Relative to unfinished business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119
To adjourn sine die at 2 o'clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123
To extend morning session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140
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'1239
Make Senate Bill No. 332 special order........... 1143 . To adjourn sine die at 7 o'eloek P. IM......... 1158
Sympa.thizing with }.{qo, Swift, of Dougheqoty ...... 1159 Request Governor Slaton to hang his photo on walls
of Capitol .................. 1165 To 11ppoint joint committee to notify Governor of
sine die adjournment , ........................ 1201
PABT III.
SENATE BILLS.
B
BIRDS (See Game and Fish, Part III)-
BIRTHS AND DEATHS (See Vital Statistics, Part ill)-
BONDsTo authorize Marietta to issue water works bonds .. 1054: 1127
BURGLARYTo define same with explosives .................... 1044 1101
c
CATTLETo protect raising of ...........................1005 1031
CEDAR TREESTo pqootect from rust ....................... 1053 1100
CHARTERsTo amend charter of Southern Mutual Insurance Company . . . . . . . . . . . . , ..................... 284 291 354
CHARTERS, MUNICIPALTo amend charter of Athens, city marshal........ 282 417 505 To (!.mend chartM of Athens, slaughter houses ... 292 417 508 To amend ehMter of Cuthbert ....... , ........ 293 417 506 To creat new charter for Statesboro ..........338 472 673
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INDEX
To amend Acts creating c.tiarter for Griffin .... 428 744 7'/5 984 To amend chaTter of Athens, change form of govern
ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 471 506 'l'o establish chMter for Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 744 774 To amend charter of Mount Airy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 744 774
CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.To make misdemeanor to draw when there are no funds
1101
CLERKS OF COURTRequire, to keep docket of forfeited bonds ........... .
CODE AMENDMENTs-
To 'amend Section 6134, Code of 1910, stenographers
Supreme Court .................................. 263 1166
To amend Section 2798, Code of 1910, suits against
ll'ailroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 519
To amend Section 5298, 6ode of 1910, garnishments,
338 541 1106 1197
To amend Section 213, Code of 1910, great seal of
.state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 541
To amed Section 1249, Code of 1910, Kingsland Depos-
itory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 563 674
To amend Section 1249, Code of 1910, Dahlonega Depos-
itory ......................... : . ............. 428 563 674
To amend Sections 80 and 111, Code of 1910, mem-
bers of General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 854 1127
To amend Section 4355, Code of 1910, recording execu-
tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
706
To amed Section 865, Code of 1910, municipal ex-
penses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951 978
To amend Section 3354, Code of 1910, mechanics'
liens .......................................... 1004 1030
To amend Section 1037, Code 'Of 1910, husband's tes-
timony against wife ........................... 1004 1030
To amend Section 1946, Code of 1910, natural oyster
beds ....................................... 1004 1060
To amend Sections 2721 and 2722, Code of 1910, Jim
Crow Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1044
To &mend Section 1249, Code of 1910, East Point De-
posibory ................... : ............. : . . . . . [046
To amend Secti-on 4252, Code of 1910, chattel mdrt-
gages ........................................ 1051 1100
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1241
To amend Section 1249, Code of 191()1, Cochran Depos itory .......................................... .
To amend Section 4934, Code of 1910, admission to bar ........................................... .
To amend Section 946, Code of 1910, peddler's taxes
1052
1052 1052
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONsTo extend powers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 978
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-
To amend relative to term of county officers .... 338 471 1083
To amend so as to have biennial sessions of General
Assembly ..................................... .
428
To amend relative to enactment of general laws . . . . 803 1100
To amend so as to exempt eollege endowments,
932 978 1069 1138
To amend so as to extend term of members of Gen-
eral Assembly ............................ 1005 106(). 1128
To amend so as to add to Pa1'. 2, Sec. 6, Aort. 7, of
Constitution ............ ...................... 1045 1100
CONTRACTS, UNCONDITIONAL (See Pra.ctice and Procedure, Part III)-
CORPORA'TIONS, 'MUNIC'IPAL-
To amend Acts incorporating Rome .............. 188 234 512
To confirm action of tJhe Commons Commission of
Columbus ................................... 463 645 674
To incorpoo-ate Shellman ........................ 515 661 745
To authorize sale of pMt of Commons_of Columbus. 706 744 774
To amend Act to incorporate Blackshear....... 744 .S29 958
To incorporate Bristol .......................... 825 893 959
To amend Act to protect sinking funds of municipal-
ities ..........................................
951
To extend corporate limits of Columbus ......... 952 978 1032
To repeal Act to incorporate Louvale ......... 1045 1101 1126
COUNTY TREASURERS (See Constitutional Amend ments, Part III)-
COURTS, CITY AND COUNTY-
To amend Act to establish City Court of Lexington. .
234
To amend Act to establish City Court of Blackshear,
429 541 568
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To amend Act creating City Court of Douglas.... 743 855 914 To amend Act establishing City Court of Albany .. 74 761 818 To amend Act establishing City Court of Mae-on .. 95.2 978 1067
COURTS, SUPERIOR AND SUPREME-
To provide for four terms of Dooly Superior Court.339 472 673
To amend several Acts relative to Habersham Superior
Court .......................................
706
To provide for quarterly terms of Superior Court .... 1053
D DIVORCE-
To :fi;x: status of non-residents in divorce cases ....... 951 1031 To rregulate granting or total divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004 1101
E
ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS-
To rregulate general and primary elections .......... 951 1060
F FELONIEs-
To regulate manner of sentencing persons convicted of certain felonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160
FEMALDS-
Prohibit carrying chaste females into houses of illfame . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 263
G GAME AND FISH_:_
To III!Dend Act relative to killing cat squirrels ... : ... 1005 1060 To better protect birds which destroy boll weevil .... 1005 1060 To better protect oyster and shell-fish industry..... 1005 1060 To amend Act to protect game. and :fish ............. 1053 1105
GOBER'S llX>RM BOOK~
To provide for purchase of ................ 1005 1031 1141
H HOG CHOLERA-
To amend Act relating to ........................ 1046 1077
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1243
HEALTH, PUBLICRelating to ....................... ; ......... 1046 1076 1127
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONTo create, for State 0 ~ 0 0 0
1052
I INSURANCE-
To amend Act defining contract, of fidelity insurance.1052 1099
J
JUDGES (See P!'actice and Procedure, Part III) (See Contracts, Part !!I)-
To provide for rotation of Superior Court Judges, 950 103!> 1104
To provide for alternative sentences in misdemeanors, 1044 1100
K KINDERGARTENs-
To provide for ................................. 444 812 1149
0 OFFICERS OF LAW-
Prescribing duties in cases of arrest ................ 263 511
OYSTERS (See Game and Fish, Part III)-
p PAINT-
To require to be labeled
1104
,-
PAROLEs-
'l'o provide .system of ............................ 1070 1100
PENSION DEPARTMENTTo amend salary of clerk .of Pension Department .... 1053 1100
1244
INDEX
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-
To provide for judgments in suits on unconditional oeontracts ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
To regulate procedure in courts.................... 825 893
Q QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL-
Td abolish office of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932 1076 1160
R REAPPORTIONMENT-
To place Clayton County in Fifth Congressional District ....................................... 516 541
RELIEF-
Of J. L. Shelton, D. F. Chapman and J. H. Peterman.1045 1099 Of W. T. Cottingham and J. M. Dent .............. 1045 1090
s
SCHOOL AND SCHOOL LAW8-
To establish school system for Jefferson .......... 429 520 648 To authorize Dallas to issue school bonds. . . . . . . . . . 472 507
SEED-
To require dealers to label same.................... 1044
SLAUGHTER HOUSEs-
To provide _for inspection of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1052
SOLICITOR-GENERAL-
To :fix salary of ................... ~ . . . . . . . . . . .
515
SQUIRRELS (See Game and Fish, Part III)-
STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS-
To prevent ........ ......................... 1000 1031
T TAX COLLECTORs-
To provide hearing in court for defaulting tax collelctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951
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1245
TITLEB-
To provide for adoption of Touens Land Title System . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051
TRUSTsTo restrict use of word ''trusts'' as part of name or title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1053
u
UNIVERSITY. AND BRANCHEsThe president of South Georgia Normal and Industrial Co!lege to be member Board of Trustees .......... 188 1068
v
VETERINARY EXAMINERs-
To amend Act to ereate Board of
1143
VITAL STATIST!~ To provide for registrations of births and deaths .... 645 1082
PART IV.
SENATE RESOLUTIONs-
Provide joint committee to notify Governm of con-
vening of the General Assembly ................ .
7
Requesting Georgia delegations- in Congress to urge
repeal of Federal Bankruptcy Act ............... .
262
To use Webster's Blue-Back Speller as text-book in
schools ., ....................................... . 292 472
To recognize Peace Day ......................... . 429 520
To provide for celebrating century of peace: ...... .
430
To request certain judges to recommend changes in
Constitution and laws .......................... 553 745
To appoint joint vacation Committee on Land Titles.
824
Belative to funeral of Mrs. WQodrow Wilson. . . . . . . . 1041
Relative tJo death of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson:.. . . . . . . . 1058
To adjourn sine die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202